People who discredit or discount Ronnie Wood don't have the slightest understanding of the history of the Stones and the fact that he is a crucial part of the band, even to this day.
Such a masterpiece as sway, l for one had grave reservation how this would go😗 but pleasenty surprised, last year upgraded my Biggest Bang box set to the Blu Ray version for this stunning Texas show. Keith doing Buddy Holly's Learning the Game is one of my life's all time highlights, thank God we live at the same time as The Rolling Stones RIP Charlie Watts
@@Methilde Taylor’s version was a great showing for sure, but no two guitarists will sound identical’. I still have to credit Ron on his solo here. He adapts very quickly to any piece and that is Keith saying that. I’ve even seen Ronnie switch quickly and play his left over the top, like a steel guitar, as he tried to get the exact sound he wanted. The other guys on the stage band had nothing but glowing comments about how fast Ron could pick up a piece and get it right. Chuck Leavell is about as an experienced caliber of stage musician as you could find, and he loved Ron’s playing. Pink Floyd asked Chuck to go out on tour with them and even waited for the Stones tour at the time to end so they could get him.
@@Methilde at about 3:00 Ron does a very credible solo. The Stones can’t play it to the same intensity as when they were younger men when Sway was released. But that doesn’t mean they don’t deliver on this. Because they do. As Keith said ‘ the Stones have grown up, we’re a little older now, and this is how we play it’.
@@19nervousbreak It's not about the Stones but only about Ron, his short solo is repetitive and musically weak, cause he became more and more lazy through the years.
I always play this song when I hear people try to say the Stones don’t have any hard guitar licks and love the reaction I see on their faces. Then I think to myself ‘where the f-k’ have they’ve been the last 40+ yrs? It’s almost sac religious for someone to make a claim like that!!!😎🤙🎶
Keith openly talks about this in his book "Life". To be fully honest, although I read about it in different places, I still cannot fully understand how the band allowed this to happen. The pressure on them from the management must have been huge.
Ooh, I feel like Ronnie was really feeling it but Mick chose to end the song. Either way, it was very well done. The album cut has one of the greatest solos ever from a virtuoso, so it's tough to compete with that.
Okay, all Mick Taylor (and Ron Wood fans. You can go to You Tube and view Mick Taylor play Sway on the 2013, June 3, Chicago. Sure is a lot of debate here, so go get you all some satisfaction!
The two guys play guitar in a completely different way, with a different approach, different guitar effects, different facial mimic, different attack, different way of bending, they probably even hear differently the same chords and background music. It would be great if the Stones made a final statement in the form of an album where both Mick Taylor and Ron Wood play guitar, each in his way. But we can doubt the two glimmer twins have the greatness to invite Mick Taylor to join.
I "liked" this song on UA-cam, as it is my favorite Rolling Stones song. I like the studio recording much more, as it features the incomparable Mick Taylor on lead guitar. Ronnie Wood ~actually tries~ to recreate Mick Taylor's solo's, but fails. I miss Bill Wyman's bass guitar too.
The best track on SF along with Bitch, and one of the great "unsung" tracks alongside Dandelion and Stray Cat Blues. If Mick's lyrics weren't so, shall we say, "uniquely phrased" then we'd know a thing or two, yes we would.
Master at what? Never being on top of anything remotely as big as the Stones. The diffrence between Taylor and Woody......Taylor is a fucking quitter! Period! Ronnie was in Two all time bands! Where’s your hero been for 40+ years? Irrelevant that’s where.
Is it at all possible that we will ever be able to watch a Stones video without all of the sheep mentioning Mick fucking Taylor. This is the Stones NOW
Missing the groove, harmonies, and general feel for this song. One of my favorite songs from Sticky Fingers. I'm not going to see this band live again until they stop this Vegas crap.
This must be a joke! Please don't confuse "popular and famous" with "talented". Watts was clueless and absolutely terrible. If you want to see some outstanding drummers, go and watch Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Colaiuta or Sterling Campbell.
Love Mick Taylor but Woody is fantastic. Super tasteful playing, always on, never overplays, plays off Keith brilliantly. Check out his work with Faces...he’s a badass.
Agreed. Mick Taylor was an absolute virtuoso, but I feel like he overplayed a little bit on a few live tracks. Ronnie’s playing just slides in perfectly with Keef’s
Taylor did his own style on many of the Stones songs he was not originaly on. And the Stones let him jam more. Ronnie pretty much mimics ands stays to the original recording. Here he does a good job on Taylor's part. I think that's what Keith wanted when seeking Taylors replacemen.. sometimes on songs were Keith did all the guitar parts Ronnie will take the lead. But the next show Keith will do the lead on the same song. This is why Keith likes Ronnie as a partner.
Nothing compared to Taylor's solo in this song. Listen to Taylor's and come back and listen. Ronnie's is very sloppy but in a good way (if that makes sense.) But he's no Mick Taylor.
A very good version of one of the best songs ever written by the best band on this planet And most important: Ronnie Wood is absolutely fantastic here I am so tired of all these 'We want Mick Taylor back' - people Ronnie Wood might be the most underrated artist on this planet, because he is always in Keith's shadow He is a true hero and gentleman He is a genius on guitar He saved the Stones in the 80ies Without him they would have split The GREAT Ronnie Wood is the perfect man for this job he has since 1975 The main reason: He is a TEAMPLAYER I hope they come back to Europe soon I will be there for sure To all the people out there: You must see them live if you can It will change your life
@@billpholde4816 I love Mick Taylor's playing with The Stones but the same 1971 Taylor/Richard chemistry can never be regained. Taylor was the perfect foil for Keith at that time but Ronnie and Keith have learned to gel seamlessly and it's been a long, long time.
@@DDEENY Agreed. "Foil" is a great description of Taylor's role in the Stones. His playing was fluid and serpentine in contrast to Keith's raw, caveman chords. The combination was greater than the sum of the parts and, in my opinion, it was the top of the mountain for that band. And, yes, it's in the past and will not return.
This is my favourite Stones song and I know all the arguments about Mick Taylor and I’d never dream to take anything away from his contribution to the song. It’s so iconic and beautiful it stands on its own with Jagger and Keith feeding of one another and thank God for that...😎🎶🇨🇦💋
Sure, Ron Wood is a "team player" and he "looks like" a Rolling Stone. I'll even go so far as to say he can play a few notes. But he has absolutely no musicality whatsoever. Listen to MT on the Sticky Fingers album. He has a fluidity to his playing that Ron simply doesn't have and is at the heart of this song. Ronnie just hacks away at the guitar. Just my opinion. Yours may differ. BTW, I've seen them both.
The Rolling Stones are the greatest, and this song is yet another classic from a never ending songbook, but Mick is sleepwalking his way through this version. Just listen to the original.
Respectfully I can not agree. Yes he isn’t delivering the raw intensity of the studio cut. Is that a surprise to anyone? His voice has been through an evolution from so many years ago, but instead of losing it through harshness, Mick has kept it healthy and always delivers the quality we expect. I’m simply amazed that he does this with stunning steadfastness.
Yeah I agree, Sticky Fingers was a masterpiece album. However Supercats and Dolls my Mom did not like that Andy Warhol album jacket. I thought it was cool 😎
as I miss you MICK TAYLOR, IS THAT KEITH needed a buddy, not a guitarist who plays more than him, and so is more comfortable and feels good, RON you are very bad, a lot, one more, better dedicate yourself to painting than you do better.
+steve conn the trouble with Wood-Taylor comparisons is they are usually drawn from Wood era live versions of Taylor era recorded classics. not saying Wood is a better guitar player than Taylor, likely not (but let's not forget Wood's work in the Faces, subjugated within the Stones)...who is to say, and this Wood solo sounds good to me, and I saw and heard Wood nail Can't You Hear Me Knocking in 2002, who is to say how Taylor would sound live on Sway or any other track for which he is known? Live is a one time shot, not like in a studio where you can redo and such. So give Wood a break. I love all the Stones' guitarists and they are all of their time in the band but none but Wood has had to do all the eras and he has done them well and is deserving of respect. Few others could. The man is a versatile and great musician. Accept it.
Aha, Thora! You finally made a great comment out of all the others! Go pass GO! Collect $200! Keith can harmonize to ANYTHING! And its a damn shame, he is not singing here! That is the big difference in this live version. I give you a personal kiss, and big hug, for pointing this out! This song DRAGS cause Keith Richards is not singing that howling, beautiful, off-key but very sensible tone, he alway somehow to find, to sing in !
This solo by Wood hasn't got the dexterity, finesse, soul or mastery of the guitar that Taylor's brings to the song. That's not Woody's fault, Taylor was the best rock lead guitarist in the world when he laid the original classic solo down.
Opinions are opinions, but let me say this: Mick Taylor has more guitar playing talent than fat and I think we should put the accent on his skills rather than his look. No idea how old you are, but remember that life can be hard with you, an unexpected little illness and your body just starts going its own way...
Would have really loved to see Mick Jagger play guitar on this - as he did on the original Sway recording. I recently watched a live video with him playing guitar on the song Some Girls...and he fricking Rocked it !!
In my book this is the best Stones song. It's a pity the faster tempo here steals away the magic of the original. Plus, Mick's phrasing here is kinda weird.
Disappointed in this; one the great Stones songs. It just seems...subdued. Missing with Mick's age, is his snarling the words out; and the guitars lack the drive or power here. I expected fire works here; and felt burning embers. Love the stones still, always. This just felt...blah. Thru the motions.
its too fast...the tempo looses all the power of the original version...now i have to go listen to the original version. Ronnie's solo would be fine at the correct tempo.
Good ears Ed. I just heard the studio recording off of Sticky Finger. This version is about two beats faster; it is noticeable. But here is the Twilight Zone Factor: the studio version clocks in at 3:54. This live version shows 3:55. Now how do we explain that? The former is noticeably slower; it twists it knife in slowly, very carefully, building to each chorus. Maybe thes looses its power because its too fast? The beauty of the order of songs on Side A of the record: Brown Sugar, Sway, Wild Horses...and then Can't You Hear Me Knocking...is the first song kicks you in the butt; then Sway is a bluesy drone that is hynotic; Wild Horses, a dreamy melancholy ballad, then BOOM! The sledgehammer comes down on the gas pedal and Can't You MFing Hear Me Knocking accelerates like a cross fire hurricane, when Keity absolutely shreds the opening riffs, Charlie kicks his drum set, Mick howls, and Mick Taylor sits back and then takes us to the blues Mars where Jimi came from. And the late Bobby Keyes, blowing the sweet bellows of his sax. Sway fits perfectly in the order it does. You Got to Move closes out the side, very appropriately after the wild, frenetic magic carpet ride of Knocking. Oh, and then side 2 is not shabby either. A masterpiece, the 3rd of perhaps the greatest run of a quartet of albums ever (and I love Beatles equally): Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed Sticky Fingers and Exile of Main Street: each one topping the previous masterpiece.
here is the funny thing- in Keith's book, 'Life', he says that TEMPO is equally as important as being in TUNE....lol....but playing live its up to the drummer, which is usually their strong point...Charlie...it's hard to say about the actual length of the song...they might have played an extra bar in there or something...you are absolutely correct on the sequence of the studio album, it couldnt be more perfect, and those 4 albums are the best, especially 'Exile' for me,,,i love them all...and the Beatles too- Rubber Soul and everything after that...what a fertile period for rock and roll. cheers-
Right on, my music brother Ed. I have played guitar some 44 years and have written a few hundred songs that no one will ever hear. About 75 are of which are really good. The point is, you and I have musical ears.One cannot compare Beatles and Stones in recorded musical history. But the Stones did the quarter trifecta, as mention. All the Fab 4 did in order? Forget the first few albums. Revolver. Rubber Soul. Sgt Pepper. The White Album. Yellow Submarine. Magical Mystery Tour. Let it Be. Abbey Road. Take off Mystery Tour? ( a greatest hits album on Side 2) and Yellow Submarine (Side 1 a great extension of Rubber Soul, Side 2, Sir George Martin Orchestral Soundtrack? Terrific.) Great stuff of 5 albums in a row. (and I love Magical Mystery Tour Side 2. Side 1 with Your Mother Should Know and Fool on the Hill never worked for me.). And Strawberries Field Forever, was SUPPOSED to be on Sgt Peppers. Ditto Penny Lane. How history could have and should have been. That being said: The Rolling Stones, recorded Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street... in order.. Somehow, in a perfect Universe, the Stones topped the Fabs. Even stealing Sgt Pepper vs Satanic Royal Majesties Request, from Let it Be, to to Let it Bleed. Didn't John Lennon sing on I DIG A PONY; i , i I...rolla stoney you can celebrate anything you like? You can imitate anyone you know? And the Stones imitated the Beatles bUT in my heart, they had the greatest run of four influential blues albums ever recorded by man. I just loved the Beatles more. "All You Need is Love."
give me your E-mail and id love to discuss this in depth, and hear some of your songs and send you some of mine- we have a lot that we are in agreement on- i love this stuff-
without the taylor years the stones could not play this aniversary shows.and I am sure they know it all !!! it would be so nice, to see him specially on sway and sum early seventies songs with the band alive at london. mick, ya know we have been talking about it at the diesel , january this year:-)
I believe this is their greatest song but when Mick Taylor plays it it’ s like the first time I heard it, Ronnie Wood is great but to me Mick Taylor is note perfect... Sorry...
I'm the first (usually) to harp on about Mick Taylor's guitar playing, but Ronnie Wood is an awesome slide guitar player, and it was a great touch for him to use it in this. PS: Mick Jagger plays guitar in the original, so, how's that for trivia :)
@@geneobrien8907 Yep. And Mick Taylor played lead/slide guitar on this...and basically co-wrote the song with Jagger at Stargroves. Keith was not around. Mick J said MT would get co-song writing credit. Didn't happen on this song or several others...Moonlight Mile, Time Waits for No One to name a few. Things were getting tense with KR and MT's dabbling with H is becoming an addiction, so he hits the "eject" button.
@@pb4820 Thanks for the info! I read that MT was treated poorly by MJ and KR, he felt that the situation became unbearable. Between the lines, I believe there were people whispering in MT's ear that he could be a solo star, like Clapton but unlike EC he wasn't the whole package. At one point he must have realized that he made a mistake, he tried to come back but Bill Wyman told him that Jagger would never allow it. As many have said, the Stones were at their best, musically, when Taylor was in the group and I agree.
@@geneobrien8907 Agree, and from what I have read, if MT had not hit the “eject” button, he may have suffered the same fate of Gram Parsons and Jimmy Miller. Both of whom would later OD after becoming heavily addicted to Heroin during this time period especially during the recording of Exile on Main Street in Nellcote France. Many of the songs that MT felt he co-wrote with MJ we’re done when KR was “unavailable. Amazing that KR is alive today.
@@pb4820 Yea, not everyone has the constitution that Keef has, in fact, very few people do, lol! Anyone who tried to keep up with him (like Parsons) got into deep trouble. I read something interesting about KR's addiction, he never mainlined heroin, he always skin popped (intermuscular injection). That doesn't really have a lessening effect as far as the addiction goes, it just doesn't provide the rush that mainlining does. Also, most of the time he had very good quality heroin. I question that a bit as I don't know who his supplier was but he couldn't have been in close proximity to that particular dealer all of the time. There's a pretty funny story about Keith and Bobby Keys getting busted by customs in Hawaii, have you heard that one?
This is signature Stones sound and it never gets boring.
It’s really not, this is so weak compared to the live stuff between 69 and 74. Watch Marquee Club Midnight Rambler and you’ll understand!
this is how you write a song about depression.
uplifting.
what a fucking perfect band
Que lindo tema ....... que lo parió !!!
Por siempre The Rolling StoneS !!!!!!!!!!
Men, i celebrate/d 38 years with his voice
... it's raw, rough, highly unrehearsed ... and just perfect !
Mick Taylor's "Sway" is better than Ronnie Wood. Also, Taylor was a Real fitting Stone.
@@danielsuarez1431 for only few years ... he's obviously better then Woody however fitting a band do not require only music skills
@@MrUsermister That's right, Mick Taylor has both of them, the skills and the spirit. Poor Ronnie!!!!!
Mick Taylor is so overrated Ronnie fits the Stones perfectly I don't care for Taylor's overindulgent guitar noodling (speaking as a guitar player)
promising band. they should release a record.
"Someone that broke me up with a corner of her smile" Mick Jagger defines love.
*Sway*......*Sticky Fingers* awesome!
Some people feel the Mick Taylor period and the 90s was one of the best parts of their history. But l think this period is as good as then.
Their songs are brilliant, but live they sound really magical ;.)
Great piece and amazing.
1971 sticky fingers album.. such a masterpiece
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**Sensational Song.
Ok Super Cats this is my favorite Stones song, Happy Easter 2023 ❤☮️🙏
People who discredit or discount Ronnie Wood don't have the slightest understanding of the history of the Stones and the fact that he is a crucial part of the band, even to this day.
Thank you
My favorite song
Awesome! I love this and always will. 💜🎸👅🌹🌺🥁❤
Temazo!! Geniales los solos de Ronnie!!
My favourite version
Such a masterpiece as sway, l for one had grave reservation how this would go😗 but pleasenty surprised, last year
upgraded my Biggest Bang box set to the Blu Ray version for this stunning Texas show. Keith doing Buddy Holly's Learning the Game is one of my life's all time highlights, thank God we live at the same time as The Rolling Stones RIP Charlie Watts
Esse solo é icônico!!!!
Ronnie: great job, you make me feel it
It's just a pale copy of Taylor original one.
@@Methilde Taylor’s version was a great showing for sure, but no two guitarists will sound identical’. I still have to credit Ron on his solo here. He adapts very quickly to any piece and that is Keith saying that. I’ve even seen Ronnie switch quickly and play his left over the top, like a steel guitar, as he tried to get the exact sound he wanted. The other guys on the stage band had nothing but glowing comments about how fast Ron could pick up a piece and get it right. Chuck Leavell is about as an experienced caliber of stage musician as you could find, and he loved Ron’s playing. Pink Floyd asked Chuck to go out on tour with them and even waited for the Stones tour at the time to end so they could get him.
@@19nervousbreak As you said Ron adapt, Taylor create.
@@Methilde at about 3:00 Ron does a very credible solo. The Stones can’t play it to the same intensity as when they were younger men when Sway was released. But that doesn’t mean they don’t deliver on this. Because they do. As Keith said ‘ the Stones have grown up, we’re a little older now, and this is how we play it’.
@@19nervousbreak It's not about the Stones but only about Ron, his short solo is repetitive and musically weak, cause he became more and more lazy through the years.
The Rolling Stones - Sway-Live Official
Did you ever wake up to find
A day that broke up your mind
Destroyed your notion of circular time .
What is the point of this comment
❤MICK TAYLOR ❤ AND❤KIETH RICHARDS❤ UNBELIEVABLE❤☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆!!!!°°°°
I always play this song when I hear people try to say the Stones don’t have any hard guitar licks and love the reaction I see on their faces. Then I think to myself ‘where the f-k’ have they’ve been the last 40+ yrs? It’s almost sac religious for someone to make a claim like that!!!😎🤙🎶
Keith openly talks about this in his book "Life". To be fully honest, although I read about it in different places, I still cannot fully understand how the band allowed this to happen. The pressure on them from the management must have been huge.
Ooh, I feel like Ronnie was really feeling it but Mick chose to end the song. Either way, it was very well done. The album cut has one of the greatest solos ever from a virtuoso, so it's tough to compete with that.
Ronnie does a good job of mimic the past stuff he was not on. Taylor use to incorporate his own style when playing stuff he was not on.😅
Charlie uses unmatched grip and follows Buddy Rich's maxim that you need to get around on your kit.
Only thing its missing is Mick Taylor!
Ron Wood sounds great
Okay, all Mick Taylor (and Ron Wood fans. You can go to You Tube and view Mick Taylor play Sway on the 2013, June 3, Chicago. Sure is a lot of debate here, so go get you all some satisfaction!
The two guys play guitar in a completely different way, with a different approach, different guitar effects, different facial mimic, different attack, different way of bending, they probably even hear differently the same chords and background music. It would be great if the Stones made a final statement in the form of an album where both Mick Taylor and Ron Wood play guitar, each in his way. But we can doubt the two glimmer twins have the greatness to invite Mick Taylor to join.
il be back in 5 minutes
I "liked" this song on UA-cam, as it is my favorite Rolling Stones song. I like the studio recording much more, as it features the incomparable Mick Taylor on lead guitar. Ronnie Wood ~actually tries~ to recreate Mick Taylor's solo's, but fails. I miss Bill Wyman's bass guitar too.
+amerocker completely agree it's my fave too nothing is like the original. the entire LP the best
The best track on SF along with Bitch, and one of the great "unsung" tracks alongside Dandelion and Stray Cat Blues. If Mick's lyrics weren't so, shall we say, "uniquely phrased" then we'd know a thing or two, yes we would.
Ron Wood took that song over.
Austin, Texas
Zilker Park
Sunday Oct. 22, 2006
When was this recorded?
Damn! I always thought he asked "Did you ever wake up two foot-nine...."
Well, without Mick Taylor on the lead guitar this wonderful song is not the same!
B.S. you are dreaming of 40 plus years ago! Give it up Wood nailed it!
Alcides DM Absolutely right! Plus Mick sings in a different tempo which steals the magic bluesy feel of the original!
Taylor never fit in the stones every video he looks out of place Ronnie fit like hand n glove perfect!!!
Music is not a place where you take advantage of the others. Music is talent, tecnique, soul and creation. Mick Taylor is a master. Sorry Ronnie.
Master at what? Never being on top of anything remotely as big as the Stones. The diffrence between Taylor and Woody......Taylor is a fucking quitter! Period! Ronnie was in Two all time bands! Where’s your hero been for 40+ years? Irrelevant that’s where.
Dan Zabo thanks man, perfectly fucking said
Keef and Ronnie play off each other very well, don't they?
Elijah Skyeagle right on Ronnie is a Stone
Is it at all possible that we will ever be able to watch a Stones video without all of the sheep mentioning Mick fucking Taylor. This is the Stones NOW
I miss Mick Taylor
Very nice solo by Ronnie, but Mick Taylor is King 👑
Mick Taylor has gone leave it alone do you lot think the band care ? Come on now !
Very nice Ronnie but not a patch on Mick Taylor
Missing the groove, harmonies, and general feel for this song. One of my favorite songs from Sticky Fingers. I'm not going to see this band live again until they stop this Vegas crap.
Ok, so don’t lol
Uhhhh . . . Charlie . . . much man!
I love Ronnie but Taylor could rings around him !
One of the best drummers in the world.
RIP CHARLIE WATTS
Happy retirement Charlie
This must be a joke! Please don't confuse "popular and famous" with "talented". Watts was clueless and absolutely terrible. If you want to see some outstanding drummers, go and watch Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Colaiuta or Sterling Campbell.
@@carineii6747 he was famous and he was talented. Bozzio is amazing!
Charlie watts est un batteur exceptionnel
Love Mick Taylor but Woody is fantastic. Super tasteful playing, always on, never overplays, plays off Keith brilliantly. Check out his work with Faces...he’s a badass.
Agreed. Mick Taylor was an absolute virtuoso, but I feel like he overplayed a little bit on a few live tracks. Ronnie’s playing just slides in perfectly with Keef’s
"overplays" LOL you can only overplay if you know how to
And your mocking point is .. what, @cultfilmfreakreviews?
How should Ron and Kieth play the song they wrote?
Taylor did his own style on many of the Stones songs he was not originaly on. And the Stones let him jam more. Ronnie pretty much mimics ands stays to the original recording. Here he does a good job on Taylor's part. I think that's what Keith wanted when seeking Taylors replacemen.. sometimes on songs were Keith did all the guitar parts Ronnie will take the lead. But the next show Keith will do the lead on the same song. This is why Keith likes Ronnie as a partner.
Happy Birthday Mick TAYLOR!
Well!!!!! The Rolling Stones probably the best Rock & Roll band on the planet. Just Quality.
Great guitar playing from Ron Wood
@Anmar Reganvej I agree!
YEAH!!!
Love Ronnie, but he is pretty much coping Micks lead on this song.....love both of them...
@theamazingt4r468 Mick was the one who did this song, you do know that right?
It seems that fans ignored the major Taylor musical participation on the Stones recordings.
One of the best Stones' songs of all time and I wish it got played WAY more. Sway is what it is all about.
No a Stones song but a Taylor/Jagger song, like Winter and MoonlightMille and you can hear it.
Most people don't realize that Mick Jagger did the Riff on the album
Charlie just effortlessly laying down the best drum grooves 🥁
One of the great songs from (in my opinion) a perfect album "Sticky Fingers".
Wood Great guitar work! Love the solo!
Nothing compared to Taylor's solo in this song. Listen to Taylor's and come back and listen. Ronnie's is very sloppy but in a good way (if that makes sense.) But he's no Mick Taylor.
@@robertcooney1938 I concur
When Mick Tayler left.....Wood was the best match. Now we admit.
@@robertcooney1938 EXACTLY...trying to imitate Mick Taylor.They may try to imitate,but they will never duplicate.
cut the comedy
why compare, appreciate
You're right Jayne why compare they're both good
for all my friends out on the burial Ground
The Rolling Stones-Sway
Sorry Ronnie…..you can't do it like Mick Taylor….. Night and day.
Ron Wood playing Mick Taylor is like if Keith tried playing a Clapton solo....
A very good version of
one of the best songs ever written
by the best band on this planet
And most important: Ronnie Wood is
absolutely fantastic here
I am so tired of all these 'We want Mick Taylor back' - people
Ronnie Wood might be the most underrated artist on this planet,
because he is always in Keith's shadow
He is a true hero and gentleman
He is a genius on guitar
He saved the Stones in the 80ies
Without him they would have split
The GREAT Ronnie Wood is the perfect
man for this job he has since 1975
The main reason: He is a TEAMPLAYER
I hope they come back to Europe soon
I will be there for sure
To all the people out there:
You must see them live if you can
It will change your life
I COMPLETELY AGRÉÉ WITH YOU 👏👏
Robert Wiesler Brilliant comment.
...I want Mick Taylor back.
@@billpholde4816 I love Mick Taylor's playing with The Stones but the same 1971 Taylor/Richard chemistry can never be regained. Taylor was the perfect foil for Keith at that time but Ronnie and Keith have learned to gel seamlessly and it's been a long, long time.
@@DDEENY Agreed. "Foil" is a great description of Taylor's role in the Stones. His playing was fluid and serpentine in contrast to Keith's raw, caveman chords. The combination was greater than the sum of the parts and, in my opinion, it was the top of the mountain for that band. And, yes, it's in the past and will not return.
This is my favourite Stones song and I know all the arguments about Mick Taylor and I’d never dream to take anything away from his contribution to the song. It’s so iconic and beautiful it stands on its own with Jagger and Keith feeding of one another and thank God for that...😎🎶🇨🇦💋
The LP version is one of my fave songs EVER! This is almost a reggae/ska version. Lay it back more. Needs to be lazy, sexy.
B side of the Wild Horses 45
I love the dude at .46 seconds with the backwards hat thats what its all about! Keep rockin bro!
Just, 2000 lighsts years from MICK TAYLOR.
keep your fucking hands off mick taylor's solo.
Ronnie not bad here. Sure
Sure, Ron Wood is a "team player" and he "looks like" a Rolling Stone. I'll even go so far as to say he can play a few notes. But he has absolutely no musicality whatsoever. Listen to MT on the Sticky Fingers album. He has a fluidity to his playing that Ron simply doesn't have and is at the heart of this song. Ronnie just hacks away at the guitar. Just my opinion. Yours may differ. BTW, I've seen them both.
The Rolling Stones are the greatest, and this song is yet another classic from a never ending songbook, but Mick is sleepwalking his way through this version. Just listen to the original.
Respectfully I can not agree. Yes he isn’t delivering the raw intensity of the studio cut. Is that a surprise to anyone? His voice has been through an evolution from so many years ago, but instead of losing it through harshness, Mick has kept it healthy and always delivers the quality we expect. I’m simply amazed that he does this with stunning steadfastness.
Yeah I agree, Sticky Fingers was a masterpiece album. However Supercats and Dolls my Mom did not like that Andy Warhol album jacket. I thought it was cool 😎
as I miss you MICK TAYLOR, IS THAT KEITH needed a buddy, not a guitarist who plays more than him, and so is more comfortable and feels good, RON you are very bad, a lot, one more, better dedicate yourself to painting than you do better.
It's not Taylor missing that's wrong with it; it's got too hip-hop a beat and jumping a Jagger vocal to match the lazy power of the original.
+steve conn the trouble with Wood-Taylor comparisons is they are usually drawn from Wood era live versions of Taylor era recorded classics. not saying Wood is a better guitar player than Taylor, likely not (but let's not forget Wood's work in the Faces, subjugated within the Stones)...who is to say, and this Wood solo sounds good to me, and I saw and heard Wood nail Can't You Hear Me Knocking in 2002, who is to say how Taylor would sound live on Sway or any other track for which he is known? Live is a one time shot, not like in a studio where you can redo and such. So give Wood a break. I love all the Stones' guitarists and they are all of their time in the band but none but Wood has had to do all the eras and he has done them well and is deserving of respect. Few others could. The man is a versatile and great musician. Accept it.
Aha, Thora! You finally made a great comment out of all the others! Go pass GO! Collect $200! Keith can harmonize to ANYTHING! And its a damn shame, he is not singing here! That is the big difference in this live version. I give you a personal kiss, and big hug, for pointing this out! This song DRAGS cause Keith Richards is not singing that howling, beautiful, off-key but very sensible tone, he alway somehow to find, to sing in !
steve conn yeah it's a. BIt choppy. Vox are rushed
This solo by Wood hasn't got the dexterity, finesse, soul or mastery of the guitar that Taylor's brings to the song. That's not Woody's fault, Taylor was the best rock lead guitarist in the world when he laid the original classic solo down.
I'm from Brazil and my english ins't perfect. I'd like to know the meaning of "Love is the way they say is really strutting out". Can someone help me?
Opinions are opinions, but let me say this: Mick Taylor has more guitar playing talent than fat and I think we should put the accent on his skills rather than his look. No idea how old you are, but remember that life can be hard with you, an unexpected little illness and your body just starts going its own way...
Would have really loved to see Mick Jagger play guitar on this - as he did on the original Sway recording. I recently watched a live video with him playing guitar on the song Some Girls...and he fricking Rocked it !!
Mick Taylor played lead guitar on the original cut.
And Jagger the rythmic, without Keith.
The Rolling Stones,great rock n roll band in the world.I love your.stones.
I don’t know - MICK Taylor wasn’t too bad - lol
The best band ever, the Rolling Stones 🎉🎉
I fuckin LOVE Charlie!
Anthony S Charlie is our darling💕
N now he's gone...😭😭😭
In my book this is the best Stones song. It's a pity the faster tempo here steals away the magic of the original. Plus, Mick's phrasing here is kinda weird.
can't compare Mick Taylor with Wood, Taylor is so much more refined.
Disappointed in this; one the great Stones songs. It just seems...subdued. Missing with Mick's age, is his snarling the words out; and the guitars lack the drive or power here. I expected fire works here; and felt burning embers. Love the stones still, always. This just felt...blah. Thru the motions.
its too fast...the tempo looses all the power of the original version...now i have to go listen to the original version.
Ronnie's solo would be fine at the correct tempo.
Good ears Ed. I just heard the studio recording off of Sticky Finger. This version is about two beats faster; it is noticeable. But here is the Twilight Zone Factor: the studio version clocks in at 3:54. This live version shows 3:55. Now how do we explain that? The former is noticeably slower; it twists it knife in slowly, very carefully, building to each chorus. Maybe thes looses its power because its too fast? The beauty of the order of songs on Side A of the record: Brown Sugar, Sway, Wild Horses...and then Can't You Hear Me Knocking...is the first song kicks you in the butt; then Sway is a bluesy drone that is hynotic; Wild Horses, a dreamy melancholy ballad, then BOOM! The sledgehammer comes down on the gas pedal and Can't You MFing Hear Me Knocking accelerates like a cross fire hurricane, when Keity absolutely shreds the opening riffs, Charlie kicks his drum set, Mick howls, and Mick Taylor sits back and then takes us to the blues Mars where Jimi came from. And the late Bobby Keyes, blowing the sweet bellows of his sax. Sway fits perfectly in the order it does. You Got to Move closes out the side, very appropriately after the wild, frenetic magic carpet ride of Knocking. Oh, and then side 2 is not shabby either. A masterpiece, the 3rd of perhaps the greatest run of a quartet of albums ever (and I love Beatles equally): Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed Sticky Fingers and Exile of Main Street: each one topping the previous masterpiece.
here is the funny thing- in Keith's book, 'Life', he says that TEMPO is equally as important as being in TUNE....lol....but playing live its up to the drummer, which is usually their strong point...Charlie...it's hard to say about the actual length of the song...they might have played an extra bar in there or something...you are absolutely correct on the sequence of the studio album, it couldnt be more perfect, and those 4 albums are the best, especially 'Exile' for me,,,i love them all...and the Beatles too- Rubber Soul and everything after that...what a fertile period for rock and roll.
cheers-
Right on, my music brother Ed. I have played guitar some 44 years and have written a few hundred songs that no one will ever hear. About 75 are of which are really good. The point is, you and I have musical ears.One cannot compare Beatles and Stones in recorded musical history. But the Stones did the quarter trifecta, as mention. All the Fab 4 did in order? Forget the first few albums. Revolver. Rubber Soul. Sgt Pepper. The White Album. Yellow Submarine. Magical Mystery Tour. Let it Be. Abbey Road. Take off Mystery Tour? ( a greatest hits album on Side 2) and Yellow Submarine (Side 1 a great extension of Rubber Soul, Side 2, Sir George Martin Orchestral Soundtrack? Terrific.) Great stuff of 5 albums in a row. (and I love Magical Mystery Tour Side 2. Side 1 with Your Mother Should Know and Fool on the Hill never worked for me.). And Strawberries Field Forever, was SUPPOSED to be on Sgt Peppers. Ditto Penny Lane. How history could have and should have been. That being said: The Rolling Stones, recorded Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main Street... in order.. Somehow, in a perfect Universe, the Stones topped the Fabs.
Even stealing Sgt Pepper vs Satanic Royal Majesties Request, from Let it Be, to to Let it Bleed. Didn't John Lennon sing on I DIG A PONY; i , i I...rolla stoney you can celebrate anything you like? You can imitate anyone you know? And the Stones imitated the Beatles bUT in my heart, they had the greatest run of four influential blues albums ever recorded by man. I just loved the Beatles more. "All You Need is Love."
give me your E-mail and id love to discuss this in depth, and hear some of your songs and send you some of mine- we have a lot that we are in agreement on- i love this stuff-
Fantastic Rolling Stones.....thanks guys...
Mick jagger is amazing for his age
Helps that Ronnie has a Gibson. Back up singers should not be on this song.
With the exception of Jagger this is like a cover band version.
When in doubt, follow Charlie! Rest In Peace
Mick Taylor per sempre
I miss Mick Taylor who so much better than Ron
without the taylor years the stones could not play this aniversary shows.and I am sure they know it all !!! it would be so nice, to see him specially on sway and sum early seventies songs with the band alive at london. mick, ya know we have been talking about it at the diesel , january this year:-)
Very Very Good - Great Rock´n´Rolling Stones forever
Suunds great and even greater when Nicky Hopkins amd
Crazy to think the Stones are roughly a couple yrs shy of their 60th.
Like this vibrant version.
Subtle shades and smooth sound.
yeah I always thought ronnie is a fantastic slide guitar player !
Ronnie is not Mick Taylor for sure, poor solo
About a billion thumbs up for this video.
I believe this is their greatest song but when Mick Taylor plays it it’ s like the first time I heard it, Ronnie Wood is great but to me Mick Taylor is note perfect... Sorry...
This song is supposed to be belted out, a dying death cry. Come on, Mick.
I'm the first (usually) to harp on about Mick Taylor's guitar playing, but Ronnie Wood is an awesome slide guitar player, and it was a great touch for him to use it in this.
PS: Mick Jagger plays guitar in the original, so, how's that for trivia :)
Jagger played rhythm guitar on this song.
@@geneobrien8907 Yep. And Mick Taylor played lead/slide guitar on this...and basically co-wrote the song with Jagger at Stargroves. Keith was not around. Mick J said MT would get co-song writing credit. Didn't happen on this song or several others...Moonlight Mile, Time Waits for No One to name a few. Things were getting tense with KR and MT's dabbling with H is becoming an addiction, so he hits the "eject" button.
@@pb4820 Thanks for the info! I read that MT was treated poorly by MJ and KR, he felt that the situation became unbearable. Between the lines, I believe there were people whispering in MT's ear that he could be a solo star, like Clapton but unlike EC he wasn't the whole package. At one point he must have realized that he made a mistake, he tried to come back but Bill Wyman told him that Jagger would never allow it. As many have said, the Stones were at their best, musically, when Taylor was in the group and I agree.
@@geneobrien8907 Agree, and from what I have read, if MT had not hit the “eject” button, he may have suffered the same fate of Gram Parsons and Jimmy Miller. Both of whom would later OD after becoming heavily addicted to Heroin during this time period especially during the recording of Exile on Main Street in Nellcote France. Many of the songs that MT felt he co-wrote with MJ we’re done when KR was “unavailable. Amazing that KR is alive today.
@@pb4820 Yea, not everyone has the constitution that Keef has, in fact, very few people do, lol! Anyone who tried to keep up with him (like Parsons) got into deep trouble. I read something interesting about KR's addiction, he never mainlined heroin, he always skin popped (intermuscular injection). That doesn't really have a lessening effect as far as the addiction goes, it just doesn't provide the rush that mainlining does. Also, most of the time he had very good quality heroin. I question that a bit as I don't know who his supplier was but he couldn't have been in close proximity to that particular dealer all of the time. There's a pretty funny story about Keith and Bobby Keys getting busted by customs in Hawaii, have you heard that one?