When I was in fifth grade, my uncle’s date stood him up so I got to go to the Stones concert! 1978, Peter Tosh opened and Linda Ronstadt came out to sing ‘Tumbling Dice’ with Mick! It was friggin amazing.🖖🏼
Brad is stoic and he doesn't give away his reaction(s), a good thing! LEX! She gets that "stank face" going with it, thinks, starts smiling...but dat "stank face" keeps coming back! Good Girl! Er, Lady....Ummm, Momma! Congrats you 2.
One of my favorite Stones albums. As a British band they were the best interpreters/channelers of American music. Blues, country, funk, disco, they did it all and made it their own.
That’s because how it was recorded. They set up in a semi circle and ran micks vocals through the PA system along with Charlie’s snare drum. So the Snare was pumped into the room and bleed into the other mics even more than it would jagged regularly. It is my fav snare sound of theirs and maybe all time. It’s just slaps deep and has that snap to it.
It's basically a fusion of the Stones’ bluesy sound and the NYC dance club scene. Mick was living in New York and spending a lot of time frequenting disco clubs a la Studio 54 and Xenon. The whole album of Some Girls (1978) can be looked at as the Stones’ interpretation of the gritty and decadent NYC music scene (CBGB and Max's Kansas City, Studio 54, etc.) of the 1970s, which was much disco and punk.
I don't really buy the idea that this is a "disco" song, except as a way of saying that it is danceable and Mick Jagger wrote it to get something by the Stones played in the disco nightclubs which were all the rage at the time. But the song is pure Stones! Bluesy and guitar-heavy rock. It doesn't sound a thing like the heavily-produced strings-synth sound that characterized most of what is true Disco (Bee-Gees, Abba, Donna Summer). This is gritty and raw and real. I love the vocals--she's renting space in his head and its driving him over the edge! Similar in theme to Hall & Oates "She's Gone" but Jagger-style.
5:26 "what is this instrument?" I've heard you get stumped by harmonica being played in a song a few times. Here's what you do: Get online. Search Blues Harp. (that's a line of harmonicas made by Horner) get one, say in the key of D. $35.00 from amazon. Unwrap it. Open the box. Put it up to your mouth. Blow into it. Suck back in. Repeat. Carry it everywhere and play it when you can. In a while, you'll be able to play simple tunes. Listen to rock, and when there's a harmonica in a song, you won't have to ask what that is.
DISCO. It's their Disco Song. There is a little bit of everything on the "SOME GIRLS" Album. Punk, Country, Disco. Mick always had his finger on the pulse of current music trends, then they come out and do it BETTER than everyone else!
Mick Jagger was a regular at Studio 54 and wanted to record some songs they would play. Not to say they are bad songs but it was a thing Jagger wanted to do. Keith would never set foot in a disco club.
Per Wikipedia "Miss You" was written by Mick Jagger jamming with keyboardist Billy Preston during rehearsals for the March 1977 El Mocambo club gigs, recordings from which appeared on side three of double live album Love You Live (1977). Keith Richards is credited as co-writer as was the case for all Rolling Stones originals written by either partner or in tandem. Jagger and Ronnie Wood insist that "Miss You" wasn't conceived as a disco song, while Richards said, "'Miss You' was a damn good disco record; it was calculated to be one." In any case, what was going on in discotheques did make it to the recording. Charlie Watts said, "A lot of those songs like 'Miss You' on 'Some Girls' ... were heavily influenced by going to the discos.
I'm old enough to remember when people were "Team Beatles" or "Team Stones" as if you couldn't just like good music no matter who was presenting it. Apparently, Billy Preston was "Team Whoever Wants To Jam."
I never knew that. Great info. This song came out when the Beatles were long separated. I remember it being played on R&B radio stations when it was popular - that was VERY unusual, but this song was just that popular.
The Stones being amazing. Given the time back then, this was a b****slap that they still can rock with anyone. I was actually listening to this over the weekend, and thought of the 2 of you needing to listen to this--Charlie's drumming keeps this so tight.
Love this tune so much.... Respectable is another good tune... It worked well on the dancefloor along with China Girl from David Bowie, Dance Away from Roxy Music and Planet Earth from Duran Duran
I remember this playing over the PA as I walked through the carny at the Hamilton County fair in 1978. No other real associations, just a fragmentary memory from a long past decade.
Sucking in the 7o's. His marriage to Bianca was falling apart. Roaming the streets of New York. Hanging out at Studio 54. And disco is all the rage. The first single from the album Some Girls would be one their last great triumphs. It was the Stones weaving through and surviving the end of a dreadful period. It was the first Rolling Stones cassette I bought with my own money. And still a favorite. MISS YOU was a monster hit. The record is crammedwith everything that made them great. Country, punk, rock, blues, disco, attitude, a Keith Richards song, a quirky cover, and of course, Mick Jagger in rare form. From start to finish, a solid effort. Now that I think about it, I think I'll find my cd and play it now. Enjoy.
Love your take on a classic Stones blues song made in the seedy, sequined bad cologne disco era of NYC....the later seventies. Dirty, gritty groove. You could smell this song on Radio back in the day and it was epic!
Great Stones groove. The only thing that makes a Stones song a "Stones sound" is Jagger's distinctive voice - otherwise it's just superb musicianship with many different sounds and tempo's. Best rock and roll band ever.
The Stones bringin' da funk! Encroaching on disco territory, they make it so seedy and dirty with Mick painting a picture of the New York City underbelly in the late 70's. Masterful. One of my top ten all time Rolling Stones songs.
Out of Time, Time Is On My Side, Mothers Little Helper, Beast of Burden, Get Off Of My Cloud, and even the groovy Harlem Shuffle are must listen to songs.
I didn't really care for this song when it first came out, being the Stones first disco song. But when I saw them perform it at the Concert for New York after the 9/11 terroist atacks I thought it;s a song of real loss, even about people you love who have died. I have loved it ever since.
I agree with Lex, though, that it sounds more "funky" than disco. I mean, if you didn't know when it came out and what was going on in the music scene at the time, I don't think most people would hear this song and think, "It sounds like disco." Which is probably a good thing. ;)
This was one of the songs that led to the racist/homophobic "Disco Sucks" campaign led by Chicago DJ Steve Dahl. The pop culture zeitgeist was starting to spawn from NY Disco's where Gays, Black's and Latinos were becoming tastemakers. Rock stations were changing their formats to dance music and the Saturday Night Fever movie positioned the club goer over the Hippie as what a young American "is". Many staple rock acts got funky and it was resented by their core fanbases represented by white males who largely couldn't (or wouldn't) dance. It cumulated at a Disco Demolition Night at Chicago's Comisky Park. A black usher who worked the ballpark later noted that most of the records burned weren't even categorized as Disco, yet the artist were mostly black. This led to the Jim Crowing of major label offices where former Disco stars were left to rot and black artist relegated to puny budgets and promotions. Ironically, the Stones audience would boo a young Prince off the stage when he opened for them a couple of years later. MTV played this video for Miss You while refusing Michael Jackson and Prince until 1983.
Great track. As Jagger has said, Charlie is playing a disco beat (and Bill's killing it on the bass) but otherwise this is basically the Stones doing what they do best - bluesy rock. The instrument that Lex mentioned was Sugar Blue playing harmonica, FYI. If you've heard this track sampled, I'd be curious to know where. I think Erik Sermon (EPMD) may have sampled it but I'm not aware of any others, which is surprising.
My favorite Stones song! Local band in St Louis I'd go to see on weekends covered this song and that's probably why I am so fond of it. They were called King of the Hill and made their way onto MTV when MTV got started.
Its funk, soul, blues, disco Stones. They were great! Lot of bands were doing a little disco fusion back then in the '70s, early '80s. Disco years. Lex, Brad. Disco is part of the funk, soul, R&B, jazzy family. Even some blues. It's funky. lol. Also, with string instruments. And bluegrass sounds nothing like this! lol. Bluegrass is fast twangy country music with banjos, mandolins as well.
Everyone was doing a disco song back then, Grateful Dead had Shakedown Street, Kiss had I was Made for Loving You. Kinks had Superman, Queen had Another One Bites the Dust.
The Stone were the masters of making this "funky" sound . No other band could do it as well . Their "secret" was that the band didn't follow the rhythm section like EVERY OTHER BAND EVER . In every other band , the musicians follow the Drummer and Bass player , but the Stones musicians followed the Rhythm Guitarist ( Keith Richards ) that is how the Stones made their sound so different to everyone else , It's hot and dangerous . When your band isn't following the Rhythm section , it can all fall apart at any time because the drummer , and therefore the Bass player who's following him , are half a beat behind the guitarists , but , like I said , they were masters at it.
UK guy here. I spent the summer of 1978 in Florida and this tune was played in every bar and club I haunted during that time. Along with Evelyn King's - Shame and Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie-Oogie. Fond memories of a memorable time!
That funky base line you hear throughout the song was created in a hotel room in London by lead singer Mick Jagger and a gospel and soul master, the late Billy Preston (although unfortunately he went uncredited on this for his contribution). When this was first released, the Stones were called "sell outs" because people said they were selling out their rock and roll roots to disco. In later years however, it is recognized as one of their best songs for its danceable, blues infused, R&B tinged, jazzy sound. I might add this album mix is only a fraction of the real song; look up the 12 inch mix on UA-cam mixed by the great Bob Clearmountain (who also mixed the 45 RPM single). Now THAT"S a listen.
This song is most definitely a vibe and a mood, that makes you want to sing, whistle and dance along to it because it's so damn catchy. I can't tell whether the girl he's singing about has left him, or if he's "on a break" with her, or maybe she's just reluctant to jump into a relationship. The bottom line is, he's pining for her BIG time, and he's in a funk because she isn't around. He's turning down hanging out with the boys and hooking up with random girls, and then walking around singing and talking to himself, late at night in Central Park, somewhere that isn't safe to be late at night. It seems like he's a little depressed, too. I love the instrumentation in this song, because it blends blues (that harmonica!), funk (that bassline is EPIC), and disco.
When I was a teen in the 70s we’d all gather at someone’s house to watch Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert. It was MTV before music videos. That’s when I heard the Stone sing tracks from their Goat’s Head Soup album (before Miss You) but it’s a must listen to Stones album. My fav single is Heartbreaker….I guarantee you’d love it.
BLUES!!!! The Stones were influenced by Robert Johnson blues plus the Motown music. This song has a hypnotic beat that can run forever. Love it. Harmonica at the end.
Yeah I only ever listen to the extended 8.5 min version. The one that was originally released as a 12" on yummy pink vinyl. The single/album versions are too short!
Yeah, that harmonica at the end is one the magical moments in popmusic. That major scale and the sound. Also the sound of the kick and the hihat by Charlie is amazing.
Thanks for reacting to all the Stones music, funny how you always say "This doesn't sound like a Stones song" hahaha Now you're starting to get it. PS congratulations on the new baby, that's the best.
This is the song that introduced me to The Rolling Stones. I as 13 in 1978 and only listened to R&B on the radio. My exposure to rock and country came from TV shows like American Bandstand, Midnight Special, or Don Kirchner’s Rock Concert.
This album, called "Some Girls", was the first one to feature Ronnie Wood as an official, full-time member of The Rolling Stones. You are great fun to watch as you explore the music that has been the soundtrack to my life and times.
@@stevenmotchan2048 He played as a session musician on both It's Only Rock and Roll and Black and Blue, but he was only officially hired after Black and Blue was recorded.
Rock n roll with a funky bass line. I remember this as a great return to form by the Stones. I was in high school and we were all loving this and the Some Girls album.
Prince's favourite Stones song. Brilliant.
Missing her in an Empty Room
When I was in fifth grade, my uncle’s date stood him up so I got to go to the Stones concert! 1978, Peter Tosh opened and Linda Ronstadt came out to sing ‘Tumbling Dice’ with Mick! It was friggin amazing.🖖🏼
Lucky dog!
@@scottlaughlin9897 Undoubtedly, plus all the ladies ripping their tops off and Linda without a bra, boy did I get an eyeful!
Wow....
How exciting for you!
@@ThePittsburghToddy Some things stay with you for a lifetime...
When the Rolling Stones do disco, but still sound so hard. Also, it's one of the catchiest riffs ever, you'll be whistling this song all day.
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Four on the floor beat, walking octave bass, but with those weaving Richards/Wood guitars.
It's been sampled over 20 times, and close to that many covers exist. That's a sign of how catchy that riff is.
What do you mean disco?
@@tonyd1185 That bass line ..........yep disco mixed with the Stones style.
@@tonyd1185 The rhythm section is doing a disco beat, that's part of the genius of the song--that they found a way to 'Stonesify' that beat.
And the GREAT Bobby Keys on that bad a.. sax!! You keep listening to the Stones you'll see there is no genre' they couldn't do!!
Be safe
Brad is stoic and he doesn't give away his reaction(s), a good thing! LEX! She gets that "stank face" going with it, thinks, starts smiling...but dat "stank face" keeps coming back! Good Girl! Er, Lady....Ummm, Momma! Congrats you 2.
The drums and bass on this are sooo good.
yes it hooks you in straightaway.
Drum
& Bass
One of my favorite Stones albums. As a British band they were the best interpreters/channelers of American music. Blues, country, funk, disco, they did it all and made it their own.
Charlie Watts' snare drum popping like a firecracker on this joint...along with sparkling high hat play....awesome.
That’s because how it was recorded. They set up in a semi circle and ran micks vocals through the PA system along with Charlie’s snare drum. So the Snare was pumped into the room and bleed into the other mics even more than it would jagged regularly. It is my fav snare sound of theirs and maybe all time. It’s just slaps deep and has that snap to it.
The 12inch version of this song is a fave … Have it on my 12inch songs playlist ..
It's basically a fusion of the Stones’ bluesy sound and the NYC dance club scene. Mick was living in New York and spending a lot of time frequenting disco clubs a la Studio 54 and Xenon. The whole album of Some Girls (1978) can be looked at as the Stones’ interpretation of the gritty and decadent NYC music scene (CBGB and Max's Kansas City, Studio 54, etc.) of the 1970s, which was much disco and punk.
I don't really buy the idea that this is a "disco" song, except as a way of saying that it is danceable and Mick Jagger wrote it to get something by the Stones played in the disco nightclubs which were all the rage at the time. But the song is pure Stones! Bluesy and guitar-heavy rock. It doesn't sound a thing like the heavily-produced strings-synth sound that characterized most of what is true Disco (Bee-Gees, Abba, Donna Summer). This is gritty and raw and real. I love the vocals--she's renting space in his head and its driving him over the edge! Similar in theme to Hall & Oates "She's Gone" but Jagger-style.
This is as bluesy as a disco-like song will ever sound. So unique!
Spot On ! Really special - time less ✌️
5:26 "what is this instrument?"
I've heard you get stumped by harmonica being played in a song a few times. Here's what you do:
Get online. Search Blues Harp.
(that's a line of harmonicas made by Horner) get one, say in the key of D.
$35.00 from amazon.
Unwrap it. Open the box. Put it up to your mouth. Blow into it. Suck back in. Repeat.
Carry it everywhere and play it when you can. In a while, you'll be able to play simple tunes.
Listen to rock, and when there's a harmonica in a song, you won't have to ask what that is.
One of my favorite Stones song. Disco with an edge
Was wondering when you get to this..the stones love NYC this was played every where in NY when it came out
Mick Jagger and the Stones were "Funky" from their beginning in 1963.
DISCO. It's their Disco Song.
There is a little bit of everything on the "SOME GIRLS" Album.
Punk, Country, Disco. Mick always had his finger on the pulse of current music trends, then they come out and do it BETTER than everyone else!
Such a soulful groove.... Puts you in a place & mood. The Some Girls album is gr8 head to toe!!!
Ok it IS an original by the Rolling Stones...
(I once heard it was remade by RStones)
I rank it second best after Sticky Fingers. Such a great album.
im reading gr8head and im thinking --Great head? till i figured it out.Love this song!
@@lindaaugone382 haha!! That's an extra compliment to their album ;) .
@@lindaaugone382 if you listen to the title track, you have no idea how accurate that actually is...
Mick Jagger was a regular at Studio 54 and wanted to record some songs they would play. Not to say they are bad songs but it was a thing Jagger wanted to do. Keith would never set foot in a disco club.
The 80s were all about that sexy sax.
Per Wikipedia "Miss You" was written by Mick Jagger jamming with keyboardist Billy Preston during rehearsals for the March 1977 El Mocambo club gigs, recordings from which appeared on side three of double live album Love You Live (1977). Keith Richards is credited as co-writer as was the case for all Rolling Stones originals written by either partner or in tandem.
Jagger and Ronnie Wood insist that "Miss You" wasn't conceived as a disco song, while Richards said, "'Miss You' was a damn good disco record; it was calculated to be one." In any case, what was going on in discotheques did make it to the recording. Charlie Watts said, "A lot of those songs like 'Miss You' on 'Some Girls' ... were heavily influenced by going to the discos.
Randomly, the El Mocambo(also made famous by SRV amongst others) in Toronto was restored and is back open.. The stories those walls could tell
I'm old enough to remember when people were "Team Beatles" or "Team Stones" as if you couldn't just like good music no matter who was presenting it. Apparently, Billy Preston was "Team Whoever Wants To Jam."
I never knew that. Great info. This song came out when the Beatles were long separated. I remember it being played on R&B radio stations when it was popular - that was VERY unusual, but this song was just that popular.
It’s called a “walking bass line”. Billy Preston did come up with it, taught it to Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts picked up on it.
The Stones being amazing. Given the time back then, this was a b****slap that they still can rock with anyone. I was actually listening to this over the weekend, and thought of the 2 of you needing to listen to this--Charlie's drumming keeps this so tight.
That Bass! Thank You Mr. Wyman
They had country, punk, and disco on the "Some Girls" album
All the old rock bands were adding disco vibes to their sound in order to stay relevant. And that was Sugar Blue on harmonica on the fade out.
The Stones are able to combine Folk, Jazz, Blues with Rock N Roll genres with a unique sound, totally different with each song.
yep- came out during disco phase in history.
Love this tune so much.... Respectable is another good tune... It worked well on the dancefloor along with China Girl from David Bowie, Dance Away from Roxy Music and Planet Earth from Duran Duran
Wife here..., sooo funky!!.. My favorite Stones hit!!
I remember this playing over the PA as I walked through the carny at the Hamilton County fair in 1978. No other real associations, just a fragmentary memory from a long past decade.
The drums are rock solid on this tune and harmonica holds the keep it in tow, key!
This song...was bumpin in the hood, a lot of Stones fans were pissed back then and now act like they mess with it.
THAT BASS LINE THO!.......soooooooo DISCO.......
Disco,country,rock blues etc. the Stones do it ALL !!!!
Sucking in the 7o's. His marriage to Bianca was falling apart. Roaming the streets of New York. Hanging out at Studio 54. And disco is all the rage. The first single from the album Some Girls would be one their last great triumphs. It was the Stones weaving through and surviving the end of a dreadful period. It was the first Rolling Stones cassette I bought with my own money. And still a favorite. MISS YOU was a monster hit. The record is crammedwith everything that made them great. Country, punk, rock, blues, disco, attitude, a Keith Richards song, a quirky cover, and of course, Mick Jagger in rare form. From start to finish, a solid effort. Now that I think about it, I think I'll find my cd and play it now. Enjoy.
This is actually a recording from a Japanese cover band called "Rorring Stones"
So many artists did disco songs in this era but the Stones made it there own!
I HAVE ALWAYS LOVE LOVED THIS SONG!! For decades y favorite Stones song
I love this jam.
Love your take on a classic Stones blues song made in the seedy, sequined bad cologne disco era of NYC....the later seventies. Dirty, gritty groove. You could smell this song on Radio back in the day and it was epic!
I feel old 😂 I'm 58 I feel 98 😂 because I grew up with this 😆
Great Stones groove. The only thing that makes a Stones song a "Stones sound" is Jagger's distinctive voice - otherwise it's just superb musicianship with many different sounds and tempo's. Best rock and roll band ever.
Love this song...I never considered it an attempt at Disco! Either way
...it freaking rocks!
Lex is fab with the Mick face!!! 😆 I can't help but make the same face when I listen to the Stones!!! Excellent reaction.
The Stones bringin' da funk! Encroaching on disco territory, they make it so seedy and dirty with Mick painting a picture of the New York City underbelly in the late 70's. Masterful. One of my top ten all time Rolling Stones songs.
Out of Time, Time Is On My Side, Mothers Little Helper, Beast of Burden, Get Off Of My Cloud, and even the groovy Harlem Shuffle are must listen to songs.
I didn't really care for this song when it first came out, being the Stones first disco song. But when I saw them perform it at the Concert for New York after the 9/11 terroist atacks I thought it;s a song of real loss, even about people you love who have died. I have loved it ever since.
To have seen Bill Wyman play this funky bass groove live..... and from the 14th row. ❤
GREAT song. From probably my second favorite Stones album, "Some Girls". Every song is great on that one.
The Stones disco era...they nailed it. Listen to the entire album. Excellent!
I agree with Lex, though, that it sounds more "funky" than disco. I mean, if you didn't know when it came out and what was going on in the music scene at the time, I don't think most people would hear this song and think, "It sounds like disco." Which is probably a good thing. ;)
@@supertrexandroidx Disco is part of the funk family. Disco is funky lol
@@joesmith8725 YES. Disco was a funk bassline with a four on the floor dance drum beat and syncopated guitar riffs. Definitely funk-based.
@@Jerlwayne Aye, Bill's definitely rubbing some funk on that bass line.
Only disco influenced song on the Some Girls album which had punk, and country influences as well
This was a funky jam...fun, catchy and azz shakin at the time on the dancefloors.
Stones at the height of disco.
That is Mick on the harmonica at the end.
Hell, in 1978 even the Grateful Dead went disco! 😱😝
This was one of the songs that led to the racist/homophobic "Disco Sucks" campaign led by Chicago DJ Steve Dahl. The pop culture zeitgeist was starting to spawn from NY Disco's where Gays, Black's and Latinos were becoming tastemakers. Rock stations were changing their formats to dance music and the Saturday Night Fever movie positioned the club goer over the Hippie as what a young American "is". Many staple rock acts got funky and it was resented by their core fanbases represented by white males who largely couldn't (or wouldn't) dance. It cumulated at a Disco Demolition Night at Chicago's Comisky Park. A black usher who worked the ballpark later noted that most of the records burned weren't even categorized as Disco, yet the artist were mostly black. This led to the Jim Crowing of major label offices where former Disco stars were left to rot and black artist relegated to puny budgets and promotions. Ironically, the Stones audience would boo a young Prince off the stage when he opened for them a couple of years later. MTV played this video for Miss You while refusing Michael Jackson and Prince until 1983.
They've been around for a long, long time, so their various musical categories have evolved! Hail to the "Glimmer Twins"!🤩
60 years as of July
Stones never above trying to ride a current trend, here in their Disco/BeeGees/Club/Dance phase.
Definitely a Rhythm and Blues vibe.
Great track. As Jagger has said, Charlie is playing a disco beat (and Bill's killing it on the bass) but otherwise this is basically the Stones doing what they do best - bluesy rock. The instrument that Lex mentioned was Sugar Blue playing harmonica, FYI.
If you've heard this track sampled, I'd be curious to know where. I think Erik Sermon (EPMD) may have sampled it but I'm not aware of any others, which is surprising.
My favorite Stones song! Local band in St Louis I'd go to see on weekends covered this song and that's probably why I am so fond of it. They were called King of the Hill and made their way onto MTV when MTV got started.
Its funk, soul, blues, disco Stones. They were great!
Lot of bands were doing a little disco fusion back then in the '70s, early '80s. Disco years.
Lex, Brad. Disco is part of the funk, soul, R&B, jazzy family. Even some blues. It's funky. lol. Also, with string instruments.
And bluegrass sounds nothing like this! lol. Bluegrass is fast twangy country music with banjos, mandolins as well.
Everyone was doing a disco song back then, Grateful Dead had Shakedown Street, Kiss had I was Made for Loving You. Kinks had Superman, Queen had Another One Bites the Dust.
The Stone were the masters of making this "funky" sound . No other band could do it as well . Their "secret" was that the band didn't follow the rhythm section like EVERY OTHER BAND EVER . In every other band , the musicians follow the Drummer and Bass player , but the Stones musicians followed the Rhythm Guitarist ( Keith Richards ) that is how the Stones made their sound so different to everyone else , It's hot and dangerous . When your band isn't following the Rhythm section , it can all fall apart at any time because the drummer , and therefore the Bass player who's following him , are half a beat behind the guitarists , but , like I said , they were masters at it.
UK guy here. I spent the summer of 1978 in Florida and this tune was played in every bar and club I haunted during that time. Along with Evelyn King's - Shame and Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie-Oogie. Fond memories of a memorable time!
The stones went D I S C O
That funky base line you hear throughout the song was created in a hotel room in London by lead singer Mick Jagger and a gospel and soul master, the late Billy Preston (although unfortunately he went uncredited on this for his contribution). When this was first released, the Stones were called "sell outs" because people said they were selling out their rock and roll roots to disco. In later years however, it is recognized as one of their best songs for its danceable, blues infused, R&B tinged, jazzy sound. I might add this album mix is only a fraction of the real song; look up the 12 inch mix on UA-cam mixed by the great Bob Clearmountain (who also mixed the 45 RPM single). Now THAT"S a listen.
No words needed just the beat Is amazing !🤘
MUST HEAR Classics,, The Rolling Stones "Tumbling Dice",, "Monkey Man" & "Fool To Cry"
Loved this song as a kid. Yeah, I'd say it's disco crossover, for sure.
Funky disco groove
His friend was coming around with a case of wine and some girls. He said COME ON! COME ON!
This besides, Paint It Black is my favorites Stones song!! "Mother's Little Helper" is another great Stones to react to. Cool song!!
Yes, and I love Gimme Shelter, Brown Sugar, and Angie.
A Rock & Roll Disco song!
This song is most definitely a vibe and a mood, that makes you want to sing, whistle and dance along to it because it's so damn catchy. I can't tell whether the girl he's singing about has left him, or if he's "on a break" with her, or maybe she's just reluctant to jump into a relationship. The bottom line is, he's pining for her BIG time, and he's in a funk because she isn't around. He's turning down hanging out with the boys and hooking up with random girls, and then walking around singing and talking to himself, late at night in Central Park, somewhere that isn't safe to be late at night. It seems like he's a little depressed, too. I love the instrumentation in this song, because it blends blues (that harmonica!), funk (that bassline is EPIC), and disco.
A quote from The Rolling Stones, "It's Only Rock and Roll, But I Like It, Like It, Yes I Do!" 🎶🤘🤘
The instrument Lex asked about is harmonica played by someone named Sugar Blue, a street musician discovered by Jagger in Paris.
Another great chill song by the Stones is Emotional Rescue. I think you guys would love it
When I was a teen in the 70s we’d all gather at someone’s house to watch Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert. It was MTV before music videos. That’s when I heard the Stone sing tracks from their Goat’s Head Soup album (before Miss You) but it’s a must listen to Stones album. My fav single is Heartbreaker….I guarantee you’d love it.
This was so disco. The Stones are so versatile.
BLUES!!!! The Stones were influenced by Robert Johnson blues plus the Motown music. This song has a hypnotic beat that can run forever. Love it. Harmonica at the end.
Yeah I only ever listen to the extended 8.5 min version. The one that was originally released as a 12" on yummy pink vinyl. The single/album versions are too short!
Yeah, that harmonica at the end is one the magical moments in popmusic. That major scale and the sound. Also the sound of the kick and the hihat by Charlie is amazing.
This is disco inspired Stones.
Yeah. I never thought this was disco like but it would be easy to dance to.
That 4-on-the-floor beat and bass guitar part are pure disco. They even released a 12-inch dance club mix.
We called this Disco Stones when it came out.✌️❤️🎶
Thats for sure.
ELO had an album in 1979 called "Discovery", but one reviewer called it "Disco Very".
1:49 Lex doing her Jagger vibe
Disco Stones, hell yeah!!
Entire album is 🔥🔥🔥!!
Thanks for reacting to all the Stones music, funny how you always say "This doesn't sound like a Stones song" hahaha Now you're starting to get it. PS congratulations on the new baby, that's the best.
Great reaction, more Stones please.
This is the song that introduced me to The Rolling Stones. I as 13 in 1978 and only listened to R&B on the radio. My exposure to rock and country came from TV shows like American Bandstand, Midnight Special, or Don Kirchner’s Rock Concert.
Lex, that was a harmonica at the end. This song just grooves. That's all there is to it. Guh-roove!
Gonna come around at twelve with some Puerto Rican girls that's dyin to meet you.
Gonna fool around like we used to.
Ah, those were the days 😁
College music for me! I remember when the "Some Girls" album came out. Everybody played it at every party. It has a great bass line!
This album, called "Some Girls", was the first one to feature Ronnie Wood as an official, full-time member of The Rolling Stones.
You are great fun to watch as you explore the music that has been the soundtrack to my life and times.
Yeah, the Mick Taylor era is my favorite, but Ronnie and Keith weave together very interesting guitar parts. Very cool.
What about the Black and blue album?
Black and Blue was the first! (and my personal favorite Stones album)
@@stevenmotchan2048 He played as a session musician on both It's Only Rock and Roll and Black and Blue, but he was only officially hired after Black and Blue was recorded.
@@jasonremy1627 I don't think that's true, Ron Wood has been an official member since the 75' tour
Try Faraway Eyes on the B side, which got airplay so it became a double A side. Completely different again.
I was obsessed with this song when it came out and I was about 12 or so. I still no every word to this day.🤣👍
James "Sugar Blue" Whiting provides the snappy harmonica. Awesome sound.
This song and album was HUGE when it was released
Definitely disco influenced.
Mick really loved the disco scene and as always they made it their own, much more than disco.
Song is sooooo good!
One of their best I think.
The whole some girls album is 🔥🔥🔥
Agreed! 👍
My favorite Stones song!!!!
Rock n roll with a funky bass line. I remember this as a great return to form by the Stones. I was in high school and we were all loving this and the Some Girls album.