what is funny is that Keef isn;t playing this riff - it's Mick Taylor, the guitarist that REALLY gave the Stones their signature sound from their hey-day, from Let it Bleed to Exile n Main St
They brought Mick out at Glastonbury in 2013, an amazing solo and he was 64 at the time. Keith is a legend first with composition but Mick is an amazing guitarist as well
Wrong John While Taylor did put a lot of great opening licks in and many songs such as gimme shelter and more this riff was created and is all Keith That's amazing and open G with only the five strings what Keith came up with as far as the tone
@@MarioCarter-s5eno Mick Taylor was around until It's only Rock and roll. The beautiful song Time waits for No One towards the end of that great song is basically Mick Taylor saying goodbye with that second solo he lays down. But like I said this is strictly all Keith this is his baby right here. But you also have to remember while Keith is riffing away during the breakdown on the song that is Mick Taylor with all those great jazz licks
Keith's guitar on CYHMK is probably my favorite moment in the Rolling Stones entire catalogue, and over 300 bootlegs. My parents must hate that first 2mins 42 secs more than any other space of time because I would play it on guitar over and over again. It's my ringtone, my alarm clock, my justification for the Rolling Stones being the greatest band ever.
YES YES YES! This song still give me chills. It's will always be amongst their best. You got Keef starting with an iconic riff, ending with Mick Taylor's sublime solo. This song is pure magic!
@@gregsmith7949 When I wanted to play the whole song, I had 2 guitars strapped on me. An Epi Les Paul behind me unplugged and a Fernadez Tele to open up. I'd play along with the song over my stereo and switch out guitars during the transition. Couldn't afford a double neck guitar, and years before these crazy gadgets that make your guitar tuned different at the flick of a button or foot pedal. Never used one, still don't know how they work...old school baby!
I remember back in the 70's watching Keith and Mick on the Dick Cavett show real late one night. During the show Dick mentioned to Keith that he had heard Keith had a problem with drugs in the past. Keith responded "I didn't have a problem with drugs, I had a problem with policemen." I busted out laughing as did the audience and it got big grins from Mick and Dick. Keith is quite the character and one of the most amazing guitar players ever.
FINALLY !!! ive waited for years to see this riff get the attention it deserves among all these "best riff" videos. Ive got a lot of favorites, but this one smokes them all !!
First time I've heard of it. Doesn't impress me at all. Not to worry: I may come back in two months time and tell you how it's grown on me and all that... 😅 😅 😅
What I think i really like about Keith, is that even though he's givin this interview 500 times, he still does his best to make it special for the interviewer, and those who see it. He's an old school rocker, but you can tell he has a good heart and wants to do right by his fellow man.
Best intro ever. It still gives me goose bumps even now, and I’ve been going to their shows since the 70’s, and in particular the last 25 years I go to about at least 10 shows each tour. Cleaned out my pension twice. CYHMK remains the most prolific path into a great song with Mick at the height of his passion on the studio release. Luckily dear dear Shelley got my wife and I into the tiny private show at the Fonda Theatre where they did the entire ‘Sticky Fingers’ album. God what a night.
To each their own in terms of what music grabs them, but for me, as a young child and many years after, it was the riffs & rhythms of the Stones. I’m fairly old now, but perhaps a couple times a year I’ll quite unexpectedly catch the opening riff of one of Keith’s intros and it will still hit me hard
Superb analysis of "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'." IMO, the best song in The Stones oeuvre. The riff is the dirtiest, nastiest, grittiest, which grabbed me the first time I heard it, and every time since!! Chuck in Northern New England
Sticky Fingers. My intro to the Stones - I was given the record aged 15. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking - what a riff, what a groove. What an album! What a lifetime love.
now take that tune, put it in a treated and dialed in ATMOS HT with " adequate subs" (LOL) upmix it into DTS:X and listen to that guitar sing . . . and hear it filling, pounding , rockin; the hall and your home theater I have a photo of them playing in Berlin with Mick Taylor on bass . . .
One of the best videos to capture the essence of Richards, the Stones, and his unique contribution. Keith put the riff in motif. I have a guitar-playing friend, a lead guitarist, that thinks Keith is overrated. He and I have argued about this for years. I make the points that this video makes. I think I will send it to him, maybe he will listen, read the comments, and find mine.
Thank you and glad you like it! It sounds like you've been defending Keith Richards for a while now! He’s all about vibe and feel rather than flashy technique, and that’s what makes his riffs so memorable. Keith’s ability to create iconic, simple grooves is what gives the Rolling Stones their signature sound. It’s not always about technical skill, it’s about how the music moves you, and Keith nails that every time. Sending this video might help your friend see that side of things. Maybe it'll finally get through to him! Keep It Rolling!
I will listen to keef over more flashy or technical guitarist almost every time. Give me a cool and memorable lick or riff over a speed run of notes that does nothing for me.
The Stones are the most incredible object-lesson in how it can work in the modern r n r idiom. One of their sax players on the ‘Exile on Main St’ stuff said they’d piss around for days, going nowhere, making a dreadful racket, then all of a sudden go ‘right are we ready now?’ and just bring the house down with an absolute barnstormer. Just when you’d started to think these guys weren’t what they’re cracked up to be, they’d just blow you away with a 5 minute masterpiece.
I was taught in formal classical music and rock music alike, silence is as important as the notes. Keith is the best example of this idea applied to rock music. To hear Keith's syncopated silences done in the very formal theatre of romantic era classical music, a good example is Chopin's, Prelude in e minor. Interestingly this piece is the same legnth as modern "songs".
Yes,Chris😊you explayned it very good!! Greetings from Germany Keith ist a very Special person❤ I saw him in Bremen,my homeTown singing"Thief in the night"🎉 IT was so great and full of Emotion,in 1998😊
My introduction to the Rolling stones occurred when they appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, and my father tuned it in, i think to see them. When they started playing, i started dancing. My father and i shared a love of their music throughout his life, and mine. In many ways, he was pretty square, but he graciously departed from that to gratify his love of great music
No one ever talks about Keith's awesome voice when he was younger. I guess the JD and Marlboro's affected his voice after 1973. Prior to that, Keith had the best backing vocals of anyone in R+R.
YES! It's Bobby's downbeat honks - blowing like a hurricane - that in my ears drive the song to it's desperately necessary, but truly dreaded finish. That piece is one I want to just go on and on, and listen to forever.
i been a stones fan since 1966 (6 yrs old) i luckily had a chance to see them live the last time they played L.R. Ar. man what an experience! i sometimes just binge listen to the stones.
Keith Richards' best is the rhythm/lead at the beginning of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and infinitely more interesting than Mick Taylor's contribution to the tune. And Mick Taylor is one of the best blues rocker of that era.
The Stones late sixties into the seventies they looked good ,better than ever, played good and rocked good as hell . This song is plain proof of it. At the end of the day you just wanna be a Stone yourself by just looking at them then ,mind you without that amount of smoking and messing around but boy they were so damn cool ..
Keith is the most versatile and complete guitarist to come out of Rock 'n Roll. He's created rock for the last sixty years, making it so enjoyable and just plain beautiful. He's certainly the equal of Hendrix, and the two are the most influential guitarists in Rock history.
You can not talk about Richard's playing without including his mentor Chuck Berry. Chuck was the first monster rock and roll guitarist, a great songwriter and a wonderful lyricist.
My favorite moments are the unscripted ones, when the group is completely immersed in what they're doing, and the band almost forgets that the audience is there. That's where the nectar is. That's transcendence.
I've got Keef's New Zealand neurologist. Airlifted to Auckland hospital, as I was, when he fell off his perch, she had him back at work within a month. MONEY. 9 Years after what a doctor said was an alcoholic disease and NOT A VERY SEVERE BRAIN INJURY, Auckland hospital Intensive Care Unit team must still have their file on a hard-drive despite 9 years of doctors being unable to find it. Neurologist gave me a very fluent description of his injury. Her name is Kiri. She saved Keef's life but ACC grabbed her to save themselves from accountability. Can't you hear me knocking?
With all due & deserved respect for the great Mick Taylor holding up the second half of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking", giving it almost a pedestal of its own apart from that one incredible Keith riff, it is worth noting that 5 years earlier a very young Larry Coryell put down a solo on Chico Hamilton's "For Mod's Only" that clearly is the foundation of Mick's solo. Mick took it further, yes, but Larry's must be some of the inspiration. First 2 minutes: ua-cam.com/video/hE9stY9X_Ns/v-deo.html (Chico Hamilton, ''For Mods Only'' --- 1966)
Great input from Keith’s original playing, but it spoils it a bit to hear MT play “the same he used to” years later with a much different feel than he had in 71.
Normally, you absolutely need subtitles to understand what Keef is saying. However this was the clearest his speaking voice has ever been during an interview
what is funny is that Keef isn;t playing this riff - it's Mick Taylor, the guitarist that REALLY gave the Stones their signature sound from their hey-day, from Let it Bleed to Exile n Main St
They brought Mick out at Glastonbury in 2013, an amazing solo and he was 64 at the time. Keith is a legend first with composition but Mick is an amazing guitarist as well
Man fr tho I’ve always wondered what’s was the voice in the studio at that time especially when mick said yeah
Wrong John
While Taylor did put a lot of great opening licks in and many songs such as gimme shelter and more this riff was created and is all Keith
That's amazing and open G with only the five strings what Keith came up with as far as the tone
@@truckerkevthepaidtourist he right John I think mick Taylor left after exile on main
@@MarioCarter-s5eno Mick Taylor was around until It's only Rock and roll.
The beautiful song Time waits for No One towards the end of that great song is basically Mick Taylor saying goodbye with that second solo he lays down.
But like I said this is strictly all Keith this is his baby right here.
But you also have to remember while Keith is riffing away during the breakdown on the song that is Mick Taylor with all those great jazz licks
Keith's guitar on CYHMK is probably my favorite moment in the Rolling Stones entire catalogue, and over 300 bootlegs. My parents must hate that first 2mins 42 secs more than any other space of time because I would play it on guitar over and over again. It's my ringtone, my alarm clock, my justification for the Rolling Stones being the greatest band ever.
YES YES YES! This song still give me chills. It's will always be amongst their best. You got Keef starting with an iconic riff, ending with Mick Taylor's sublime solo. This song is pure magic!
Ok i give up. What song is CYHMK
@bullcrap9409 Can't You Hear Me Knocking
@@gregsmith7949 When I wanted to play the whole song, I had 2 guitars strapped on me. An Epi Les Paul behind me unplugged and a Fernadez Tele to open up. I'd play along with the song over my stereo and switch out guitars during the transition. Couldn't afford a double neck guitar, and years before these crazy gadgets that make your guitar tuned different at the flick of a button or foot pedal. Never used one, still don't know how they work...old school baby!
Keith’s guitar is the heart & soul of the Rolling Stones sound! ❤
I remember back in the 70's watching Keith and Mick on the Dick Cavett show real late one night. During the show Dick mentioned to Keith that he had heard Keith had a problem with drugs in the past. Keith responded "I didn't have a problem with drugs, I had a problem with policemen." I busted out laughing as did the audience and it got big grins from Mick and Dick. Keith is quite the character and one of the most amazing guitar players ever.
FINALLY !!! ive waited for years to see this riff get the attention it deserves among all these "best riff" videos. Ive got a lot of favorites, but this one smokes them all !!
Charlie was always exactly in the pocket. Great, great player. Had great touch for what was needed on each track.
First time I've heard of it.
Doesn't impress me at all.
Not to worry: I may come back in two months time and tell you how it's grown on me and all that...
😅 😅 😅
50 years on and the opening riff on knocking is still playing in my head. The zipper on my record is broken. The digital recordings just dont cut it.
I love Keith Richard's the more I hear and learn about him, awsome.
What I think i really like about Keith, is that even though he's givin this interview 500 times, he still does his best to make it special for the interviewer, and those who see it. He's an old school rocker, but you can tell he has a good heart and wants to do right by his fellow man.
Best intro ever. It still gives me goose bumps even now, and I’ve been going to their shows since the 70’s, and in particular the last 25 years I go to about at least 10 shows each tour. Cleaned out my pension twice. CYHMK remains the most prolific path into a great song with Mick at the height of his passion on the studio release. Luckily dear dear Shelley got my wife and I into the tiny private show at the Fonda Theatre where they did the entire ‘Sticky Fingers’ album. God what a night.
I love that song. Turn the volume up to 11 and go for it.The riff is so dirty and so rock n roll.Then Taylors piece at the end is outstanding.
To each their own in terms of what music grabs them, but for me, as a young child and many years after, it was the riffs & rhythms of the Stones. I’m fairly old now, but perhaps a couple times a year I’ll quite unexpectedly catch the opening riff of one of Keith’s intros and it will still hit me hard
Before I even watched this I knew the riff had to be intro to "Can't You Hear Me Knockin" It is THE Epic riff.
Same.
Superb analysis of "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'." IMO, the best song in The Stones oeuvre. The riff is the dirtiest, nastiest, grittiest, which grabbed me the first time I heard it, and every time since!!
Chuck in Northern New England
My all time fav as well. Great song too
Yep. Couldn’t describe that riff better. One of my all time favourite Stones tracks. And that extended groove…sublime.
Sticky Fingers. My intro to the Stones - I was given the record aged 15. Can’t You Hear Me Knocking - what a riff, what a groove. What an album! What a lifetime love.
now take that tune, put it in a treated and dialed in ATMOS HT with " adequate subs" (LOL) upmix it into DTS:X and listen to that guitar sing . . . and hear it filling, pounding , rockin; the hall and your home theater
I have a photo of them playing in Berlin with Mick Taylor on bass . . .
Not a big Stones fan, but there's no denying this riff or any number he has blessed us with
Keith Richards….GENIOUS as a player guitar!😊
Genius*😊
One of the best videos to capture the essence of Richards, the Stones, and his unique contribution. Keith put the riff in motif. I have a guitar-playing friend, a lead guitarist, that thinks Keith is overrated. He and I have argued about this for years. I make the points that this video makes. I think I will send it to him, maybe he will listen, read the comments, and find mine.
Thank you and glad you like it!
It sounds like you've been defending Keith Richards for a while now! He’s all about vibe and feel rather than flashy technique, and that’s what makes his riffs so memorable. Keith’s ability to create iconic, simple grooves is what gives the Rolling Stones their signature sound. It’s not always about technical skill, it’s about how the music moves you, and Keith nails that every time. Sending this video might help your friend see that side of things. Maybe it'll finally get through to him! Keep It Rolling!
I will listen to keef over more flashy or technical guitarist almost every time. Give me a cool and memorable lick or riff over a speed run of notes that does nothing for me.
@@RockinRollinOne Maybe the Mick Taylor fan boys won't agree
As a lead guitarist, very overrated. Great style and excellent rhythm player.
@@RockinRollinOne
Thanks for this sharing this great clip,mentioned the song Sway,Two of many favorites.🎸🎸🎶🔥💯
Thank you too! Glad you enjoyed it!
The Stones are the most incredible object-lesson in how it can work in the modern r n r idiom. One of their sax players on the ‘Exile on Main St’ stuff said they’d piss around for days, going nowhere, making a dreadful racket, then all of a sudden go ‘right are we ready now?’ and just bring the house down with an absolute barnstormer. Just when you’d started to think these guys weren’t what they’re cracked up to be, they’d just blow you away with a 5 minute masterpiece.
I was taught in formal classical music and rock music alike, silence is as important as the notes. Keith is the best example of this idea applied to rock music. To hear Keith's syncopated silences done in the very formal theatre of romantic era classical music, a good example is Chopin's, Prelude in e minor. Interestingly this piece is the same legnth as modern "songs".
Yes,Chris😊you explayned it very good!! Greetings from Germany Keith ist a very Special person❤ I saw him in Bremen,my homeTown singing"Thief in the night"🎉 IT was so great and full of Emotion,in 1998😊
Keith is the coolest guy in Rock n Roll.
My late and much loved mother said to me " In ten years time nobody will even remember who the Rolling Stones were" . That was 58 years ago
Maybe she was talking in dog years. That means they still have 12 more years left.
My parents too. It’s amazing how wrong that whole generation could be on a lot of things.
My introduction to the Rolling stones occurred when they appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show, and my father tuned it in, i think to see them. When they started playing, i started dancing. My father and i shared a love of their music throughout his life, and mine.
In many ways, he was pretty square, but he graciously departed from that to gratify his love of great music
Congratulations, very good. João Batista/Porto Alegre/Brasil.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
Slave and Can't you hear me knockin are my 2 fave Stones tunes!
Absolutely one of the best riffs EVER! Love you, Keith! 🎸🎶❤️👍
Charlie and Bobby Keys came in and killed it on that track.
No one ever talks about Keith's awesome voice when he was younger. I guess the JD and Marlboro's affected his voice after 1973. Prior to that, Keith had the best backing vocals of anyone in R+R.
greatest musical ear in rock and roll... no one could do more with less than Keith, and that is the meaning of genius !
🎯Thie enitre video is on big complentary riff! - Well Done!🎯
100%! As a 30yr recording engineer and GTR player, IMHO CYHMK is the pinnacle of dual gtr work from the Stones!
......nice. Thank You.
Thank you too! Glad you love it!
Gimme Shelter is THE signature opening and lead guitar riff of the Rock Era.
Fav song for years. Was 16 (1977) passed out at 3 am on my bedroom floor and this song jolted me awake.
We had W4.WLLZ, WRIF great stations. So blessed for the 313 music in Chatham CKLW as well.
The drums & mick coming in screaming...!
Great video. Well done.
Thank you,,,Glad you enjoyed it! Keep on rolling!
Arguably the greatest Rock riff since Johnny B Goode
Keit's Gitarrenspiel ist Magie...
besser kann ich es nicht ausdrücken...🎸🎶🎼🎵👌👏🔝💯....
Guitar was originally a rhythm instrument and Keith carried that forward from Celtic, country and blues. Brilliantly.
Sticky Fingers is an awesome disc..... !!!
The undeniable beginning of so many of their songs are the clinch of Charlie and Keith.
I have been a fan of this man for 75 years, He's still #1
Love it! Keith and Mick Taylor jamming together is pure rock 'n' roll poetry. Question: Why no credit given to Bobby Keyes on sax?
Right? He could have at least mentioned Bobby Keys by name
@@tonyfranco7341 Agreed. Ignorance is bliss perhaps?
YES! It's Bobby's downbeat honks - blowing like a hurricane - that in my ears drive the song to it's desperately necessary, but truly dreaded finish. That piece is one I want to just go on and on, and listen to forever.
when someone tells you who they are… believe them. keith is ❤. that’s why we love him back.
☮️❤️🌍🌏🌎
i been a stones fan since 1966 (6 yrs old) i luckily had a chance to see them live the last time they played L.R. Ar. man what an experience! i sometimes just binge listen to the stones.
Keith Richards' best is the rhythm/lead at the beginning of
"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and infinitely more interesting than Mick Taylor's contribution to the tune. And Mick Taylor is one of the best blues rocker of that era.
The Stones late sixties into the seventies they looked good ,better than ever, played good and rocked good as hell . This song is plain proof of it. At the end of the day you just wanna be a Stone yourself by just looking at them then ,mind you without that amount of smoking and messing around but boy they were so damn cool ..
This was absolutely GREAT!!
Absolutely fantastic have a great weekend also Monday is Thanksgiving in Canada ❤😊
Keith is the most versatile and complete guitarist to come out of Rock 'n Roll. He's created rock for the last sixty years, making it so enjoyable and just plain beautiful. He's certainly the equal of Hendrix, and the two are the most influential guitarists in Rock history.
*_Master at work!_*
thanks :-)
And like always you have Charlie laying down the solid response..
What an unbelievable guitar solo
Keith the No1❤👍 guitar player artist❤R.S.❤
SEVERAL DIVERSIONS FROM THE THEME, PRETTY COOL...
CYHMK is the epitome of the Keith Mick T dynamic
Give me the opening of Jumping Jack Flash all day and night.
to get that blistering tone what you're hearing is the sound of two 50's tweed Fender amps at full volume
What a cool dude stones ❤
Gritty and Loose is an appropriate description.
Anyone who smokes a cigarette in the world, gives Keith Richard 7 minutes of life.
Only man in the world not afraid of Chuck Norris.
Love Keith❤
Kieth , in that first Sullivan show performance, was such a joy to see in action.
great riff my fav , i play it in sandard tuning and it dont sound right but I cant do the M Taylor solos when we play it
Keith, the goat
My biggest influence greatest rock guitarists of all time wrote the greatest riffs co-headed the greatest rock band of all time. No ego!!!!!
Taylor is def my favorite stones lead guitarist.
I remember Bill Wyman said something like "it's the notes that aren't played become or are important". The space between. 50 years? WHAT!
CYHMK: The ultimate homage to Chuck Berry
Keith ist der beste Rockgitarrist des 20 Jahrhunderts. Niemand reicht ihm das Wasser . Niemand.
Das empfinde ich genau wie Du😊
Keith is a blues man.
Effina. Get a light weight, resonant Tele. Lose the 6th string. Then tune the rest to open G. Stand back and listen to the magic happen. Thanks Keef.
Love the Stones they dont play rock n roll they are rock n roll
I ❤Keith
Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸 Nostrovia
their best song.
You can not talk about Richard's playing without including his mentor Chuck Berry. Chuck was the first monster rock and roll guitarist, a great songwriter and a wonderful lyricist.
My favorite moments are the unscripted ones, when the group is completely immersed in what they're doing, and the band almost forgets that the audience is there. That's where the nectar is. That's transcendence.
Excelente
The Stones were in their prime during The Mick Taylor years.
Agreed! 👍👍👍
While I favor Led Zeppelin and the Beatles; there’s no denying THIS is Rock and Roll
TO GO OPEN G ITS ALREADY DONE FOR YA.... YOU'RE ALREADY THERE!!!
KEITH❤🎸🎸
I've got Keef's New Zealand neurologist. Airlifted to Auckland hospital, as I was, when he fell off his perch, she had him back at work within a month. MONEY. 9 Years after what a doctor said was an alcoholic disease and NOT A VERY SEVERE BRAIN INJURY, Auckland hospital Intensive Care Unit team must still have their file on a hard-drive despite 9 years of doctors being unable to find it.
Neurologist gave me a very fluent description of his injury. Her name is Kiri. She saved Keef's life but ACC grabbed her to save themselves from accountability. Can't you hear me knocking?
With all due & deserved respect for the great Mick Taylor holding up the second half of "Can't You Hear Me Knocking", giving it almost a pedestal of its own apart from that one incredible Keith riff, it is worth noting that 5 years earlier a very young Larry Coryell put down a solo on Chico Hamilton's "For Mod's Only" that clearly is the foundation of Mick's solo. Mick took it further, yes, but Larry's must be some of the inspiration.
First 2 minutes: ua-cam.com/video/hE9stY9X_Ns/v-deo.html (Chico Hamilton, ''For Mods Only'' --- 1966)
Well spotted sir!
Mount Rushmore riff. 🎸
I've been to 8 RS concerts. 1st ticket was $7.50. The last one, the tickets were $1,500.00, 3rd row center at the end of the runway.
Great input from Keith’s original playing, but it spoils it a bit to hear MT play “the same he used to” years later with a much different feel than he had in 71.
Too clean live...the nastiness of the studio version hits you to the bone
The prototype rock star.
Normally, you absolutely need subtitles to understand what Keef is saying. However this was the clearest his speaking voice has ever been during an interview
It ain’t the notes, it’s the space between the notes.
Amazing Riff to these day, but only 50 % Keith's , the rest is Charlie😊I doubt it would sound the same without him❤
Just a rhythm guitarist is all!!!
What about the opening riff for “Gimme Shelter”? Love that one. Or “Sympathy for the Devil”?
He’s always described as the ultimate bad boy rebel which is odd because he always seems to be in a good humour.
it was Mother Maybell Carter that Keith got his inspiration from
Brown Sugar opening riff is just as strong.
Can you hear me knocking.........It's usually played in mob movies, when a person (or persons) is about to get whacked, or a bust by the cops!
GOD'S GIFTED 144OOO. WRITTEN IN THE STARS AND THE GOOD BOOK. 😊REVALATIONS ❤
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