First Listen - "Moonlight Mile" by The Rolling Stones (Hip Hop Fan Reacts)

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  • @keeponrollin7922
    @keeponrollin7922 Рік тому +42

    This whole album is worth the listen,

    • @DENVEROUTDOORMAN
      @DENVEROUTDOORMAN Рік тому

      This cut sucks...too bad the top 40 Garbage boys struck again with this awful suggestion

  • @marymargaretmoore9034
    @marymargaretmoore9034 Рік тому +5

    You would also like their song "Time Waits For No One" from the album It's Only Rock and Roll.

    • @fuchsiaswing8545
      @fuchsiaswing8545 Рік тому +2

      The album is sort of “meh” by Stones standards in the Taylor era, but “Time Waits for No One” is an absolute gem. So antithetical to their traditional sound, with very Latin jazzy-type chords and the most proficient guitar solo ever recorded on a Stones album.

    • @marymargaretmoore9034
      @marymargaretmoore9034 Рік тому

      @@fuchsiaswing8545 Agreed!

  • @IDriveAnAudi
    @IDriveAnAudi Рік тому +46

    I’ve loved this song since I was a teenager in the 70’s. Possibly the most beautiful song by the Stones and Jaggers vocals on this are just stunningly good. Sticky Fingers is one of the top albums of all time. To me it’s a top ten album and by far my favorite collection of music by the Stones.

    • @jasonremy1627
      @jasonremy1627 Рік тому +6

      Agree. Sticky Fingers might be my favorite album of all time, bar none.

  • @guichogf5636
    @guichogf5636 Рік тому +18

    Mick Taylor was a genius. If you like this one, you will like Winter from the Goat's Head Soup album.

    • @garybalranald6323
      @garybalranald6323 4 місяці тому

      I second this. It has a similar feel to Sweet Sounds Of Heaven. Also should try (Doo doo doo doo doo) Heartbreaker. It's no Sympathy or Shelter, but shows just how much quality they have.

    • @kojo68
      @kojo68 Місяць тому

      Winter sucks compared to Moonlight Mile

  • @ibnmegas
    @ibnmegas Рік тому +19

    Listen to Time Waits for No One. Mick Taylor's guitar work on that song is genius

  • @jbellinger99
    @jbellinger99 Рік тому +30

    "Sister Morphine" is also an outstanding song, with an unforgettable slide guitar part by Ry Cooder.

    • @bobguitarlearner8007
      @bobguitarlearner8007 Рік тому +1

      Didn't know it was Ry Cooder and not one of the Stones.

    • @8OBO8
      @8OBO8 Рік тому +1

      Oh shit, I've always loved that slide part. I never knew it was Ry Cooder. Such a great player.

    • @bobguitarlearner8007
      @bobguitarlearner8007 Рік тому

      Ya, you might say that when the Stones wanted to do something really good they called on non-band members to get the job done.

    • @anfrankogezamartincic1161
      @anfrankogezamartincic1161 7 місяців тому +1

      Stones are profesionals, they have no problem with guesst musicians, and they always choose the right ones

    • @anfrankogezamartincic1161
      @anfrankogezamartincic1161 7 місяців тому

      The whole album is too good. They have few more

  • @ArmandoMPR
    @ArmandoMPR Рік тому +29

    The music is so beautiful. This one always gets me teary-eyed. It’s just ethereal. Lyrically this one captures Jagger’s headspace as he went on tour in late 1969. He was missing Marianne Faithful, whom had declined to go with him.

  • @vicprovost2561
    @vicprovost2561 Рік тому +21

    Imagine us coming home with Sticky Fingers in our hands the day it was released and sparking up the good stuff! Man, they were always the instant party band, put any of the 60s or 70s albums on and watch the party get animated. Good times forever with these guys, the colonists someday on Mars will listen to the Stones... Try Monkey Man for yet another of their many classics. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎶

  • @ls1959
    @ls1959 Рік тому +14

    This song was Jagger and other guitarist Mick Taylor, who contributed so much great music during this "peak" era. Mick Taylor was an amazing guitarist and musician overall. I wish the Stones gave him more songwriting credit because I know he contributed a lot to some of these great songs. The other unsung hero is producer, Jimmy Miller, who produced their music during this peak period. I think his fingerprints are all over this song as well. Sticky Fingers is my favorite album of all time. I'm glad that you are taking the time to hear some of these non hit tracks, because the music is so friggin great.

  • @matthewashman1406
    @matthewashman1406 Рік тому +6

    When this song came out in 71 the Beatles were finished . To compare best to compare year for year

    • @jeffmiller8181
      @jeffmiller8181 Рік тому +2

      But you cant do that, becouse you have over 50 more years of the Stones.

  • @jbstonesfan
    @jbstonesfan Рік тому +2

    You are correct. They ate the best thing ever. Keep on doing what you do.

  • @carlburnett5986
    @carlburnett5986 Рік тому +34

    Great track and review. You should definitely consider doing the whole of the Exile On Main Street album

    • @ktrsBklyn
      @ktrsBklyn Рік тому +6

      One of THE best rock and roll albums of all time.

  • @CharlesDunkley
    @CharlesDunkley Рік тому +3

    My Top 4 are as follows:
    1. The Beatles
    2. The Who
    3. Rolling Stones
    4. Led Zeppelin
    Each of those 4 bands has their own unique feel and flavor & all are extremely talented in so many different ways. I don't begrudge anyone having any of those 4 at the top of their list. I give the Beatles the edge out of them all for a whole host of reasons. They were the band that instantly leapt out from all the others when I was very young (which was while the Beatles were still together and in full swing in their career). Music was everywhere back then. On the radio. On the turntable in everyone's house. I was born in the '60s and surrounded by fantastic music of all sorts of styles and genres and the Beatles sounded timeless and classic, and just so completely in sync with each other. Pink Floyd, The Grateful Dead, and Radiohead are some of those other rare bands that are just so seamless in their interplay.
    The Stones had that bluesy, sexy swagger. The Who were punk before there was punk. Zeppelin was high octane blues. And The Beatles were just The Beatles. They fit in every box and in no box at all, and all at the same time.
    All that said, you've many great Stones songs still awaiting you. If the Who didn't have Keith Moon I could see the Stones having claimed my #2 spot. But Moon lived, and played, and tore a hole in the cosmos for such a short while and he planted the Who firmly at #2 for me. I'm lookin forward to watching as you continue through your journey through these bands.

  • @markhardwicke5345
    @markhardwicke5345 Рік тому +11

    I've never seen a commenter review this song, which is my favorite Stones track. Your thoughts are very insightful. Thank you for showing this to a new audience

  • @theholyearthgod1363
    @theholyearthgod1363 Рік тому +19

    I'm glad that I liked both bands equally during the time of creation. I guess now in my 70th year I've grown to like the beatles a bit more.
    We were the fortunate ones.
    Van morrison cypress Avenue concert at the Hollywood bowl is most likely the greatest live performance ever

    • @vicprovost2561
      @vicprovost2561 Рік тому +3

      Agree, I'm 68, A fan of both since the British Invasion, they are 2 sides of the same coin and pretty much equals, I would say the Beatles were the better band but the Stones had a greater and way longer career.They are my #1 & #2, forever.

    • @Bassman2353
      @Bassman2353 Рік тому +1

      Great choice but I'll still go with Waiting for Columbus by Little Feat

    • @vicprovost2561
      @vicprovost2561 Рік тому +1

      @@Bassman2353 I'll take Can't You Hear Me Knocking by the Stones

  • @muriel2267
    @muriel2267 Рік тому +11

    Love in Vain and Monkey Man. The first is a bluesy Robert Johnson cover the second is a extremely under appreciated gem

    • @bobguitarlearner8007
      @bobguitarlearner8007 Рік тому +1

      Monkey Man for sure

    • @sarahfullerton6894
      @sarahfullerton6894 Рік тому

      I have always thought this was very Japanese sounding!

    • @ls1959
      @ls1959 Рік тому +2

      Love in Vain live, from the live concert movie, Ladies and Gentlemen: the Rolling Stones. Mick Tayor's lead guitar is masterful on this song.

  • @alphajava761
    @alphajava761 Рік тому +6

    Sister Morphine and Dead Flowers are gems

    • @lewstone5430
      @lewstone5430 Рік тому +1

      Especially Townes Van Zandt’s version of “Dead Flowers” which was my favorite to play live.

  • @roberttompkins6489
    @roberttompkins6489 Рік тому +8

    This is such an incredible song by the Stones. Unfortunately not as well known to the masses as so many of their other songs. For any other band it would have been their greatest effort--for the Stones it is just one of almost an endless list of great songs.

  • @lgot123
    @lgot123 Рік тому +9

    The song, about the weariness of life on tour, is the perfect ending to the Sticky Fingers album.

  • @olibertosoto5470
    @olibertosoto5470 Рік тому +2

    Mick has that core rock voice - even a ballad is unmistakably rock and roll. 👍🏼

  • @user-nn2bt1no3d
    @user-nn2bt1no3d 9 місяців тому +2

    The lead guitarist is Mick Taylor. Extremely talented. Check out "Time Waits for No One". This is one of the very best Rolling Stones albums. Start listening to Exile on Main Street, perhaps their best.

  • @anthonyblakely399
    @anthonyblakely399 Рік тому +4

    This song is like one is traveling on a train through the countryside of Japan. You are so correct in your reactions.

  • @gernblanston5697
    @gernblanston5697 Рік тому +5

    Another one that hits this way with the two Micks driving the song's feel is Winter from the Goat's Head Soup album. Jagger is a good guitar player himself. And on this one, he is playing an open G tuning. Great sound and very fun to play!

  • @chillywilly9080
    @chillywilly9080 Рік тому +10

    Always thought this was one of Mick’s best vocal performances, great deep cut man!

  • @rlj1965
    @rlj1965 11 місяців тому +2

    The song was the product of an all-night session between Jagger and guitarist Mick Taylor. Taylor had taken a short guitar piece recorded by Jagger (entitled "Japanese Thing") and reworked it for the session. Jagger performs the song's prominent acoustic guitar riff. Jagger felt it easier to extemporize with Taylor, as Richards was not present. It was Taylor's idea to add a string arrangement by Paul Buckmaster to the song. Jim Price-the Rolling Stones' usual trumpeter-plays piano.
    Jagger explained the creation of the song: "I also came up with an Oriental-Indian riff on my acoustic guitar. At some point during the tour I played it for Mick Taylor, because I thought he would like it. At that point, I really hadn't intended on recording the song. Sometimes you don't want to record what you're writing. You think, 'This isn't worth recording, this is just my doodling.' Mick Taylor claims he was promised some songwriting credit, but found himself surprised that he did not when the song was released on Sticky Fingers. The first verse lyric "with a head full of snow" was a nod to the cocaine they were using at the time and the title Moonlight Mile is slang for a nighttime cocaine binge.
    This is one of my absolutely favorite Stones song and I love many of the tracks during the Mick Taylor period.

    • @AndyLarson-xm7tq
      @AndyLarson-xm7tq 4 місяці тому

      Much of what you posted is not true. The lyrics had nothing to do with drugs. Jagger who wrote the song has made that clear.

  • @cherylwoodward
    @cherylwoodward Рік тому +7

    This song is sublime. Great ending song to a terrific album.

  • @scottlbroco
    @scottlbroco Рік тому +10

    Syed, you've done it again with another great reaction to the World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band!
    The music of my favorite Stones ballad, "Moonlight Mile" was written by Keith Richards, who called the solo demo recording of him playing acoustic guitar "Japanese Noodlings". For all his pedigree as a bluesman, the Stones ventures into pop music made Keith a very versatile songwriter. He was taken by the Japanese vibe of the melody and, as he often did, asked Mick to write some lyrics for it. Keith couldn't wait to record it.
    Keith's lifestyle meant that he stayed up for 2 or 3 nights in a row (or more!) before crashing into sleep for a day or two. The Stones nearly always recorded live in the studio with all 5 of them present, but when it was time to record this song, it was impossible to wake Keith up.
    "Sticky Fingers" was the first album that Jagger felt skilled enough to play guitar on, so he played acoustic guitar in place of Keith, faithful to the Japanese atmosphere of Keith's melody. Mick played it beautifully... and what great singing!
    The great Mick Taylor played the 2 electric guitars on this song, and Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman did their parts on drums and bass with impeccable taste. Around this time, rock magazines like "Creem" and "Rolling Stone" (named in tribute to the Stones) began referring to Charlie and Bill as the greatest rhythm section in rock.
    Syed, you've now heard 5 of the 10 songs on the quintessential Rolling Stones album, "Sticky Fingers", and over the next month, I urge you to hear the rest:
    • There's "Sway", my favorite Mick Taylor studio performance ever; his second solo on this song seems to fade UP, not out.
    • There's "Dead Flowers", a country rock song so great that many country music artists have covered it.
    • There's the dark "Sister Morphine", about a junkie's end of life, and...
    • "I Got the Blues", one of Keith's favorites, with stellar interplay between Richards and Taylor.
    The Stones not only lived the rock and roll lifestyle, they CREATED it. Consequently, they had "the Rolling Stones Mobile Recording Studio" built to accommodate recording at any hours of the night, and to record at Mick's or Keith's mansion. "Sticky Fingers" was their first album they used this recording studio on, and it was later used to record "Exile On Main Street" and the vocals for their last masterpiece album, "Some Girls".
    Because of the Stones' friendship with Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin used the Stones Mobile Recording Studio for their albums "Led Zeppelin 3" and "Led Zeppelin 4", "Houses of the Holy" and "Physical Graffiti".
    The Who recorded their greatest album, "Who's Next" using it, and Dire Straits" used it to record their great live album, "Alchemy ".
    Many other artists include Bob Marley and the Wailers and Fleetwood Mac. The studio is referred to in the Deep Purple song, "Smoke on the Water".
    Here's a link to an interesting 9 minute documentary video about this legendary studio, released recently by the Stones themselves:
    ua-cam.com/video/ibW-QShUXeY/v-deo.html

  • @roberttompkins6489
    @roberttompkins6489 Рік тому +7

    This songs just builds to a crescendo that just erupts with every once of emotion that few like Jagger can deliver to a song. His voice is often scoffed at by some-but very few can deliver as Mick can with high falsetto to deep baritones and perfect inflections.

  • @bobguitarlearner8007
    @bobguitarlearner8007 Рік тому +7

    Sister Morphine has got to be the next Stones song!

  • @stevewalsh4850
    @stevewalsh4850 11 місяців тому

    One of if not my all time favorite Stones song, ahhhh, teenage memories back in the 70’s come flooding back 😵‍💫

  • @andrewbrennan7291
    @andrewbrennan7291 Рік тому +2

    I'm a Stones/Beatles fan - with a slight nod to the Stones so I recommend listening to The Beatles 'She's Leaving Home' - that's a song that really tugs at the heart strings.

  • @davidwalsh7128
    @davidwalsh7128 Рік тому +3

    Their most underappreciated song...

  • @sukie584
    @sukie584 Рік тому +1

    I always thought the line was “ I am just living to be dying by your side”. I still think it is.

  • @moonlightmile70s96
    @moonlightmile70s96 Рік тому +1

    so glad you did something different from them rather than the main stream stuff. I hope you will try their song--All down the line. it's really rock and roll

  • @seanlibbey4499
    @seanlibbey4499 Рік тому +3

    Probably the most beautiful and emotional song the stones ever recorded. The atmosphere that it creates is amazing. The stones are the best because the are so well rounded and incorporate so many different styles yet it is always the stone’s sound *please if u get a chance listen to some of the live tracks from the Brussels affair live album (the official release from the Goats Head Soup re-issue). You talk about them being at their peak and this is it, especially recommend the last track streets fighting man. It is raw power

  • @mcddtlc
    @mcddtlc Рік тому +3

    Golden era of when Mick Taylor was in the band!!!

  • @rickeylucero3955
    @rickeylucero3955 Рік тому +2

    That LP has more variety of any LP you will ever hear. Unless you listen to Beggars, Let It Bleed or Exile. You have done all be 5 of the songs I think. Nothing better ever!

  • @ohfour-seven6228
    @ohfour-seven6228 11 місяців тому

    So glad you liked this one, it's one of my favorites too. As far as Beatles/Stones, in high school (when these albums were made) I was Stones, all my friends were Beatles. And the music the Stones were putting out earlier, when The Beatles ruled radio were still incredible. At this point I think The Beatles were the best pop band ever and the Stones are best rock band ever. And I still listen to both bands all the time. For a different type Stones song, try 2000 Light Years From Home. It was way ahead of its time and is drop dead incredible.

  • @AdamConus
    @AdamConus Рік тому +5

    While don't expect you'll ever prefer the Beatles to the Stones (a debate as old as the bands themselves), I don't think you've even sniffed the best of the Beatles catalog yet, so definitely hold off on any hard judgements.

  • @darrylbuckett5380
    @darrylbuckett5380 Рік тому

    This has been my favourite Stones track ever since it was first released back i n 71. Cheers

  • @richardfweeler2939
    @richardfweeler2939 2 місяці тому

    Big Shame that we don't hear Syed anymore , without doubt the best first listen channel , Syed is by far the most coherent discerning , both intellectually stimulating and charismatic guy out there....where have you gone ?

  • @rosamattisse4652
    @rosamattisse4652 Рік тому +1

    One of my favorite stones songs. It gets under your skin

  • @Blue-qr7qe
    @Blue-qr7qe Рік тому +3

    Apples and oranges, i think. And i've been listening from their debuts.

  • @lauradetjen1573
    @lauradetjen1573 8 місяців тому +1

    I'm 75. When I first heard Moonlight Mile, it seemed very Japanese to me. I also find it very erotic, especially toward the end, where Mick seems to be grunting softly and rhythmically. This and Angie and Wild Horses are my favorite ballads by the Rolling Stones.

  • @margaretcooper6129
    @margaretcooper6129 4 місяці тому

    I just heard this a few days ago on my Spotify play list, and remembered how beautiful this song iis...

  • @peacepupppy
    @peacepupppy Рік тому +7

    Havnt heard this one before but i like it!!!! ❤

    • @lewstone5430
      @lewstone5430 Рік тому +1

      You haven’t listened to this whole album? You have a treat waiting for you my dear!

  • @dalewaterhouse6329
    @dalewaterhouse6329 Рік тому +1

    The orchestra is really good in this song

  • @bigsby1
    @bigsby1 Рік тому +4

    It's actually Chinese music that you're thinking of, which tends to use a 5-note scale equivalent to what Western music would call a major pentatonic scale. The vocal melody and instrumental lines in Moonlight Mile are based on that scale. Japanese music also uses several 5-note scales, but they're based on different types of intervals and have a very different sound than this. You can hear the Chinese type of pentatonic scale by playing just the black keys on a piano.

  • @sammillex6819
    @sammillex6819 7 місяців тому

    I also thought the same thing Syed! This song literally brings me in Japan 🇯🇵😍

  • @sukie584
    @sukie584 Рік тому +3

    My favorite album. Perfect from start to end, & this is just the most gorgeous way to end the album.

  • @davidwalsh7128
    @davidwalsh7128 Рік тому +3

    Mick Taylor and Jagger od guitars..

  • @denpea-mm8zr
    @denpea-mm8zr Рік тому +1

    As Tom Petty stated "the Rolling Stones were a great rock 'n roll band, but the Beatles changed the world".

  • @artromano2419
    @artromano2419 Рік тому +3

    Great review! They are touring and on the road..... life on the road could be hard for musicians when they have a loved one elsewhere. Under My Thumb & Monkey Man are two others y'all will appreciate. Take care and I thank you!

  • @gs8191
    @gs8191 Рік тому +9

    I love both bands, but your rating of the Stones over the Beatles when you are listening to Stones songs from their peak period (1968=1972) while you are listening to early Beatles developing their craft. Switch it around and play the cream of the Beatles from 1966 to 1970 and play the early Stones albums and you would have a different opinion. They didn't even write music in the beginning, Lennon and McCartney had to help them with that and even gave them a song. They copied Sgt. Pepper in their psychedelic follow up. Love the Stones and have no problem with someone liking them the best but have a fair playing field if you are rating.

    • @bobguitarlearner8007
      @bobguitarlearner8007 Рік тому +2

      By the time of Sticky Fingers Stones had a couple of years to digest allll Beatles material (as did the rest of rock bands in the era of Sticky Fingers). As with the rest of the bands, the Stones were likely influenced greatly by the Beatles. Who wouldn't have been given the success artistically and financially of The Beatles.

    • @alphajava761
      @alphajava761 Рік тому

      I don't know who the better band is. I have more Stones are on my playlists more than The Beatles. I grew up in the 60s as a child and 70s as a teen and Beatlemania was pretty overwhelming, so hearing something else like The Stones and others was a nice change up.

    • @maclen51B
      @maclen51B Рік тому +1

      I totally agree with your comment. Comparing early, immature 1964 Beatles with later, mature 1971 Stones is ridiculous at best. Hardly a level playing field!

  • @richardcurrit830
    @richardcurrit830 Рік тому +2

    If you like this one, you should really check out "100 Years Ago" off of "Goats Head Soup".

  • @flippinpages6550
    @flippinpages6550 10 місяців тому

    Back in the 60's I was 15 years old when England invaded my brain I always liked the Stones best after Bob Dylan. I saw them in 1969 in San Francisco, Mick was running around and jumping all over the stage. The guy who played first at the concert was Stevie Wonder. Everyone was very young.

  • @MartinFGayford
    @MartinFGayford Рік тому +14

    It's funny, I've never thought of Japanese music in this song but I can definitely hear it now you mention it. Sticky Fingers and Let It Bleed are my two favourite Stones albums; I can't choose one over the other. And I must admit I agree with you re: Beatles vs Stones. I think the argument is kind of dumb (many discussions about rock music are) but I actually don't think Beatles music has aged as well as the Stones. There is a caveat to that though; I'm talking about the best of the Stones: Beggar's Banquet to Goat's Head Soup, with some bits and pieces from before and after thrown in perhaps. I listened to the White Album the other day and, for a classic album, it's extremely patchy and at times, it's just irritating. For me, the Beatles peaked with Rubber Soul and Revolver and even then, there are tracks like Run for Your Life and Yellow Submarine. In comparison, the Stones albums from '68 to at least '72 just sound more real, more contemporary somehow. Gimme Shelter sounds more powerful to me as time goes on. I imagine I'll get hate mail for this but anyway!

    • @DS-er6lz
      @DS-er6lz Рік тому +3

      You’re spot on…

    • @andrespalacios1122
      @andrespalacios1122 11 місяців тому +2

      Hmmm... congratulations. I think you are very fearless. It is incredible that, to simply give an opinion, you have to use courage and bravery...
      😬 🙄

  • @anfrankogezamartincic1161
    @anfrankogezamartincic1161 7 місяців тому +1

    Thank you god for Mick Taylor

  • @richardfweeler2939
    @richardfweeler2939 8 місяців тому

    It's when the strings come in .....that lifts the track to the next level ...beautifully crafted song ...they are always changing nuances ....

  • @georom
    @georom 9 місяців тому

    I told my kids that if they’re are not lowering me into the ground to this song, I’m haunting their asses. Moonlight Mile may be the best song ever.

  • @demonsbutterfly
    @demonsbutterfly 9 місяців тому

    One of the Stones greatest. Fantastic that the younger generation are discovering these tracks and getting right into it.
    Moonlight Mile was a song I travelled with 30 years ago, on train rides at night through Europe
    It’s just so good on Headphones!!!

  • @goodbyedemocracy5678
    @goodbyedemocracy5678 Рік тому +2

    Head full of snow; coked up.

  • @rikurodriguesneto6043
    @rikurodriguesneto6043 Рік тому

    We were the BEATLES, they WERE the rolling stones.

  • @rocksense7351
    @rocksense7351 Рік тому +2

    After this please make a reaction video about the song called "Winter", it's an amazing song and one of my favorite Stones songs, another great romantic songs by mick jagger and mick taylor (and a very very great solo guitar by MT), and just like moonlight mile, keef was absent in the recording of this song. I think you will love that song 😁✌

    • @ls1959
      @ls1959 Рік тому +1

      Winter, Time Waits for No One, and Love in Vain live from the 1972 concert video, are among Mick Taylor's greatest guitar songs, along with Can't you hear me knocking and Sway as well.

    • @rocksense7351
      @rocksense7351 Рік тому

      ​@@ls1959 yessss, i agree with you, Winter, Time Waits For No One, 100 Years Ago, Sympathy in get yer yayas out, and some stuff from 1972 live like dead flowers, love in vain, and gimme shelter prove that the mick taylor era is the best era the stones have ever had 🙌

  • @fuzzylogicent
    @fuzzylogicent Рік тому +2

    I don't know how you do it... apparently this track started with a little guitar part by Mick Taylor called "Japanese Thing"!

    • @fuchsiaswing8545
      @fuchsiaswing8545 Рік тому

      Hence why the acoustic parts played by Jagger have a koto-playing sound.

  • @dmcbain44
    @dmcbain44 Рік тому +13

    By 1968 with the release of Beggar’s Banquet the Stones were really making better albums than the Beatles. As much as I love the White Album and Abbey Road, Beggars Banquet and Let it Bleed just sound like pure confidence and swagger.

  • @dalewaterhouse6329
    @dalewaterhouse6329 Рік тому +1

    This song is great

  • @rogeebundy6002
    @rogeebundy6002 Рік тому

    Lifelong stone fan
    Never heatd this great song

  • @misterjones2u
    @misterjones2u Рік тому

    I love your appreciation of the Stones, they have always been my stand out band, and you are really getting that. It is great to re-hear these songs I know and love so much through your ears and reactions. Thanks and keep going!

  • @phonebone81
    @phonebone81 Рік тому +1

    I don't think there's any point in talking about whether the Rolling Stones or The Beatles are better. Both bands have had a very large part in the further development of blues, pop and rock culture. But both benefited from the roots of black American blues without which neither band would have existed. Of course I also have my favourites, The Stones caught me in the early 70s and I own about 40 vinyl LPs. For me, that doesn't diminish the influence of The Beatles and especially John Lennon, who I particularly appreciate. Anyway, best regards @all -and thanks for sharing this fucking great song- from hamburg (germany)

  • @rafaelorantes7185
    @rafaelorantes7185 Рік тому +2

    Mick Taylor should it got credit for this.

  • @christopherarnold1568
    @christopherarnold1568 Рік тому +2

    i have watched your stones reactions and you have only touched the tip of the Stones catalog.. Mick and Kieth are the greatest song writing duo..IMO. Dont get me wrong,,the Beatles are good...but it will always be the stones for me

  • @zenhaelcero8481
    @zenhaelcero8481 Рік тому +2

    Nice to see a reaction to this one! Don't see many.

  • @jameshanson3759
    @jameshanson3759 Рік тому

    You are so smart. I love listening to you.

  • @mejbarron
    @mejbarron Рік тому

    Thanks for your great review.

  • @manuelmdemarco
    @manuelmdemarco Рік тому +1

    Beautiful song. Its only rock and roll next

  • @lewstone5430
    @lewstone5430 Рік тому

    Thanks Syed.

  • @manny4552
    @manny4552 8 місяців тому

    It's a stunning song and lp

  • @huascar66
    @huascar66 6 місяців тому

    You caught the very Japanese influence in the opening of this song and throughout. Interestingly, it is about life on the road, which can be tough for a working rock band (or any band, for that matte, at least in those days). There has to be some incredible longing to get through the hassle of touring (bad food, crazed fans, plane travel, bus travel, rail travel, loneliness and isolation) and get back to what seems sane and normal for the musician, perhaps home, friends and family.

  • @palacerevolution2000
    @palacerevolution2000 Рік тому +2

    The very early working title for this song, when they only had that revolving guitar line was "The Japanese Thing". Let's don't forget Mick Taylor's influence in this beautiful song.
    Edit - love your channel, and insights. Are you a musician?
    I am a lifelong Stones fan, but I would never say they are better than the Beatles. Just very different. No one did what the Beatles were able to do. Their music is deceptively simple. It's like Mozart; where you think it is a very basic thing, but then you realize it has become part of your DNA.

    • @jbstonesfan
      @jbstonesfan Рік тому +1

      Their significantly better than the Beatles.

  • @alawfer
    @alawfer Рік тому

    So glad you chose this song. Thanks and great job, man!

  • @ibnmegas
    @ibnmegas Рік тому +8

    Mick Taylor was amazing. They really missed him once he had enough of being snubbed.

    • @scottlbroco
      @scottlbroco Рік тому

      I love Mick Taylor as much as any Stones fan, but the Stones haven't lashed out at him when he's exaggerated and complained to the press.
      He could be difficult to work with in the studio. Keith once told him that he was heaven to play with on stage, but sometimes he was a total pain in the ass in the studio.
      In an interview, Glyn Johns said the band had laid down a rough demo of a song, and overnight, by himself, Taylor had added other guitars and drums and bass. Glyn said, "look, this is a BAND. The purpose is to create music with your bandmates. You have one of the greatest drummers in your band, and a fine bass player, too. Do you think you can play drums better than Charlie Watts?"
      So, Taylor wasn't always a team player like a band needs, and he needed to get away from the Stones for awhile to quit his heroin addiction. I think in time he really regretted leaving.
      It's a shame; Ron Wood is a good guitar player, but Mick Taylor is a truly great one.

  • @mrb532
    @mrb532 Рік тому

    Time for some "Let it bleed" and experience the country side of the rolling stones

  • @futuregenerationz
    @futuregenerationz Рік тому +1

    There is a [2002] film called 'Moonlight Mile'[Wow. Great cast]. I don't know what connection it has to this song since I've never seen it. Thanks for the background info. No Keith. Interesting. That tells me a lot actually.Apparently Mick Taylor co-wrote it. Something tells me he contributed more than he feels he got credit for.[the fact he left the band perhaps]'Like several songs from the period, the terrific "Moonlight Mile" came out of a late-night brainstorming session between Taylor and Jagger. And once again, Taylor says he was denied songwriting credit. Taylor built the song around a short guitar riff Richards had written. It was also his idea to add the strings that give the track its epic heft.'

  • @davescurry69
    @davescurry69 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for reacting to that, Syed. That song is a masterpiece, even without Keith.

  • @jasonremy1627
    @jasonremy1627 Рік тому +2

    Once you get to Revolver, you'll change your mind about the Beatles. They really hit their stride.

    • @bobguitarlearner8007
      @bobguitarlearner8007 Рік тому

      '66 not '71

    • @ArmandoMPR
      @ArmandoMPR Рік тому

      I’d say Rubber Soul is the real step forward for them. But the White Album is when they sound timeless to me.

  • @seanbrown8831
    @seanbrown8831 Рік тому +1

    "Honestly, I wasn’t really thinking about whether the song’s opening would be Japanese or Indian. Obviously, the tones or scales I used gave it an Oriental flavor, which is echoed later in the string writing. Most of the song is more Indian to me. I listened to a lot of Indian music then, and little bits rubbed off on me. These things were hinted at when the song goes into the B section, where the beat comes in [sings]: Oh I’m sleeping under strange, strange skies - when it goes into that. Then it’s kind of left behind and it goes into something else. The verses are also slightly Indian in their inception.
    Charlie’s use of the mallets was remarkable and let him dispense with the big offbeat. So you get this rhythmic subtlety that goes along with the guitar lines. It’s so moody. But nothing was planned. It was all spur of the moment, which is the beauty of the song. Of course, some of the things we added later were there to enhance the mood we had come up with - like overdubbed guitars by Keith and Mick, Bill’s bass, Jimmy Price’s piano and Paul Buckmaster’s strings. It was a question of building the song and then bringing down the dynamic and how you use the instrumentation to do that.
    Later, I added a bit of double-tracking to fill out my vocal, but not much. I actually do that quite a lot on recordings. Sometimes you don’t hear it or you’re not even aware of it. On Moonlight Mile, I double-tracked the odd lines just for emphasis. On some records I’ll double-track the lead vocals and then do harmonies up and harmonies down to give them a stronger feel. In this case, we mixed the song so the double-track sound was just marginally there."
    - Mick Jagger, 2015

  • @samlewis7878
    @samlewis7878 Рік тому +1

    The funny thing is , I think the Stones were a travelling band; the Beatles when the hit the studio off stage mode stayed there, in the studio. The Stones were always set to his the stage and you can hear it in the music. The Beatles revelled in static studio colosus. I still can't figure out who I liked more.

    • @bobguitarlearner8007
      @bobguitarlearner8007 Рік тому +1

      just ask if you ever heard the Stones described as ground breaking or writing music incorporating "radical Ideas" (musically, for the time), or setting the stage for future generations. Nope, you won't hear that. Just the Stones self proclamation as "The World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band", offered up in the dying days of the Beatles. Have a look on youtube for Howard Goodall's "the beatles - a musical appreciation and analysis". Then decide. It's worth a look.

  • @IvorPresents
    @IvorPresents Рік тому +1

    This was my favorite album Beautiful work, there is a bit of Beatles influence here. use of violins for example, touch of Indian influence in the end. I loved this song.

  • @Gordy63
    @Gordy63 23 дні тому

    If you are more of a rock fan, the Stones are your band. If you’re more of a pop fan, then the Beatles are your band.

  • @RonnieLeeDuck
    @RonnieLeeDuck Рік тому

    I'm pretty sure the guitar Mick is playing is in open G. According to Keith Richards he had just taught Mick that open G tuning around that time. Fun fact, according to Richards it was Jagger who came up with the riff to Brown Sugar that is also in Open G. On Moonlight Mile I imagine what happened was that Mick used his lack of knowledge with the guitar to his advantage. He used the Open G tuning to create a rather ridiculously simple (but exotic) "drone" sound, then built the song off that.

  • @w.geoffreyspaulding6588
    @w.geoffreyspaulding6588 Рік тому

    I’ve never before heard this track! And yes, very “Japanesie” …love the instrumentation and arrangement. Like it allot.

  • @fightingwords8955
    @fightingwords8955 Рік тому

    YES 💯💥

  • @jameslynch5249
    @jameslynch5249 6 місяців тому

    Gold❤

  • @shspurs1342
    @shspurs1342 Рік тому +1

    For fe from all the albums that I have heard. Sticky fingers is at number 2 on my list. With the only one I think is better is The Wall.

  • @jasonremy1627
    @jasonremy1627 Рік тому

    Another great track from Sticky Fingers.

  • @chrisbanks5925
    @chrisbanks5925 Рік тому

    Genius.

  • @angelicbean7635
    @angelicbean7635 3 місяці тому

    You won my sub . Cuz the Stone is the best Rock band in the whole world . Far surpassed the Beatles many moons ago .

  • @dathorndike4908
    @dathorndike4908 2 місяці тому

    The best album the Stones ever made by far

  • @davidmaholchic6146
    @davidmaholchic6146 Рік тому

    Sweet one here love you