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The Stones in mid life crisis mode did some of their best material
LOL love that. So funny!😂
@@donnaj.clarke2482thanks there the best 😊😊
I'll buy that for a dollar !
Slap your Johnson for that slur, you knave.
One of their best albums
This is the way I want to remember
The Rolling Stones.
Instead of the other stuff, huh
Me too
Me too!
Yes that's the way it works for me to.
They are the coolest band ever 👍👍
That sax is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard in my life. It is like he's playing a song that is seperate from the main song and which somehow repeatedly merges and seperates from the main song.
Exactly.
I think it's Sonny Rollins playing sax.
Hey 80s music 80s movie music be nothing without the sax,
These are just peacfuul timez
I believe the sax player is Charlie Keys.He played on so many Stones hits.
There's something very melancholic about this song reflecting back at that time not one person looking down at a phone
It's pure pleasure, as it was back then!!!! Love this song!! Their old songs are really great!!!❤❤❤...
I remember asking random people on the street “how do I go to xx place,where is the nearest xx shop,” and of course in bars “what was the score in the xx game” …. I kinda miss that
Think that nostalgic is a better word.
Eye contact 👀👀👀
Good point ☝️
The most simple low budget video is perfection. What a vibe.
low budget if you take out of the bill all the stuffs they were on during the recording 😅
Me, me, me!!! I'm a STONES........ FAN! PROUD OF IT! THANK GOD FOR THE STONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Heroin
My favorite Rolling Stones song...
I remember it on MTV...
When they used to play music videos..
Old Mick was never one to waste or spend a buck if he didn't have to 😂
This video shows the true Rolling Stones, the spirit of their music and lifestyle.
❤ Yes!
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Not true rolling stones, cause no jones no Stones
@@Adit_Fadil Absurd comment. History has proved he was irrelevant for the band's success, achieving it's true identity with Richard's and Jagger's involvement, taking it to a legend status.
@@rubenlopezusa History has proven that Jones was the founder of Rolling Stone and made him a band. Imagine if Jones had'nt died at a young age, Rolling Stone could have become a big band because of Jones.
What a gorgeous solo from Sonny Rollins. I love the story behind this. Jagger wanted to ask Rollins, probably the top jazz sax man of the time, to put a solo on the song. Charlie Watts - a serious jazz fan - said 'he'll never do it'. But Jagger asked, and Rollins indeed said no. But Rollins' wife persuaded him. When the saxman came into the studio, Jagger was nervous about working with a jazz great, and asked Rollins how he wanted to go about it. Rollins said, you stay in the studio with me, you dance and I'll take my cue for what to play from your moves. Some kind of genius there! If only someone had video'd it.
Years later, Rollins heard something on the radio, liked the sax playing, and wondered who it was. Eventually he discovered it was him, on one of those Rolling Stones songs!
Thanks for share this. I didn´t know about it.
That's great!
Thanks for Sharing simply Incredible! Last Epic Song from the Stones! The year before, Foreigner required the services of Sax Man Junior Walker on Urgent, Both Solo are heartwarming & iconic today
I've caught that story also, fantastic
😮😂
This song really speaks to me. Not looking for a lover, users, or any shallow people, but a friend who will stick with me through thick and thin, a companion through life. 👍
What a pretty and fascinating woman ,hello my darling ?
There hard too comeby
I’m here if you need someone
@@hawkrose8403 would be great to have a friend 🫂
@CraigKimmel were there now ,go to any bar or Restaurant people are sitting at the same table. All texting each other, not even talking & People think the kardashians are heroes to society lol
I recently lost my dad a few weeks ago, this was his favorite song. we hung out and had some beers every friday night the last few years and this song is really special to me. He would always be in his front porch having a smoke waiting on me to come over . just waiting on a freind :)
Be Strong and hang in there Christie you have a friend
Christie, your Dad sounds like he was a pretty cool guy. Sorry for your loss, but so glad you got all those Fridays together.
What country are you from ? Just curious
Ur paths will cross again...
I am 100 percent with you….. I have made my daughter a Stones fan…thanks for posting
Holy shit. Did you ever hear a saxophone like that?
Sonny Rollins the Great....
OK I AM ON HERE 10 YEARS AGO AND IT'S 10 YEARS LATER. ANYONE OUT THERE STILL LISTENING TO THIS GREAT 1983 CLASSIC?
Stones are unreal holding on 👍
November 1981
Welp..I AM
2024 still the greatest rock band ever existed
naturalmente. . . . . . . . .!!!!
Favorite Stones song....
It's a late evening in July 2024. 73 and still enjoying!
Nice 👍
Wru?
how can you not enjoy!
Who didn't have the Tattoo You album back then...?
Me too my friend, me too ❤
God ... 40 years later ~ I still love this song; and, miss driving around playing it on cassette with my best friend, Linda ... 🥰
Thank you for sharing baby 😘
@@guillermotafolla4516 You're welcome! Thanks for your sweet reply ... 😘
I'm 55. Stones were my first concert back in 87'?? Play em every chance I get ..like rt now...
Hi Linda!
@@banjarro Awe, too cute; hope she (Linda) saw your "Hi Linda!" ... 🥰
The mellow vibe of this fine song, the early 1980s NYC atmosphere, the simple joy of their friendship, the superb musicality... it's a treasure!
You kinda th8nks mick a tee bit nuts most ll8key but still very cool.
Brilliant description! ❤👏🏼👏🏼
His a god dam legend
Yes, a treasure. Perfect description of this classic. I grew up with all their songs in the 60s, but Waiting just might be my favorite Stones tune.
Yes way back then when the world was nice, now in 2023 our world is a nightmare.
Brings back memories of friends long ago, and of some who are no longer with us.
I understand that feeling... Two brothers who will forever be in my heart...they are the ones that were a true solid "Stones" Fan that made me understand what the meaning of friends/brothers ment. RIP my dear friends...
❤
The eerie sound of the song has the melody of friends that have came and gone thank you rolling Stones
Man you are not kidding
That's for sure
Funeral Pablo Rata , Viernes Santo 2024, siempre en nuestro corazón ❤.
One of the best saxophone solos ever..
Saxophone is awesome!
Sax solo is by legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins!
@@nickarne5670
He had been very dismissive of the Stones until their paths crossed some how !!?
@@petermills542I understand his wife persuaded him to do it. Sonny is on record as liking the Beatles... the Stones, not so much...
@@nickarne5670 just read it in his bio. Great story on this song and album.
Stones are cool always 😊
Forever the stones unreal 😊😊
The best 😊
Damn straight
My dad is 80 and he has said that if you didn’t live through the time when Stones came about, you can’t really understand how big of a deal they were and the impact they had.
What are some of his favorite tracks??
The Rolling Stones are the best.
I was a little young for their sixties stuff, but they were the kings of the 70s along with Mr Bowie.
wow this is brilliant Mick and Keith lifelong friends they are not many of us that have had a friend for 60 years and they met over some blues records Amazing the rest is History
Yeah, so many bands have trouble getting along.
Happy 90th birthday to the saxophone player, Mr. Sonny Rollins!
Saw Mr. Rollins in Amersterdam a few years ago...
lol
To me the saxophone makes this song great
Thanks for recognizing his contribution 👍, probably the best 😏 all time .
Simply brilliant
RIP Charlie Watts . A true gentleman with class
Hi Dorothy 💐💐
what a pretty breathtaking woman ,hello my beauty
He w@s indeed.
Charlie was so great!❤
Ya re very very young and have never met, Charlie! Right? He was a Rolling Stone..💋
What a fucking great underrated masterpiece. Pure Stones goodness.
Gotta love the stones
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@@marianmiacz5736 ?
No other band can sound so raw yet so tender. ROCK STARS!
,👍🏿
The Sonny Rollins sax solo is absolutely astounding!!
Every time I hear this song I smile. That may sound a little underwhelming but there are few things in life that make you smile every time you hear it. In an ugly world it still gives me hope.
Absolutely.
Right on
Agree & that sax🎶🎷😍
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💯 x
From all the music the Rolling Stones have gifted to us, Waiting for a Friend is my all-time favorite Stones song.
Vc é encantadora
Amber pulga vc é especial como essa música dos Rolling Stones
That riff man....the tone rips in and takes me back like time travel man....so sweet.
it speaks truth out loud
@@trickster_zxz2701 LEDs goll beyb
This song reminds me of my "little brother" who loved the Stones. He passed away around 22 years ago, still in my heart ❤
Eileen he had good taste
So sorry for your loss. He was so young, now he's an Angel 😇
RIP little bro...
Oh, Eileen, so sorry to hear about your little brother. Every time I hear this song, it too reminds me of a family member. My little sister passed almost 14 years ago and she and I used to sing this song in the car when we would go shopping. She LOVED this song. Many blessings to you, Eileen.
RIP to your baby brother, sweetheart. ♥️🍃🙏🍃♥️
I am a Sto
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I am a Stones fan since way back wben!
Glad to see there are others out there!!!
Rock and Roll !!😂
Lucky enough to see them live in Vancouver on the Voodoo Lounge tour. I got to see Bill and Charlie play toghether.
Rolling Stones forever!!😂
It was at Rogers Arena, so the sound was not as good as Pacific Coliseum, the best acoustics ever!
Anyone heard a concert there?
Woo hoo, yeah°°
Myself and my best friend used to meet in a pub in Oxford in 1981/2.
The rule was whichever of us got there first had to stick this on the jukebox.
40+ years on , he's still my best friend 👍
Cheers for having a great friend 🍻
thats soo cool . but im not jelly ,haha good memerorys
Friends like that are a rare & precious thing.
I am oh sooo soooo jealous!! Can I join in???
That's cool man that you still have your best friend
This album came out when I was 18 in 1981. Played the hell out it. This song is definitely my favourite! It’s so great to read everyone’s comments and it’s amazing how we don’t know each other but can feel connected in such a positive way. Life can be tough. Then randomly hear this song and all the bad stuff fades away and it’s like…yeh, life is good 🎶
I was 15 when it came out, loved this album. Didn’t see the video until many years later. Anyway, I appreciate this song so much more now that I’m 56 as opposed to 15, lol!
If you are listening to this song since it came out then you are staying young. Best band ever to drink beer too, and lift weights as well.
Start Me Up from '81 is much better.
OK Jill 18 in 1981 & 1 was 38. Agree 100% - As you say we all love these comments and stay connected.
Me too class of 80 I turned 18 June of 80
There will never be a musician as Cool as Keith Richards is….watching him “strut” down the street…amazing hair & clothes style 🎶😎❤
You got that right! Keith is wonderful ❤
the king of new York
Like a fine bottle of wine....
Keef Is special
Our kind and snob pirate
Guys high as giraffe nuts on heroin 😆
Mick, Keith & Ronnie -the best band in the world & time...😮❤
The Stones were never better. The beautiful sax (Sonny Rollins) that weaves its way through this "ode to joy" is pure magic.
Sonny Rollins, legendary jazz saxophonist... One of the all-time greats. The Stones had initially recorded the backing music with Mick Taylor on guitar back in 1972 when they made "Goats Head Soup". But it never made it onto that album and it was left unfinished without the sax or any of the words. The recording was revived 7 years later while the Stones were making "Tattoo You". They needed a sax player for this and two other songs and so Mick gave Sonny a call. (I love his confidence. "Yeah, we'll just hire a living legend to play on our album..." Haha!!) Sonny Rollins was going to turn down the gig because had a typical snobby jazz elitist attitude towards rock and wasn't much of a Stones fan. From the little he'd heard of their music, he thought they were "highly-derivative" of American blues. But his manager/wife wouldn't hear of it. She told him, "No, you MUST do it.." They had some problems nailing the part. They weren't on the same page. Eventually Sonny told Mick, "Look, you just stand right here next to me, tell me exactly where you want me to play and DANCE the part out"... Which Mick did!! Thank God it all worked out in the end.. It took a while, but is pure magic... One of their best.
The great Sonny Rollins on the sax!
When comparing all the other performances of this song , covers and by the stones themselves, nothing comes close to this recording with sax and the main guitar riff, i never get sick of hearing the flowing compositions, cheers now.
@@carlmarks8170 What a great post. I wouldn't have got this much info from Google. I'm a rock guy and I know about the Snobby attitude and all that. But all of us Rock Guys love these so called living legends because we adore their music. I love this post and Sonny Rollins wife for pushing him into doing it. What a great sound Sonny produced with one note that sounds like a sound wave itself. That's what these guys get paid for and they know it. May the Cosmos spin your way for all.
One of those bridge songs between the '70s and the '80s. It had mainly a '70s feel to it but hinting of the '80s and what was to come. The true "80s" sound though ended early, in '87. After that it was pretty much all downhill, with few exceptions.
i'm young and this is my first time ever hearing this song. Holy shit. what a masterpiece
Welcome aboard and check out all their stuff from 1960-1970’s
check out tops as long as youre checkin out tattoo you
@@TC-dw6wg Riiiight, all the treasures. I woke up to Cant You Hear Me Knockin. O yeah, Stones fan for life
Hey its awesome man classic rock and Legends of all times stones rock
Been a fan since the seventies first saw them live on the still life tour 1982 London Wembley
Oh boy it was if I saw the second coming
Couldn’t take it all in, they were banging, I melted ...
You check my favs paint it black and gimme shelter
They still give me goosebumps today ..( T.J.)
One of my all time favorite Stones songs
My fav 🪄🎶🕉n it's just so c o ol..waiting for a friend...❤❤❤
Mine too
One of my favorite songs of the Stones
Give the Stones lots of credit for keeping it rocking for like six freaking decades!!!!!!
That's a rock star for us. 👅👅👅👅💨💨💨💨💨
I do! They are the only 6 star rating in the Rolling Stone Magazine to me!
@@tca90210 hey dude no problem they are the band of the world to me from 13 to now this DATE IM 72. They to this day RULE MY 🌎 & MY LIFE. I NEVER MISS A CONCERT, MY place has membranes of many things in the Stones line. My tee shirts ... I proudly expose my love for him the best is a logo on line the covid mast I have
Mask o have that mo one has & it's quite the attraction. 👅👅👅👅💨💨💨💯
@@geristracener5253 You're a man of culture I see 👌🏼
Aren't we all just waitin' on a friend? God was waitin' on Charlie... Good song, good man. May he and all of our loved ones RIP.
Well said
Amen brother, well put
The gods are gonna be waiting on Keffi for a while
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Jesus, you callous morbid fuck!
@@latetodagame1892 laugh all you want.
Now but it will be to late when the time comes on judgment day when jesus says to you depart from me for I never knew you god. Have mercy on your soul !!!!!!!!
I'm drinking beers alone in a large beach house, and suddenly, it's 1982 again. Love UA-cam, man.
beer?
@@jhassett2 yes, me too. but really, i drink not alone. peace!
Alwa a bitter sweet experience for me.
A QUIEN NO... SALUD,
Back in the day, my boys would joke about this tune. Now, we get it. Cheers!
I remember loving how mellow this song was. And surprised.
Keith and Mick wrote so many great magical songs, this is one of them. Just beautiful.❤❤
That's the Physical Graffiti building at the beginning
@@MShep-mh5xo
96 & 98 St Marks Place NYC !
not that I'm American, just have both albums 😄
Pretty sure Mick Taylor had a hand in this one.
"A smile relieves a heart that grieves" Such a great line.
👍🏼My fav line too!
❣💔❣
@@theresat9687gmail haha mine to :) With Rainbow's Rainbow eyes 'all the lights have died somehow
Or were they ever there'
Absolutely correct
The best!
My fave line too
So many great Stones songs but this is perhaps my favorite. Everything about it is such a feel good tune and the video is timeless
This song it's also mine favorite song from the stone's
Also my favorite. I love it.
it's brilliant...but it also makes clear Keith's contempt for Mick ....which I don't care for ....These two need each other.
Ja ich liebe es auch ,besonders wenn ich mich verlassen fühle ,heitert es mich sehr auf❤
What would the world be like today without music such as this?
This Quartet goes Hard
Beat me to it 💙
No Ronnie on this one?
@@alexmajor2366Doug Martsch was in a Maserati fighting an Andy Warhol banana!!!
@@alexmajor2366he's at the bar!
So there were five Stones at this point
"A smile relieves a heart that grieves"
Mick has always had such a brilliant way with words.
That is my favorite verse in the song. 4 simple chords and a message that endures time "Waiting on a Friend"
my friends are all dead
Keith writes the lyrics.
+Robert Dunkes SR It's the other way around, mostly.
+Robert Dunkes SR No he doesn't actually. Mick writes most of the lyrics and Keith writes the music. There's a few exceptions like Happy, Thru & Thru and he contributes to some of the lyrics but Mick is the one that wrote this as far as I know.
I don't think Mick gets enough credit for his writing. He's easily one of the best lyricists in rock n' roll history. From 64-82, he kept a ridiculously high standard of writing songs. Arguably the longest time period of quality music from any band ever.
I love The Rolling Stones! Sixty years people! The soundtrack of all my life! Stones forever!
Rolling Stones are still far better than some bands currently.
They didn’t meet trends for many of those early years, for instance through Beatlemania
Greatest band in the world👅👅👅
@@janetsheehan9870 agree 100% the best by far
@@greekstud100 🐾🐾🐾
Hands down the best rock n roll band ever its not even close with how many hits and classic albums they've made
Hell yeah!!!❤
Beatles. bar none.
Thank you England for all of the great bands!
The Beatles were a pop band, a very good one, yes. The Rolling Stones set out to be a blues band, and they definitely are, and yet, they became the greatest rock and roll band of all time!!!! I think they probably invented rock and roll!!!!!
Except the Who also the best
the Hits are all R&R...The Who a bit more prolific...Yet when the Stones lock in makes me think of no one else
Sonny Rollins pulls this whole song together quite nicely with his sweet, ethereal sax solo.
Yes indeed. This was the last good RS song, underrated. A 5-10 repeater when I hear it. The opening 15 secs is tremendous.
Makes the song.
The singer from Black Flag ? Wow , learn something everyday.
@@daveyboy_ that's Henry rollins
@@My.name.is.SickBoy The guy from J.Gilles Band ?
RIP Charlie, RIP Brian.
RIP Stew (Ian Stewart) ...
2024 and still listening to this master piece as I drink me a Modelo and reminisce about the good old days....wish I can go back in time.
Unfortunately neither you, i or anyone else including the stones can do that, so enjoy your time now and it's perfectly ok to listen back to the great songs of those days, we all do it and that's fine by me 🎉
Cheers 🥂 !
Ohio ......
@@ferm8103lol ? , hmmm...
When you find that path..,PLEASE take me with you. Our current state makes me happy to go when my time comes.
@@sandrab2884 don't sweat it my lady , I get the feeling your an amazing woman, sometime I'll write you a poem , and you'll know what I mean , cheers 🍾🥂 !
My favorite song❤
such a tragedy that you’ll hear “beasts of burden” on the radio a thousand times but you’ll never hear this masterpiece. this is the stones at a peak.
I hear it on the radio stations I listen too. I also request it from time to time.
This got a lot of play on the radio and still does as much as Beast of Burden around here. Maybe where you live just sucks for radio.
Matt Celis literally never heard this on any radio station, ever. wherever i’ve lived.
just a suggestion for anyone who isnt hearing what they like on the radio. just use a playlist on spotify 4HEad. even if you are too lazy to make your own, there are thousands of playlists with exactly what you want (assuming you are a classic rock normie). :)
I'm 41 and I just wish I could a saw them in their prime
When my brother was alive he dedicated this song to me, now that he passed away, he still by my side with this song.
Thanks for sharing that. May God give you comfort.
Sorry to hear about your Brother. He's smiling down on you now and is right by your side right now while you are listening to this amazing Stones song
@Redrum No sir it was a kidney disease, please more respect someday you will pass away in overdose maybe.
@@michaelphilip3926 many thanks for your words, I appreciate it.
Love ya man ! And we sure love your bro! At least I do if he was awesome enough to dedicate this to ya little bro. Don't forget when we all go we'll be by each other's side bro ! Think of it. We'll be there with you. Much love dude !
This music is so good it brings tears to my eyes..
Likewise. Man, makes me wish for simpler times….
Me too guys
You are not alone
Me too!!!
Timeless,feel good factor, luv to see all the Stones promos videos released on Blu Ray for 60th Anniversary
Arguably the most underrated Stones tune. RIP Charlie.
Well said brother. So true
a rock legend gone
so sad
I agree
Didn’t appreciate it when I was younger but heard it again about 10 years ago and thought wow! what a complex blend of musical styles( & an unlikely hit song IMO)
Thank for your music sir
A smile relieves a heart that grieves. Love that.
That goes for male and female you can very easily say something to a pretty little heart thing that will get her head straight again
So true !!
One of the best chill-out songs of all time.
So chill 🤩
Sooo righttt..! 😔😑😊
It’s the Sonny Rollins tenor sax that really makes it work for me-so mellow and smooth but soulful.
Sax in rock n roll is really good, it suits the Stones & Springsteen anyhows.
You nail it dude.
I heard a great old blues song, the beat, words screamed Rolling Stones you need to put your own spin on this one...big hit..... sadly I can not remember the name of this little gem waiting to be exposed by the great Rolling Stones......lol....
For every cigarette you smoke, God takes a day away and gives it Keith Richards. ❤️
Lmfaooooooo
So he has at least 500,000 years left...Nice!
that's hilarious! He and Bowie both but since david's no longer here, keith gets all
@@rosemarymills1671 check my music out, a fan of Keith is a fan of me 😉
@@paulssounds7129 will do...I've got hi expectations :)
Forgot how awesome the sax is in this. The whole song has such a great vibe.
Sonny Rollins is indisputably one of the greatest sax players of all time.
Sonny Rollins I think, yep a great solo
I was thinking the exact same thing, very moving sax part!
I will always be a Rolling Stones fan for life, their music has always been a friend to my ears all my life, much love to y'all ❤
Yep first good comment,I read hear! Great and honestly! Ya re the kind of people,I like 💕! Best wishes from Austria 🇦🇹
Until you change your ways all you will do is wait, wIt and wait!
Right back at you.
As long as I have been listening to the radio. 3rd or 4th grade listening to heartbreaker and brown sugar and get off my cloud. Glad to be alive at the same time as these guys.
❤❤❤❤
My brother directed me here. Not heard this song before. Great song. The video is rather sweet and charming. I like the way Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman are interacting and laughing.
The first time I ever heard this song was 1981 in a Detroit bar on the jukebox I was just passing through town and was waiting on a friend to pick me up. One of those magic moments.
Im 42 and i first heard this song yesterday....missed it but it took me back to better days
@@luciousbattlecat2618 At least you came across it now. There's much more, enjoy.
This song came out back when cable was first rolling out in my hometown. I remember my brother randomly videotaping MTV on VHS for a couple hours just hoping to get this song.
The good old jukebox
I happened to pass by a record store in downtown Buenos Aires in '83 and they were playing this Stones' song that I hadn't heard before...I stopped to listen to it and liked it so much that I walked into the store and bought the Stones' album that included "Waiting on a friend". I still have it carefully preserved !
So much heart and soul in this song. I remember when it came out I was already into newer music. But this song just pierced me straightaway. The depth of their personal history, the sax breaks, New York in 1980. Genuinely relaxed in their skin, loving each other. It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks, when your friend knows how to lift you up and make you smile. Sometimes, that’s all that really matters.
A smile relieves a heart that grieves..
Time stands still for no one, this still feels like it was yesterday. Rip Charlie
A truely awesome song, and one of my favorite Rolling Stones songs.
Mine as well and God Bless
My fave Stones tune. Perfect.
My fav❤️❤️❤️❤️
👍🏿
In my top five
Waiting On A Friend was recorded in Jamaica in late 1972 / early 1973. Vocals and sax solo were added in 1981. It became a top 20 hit in 1982.
Bitchin song!!!
Recorded when Mick Taylor was in the group, as well as with Nicky Hopkins and Sonny Rollins
Wow. Must be a record between recording and release. Adding Sonny was a stroke of genius.
Should have went top TEN
I feel this song is the sun shine, giving us a light. The man is waiting on a friend, that essense I think is "" I do for you, and please ask me your burden... If this "waiting on" were in Japanese, "" 君を待ち、君のためにいつでも待機しているからね ""....... こんな感じかな（女性の友もfriendだからね）
I love the way Mick swings his arms whilst going to perform in the small bar. I miss drummer Charlie Watts and was surprised that the band stayed together after his death. Their lyrics are brilliant!
I noticed on a lot of other videos and live performances Mick does that twirling motion and looks like a helicopter taking off 😂the gymnastics and dancing is kinda what makes him Mick
@@janiceellery1653too funny!!😂🎉😂
I love how this video captures their personalities.
This song makes me want to cry and dance at the same time. what a perfect piece of music, RIP Charlie, there will never be another drummer like you.
🎉😅
You got that right brother
Had i seen this in my 20’s, the rest of my life would have changed to something completely different.
It's never too late friend.
This was the very first music video I ever saw - the summer of 1981 just before MTV started, between my freshman and sophomore high school year - it was played by a news program. It was an absolute bombshell to my soul, to see this music video, before I really even understood the concept. It was like "what in the world is this!? a video made for the song? Are they acting the lyrics? Is this a mini movie?" Everyone was like me, confused, amazed, and completely transfixed. Every time I hear this song or see this video, I'm reminded of this OG of the revolution of music video, which was a huge part of my high school life.
Congrats my friend! We're all rolling stones friends...60 years of cool songs, only good memories! Stones forever in our hearts!
I saw them in 81 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas TX. With ZZ Top and the Fabulous Thunderbirds on Halloween in pouring rain. I do still have the ticket stub.
You're probably a tad older than me but of my generation. I was 14, and had just turned 14, when MTV started. I knew life was going to be different.
Too funny! My town was nearly if not the last in the nation to get MTV. Went to visit friends in college, rushed to turn on MTV. This came on, first video I ever saw on there. Even played through the Great Ramen War of ‘81. Give a couple cases of ramen to your kid for college, close range ramen pack combat. That apartment was trashed. Senior year HS.
I saw MTV since the inception the first video ever was “Vido killed the radio star
As old as Keith looks for the past 20 years, and people make fun, the guy is a legend. Can’t get any cooler than that dude.
One of my favorite songs by the stones. Makes me just kick back and forget all my problems.
@Lisa Spann One of my favorites too! Same as you, makes me just kick back & forget my problems! 08/02/2020
@StrnFn9099 I agree with you! Thanks, UTube!
Me too lisa.
But out of time is still my favorite
Same here
Stones são o melhor antidepressivo!
I used to wait for my friends when I was younger but there are fewer friends to wait for now . Rest In Peace to them all of them but now there waiting for me in heaven .
Sonny Rollins's solos send this song into the stratosphere.
Shining brilliant saxophone track
Did you read Mick's quote about this on the songs Wikipedia page?
Yes!!!! Thank you … I love this song and it was Sonny Rollins soloing that completes the perfect vibe.. also … that’s Peter Tosh on the stoop sitting with Mick and Keith
As A Black kid 👦🏿 growing up in the early 70’s and 80’s - This group was amazing because they had no boundaries and the music was beyond Excellent- also I could imitate Mick jagger to a T and Billy idol... Awww the music 🎶 back then was so euphoric to me mentally
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Great music shall always reach the fans it is meant to reach
Same her Woody.
Wow I'd love to see you be Mick. He's been my idol at 13 yrs old. 👅👅👅👅💨💨💨💨💨
imagine spendin 50 years of your life with ya best mates...gattered,, shaggin the best women.. touring the world with no computers /internet..more money than you could ever spend etc etc...... the rolling stones, absolutely incredible they survived through the decades..good luck to them all.....some great tracks timeless...
Mick shagged guys too, not only pretty ladies, fyi lol
The greatest rock and roll band. Period
C C Yeah, you would be the one to bring that up
Sounds like a fun life!
I wish the devil valued my soul as much, think I would be more than tempted! Lol
Another iconic St. Marks Place moment/image captured.... like the cover of Physical Graffiti ....
Rolling Stones are still the greatest rock’n’roll group in the world!
Indeed, SMOOTH, AND DIRECT,EASY LISTENING.
@@twelvepolesdaroot8309 ,
ACDC
No argument here.
Soo true 😘
The opening guitar lead is amazing. Sets the grammatical structure for the entire beat via the blues "call and answer" symbiosis. The bass follows, like a pack mule smoothly staying in time with the riders in front. The sax... it's like a siren, the sea faring kind, beckoning the listener to look for the shore, through the fog. Mick's lyrics is the lighthouse, beaming rays of hope and belonging, telling you that even if you have to wait, at least you can wait on a friend. Keep going, it's worth it. (Exits humming the yeah yeah outro.)
You are a poet. Beautiful, succinct picture you painted.
Love this song and video! Gotta love Mick Jagger! What a unique performer he has always been..nobody else like him!
the King of Classic Rock
No Duplicate there. I dearly love my Stones so much. Mick is my friend & I'm waiting for him. 👅👅💨💨💨💨
what about his friend David Bowie rip
Not even Beiber??!
@@GeorgeTel100 oh hell no. 👅👅👅💨💨💨💨
Im in NY right now, in the street, in that bar, love you STONES ✨🇦🇷🎶
I don't see you.
Nice bro 👍
En dónde se hizo el vídeo?
@@MartinSweden New York 🍻
The greatest rock band of all time doing a cool video from 1981. How laid back is Keith in this? I defy anyone to watch this and not sit with a smile on their face. Saw them in London in May 2018, and they seem to be enjoying playing together more than ever. Maybe it's because they know it can't last much longer. Thanks for all the great times and music fellas.
WOW u just explained why I sometimes feel melancholy or sad when I listen to these great old bands..? IT CAN'T LAST MUCH LONGER....
I don't know why, but this song always put a smile on my face. No matter what life is throwing at me.
F u it will last 4 ever
texasbell f u it will last 4 ever
michael peuler same with me
The older I get, the better this song sounds. Thanks Stones!
One of the best songs they’ve ever done.
Yup. Wild horses too
DJL0455 so many to choose from.
It blows my mind. I heard Sonny Rollins really didn't want to do the Sax solo at first. They cut the record and Sonny forget about it. Some time elapsed and Sonny finally heard the recording and he loved it!
How in the world could there be any thumbs down? This song is one the greatest songs ever. These guys are the best rock band ever. By the way, I’m 70 years young.
Defo one of a kind from an old soul to you.
couldn't agree with you more. I'm 70 also.
Got that right dude. I’m 61 today. I was 21 when I saw this albums tour in ‘81. So many great memories listening to the Stones.
Does anyone, I mean anyone rock more than a Rolling Stone?
I'm 59 and I totally agree.
Keith just swaggers down the sidewalk. So fucking cool. Love this song.
Possibly one of the Greatest Songs Ever Recorded!!!,,,who isn't just waiting on a friend?
Possibly?
I've been waiting on a friend for a long time. Maybe one will show up before I die.
@@fivestring65ify Hang in there, Jimmy. It can change in a minute.
Michael Gomez amigo para sempre
This is a beautiful piece of the 70s look at his face in the beginning
This song came out in the early 80s.
Definitely their most beautiful song.
Angie
Keith and Mick, seems like these best friends go back a hundred years. The Stones produced some of the best MUSICIANS to come from any band really. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of GREAT bands; the STONES just happen to be one of the best.
The best
saw your comments and likes.
Thank you for your love and support🙏❤️
One of the greatest friendships in the history of man.
Never was a Stones fan. But I’ve now lived across the street for almost 20 years and now I like this song and a few others. Oh, the neighborhood is a little different but there are always movies and things being filmed. Jason Bateman was directing something out front last week.
Man, wouldn't it be awesome if my generation had a band like The Rolling Stones? I'm talking about a group that brings that same level of passion, authenticity, and rock 'n' roll swagger. Just like how The Stones made their mark on history, it's time for a new band to step up and create music that becomes the anthem of our times. To anyone reading this, I would recommend looking up a band called The Doublejumps. To me, they are the best hope for the new generation of music.
Metallica isn’t mainstream but they sell out 60,000 seat stadiums every night and have an intense live show. Of course, they aren’t culturally significant like the Stones but who does?
True but Metallica aren't exactly a new band are they lol @@themetalhead1463
Have you heard of Greta Van Fleet? A bit more like zeppelin but reviving rock n roll nonetheless
@@jeanlucdecoster Yes -their new album is really good. They are really growing as a band...
The Rolling Stones are my “go to band”. Need a little break from life , listen to the Stones. This specific song is so smooth.
I’m almost 65. Lately, they’re my favourite band again. I’m listening to them every day!
Really dug. Exile on Maim Street, Beggars Banquet. All classy. alboms by the man himself, Mick Jagger.
I hear you. This song reminds me to stop and enjoy those close to you; life is not ALL about making money. Love Keith's guitar on this one.
@@elizabethmcleod246 me too!
Their album On Air is like a time machine
"smile relieves a heart that grieves" is a great line...
Philip Halpenny I used those words to help a friend in his hour of need. It was a funeral, and I’d just been through one for my own dad. I found the most comforting thing was glancing over my shoulder in the crematorium to see all my uncles and aunts, cousins, family friends... and they all seemed to be holding out their hands, offering support.
In my hour of need that is what I needed the most, that unconditional emotional support. And to see my aunt Jose and Christine smile, even though they were in the same strife as I was.
Words do that I suppose, just simple words. I put my arm around my mate and just said “lean on me”... I know it sounds corny.
In situations like that, corny does it.
@@petewilliams7809 Sorry about your loss. Pete. A simple gesture of solidarity can make a real difference when going through the cold shower of grief, so nothing corny about that. I remember a sad story about how Def Leppard's guitarist Phil Collen was struggling to process the death of his bandmate, Steve Clark at only 30. Many months later, his numbness finally gave way, when he was driving & Waiting For A Friend came on the car radio. He simply pulled over on the hard shoulder, to sob his heart out. Then he healing process could begin...