The Stones peaked in the Mick Taylor years. But hats off to Keith Richards. Gimme Shelter is all Keith. The entire great Let it Bleed album is mostly all Keith.
I believe those hard plastic pink curlers with the sharp edges have FINALLY been banned by The Geneva Convention.. Thank heavens, they were murder to sleep on, lol...
I also heard or read that she was pregnant at the time too and I read that she suffered a miscarriage a short time later. Her vocals are one of the best parts of this song, in my opinion! Take care.. great comment!
I think there's a lot of lore around Merry’s vocal session with the Stones. While it’s all true that she was wearing curlers, was pregnant, and that it was in the middle of the night (Stones often worked during those odd hours), her miscarriage cannot be related to the session. She frequently makes the correlation, but there's no scientific study that says singing can cause a miscarriage.
I put up my first Beatles and Rolling Stones posters on my boy room wall in the early 60´s. Today I´m almost 70 and I have a collection of their CD-album covers on my kitchen wall. I don´t know if it´s great or redicilous, but I´m just so grateful that they made the soundtrack of my life (together with Led Zeppelin).
The lady guest vocalist is awesome… there is a dark story however about her coming into record this, which I don’t want to post here but people could look it up
Maybe one the greatest 5 album streaks a band ever had, "Beggars Banquet", "Let it bleed", "Get yer ya ya's out", "Sticky Fingers" and "Exile on main street"
next year is the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the last of our official presence in Vietnam. To those who came before us and to those who will come after us.
The Stones are beyond good and still 62 years on they still pack stadiums and arenas and have not guit performing. The Stones have a large number of great songs and some are absolutely iconic. A good review and reaction to the world's greatest rock band!
To clear up a couple of things, Brian Jones, the founder of the Stones, was dismissed in June 1969 during the Let It Bleed sessions; he died less than one month later. His demise remains one of rock's greatest tragedies, and by the end of his tenure with the Stones, his contribution to the group was more or less futile. He was replaced by guitar virtuoso Mick Taylor, who came from John Mayall's The Bluebreakers-the same John Mayall that gave us Eric Clapton and Peter Green. Taylor was only 20 years old upon gaining membership with the Stones. On "Gimmer Shelter," from the seminal Let It Bleed (1969), Richards does all the guitar work. Taylor only plays on "Country Honk" and "Live With Me," as he was late into the sessions. However, he would significantly contribute over the next few years, especially during their live tours from 1969 to 1973. On the 1969 North American Tour, the genesis for modern-day touring, Taylor helped bring the Stones back as a potent live musical force who could compete with any band on any night. Before this, they had not toured in almost two years (Europe, 1967) while still playing with psychedelia and baroque pop. Additionally, Brian's alienation and diminishing abilities and the perpetual hounding by British authorities severely hindered the band during this period. What you're hearing on Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out (1970) is from that 1969 Tour, which highlights two Madison Square Garden shows in New York. Believe it or not, this is remarkably tame or subdued compared to the tours of 1972 and 1973, where Taylor is fully unleashed and proved himself a guitar god on the level of Page, Clapton, Beck, Green, Gallagher, etc. While Taylor's time with the Stones was short, from 1969-1974, most consider it the height of the Stones' prowess. Their golden run of albums, however, precedes him and begins at the end of Brian's era and the beginning of their relationship with producer Jimmy Miller: Beggars Banquet (1968), Let It Bleed (1969), Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out (1970), Sticky Fingers (1971), and Exile on Main St. (1972).
Haven't watched this, or read your comments, but "Midnight Rambler" is one of the most incendiary, gritty, dirty rock and roll tunes ever created. I envy you the experience of hearing it for the very first time. Now I will play the video.
I'm still kinda biased toward the intro to "Sweet Jane" from Rock and Roll Animal, but I've always felt that this might be the best live rendition of any entire rock and roll song in history. A groove that could nearly saw the world in half.
My all time favourite guitar tag team is Keith Richards and Mick Taylor. Their different styles compliment each other perfectly. Keith's chugging rhythm with Taylor's awesome bluesy lead. By the way, on "Midnight Rambler", the guitar in the right channel is Keith, and Mick Taylor in the left. The original version is also from LET IT BLEED.
I took my wife and son to Las Vegas a few weeks ago and checked these guys out in front of 60k people at Aligiant Stadium. I was my 5th time seeing them both of their first time. Mick and Kieth are both in their 80s. They still got it. Charlie passed away a couple of years ago. When I was about 12 years old I got ahold of this album Get Your Ya Yas Out, and have been a huge Stones fan for over 40 years now.
they must have made some sort of deal with some sort of entity because that is entirely too much talent and longevity for one band LOL good for them. that is awesome to hear. i have to try and catch them if i have the time and money (which i probably dont lol)
1969-74 is often considered the greatest musical period for the Rolling Stones. The Stones had Mick Taylor on lead-guitar, and he was one of the true greats, adding technical skill and a deep Blues feel to their music. And as a result, Keith Richards was free to mostly play rhythm, and he created some of the catchiest and nastiest rhythm guitar ever recorded. Their work in studio and live performances through to 1974 helped label the Stones "The Greatest R&R Band in the World". For amazing studio performances with the Taylor-Richards combo, try "Can't You Hear Me Knocking", "Sway", and "Winter".
Indeed, the Taylor years represent a musical zenith for the Stones, but their golden run of albums precedes him and starts at the end of the Brian Jones era/beginning of the Jimmy Miller era. Thus, the peak is really from 1968 to 1972: Beggars Banquet (1968), Let It Bleed (1969), Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out (1970), Sticky Fingers (1971), and Exile on Main St. (1972). Taylor did not come on board until the very end of the Let It Bleed sessions, contributing to two songs: “Country Honk” and “Live with Me.” As a live act, the tours from 1969 to 1973 were unquestionably their apex, especially Europe 1973. Taylor’s brilliant, melodic playing certainly added a dynamism to their sound that elevated the entire group.
@@fuchsiaswing8545 I think you'r right about Taylor joining late-69, and Keith was playing lead on "Gimme Shelter". By 1968 Mick and Keith had reached peak song-writing skill on Beggars Banquet, and continued writing at that peak through to 1973 Goats Head Soup (a very under-rated album). Mick Taylor joining added a lot to that mix, but the Stones were already on fire by 1968. Although Taylor's soaring leads are generally my favorites, much of his power comes from Keith's dirty rhythm playing. And although Richards was less "technical", his leads always had a really great feel.
Couldn't have said better myself,Mick Taylor ECLIPSED Brian Jones on Guitar for Lead riffs,fills, melody, keeping the Blues sauce THICK AS A BRICK, I Love Woody,he can clone Kieth on the Axe,but he's still a third stringer
Arguably their best album. This or Sticky Fingers. Definitely my two favorite Stones songs. They scratched a dark itch that the Beatles couldn’t touch. Lee you will hear Gimme Shelter in at least two Scorsese movies.
The wife and I saw them at SoFi in LA just after they lost Watts back in 2021. It was the same energy as "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!" Merry Clayton's vocals in the studio version of "Gimme Shelter" still give me the Chills. She and other backing singers of her caliber were featured in the documentary "20 Feet from Stardom" a highly suggested watch for music lovers.
@L33Reacts the guitar rifts by Taylor are incredible. Another guitarist that I just got into is rory gallagher. He blew me away. Band to check out is j geils band. Musta got lost live version with intro and nothing but a party.. great 70s songs. Triumph is also another great band who hail from Canada
The intro to Gimme Shelter is similar to the beginning of a Stephen King novel. It starts in five different places and then seamlessly comes together. In my opinion the best rock intro ever.
Awesome reactions, Keith played all the guitars on the studio version of gimme shelter. This track really showcases his talent for layering guitars in the studio.
Two tracks from in my opinion the best Rolling Stones album from November 1969 . What a way to close the decade that changed popular music forever, allowed singer/songwriters to come of age and for the first time produce British music to rival and sometimes surpass our American cousins.
For years Midnight Rambler was their showcase number. There are TONS of EPIC Stones bootlegs of the Mick Taylor era (their peak before they became a self parody) where they perform it (and all their songs) with varied n blazing renditions! Look for them!
More Stones, please. All their music is tops. The early stuff is really raw and bluesy. The first albums I got by the Stones weren’t even in stereo. They was mono. Blew my mind at 13 yo. Still blows my mind today!
@@L33Reacts I don't think that anyone has reacted to "Street Fighting Man" by The Stones. This song really freaked out "the establishment" of the day. A commentary about the Counterculture Revolution and Street Protests, of which Republicans and Richard Nixon were bound to reverse, taking away Civil and Human Rights, especially; Right Now. 🎶✌️🫴🍁🎶
Seen the Rolling Stones in 1978 on the “ some girls” World tour. It was at Cleveland stadium with 83,000 people. Kansas and Peter Tosh opened up. they kicked my ass.
dude, Midnight Rambler is perhaps one of my fave Stones tunes. And Keith and Mick with those bluesy back and forth interplay thru out, especially when they launch into double time. Gimme Shelter, wow, great open G tuning groove by Keith
Love both those songs … but Midnight Rambler that is extraordinary. Keith said that only he and Mick could write a song like that. Seeing them perform this live is an incredible experience.
Top 10 Rock album ever. Every track a classic. These boys were firing on all cylinders and combining their music with the orchestral and chorale e.g. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (a la Procal Harum and the Beatles et al). It floats to the top of my listening pile 2 or 3 times a year. Thanks Joel and Lee.
Yes , perfect timing , just got done mowing , sat down to have a couple drinks , and I get to turn this on ! It's been a couple years since I've heard this ! Hey , keep on jammin !!!
Charlie was just the greatest drummer. He was a jazz man at heart, though he loved playing for the Stones, and it made him very sensitive. His drumming always served the music, no flash, just solid but perfect. He even used his original toy drum kit on Jumping Jack Flash! Although it sounds as ifvhe is driving the beat, Keith led, slightly ahead of the beat, and Charley followed slightly behind, creatin tension. Keith played an open tuned guitar with 5 strings. If you watch fairly recent live performances he often takes his hands right off the fretboard. Interestingly, a lot of his most famous riffs were played on an acoustic guitar which he recorded onto a cassette recorder ramped up to the point of distortion.
Gimme Shelter is the studio track. Gimme Shelter started sode one of Let It Bleed and Midnight Rambler led side two. It was recorded after firing Brian Jones and before hiring Mick Taylor, so Keith played all the guitar parts.
To understand how much the Stones as a band progressed with Mick Taylor, PLEASE react to Midnight Rambler from the 1973 tour on Brussels Affair (the recording you're reacting to here is from their 1969 tour). You will be blown away!
I know. By the European 1973 Tour, no band could consistently tear it up like the Stones night-for-night. Unlike their peers, they never had an “off” night in the Taylor years.
Mick also plays harmonica on "Gimme Shelter". He's cupping his hands around the harmonica and holding it right against the mike to get a distorted tone, Chicago Blues style.
"Get Yer Ya Yas Out" has to be one of the top 10 live albums of all time. The Stones were really firing on all cylinders. The live version of "Sympathy For The Devil" is also amazing.
Midnight Rambler really shows us their blues roots. Much to my regret I've never seen them live. However, I have performed Gimme Shelter many times (vocal and harmonica, like Mick) Always brought the house down.
Bootleg is an “illegal” released copy of a recording. Love your channel! I had tickets for MSG , but had a family emergency , gave them to friend, he still busts my balls as he says it was the best of 100’s concerts he has seen.
It was Mick Taylor's guitar work that saved the Rolling Stones at Glastonbury Festival, a few years ago. His work with John Mayall's Blues Breakers & other bands has always been good.
GYYYO is one of my Top 10 live albums - the guitar work on Love in Vain alone is worth the LP - right up there with Live at the Fillmore East, Waiting for Columbus, Song Remains the Same, Paris, Genesis Live, Jeff Beck with Jan Hammer, et al. Great instalment today, Lee!
I just want to say, before we start, that give me a shelter has one of the best Rolling Stones rock ‘n’ roll guitar sounds. The way it opens up, I’m hooked every time.❤
Mick Taylor added a magnificient layer to the tracks he was on during his years with the band. My favorite track with Mick is, Time waits for no one , his swansong with the stones.
Back in the day, for me the early 70's, the only way you could hear unofficial, unreleased live albums was by buying bootleg vinyls. People would record a live concert of like Led Zeppelin on a hand held recorder, or occasionally from the board, and it would be put out on a vinyl record. I bought a number of these in the early 70's at a shop called Bizarre Bizarre in Old Town Chicago. Some of the most popular of such things have found their way to TH-cam today. But back then, it was super exciting to find such gems.
Thanks for reacting to the Stones, 2 wonderful songs, and even better live. They're on tour now and still performing at such a high level. I saw them twice 2 weeks ago in Vegas and Seattle. 10 times now, I just can't help it!
That was no extended version of Midnight Rambler, that's pretty much the album cut, note for note. And thanks for mentioning Mick Taylor, he never gets credit for his contributions. That was his superb slide guitar at the end of Rambler. the Stones were always the funkiest of the classic rock bands. As much as I loved The Beatles, I was also a huge Stones fan. So good to see you enjoying these songs! Suggestions: the song, Let It Bleed, Tumbling Dice, Jigsaw Puzzle, Street Fighting Man, 2000 Light Years From Home, Loving Cup, Rocks Off (yes, that's what it's about!), Soul Survivor, Moonlight Mile, Monkey Man, Can't You Hear Me Knocking... it goes on and on!
wow! that's awesome. i for sure thought that was a longer version, but ive never heard the original so how would I know? lol thank you for all the suggestions! I can't wait to hear some more.
@@L33Reacts Another song I'd recommend, but only for your private listening, is Stray Cat Blues. It's the nastiest Stones cut (I mean that sonically as well as lyrically), but it is definitely not for politically correct or sensitive ears!).
Midnight Rambler studio version is on Let It Bleed… as good as the live one is I have to say the studio one lets you really hear all the snarling sinister innuendos of Mick’s delivery. So worth a listen. Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers are just straight up put them on and don’t skip anything!! Still listen to these albums that way
Merry Clayton got out of bed in the middle of the night to record this legendary vocal. Soul!! Midnight Rambler was inspired by the Boston Strangler. Along with "Symphony for the Devil" these songs give the Stones their dark rep. It's the music of social upheaval. My mother blasted these records on the stereo.
You scored TWO FOR TWO son! Shelter has been used in too many movies to count! Favorite of Martin Scorsese! Try out CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING for more Keith gold!❤❤❤❤
Midnight Rambler was written in 1969-ish by Jagger/Richards for Let it Bleed. That concert is in 1970 at Maddison Square Garden. The album version is the same length. So this live version is pretty fresh. There's lots of good versions of this song, but this is the best.
I swear Joel must be my soul brother, excellent songs, Gimme Shelter is the ringtone on my phone (that I hate having) and this live version of Midnight Rambler is the best. Love love love the Stones. Saw them live in the 90’s in Oakland, CA and they played like they were still in their 20’s. Left the Beatles for them in ‘65. Nice review Lee.
I remember this album in my mom‘s collection, and sticky fingers. I remember thinking about what is get your Ya Yas out? Like let’s get it out let’s have some fun!❤
A buddy of mine and I wore out a cassette copy of Ya Ya's, on Spring Break, '82, Daytona Beach, FLa. That and a copy of The Police's "Zenyatta Mondatta" got thouroughly examined.
There is some great music on "bootlegs". One of my all time favorites is Gimme Shelter, 1973, live in London. One of the best live performances in rock n roll history.
Lee, growing up in north jersey we saw a lot of shows at MSG. The who, Zep, Tull , yes. Never saw a crowd go nuts like at the stones concert. They opened with honky tonk women and and it was just one great song after another; didn’t sit down the whole concert except for the slower stuff like Angie. And I mean all of MSG was up that whole time
Great reaction to 2 really iconic songs. This version of "Midnight Rambler" from the Ya-Yas album is one of my personal favorites. It is better than the studio version by a wide margin, in my opinion.
As a Maryland resident, you know it is pronounced "Bal-more". Merry (Mary) Clayton's vocals on the "Rape, Murder" section was legendary, it made Mick Jagger respond with a wooo. My buddy in college, Nareg, said during "Midnight Rambler" it sounded like a girl was getting stabbed, when there was a scream at 12:34 of you video. The last line "I'll stick my knife right down your throat, and baby it hurts" is just a little scary.
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The Stones peaked in the Mick Taylor years. But hats off to Keith Richards. Gimme Shelter is all Keith. The entire great Let it Bleed album is mostly all Keith.
Merry Clayton, with her hair in curlers, in the middle of the night, belting out those iconic backing vocals💥
oh man the curlers... havent seen those since i was a kid lol
I believe those hard plastic pink curlers with the sharp edges have FINALLY been banned by The Geneva Convention..
Thank heavens, they were murder to sleep on, lol...
Lost her baby within a day or two 😢
Incredible vocal performance.
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I also heard or read that she was pregnant at the time too and I read that she suffered a miscarriage a short time later. Her vocals are one of the best parts of this song, in my opinion! Take care.. great comment!
I think there's a lot of lore around Merry’s vocal session with the Stones. While it’s all true that she was wearing curlers, was pregnant, and that it was in the middle of the night (Stones often worked during those odd hours), her miscarriage cannot be related to the session. She frequently makes the correlation, but there's no scientific study that says singing can cause a miscarriage.
"Keith Richards. I had no idea how good he is." That makes me chuckle. In fact, Keith is the only guitar player on Gimme Shelter.
Mick Taylor's guitar fills and solo on Midnight Rambler is exceptional
he was on fire! i thought it was keith but no that was mick. he is so damn good everywhere i've heard him.
@@L33Reacts Mick Taylor loves to bend strings like a virtuoso while Keith's style is more raw and grinding.
Peak Stones is Mick Taylor Stones.
That, as well as the smoothness of the transition (the main one), make this the best version. Hyde Park and the studio version good too.
I put up my first Beatles and Rolling Stones posters on my boy room wall in the early 60´s. Today I´m almost 70 and I have a collection of their CD-album covers on my kitchen wall. I don´t know if it´s great or redicilous, but I´m just so grateful that they made the soundtrack of my life (together with Led Zeppelin).
I'm with ya there (age 71) - both bands ^ LedZep have kept me sane - keep me sane.
Gimme Shelter is such an awesome song.
If you ask me, it's their best song (but yes, there are quite a few great ones also from Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St.)
The lady guest vocalist is awesome… there is a dark story however about her coming into record this, which I don’t want to post here but people could look it up
Midnight Rambler on Ya Ya's- greatest live song ever. This is why they were at that time untouchable.
Maybe one the greatest 5 album streaks a band ever had, "Beggars Banquet", "Let it bleed", "Get yer ya ya's out", "Sticky Fingers" and "Exile on main street"
The late great Charlie Watts driving along . A true underrated genius. RIP Charlie.
Desperate fury in this iconic song makes me want to scream for our liost brothers.
58,290 + and 3 million Vietnamese. We remember
next year is the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the last of our official presence in Vietnam. To those who came before us and to those who will come after us.
I’m glad you mentioned the Vietnamese. People often forget to mention them, unfortunately.
@@MsAppassionata And they then had to pay reparations! Unbelievable!
The Stones are beyond good and still 62 years on they still pack stadiums and arenas and have not guit performing. The Stones have a large number of great songs and some are absolutely iconic. A good review and reaction to the world's greatest rock band!
55 years later and still playing to packed arenas.
To clear up a couple of things, Brian Jones, the founder of the Stones, was dismissed in June 1969 during the Let It Bleed sessions; he died less than one month later. His demise remains one of rock's greatest tragedies, and by the end of his tenure with the Stones, his contribution to the group was more or less futile. He was replaced by guitar virtuoso Mick Taylor, who came from John Mayall's The Bluebreakers-the same John Mayall that gave us Eric Clapton and Peter Green. Taylor was only 20 years old upon gaining membership with the Stones.
On "Gimmer Shelter," from the seminal Let It Bleed (1969), Richards does all the guitar work. Taylor only plays on "Country Honk" and "Live With Me," as he was late into the sessions. However, he would significantly contribute over the next few years, especially during their live tours from 1969 to 1973. On the 1969 North American Tour, the genesis for modern-day touring, Taylor helped bring the Stones back as a potent live musical force who could compete with any band on any night. Before this, they had not toured in almost two years (Europe, 1967) while still playing with psychedelia and baroque pop. Additionally, Brian's alienation and diminishing abilities and the perpetual hounding by British authorities severely hindered the band during this period.
What you're hearing on Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out (1970) is from that 1969 Tour, which highlights two Madison Square Garden shows in New York. Believe it or not, this is remarkably tame or subdued compared to the tours of 1972 and 1973, where Taylor is fully unleashed and proved himself a guitar god on the level of Page, Clapton, Beck, Green, Gallagher, etc. While Taylor's time with the Stones was short, from 1969-1974, most consider it the height of the Stones' prowess. Their golden run of albums, however, precedes him and begins at the end of Brian's era and the beginning of their relationship with producer Jimmy Miller: Beggars Banquet (1968), Let It Bleed (1969), Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out (1970), Sticky Fingers (1971), and Exile on Main St. (1972).
Haven't watched this, or read your comments, but "Midnight Rambler" is one of the most incendiary, gritty, dirty rock and roll tunes ever created. I envy you the experience of hearing it for the very first time. Now I will play the video.
The most haunting of songs - Gimme Shelter always gives me shivers and goosebumps.
shiver inducing indeed. we are a scary species.
Arguably the best intro in the history of rock.
Monkey Man has a great one, too. The Stones are good with intros. :)
I'm still kinda biased toward the intro to "Sweet Jane" from Rock and Roll Animal, but I've always felt that this might be the best live rendition of any entire rock and roll song in history. A groove that could nearly saw the world in half.
My all time favourite guitar tag team is Keith Richards and Mick Taylor. Their different styles compliment each other perfectly. Keith's chugging rhythm with Taylor's awesome bluesy lead.
By the way, on "Midnight Rambler", the guitar in the right channel is Keith, and Mick Taylor in the left. The original version is also from LET IT BLEED.
You might want to give that a listen again so you catch Merry Clayton’s crack in the super high note she did that she is famous for.
I took my wife and son to Las Vegas a few weeks ago and checked these guys out in front of 60k people at Aligiant Stadium. I was my 5th time seeing them both of their first time. Mick and Kieth are both in their 80s. They still got it. Charlie passed away a couple of years ago. When I was about 12 years old I got ahold of this album Get Your Ya Yas Out, and have been a huge Stones fan for over 40 years now.
they must have made some sort of deal with some sort of entity because that is entirely too much talent and longevity for one band LOL good for them. that is awesome to hear. i have to try and catch them if i have the time and money (which i probably dont lol)
I was there in Vegas as well! Great show!
1969-74 is often considered the greatest musical period for the Rolling Stones. The Stones had Mick Taylor on lead-guitar, and he was one of the true greats, adding technical skill and a deep Blues feel to their music. And as a result, Keith Richards was free to mostly play rhythm, and he created some of the catchiest and nastiest rhythm guitar ever recorded. Their work in studio and live performances through to 1974 helped label the Stones "The Greatest R&R Band in the World". For amazing studio performances with the Taylor-Richards combo, try "Can't You Hear Me Knocking", "Sway", and "Winter".
Damn I had that mixed up. I thought mick was on rhythm 😕 i thought it said that on wiki but what the hell does that thing know 😆😆
Indeed, the Taylor years represent a musical zenith for the Stones, but their golden run of albums precedes him and starts at the end of the Brian Jones era/beginning of the Jimmy Miller era. Thus, the peak is really from 1968 to 1972: Beggars Banquet (1968), Let It Bleed (1969), Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out (1970), Sticky Fingers (1971), and Exile on Main St. (1972). Taylor did not come on board until the very end of the Let It Bleed sessions, contributing to two songs: “Country Honk” and “Live with Me.” As a live act, the tours from 1969 to 1973 were unquestionably their apex, especially Europe 1973. Taylor’s brilliant, melodic playing certainly added a dynamism to their sound that elevated the entire group.
@@fuchsiaswing8545 I think you'r right about Taylor joining late-69, and Keith was playing lead on "Gimme Shelter". By 1968 Mick and Keith had reached peak song-writing skill on Beggars Banquet, and continued writing at that peak through to 1973 Goats Head Soup (a very under-rated album). Mick Taylor joining added a lot to that mix, but the Stones were already on fire by 1968. Although Taylor's soaring leads are generally my favorites, much of his power comes from Keith's dirty rhythm playing. And although Richards was less "technical", his leads always had a really great feel.
So agree and I think most Stones fans would agree as well!
Couldn't have said better myself,Mick Taylor ECLIPSED Brian Jones on Guitar for Lead riffs,fills, melody, keeping the Blues sauce THICK AS A BRICK, I Love Woody,he can clone Kieth on the Axe,but he's still a third stringer
Arguably their best album. This or Sticky Fingers. Definitely my two favorite Stones songs. They scratched a dark itch that the Beatles couldn’t touch.
Lee you will hear Gimme Shelter in at least two Scorsese movies.
The wife and I saw them at SoFi in LA just after they lost Watts back in 2021. It was the same energy as "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!"
Merry Clayton's vocals in the studio version of "Gimme Shelter" still give me the Chills. She and other backing singers of her caliber were featured in the documentary "20 Feet from Stardom" a highly suggested watch for music lovers.
I was there as well!
My favorite stones song is gimme shelter. Also luv can you hear me knocking
We did that! It was my first stones song on here. Such a great track. If you search it with "L33Reacts" in youtube it will pop up
@L33Reacts the guitar rifts by Taylor are incredible. Another guitarist that I just got into is rory gallagher. He blew me away. Band to check out is j geils band. Musta got lost live version with intro and nothing but a party.. great 70s songs. Triumph is also another great band who hail from Canada
I was born in 1963 and my first album was the Stones’ Hot Rocks when I was 9 years old and they’ve been my favorite band ever since 🤘
The intro to Gimme Shelter is similar to the beginning of a Stephen King novel.
It starts in five different places and then seamlessly comes together.
In my opinion the best rock intro ever.
Awesome reactions, Keith played all the guitars on the studio version of gimme shelter. This track really showcases his talent for layering guitars in the studio.
Keef’s playing on Beggars Banquet (1968) and Let It Bleed (1969) is top-notch. He really rose to the occasion with Brian’s increasing futility.
Two tracks from in my opinion the best Rolling Stones album from November 1969 . What a way to close the decade that changed popular music forever, allowed singer/songwriters to come of age and for the first time produce British music to rival and sometimes surpass our American cousins.
Bill Wyman doesn’t get enough props. He’s over there, out of the spotlight just driving the rhythm with Charlie.
I was a massive Stones fan at 14. Every album before "Some Girls" are my favs. Exile On Main Street is phenominal
Gimme Shelter - one of the greatest song openings ever. I should be burnt out of the classic rock overplay, but I still love this song.
I have my dad's original vinyl Get Yer YaYas.
For years Midnight Rambler was their showcase number.
There are TONS of EPIC Stones bootlegs of the Mick Taylor era (their peak before they became a self parody) where they perform it (and all their songs) with varied n blazing renditions!
Look for them!
thanks perry! i will check em out. this intrigued me to no end. so there will be more for sure.
I LOVE the tone and sustain Taylor got for Gimme Shelter. He picked it up right where he left off with Bluesbreakers.
I'm old enough to remember them on the Ed Sullivan show in the 60's. They're still rocking today! Enough said!!
More Stones, please. All their music is tops. The early stuff is really raw and bluesy. The first albums I got by the Stones weren’t even in stereo. They was mono. Blew my mind at 13 yo. Still blows my mind today!
they really do rock hard. i am for sure doing more! i love the blues sound so much.
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I don't think that anyone has reacted to "Street Fighting Man" by The Stones. This song really freaked out "the establishment" of the day. A commentary about the Counterculture Revolution and Street Protests, of which Republicans and Richard Nixon were bound to reverse, taking away Civil and Human Rights, especially; Right Now.
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Seen the Rolling Stones in 1978 on the “ some girls” World tour. It was at Cleveland stadium with 83,000 people. Kansas and Peter Tosh opened up. they kicked my ass.
‘75 and ‘ 78.
They only played the U.S. in 1978, thus it was referred to as the U.S. Tour 1978. And, it was a small tour compared to ‘75.
dude, Midnight Rambler is perhaps one of my fave Stones tunes. And Keith and Mick with those bluesy back and forth interplay thru out, especially when they launch into double time. Gimme Shelter, wow, great open G tuning groove by Keith
The Stones from Aftermath through Exile on Main Street were at the top of their game.
Love both those songs … but Midnight Rambler that is extraordinary. Keith said that only he and Mick could write a song like that. Seeing them perform this live is an incredible experience.
Top 10 Rock album ever. Every track a classic. These boys were firing on all cylinders and combining their music with the orchestral and chorale e.g. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (a la Procal Harum and the Beatles et al). It floats to the top of my listening pile 2 or 3 times a year. Thanks Joel and Lee.
Yes , perfect timing , just got done mowing , sat down to have a couple drinks , and I get to turn this on ! It's been a couple years since I've heard this ! Hey , keep on jammin !!!
Gimme shelter is an awesome song. Paint it black and Sympathy for the devil a another2 of my fave Stones tracks
"Paint It Black, you Devil..."
I think I busted a button on my trousers
You don’t want my trousers to fall down now,
Do you 🎉❤😊
Charlie's good tonight, ain't he?
Charlie was just the greatest drummer. He was a jazz man at heart, though he loved playing for the Stones, and it made him very sensitive. His drumming always served the music, no flash, just solid but perfect. He even used his original toy drum kit on Jumping Jack Flash! Although it sounds as ifvhe is driving the beat, Keith led, slightly ahead of the beat, and Charley followed slightly behind, creatin tension. Keith played an open tuned guitar with 5 strings. If you watch fairly recent live performances he often takes his hands right off the fretboard. Interestingly, a lot of his most famous riffs were played on an acoustic guitar which he recorded onto a cassette recorder ramped up to the point of distortion.
Gimme Shelter is the studio track.
Gimme Shelter started sode one of Let It Bleed and Midnight Rambler led side two. It was recorded after firing Brian Jones and before hiring Mick Taylor, so Keith played all the guitar parts.
They were incredible live during the Mick Taylor years
Get yer ya ya’s out is one of best live Stones album that nobody knows about.
It’s one of the seminal live-rock albums of all time. It set the standard, along with The Who’s Live at Leeds.
Everyone knows about this album. It's considered one of the best live albums of all time.
Midnight Rambler on Let It Bleed album is 7 min long, this live version is from Madison Square Garden Nov. 1969.
To understand how much the Stones as a band progressed with Mick Taylor, PLEASE react to Midnight Rambler from the 1973 tour on Brussels Affair (the recording you're reacting to here is from their 1969 tour). You will be blown away!
I know. By the European 1973 Tour, no band could consistently tear it up like the Stones night-for-night. Unlike their peers, they never had an “off” night in the Taylor years.
Mary Clayton should get double billed with Mick on this track. Her vocals take this song to a whole other level.
Midnight Rambler - ultimate 70's party boogie track. Stones at their best.
You were talking, and so missed one of the most famous “voice cracks” in rock and roll. Mick even says Woah”. You missed it.
Mick Taylor didn't play on the Let It Bleed album. Keith did all the guitars.
Can't You Hear Me Knockin !!!
You're gonna love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Two of my fav Stones songs. The studio version of Midnight Rambler is amazing too.
This live version is fire but it takes the studio version to appreciate the horror of the story that it's telling.
72 years on planet. My favorite(among many)stones 7:33 songs. It captures the times. Gimme Shelter. The other, good, also timely.
Mick also plays harmonica on "Gimme Shelter". He's cupping his hands around the harmonica and holding it right against the mike to get a distorted tone, Chicago Blues style.
Keef & Mick really tore this one up. 🔥
Get Yer Ya Ya’s out is one of the greatest
First time i heard that album was on Headphones when i was 13
A long time ago, but i still remember it….
Both songs are classics🎶🎶🔥🔥
Gimme Shelter one of my Faves!!❤❤
"Get Yer Ya Yas Out" has to be one of the top 10 live albums of all time. The Stones were really firing on all cylinders. The live version of "Sympathy For The Devil" is also amazing.
Midnight Rambler really shows us their blues roots. Much to my regret I've never seen them live. However, I have performed Gimme Shelter many times (vocal and harmonica, like Mick) Always brought the house down.
Glad you did the get your yayas out version of midnight rambler, so much better than the studio version.
Bootleg is an “illegal” released copy of a recording. Love your channel!
I had tickets for MSG , but had a family emergency , gave them to friend, he still busts my balls as he says it was the best of 100’s concerts he has seen.
thank you steve! so glad you enjoy it. i'm having a blast discovering all this wonderful tunage... my pandora has so many new downloads every day lol
No. A `PIRATE` is an Illegal copy.......A `BOOTLEG` is only Illegal if the owner of the material claims the copyright!
It was Mick Taylor's guitar work that saved the Rolling Stones at Glastonbury Festival, a few years ago. His work with John Mayall's Blues Breakers & other bands has always been good.
My 2 favorite Rolling Stones songs
One of my favorite Stones songs is Before They Make Me Run because it's Keith Richards song he did after coming clean from drugs.
I saw them 2 weeks ago in Vegas. They still out-rock many of the younger bands!
GYYYO is one of my Top 10 live albums - the guitar work on Love in Vain alone is worth the LP - right up there with Live at the Fillmore East, Waiting for Columbus, Song Remains the Same, Paris, Genesis Live, Jeff Beck with Jan Hammer, et al. Great instalment today, Lee!
Classic tracks.
There are not many songs as good as these two.
Fantastic Stones song
World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band.
Those years best ever for any music
Can remember when this came out, everyone had the album and we all had great parties just rockin’ We listened to this for years 🎉
I saw the Stones do both of these in June of 1975, at Arrowhead Stadium, in Kansas City.
It was amazing. We were front and center.
I just want to say, before we start, that give me a shelter has one of the best Rolling Stones rock ‘n’ roll guitar sounds. The way it opens up, I’m hooked every time.❤
two of my favorites from the 'Stones'. the other one is: You Can't Always Get What You Want.
Love Bills bassline in Rambler
Mick Taylor added a magnificient layer to the tracks he was on during his years with the band. My favorite track with Mick is, Time waits for no one , his swansong with the stones.
i'll have to check that out. thank you for the suggestion!
Back in the day, for me the early 70's, the only way you could hear unofficial, unreleased live albums was by buying bootleg vinyls. People would record a live concert of like Led Zeppelin on a hand held recorder, or occasionally from the board, and it would be put out on a vinyl record. I bought a number of these in the early 70's at a shop called Bizarre Bizarre in Old Town Chicago. Some of the most popular of such things have found their way to TH-cam today. But back then, it was super exciting to find such gems.
Heard Midnight Rambler for the first time a couple weeks before this show In Oakland. Hadn’t heard the studio version yet. It absolutely blew me away.
Thanks for reacting to the Stones, 2 wonderful songs, and even better live. They're on tour now and still performing at such a high level. I saw them twice 2 weeks ago in Vegas and Seattle. 10 times now, I just can't help it!
That was no extended version of Midnight Rambler, that's pretty much the album cut, note for note. And thanks for mentioning Mick Taylor, he never gets credit for his contributions. That was his superb slide guitar at the end of Rambler. the Stones were always the funkiest of the classic rock bands. As much as I loved The Beatles, I was also a huge Stones fan. So good to see you enjoying these songs! Suggestions: the song, Let It Bleed, Tumbling Dice, Jigsaw Puzzle, Street Fighting Man, 2000 Light Years From Home, Loving Cup, Rocks Off (yes, that's what it's about!), Soul Survivor, Moonlight Mile, Monkey Man, Can't You Hear Me Knocking... it goes on and on!
wow! that's awesome. i for sure thought that was a longer version, but ive never heard the original so how would I know? lol thank you for all the suggestions! I can't wait to hear some more.
@@L33Reacts Another song I'd recommend, but only for your private listening, is Stray Cat Blues. It's the nastiest Stones cut (I mean that sonically as well as lyrically), but it is definitely not for politically correct or sensitive ears!).
Midnight Rambler studio version is on Let It Bleed… as good as the live one is I have to say the studio one lets you really hear all the snarling sinister innuendos of Mick’s delivery. So worth a listen. Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers are just straight up put them on and don’t skip anything!! Still listen to these albums that way
Merry Clayton got out of bed in the middle of the night to record this legendary vocal. Soul!!
Midnight Rambler was inspired by the Boston Strangler. Along with "Symphony for the Devil" these songs give the Stones their dark rep. It's the music of social upheaval. My mother blasted these records on the stereo.
You scored TWO FOR TWO son! Shelter has been used in too many movies to count! Favorite of Martin Scorsese!
Try out CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING for more Keith gold!❤❤❤❤
Midnight Rambler was written in 1969-ish by Jagger/Richards for Let it Bleed. That concert is in 1970 at Maddison Square Garden. The album version is the same length. So this live version is pretty fresh. There's lots of good versions of this song, but this is the best.
I swear Joel must be my soul brother, excellent songs, Gimme Shelter is the ringtone on my phone (that I hate having) and this live version of Midnight Rambler is the best. Love love love the Stones. Saw them live in the 90’s in Oakland, CA and they played like they were still in their 20’s. Left the Beatles for them in ‘65. Nice review Lee.
I remember this album in my mom‘s collection, and sticky fingers. I remember thinking about what is get your Ya Yas out? Like let’s get it out let’s have some fun!❤
A buddy of mine and I wore out a cassette copy of Ya Ya's, on Spring Break, '82, Daytona Beach, FLa. That and a copy of The Police's "Zenyatta Mondatta" got thouroughly examined.
Man the voices on Gimme Shelter are really tucked into the music mix. It makes the whole thing more powerful!
There is some great music on "bootlegs". One of my all time favorites is Gimme Shelter, 1973, live in London. One of the best live performances in rock n roll history.
Lee, growing up in north jersey we saw a lot of shows at MSG. The who, Zep, Tull , yes. Never saw a crowd go nuts like at the stones concert. They opened with honky tonk women and and it was just one great song after another; didn’t sit down the whole concert except for the slower stuff like Angie. And I mean all of MSG was up that whole time
Great reaction to 2 really iconic songs. This version of "Midnight Rambler" from the Ya-Yas album is one of my personal favorites. It is better than the studio version by a wide margin, in my opinion.
There's a reason why later in the show Mick Jagger says "Charlie's good tonight, isn't he..."
As a Maryland resident, you know it is pronounced "Bal-more". Merry (Mary) Clayton's vocals on the "Rape, Murder" section was legendary, it made Mick Jagger respond with a wooo. My buddy in college, Nareg, said during "Midnight Rambler" it sounded like a girl was getting stabbed, when there was a scream at 12:34 of you video. The last line "I'll stick my knife right down your throat, and baby it hurts" is just a little scary.
Oh, Hell Yeah!!!
Live versions from Marquee Club (1971) and Ladies and Gentlemen The Rolling Stones (1972 Tour) are also great! And what my handle is named after! 😂
Two classics