You are one of the few young reactors to actually get that this is a song about the depression from losing a loved one. Congratulations on paying attention to the lyrics and understanding them.
The Rolling Stones are considered the bad boys of rock & roll. I grew up with their early stuff. My favorite era of The Rolling Stones is from the 60's British Invasion. I loved the "Flowers" album. They had a lot of great early hits such as "Get Off Of My Cloud", "Ruby Tuesday", "Let's Spend The Night Together", "Satisfaction", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Honky Tonk Women", "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Gimme Shelter", "Tumbling Dice", "Brown Sugar" etc. "Paint It Black" describes the grief suffered by someone stunned by the sudden & unexpected loss of a partner.
They are great!!! Sympathy for the devil,Gimme Shelter,Miss you,and Shes a Rainbow are some good ones in their amazing catalig of so so many great tunes
This was the theme song to the tv show Tour of Duty and it was the main song used in the Kevin Bacon movie Stir of Echoes. Its my favourite song by them😊
I’ve been listening to them since the 60’s and still am. I don’t think you’ll find any of their songs that you won’t like. I suggest “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking”, one of my favorites.
I grew up listening to their music. Too many hits to even count. You really need to hear gimme shelter! Now that’s an intense song. Brown sugar honky-tonk girl those are good too. The list could go on and on and on and on.
You got it right! I watched the first time listening to this song reaction videos by different people. One girl even said it’s a fun song, another girl didn’t get it even with lyrics right next to her screen. It’s a very sad song and one of my favorites.
This song got me into the 60s music. I always thought it was a new song back in 2001 when i first heard it. 8 years later i found out it was from he early 60's.
Awesome song and awesome reaction! This is my ringtone when someone calls me from home 😀. You need to react to " Can't you hear me knocking" the extended version....you will totally enjoy it!
5:01 The Stones had "eras" and are still recording new stuff today! '64-'71 is just one of their eras, most of their big hits actually came out after '71
The correct lyrics towards the end are “I wanna see the sun Blotted out from the sky” and nothing about ‘flying high’. It makes more sense with the right words.
My dad was a fan, I'm not old enough to have been there then, and I actually just like this perticular song from them, it'sfantastic in my opinion their best. Can't say why really except it is magical and covered millions of times and I was like 16 when heard a cover of this from a goth band. 😅 So yes, it's a very good song. Hugs from Sweden.
OMG I know this song. It reminds me of old days of mine with radio. There's no CDs, and cassette tapes are too expensive for a young girl that day, just an old radio and I listened to DJ's favorite play list, and Rolling Stones was one of them. He's very old now, and I as a K-pop lover, don't listen to the radio any more, this song was my favorite too.
Songfacts®: This is written from the viewpoint of a person who is depressed; he wants everything to turn black to match his mood. There was no specific inspiration for the lyrics. When asked at the time why he wrote a song about death, Mick Jagger replied: "I don't know. It's been done before. It's not an original thought by any means. It all depends on how you do it." The song seems to be about a lover who died: "I see a line of cars and they're all painted black" - The hearse and limos. "With flowers and my love both never to come back" - The flowers from the funeral and her in the hearse. He talks about his heart being black because of his loss. "I could not foresee this thing happening to you" - It was an unexpected and sudden death. "If I look hard enough into the setting sun, my love will laugh with me before the morning comes" - This refers to her in Heaven.
To my ear, the Stones don't have a particular sound, but they do have a particular, intangible feel to their music. This song, "Start Me Up", "Angie", "Emotional Rescue", have very little in common to each other musically, but still share a unique Rolling Stones feel. . Either I'm a fool trying to explain the unexplainable, or I'm a fool for missing something that's completely obvious. Either way, I'm still an old man who wants those kids to stay off of my yard...
Guy---You are in for a SERIOUS treat. The Rolling Stones are among the ALL TIME big boys of music from any era. I'm talking classical or jazz giants also. LOL - You are in for one heck of a journey and a treat.
If you are able to hear, and you've lived in the United States for more than a year, then you've almost certainly heard The Rolling Stones. You might not have KNOWN it was them, but you've probably heard them. It would be incredibly difficult to go through life in this country and NOT hear them. Their songs are in films and commercials and are in heavy rotation on radio stations to this very day. Listen to "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and see if it doesn't sound familiar. Then see about "Gimme Shelter" (guest vocalist Merry Clayton will blow you away with her legendary performance on that one!) and "Jumpin' Jack Flash" next. The odds are good that you will recognize AT LEAST one of those three songs.
GREAT REACTION. You need to watch them in concert MIDNIGHT RAMBLER live at the Marqee Club 1971. JAGGER PLAYS HARMONICA. GIMME SHELTER FOOTAGE BETWEEN 1969 AND 1971. LIVE CONCERT FOOTAGE between 1965 and 1972 of JUMPING JACK FLASH, GET 6:43 OFF OF MY CLOUD, DOO DOO DOO DOO HEARTBREAKER, YOU CANT ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT. These 3 are my favorite STONES BALLADS:WILD HORSES footage FROM ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS, ANGIE and RUBY TUESDAY. I have no doubt that you'll be impressed.
This is my fav song by them and I wanted you to really enjoy it but I could tell you really didn't. It was the theme song to the TV series China Beach which was set in Vietnam so I always think of it as the lens those vets looked through after war.
China Beach's theme song was Reflections by Diana Ross and The Supremes. Paint It Black was the theme song for Tour of Duty, another Vietnam tv show that was on around the same time. We watched both when I was growing up.
First of all I don't really care if you get it. I don't care at all. What I like is listening to this stuff, often times that I grew up with, coupled with the fact that I'm a musician of now decades, I just like to look back and compare the nostalgia with the actual substance of it, and these reactions do that for me. They make me stop and slow down and just think about things from a different point of view. And so that's the greater value I see in it. But I do think you nailed it. At least that's the way I've always thought about it, exactly as you described it.
I don't understand how this can be an "Official Lyric Video" when some of the lyrics are wrong. It says "Don't wanna see the sun flying high in the sky", when the actual lyrics (and what Mick is clearly singing) are "I want to see the sun blotted out from the sky".
Oh so much more to hear from the Rolling Stones you next when should be Sympathy for the Devil but you were right about his girlfriend who died a line of cars they're all painted black with flowers😊😊😊❤❤❤
Loved their music, listened in the sixties, my favorite period. The Stones were always in competition with the Beatles. Both groups evolved, if you listen to their album Sticky Fingers you will hear a different sound. That happens to be my favorite Rolling Stones Album. Beggers Banquet is also awesome, a close second
Mick Jagger!!!! Congratulations on catching the lyrics of losing his love. I have been listening to this song for years but mainly listened to the music only....duhhhh. interesting that someone in your generation taught me something. I was a young teenager when this came out and we didn't know anything of death at my age.
They have been around since the 60s...definitely try Gimme Shelter and Honky Tonk Women....Jumpin Jack Flash and Satisfaction you have probably heard, but not connecting the two.
Hey AB, ive watched all of your videos, you are halarious. Most people have only heard 4 or 5 Rolling Stones songs, they have hundreds. Will you listen to my 3 favorite Stones songs..ANGIE, WILD HORSE and SOME GIRLS. Not the live versions. Thanks ❤
Your reaction to this one is spot on and I’d love to hear more of your reactions to them! On another note, could you please react to “Little Girl Gone” by Chinchilla? She’s a fairly new artist I believe but this song is 🔥!!
Not one of their best. "Honky Tonk Women" and "Jumping' Jack Flash" are probably my two favorite Stones' songs. I'd love to see your reaction to one of my favorite old rock classics..."No Sugar Tonight" (New Mother Nature) by The Guess Who
You are one of the few young reactors to actually get that this is a song about the depression from losing a loved one.
Congratulations on paying attention to the lyrics and understanding them.
The Rolling Stones "Sympathy For The Devil",, Is A MUST HEAR Classic.
The Rolling Stones are considered the bad boys of rock & roll. I grew up with their early stuff. My favorite era of The Rolling Stones is from the 60's British Invasion. I loved the "Flowers" album. They had a lot of great early hits such as "Get Off Of My Cloud", "Ruby Tuesday", "Let's Spend The Night Together", "Satisfaction", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Honky Tonk Women", "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Gimme Shelter", "Tumbling Dice", "Brown Sugar" etc. "Paint It Black" describes the grief suffered by someone stunned by the sudden & unexpected loss of a partner.
Stones started hitting the charts in 1963 and are still recording today. Close to 70 hits in their catalog if not more.
I absolutely adore this song. It's one that you can just turn up loud and feel it.
Yes! My fave song is Beast of Burden followed by Shattered, but this is such a vibe!!🖤🖤
I used to sing Beast Of Burden to my husband while we walked down the street. It would drive him nuts. We are no longer together. Lol
They are great!!!
Sympathy for the devil,Gimme Shelter,Miss you,and Shes a Rainbow are some good ones in their amazing catalig of so so many great tunes
You got it . A funeral, like a new born baby it just happens every day.
Beast of Burden. Wild Horses. Angie. All great songs. Awesome reaction ❤
Yes Angie!! Great song..that song is so often overlooked!
I saw the Stones in the early 70s with Chuck Berry at the old Chicago Amphitheater. It was one of the best concerts ever! Such talent on one stage!!❤
This was the theme song to the tv show Tour of Duty and it was the main song used in the Kevin Bacon movie Stir of Echoes. Its my favourite song by them😊
I’ve been listening to them since the 60’s and still am. I don’t think you’ll find any of their songs that you won’t like. I suggest “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking”, one of my favorites.
I second this
I grew up listening to their music. Too many hits to even count. You really need to hear gimme shelter! Now that’s an intense song. Brown sugar honky-tonk girl those are good too. The list could go on and on and on and on.
The Stones kept a smile on my man's face through the disease that took him from me.
My condolences on your loss ❤️
I imagine those girls walking by in their summer clothes reminds him of what he lost.
I love the Rolling Stones, Honky Tonk Blues, one of my favorites! Give The Black Crowes, She Talks To Angels a listen as well
GIMME SHELTER is a must!
I was blessed to see them live in New Orleans at the Super Dome! That was one great concert!!!!
You got it right! I watched the first time listening to this song reaction videos by different people. One girl even said it’s a fun song, another girl didn’t get it even with lyrics right next to her screen. It’s a very sad song and one of my favorites.
"Sympathy For The Devil"
"Gimme Shelter"
"Jumpin Jack Flash"
The list goes on and on.....
Wow, listened to this song for decades, didn't know it was about a funeral and you picked up on that the first time
Surprised you just now got to the Stones.
Angie
Satisfaction
Miss You
To get started.
So many great songs, since the 60's they are
Still rocking it. A very deep rabbit hole
This song got me into the 60s music. I always thought it was a new song back in 2001 when i first heard it. 8 years later i found out it was from he early 60's.
Awesome song and awesome reaction! This is my ringtone when someone calls me from home 😀. You need to react to " Can't you hear me knocking" the extended version....you will totally enjoy it!
5:01 The Stones had "eras" and are still recording new stuff today! '64-'71 is just one of their eras, most of their big hits actually came out after '71
This was #1 on Billboard on the day I was born. My favorite Stones song before I knew that.
The correct lyrics towards the end are “I wanna see the sun
Blotted out from the sky” and nothing about ‘flying high’.
It makes more sense with the right words.
My dad was a fan, I'm not old enough to have been there then, and I actually just like this perticular song from them, it'sfantastic in my opinion their best. Can't say why really except it is magical and covered millions of times and I was like 16 when heard a cover of this from a goth band. 😅 So yes, it's a very good song. Hugs from Sweden.
OMG I know this song. It reminds me of old days of mine with radio. There's no CDs, and cassette tapes are too expensive for a young girl that day, just an old radio and I listened to DJ's favorite play list, and Rolling Stones was one of them. He's very old now, and I as a K-pop lover, don't listen to the radio any more, this song was my favorite too.
Yes, very popular during Vietnam War, many guys in their own black place fighting over there. Not just loosing a girl, but loosing their buddies.
You got it! “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking”, please.
This is my favorite song to play on the guitar
Songfacts®:
This is written from the viewpoint of a person who is depressed; he wants everything to turn black to match his mood. There was no specific inspiration for the lyrics. When asked at the time why he wrote a song about death, Mick Jagger replied: "I don't know. It's been done before. It's not an original thought by any means. It all depends on how you do it."
The song seems to be about a lover who died:
"I see a line of cars and they're all painted black" - The hearse and limos.
"With flowers and my love both never to come back" - The flowers from the funeral and her in the hearse. He talks about his heart being black because of his loss.
"I could not foresee this thing happening to you" - It was an unexpected and sudden death.
"If I look hard enough into the setting sun, my love will laugh with me before the morning comes" - This refers to her in Heaven.
I Italy we put a black 'fiocco' on our frontdoor when someone has died - it is like a big flower made of tule
Yes. One of the very few to get it and you got it very early in the song! One of the reactors even figured it was a happy song.
Good for u getting the concept right away
Some of them are 80 years and still touring😊
Still recording and still touring 61 years later.
To my ear, the Stones don't have a particular sound, but they do have a particular, intangible feel to their music. This song, "Start Me Up", "Angie", "Emotional Rescue", have very little in common to each other musically, but still share a unique Rolling Stones feel.
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Either I'm a fool trying to explain the unexplainable, or I'm a fool for missing something that's completely obvious. Either way, I'm still an old man who wants those kids to stay off of my yard...
Guy---You are in for a SERIOUS treat. The Rolling Stones are among the ALL TIME big boys of music from any era. I'm talking classical or jazz giants also. LOL - You are in for one heck of a journey and a treat.
This is a great song but probably not the best introduction to the Stones. Listen to Satisfaction or Miss You. They have a huge catalogue!!😊
Well done. You got it right off the bat.
If you are able to hear, and you've lived in the United States for more than a year, then you've almost certainly heard The Rolling Stones. You might not have KNOWN it was them, but you've probably heard them. It would be incredibly difficult to go through life in this country and NOT hear them. Their songs are in films and commercials and are in heavy rotation on radio stations to this very day.
Listen to "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" and see if it doesn't sound familiar. Then see about "Gimme Shelter" (guest vocalist Merry Clayton will blow you away with her legendary performance on that one!) and "Jumpin' Jack Flash" next. The odds are good that you will recognize AT LEAST one of those three songs.
You are going to love this journey 😊
Welcome aboard mate!
GREAT REACTION. You need to watch them in concert MIDNIGHT RAMBLER live at the Marqee Club 1971. JAGGER PLAYS HARMONICA. GIMME SHELTER FOOTAGE BETWEEN 1969 AND 1971. LIVE CONCERT FOOTAGE between 1965 and 1972 of JUMPING JACK FLASH, GET 6:43 OFF OF MY CLOUD, DOO DOO DOO DOO HEARTBREAKER, YOU CANT ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT. These 3 are my favorite STONES BALLADS:WILD HORSES footage FROM ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS, ANGIE and RUBY TUESDAY. I have no doubt that you'll be impressed.
Lead singer is Mick Jagger. Check out the colab with David Bowie. Song is "Dancing in the Streets".
Thank you I love the rolling stones the are great❤❤❤❤❤❤
Great song to start with, they have so many to choose from. I think this is my favorite besides Mothers Little Helper.
This is my fav song by them and I wanted you to really enjoy it but I could tell you really didn't. It was the theme song to the TV series China Beach which was set in Vietnam so I always think of it as the lens those vets looked through after war.
China Beach's theme song was Reflections by Diana Ross and The Supremes. Paint It Black was the theme song for Tour of Duty, another Vietnam tv show that was on around the same time. We watched both when I was growing up.
Have fun on this journey.They have about 400 tunes.😊
Great reaction. On down the rabbit hole.
First of all I don't really care if you get it. I don't care at all. What I like is listening to this stuff, often times that I grew up with, coupled with the fact that I'm a musician of now decades, I just like to look back and compare the nostalgia with the actual substance of it, and these reactions do that for me.
They make me stop and slow down and just think about things from a different point of view. And so that's the greater value I see in it. But I do think you nailed it. At least that's the way I've always thought about it, exactly as you described it.
I don't understand how this can be an "Official Lyric Video" when some of the lyrics are wrong. It says "Don't wanna see the sun flying high in the sky", when the actual lyrics (and what Mick is clearly singing) are "I want to see the sun blotted out from the sky".
If you have doubts about whether they are in, may I recommend Brown Sugar, Honky Tonk Woman, Sympathy For The Devil and It's Only Rock And Roll.
Oh so much more to hear from the Rolling Stones you next when should be Sympathy for the Devil but you were right about his girlfriend who died a line of cars they're all painted black with flowers😊😊😊❤❤❤
❤️The RS have something for everyone
Gotta watch live!
Loved their music, listened in the sixties, my favorite period. The Stones were always in competition with the Beatles. Both groups evolved, if you listen to their album Sticky Fingers you will hear a different sound. That happens to be my favorite Rolling Stones Album. Beggers Banquet is also awesome, a close second
You're right on.
One of the iconic groups .They are Fire 🚒🇭🇰🎇🎇🎇
Right on!👏
you got it! For some reason most young people do not get that this song is about losing a loved one.
That new song by Dax TO BE A MAN is honestly something I want to see your reaction
Check out “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.” A rock masterpiece.
I can't get no satisfaction is their big hit.
Love this song! You need to react to Procol Harum’s “Conquistador” live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. You will really enjoy it.
You got it, most don't!
Mick Jagger!!!! Congratulations on catching the lyrics of losing his love. I have been listening to this song for years but mainly listened to the music only....duhhhh. interesting that someone in your generation taught me something. I was a young teenager when this came out and we didn't know anything of death at my age.
They have been around since the 60s...definitely try Gimme Shelter and Honky Tonk Women....Jumpin Jack Flash and Satisfaction you have probably heard, but not connecting the two.
You got a lot to choose from they've been around since the early 60's. They were part of the original British invasion
Hey AB, ive watched all of your videos, you are halarious. Most people have only heard 4 or 5 Rolling Stones songs, they have hundreds. Will you listen to my 3 favorite Stones songs..ANGIE, WILD HORSE and SOME GIRLS. Not the live versions. Thanks ❤
Right on the money man.
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Yeh, you got this one right.
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You do know them, you just don't KNOW you know.
Gimme Shelter may be their best but there are so many to pick from.
Your reaction to this one is spot on and I’d love to hear more of your reactions to them! On another note, could you please react to “Little Girl Gone” by Chinchilla? She’s a fairly new artist I believe but this song is 🔥!!
never was much of a fan of Rolling Stones, but i do like Honky Tonk Women...some
You gotta check out “Gimme Shelter” next.
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Good starter for Stones
I think you'll really like "Gimme Shelter" by them.
Yes, you are right, you hit the meaning of this song right on!
Spot on! Check out I'm Going Down by them.
Part of the online lyrics are wrong, should be "I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky"
Hey AB, I wonder if you'd be interested in listening to some more "Charlie Pride - Roll On Mississippi"
you should try "breakfast in america" by Supertramp.
Do Whiteboyz please
Not one of their best. "Honky Tonk Women" and "Jumping' Jack Flash" are probably my two favorite Stones' songs.
I'd love to see your reaction to one of my favorite old rock classics..."No Sugar Tonight" (New Mother Nature) by The Guess Who
1963 - NOW
Hey homefree has a new version of Delta Dawn you should definitely check out! They bring it 💯💯💯💯
I would love to see you react to demon hunter exiles, it's their newest album and it's wonderful!
Play Sympathy for the Devil. ( Please😄)
Sample Gimme Shelter.
Honky Tonk Women!
Tour. Of. Duty! That is all.....
I want you to react to Taeyeon's song!!❤
Listen to Sympathy for the Devil and then go watch Fallen with Denzel Washington.