This album is severely under rated. You must listen to Winter, Mick Taylor is brilliant on this track. Also Dancing with Mr. D, such an excellent song.
Wow. And here I am thinking we are the lucky ones because you landed here. We appreciate your time. effort and honesty. A match made in heaven, no doubt. Blessings.
Classic Album Rewind: "This is a gem of deep tracks and really good ones at that... Looking back on the career of this band I think it's definitely one of their top releases." - Sea of Tranquility
Mick Taylor on lead guitar. You can tell by the effects he chose to use, his distinct vibrato, his phrasing, and especially his note choices. He was branching out from sticking to the standard blues and pentatonic guitar patterns like Keith, and his replacement Ron Wood would normally use. See his solo on "Time Waits For No One" for another example with the Stones, and his previous playing with John Mayall - eg. the Blues from Laurel Canyon album.
Anything from the Taylor era is gold. They were simply in their prime then. Sway should be next on your list. Mick Taylor made me fall in love with the guitar.
This album ends the Stones' most incredible streak, starting with *Beggar's Banquet*, then *Let It Bleed*, *Sticky Fingers*, and *Exile on Main Street*. It's an amazing run.
The Stones were "The Greatest" during the Mick Taylor era. Taylor's lead-blues guitar was among the best, and Keith's rhythm guitar was beyond "dirty". Amazing song writing too, and Jagger's vocals. The song "Winter" is also a great song from this album. I think "Goat's Head" is among the top Stones Albums. It's often forgotten compared to the classic Taylor-era Albums "Get Yer Ya Ya's Out" (live), "Sticky Fingers", "Exile on Main Street". Each of these albums has its own unique and distinctive feel. (Aside from "Reactions"), it's best to be fully immersed in early 70's classics, hearing the entire album in one sitting.
yeah that was certainly some of the rawest lyrics i've ever heard... it stopped me in my tracks at one point! mick was not playing around here. jagger and taylor! lol
You would also love "Time Waits for No One" from their "it's Only Rock and Roll" album. "Goats Head Soup" is a great album, imo. My fav's are Let It Bleed, Beggars Banquet, Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St.
Loving your Stones reactions - takes me back to when I first heard these songs and reminds me why they are still my favourite band. Oh, and I agree, Jagger is on fire on this track. 🔥 I think I love every Stones song that has a horn section, especially "B*tch" from Sticky Fingers - I don't think you've reacted to that one yet? I'm sure you'll dig it! For what it's worth, Goats Head Soup is my 5th or 6th favourite Stones album...
100% a Mick Taylor lead. Way too clean and precise to be Keith. That’s why they were perfect together - their different styles of playing were so complementary.
Goat's Head Soup is toward the end of the great era with Mick Taylor. It's a pretty underrated album because it is not held in as high regard as Sticky Fingers, Let it Bleed, Exile on Main Street and Beggars Banquet -- all which preceded it. I prefer it over Beggars Banquet though I don't think it's quite on the level of the others. The other album I think is quite underrated is It's Only Rock and Roll, which came just after this one.
"Exile" is a unique album. My two favorite songs are "Let it Loose", very atmospheric, and "Tumbling Dice" a real rocker. Great reaction to "Heartbreaker". Sadly, still timely. I suggested it, after "Angie", noting how much they liked that song.
Goats Head Soup (1973) has a brooding atmosphere; in fact, it might be the Stones’ murkiest album (certainly in terms of production) and marked a significant shift in their musical direction. There were still tax exiles during its inception, with many songs recorded in Jamaica, as it was one of the few places that would grant them entry at the time. Not only is it their last album with producer Jimmy Miller, who was deep into heroin and slowly being phased out, but here they venture more into piano ballads (not the emotive gospel soul from Exile) and funk, abandoning some of the Americana grit of their previous few albums. While it might not be their best album, its stature has slowly climbed and generally ranks among the Stones’ ten best. Also, the band was red hot in 1973. At some point, you will need to start listening to some of the live shows from their 1973 European Tour, the zenith of the Stones’ prowess as a live act in the Taylor era. Start with Brussels Affair.
Great song from the Mick Taylor era of the Rolling Stones, every album is a classic. Next, try Can't You Hear Me Knocking, tremendous tune, riff and jam, it is one of their best epics from that amazing time. Enjoy! 🔥🎵🎸🎤🎸🎺🎷🎹🎶🔥
I heard that they previewed the song to Steve McQueen and that he was cool with it. They apparently did a ''semi-legal' runaround concerning John Wayne.
This tells two stories, a young man shot by police in a case of mistaken identity, and a 10-year girl who dies in an alley of a drug overdose. Neither is based on a true story, but is a commentary on urban America. Mick Jagger recalled to Uncut magazine in 2020 that he can't remember any specific inspiration. "It's the timing," he said. "New York as a violent place. America as a heavy-handed police state. We can go back 100 years and it's probably even heavier. Obviously, all that time ago it was heavy in a lot of places, heavy now and heavy before."
Dancing with Mr D is more on the Protopunk side, has Stooges vibes imo. I love Goats Head Soup. Protopunk, R&B and Funk. Love the diversity of genre mashups. Great album, all tracks.
Look for the "Brussels Affair" bootleg (not the official release, it substitutes weaker versions of songs). It captures them at a 1973 peak some say they never hit again. It's one of the greatest live albums ever made.
I think there are few people who would rate this as ‘one of their best’. Matter of fact it was not received all that well (at least critically….but who gives a flying F what critics think 😁). In my opinion, an EXCELLENT album…maybe the production is a little slick, but that is fine. I think the biggest problem is it had the misfortune of following Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile on main Street. That right there is a ridiculous run of albums so….it gets unjustly slammed by some. You should check out the rest of the LP. really good stuff
Exile is one of the greatest albums of all time...w/ nary a "hit." One should almost digest it as a whole, though. Again I recommend listening to "The Brussel's Affair" not for reaction, but for perhaps the greatest R&R performance of all time. This song, on tBA, is just astounding.
This album is probably ranked 5th or 6th in the line of stones albums but like a good wine,it matures with age,so many stones songs I dismissed in my youth ,but have rediscovered in later years,please react on bitch next from sticky fingers
I always thought the first verse also talks about both the homeless/ forgotten people on the street and/or racism where the police shot the guy without really knowing if he's the person they're actually looking for.
This album divides Stones fans a bit. Some say it's great and some say it's weak. I didn't care for it when I first heard it (in 1973), but now I think it's brilliant. This album followed Exile on Main Street, which was a gritty, dirty sounding rock album that highlighted band playing more than catchy tunes. This was a bit lighter and featured slicker production. I guess it was a good follow up as this band never sat in a singular genre for too long. I still think this was weaker than the 4 albums that preceded it, but it's still agood album all the way through.
i find that very intriguing that it split the fanbase! both songs ive heard have been favorites of mine... i guess since i'm playing catch up with all of this that might happen lol
I'm not a fan of Exile or Sticky Fingers. Goats Head was the album that made me a fan. I liked some of their earlier albums, Beggars Banquet, Aftermath, Between the Buttons.... My brother had Flowers, a sort of Best of... catch-up album. It was great. Some Girls, the album from '78 is my favorite.
@@debjorgo I've found that Stones fans that didn't like Exile often favor Goats Head. I was in bar bands and hung out with a lot of musicians when I was a teenager. We appreciated the interplay of the musicians on Exile, but in retrospect I can see that there was much less attention to providing songs for the radio. Goats Head provided more song structure and less soloing.
@@alexshkoditch4593 Goats Head only had the two hits. But I know what you mean. FM radio was pioneering album rock at the time, so radio was going deeper into the tracks. My brother had Goats Head Soup. Another reason I tend to like it more. Plus, was it the TV show Rock Concert that had the Stones live, doing songs from Goats Head? It ended by showing the video from It's Only Rock and Roll But I Like It, from the next album. Yeah, I'm a big fan now of the '60s band, still rockin'.
The police in New York City They chased a boy right through the park And in a case of mistaken identity They put a bullet through his heart Heartbreakers with your forty-four I want to tear your world apart You heart breaker with your forty-four I want to tear your world apart A ten-year-old girl on a street corner Sticking needles in her arms She died in the dirt of an alleyway Her mother said she had no chance, no chance Heartbreaker, heartbreaker She stuck the pins right in her heart Heartbreaker, pain maker Stole the love right out your heart Oh yeah, oh yeah Want to tear your world apart Oh yeah, oh yeah Want to tear your world apart Heartbreaker, heartbreaker You stole the love right out of my heart Heartbreaker, heartbreaker I want to tear that world I want to tear that world a- Ah yeah, ah yeah I want to tear that world apart Heartbreaker, heartbreaker Stole the love, you stole the love Ah yeah You said you didn't have no chance Ah yeah, ah yeah She stuck pins right in her heart Ah yeah, you're a heartbreaker I wanna tear that world apart
95% tax in England on top earners in the 1960's. They were still rebuilding from World War 2 and taxed the rich to ger r done,. If you made a million you only got to keep 50K! In the Beatles song Taxman, George sings "here's 1 for you 19 for me, cause I'm the Taxman".
Never knew the lyrics but this is a foot trapper. Seems the first mistake in giving up freedom & foot tapping is to want to belong to the "club". We never trusted the "club" so we changed the definition to "community"
At 64 years old..this never gets old ❤..thanks
This album is severely under rated. You must listen to Winter, Mick Taylor is brilliant on this track. Also Dancing with Mr. D, such an excellent song.
Winter, 100 Years Ago, Coming Down .. deep cuts are great in this album.
Absolutely
Mick Taylor was so good for the Stones. But the Stones weren't so good for Mick.
@@davebowden4010 that's the truth yo
Is "Shine A Light" on this album too?
The Stones are always good
Always
Absolutely
Best rock band in the history of rock and roll IMHO
Glimmer Twins at their Best...Classic Rolling Stones Tune!!!💯🎶🔥♥️
The song SWAY...Mick vocals are just so powerful .{panful. Rock on dude!!!}
Man this is real rock played by super musicians . Thank God for the Stones . Thanks for review . 😊😊😊
Charlie Watts one of the top 5 drummers. RIP Charlie
Wow. And here I am thinking we are the lucky ones because you landed here. We appreciate your time. effort and honesty. A match made in heaven, no doubt. Blessings.
Goats Head Soup is my favourite Stones album. It's magical.
Wai till you hear Mick Taylor's Guitar 🎸 Solo on "Time Waits For No One!" 💯🔥🎶
The way the horns accentuate the doo doo is beautiful and hooky as f**k.
Classic Stones.
Listen to Charlie on the snare at the very end of the fadeout.
Classic Album Rewind: "This is a gem of deep tracks and really good ones at that... Looking back on the career of this band I think it's definitely one of their top releases." - Sea of Tranquility
Mick Taylor on lead guitar. You can tell by the effects he chose to use, his distinct vibrato, his phrasing, and especially his note choices. He was branching out from sticking to the standard blues and pentatonic guitar patterns like Keith, and his replacement Ron Wood would normally use. See his solo on "Time Waits For No One" for another example with the Stones, and his previous playing with John Mayall - eg. the Blues from Laurel Canyon album.
Stones fan since 1965, so now it’s forever.
Anything from the Taylor era is gold.
They were simply in their prime then.
Sway should be next on your list.
Mick Taylor made me fall in love with the guitar.
The solo was Mick T. All the lead on Goat's Head Soup is Mick T, with the sole exception of the album's final track, "Starfucker".
Keith slaps that bass something fierce though...💯🔥🎶 I never knew that..crazy
@@scottyhotty1003 All the Stones guitarists are/were quite adept on the bass. And they all have very distinctive styles.
This album ends the Stones' most incredible streak, starting with *Beggar's Banquet*, then *Let It Bleed*, *Sticky Fingers*, and *Exile on Main Street*. It's an amazing run.
And one of the greatest live albums of all time: Get Yet Ya-Ya’s Out (1970).
There’s also “ Dance little Sister Dance” on this album
actually, no
I have had this in album,cassette and on disc. One of the Stone's best. Love it
One of my fave Stones tracks. It has such a great atmosphere to it.
Absolutely
This is basically their 37th most known song.
Incredible
The Stones were "The Greatest" during the Mick Taylor era. Taylor's lead-blues guitar was among the best, and Keith's rhythm guitar was beyond "dirty". Amazing song writing too, and Jagger's vocals. The song "Winter" is also a great song from this album. I think "Goat's Head" is among the top Stones Albums. It's often forgotten compared to the classic Taylor-era Albums "Get Yer Ya Ya's Out" (live), "Sticky Fingers", "Exile on Main Street". Each of these albums has its own unique and distinctive feel. (Aside from "Reactions"), it's best to be fully immersed in early 70's classics, hearing the entire album in one sitting.
One of their best IMHO❤
The raw content of the lyrics sold me on this one coupled with the harmony...Gold!
Me too❤
yeah that was certainly some of the rawest lyrics i've ever heard... it stopped me in my tracks at one point! mick was not playing around here. jagger and taylor! lol
Wah wah! Who rocks harder than the Stones? (Makes me miss my Mom, an original Stones fan.)
Boy those opening notes are so good.
Favorite Stones Song! It's got everything, love that growl at the end!
Absolutely
i see why!! this was fantastic! even though it hurt lol
Love you Bro. Glad you are here, too.
Check them out live. You won't regret it
HeartBreaker!! I want to tear this world apart!!! 💯💔🎶🔥
You would also love "Time Waits for No One" from their "it's Only Rock and Roll" album. "Goats Head Soup" is a great album, imo. My fav's are Let It Bleed, Beggars Banquet, Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St.
Those are my favourite Stones albums too - but not in that order. :)
For me it's 1) Exile 2) Sticky 3) Bleed 4) Beggars
@@ARD-lk5pr Mine aren't in order, oops
@@marymargaretmoore9034 Fair enough!
Loving your Stones reactions - takes me back to when I first heard these songs and reminds me why they are still my favourite band.
Oh, and I agree, Jagger is on fire on this track. 🔥
I think I love every Stones song that has a horn section, especially "B*tch" from Sticky Fingers - I don't think you've reacted to that one yet? I'm sure you'll dig it!
For what it's worth, Goats Head Soup is my 5th or 6th favourite Stones album...
best opening lick ever
Kudos to your community on this channel ❤️💯🇺🇸
Keith Richards played bass and shared lead guitar duties with Mick Taylor.
Not on this track. The lead is Taylor. His style is unmistakable.
100% a Mick Taylor lead. Way too clean and precise to be Keith. That’s why they were perfect together - their different styles of playing were so complementary.
@@Gordy63 spot on.
This is a masterpiece album.
Goat's Head Soup is toward the end of the great era with Mick Taylor. It's a pretty underrated album because it is not held in as high regard as Sticky Fingers, Let it Bleed, Exile on Main Street and Beggars Banquet -- all which preceded it. I prefer it over Beggars Banquet though I don't think it's quite on the level of the others. The other album I think is quite underrated is It's Only Rock and Roll, which came just after this one.
Hard to say what album is their "best", but you could easily place this one on their top 10 list.
Need to check out and react to the song. Which is my favorite song of the album, Winter.
"Exile" is a unique album. My two favorite songs are "Let it Loose", very atmospheric, and
"Tumbling Dice" a real rocker.
Great reaction to "Heartbreaker". Sadly, still timely. I suggested it, after "Angie", noting how much they liked that song.
Jaggers Vocals are Superb!!!❤💯🔥🎶
this and angie might be my favorite vocal performances of his other then sympathy for the devil...
Such a good album! Heard it for the first time a couple years ago on my 18th birthday with some buddies!
Goat's Head Soup is, in my opinion, among the Stones best 5 or 6 albums.
Seriously underrated
@@kevtruth as is Mick Taylor.
Goats Head Soup (1973) has a brooding atmosphere; in fact, it might be the Stones’ murkiest album (certainly in terms of production) and marked a significant shift in their musical direction. There were still tax exiles during its inception, with many songs recorded in Jamaica, as it was one of the few places that would grant them entry at the time. Not only is it their last album with producer Jimmy Miller, who was deep into heroin and slowly being phased out, but here they venture more into piano ballads (not the emotive gospel soul from Exile) and funk, abandoning some of the Americana grit of their previous few albums. While it might not be their best album, its stature has slowly climbed and generally ranks among the Stones’ ten best.
Also, the band was red hot in 1973. At some point, you will need to start listening to some of the live shows from their 1973 European Tour, the zenith of the Stones’ prowess as a live act in the Taylor era. Start with Brussels Affair.
I love this album.
Angie and Heartbreaker were the hits from this album, but like others, the song that stands out is Winter.
I really like this album.
Great song from the Mick Taylor era of the Rolling Stones, every album is a classic. Next, try Can't You Hear Me Knocking, tremendous tune, riff and jam, it is one of their best epics from that amazing time. Enjoy!
🔥🎵🎸🎤🎸🎺🎷🎹🎶🔥
I’ve done it! I think it was my first stones song on here. It’s in my Rolling Stones playlist :)
Mick Taylor is 🔥🔥🔥
Pure flames bro!
There are so many stones albums that have 3 or 4 absolute classic stones hits it's hard for me to chose a "Best" album.
Agreed
Great song!
Riot of a tune, once the doo doos get stuck in yr head you’ll be singing this for a week.
I’ve been singing it all day lol that’s funny you say that
@@L33Reacts serendipity man, I woke up with that song in my head and you reacted to it hours later. I was like ok, song o the day.
lol! That’s great. Synchronicity ! Lol
Sticky fingers album❤
Now do "Star Star" from the same album. Those who know, know.
LOL yes I know❤
Reportedly John Wayne and Steve McQueen were not fans! 😂
I heard that they previewed the song to Steve McQueen and that he was cool with it. They apparently did a ''semi-legal' runaround concerning John Wayne.
Do Time passages Al Stewart
This tells two stories, a young man shot by police in a case of mistaken identity, and a 10-year girl who dies in an alley of a drug overdose. Neither is based on a true story, but is a commentary on urban America.
Mick Jagger recalled to Uncut magazine in 2020 that he can't remember any specific inspiration. "It's the timing," he said. "New York as a violent place. America as a heavy-handed police state. We can go back 100 years and it's probably even heavier. Obviously, all that time ago it was heavy in a lot of places, heavy now and heavy before."
Great work by Mick Taylor. Peter Green / Carlos Santana influence. Love this album.
Absolutely
Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker). Say it fast.
The same way they say it in the song.
This song deserves more attention. The Police have a song called De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
Disco Stones!
Once again great reaction Lee you are on the money with your analysis it was a made-up story it's amazing how you just know that❤
Thanks for another banger Scott 😊
@@realbser1956 Stones are Awesome 💯😎🎸🎶🔥
Dancing with Mr D is more on the Protopunk side, has Stooges vibes imo. I love Goats Head Soup. Protopunk, R&B and Funk. Love the diversity of genre mashups. Great album, all tracks.
Look for the "Brussels Affair" bootleg (not the official release, it substitutes weaker versions of songs). It captures them at a 1973 peak some say they never hit again. It's one of the greatest live albums ever made.
I think there are few people who would rate this as ‘one of their best’. Matter of fact it was not received all that well (at least critically….but who gives a flying F what critics think 😁). In my opinion, an EXCELLENT album…maybe the production is a little slick, but that is fine. I think the biggest problem is it had the misfortune of following Beggars Banquet, Let it Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile on main Street. That right there is a ridiculous run of albums so….it gets unjustly slammed by some. You should check out the rest of the LP. really good stuff
This track is one of my faves actually I understand your point for sure following such a great album run...
Music as news, similar in a way to Ohio by CSNY. The Central Park incident was for real. A frightened, innocent young man was shot down by NYC police.
@@charliecochran3035 I had no idea. That’s crazy… they rolled two different terrible events in one song 😢
Exile is one of the greatest albums of all time...w/ nary a "hit." One should almost digest it as a whole, though. Again I recommend listening to "The Brussel's Affair" not for reaction, but for perhaps the greatest R&R performance of all time. This song, on tBA, is just astounding.
This album is probably ranked 5th or 6th in the line of stones albums but like a good wine,it matures with age,so many stones songs I dismissed in my youth ,but have rediscovered in later years,please react on bitch next from sticky fingers
I always thought the first verse also talks about both the homeless/ forgotten people on the street and/or racism where the police shot the guy without really knowing if he's the person they're actually looking for.
Great album but not considered one of their best.. highly underrated IMO.
could mr D be David bowie? they were known to dance together.... this album was so under rated. say it ain't so
Wow
This album divides Stones fans a bit. Some say it's great and some say it's weak. I didn't care for it when I first heard it (in 1973), but now I think it's brilliant. This album followed Exile on Main Street, which was a gritty, dirty sounding rock album that highlighted band playing more than catchy tunes. This was a bit lighter and featured slicker production. I guess it was a good follow up as this band never sat in a singular genre for too long. I still think this was weaker than the 4 albums that preceded it, but it's still agood album all the way through.
I love it
i find that very intriguing that it split the fanbase! both songs ive heard have been favorites of mine... i guess since i'm playing catch up with all of this that might happen lol
I'm not a fan of Exile or Sticky Fingers. Goats Head was the album that made me a fan. I liked some of their earlier albums, Beggars Banquet, Aftermath, Between the Buttons.... My brother had Flowers, a sort of Best of... catch-up album. It was great. Some Girls, the album from '78 is my favorite.
@@debjorgo I've found that Stones fans that didn't like Exile often favor Goats Head. I was in bar bands and hung out with a lot of musicians when I was a teenager. We appreciated the interplay of the musicians on Exile, but in retrospect I can see that there was much less attention to providing songs for the radio. Goats Head provided more song structure and less soloing.
@@alexshkoditch4593 Goats Head only had the two hits. But I know what you mean. FM radio was pioneering album rock at the time, so radio was going deeper into the tracks. My brother had Goats Head Soup. Another reason I tend to like it more. Plus, was it the TV show Rock Concert that had the Stones live, doing songs from Goats Head? It ended by showing the video from It's Only Rock and Roll But I Like It, from the next album. Yeah, I'm a big fan now of the '60s band, still rockin'.
Stones rule.
The police in New York City
They chased a boy right through the park
And in a case of mistaken identity
They put a bullet through his heart
Heartbreakers with your forty-four
I want to tear your world apart
You heart breaker with your forty-four
I want to tear your world apart
A ten-year-old girl on a street corner
Sticking needles in her arms
She died in the dirt of an alleyway
Her mother said she had no chance, no chance
Heartbreaker, heartbreaker
She stuck the pins right in her heart
Heartbreaker, pain maker
Stole the love right out your heart
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Want to tear your world apart
Oh yeah, oh yeah
Want to tear your world apart
Heartbreaker, heartbreaker
You stole the love right out of my heart
Heartbreaker, heartbreaker
I want to tear that world
I want to tear that world a-
Ah yeah, ah yeah
I want to tear that world apart
Heartbreaker, heartbreaker
Stole the love, you stole the love
Ah yeah
You said you didn't have no chance
Ah yeah, ah yeah
She stuck pins right in her heart
Ah yeah, you're a heartbreaker
I wanna tear that world apart
1. Sticky fingers 2. Let it bleed. 3. Exile 4. Tatto you 5. Some girls
They had more than one cover where they dress as women, especially SOME GIRLS.
The Stones crossed into Glam Rock and Punk Rock stage styles. Richards looked Punk Rock before it was a look, same with Iggy.
Mister D, I think they mean the Death
I have always seen that album cover as a women’s nether regions.
95% tax in England on top earners in the 1960's. They were still rebuilding from World War 2 and taxed the rich to ger r done,. If you made a million you only got to keep 50K! In the Beatles song Taxman, George sings "here's 1 for you 19 for me, cause I'm the Taxman".
I’ve always been convinced that this fantastic track is dramatically underrated because of its silly title.
It's a great album.... but they have a LOT of them!
Exile s a Mike drop , so here’s GHS 🤔
mick taylor the best guitarist stones ever had
Its a tough call as Richard's is great he just offers a different angle than Taylor
@@scottyhotty1003 I just prefer taylors style of playing, nothing wrong with richards or woods playing
For me, "doo doo" has always been a perfect description of the Stones.
Never knew the lyrics but this is a foot trapper. Seems the first mistake in giving up freedom & foot tapping is to want to belong to the "club". We never trusted the "club" so we changed the definition to "community"
They have ALOT of Best albums