@@richsackett3423 I hope you're talking about Brian... if so, I highly agree... but it seems you are talking about Keith Richards... I won't say I don't agree there, but Brian's multi-instrumentalist abilities are definitely too astounding most of the time to be considered overrated... IMHO, of course...
Watching these are so interesting because it shows how passionate some of these musicians were not only about music, but the industry. They knew what a single had to be to sell and they knew what kind of direction bands would have to go in order to innovate. They criticized one another, not to hurt, but to hopefully push them and allow the music scene to flourish
aye, they really did have a good ear for what would be a hit. Brian was right that the Peter & Gordon number featured here wasn't as big a hit as their previous singles.
@@kevinparker9692According to the then Stone's manager and producer biography, the Jagger-Richards songwriting duo was already doing well and Jones was afraid to even attempt to write anything for the band. He even surrounded him with a couple of musicians to help him out but nothing came out of it. But he did manage to write a whole movie soundtrack.
Pretty cool of Brian to give a shout out to Marvin Gaye even though his music wasn't on the list of singles. His name was starting to get known by this time, but he wasn't nearly a household name yet.
Brian Jones heard "Proud Mary" on a record player in early 1969. It's said he walked over to the player and just stood there, staring down at the record as if mesmerized, as the Creedence 45 spun through its three minutes.
@@lthompson7625 Bill Wyman said Creedence would have been his go-to band to play bass. Probably what got him was Clifford's superb drumming. Stu Cook of Creedence auditioned for the Stones in the 1990s, I heard.
"Fantasy" Records. Always surprised me that someone from the Bay Area could embody the Cajun sound so well. CCR was one of my faves then (and now), but then so was Grand Funk Railroad (??).
@@RideAcrossTheRiver Didn't know that about Fantasy. Since John did almost all of the writing and aspects of production, as I understand it, I'm not sure it would have made much difference? Too bad about his own brother, Tom, fed up with his brother. Spoke with a guy who did a radio interview with Doug Clifford. He was not too fond of John either. Dude was big and had some guns on him, I've noticed. There are clips of CCR at Woodstock I've seen. Kinda bizarre as I never knew they were there.
It must have been fascinating to talk to Brian Jones about music. He was not only very knowledgeable about different music genres, he also had opinions about everything.
Prior to this, I've never seen/ heard a verbatim quotation from Brian Jones as long as this. His musical chops were always evident but I hadn't expected his comments ('produced by the BBC') to be so witty and sharp.
Haha Brian just tells it like it is, yet he's so attentive to detail and is clearly very knowledgeable about music and musicians in general. A very interesting insight into Brian's mindset. Thank you YP, you breathed life into this forgotten piece of music history.
Even his occasional missteps, such as dismissing The Miracles' Ooh Baby Baby and predicting it wouldn't be a hit, are fascinating. This is a wonderful glimpse into the depth of Brian's knowledge and musical seriousness.
Nineteensixtynine, Brian Jones was so underated. He could play anything and make it sound great. Mick and keith were a pair of pricks to him. Infact a thought mick and keith were sleeping with each other. It was brian that added those magical sounds on there best albums. Like aftermath, their satanic majesties request, beggers banquet and let it bleedand so many more earlier albums. In 1968 the stones were really really struggling to finish there beggers banquet album, so out of ideas and options, brian just picked up this sythathon or what its called? and started playing 'no expectations' as the band sat with there mouths opend in disbelieve at what he was playing. Then they said thats it, thats perfect brian where did that come from they said. Brian said "it was something a had been trieying, working on". Brian did 'shes a rainbow' on there satanic album. My favourite ever stones song. And he did so much more. It wasnt a coincidence that after 1969 and 6 years of brilliant music and being the best band in the world to being the worse band in the world in 1970 to the present day. I do not own a stones album after 1969 becouse they are so bad. No jones no stones! They wanted rid of brian becouse seemingly his drug convictions were stopping him from entering america in 1968 or 1969, and mick and keith were furiuse, and raging raving mad at him. Becouse they saw it as losing alot of big money instead of not getting big money and the old greed set in and they wanted him out and he was even killed, another concidience? But am finding hard to believe mick and keith would want brian him killed? they only had to sack him wich they did. 2 months before? And gave him £100,000 pound plus he would get any royalties that were owed to him. But only 3 people know this deal happend and 1 is dead, and the other two are mick and kieth. But keith richards had a very very dark side to him. On tv the other week there was a 2 hour proggrame about the band and the interviewer was told from a stones manager "keith was the devil for a while, mick wanted the attention, charlie was just charlie, bill was quiet but liked the woman, brian was drincking more and took a couple of valium for his nerves, wich people didnt know about they thought brian was just becoming a junkie and thats not true he didnt do heroin or cocaine, but keith was a full blown junkie on heroin and cocaine but that was ok seemingly by mick and the others. It was a weird set up to say the least, and money had alot to do with brian being sacked. Then again mick didnt like brian a thinck keith liked him but keith liked every one becouse he was constanly on heroin and cocaine becouse heroin does that it makes you happy and care free and so does cocaine. But mick wanted brian out and it was brians band.
I saw this last year but never gave a comment. Now I will. Brian had a great ear for what would and would not be a hit. We lost him way too early. What might have been.
first thing brian says "this brings back memories of california" shocked that for just that, he didnt see the genius in the track it's a rainy, cold day in london and he just got out of bed and that song immediately transported him to sunny california that was the genius of brian wilson
I think the "terrible" verdict was an over-statement. "All Summer Long" was not their most important record, by far, but it's a fun record nonetheless. I'm a big fan of the records they did between this one and the release of "Pet Sounds": "Help Me Ronda" was quite good, but "The Little Girl I Once Knew" is sort of a lost gem. It didn't chart that well because if had some quiet passages and radio stations don't like to play that sort of thing, but it was my (and I later discovered, John Lennon's) favorite Beach Boys record.
Interesting insights to Brian's tastes and knowledge of the pop scene of the day. Great footage of him tuning his Vox guitar by holding the solid body to his ear.... something that's useful if you don't have a tuner handy, and in 1965 the "tuner" was usually a tuning fork (strategically placed against the guitar's bridge) and your ear.
Wow he’s much smarter than I assumed he was. I realize The Rolling Stones sustained a good career without him however their best years were WITH Jones. He was truly an original founding member because he helped put the band together. Even though he wasn’t the songwriter that Jagger & Richards were I could see a scenario many times where he helped influence how songs were arranged or veto a crappy sound because he has a great ear which likely influenced songwriters around him.
I often wonder would have happened if Jones had hooked up with his friends The Animals (particularly Eric Burdon) after the Stones thing ended for him. Musically Brian was much closer to Burdon et al than Jagger and Richards. The Blues was really his passion,.
Just found your channel and now I'm obsessed with all of these. Definitely gives you a window into what was happening back then and my favourite old music stars opinions on songs I like.
I love the photos of Brian at home surrounded by his vinyls. My favourite musician of all time 💖 It really shows the depth of Brian's musical genius that he could identify the harmonica player when hearing a record for the first time. No Jones, No Stones ✨🎸 It blows my mind how you do it but every video you put out YP is even better than the last 😊
@@maurice8607 I agree. A wonderful musician with such a natural ability to play any instrument, the guitar, slide guitar, the sitar, the recorder, the piano, the harmonica and the dulcimer. The list is endless. I have to admit since discovering Brian's music I have become quite disenchanted with other musicians.
@@SophieLovesSunsets Personally, I'm so into musicians (except for Brian) but groups. Of course there's many guitarists that I admire all the same. But Brian was on another level for sure. Had he lived, he would have made some amazing music.
i didn't know much about Brian until i stumbled upon the magic of The Pipes Of Pan At Joujouka. He found these Morrocan traditional musicians, recorded them then added some hypnotic production flourishes. One of my favourite records...magical. At some point i'll finally get round to checking out his era of Stones.
Very impressed with Brian's overall knowledge of current UK releases and who may have produced and played on them. He was a record fanatic and always looking for wild new sounds...just like me :)
I'm a new subscriber, and am impressed that someone on TH-cam has a fresh, original idea - taking '60s print reviews by leading Rock 'n' Roll musicians, and adding life to them with an excellent voice-over presentation. Very insightful and entertaining!
He knew his stuff and had his own opinions, got caught up in what many young people do. He was one of my favorites, my sister and I had a lot of 45s at that time they were still popular.
Brian had a very discerning ear. While some of his criticism is harsh, particularly with the Beach Boys, you respect his opinion. What I found funny is he predicted "it'll never be a hit" with Smokey's Ooh Baby Baby and it was!
Now I am a huuuge Beach Boys fan and I also don't particularly like "All Summer Long." While I'd never call it a bad song, the harmonies on this one just don't resonate with me.
Seems to me like he knew a great deal about arrangements, producing and making records in general. Some interesting reviews he made there. Too bad he took a backseat for Jagger and Richards. A crying shame that he died so young.
Record player reminds me of the surprise Grundig German Record Player/Stereo combo my mom & dad gave me for my 15th birthday, it had a beautiful.pure wood cabonet/quality workmanship you don't see anymore unfortunately for it brings tears of joy from my heart looking back now because I know how much they secretly saved for it on a tough budget since we hadn't been in America from Cuba very long. I was so happy that it started me saving my pennies when I started working weekends w/a nice Americsn handy man helping him w/his properties as I began to collect American/British 45rpm records & albums! I.miss those wonderful times of.my.youth.God bless them for their love for mom.& dad were always surprising me w/gifts & treats all my.life & I tried to do the best fornthem.for as I still fondly recall Dad liked Mexican Musician/Singer Mr. Miguel.Acevez Mejia & mom loved her beautiful flowers! I.know also recall one of the title of a Spanish Singer/Julio.Iglesias. "Momentos". God bless you mom & dad for I LOVE YOU SO!🙏🌐⚘🏞🗻
(Shouldn't text so fast @night when sleepy 'cause I make silly grammatical errors & my dear 8th grade Rockway Elementary School Ms.Tinnen would me looking @ me sideways!😏😄⚘🙏
We had a Grundig Majestic inIstanbul.dad would listen to Radio Moscow on the short wave. When he finished up I wold tune in the BBC and listen to the Kinks. Hi Pop, wherever you are. Much ❤️
The bits of video are very nice… especially the one where he goes over a beam and sticks his tongue out. I honestly hoped for a video of 'im sat down and picking up each record and talking about it… can't complain though.
@@Kowasi So little of Brian in interview and on film really considering how huge he was as a rock musician, surprised also given how much he knew and had to say.
@@Bluepilled-c5t That's a good point. Most people, me included, formed an opinion based on bits and pieces here and there, but mainly from his peers and fellow bandmates. Ya either think he's a martyred genius or a prick who couldn't get enough of the limelight and associated spoils. Chicks almost universally choose the former, due to his fondness for shampooing.
@@sciflyernineteensixtynine6950 Maybe there's a bit of footage of him in the Stones' vast vault still to appear some day, eh? Where media fails, at least, imagination must fill in the space. Mssrs. Jones and Hendrix chatting backstage at Monterey would have been something to listen in on…
He's right on the money- Listen to how the country music is reviewed - it's hilarious - Fat Albert's band had more soul than 95% of what has come out of Nashville in the last 15 yrs- Now that ole Fat Albert is out of the joint maybe he can get the kids back together - Them dudes , especially Rudy , look as good as they did back in the days of School House Rock
Great pictures of Brian. He certainly didn't lack opinions. Considering he was very aware of production techniques and arrangements it's amazing how many Stones songs sound so bad from a production stand point.
I know many many musicians. You’d be surprised at how many are clueless about the history of how music got to where it is. Very few know, or care to know anything at all about genres outside of what they play.
@@gideonharris1493 The Miracles tune mentioned became a classic. The Beach Boys song he thought was terrible, really wasn’t, and it's had a long life too. Funny about the Frankie Ford song Sea Cruise, it was a hit for him years earlier I think, someone re-recorded it in the mid sixties but it wasn’t the version in the video.
@@fullmetta2764 Thanks for the reply and I _humbly_ disagree. Remember he was asked to predict on American music and he was in England. He was correct. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' Ooo Baby Baby may have become an American classic on reflection this past decade by Rolling Stone... but it was never a singles hit. Not even in America. Not then, not now. All Summer Long was not a hit for the Beach Boys at all. Sure does have their stereotypical Beach Boys sound, which was copied by many (Eg Jan and Dean) but forgettable words and melody. So Brian was right in saying it could have been a copy but he said the producing sounded like Brian Wilson's. Not even comparable to the hits the Beach Boys had though. Just another album filler. Spot on. You're correct about the Frankie Ford song. It was released in 1959. When Brian heard it 6 years later it perhaps was re released to appeal to another audience? Either way, it was never a great hit. Most especially not an international one at all. He was spot on again. Given his insight on this, it's my prediction he would have been a highly successful producer! He later had the Pipes of Pan up his sleeve. Given his musical talent, he could have easily been another George Martin. Edit: I fixed the annoying auto text.✌
He really hit it on the head much of the time. First time I ever heard that reaction to "All Summer Long," but he's right. It was a "messy" production for Brian, who is my favorite producer of all-time. Kind of like "Breakaway" -- there was just something wrong with it and it wasn't taken to the next level.
Nice hi-fi he’s sitting in front of. I pretty much flapped the speakers on the one that my folks had in our home😂 Loving the channel sir. Thank you very much👍🏻
I have been actually enjoying a lot of 60s bossanova lately. And incluiding in that Astrud Gilberto who is the singer Brian reviewed here but also Nara Leao who is wonderful. From there the brazilians came up with a wonderful genre often called "Tropicalia" at the end of the decade which mixed psychedelia with rock and local sounds. I also particularly enjoy how much the sixties still appreciated a lot jazz alongside the new rock sounds. Within that you had the "latin" jazz sounds of boogaloo and of brazilian bossanova as well as the very avant garde free jazz stuff and also the soul jazz stuff often done with hammond organs which really gives you the 60s vibe and which was apparently often danced to in nightclubs as some movies from the era show such as the Jacques Tati classic "Playtime" from 1967
@@sg-yq8pm I don't revere Brian Jones, nor do I anyone, to a degree that precludes honest criticism. "This will never be a hit," is a quote that does not limit its subject to the UK market. The song reached #4 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart, #16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was ranked by Rolling Stone as #266 in the list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. I would think those qualifications constitute a hit song.
@@sg-yq8pm Why did he mention other songs being a possible hit in the United States then? That fact isn't consistent to your rationalization. I stand by my statement.
@@NOSEBLOB He mentioned as an aside that some of the records might do well elsewhere, by way of contrast to his predictions that they wouldn’t be UK hits.
This has been the best review yet I didnt realize how knowledgeable Brian was. I dont get the Frankie Ford song at the end. Ford's version was released in 1959, Could perhaps Brian have been listening to the Hermans Hermits version issued in 1965?
One of the reasons they sounded "samey" was because the Motown studio in Detroit (my hometown. I grew up 3 miles from the studio, as the crow flies) had a rectangular cut-out in the ceiling of the room where they recorded. That's what gave Motown its signature sound. I know this because I received a private tour once courtesy of Berry Gordy's niece.
Mostly it's because they used the same studio cats on most Motown cuts aka the Funk Brothers with the great James Jamerson on Bass.... as well as the mixing board and the room. 🎶
@@cuda426hemi Yes. Same arrangers and players. Motown was a label of vocal groups. The label provided the backing instrumentals. A music factory like automobile
Great images of the founding Stone, and even pulling a 'nanker' face, or whatever it was called. His comment about Loog Oldham saying all producers were bad except for Phil Spector, too...where else but in Yesterday's Papers would we discover such a thing?
3:19 "I think, actually, it's the record player." ... No, I checked out a copy of "Good" that someone else had posted and it's the singer. Too bad, I kind of like the song itself; he stepped up his game a little for "Big Time Operator" a terrific record that got no attention here in the 'States. Speaking of the record player, it's a little surreal to see a world-wide celebrity with a little run-of-the-mill radiogram in his living room instead of some $3,000 system, but from what I gather from Bill Wyman's journal, they were all just scraping by at that time. Thanks for posting this; it's priceless.
It's funny because he was so on the case and responsive, and full of life. A shame he descended and became less than liked by some peers. A naturally talented musician, bringing colour to the palette.
I'm surprised that Brian didn't rate the Miracles song much. But he might have a point about it not really being singles material. Still, all quite interesting.
Hearing that Brian Jones said:"Marvin Gaye never had a hit record" sounds very weird and funny at the same time, knowing whom Marvin became a couple of years later.
Paul played on Peter & Gordon tracks for a laugh? For Lady Jane and because he lived in the Asher house from 64-66, more than likely lol. Peter became a great producer/manager after this.
Amazing . I didn't think I could connect . Brilliant insight . Too bad he just couldn't conform . I was born in 56 and never liked fifty's music much . Ecpecialy the hang around the malt shop shit. Thank God my first influence was James Brown. Brian was very tight with the brothers back then. Very impressed about what he thought about Marvin . True Rolling Stone .😎
Any guitar fans know what 12 string acoustic Brian is holding at around 4:12? Seems like one of those 12s that was used in the folk scene (smaller body wider neck). Any tracks or videos exist of him playing it?
That's terrific, my favourites of all these are Brian Jones, gives you more than just saying whether it'll be a hit or if he likes it or not. That's some photo too 👍 Great shame 😔
Jones was right about Motown seriously, almost all their music was recorded in the same place with all the same studio musicians same to songwriters on most songs. Yet it only took me all this time to have someone observe this well five years before hours even born. Thanks for collecting this interview and using the sound bit to accompany it very nice not
Brian Jones was a very bright, articulate and gifted in so many ways. Yet , he was a tortured soul. RIP Brian.
Best musician of the group, followed by Watts. Richards an overrated guitarist
@Tim. When you say "gifted ", he was described as being able to pick up any musical instrument and play it right away.
@@your_royal_highness It’s not possible to over-rate his work ethic.
@@richsackett3423 I hope you're talking about Brian... if so, I highly agree... but it seems you are talking about Keith Richards... I won't say I don't agree there, but Brian's multi-instrumentalist abilities are definitely too astounding most of the time to be considered overrated... IMHO, of course...
@@your_royal_highness Bill isn't a slouch either.
All The Stones knew their music but Brian was exceptional I feel.
He really paid attention to other aspects of records besides sound.
Watching these are so interesting because it shows how passionate some of these musicians were not only about music, but the industry. They knew what a single had to be to sell and they knew what kind of direction bands would have to go in order to innovate. They criticized one another, not to hurt, but to hopefully push them and allow the music scene to flourish
aye, they really did have a good ear for what would be a hit. Brian was right that the Peter & Gordon number featured here wasn't as big a hit as their previous singles.
With all the things Brian could do it's suprising he never wrote music for the Stones.After all it was his band to start with,still miss him.
@@kevinparker9692According to the then Stone's manager and producer biography, the Jagger-Richards songwriting duo was already doing well and Jones was afraid to even attempt to write anything for the band. He even surrounded him with a couple of musicians to help him out but nothing came out of it. But he did manage to write a whole movie soundtrack.
So good to hear what Brian had to say about these great tracks....very lucid and obviously before the rot set in. Miss him miss him
Except you can tell by the writer’s descriptions he was like a child out on his own, because he was. Probably hung over too.
Pretty cool of Brian to give a shout out to Marvin Gaye even though his music wasn't on the list of singles. His name was starting to get known by this time, but he wasn't nearly a household name yet.
Yeah, John Lennon was a big fan too...
Maybe not in England, but he had several chart hits in the US. Starting with 'Can I Get a Witness'(?) in '63.
@@wyliesmith4244Song which the Stones covered on their first album, by the way.
Brian Jones heard "Proud Mary" on a record player in early 1969. It's said he walked over to the player and just stood there, staring down at the record as if mesmerized, as the Creedence 45 spun through its three minutes.
That’s interesting. In one of his last interviews he remarked that he wanted to form a group just like Credence Clearwater Revival..
@@lthompson7625 Bill Wyman said Creedence would have been his go-to band to play bass. Probably what got him was Clifford's superb drumming.
Stu Cook of Creedence auditioned for the Stones in the 1990s, I heard.
"Fantasy" Records. Always surprised me that someone from the Bay Area could embody the Cajun sound so well. CCR was one of my faves then (and now), but then so was Grand Funk Railroad (??).
@@PageMarker1 Fantasy was a jazz and comedy label! Had Creedence jumped to Capitol or Atlantic, no telling what greatness they could have done.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver Didn't know that about Fantasy. Since John did almost all of the writing and aspects of production, as I understand it, I'm not sure it would have made much difference? Too bad about his own brother, Tom, fed up with his brother. Spoke with a guy who did a radio interview with Doug Clifford. He was not too fond of John either. Dude was big and had some guns on him, I've noticed. There are clips of CCR at Woodstock I've seen. Kinda bizarre as I never knew they were there.
I could have talked to him forever. So passionate about music and intelligent
This reminds us that Brian was the founder of the Stones.
It must have been fascinating to talk to Brian Jones about music. He was not only very knowledgeable about different music genres, he also had opinions about everything.
@T R To YOU ? HAHAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAA. You don't matter.
@T R Troll?
@@FRANKSNAKE71 Yeah..he is.
This really brings Brian back to life for a moment. I feel like I just briefly hung out w him
Cool! I'm glad the video had this effect on you. Cheers.
I felt the exactly the same
I'm right there with you.
Finally, a guy who’s honest about his opinions!
Brian, the perfect Rolling Stone. Full of extreme contrasts
Prior to this, I've never seen/ heard a verbatim quotation from Brian Jones as long as this. His musical chops were always evident but I hadn't expected his comments ('produced by the BBC') to be so witty and sharp.
Haha Brian just tells it like it is, yet he's so attentive to detail and is clearly very knowledgeable about music and musicians in general. A very interesting insight into Brian's mindset. Thank you YP, you breathed life into this forgotten piece of music history.
Even his occasional missteps, such as dismissing The Miracles' Ooh Baby Baby and predicting it wouldn't be a hit, are fascinating. This is a wonderful glimpse into the depth of Brian's knowledge and musical seriousness.
Nineteensixtynine, Brian Jones was so underated. He could play anything and make it sound great. Mick and keith were a pair of pricks to him. Infact a thought mick and keith were sleeping with each other. It was brian that added those magical sounds on there best albums. Like aftermath, their satanic majesties request, beggers banquet and let it bleedand so many more earlier albums. In 1968 the stones were really really struggling to finish there beggers banquet album, so out of ideas and options, brian just picked up this sythathon or what its called? and started playing 'no expectations' as the band sat with there mouths opend in disbelieve at what he was playing. Then they said thats it, thats perfect brian where did that come from they said. Brian said "it was something a had been trieying, working on". Brian did 'shes a rainbow' on there satanic album. My favourite ever stones song. And he did so much more. It wasnt a coincidence that after 1969 and 6 years of brilliant music and being the best band in the world to being the worse band in the world in 1970 to the present day. I do not own a stones album after 1969 becouse they are so bad. No jones no stones! They wanted rid of brian becouse seemingly his drug convictions were stopping him from entering america in 1968 or 1969, and mick and keith were furiuse, and raging raving mad at him. Becouse they saw it as losing alot of big money instead of not getting big money and the old greed set in and they wanted him out and he was even killed, another concidience? But am finding hard to believe mick and keith would want brian him killed? they only had to sack him wich they did. 2 months before? And gave him £100,000 pound plus he would get any royalties that were owed to him. But only 3 people know this deal happend and 1 is dead, and the other two are mick and kieth. But keith richards had a very very dark side to him. On tv the other week there was a 2 hour proggrame about the band and the interviewer was told from a stones manager "keith was the devil for a while, mick wanted the attention, charlie was just charlie, bill was quiet but liked the woman, brian was drincking more and took a couple of valium for his nerves, wich people didnt know about they thought brian was just becoming a junkie and thats not true he didnt do heroin or cocaine, but keith was a full blown junkie on heroin and cocaine but that was ok seemingly by mick and the others. It was a weird set up to say the least, and money had alot to do with brian being sacked. Then again mick didnt like brian a thinck keith liked him but keith liked every one becouse he was constanly on heroin and cocaine becouse heroin does that it makes you happy and care free and so does cocaine. But mick wanted brian out and it was brians band.
@@alanmctavish4802 agree with you on all those points Alan. Stones were at their most innovative with Brian on board.
@T R like yourself then except more insightful
@T R thank you for your deep insight instead
I saw this last year but never gave a comment. Now I will. Brian had a great ear for what would and would not be a hit. We lost him way too early. What might have been.
Brian Wilson a pretty good producer! "God Only Knows" is beautiful!
This is interview is the year before Pet Sounds
All summer long was a pretty good song. Still gets airplay.
first thing brian says "this brings back memories of california"
shocked that for just that, he didnt see the genius in the track
it's a rainy, cold day in london and he just got out of bed and that song immediately transported him to sunny california
that was the genius of brian wilson
Really, it doesn't spring to mind.
Actually it's terrible....
I said it's not familiar to me. So , no
I think the "terrible" verdict was an over-statement. "All Summer Long" was not their most important record, by far, but it's a fun record nonetheless. I'm a big fan of the records they did between this one and the release of "Pet Sounds": "Help Me Ronda" was quite good, but "The Little Girl I Once Knew" is sort of a lost gem. It didn't chart that well because if had some quiet passages and radio stations don't like to play that sort of thing, but it was my (and I later discovered, John Lennon's) favorite Beach Boys record.
Interesting insights to Brian's tastes and knowledge of the pop scene of the day. Great footage of him tuning his Vox guitar by holding the solid body to his ear.... something that's useful if you don't have a tuner handy, and in 1965 the "tuner" was usually a tuning fork (strategically placed against the guitar's bridge) and your ear.
Wow he’s much smarter than I assumed he was. I realize The Rolling Stones sustained a good career without him however their best years were WITH Jones. He was truly an original founding member because he helped put the band together. Even though he wasn’t the songwriter that Jagger & Richards were I could see a scenario many times where he helped influence how songs were arranged or veto a crappy sound because he has a great ear which likely influenced songwriters around him.
Jones had a mother who taught music.
He was probably the only Stone who formally studied music.
Very well educated and intelligent
I often wonder would have happened if Jones had hooked up with his friends The Animals (particularly Eric Burdon) after the Stones thing ended for him. Musically Brian was much closer to Burdon et al than Jagger and Richards. The Blues was really his passion,.
I really enjoyed his insight. He had so much good music to give us, had he lived.
This Aussie loves all summer long by the beach boys. Always been one of my favourites by them 🌊
Agreed. Just the vocal arrangement alone is wonderful before you even get to the instruments.
love that song too... too bad Brian didn't dig it much... LOL
Just found your channel and now I'm obsessed with all of these. Definitely gives you a window into what was happening back then and my favourite old music stars opinions on songs I like.
Brian Jones was a big fan of the Turtles too. He added so many cool musical touches in those early Stone classics.
I didn't know Brian was a fan of the Turtles. Interesting.
RIP Brian Jones 💕 always remembered legend the first stone 💕
Brian was the best Stone, never forgotten, he was the visionary, the soul of the music
Great series! Interesting to know what the big names thought of music of that era. More, please.
I love the photos of Brian at home surrounded by his vinyls. My favourite musician of all time 💖 It really shows the depth of Brian's musical genius that he could identify the harmonica player when hearing a record for the first time. No Jones, No Stones ✨🎸
It blows my mind how you do it but every video you put out YP is even better than the last 😊
Same. Those photos of Brian with his records are superb.
The man was a genius.
@@maurice8607 Brian really was a genius. An underappreciated genius :)
@@SophieLovesSunsets The fact that he could pick up almost any instrument and learn to play it in no time absolutely astounds me. An amazing musician.
@@maurice8607 I agree. A wonderful musician with such a natural ability to play any instrument, the guitar, slide guitar, the sitar, the recorder, the piano, the harmonica and the dulcimer. The list is endless. I have to admit since discovering Brian's music I have become quite disenchanted with other musicians.
@@SophieLovesSunsets Personally, I'm so into musicians (except for Brian) but groups. Of course there's many guitarists that I admire all the same.
But Brian was on another level for sure. Had he lived, he would have made some amazing music.
Now this channel is a great idea. You got a ton of 60s mags interviews you can go through and make some great future videos. Keep up the good work.
i didn't know much about Brian until i stumbled upon the magic of The Pipes Of Pan At Joujouka. He found these Morrocan traditional musicians, recorded them then added some hypnotic production flourishes. One of my favourite records...magical.
At some point i'll finally get round to checking out his era of Stones.
Very impressed with Brian's overall knowledge of current UK releases and who may have produced and played on them. He was a record fanatic and always looking for wild new sounds...just like me :)
He knows his stuff
I'm a new subscriber, and am impressed that someone on TH-cam has a fresh, original idea - taking '60s print reviews by leading Rock 'n' Roll musicians, and adding life to them with an excellent voice-over presentation. Very insightful and entertaining!
He knew his stuff and had his own opinions, got caught up in what many young people do. He was one of my favorites, my sister and I had a lot of 45s at that time they were still popular.
It was the 45s heyday.
Brian Jones often reminds me of George Harrison, both brutally honest, because music is just that important to them.
'Ooo Baby Baby' by the Miracles ranks at 266 on Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time." Missed that one.
Big deal.
WHO cares what RS thinks?
Brian had a very discerning ear. While some of his criticism is harsh, particularly with the Beach Boys, you respect his opinion. What I found funny is he predicted "it'll never be a hit" with Smokey's Ooh Baby Baby and it was!
Now I am a huuuge Beach Boys fan and I also don't particularly like "All Summer Long." While I'd never call it a bad song, the harmonies on this one just don't resonate with me.
Lots of Brian footage I haven't seen before! Thank you!
Wow, he just lays it all out.
Seems to me like he knew a great deal about arrangements, producing and making records in general. Some interesting reviews he made there. Too bad he took a backseat for Jagger and Richards. A crying shame that he died so young.
what amazes me is how aside from Bill Wyman the stones trash is memory
Objective and insightful. Brian didn't go for the jugular with the less fashionable artists, and wasn't over deferential to the cooler ones.
love these videos! so great to hear great artists giving their takes on other people's music
That was astounding, YP; I would have loved to have heard a lot more of Brian's opinions of things!
Indeed and agreed...
It's funny (odd) to hear someone in 1965 refer to a slight earlier time as "classics of the Rock 'n' Roll era".
Record player reminds me of the surprise Grundig German Record Player/Stereo combo my mom & dad gave me for my 15th birthday, it had a beautiful.pure wood cabonet/quality workmanship you don't see anymore unfortunately for it brings tears of joy from my heart looking back now because I know how much they secretly saved for it on a tough budget since we hadn't been in America from Cuba very long. I was so happy that it started me saving my pennies when I started working weekends w/a nice Americsn handy man helping him w/his properties as I began to collect American/British 45rpm records & albums! I.miss those wonderful times of.my.youth.God bless them for their love for mom.& dad were always surprising me w/gifts & treats all my.life & I tried to do the best fornthem.for as I still fondly recall Dad liked Mexican Musician/Singer Mr. Miguel.Acevez Mejia & mom loved her beautiful flowers! I.know also recall one of the title of a Spanish Singer/Julio.Iglesias. "Momentos". God bless you mom & dad for I LOVE YOU SO!🙏🌐⚘🏞🗻
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We had a Grundig Majestic inIstanbul.dad would listen to Radio Moscow on the short wave. When he finished up I wold tune in the BBC and listen to the Kinks. Hi Pop, wherever you are. Much ❤️
Best part of this was the background photos.
I expected to hear Brian’s voice.
The bits of video are very nice… especially the one where he goes over a beam and sticks his tongue out. I honestly hoped for a video of 'im sat down and picking up each record and talking about it… can't complain though.
@@Kowasi So little of Brian in interview and on film really considering how huge he was as a rock musician, surprised also given how much he knew and had to say.
You don’t hear him much at all anywhere. Strange for how often cameras were pointed at him
@@Bluepilled-c5t That's a good point. Most people, me included, formed an opinion based on bits and pieces here and there, but mainly from his peers and fellow bandmates. Ya either think he's a martyred genius or a prick who couldn't get enough of the limelight and associated spoils. Chicks almost universally choose the former, due to his fondness for shampooing.
@@sciflyernineteensixtynine6950 Maybe there's a bit of footage of him in the Stones' vast vault still to appear some day, eh? Where media fails, at least, imagination must fill in the space. Mssrs. Jones and Hendrix chatting backstage at Monterey would have been something to listen in on…
Typica Brian Jones brutally honest and spot on.
Brian was deffo one of a kind. A bit harsh and opinionated but still one amazing artist. He was a bit of alright. Brian (RIP)
He's right on the money-
Listen to how the country music is reviewed - it's hilarious - Fat Albert's band had more soul than 95% of what has come out of Nashville in the last 15 yrs-
Now that ole Fat Albert is out of the joint maybe he can get the kids back together - Them dudes , especially Rudy , look as good as they did back in the days of School House Rock
Music is opinionated
@@coreyhall1266 my philosophy is this- if everyone sang the same song- no one would sing .....
Great segment on Brian as always. Brian was such a talented and interesting guy.
I can't stop watching these, love this channel!!
Great pictures of Brian. He certainly didn't lack opinions. Considering he was very aware of production techniques and arrangements it's amazing how many Stones songs sound so bad from a production stand point.
Damn...sounds like he used to get bored very quickly. Haha. Love Brian
B.J. Analyste et critique d'une telle acuité. Incroyable !
Old Brian. He was the face back then
Very insightful music critic. I guess many musicians and recording artists would naturally have that.
Got it right on a few, others he missed badly on his prediction.
I know many many musicians. You’d be surprised at how many are clueless about the history of how music got to where it is. Very few know, or care to know anything at all about genres outside of what they play.
@@fullmetta2764 Such as?
@@gideonharris1493 The Miracles tune mentioned became a classic. The Beach Boys song he thought was terrible, really wasn’t, and it's had a long life too. Funny about the Frankie Ford song Sea Cruise, it was a hit for him years earlier I think, someone re-recorded it in the mid sixties but it wasn’t the version in the video.
@@fullmetta2764 Thanks for the reply and I _humbly_ disagree. Remember he was asked to predict on American music and he was in England. He was correct. Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' Ooo Baby Baby may have become an American classic on reflection this past decade by Rolling Stone... but it was never a singles hit. Not even in America. Not then, not now.
All Summer Long was not a hit for the Beach Boys at all. Sure does have their stereotypical Beach Boys sound, which was copied by many (Eg Jan and Dean) but forgettable words and melody. So Brian was right in saying it could have been a copy but he said the producing sounded like Brian Wilson's. Not even comparable to the hits the Beach Boys had though. Just another album filler. Spot on.
You're correct about the Frankie Ford song. It was released in 1959. When Brian heard it 6 years later it perhaps was re released to appeal to another audience? Either way, it was never a great hit. Most especially not an international one at all. He was spot on again.
Given his insight on this, it's my prediction he would have been a highly successful producer! He later had the Pipes of Pan up his sleeve. Given his musical talent, he could have easily been another George Martin. Edit: I fixed the annoying auto text.✌
He really hit it on the head much of the time. First time I ever heard that reaction to "All Summer Long," but he's right. It was a "messy" production for Brian, who is my favorite producer of all-time. Kind of like "Breakaway" -- there was just something wrong with it and it wasn't taken to the next level.
He was as far off as you can be with Sea Cruise. That was a massive hit. Such great New Orleans vibe.
Nah, 64-66 is classic Brian Wilson. There were duds during this phase but All Summer Long isn’t close to one of them.
@@littlewing6231 I like that song too
@@haroldbailey9011 He's not wrong about Sea Cruise. It never charted in England, not even the first time it was released. Great song though.
Nice hi-fi he’s sitting in front of. I pretty much flapped the speakers on the one that my folks had in our home😂 Loving the channel sir. Thank you very much👍🏻
I always have like this pic of Brian...Growing up we had one of those radio,record player Tv all in one deals.
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Awesome! Thanks for posting. 👍
He was spot on there
Astute observation there about one of these..." the beginning implied there was something big coming, but it went nowhere".
Was the most talented musician in the Rolling Stones!
That was fab
Unlike Brian, I recognised Astrud Gilberto immediately. But this is good stuff. Brian was intelligent and articulate.
Very smart cat, Brian Jones.
He picked the Hank Williams song as the best-written one of the bunch. He was correct.
I have been actually enjoying a lot of 60s bossanova lately. And incluiding in that Astrud Gilberto who is the singer Brian reviewed here but also Nara Leao who is wonderful. From there the brazilians came up with a wonderful genre often called "Tropicalia" at the end of the decade which mixed psychedelia with rock and local sounds. I also particularly enjoy how much the sixties still appreciated a lot jazz alongside the new rock sounds. Within that you had the "latin" jazz sounds of boogaloo and of brazilian bossanova as well as the very avant garde free jazz stuff and also the soul jazz stuff often done with hammond organs which really gives you the 60s vibe and which was apparently often danced to in nightclubs as some movies from the era show such as the Jacques Tati classic "Playtime" from 1967
Wow, some one who knows and respects Jacques Tati !!!!!!!!
Count me in as another fan of Jacques Tati. Love his films and "Playtime" is my favourite.
@@YesterdaysPapers Not so many people love Stones and Jacques Tati too, cool.
@@Methilde Me too. Traffic and Monsieur Hulots Holiday are great.
@@BigSky1 Imagine, Traffic movie1971, the same year that Exile on Main Street.
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Awe he dissed that track by The Miracles? That song is sublime.
He was right about many Motown groups having the same backing on every track.
Check out THE SUPRWMES
He got it wrong with Ooo Baby Baby. Surprised he did think more of it.
@@sg-yq8pm I don't revere Brian Jones, nor do I anyone, to a degree that precludes honest criticism. "This will never be a hit," is a quote that does not limit its subject to the UK market. The song reached #4 on the Billboard R&B Singles chart, #16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was ranked by Rolling Stone as #266 in the list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. I would think those qualifications constitute a hit song.
@@sg-yq8pm Why did he mention other songs being a possible hit in the United States then? That fact isn't consistent to your rationalization. I stand by my statement.
@@NOSEBLOB He mentioned as an aside that some of the records might do well elsewhere, by way of contrast to his predictions that they wouldn’t be UK hits.
@@LerafoLuap So you agree then?
@@NOSEBLOB He was specifically asked whether he thought it would be a hit in the UK. He predicted it wouldn’t, and he was right.
This has been the best review yet I didnt realize how knowledgeable Brian was. I dont get the Frankie Ford song at the end. Ford's version was released in 1959, Could perhaps Brian have been listening to the Hermans Hermits version issued in 1965?
The Frankie Ford single was reissued in March 1965.
I think if he would have lived longer, he would have become a producer. Great insight.
One of the reasons they sounded "samey" was because the Motown studio in Detroit (my hometown. I grew up 3 miles from the studio, as the crow flies) had a rectangular cut-out in the ceiling of the room where they recorded. That's what gave Motown its signature sound.
I know this because I received a private tour once courtesy of Berry Gordy's niece.
Mostly it's because they used the same studio cats on most Motown cuts aka the Funk Brothers with the great James Jamerson on Bass.... as well as the mixing board and the room. 🎶
@@cuda426hemi Yes.
Same arrangers and players.
Motown was a label of vocal groups. The label provided the backing instrumentals.
A music factory like automobile
@@brucemarshall3446 Motown put out great music for years. Great era👍
@@FRANKSNAKE71 Oh yeah!
I literally grew up with that music.
But, there is a reason artists like Gaye and Wonder wanted to leave .
WOW Brian really knew his stuff
Great images of the founding Stone, and even pulling a 'nanker' face, or whatever it was called. His comment about Loog Oldham saying all producers were bad except for Phil Spector, too...where else but in Yesterday's Papers would we discover such a thing?
"Why do ppl release singles like this?" Lol. Fabulous. Rip Brian.
Was Frankie Ford's cover of Huey 'Piano' Smith's'Sea Cruise' re- released in the U.K. in 1965? i thought it was a late 50's recording.
Yes, it was reissued in England in 1965.
3:19 "I think, actually, it's the record player." ... No, I checked out a copy of "Good" that someone else had posted and it's the singer. Too bad, I kind of like the song itself; he stepped up his game a little for "Big Time Operator" a terrific record that got no attention here in the 'States. Speaking of the record player, it's a little surreal to see a world-wide celebrity with a little run-of-the-mill radiogram in his living room instead of some $3,000 system, but from what I gather from Bill Wyman's journal, they were all just scraping by at that time. Thanks for posting this; it's priceless.
It's funny because he was so on the case and responsive, and full of life. A shame he descended and became less than liked by some peers. A naturally talented musician, bringing colour to the palette.
Interesting stuff. Thank you.
I love "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" too 💗 and he's right about the arrangement! I was surprised about how he dismissed Smokey!
I'm surprised that Brian didn't rate the Miracles song much. But he might have a point about it not really being singles material.
Still, all quite interesting.
He is only speaking about potential hits........
It's a cool song but I would agree that it was definitely not singles material.
Hearing that Brian Jones said:"Marvin Gaye never had a hit record" sounds very weird and funny at the same time, knowing whom Marvin became a couple of years later.
Marvin Gaye was a pre Beatles artist who probably had his biggest run of success in the 1970s. Can't be too many of them around.
@@Philliben1991 I know
Brian jones just famous.
I saw a t -shirt with His name printed on it
Damnnn he went off on er'body lol lol
Ha ha I love "all summer long" 👍❤
Why did that beach boys song come out in England in ‘65? It came out in America in 1962!
These are brilliant in both conception and execution. I’m very glad I stumbled upon you. Keep up the great work, sir. Cheers Kaz
Thank you. Cheers!
Keep it up with the interesting content.
"All Summer Long" by The Beach Boys was released in 1964. (0:50)
Paul played on Peter & Gordon tracks for a laugh? For Lady Jane and because he lived in the Asher house from 64-66, more than likely lol. Peter became a great producer/manager after this.
If the rowdy youth offers you tea, the situation hasn’t deteriorated that bad.
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Amazing . I didn't think I could connect . Brilliant insight . Too bad he just couldn't conform . I was born in 56 and never liked fifty's music much . Ecpecialy the hang around the malt shop shit. Thank God my first influence was James Brown. Brian was very tight with the brothers back then. Very impressed about what he thought about Marvin . True Rolling Stone .😎
"Ooo Baby Baby", is listed as number 266 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time"
It was a #16 hit
One of the greatest voices of all time, no doubt.
@@YesterdaysPapers if you wanted to get it on with your girl....you played smokey
It would be interesting to see how well the singles charted with this discussion, if the ones they say were hits got there or not.
Marvin Gaye !! ….he was right … after brian died , Marvin Gaye made his mark in America
Any guitar fans know what 12 string acoustic Brian is holding at around 4:12? Seems like one of those 12s that was used in the folk scene (smaller body wider neck). Any tracks or videos exist of him playing it?
The 12 string might be an Epiphone FT85
I think that is it, Joe. You’re a guitar wizard! Seems very similar to one if the comparable Gibson 12s from the era
I never expected his voice to sound like that! Interesting and very cluey about what he was hearing.
That’s not his voice
That's terrific, my favourites of all these are Brian Jones, gives you more than just saying whether it'll be a hit or if he likes it or not. That's some photo too 👍 Great shame 😔
An amazing era.
Jones was right about Motown seriously, almost all their music was recorded in the same place with all the same studio musicians same to songwriters on most songs. Yet it only took me all this time to have someone observe this well five years before hours even born. Thanks for collecting this interview and using the sound bit to accompany it very nice not
This video is an excellent idea, would make a good BBC series.