The killing actually occured during "Under My Thumb" and was caught on camera and shown in the film "Gimme Shelter", but it became an urban legend that it happened during "Sympathy." "Sympathy" was taken out of the set for a few years, but that was as much because of all the new material from "Sticky Fingers" and "Exile On Main Street" as anything else. There are several books on Altamont, but the ones by Stanley Booth and Sam Cutler stand out, as they were both there at ground zero as it happened.
When people stop PICKING SIDES that are spoon-fed them from the system, we stop being "Divided and Ruled". Great channel, much appreciate your considered and good-intentioned work, all the very best!
Sympathy for the Devil is played at every Stones concert, I've seen it played at least nine times. You two should go see the Stones live they are still on tour and still great.
yes, we could drink at 18, we had smoking areas at high school, and we were there was more freedom in this country for everyone that has ever been or will ever be again. everything was simple compared to now, and look at the music from the 70's, it reflects the way of life then
I didn't get to see the Rolling Stones till 1981 and it was much calmer than this concert, this Altamont concert is way too crazy for me. Hell's Angels as their security was a bad idea!
@@mumbles215 In your school? I'm a child of the 60s and 70s and I know EXACTLY what he's saying. I don't think you could smoke wherever you wanted in high school, and the reason you could then was because the smoking age was 16 but it was confined to a smoking area that would be watched by school staff or even police because people would smoke pot or do other drugs in those smoking areas. Outside of school we could smoke wherever we wanted as long as we were of legal smoking age, 16. Now, we smoked as elementary school kids so we didn't do that out in the open because you know, family image? Parents getting upset at you?
They started playing it live again in 1975 I think. This is an historic moment, as it captures the collapse of what the Beatles created. In a few hours at Altamont, the Stones destroyed it all. It was the end of the 60s. So an important moment, but a terrible version of the song because of all the chaos. The studio track is one of the greatest songs of all time. Been to 5 Stones shows. They are easily the greatest live act ever in my opinion.
Yes they did play Sympathy for the Devil live again many times, saw them at the Glastonbury Festival perform it a few years ago and there was a large steel Phoenix above them on the performance area of the pyramid stage especially made to stretch and breathe fire only when they played Sympathy for the Devil - utterly unforgettable!
Sympathy For The Devil (Official Lyric Video) th-cam.com/video/GgnClrx8N2k/w-d-xo.html Live th-cam.com/video/r-dLZYDyhlc/w-d-xo.html&start_radio=1&rv=URyqGD99Owg
The 70s, especially the early 70s, had their conflict with the Vietnam war going on. We were drafted at 18 years old but you had to be 21 to vote. So basically all those that were conscripted had no voice or say so towards the war. The average age of those with boots on the ground in Vietnam was 19. Those soldiers that came back on leave or had put in their time in the war were treated poorly by the hippies and those against the war by throwing trash at them and calling them baby killers. It was a pretty fucked-up time for politics. That said, the music during that time was great!
This was the tragic end of the 60s love and peace era. Tragic. Everything went after this. It was bad after the Manson murders but this was the ultimate low. I was a child of the 60s and this affected all of us badly. It was almost as if we saw the writing on the wall. Lots of big name artists refused to go on stage even before this happened because they could sense the way things were heading. Play this song live where the audience are just there to enjoy it.
Perhaps a bit culturocentric, there's more than a little USA bubble... E.g who or what is "the Manson murders". Not on my school reading list. And some dickhead dies at a concert, ...
This concert exposed that all the drugs and free love had consequences. Overdoses and violence come along with those things and this concert just had bad vibes all around Mick got knocked cold getting off the helicopter by some kid then throw in the Hells Angels and you have total chaos. As it turns out Woodstock was the exception not the norm when you had crowds this big and are loaded on all kinds of substances. By 1970 bands like Black Sabbath and the Alice Cooper group came along to put a stake into the heart of the love and peace generation.
right wing propaganda - mason murders were not any worse than any other mass killings that happened through out US history - i was alive so you cannot bs me with this crap - go away trump supporter
Check out the performance of this song from Rock n Roll Circus if you want to see a different better take. This one at Altamont is just too crazy....plus I was about 8 years old at the time of this concert!!
there was no hippy dream to fail - hells angels and manson were right wingers they were not hippies - most anti war people were not hippies - do not bs me with your right wing propaganda - i was alive in the 60s -
The stones hired the english version of hell's angel for their Hyde Park concert in last July of 69 and it all went smoothly...and the idea of hiring the hell's angels for Alramont came from the Grateful dead !
Hunter vas kiled instantly by a knife stab to his head through the temple. This was during ‘UNDER MY THUMB’ not ‘Sympathy’. It just sounds more dramatic to say ‘Sympathy’.
Was there. We were close to the Hells Angels school bus loaded with cases of beer. Had a great time partying. To far away to really see what was going on up front. Had our black primo hash, lsd, and southern comfort.
Could have been along with the outtakes from Exile On Main Street the actual biggest gatefold album of the 70s. Never released this is were the myth of the Stones doesn't hold up . They even tried to rip off the Hells Angels. Well they stole the band as well. See Hill Side Blues for the greatest Stonerz track no official release. Then ask your self if you feel cheated? They passed on their best.
Remember that this was a free concert and the crowd was far too large to manage. The Angels were a mistke in that they themselves were violent and unsuited to crowd control.
The stones had used the hells angels in England for security but the English version was very tame compared to the California angels they asked Jerry Garcia about using them as the dead had in the past Jerry warned them and when the problems at alimont started and Marty Balin got knocked out Jerry and the dead turned around and went home !
When the Angel whispered in Mick's ear, I always imagined that whatever The Angel said, Mick kinda paused a second and then resumed dancing more like a rooster than ever, and it's the most Dionysian thing I've ever seen. If you watch the documentary you might see what I see. you might not. I think Meredith Hunter was trying to put the gun down and maybe did and then tried to run but was murdered instead. I think he was set up but a jury found the Angel who stabbed him not guilty. I think that's complete bullshit. Meredith Hunter was black and 19. Hell's Angels are racist. Do the math. Great reaction. Y'all's vibes are excellent and your tastes are good.
You can’t sit here and say all the Hells Angels are “racist”. It’s attitudes like that have made the word meaningless now. You prob go around using “ist” and “isms” all the time to make yourself feel big
The establishment won out, especially in politics and popular culture ... temporarily I hope. People need to look back towards the Native Americans again for when "America was great." Mother Earth needs to guide us again, not FoxNews and corporate 'merica.
the only devil there is, is the evil in mankind. after all it was you and me. own up to your own crap, be accountable for the world you've made, stop pointing fingers everywhere except at yourselves.
You guys on acid? lol Sorry but music won't set you free, especially songs like Sympathy. Free love & all that shit felt groovy,, but finally the party's over, & as Jim Morrison sung, "Turn out the lights." ☄
@@gozaband I apologize. I didn't agree, but expressed a bit too far. - Music is my life too actually-A large part of it anyway. The universal language. - Have a great day, & success in what you're doing here. 🙂
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The killing actually occured during "Under My Thumb" and was caught on camera and shown in the film "Gimme Shelter", but it became an urban legend that it happened during "Sympathy." "Sympathy" was taken out of the set for a few years, but that was as much because of all the new material from "Sticky Fingers" and "Exile On Main Street" as anything else. There are several books on Altamont, but the ones by Stanley Booth and Sam Cutler stand out, as they were both there at ground zero as it happened.
Yeah at the the very end of under my thumb
When people stop PICKING SIDES that are spoon-fed them from the system, we stop being "Divided and Ruled".
Great channel, much appreciate your considered and good-intentioned work, all the very best!
Sympathy for the Devil is played at every Stones concert, I've seen it played at least nine times. You two should go see the Stones live they are still on tour and still great.
I was going to say, they never played it again, until the next time they did!
Yep. They’ve done it every time I’ve seen them.
These Beatles... idiots....!
Give them a break. They are just reading a commentary on google. Of course we all know they started to play it in 77. Love You Liv e
yes, we could drink at 18, we had smoking areas at high school, and we were there was more freedom in this country for everyone that has ever been or will ever be again. everything was simple compared to now, and look at the music from the 70's, it reflects the way of life then
I didn't get to see the Rolling Stones till 1981 and it was much calmer than this concert, this Altamont concert is way too crazy for me. Hell's Angels as their security was a bad idea!
You and areas? We could smoke wherever we wanted
@@mumbles215 In your school?
I'm a child of the 60s and 70s and I know EXACTLY what he's saying. I don't think you could smoke wherever you wanted in high school, and the reason you could then was because the smoking age was 16 but it was confined to a smoking area that would be watched by school staff or even police because people would smoke pot or do other drugs in those smoking areas.
Outside of school we could smoke wherever we wanted as long as we were of legal smoking age, 16. Now, we smoked as elementary school kids so we didn't do that out in the open because you know, family image? Parents getting upset at you?
They started playing it live again in 1975 I think. This is an historic moment, as it captures the collapse of what the Beatles created. In a few hours at Altamont, the Stones destroyed it all. It was the end of the 60s. So an important moment, but a terrible version of the song because of all the chaos. The studio track is one of the greatest songs of all time. Been to 5 Stones shows. They are easily the greatest live act ever in my opinion.
Yes they did play Sympathy for the Devil live again many times, saw them at the Glastonbury Festival perform it a few years ago and there was a large steel Phoenix above them on the performance area of the pyramid stage especially made to stretch and breathe fire only when they played Sympathy for the Devil - utterly unforgettable!
Sympathy For The Devil (Official Lyric Video) th-cam.com/video/GgnClrx8N2k/w-d-xo.html Live th-cam.com/video/r-dLZYDyhlc/w-d-xo.html&start_radio=1&rv=URyqGD99Owg
Altamonte concert was Dec 6th 1969.
Rolling Stones are and will always remain rock gods and rock legends 🫶🔥🔥🔥
The 70s, especially the early 70s, had their conflict with the Vietnam war going on. We were drafted at 18 years old but you had to be 21 to vote. So basically all those that were conscripted had no voice or say so towards the war. The average age of those with boots on the ground in Vietnam was 19. Those soldiers that came back on leave or had put in their time in the war were treated poorly by the hippies and those against the war by throwing trash at them and calling them baby killers. It was a pretty fucked-up time for politics. That said, the music during that time was great!
This was the tragic end of the 60s love and peace era. Tragic. Everything went after this. It was bad after the Manson murders but this was the ultimate low. I was a child of the 60s and this affected all of us badly. It was almost as if we saw the writing on the wall. Lots of big name artists refused to go on stage even before this happened because they could sense the way things were heading. Play this song live where the audience are just there to enjoy it.
Perhaps a bit culturocentric, there's more than a little USA bubble... E.g who or what is "the Manson murders". Not on my school reading list. And some dickhead dies at a concert, ...
This concert exposed that all the drugs and free love had consequences. Overdoses and violence come along with those things and this concert just had bad vibes all around Mick got knocked cold getting off the helicopter by some kid then throw in the Hells Angels and you have total chaos. As it turns out Woodstock was the exception not the norm when you had crowds this big and are loaded on all kinds of substances. By 1970 bands like Black Sabbath and the Alice Cooper group came along to put a stake into the heart of the love and peace generation.
right wing propaganda - mason murders were not any worse than any other mass killings that happened through out US history - i was alive so you cannot bs me with this crap - go away trump supporter
The stones were awesome
yall need to watch the one with lyrics
Who would do a review of this song? This doesn’t depict the song or the band. This just exposes how bad the 60’s were at so many times.
This was the late 1960's guys. NOT THE SEVENTIES.
The song was Gimme Shelter
Well you hit the No1 choice.
For god's sake, stop saying "seventies", you were watching the "sixties"......
😅
Thank you!
Seriously, are these guys high??? Someone needs to edit their blithering down to utter basics. And…talk about rhetoric!!! And cliches!
the 70's was a very good time for rock and pop music 😍you both could fit in 🤔
Maybe they can fit in with the cockroach Beatles... not with the Stones!!!
Not with that stupid stripe on their face
the official lyric video is best 👍
No it's not. SFTD never got better than the 69-70 live versions.
@@warager4753blah blah blah, your opinion
It all started in The Summer Of Love, 1967.
The song has since returned to their concerts
Guys, this is the sixties. But I reckon the pair of you are loaded.
Check out the performance of this song from Rock n Roll Circus if you want to see a different better take. This one at Altamont is just too crazy....plus I was about 8 years old at the time of this concert!!
The movie Gimme Shelter has more about the Altamont concert. Definitely worth watching.
When after all, it was you and me
The Manson murders put the final nail in the coffin of the failed hippy dream, this concert put it in the ground.
there was no hippy dream to fail - hells angels and manson were right wingers they were not hippies - most anti war people were not hippies - do not bs me with your right wing propaganda - i was alive in the 60s -
Hiring the hell's angels was a very bad idea!
The stones hired the english version of hell's angel for their Hyde Park concert in last July of 69 and it all went smoothly...and the idea of hiring the hell's angels for Alramont came from the Grateful dead !
Hunter vas kiled instantly by a knife stab to his head through the temple. This was during ‘UNDER MY THUMB’ not ‘Sympathy’. It just sounds more dramatic to say ‘Sympathy’.
Maybe do a reaction to the whole doc. It's a brilliant incite into the band and the times.
Was there. We were close to the Hells Angels school bus loaded with cases of beer. Had a great time partying. To far away to really see what was going on up front. Had our black primo hash, lsd, and southern comfort.
You need to look at the Glastonbury festival all styles of music with all ages of people having fun
Thats the late 60s, not really considered 70s.
Sympathy for the Devil forever
You should listen to studio recording
I bet there was some bad ACID goin around at Altamont that night, Jesus....
Hells Angels threatened everyone including the Rolling Stones.
They knocked out Marty Balin of the airplane
@@rickhorn9609 Wow, what a stupid idea to have Hell's Angels for security. Crazy!!
Could have been along with the outtakes from Exile On Main Street the actual biggest gatefold album of the 70s. Never released this is were the myth of the Stones doesn't hold up . They even tried to rip off the Hells Angels. Well they stole the band as well. See Hill Side Blues for the greatest Stonerz track no official release. Then ask your self if you feel cheated? They passed on their best.
The old good Rolling Stones🤘
A guy was killed at that concert
England does it best 😅
Remember that this was a free concert and the crowd was far too large to manage. The Angels were a mistke in that they themselves were violent and unsuited to crowd control.
The stones had used the hells angels in England for security but the English version was very tame compared to the California angels they asked Jerry Garcia about using them as the dead had in the past Jerry warned them and when the problems at alimont started and Marty Balin got knocked out Jerry and the dead turned around and went home !
a concert that signaled the End of the 60s
Check out the marquee club performances.
Young mick at his "slinkiest" best 😁
You did pick the worst version of this song. that was a concert that most rock an rollers would like to forget
When the Angel whispered in Mick's ear, I always imagined that whatever The Angel said, Mick kinda paused a second and then resumed dancing more like a rooster than ever, and it's the most Dionysian thing I've ever seen. If you watch the documentary you might see what I see. you might not. I think Meredith Hunter was trying to put the gun down and maybe did and then tried to run but was murdered instead. I think he was set up but a jury found the Angel who stabbed him not guilty. I think that's complete bullshit. Meredith Hunter was black and 19. Hell's Angels are racist. Do the math. Great reaction. Y'all's vibes are excellent and your tastes are good.
You can’t sit here and say all the Hells Angels are “racist”. It’s attitudes like that have made the word meaningless now. You prob go around using “ist” and “isms” all the time to make yourself feel big
This is not the video to react to when you want the best version of the tune.
What’s with the tape
End of the flower power-era...
Don't believe everything you read. They performed this both times I seen them.
Typical Stones, hired Hells Angels for Security, paid them with beer & drugs ?
This was 1969 -- not the seventies.
She's a keeper😂
The establishment won out, especially in politics and popular culture ... temporarily I hope. People need to look back towards the Native Americans again for when "America was great." Mother Earth needs to guide us again, not FoxNews and corporate 'merica.
When playing this song the hell's angels killed a black man.
They killed a man. I don't know if his colour is relevant...
What's the color got to do with anything?😊
Prob a millennial or worse a gen z
Beautiful couple, but bet they will vote for Harris ?
been there done that
the only devil there is, is the evil in mankind. after all it was you and me. own up to your own crap, be accountable for the world you've made, stop pointing fingers everywhere except at yourselves.
Do a strict minimum of research please, before saying stuff: it was in 1969!
You guys on acid? lol Sorry but music won't set you free, especially songs like Sympathy. Free love & all that shit felt groovy,, but finally the party's over, & as Jim Morrison sung, "Turn out the lights." ☄
I’d be dead without music, so yea, sticking to my guns on this one 🤣
@@gozaband I apologize. I didn't agree, but expressed a bit too far. - Music is my life too actually-A large part of it anyway. The universal language. - Have a great day, & success in what you're doing here. 🙂
Why would you choose the live version? Ugh.... it's soooo awful lol... its not even the same song.... nice reaction tho...
Awful? Are you nuts? Go back to Taylor. She misses you.
Don’t watch then…this song is all over TH-cam
the tamer version is the one from Rock n Roll Circus from England. Mick takes his shirt off...
Thats not a good version someone got stabbed by those Hells Angels. Not a good vibe.