Rolling Stones: The Five Most Disgusting Songs?

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  • Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
  • In an article written in 'Far Out' magazine, the author list five songs by the Stones he deems to be disgusting.... Do we agree?
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  • @FrederickJohnSebastian
    @FrederickJohnSebastian 2 месяца назад +127

    "Under my thumb" hated by the same people who queued to buy "50 shades of grey"?

    • @SMHman666
      @SMHman666 2 месяца назад +7

      Frederick. Yes, and probably bop along to WAP.

    • @richardschulman8821
      @richardschulman8821 Месяц назад +3

      Excellent..Ironic.

    • @drothberg3
      @drothberg3 Месяц назад

      50 Shades is about S&M and Under My Thumb is about an abusive relationship. Two very different things. I don’t think it means that the Stones are endorsing abuse; they’re pointing out a dark side of humanity, as they often do.

    • @FrederickJohnSebastian
      @FrederickJohnSebastian Месяц назад +1

      @@drothberg3 a very generous reading of 50 shades. Both are about power and control.

    • @stevenhighams4190
      @stevenhighams4190 Месяц назад

      @@drothberg3 In 'Under My Thumb', she once had the power until he turned the tables - if he hadn't turned the tables, you would have been okay with her crowing about him being her thumb, I take it. People who are outraged by 'Under My Thumb' are flying their double-standards flag.

  • @hansmagnusmalcolmsen9354
    @hansmagnusmalcolmsen9354 2 месяца назад +144

    Mick Jagger, 1978: "If you can't take a joke, it's too f*cking bad."

    • @hansmagnusmalcolmsen9354
      @hansmagnusmalcolmsen9354 2 месяца назад +15

      1981 tour: "This is for all the girls who left their tampax at home." (Let It Bleed.) 😄

    • @MoJoAssets
      @MoJoAssets 2 месяца назад +7

      Too bloody right!!!

    • @antondial5326
      @antondial5326 2 месяца назад +21

      Mick Jagger is right. Humourless toads should keep their unwanted opinions to themselves. Nobody asked them anything.

    • @andrewgraham5527
      @andrewgraham5527 2 месяца назад +5

      Can't wait for the Macc lads five most disgusting songs video.

    • @lloydbraun6026
      @lloydbraun6026 2 месяца назад +3

      So Mick asking John Phillips if he could sleep with his 14 year old daughter McKenzie Phillips was ok. He actually slept with her in his 40’s

  • @robbiecox
    @robbiecox 2 месяца назад +57

    It's only Rock'n'Roll but I like it. It SHOULD be disgusting.

    • @SpaceCattttt
      @SpaceCattttt Месяц назад

      Well, today's snowflakes would rather say that it's only rock 'n roll, but it should be banned...

    • @anthonycraig1458
      @anthonycraig1458 Месяц назад

      Just what I was thinking... it's only rock 'n' roll!

    • @lademore
      @lademore Месяц назад

      If you cant rock me …..dirty fun lyrics too

  • @randytaylor220
    @randytaylor220 2 месяца назад +75

    These songs and their albums were meant for a more mature listener, not for today’s culture.
    I’m so glad they wrote what they did.
    We’ll never get rocked like that again.

    • @bjones8470
      @bjones8470 Месяц назад +5

      Ain’t that the truth

    • @roy421000
      @roy421000 8 дней назад

      Well said... We live in an era where anything, real or imagined, can be a slight to someone.

  • @DuVtrell
    @DuVtrell 2 месяца назад +69

    Stray Cat Blues is raunchy as all hell.

    • @kevinfessler6831
      @kevinfessler6831 2 месяца назад +20

      I thought for SURE this was going to be #1. How could it not be?

    • @kingpininfo4506
      @kingpininfo4506 2 месяца назад +9

      I can see that you're 15 years old
      No, I don't want your ID

    • @robgronotte1
      @robgronotte1 2 месяца назад +10

      @@kingpininfo4506 13 years old in the live version!

    • @briantruitt5218
      @briantruitt5218 Месяц назад +2

      Stray Cat Blues, besides being one of their best tunes, is by far the raunchiest! That's why it's one of my favs.

    • @stevearmin5346
      @stevearmin5346 Месяц назад

      Agreed. And as soon as I brought home and played BB, that song jumped out as one of my favorites.

  • @rubbabubba6489
    @rubbabubba6489 2 месяца назад +36

    We are witnessing the death of Rock n Roll, slow but sure. All clean, sanitary, and non offensive

    • @kenjohnston1257
      @kenjohnston1257 Месяц назад +1

      The Rock n Roll movement died in the early 80s. Resurrected for a while by 90s grunge but then settled back in the grave

    • @rubbabubba6489
      @rubbabubba6489 Месяц назад +1

      @kenjohnston1257 you're probably not far off, some exceptions like GmR and The Black Crowes come to mind

    • @kenjohnston1257
      @kenjohnston1257 Месяц назад +1

      @@rubbabubba6489 There are good bands keeping it on life support but the movement itself went into steep decline once MTV turned rock into phony pageantry and a celebration of hair metal

    • @1171karl
      @1171karl Месяц назад

      Rock n Roll came into being 70 years ago... I'm 52 and love listening to 60s and 70s rock, I know a few kids do as well but its surely going to dwindle in popularity, its just going to be considered old fashioned.

    • @gravl1
      @gravl1 Месяц назад +1

      “WAP” not offensive and clean? It’s not the lyrics that have changed (they’ve gotten worse), it’s the low bar of creativity that has ruined music.

  • @TheJohnnyCotts
    @TheJohnnyCotts 2 месяца назад +40

    A little surprised Cocksucker Blues didn't make the list, but as that one was never officially released, I can understand.

    • @bobvermeulen491
      @bobvermeulen491 2 месяца назад +3

      Probably just a little bit to obscure.

    • @grandadneal8114
      @grandadneal8114 Месяц назад +2

      Oh yeah that one was when they lefty Decca? They demanded a last single as per their contract

    • @simonjenkins9361
      @simonjenkins9361 Месяц назад +2

      Ben Forrest probably doesn't know it. He doesn't know much about the Stones but he does like to make ignorant little swipes at them

    • @augmentedhat16
      @augmentedhat16 Месяц назад

      I’m sure one day it will be released.

  • @geodogg07
    @geodogg07 2 месяца назад +37

    These five songs (along with others mentioned in the comments) actually make a great playlist to instruct newbies where to start in The Stone's discography, lol

  • @JamesSavik
    @JamesSavik 2 месяца назад +17

    Part of rock's appeal is that it is often naughty, and allows us to poke stuffy prudes in the eye.

  • @harryurz
    @harryurz 2 месяца назад +49

    Ben Forrest graduated from Leeds Uni July 2023; which says it all really........Lets just hope no one buys young Ben a Whitesnake compilation.

    • @rumblehat4357
      @rumblehat4357 2 месяца назад +7

      Or AC/DC.

    • @anthonycraig1458
      @anthonycraig1458 Месяц назад +9

      Funny how the Stones outraged the older generation when they started. Now they're older, they're managing to upset the younger generation!

    • @danielmaher7108
      @danielmaher7108 Месяц назад +3

      The generation of which Ben Forrest is a member of is so puritanical and uptight.

    • @jerryattwooll4864
      @jerryattwooll4864 Месяц назад

      ​@@rumblehat4357They were exactly the two bands that I immediately thought of too, but there's plenty of others as well

    • @rumblehat4357
      @rumblehat4357 Месяц назад

      @@jerryattwooll4864there was some grumbling recently about AC/DC, calling their lyrics misogynistic, sexist, etc.
      Complaining NOW? They’ve been around for 50
      Years doing the same thing over and over, and suddenly it’s a problem? These kids don’t get double entendres nor do they get fun. They are like hanging around your 98 year old grandma (who might actually be fun compared to kids today.) glad I’m old.

  • @mick469
    @mick469 2 месяца назад +9

    Luckily no one gives a f**k what BF thinks.

  • @thegreatstrogannofski3418
    @thegreatstrogannofski3418 2 месяца назад +84

    Is old mate Ben going to write an article about all the misogynistic rap tracks that exist ?,I doubt it,I couldn’t imagine why

    • @classicalbum
      @classicalbum  2 месяца назад +18

      LOL... he should do, that would keep him busy

    • @gattingbowledwarne
      @gattingbowledwarne 2 месяца назад +5

      ⁠​⁠@@classicalbumI’d read it. But to be honest, rap is super misogynistic, and that is one of the reasons I don’t listen to it. Maybe ‘old mate’ does. Do you?

    • @thegreatstrogannofski3418
      @thegreatstrogannofski3418 2 месяца назад +6

      @@gattingbowledwarne My love of rap started & ended with Public enemy

    • @gattingbowledwarne
      @gattingbowledwarne 2 месяца назад +9

      @@thegreatstrogannofski3418whilst I can appreciate its origins and its importance, I just don’t get it. I don’t like the music, and the lyrics are pretty unpleasant at times.

    • @butchjohnson9736
      @butchjohnson9736 Месяц назад +2

      @@thegreatstrogannofski3418 DeLaSoul and A Tribe Called Quest were really good and didn't go with the gangsta misogynist vibe. There are a few decent Hiphop artists that actually made interesting music.

  • @jefferysteen1041
    @jefferysteen1041 2 месяца назад +48

    I love Brown Sugar !!!It's a great song!

    • @clebozer
      @clebozer 2 месяца назад +1

      It’s a great tune but not a great song!

    • @SpaceCattttt
      @SpaceCattttt Месяц назад +3

      @@clebozer It's a great tune and a great song with hilariously foul lyrics. Lighten up, geez...

    • @jeffwatts1126
      @jeffwatts1126 Месяц назад +2

      @@clebozer Great enough to be a #1 hit. With one of the all time great opening riffs

    • @drothberg3
      @drothberg3 Месяц назад +1

      I think it might be their greatest song, musically and lyrically.

    • @sgw8903
      @sgw8903 Месяц назад

      @@SpaceCattttt Love the rhythm and riff but can't see anything great or hilarious in singing about whipping and raping slaves. Even back then.

  • @eddiemethot8925
    @eddiemethot8925 2 месяца назад +10

    I never think of songs and their subjective meanings that people try to analyze or interpret.I just like the music.

  • @anachronistofer
    @anachronistofer 2 месяца назад +11

    I heard a rumor that the original Stones' tongue-out-of-mouth logo originally had a phallus going into it. Probably phallacious.

  • @rodjones117
    @rodjones117 2 месяца назад +19

    The lyrics to New Car are a pretty direct, ahem, "homage" to Robert Johnson's Terraplane Blues.

    • @dansmithwave
      @dansmithwave 2 месяца назад +3

      As was Led Zeppelin's Trampled Underfoot, which takes the car/female double entendre to Carry On film levels. 😬

    • @yassassin6425
      @yassassin6425 Месяц назад +1

      @@dansmithwave
      Add 'Start Me Up' to the list.

  • @dirtydeadasheville
    @dirtydeadasheville 2 месяца назад +12

    Honorable mentions? Stray Cat Blues (Barry mentioned it), Memo from Turner, Sweet Black Angel, Short and Curlies, Stupid Girl, Little T & A, gosh the lost goes on. Love 'em all😂

    • @encoreunefois1X
      @encoreunefois1X Месяц назад

      I don't think Sweet Black Angel is disgusting. It's about black political activist Angela Davis and her travails.

    • @kenjohnston1257
      @kenjohnston1257 Месяц назад +1

      What about Let it Bleed lol We all need someone we can CREAM on hahaha

    • @jeffwatts1126
      @jeffwatts1126 Месяц назад

      Memo from Turner is not a Stones song, it's a Mick solo song. where all music parts were recorded by Ry Cooder on slide guitar, Russ Titelman (guitar), Randy Newman (piano), Jerry Scheff (bass) and Gene Parsons (drums).

  • @randytaylor220
    @randytaylor220 2 месяца назад +12

    Every song on this I love and still listen to and will probably forever.
    These songs is what represent rock n roll.
    Sometimes rock isn’t for the faint of heart.

  • @jblassio
    @jblassio 2 месяца назад +34

    In 2024…..Ladies and Gentlemen, STILL the greatest rock n roll band in the world ….The Rolling Stones!!!!!!!!!!

    • @colinwilliams553
      @colinwilliams553 2 месяца назад +2

      ......"GOT THAT RIGHT"!!

    • @antondial5326
      @antondial5326 2 месяца назад +4

      THE GREATEST ROCKNROLL BAND IN THE WORLD 2024. The Stones invented the Rocknroll lifestyle and they ingeniously incorporated plenty styles and genres into their music. Everybody has critics. They come and go, but the Stones music will be around long after the critics have come and gone.

    • @papajohnloki
      @papajohnloki 2 месяца назад +1

      @@antondial5326 never were but the greatest pr creation of all time (a great band could release a great LIVE album without ovedubs)

    • @austake
      @austake 2 месяца назад +3

      @@papajohnloki Greatest rock and roll band my arse!!

    • @jblassio
      @jblassio 2 месяца назад +1

      @@austake I suppose Nickelback might be your number 1? 👍

  • @jtmichaelson
    @jtmichaelson 2 месяца назад +9

    Possibly one of the most unique song lists I've ever seen. Kudos for the effort. Good list.

    • @classicalbum
      @classicalbum  2 месяца назад +6

      Not really my list, just a response to an article

    • @aquatarkus2022
      @aquatarkus2022 2 месяца назад

      And the most predictable.

  • @FuturePast2019
    @FuturePast2019 2 месяца назад +6

    Brown Sugar is their greatest recording. And the biggest highlight of a classic Stones concert. Yeah yeah woo

  • @carolramsey6287
    @carolramsey6287 Месяц назад +5

    The more these songs offend those people the more I like them.
    "Let's Spend The Night Together" outraged the godly fundamentalists 60;yrars ago

  • @user-bj7ir8jr9m
    @user-bj7ir8jr9m Месяц назад +1

    Sterling work yourself here once again. Lovely video, a nice and quick run down with plenty of details and original opinion and content. Interesting list of songs and definitely a good 5 selected for that topic. Gotta be said though ‘Brown Sugar’ is still such a brilliant song, and despite the lyrics obviously being frowned upon in disgust today, it’s anStones best 20 number for sure!
    Keep up the great work 👏

  • @kevinstyles8696
    @kevinstyles8696 2 месяца назад +19

    Had a feeling Star Star would be no.1. I love it anyway. Fab intro.

    • @shawnmccorkle5059
      @shawnmccorkle5059 2 месяца назад

      Ditto. Great track.

    • @farrellmcnulty909
      @farrellmcnulty909 2 месяца назад +1

      @@shawnmccorkle5059 I love the bass and honky-tonk piano ushering in the second verse.

    • @shawnmccorkle5059
      @shawnmccorkle5059 2 месяца назад +2

      @@farrellmcnulty909 and when the ending comes and the guitars are wailing as is Mick and his voice? Just killer. Song Rocks!!! Favorite track on Goats Head

    • @farrellmcnulty909
      @farrellmcnulty909 2 месяца назад +1

      @@shawnmccorkle5059 You're right, I love his "YEAH!" at the end. If there was a video in those days, I can imagine him with that same shit-eating grin he has on the album cover.

    • @truckerkevthepaidtourist
      @truckerkevthepaidtourist Месяц назад +2

      Star Star Keef doing Chuck Berry better than Chuck Berry

  • @rjmacready8830
    @rjmacready8830 2 месяца назад +5

    I saw the title and immediately thought of "Some Girls" and "Brown Sugar." "Star Star" is a good fit, too.

  • @robboxify
    @robboxify 2 месяца назад +7

    Love the (probably) deliberate wearing of the AC/DC shirt for this one, who themselves are no strangers to the odd controversial lyric

  • @henryhay9543
    @henryhay9543 2 месяца назад +17

    Just a prude really.

    • @classicalbum
      @classicalbum  2 месяца назад +12

      I think it's his politics really

    • @henryhay9543
      @henryhay9543 2 месяца назад +2

      Agreed. It is a part of the grist, the gristle of their composition. @@classicalbum

  • @Ed9870
    @Ed9870 2 месяца назад +4

    "My word, that's a dodgy one isn't it?"
    The British have such a graceful way to express disdain.

  • @H-mu4bo
    @H-mu4bo 2 месяца назад +6

    The Stones even at their filthiest was never gratuitous. The most disgusting song I think was Gary Glitter's "What your mama don't see your mama don't know". No hidden message there!

    • @encoreunefois1X
      @encoreunefois1X Месяц назад

      With the exception of Cocksucker Blues AKA Schoolboy Blues recorded to mess with Decca, who insisted on receiving one more single from the Stones as per their contract. That was gratuitous as hell.

  • @xrandy11
    @xrandy11 2 месяца назад +4

    Before you started I knew that Some Girls (the song) would be on it. Great song that gave an insight into what life was like for a high level rock star for those of us who never got to live it.

  • @matthewlacey5307
    @matthewlacey5307 2 месяца назад +11

    Tune-wise, every song here - and the ones on the dishonourable mentions list - shows the breadth and genius of this band. Ok, change the lyrics. Change everything made in the 60s and 70s. Would i rather have today's fear of saying anything and judgementalism about everything past? Im a Miles Davis fan. Look at ESP and Bitches Brew and Big Fun album covers for starters. Miles wasnt nice to women ( or anyone really). He must be scrutinised and called out therefore. No. Just leave the times alone. Def no more playing Freebird i suppose

  • @kenfrederick6223
    @kenfrederick6223 2 месяца назад +6

    If this guy thought these Stones lyrics are filthy, he'd have a heart attack upon hearing some of those KISS and Whitesnake lyrics.

    • @splankhoon
      @splankhoon Месяц назад +1

      "Put your hand in my pocket, grab onto my rocket". 🙂

  • @AbigailJrney-1
    @AbigailJrney-1 Месяц назад +2

    Can't help but to love The Stones! It's rock n' roll baby!!🤘🤘🔥🔥🎸🎸

  • @stephenfisch615
    @stephenfisch615 2 месяца назад +5

    When I saw the title, I, like the author, thought about songs with awful sex scenes in the lyrics. I also thought about some of the Stones’ more violent songs. The one that really struck me that way is Too Much Blood from 1983’s Undercover album. Like Midnight Rambler, it’s based on a true story of a gruesome murder, except with more details.

    • @martinnewtonholmes
      @martinnewtonholmes 2 месяца назад

      But that song is literally complaining about "Too Much Blood" these days

  • @Taffy_Duck
    @Taffy_Duck 2 месяца назад +6

    That's a good idea for a new Stones compilation album

    • @flynnlizzy5469
      @flynnlizzy5469 Месяц назад

      Name it 'FILTH'. I'm a Stones fan for life so not meant as a put down.

  • @kenjohnston1257
    @kenjohnston1257 Месяц назад +1

    The fact that so many listeners are contributing suggestions that missed the list is a testament to the greatness of the Rolling Stones

  • @encoreunefois1X
    @encoreunefois1X Месяц назад +3

    "Parachute woman, join me for a ride / will you blow me out? Well my heavy throbber's itchin just to lay a solid rhythm down." Good heavens! Matron!

  • @jc3605
    @jc3605 Месяц назад +3

    Thanks for creating a playlist for me. Great tracks.

  • @stephensimpson1613
    @stephensimpson1613 2 месяца назад +12

    I don't agree at all. The lyrics can just as easily be interpreted as ironic, a commentary on the genuinely terrifying world around us. You surely don't mean that Jagger identifies with the scarred old slaver who rapes the girls? Isn't the absurdly macho stance a central trope of the blues? Part of the thrill of these songs is in their ambiguity, the potential for differing interpretations. I'm much more offended by the bland music and unimaginative lyrics of the later Stones stuff.

    • @mattrogers1946
      @mattrogers1946 2 месяца назад

      Of course, Mick doesn't think that. Nowadays, we live in an age of snowflakes, SJWs, and Cancel Culture. Swell...

    • @butchjohnson9736
      @butchjohnson9736 Месяц назад

      I don't thinkl there is a lot of ambiguity in these songs, but I agree that these were different times that shouldn't be sanitized. But the Stones have in the last few decades curated their image to steer away from controversy to keep the money rolling in, so it is no surprise to me.

    • @flynnlizzy5469
      @flynnlizzy5469 Месяц назад

      I think you can trace the decline of Jaggers testosterone level just by reading his lyrics. Its why almost all rock bands eventually lose their mojo as they age.

  • @giordanodimarzo4205
    @giordanodimarzo4205 Месяц назад +2

    Art , in any form , should not be censored

  • @denisem6790
    @denisem6790 2 месяца назад +4

    Unreleased but easily found - Andrew's Blues (song about Andrew Oldham's antics). Can't write those lyrics here! (the other songs - I just found funny - Stones always have a great sense of humor)

  • @pampossum9431
    @pampossum9431 2 месяца назад +3

    Ben should check out some Zappa, that would send him into meltdown.

  • @lionheartroar3104
    @lionheartroar3104 2 месяца назад +3

    Stones are the ultimate rock punks. Love the video 👍👍

  • @marymargaretmoore9034
    @marymargaretmoore9034 Месяц назад +1

    There are a few more including "Casino Boogie" and "Stray Cat Blues."

  • @spongerubbertower
    @spongerubbertower 2 месяца назад +1

    When you showed the cover of Aftermath I thought immediately of Stupid Girl which really is self explanatory. I find Under My Thumb to be a jolly tune with Brian's marimbas accompaniment. Star Star so disgusting that Joan Jett covered it. Stray Cat Blues is one of the first I thought of. Still all these pale into insignificance compared to the blues records of the 20s and 30s and the vocal group records in the 50s. I once played Cocksuckers Ball by The Clovers and Jail Bait by Andre Williams to a Beatles fan who was horrified that such records existed before they'd even played a skiffle tune. He thought the 1950s was like an episode of Happy Days haha!

  • @drothberg3
    @drothberg3 Месяц назад +1

    Brown Sugar may be the Stones’ greatest song, and I find it upsetting that Jagger goes along with all the people who just don’t get it. The Stones used their persona as rock’s bad boys to purposely cross lines of propriety and highlight society’s hypocrisies and have fun doing it. Yes, it celebrates interracial sex, but the focus on slavery highlights the fact that slavery involved sexual abuse and that it might guiltily turn on some listeners, and that all of that forms a backdrop to interracial dynamics today. Brilliant. And, by the way, it’s killer musically. I played and sang it at my bar mitzvah party, having no thought of what it was about. It was just cool and I loved it!

  • @lawrencejhutchinson
    @lawrencejhutchinson 2 месяца назад +2

    Love all those songs! Brown Sugar was about Claudia Lennear (Bowie wrote Lady Grinning Soul about her). And Steve McQueen was thrilled to be name checked on Star Star. Sod the critics!

  • @sixstringmetal8559
    @sixstringmetal8559 2 месяца назад +7

    As soon as i started the video i knew star star would be number 1. Lol

  • @ErnestIII83
    @ErnestIII83 2 месяца назад +7

    Surprised Stray Cat Blues wasn't listed.

    • @classicalbum
      @classicalbum  2 месяца назад +4

      It makes my list, I mention it at the end

    • @ErnestIII83
      @ErnestIII83 2 месяца назад

      @@classicalbum Oh. I did see your video until the end. Guess my mind was distracted at that point. Ha.

  • @TBonzzz
    @TBonzzz 2 месяца назад +5

    I knew Star Star would be #1! What a lyrically raunchy, yet musically excellent tune. ⭐️ ⭐️
    However, I would have put Stray Cat Blues on this list over Under My Thumb. Again, musically excellent with disturbing lyrics.
    Another outstanding classic rock assessment as usual sir! 👍🏼

  • @davehandelman2832
    @davehandelman2832 2 месяца назад +2

    They can blah blah the Stones all day: they don't care. And neither do we!

  • @arthurgordon6072
    @arthurgordon6072 2 месяца назад +3

    Even though I gave a 'thumbs up', I m not sure if I 'enjoyed' this video. As a very long time Stones fan, I fully understand art. All these songs, and many more, are part of my life. I haven't become some sort of misogynist because of them. It's all just Rock 'n' Roll buddy!

  • @Gaeton_Dugas
    @Gaeton_Dugas 2 месяца назад +13

    Young people today seem to have the same morals as Mary Whitehouse

    • @jameslaird9924
      @jameslaird9924 2 месяца назад +2

      The new puritans

    • @SpaceCattttt
      @SpaceCattttt Месяц назад +2

      Indeed. I was given an earful the other day because I admitted to finding it hilarious when Roger Moore (as James Bond) would slap a girl's bottom while delivering a flawless one-liner and a majestic raised eyebrow. Apparently, this made me a "propagandist tool for the patriarchy"!

    • @africanfartingfrog
      @africanfartingfrog Месяц назад

      Ha ha, charade you are

    • @brendandevoy8178
      @brendandevoy8178 Месяц назад

      @@SpaceCattttt liberals today seem to be so illiberal

  • @Dan147Danny
    @Dan147Danny 6 дней назад

    4 of these 5 songs are some of my favourite Rolling Stones songs. Unashamedly so. Never apologise for great art.

  • @spoon072000
    @spoon072000 2 месяца назад +1

    It's just the best music to get you moving; feeling every note and chord. I'll keep listening and some will hurl the -ists and -isms at me. I'll grab the volume knob and turn it up!

  • @Doug_Piranha
    @Doug_Piranha 2 месяца назад +8

    My favourite Stones song, "Stray Cat Blues", might have some naughty lyrics. 😯

  • @publiusking8004
    @publiusking8004 Месяц назад

    Great commentary and thanks.
    Also doesn't hurt that our host resembles the excellent Charles Dance.

  • @thorsden5562
    @thorsden5562 Месяц назад

    I've been a RS fan for about 50 years and I don't disagree with what you had to say. I enjoyed your episode.

  • @wiltswonder
    @wiltswonder 2 месяца назад

    Great video, would be interesting to see you do a non Stones angle video of so called disgusting songs chosen by yourself perhaps?

  • @RogerGriffiths-nj3ro
    @RogerGriffiths-nj3ro 2 месяца назад +4

    The Stones covered I'm a King Bee in 1964. This was written by Slim Harpo in the 50's so it was going on long before they wrote there own songs. It's a great song but I guess this bloke whoever he is would object to this to

    • @rumblehat4357
      @rumblehat4357 2 месяца назад

      It’s like these people just discovered something but never did any research about history before it, just to complain. Plenty of old songs used alliteration. For example, Ice Cream Man was not about ice cream.

  • @fittobetiedyed5315
    @fittobetiedyed5315 2 месяца назад +4

    Rock N Roll is often about girls, cars and drugs from a sexually charged male point of view. Historically, its always been juxtaposed to Western sensibilities and social mores. The Stones weren't trend setters here and really didn't do what others haven't done across all art forms over the centuries.

  • @hansvandermeulen5515
    @hansvandermeulen5515 2 месяца назад +4

    Frank Zappa would be asked about his sexist lyrics from time to time.
    He was usually quick to point out that Mick Jagger's lyrics can be more sexist than anything Zappa ever wrote.

    • @butchjohnson9736
      @butchjohnson9736 Месяц назад +1

      Itr's not really a good argument to find someone who is worse than you, but with Zappa sarcasm and cynicism was obvious. Mick Jagger lived his image.

    • @SpaceCattttt
      @SpaceCattttt Месяц назад +1

      I love Frank, but his attitude towards groupies and sex leaves me cold. Never mind that he had a wife and four kids at home, he saw nothing wrong
      with sleeping around with girls on his tours. In fact, he viewed sex as nothing more serious than coffee and cigarettes, and he often referred to it as "food".
      When touring with one of his best bands in 1973-74, he would complain about how boring this particular group of musicians were because they went to
      bed early and didn't want to have any "fun". Now, normally, Frank would fire anyone who used drugs and partied too hard to be able to play his music perfectly, but somehow, he made an exception when it came to sleeping around. That was perfectly OK.
      I've always felt it was very hypocritical of him to treat people like cattle in this way, while at the same time expecting them to live by his rules.
      I mean, yeah, you can have sex and still perform the music (unlike with too many drugs) but are drugs really that much worse than promiscuous sex?
      Especially when you're married?

    • @hansvandermeulen5515
      @hansvandermeulen5515 Месяц назад

      Sure, FZ wS a sexist and hs did turn his wife into N enabler so he could take groupies home from tour and keep 'em in his basement.
      His wife accepted his every whim (she didn't want to be left alone with her children).
      So, there's that.
      FZ was also totallyconsumed by music and his style of music requires a very spdciL skillset including VERY tight playing.
      He wouldn't get a good performance fro people that are intoxicated.
      Also, anyone who didn't like the level of discipline required was free to leave at anytime.

    • @splankhoon
      @splankhoon Месяц назад

      @@SpaceCattttt I really wouldn't compare drugs to sex. You can never get that stoned out of your mind on natural endorfines that you can't play your parts anymore like you said. :-) It's not like he forced anybody. FZ was very candid about it all. Most rock stars were doing just the same, but they covered it up more. Never judge what you don't know. The bass player from Saxon (UK band) once said something like : "In America, we had these girls coming on the bus. You'd try and talk to them but before you knew what was happening they were saying hello to the top of your lengths." Nowadays everything is put in boxes of predators and victims. Bruce Dickinson said: "Twenty-one years old. Let loose in North-America. What do you think?" In the sixties the doors of experimentation flew wide open. You can't expect all the rusty, conventionalities just to disappear at the drop of a hat. So, it was mostly a boys game but it's not like every woman was a poor victim. Zappa said: "I like to get laid." So, there you have it. If he's obnoxious about towards his wife, it's their thing to sort out. It's not like Gail didn't know how he rolled.

    • @SpaceCattttt
      @SpaceCattttt Месяц назад

      @@splankhoon Well, you certainly seem OK with it...

  • @marcoesquandolez4737
    @marcoesquandolez4737 2 месяца назад +3

    Everyone is sooooo sensitive these days! I wonder what happens when this guy discovers hip-hop

  • @eltorpedo67
    @eltorpedo67 6 дней назад

    I always thought Under My Thumb was meant to be a portrayal of a guy who talks tough and is full of bluster in front of his friends but then backs down and submits to his woman when she's around. I think the "Take it easy baby, take it easy baby..." during the song's outro was a clue. A bit of contrite pleading to his girlfriend as she walked in and heard him talking s***.

  • @bobgordon236
    @bobgordon236 2 месяца назад +2

    Stray Cat Blues is by far the most 'frisky' Stones song. Stupid Girl a distant second !

  • @gsdfan8455
    @gsdfan8455 Месяц назад

    My Dad and his friends referred to the Stones as The Rolling Uglies when they first came out.

  • @TZ1000-zu7ki
    @TZ1000-zu7ki Месяц назад

    Before the video started I guessed 4 of the 5 choices. Brand New Car was the one I missed, which is not very memorable. My other choice was Stupid Girl. The title pretty much by itself should get it a spot on the list. The actual lyrics are icing on the cake.

  • @TPOrchestra
    @TPOrchestra 3 дня назад

    The last Stones album I bought was "Aftermath" in the late sixties. I thought it sucked and never bothered with another. A friend liked "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" and bought the album. I asked him how it was and he said, "It sucks." I guess some things never change. That being said, I thought "Satisfaction" deserved its no.1 ranking on many lists.

  • @nigelh4617
    @nigelh4617 Месяц назад +1

    Jagger "sporting a face like a chewed toffee".
    😆

  • @martinwatson5438
    @martinwatson5438 2 месяца назад +2

    I see from his bio that Ben Forest graduated from the University of Leeds with a BA in Journalism in 2023. Like hes going to understand the Rolling Stones? Silly boy

  • @johncollier9280
    @johncollier9280 2 месяца назад +1

    When I saw the title o' this post my immediate thought was whether or not Stray Cat Blues would make the #1 position. I was perplexed by it's total emission from the list. Then you mentioned it at the end as another possible inclusion. As much as I love Stray Cat Blues it is certainly a prime example o' o'er the top sexual decadence...

  • @jvblhc
    @jvblhc Месяц назад

    I subscribed! Sorry it too me so long! I never liked Star F***er, but Brown Suger is still in my top ten Stones songs.

  • @stevewalker206
    @stevewalker206 2 месяца назад +3

    Enjoyed this.
    Can you do a similar video about The Carpenters?

    • @saulschlapik6818
      @saulschlapik6818 Месяц назад

      That's a REALLY offensive band!

    • @africanfartingfrog
      @africanfartingfrog Месяц назад

      Superstar is actually a somewhat dirty song

    • @anthonycraig1458
      @anthonycraig1458 Месяц назад

      Yes although they cleaned up the lyrics to Superstar from the original version.

  • @alexbowman7582
    @alexbowman7582 2 месяца назад +3

    Surely number one has to be Cocksuckers Blues a Stones song recorded as a contractural obligated single.

    • @drlarrymitchell
      @drlarrymitchell 2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you!

    • @MrKelleyzinho
      @MrKelleyzinho Месяц назад +1

      Yes! But even this throwaway is a dramatic song that works.

  • @PROWLERS1
    @PROWLERS1 Месяц назад

    Before I watched this video, I decided to see if I could guess the top 5. I did pretty good. I guessed 3.5 out of 5. One of the songs I guessed was not in the official 5, but at the end he mentioned it as an additional possibility (it was Stray Cat Blues). So I gave myself half a point for that one. Here they are in the order I thought of them, and my #1 is the same as their #1...
    1 Starf**ker
    2 Some Girls
    3 Brown Sugar
    4 Midnight Rambler
    5 Stray Cat Blues

  • @stevearmin5346
    @stevearmin5346 Месяц назад

    Thank God I'm old enough to remember what it was like before we became so soft as a society and everything became "cringeworthy."

  • @joepickett7084
    @joepickett7084 Месяц назад +1

    You forgot "Hey Negrita" on the Black and Blue album

  • @SH-ud8wd
    @SH-ud8wd 2 месяца назад +1

    Remember their Percy the plastic Phallus?
    Some Girls: The sleazy and sweaty title tune, a sexual tour with everything under the sun (Greil Marcus).

  • @ianramage1593
    @ianramage1593 2 месяца назад +1

    To each his own. I like what I like and make no apologies for it. Most of those songs were written many years ago, when most people were not offended by almost everything.

  • @kbstabs5982
    @kbstabs5982 2 месяца назад

    Another very interesting analysis!

  • @expressoevangelism80
    @expressoevangelism80 Месяц назад

    The time where they were into their ‘Sympathy with the Devil,’ seemed to be quite relevant in terms with what they seemed to be going through when the employed Hells Angels as enforcers for their concert where one guy got murdered.
    I suppose what one considers as disgusting. There’s a lot to go on.

  • @pindowskivich
    @pindowskivich Месяц назад

    Our parents thought our music was disgusting. Now our kids do too. Glad I grew up in the70's. Best music ever. Don't go away mad...just go away.

  • @paulmckinney8141
    @paulmckinney8141 2 месяца назад

    Thanks, Ben. I have a few new songs to investigate.

  • @johnnythefox9830
    @johnnythefox9830 2 месяца назад

    I had a copy of goats head soup on tape and for years i thought mick was singing 'papas star' . Bit of a shock when i found out what the real lyrics were. 😅

  • @CousinCreepy
    @CousinCreepy Месяц назад

    I remember my mom lunging for the car radio when she heard the chorus to Sweet Virginia - all it did was stoke my fascination with this amazing band and couldn't wait to spend my allowance on the LP.

  • @martinwatson5438
    @martinwatson5438 2 месяца назад +2

    Im sorry to disappoint Ben, but the 'past is a different country' argument is perfectly valid. The whole of society was different and really didnt see a problem with the lyrics of these songs. Why does he need the Stones to be moral crusaders? They were and are the greatest rock and roll band in the world. Isnt that enough?

  • @TheAlbumReviewGuy
    @TheAlbumReviewGuy 2 месяца назад +1

    Very interesting look at some dodgy work. Was it ever considered in good taste bearing in mind the subject matter?

  • @serioustoday
    @serioustoday Месяц назад

    I was waiting for that last one. Only heard it one time on FM in 1977.

  • @thunderdeed1
    @thunderdeed1 2 месяца назад

    Sir your quotes are the greatest!!

  • @JimmyRJump
    @JimmyRJump 2 месяца назад

    These are the videos I dislike the most. Because I am not interested in someone else's "top" whatever. It is THEIR top whatever, not mine. Therefor, I won't watch this video, but I did give it a thumbs-up. I saw the Stones three times in one week at the Feyenoord Football Stadium (De Kuip) in Rotterdam in 1982. Openers were George Thorogood and the J. Geils Band. None of the songs came across as "disgusting", not to me anyway. This is not to dis Classic Album Review's opinion, because he's right. Or at least, there's no reason for anybody to say he's wrong. His opinion is justified, just because it's his opinion. That anyone agrees or disagrees doesn't matter. Cheerio lad. Best wishes and greetings from Belgium.

  • @kbob1163
    @kbob1163 2 месяца назад +1

    How did "Stray Cat Blues" not make that list?

  • @aminahmed2220
    @aminahmed2220 2 месяца назад

    Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

  • @dockerdave
    @dockerdave Месяц назад

    Glad you mentioned Stray Cat Blues as I'm surprised it's not in there, given it's an ode to the joys of sex with a 15yo groupie. Still, they were different times...

  • @stephensuddick1896
    @stephensuddick1896 2 месяца назад +1

    Disgusting, like in a good way? Yep.

  • @HowieChaney
    @HowieChaney Месяц назад

    Stray Cat Blues makes all these songs look tame but somehow gets ignored 😂

  • @jonathansteadman7935
    @jonathansteadman7935 Месяц назад +1

    Interviewer : why Some Girls
    Keef : coz I forgot all their fuckin names.

  • @paulnmaurice8852
    @paulnmaurice8852 2 месяца назад

    They where with the times, like many other bands ! Thanks !

  • @KHoltzie
    @KHoltzie Месяц назад

    I’m still sour that they took ‘Brown Sugar’ off of their current setlist-I still blast it in my house haha… it’s time we BROKE WOKE in this goddamn country! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @1sttvbn
    @1sttvbn Месяц назад

    It’s been going on since forever. Take a listen to the old “Louvin Brothers” song “Knoxville Girl”.

  • @PhilSmithRHR
    @PhilSmithRHR 2 месяца назад +1

    I’m amazed that Stray Cat Blues didn’t make the list: it’s much worse than some of those lyrically.