Watch as flutist reacts to hearing Rolling Stone's Classic 'Ruby Tuesday' for the First Time! 

Two points to consider: 1. Brian Jones was by no means a trained flutist. He was originally a guitarist, but liked experimenting with different instruments to add to the arrangements. The recorder on this track is one example of this. The dulcimer on Lady Jane, the soprano sax on Child Of The Moon, the obo on Dandelion and of course the sitar on Paint It Black are other examples. 2. Back in the 60's bands didn't spend much time in the studio perfecting the performance or the sound production. Usually they were on the road, and then popped into the studio to lay down some tracks in between concert dates. That might explain the wayward feeling of the track. PS: The double bass was played by both Keith Richard and Bill Wyman. One used the bow while the other "fretted" the notes.

Yes, theyre probably dubbing, although The Ed Sullivan Show was known for playing live while every other TV show was strictly dubbed, even as far back as American Bandstand . But in this song there are two bass parts, which were normally played on record by Keith (double base with bow) and Bill Wyman on electric bass during the choruses in which the bowed double bass stops. Here Keith plays piano and Bill bows the double bass, but still you can hear the electric bass (which no one is playing), so it's definitely dubbed . Brian was not an expert at the recorder, nor any of the dozen at least instruments he played. He started on clarinet in high school and after played around his vicinity in jazz clubs. He later learned guitar and was doing that when he met the Stones (Mick and Keith), not yet named the Stones. He played guitar and got the group together and even named it (from an old blues song : Rolling Stone) He was talented in that he could pick up any instrument and learn to play it in a few hours and so contributed to the early Stones eclectic and very unusually beautiful sound.

Claire, this wasn't performed live. Brian jones was pretty good at picking up different instruments and coloring the track. Just a talented lad. Marimba's on Under my thumb. He found them in another studio room and went to town. You got to love him!

Song is greater than the sum of it's parts.

And clearly, as was the case with most TV shows back then, the Stones are clearly miming to the studio version of the track. Still great to see them when Brian Jones was in the band.

Apologies that the original video appears out of sync with itself. This was due to the way I recorded this reaction and will not happen on my next reactions. Thanks for watching! 😄🙏

Hi Claire! Ruby Tuesday is one of my favorite songs by the Stones and especially the recorder. Just to let you know, Brian Jones probably wasn’t playing the instrument for very long before he put it in the song as he never stuck at an instrument long enough to really master anything he played. He was constantly jumping from instrument to instrument. Just an explanation as to why his recorder may sound a little jumpy to the trained ear.

Ruby Tuesday is an iconic song by the Stones. Recorder makes that song.

On the original of this performance it is sung back to back with Let's Spend The Night Together & the women in the audience are going totally nuts with their screaming throughout both songs-seems odd hearing it without that-seems like somebody just dubbed the studio version over it. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tJCoybioJ7M.html

Brian Jones’s recorder playing might not be technically perfect for a trained ear, but to most people, his playing on the track is a thing of utter beauty and jazz influenced soul.

Television show I would guess.

Not the original Live video. Search for the Ed Sullivan Show Ruby Tuesday

Was Mick really that young once upon a time??? 😂😂 Nice reaction 👍

By accounts the song was written by Keith Richards and Brian Jones but was credited to Richards and Jagger.

Great reaction. I love that song. Have you ever played that type of recorder before? it sounds like it maybe be at least slightly more difficult to play than the flutes you usually play, the difference between keys and holes and all.

This is a quite beautiful song, a classic, but this woman is telling us it's "wayward", whatever that means, and she disliked the ending, who knows why. The recorder is quite beautiful and takes the songs to a different level, I have never heard anyone complain about the pitch of this instrument, only good things related to the lyricism it provides. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Anyone who got interested with sixties music knows that most tv shows were playback music.

Have you done any Jethro Tull?

When you're watching videos that are actually clips from TV appearances you will get a fair amount of "miming." Nobody was trying to deceive the public. It was just that up until maybe the 1980s not all TV studios had the necessary equipment to make rock bands sound good. The top shows like Ed Sullivan would be able to, but that was the exception and not the norm. In these instances they often had what was called "The TV mix." At the time when the record is being produced, they would make an alternate mix with everything except the lead vocal. The singer would usually be singing but the rest would be mimed. Other variables to take into account are that sometimes songs would have extra instruments, beyond the ones played by the group, and most couldn't afford to bring their extra session guys everywhere they went. Also, solo singers and vocal groups aren't usually rich enough to just always have a band in their employ. They tend to recruit as needed. Using the TV mix would allow them to appear on TV even when they had no band.

This is the studio recording superimposed over the video footage..

since you're a flutist, I think u should pay attention at the 'Songs from the wood' by Jethro Tull. or maybe 'In the wake of Poseydon' by King Crimson, Хотя, возможно, это не твой случай, просто мысль пришла в голову.., Желаю удачи

New sub - please continue reviewing flute in different types of music. I recommend and respectfully request the Marshall Tucker Band - "Can't You See," a great example of flute in Southern (USA) Rock.

All this chatter about Brian playing a flute in comments. It’s a recorder Two different instruments Let’s not forget that the Stones are a rock n roll band and he added touches and feel on various tracks with different instruments. The feel is never intended to demonstrate technical mastery and delivery of what an instrument is capable in its traditional form. That was the brilliance of Brian. He adapted the instrument to deliver a specific feel to the Stones tunes To judge it’s playing against its traditional use is snobbish and silly

What's a flutist? I thought the correct term was flautist.

Yes, this is a studio recording lip synced

Its a poor recording mick jagger lip synching

What a horrible, small-minded, petty review!

What you call "wayward" is the difference between soulful music that makes an impact. And whatever you do that makes zero impact whatsoever. Clueless.