Suggestion for you, since you both seem to like a funky groove: Robert Palmer, the "Sneaking Sally Through the Alley" trilogy. Always played together, "Sailing Shoes", "Hey Julia", and "Sneaking...". You get The Meters, Lowell George, Allen Toussaint, a Neville brother or 2, smooth backing vocals, and Palmer. Good listen.
You should check out “Yer Blues”. There’s a version with Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, John Lennon, and Mitch Mitchell from the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Mind blowing all star group.
This song got us kicked out of our apartment way back in the '70s. The landlord said she had finally had enough. It was a Saturday afternoon. We were all drunk and high. And we had it cranked up through a couple of Marshall amplifiers. We were unacceptable, I don't deny it!
A guitar riff that is so badass, a drum beat that is so steady and a voice that is out of this world!!! This song is as rock and roll as it gets!! My favourite
It always warms my heart to see people discovering old music I grew up with, and loving it as much as anyone. That's what it means for music to be timeless.
Absolutely brilliant song…one of Keith’s best riffs, appropriately sleazy lyrics and delivery from Jagger, propulsive drumming from Charlie, a killer Bobby Keys sax part, and then Mick Taylor channels Santana on the back nine with one of the most sublime lead tones ever put to tape. Magic.
Had the privilege of seeing these guys in their prime. They killed this track! Two of the best concerts I've ever seen. This band is the real deal guys. No tricks here
This reminds me of running through the jungle in Saigon dodging bullets. I needed too live to hear this song again! Thank you guys. The "Stones", during the Vietnam conflict, were priceless.
I’ve heard this song 1 billion times. It’s a timeless classic. And just like you guys always do you had me feeling like it was the FIRST time I’ve ever heard it. Lost in Vegas’s enjoyment and energy is infectious man. Glad you found this gem
Keith Richards is playing the main riff on a Telecaster. Then you can hear Mick Taylor come in playing rhythm on a Gibson. What an amazing tune. It's one of the best recorded jams ever. Nobody knew how it was going to turn out. And you're right: the drumming is very important.
Bobby Keys. RIP. One of the greatest sax players in rock & roll. He played with numerous artists over the decades, & deserves all the accolades he's ever received.
This wasn’t recorded in Alabama at Muscle Shoals. Only three tracks were cut there. Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, You Got To Move. The rest was cut at Olympic in London and at Jaggers mansion Stargroves via The Rolling Stones Mobile Recording Unit. This was cut at Stargroves with overdubs at Olympic.
@@flyingburritobro68 interesting handle. My dad managed a band early 60s in Meridian Ms. Chris Etheridge was the bass player ..Paul Davis from .meridian also would stop by the house and jam every now and then then...
The drumming. Ahhh, the drumming... Thank you, Mr Watts, for the years of hitting your kit at precisely the right moment - not too often but always enough. Crisp and clean. A catalogue that is now complete. RIP The other guys are not too bad, either.
@@whispersmith Whooo !! That’s a good one as well as Stranglehold. This is just as they are describing though, fortified with Charlie’s super tight jazz based drum beat and then bring in (in their ‘Spot On’ description) Mick’s vocals “Sounds like a Rock Star!” Just like having a sundae and then they spray the whip cream and drop a cherry on top. BOOM, now it’s elevated from super… to magnificent
1971-Sticky Fingers, 1972-Exile On Main St. and 1973-Goats Head Soup. This was the Golden Age of The Rolling Stones for me. These were 3 of my high school years although I didn't appreciate them until the 80's. Prior to these I loved the 60's hit singles they had.
I would say from Beggars' Banquet to Exile is pure gold. Goat Head Soup not that much. I know Angie was a big hit, but that was so not Stones. Too soft, too squishy.
@@csababarath2784 I actually agree. GHS is the weakest, but it still has Angie and a few others that I still enjoy (Dancing With Mr D, Winter, Heartbreaker). Most other bands would kill to have an album as good as this weak one from the Stones.
I was a travel nurse during 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic and I would work my three shifts on consecutive days in California and then drive back to AZ when my last shift was over and THIS was the song I would blast as I was leaving the hospital. It became a ritual with me.
Man, great song. The Stones from ‘68-‘78 just released some flat out great albums. There are several must have’s in any great album collection. Not just Stones, but all the heavies - Zep, Who, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, David Bowie, Pink Floyd,…. That timeframe is just magic for what is now classic FM hard rock.
I once suggested on social media that the 5 albums the Stones released between 68 and 73 (Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street and Goat's Head Soup) are arguably the greatest 5 sequential albums ever released by any band. Ever.
I’m 49 my friend had older brothers that swore by the stones .as I grew up I realized they are the best rock band in guy a stones tat .now my 18 year old daughter loves them ,they are the one band that crosses generations of all colors
Bobby Keys from Ludlow Texas , Keith Richards party buddy and secret weapon. Kicked out of the Stones and brought back because he is such a bad ass. Much love for the era of Rolling Stones. Least we forget Mick Taylor.
Agree with you, he and Keith were musically unbeatable as a guitar team. Pity that Taylor decision of leaving the Sones, left us without four or five more albums with his guitar playing. He matched perfectly with Jagger voice, Wyman bass, Keith guitar and Charlie's drumming.
@@mjt573 I was referring to the whole body of work. Taylor took the Stones to a level musically they never were nor have achieved since he left. Sales and music do all the talking, this isnt an opinion.
Sticky Fingers is very close to a perfect album. This is the crown jewel track though. Only a band at the heights of their powers would have attempted this.
Dirty , gritty, 1970’s inner city feel. All out the mind of Keith Richards. This is Keith’s Open G guitar tuning. Keith always says, it’s not the “rock, rather it’s the “roll”. This masterpiece is the epitome of that statement.
I was 13 when this came out and I spent the money (hey, in 1971 there were lots of options for my tiny wallet) and after 52 years still my favorite Stones song, among many
I was born in 58 and I love every era of music, but this era was the absolute best without a doubt! I always thought the last few minutes of this tune sounded quite Santana'ish.
Possibly the greatest jam ever recorded. The legend is that the coda was just a genuine jam and, Praise The Lord, the engineer kept the tape running. Mick Taylor definitely gave the Stones a subtlety and refinement they hadn't had before or since.
I remember rewinding my cassette over and over back to just before where the sax comes in while driving around trying to find parking on the streets of San Francisco
The secret of this cut? Of all the STONES songs, this is the most menacing. The most dangerous. So many times it could go off the wheels. You heard it yourselves. It’s the most Stones song, ever.
It's a playlist song as soon as the opening guitar riff hits. After 50 years of listening to the Stones I've come to the realization that of all their great songs this might be their best, right there with Gimme Shelter, Brown Sugar, Honky Tonk Woman, Beast of Burden and Midnight Rambler. The reverb on your playback gave Can't You Hear Me Knockin' real depth sonically.
OMG! One of my favorite Stones song ! Never thought it would be on your list ever. I'm so glad :D So raw, nasty and pure blues-rock from the early 70's
In general, this song is about an addict trying to get his fix. Looking for his dealer. "Where are the drugs? Who has the drugs?" That's the basic theme. Yeah!
4 classic Stones albums in a row: Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main St., Goats Head Soup. You could pick damn near anything on these records and it's amazing.
Either you put Beggars Banquet in there or take out Goats Head Soup. Because Goats Head Soup is not on the same level as others on your list, and Beggars Banquet is at least on the same level as GHS.
I got into Exile a bit late. For me, when I really got into them as a teenager, Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers were the holy trinity of albums with Get Yer Ya-Yas out coming in between as a fantastic live album. Funnily enough, the very first album that I really loved by them and the first that I got as a regular studio album (I initially got to like them from hearing a couple of 60s-early 70s compilation double albums that friends had) was Their Satanic Majesties Request. I really liked 2,000 light years from home. Then, when I bought TSMR, I fell in love with the weird mix of hippie psychedelia and hard rock. Going from Sing This All Together to Citadel was a real blast. Good to see "Can't you hear me knocking?" getting some love here. It was always one of the big reasons why Sticky Fingers was one of their top albums for me personally.
My buddy and I stared a road trip early in the morning. This song reminds me of cruising down the highway smokin cigarettes with the windows down blasting this at 7:30 am with the anticipation of an adventure
I bought this album at 10 years old from Ben Franklin five n dime. 1976. Been out like 5 years . Only had heard Brown Sugar . I was so blown away. Was in early stages of becoming a fan . This album instantly made them my favorite band! 45 years later still my favorite and I have seen them 12 times in concert . Amazing every time. From this song to Dead Flowers. I can’t believe a band could be this diverse. The Worlds Greatest Rock N Roll Band!!
I have been a total Stones fans since they first came on the scene In '64, close in time to Beatles, everybody liked the Beatles but the Stones were the bad boys of Rock and had my heart. Wild horses, Midnight Rambler, Bitch, Brown Sugar, Jumping Jack Flash, Satisfaction, Angie, It's All Over Now, and so many more
This DOES hold a special place in many hearts. Total jam. Example: when Stones had to cancel their New Orleans Jazz Fest appearance in 2019 because of Jagger's operation, Dumstafunk covered "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" in homage, the jazz outro sounding absolutely perfect for the occasion ...
I credit this song and riff for directly and indirectly take a major bite out of my college GPA. Classic Keith Richards riff, which like Brown Sugar, sets the beat for the drums to come in on, not vice-versa. Your EQ and insights are off the chain as always. this was the first riff i
Yeah, Keith is playing that nasty, funky guitar for the first half of the song with Mick Taylor playing the clean counter rhythm part. Mick Taylor totally takes over during the second half which was totally improvised! Really impressive!
I owe you guys a lot for posting this video. I hadn't heard this before. I have tried to take a deeper dive into earlier Stones songs before, but I missed this one. I really need to get back to that. Thank you. Wow.
Mick Taylor is the lead guitar- one of the greatest ever-on this, Keith Richards is keeping the great riff and fills going. Bobby Keys (RIP) had been around since the late 50's and has played on hundreds of top hits, He was the GOAT rock and roll sax player hands down. 'Sticky Fingers' came out in the spring of 71 along with 'LA Woman' by The Doors. These two albums were great and we listened to them both in their entireties all the time that summer because you just had to hear the next song!!!... Every song on these two albums were perfect! Masterpiece's!
The guitar solo is Mick Taylor. Keith plays the opening chord riff and he maintains that 'tone" throughout, in the left channel. Mick plays "straight" rhythm in the right channel. I've always noticed that the Stones usually "bury" Bill Wyman's bass in the mix so that it's felt more than it's heard.
@@HiddenHandMedia Keith is definitely playing the intro riff. Mick is probably adding some color, but the first half of the song is dominated by Keith’s rhythm, then Mick comes in with that jaw-dropping Latin-tinged solo.
@@HiddenHandMedia Richards plays the riff and dominates the first half of the song with Taylor playing rhythm. The second half is Taylor. Keith rarely plays lead and when he does it’s aka Chuck Berry- staccato type stuff vs fluid runs like Mick T
Keith plays the intro and and Mick Taylor does the jazzy solo at the end. I've read that this take in the recording session just turned into a jam session after the sax solo, and Mick just went off and didn't stop playing. But Keith's intro is so incredible. Best rhythim player ever.
In this era Keith was using an Open G tuning for his electric guitar on many of the albums from this time. He came up with some of the greatest riffs and licks from this tuning. There are many legendary players on the Stones albums from the 70's. Great album. "Moonlight Mile" is such an underrated song on here.
Even an all-star lineup from the period couldn't replicate this. Everything about the Stones was pure chemistry - it's about the interplay between those particular five guys at that particular time.
❤❤❤one of my fav Rolling Stones jams !!! No other rock band in history has or ever will surpass what The Rolling Stones have done with their lifelong talents !!!
10:50 the dirty Mac!!!! Keith Richard’s on bass, Eric Clapton in lead, John Lennon lead vocals and Mitch Mitchell on drums!!!! Too cool to even believe it happened
Stones, Beatles, Who, Led Zeppelin, Traffic, Badfinger, Sly and the Family Stone, The Hollies, Bowie, Allman Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, CSN&Y, Joni Mitchell are all phenomenal artists of the Sixties and Seventies that all held up over the years..
I love the little impromptu scenarios that George interjects after listening to a few lines- and he just runs with it! Too funny, loving your channel- and I get to hear all my fav songs, too!
Dude they are on tour right now across Europe in 2022. I paid $150 to see them in the late 90's or early 2000's in Hawaii. Sympathy for the Devil was recorded in 1968, I was born that year. They have a massive catalog. Mick Jagger is like 78 and has a 5 yr old. Their shows are rockin' still. They've been together and touring as a band for 60 years! That's incredible. They've covered so many rock styles and mixed them together, it's mind boggling. You just never know now what Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are going to try next. They definitely keep up with the times.
Jagger and Keith have a huge blues foundation they were inspired by it and that actually how they met. And the late Charlie Watts (drummer) is a huge Jazz player had a side project as a jazz musician. This song blended everything this band is Raw RocknRoll, dirty Blues and Jazz!! 🔥
Listen to LOVING CUP of Exile on Main Street. It's one of the greatest albums ever made. Yet most of the songs aren't a staple on the radio. I liked the Stones. Nothing crazy because I just knew radio hits. Then a roommate in college put this on the turntable. BOOOOOOOOM! I was blown away. Everything I knew about the Stones changed.
One of the uniqueness of playing and recording as a "band" are these serendipitous jam sessions that got recorded. There is in a literal sense a magical moment or groove that can be blissfully, effortlessly and wondrously created as musicians find their place in the melody and glow of the song. There are many famous musical, spontaneous accidents that have become classic rock music.
The monster riff at the beginning is Keith. The lead lines in the second half jam are Mick Taylor. Bands used to release a lot more albums but it looks like they released so many in 64/65 because their American label repackaged the original British albums. Left off some songs, added some singles, shuffled the order, etc. I think Satanic Majesties in 1967 was the first time the US/UK albums were the same.
Where they jump in with the congas and other percussion, including Bill Wyman on the drums and then carry on into the realms of dreams and jazz is my favorite part of the song. It is just so masterful!!!
This video was recorded back in July of 2020! It was 'blocked' on UA-cam at that time and we had to Dropbox it on Patreon fyi. Thanks for watching!
You guys haven’t aged in these two years
SAXOPHONES HAVE KEYS TOO!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That is all.
@@MsAlliwannadoisdance always remember to practice safe Sax. Lol
Suggestion for you, since you both seem to like a funky groove: Robert Palmer, the "Sneaking Sally Through the Alley" trilogy. Always played together, "Sailing Shoes", "Hey Julia", and "Sneaking...". You get The Meters, Lowell George, Allen Toussaint, a Neville brother or 2, smooth backing vocals, and Palmer. Good listen.
You should check out “Yer Blues”. There’s a version with Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, John Lennon, and Mitch Mitchell from the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Mind blowing all star group.
This song got us kicked out of our apartment way back in the '70s. The landlord said she had finally had enough. It was a Saturday afternoon. We were all drunk and high. And we had it cranked up through a couple of Marshall amplifiers. We were unacceptable, I don't deny it!
Surely she was the "Landlady"...only joking mate, great story😁👍
Well, they ARE supposed to be played loud. One of their albums says so right on it...
funny because the next time you saw your landlord the first thing she said probably was " cant you hear me knocking?" 🤭
Funny the Landlady is never young & hip!
😂
Charlie Watts always served the song. No flash, no 10 minute solos. He played what the song needed.
they gots the Watts :)
RIP Charlie, he was awesome on all their songs, he was just awesome
Charlie Watts less is more...
He played what he was told to play though
@@jesusofnazareth6254 nah he was never told what to play. He played whatever he felt like playing
That riff that you all loved so much is pure Keith Richards. He used an alternate tuning on his guitar known as Open G tuning. I agree it’s pure fire.
Correct.
Pure disgraceful filth
Yes absolutely
I believe G-A-D-D-A-G
@@christopherbailey557 GDGBD no bottom E
A guitar riff that is so badass, a drum beat that is so steady and a voice that is out of this world!!! This song is as rock and roll as it gets!! My favourite
It always warms my heart to see people discovering old music I grew up with, and loving it as much as anyone. That's what it means for music to be timeless.
Keith Richard played the riff in the first half, the guitar solo at the end was Mick Taylor.
Absolutely brilliant song…one of Keith’s best riffs, appropriately sleazy lyrics and delivery from Jagger, propulsive drumming from Charlie, a killer Bobby Keys sax part, and then Mick Taylor channels Santana on the back nine with one of the most sublime lead tones ever put to tape. Magic.
Indeed that tone on the last solo was so warm and buttery. I gotta figure out how to dial it in on my combo/practice amp.
@@Dime_time333
Yes! Great description of that tone.
Yes, Taylor certainly "channeled" Santana quite a bit in those days
Well said
Bobby played on a immense amount of tunes for various artists from a very young age.
Had the privilege of seeing these guys in their prime. They killed this track! Two of the best concerts I've ever seen. This band is the real deal guys. No tricks here
This reminds me of running through the jungle in Saigon dodging bullets. I needed too live to hear this song again! Thank you guys. The "Stones", during the Vietnam conflict, were priceless.
If this song reminds you of running through the jungle let me tell you about this CCR tune.....
Leave no turn UNSTONED.
I’ve heard this song 1 billion times. It’s a timeless classic.
And just like you guys always do you had me feeling like it was the FIRST time I’ve ever heard it.
Lost in Vegas’s enjoyment and energy is infectious man.
Glad you found this gem
There is some magical timelessness to Stones music. Humans will be enjoying this in 100 years.
Facts
Keith Richards is playing the main riff on a Telecaster. Then you can hear Mick Taylor come in playing rhythm on a Gibson. What an amazing tune. It's one of the best recorded jams ever. Nobody knew how it was going to turn out. And you're right: the drumming is very important.
No he isn't, he's using a 59 les paul Jr with a P 90 through a Fender tweed deluxe cranked!!
Do you know there’s a video of Mick Taylor playing this solo part for more than hour
Bobby Keys. RIP. One of the greatest sax players in rock & roll. He played with numerous artists over the decades, & deserves all the accolades he's ever received.
I'll second that!
Mick Taylor achieved immortality on this record.
Absolutely, and then a few records later absolutely lays down his best guitar part ever on “Time Waits For No One.”
THIS WAS THE ALL TIME LINEUP!
It’s their best studio song by far. Recorded in the legendary Muscle Shoals studios.
I think I'm overdue to rewatch the Muscle Shoals documentary. It's currently on PlutoTV and a few other streaming services for free with ads.
This wasn’t recorded in Alabama at Muscle Shoals. Only three tracks were cut there. Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, You Got To Move. The rest was cut at Olympic in London and at Jaggers mansion Stargroves via The Rolling Stones Mobile Recording Unit. This was cut at Stargroves with overdubs at Olympic.
@@flyingburritobro68 interesting handle. My dad managed a band early 60s in Meridian Ms. Chris Etheridge was the bass player ..Paul Davis from .meridian also would stop by the house and jam every now and then then...
@@flyingburritobro68 thank you for correct information.
They only recorded Brown Sugar, Wild Horses and You Gotta Move at MS. Not this one.
The drumming. Ahhh, the drumming... Thank you, Mr Watts, for the years of hitting your kit at precisely the right moment - not too often but always enough. Crisp and clean. A catalogue that is now complete. RIP
The other guys are not too bad, either.
Greatest opening riff ever. Periodt.
One of the greatest riffs ever!
Absolute filth
Idk, money for nothing can compete with this
@@whispersmith Whooo !! That’s a good one as well as Stranglehold. This is just as they are describing though, fortified with Charlie’s super tight jazz based drum beat and then bring in (in their ‘Spot On’ description) Mick’s vocals “Sounds like a Rock Star!”
Just like having a sundae and then they spray the whip cream and drop a cherry on top. BOOM, now it’s elevated from super… to magnificent
@@whispersmith defo inspired by Jumpin Jack Flash that song
Hardest thing for a Rolling Stones fan to do is make a top 10 list. They have so many great songs
True. But this one is a LOCK every time.
Yeah more like top 100😂
1971-Sticky Fingers, 1972-Exile On Main St. and 1973-Goats Head Soup. This was the Golden Age of The Rolling Stones for me. These were 3 of my high school years although I didn't appreciate them until the 80's. Prior to these I loved the 60's hit singles they had.
The two preceding albums; Beggars' Banquet and Let It Bleed!!! Arguably the greatest run of 5 sequential albums by any band.
@@dctbass All produced by the late great Jimmy Miller. Often referred to by Stones fans as the 'Jimmy Miller era'.
I would say from Beggars' Banquet to Exile is pure gold. Goat Head Soup not that much. I know Angie was a big hit, but that was so not Stones. Too soft, too squishy.
@@csababarath2784 I actually agree. GHS is the weakest, but it still has Angie and a few others that I still enjoy (Dancing With Mr D, Winter, Heartbreaker). Most other bands would kill to have an album as good as this weak one from the Stones.
The Mick Taylor years - can't be beat!
This song starts with a positively ruthless groove. If you’re not instantly bopping to this, you’re dead.
Keith Richards worships the early blues guitar legends and it definitely shows in this song. Such an unbelievably great riff.
...and Chuck Berry!
I was a travel nurse during 2020 and 2021 during the pandemic and I would work my three shifts on consecutive days in California and then drive back to AZ when my last shift was over and THIS was the song I would blast as I was leaving the hospital. It became a ritual with me.
Man, great song. The Stones from ‘68-‘78 just released some flat out great albums. There are several must have’s in any great album collection. Not just Stones, but all the heavies - Zep, Who, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Aerosmith, David Bowie, Pink Floyd,…. That timeframe is just magic for what is now classic FM hard rock.
I'd stretch that just a bit, from 1967-80.
I once suggested on social media that the 5 albums the Stones released between 68 and 73 (Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main Street and Goat's Head Soup) are arguably the greatest 5 sequential albums ever released by any band. Ever.
@@dctbass All a tribute to producer, Jimmy Miller.
66=72
68-72
This song will always be remembered by me for its place in the movie Casino. Also played in Blow. Can't go wrong.
I’m 49 my friend had older brothers that swore by the stones .as I grew up I realized they are the best rock band in guy a stones tat .now my 18 year old daughter loves them ,they are the one band that crosses generations of all colors
That’s true, I’m 28 and I listen to them thanks to my parents listening to them growing up
And I’m 70 and saw them live in 75. Still rocks my world.
Bobby Keys from Ludlow Texas , Keith Richards party buddy and secret weapon. Kicked out of the Stones and brought back because he is such a bad ass. Much love for the era of Rolling Stones. Least we forget Mick Taylor.
Keefe called him his brother from another mother. Imagine the fun they had!
Love the impromptu jam session in the song. Mick Taylor is a beast!!!
He really is. Criminally overlooked in the pantheon of great rock guitarists.
@@keefriff99 I totally agree...he's my favorite player in the Stones
Agree with you, he and Keith were musically unbeatable as a guitar team. Pity that Taylor decision of leaving the Sones, left us without four or five more albums with his guitar playing. He matched perfectly with Jagger voice, Wyman bass, Keith guitar and Charlie's drumming.
See my comment about the ending but you are spot on mate👍😁
Mick Taylor took The Stones to another level that they have never been back to since he left. Amazing guitar player.
Taylor plays the solo on the end. All Richards up front....
@@mjt573 I was referring to the whole body of work. Taylor took the Stones to a level musically they never were nor have achieved since he left. Sales and music do all the talking, this isnt an opinion.
Especially as that jazz solo end
The album is a masterpiece. In my all time top 10.
This is the Best Stones album …everyone says Exile, there is not one song on Exile that is close to this song or Wild Horses. Phenomenal album.
This is one of my favourite songs of all time. Keith Richards is an absolute legend🙌🏽
Sticky Fingers is very close to a perfect album. This is the crown jewel track though. Only a band at the heights of their powers would have attempted this.
It would be perfect without You Gotta Move, it is very out of place on that album and takes away from the greatness!
Dirty , gritty, 1970’s inner city feel. All out the mind of Keith Richards. This is Keith’s Open G guitar tuning. Keith always says, it’s not the “rock, rather it’s the “roll”. This masterpiece is the epitome of that statement.
I was 13 when this came out and I spent the money (hey, in 1971 there were lots of options for my tiny wallet) and after 52 years still my favorite Stones song, among many
I was born in 58 and I love every era of music, but this era was the absolute best without a doubt! I always thought the last few minutes of this tune sounded quite Santana'ish.
Geez you’re old - oh hey I’m a year older … lol
@@ptrlxc 😆
@@ptrlxc 1956 baby
'55 here ✋🙂 ..Missed Woodstock by a plane fare ... Got to see the Stones in '89 though 👍
Possibly the greatest jam ever recorded. The legend is that the coda was just a genuine jam and, Praise The Lord, the engineer kept the tape running.
Mick Taylor definitely gave the Stones a subtlety and refinement they hadn't had before or since.
It's always great to see people of another generation enjoying the songs that I loved from back then.
One of my favs by them! I love that double snare hit after “can’t you hear me knocking?”. 🔥 🔥
Yeah I'm sure Charlie Watts did that deliberately.
Definitely a great little touch.
Charlie is great and underestimated. Even by me. Bless him. Love you guys mentioning him. Peace 💋
For sure. Every drummer does that in any song that mentions knocking on a door though!
I remember rewinding my cassette over and over back to just before where the sax comes in while driving around trying to find parking on the streets of San Francisco
Between the great, raw energy in the first half, and the amazing solos at the end, this is my favorite Rolling Stones song.
For the record, Keith is using a Les Paul Jr with Fender tweed delux.. Mick Taylor is using a Gibson 345.
The secret of this cut?
Of all the STONES songs, this is the most menacing. The most dangerous. So many times it could go off the wheels.
You heard it yourselves.
It’s the most Stones song, ever.
This is, hands down, the best intro to any rock song ever.
Led Zeppelin's Rock And Roll is pretty good, too.
If I were a Major League baseball player (and could hit), I'd give anything to make this intro what gets played as I'm walking to the plate.
It's a playlist song as soon as the opening guitar riff hits. After 50 years of listening to the Stones I've come to the realization that of all their great songs this might be their best, right there with Gimme Shelter, Brown Sugar, Honky Tonk Woman, Beast of Burden and Midnight Rambler. The reverb on your playback gave Can't You Hear Me Knockin' real depth sonically.
Watching this and halfway through you love it... I am just thinking to myself "If they already love it now, wait til they hear that sax and the jam".
OMG! One of my favorite Stones song ! Never thought it would be on your list ever. I'm so glad :D So raw, nasty and pure blues-rock from the early 70's
In general, this song is about an addict trying to get his fix. Looking for his dealer. "Where are the drugs? Who has the drugs?"
That's the basic theme. Yeah!
4 classic Stones albums in a row: Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main St., Goats Head Soup. You could pick damn near anything on these records and it's amazing.
Either you put Beggars Banquet in there or take out Goats Head Soup. Because Goats Head Soup is not on the same level as others on your list, and Beggars Banquet is at least on the same level as GHS.
Beggars>Goats, and it’s not even close.
It's Only Rock & Roll is an underrated album too. The only album they've recorded since that's better is Some Girls IMO.
I got into Exile a bit late. For me, when I really got into them as a teenager, Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers were the holy trinity of albums with Get Yer Ya-Yas out coming in between as a fantastic live album. Funnily enough, the very first album that I really loved by them and the first that I got as a regular studio album (I initially got to like them from hearing a couple of 60s-early 70s compilation double albums that friends had) was Their Satanic Majesties Request. I really liked 2,000 light years from home. Then, when I bought TSMR, I fell in love with the weird mix of hippie psychedelia and hard rock. Going from Sing This All Together to Citadel was a real blast. Good to see "Can't you hear me knocking?" getting some love here. It was always one of the big reasons why Sticky Fingers was one of their top albums for me personally.
My buddy and I stared a road trip early in the morning. This song reminds me of cruising down the highway smokin cigarettes with the windows down blasting this at 7:30 am with the anticipation of an adventure
I bought this album at 10 years old from Ben Franklin five n dime. 1976. Been out like 5 years . Only had heard Brown Sugar . I was so blown away. Was in early stages of becoming a fan . This album instantly made them my favorite band! 45 years later still my favorite and I have seen them 12 times in concert . Amazing every time. From this song to Dead Flowers. I can’t believe a band could be this diverse. The Worlds Greatest Rock N Roll Band!!
This and "Give me Shelter" have always been my favorite Stones Songs !
"Sympathy for the Devil" too ! Great video... I Liked and Subscribed long ago !
Blow(the movie) is what introduced me to the Stones through this amazing song.
Heck yeah!
This song has been in quite a few movies…I was delighted to hear it in Spiderman Homecoming.
@@keefriff99 much better usage in Blow
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Sigh…yes. I just happened to mention a different film. It’s not a competition.
Casino also
I have been a total Stones fans since they first came on the scene
In '64, close in time to Beatles, everybody liked the Beatles but the Stones were the bad boys of Rock and had my heart.
Wild horses, Midnight Rambler, Bitch, Brown Sugar, Jumping Jack Flash, Satisfaction, Angie, It's All Over Now, and so many more
This DOES hold a special place in many hearts. Total jam. Example: when Stones had to cancel their New Orleans Jazz Fest appearance in 2019 because of Jagger's operation, Dumstafunk covered "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" in homage, the jazz outro sounding absolutely perfect for the occasion ...
this song is why i play saxophone Bobby Keys changed my life.
"This is so sooo nasty"
"i just wanna party."
This is basically the perfect Rolling Stones review....
best reaction to this song on UA-cam. thanks guys. very entertaining and spot on.
Keith played the main riff and Mick Taylor played the iconic “Santana-esque” solo during the second half of the song.
I credit this song and riff for directly and indirectly take a major bite out of my college GPA. Classic Keith Richards riff, which like Brown Sugar, sets the beat for the drums to come in on, not vice-versa.
Your EQ and insights are off the chain as always. this was the first riff i
As soon as the first chord is strummed the Intro to Blow starts rolling in my mind. Without fail.
Yeah, Keith is playing that nasty, funky guitar for the first half of the song with Mick Taylor playing the clean counter rhythm part. Mick Taylor totally takes over during the second half which was totally improvised! Really impressive!
Keith Richards one of the most underrated, he was a cathedral of rock/blues guitar playing.
I owe you guys a lot for posting this video. I hadn't heard this before. I have tried to take a deeper dive into earlier Stones songs before, but I missed this one. I really need to get back to that. Thank you. Wow.
They’re called “keys” on a saxophone too lol. It still works for him.
He was an amazing saxophonist. Added so much gravy to the stones.
My all-time favorite Rolling Stones song!
My favorite Stones album bar none. Every song is a gem. It's a greatest hits album that's NOT a greatest hits album. Absolutely pure!
Classic, top shelf song. It’s great to watch a new generation discovering and enjoying the musical playground the Stones built.
This is an example of eternal music...fifty years and it keeps the vibe!
1968-74, the Golden Age of the Stones !!!!!!
Keith’s signature open tuning of his guitar. Nothing else sounds like it 👍
I hear influence for the Black Crowes in the first part and then some smooth Santana in the second. So cool and "groovy baby!" Loved this song.
Mick Taylor is the lead guitar- one of the greatest ever-on this, Keith Richards is keeping the great riff and fills going. Bobby Keys (RIP) had been around since the late 50's and has played on hundreds of top hits, He was the GOAT rock and roll sax player hands down. 'Sticky Fingers' came out in the spring of 71 along with 'LA Woman' by The Doors. These two albums were great and we listened to them both in their entireties all the time that summer because you just had to hear the next song!!!... Every song on these two albums were perfect! Masterpiece's!
The guitar solo is Mick Taylor. Keith plays the opening chord riff and he maintains that 'tone" throughout, in the left channel. Mick plays "straight" rhythm in the right channel.
I've always noticed that the Stones usually "bury" Bill Wyman's bass in the mix so that it's felt more than it's heard.
Great song. Mick Taylor is such a great guitar player. 🙂
Is it Mick playing that riff or Keith?
I imagine with a riff like that, they worked off of each other.
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Keith is definitely playing the intro riff. Mick is probably adding some color, but the first half of the song is dominated by Keith’s rhythm, then Mick comes in with that jaw-dropping Latin-tinged solo.
@@HiddenHandMedia Richards plays the riff and dominates the first half of the song with Taylor playing rhythm. The second half is Taylor. Keith rarely plays lead and when he does it’s aka Chuck Berry- staccato type stuff vs fluid runs like Mick T
Keith plays the intro and and Mick Taylor does the jazzy solo at the end. I've read that this take in the recording session just turned into a jam session after the sax solo, and Mick just went off and didn't stop playing. But Keith's intro is so incredible. Best rhythim player ever.
In this era Keith was using an Open G tuning for his electric guitar on many of the albums from this time. He came up with some of the greatest riffs and licks from this tuning. There are many legendary players on the Stones albums from the 70's. Great album. "Moonlight Mile" is such an underrated song on here.
Moonlight Mile is also my favorite song on this album; Can't You Hear Me Knocking a close second, Sister Morphine third, Wild Horses fourth.
Even an all-star lineup from the period couldn't replicate this. Everything about the Stones was pure chemistry - it's about the interplay between those particular five guys at that particular time.
you know sometimes you forget how awesome a band is.
❤❤❤one of my fav Rolling Stones jams !!! No other rock band in history has or ever will surpass what The Rolling Stones have done with their lifelong talents !!!
10:50 the dirty Mac!!!! Keith Richard’s on bass, Eric Clapton in lead, John Lennon lead vocals and Mitch Mitchell on drums!!!! Too cool to even believe it happened
22:54 Have another drink, girl?
Yeah, ok, let's go with drink.
😁🤣😂
Stones, Beatles, Who, Led Zeppelin, Traffic, Badfinger, Sly and the Family Stone, The Hollies, Bowie, Allman Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, CSN&Y, Joni Mitchell are all phenomenal artists of the Sixties and Seventies that all held up over the years..
And you left out about 200 more lol
What a great time to be alive & listening to the best rock!
good picks.
The perfect reaction to this sleazy, dirty, grimy, song. And you're right, the funky stop/start drumming really added to the feel of this number.
Fun fact: Keith Richards and Mick Jagger have the longest lasting professional relationship in the music industry
My favourite Stones song. Best riff ever
The Stones from 68 - 72 were unmatchable, untouchable and simply the greatest: forget The Beatles, Zeppelin, Hendrix etc etc
Nah
@@danieldaniel2 yeah
@@paulgiggs99 the who was better as well
I love the little impromptu scenarios that George interjects after listening to a few lines- and he just runs with it! Too funny, loving your channel- and I get to hear all my fav songs, too!
Dude they are on tour right now across Europe in 2022. I paid $150 to see them in the late 90's or early 2000's in Hawaii. Sympathy for the Devil was recorded in 1968, I was born that year. They have a massive catalog. Mick Jagger is like 78 and has a 5 yr old. Their shows are rockin' still. They've been together and touring as a band for 60 years! That's incredible. They've covered so many rock styles and mixed them together, it's mind boggling. You just never know now what Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are going to try next. They definitely keep up with the times.
Got to be one of my favorite Stones tunes...just so rugged and dirty all the way.
Definitely one of the greatest Rock songs ever.
such a fantastic song, especially the live version. Glad u guys liked it!
Jagger and Keith have a huge blues foundation they were inspired by it and that actually how they met. And the late Charlie Watts (drummer) is a huge Jazz player had a side project as a jazz musician. This song blended everything this band is Raw RocknRoll, dirty Blues and Jazz!! 🔥
One of my favorite Lost in Vegas reactions ever. So glad this is finally on UA-cam. These guys (and the Stones!) are great.
Listen to LOVING CUP of Exile on Main Street.
It's one of the greatest albums ever made. Yet most of the songs aren't a staple on the radio.
I liked the Stones. Nothing crazy because I just knew radio hits. Then a roommate in college put this on the turntable. BOOOOOOOOM! I was blown away. Everything I knew about the Stones changed.
Stones in their heyday circa 1972 were indeed "The Greatest Rock n Roll Band"....of all time....:)
Well, a Saxophone has keys too, so legendary Mr. Bobby Keys' name is not far off his instrument.
Not to mention he has to play in the proper key!
@@jhamptonjr And his solo is a key element of the song.
Well observed!
This has always been my fav RS song. Good video, guys.
Probably the greatest rock album ever recorded.
One of the uniqueness of playing and recording as a "band" are these serendipitous jam sessions that got recorded.
There is in a literal sense a magical moment or groove that can be blissfully, effortlessly and wondrously created as musicians find their place in the melody and glow of the song.
There are many famous musical, spontaneous accidents that have become classic rock music.
The monster riff at the beginning is Keith. The lead lines in the second half jam are Mick Taylor. Bands used to release a lot more albums but it looks like they released so many in 64/65 because their American label repackaged the original British albums. Left off some songs, added some singles, shuffled the order, etc. I think Satanic Majesties in 1967 was the first time the US/UK albums were the same.
Where they jump in with the congas and other percussion, including Bill Wyman on the drums and then carry on into the realms of dreams and jazz is my favorite part of the song. It is just so masterful!!!