This is the best Era of the Stones... Keith writing prolifically in open G tuning, Mick Taylor embellishing incredibly, Bobby Keys on sax... so good.

From 1968 to 1971 they made 4 of the greatest rock and roll/ country/ blues albums ever.. starting with Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile On Main Street … just killer music…

I'm 64 yes old. These reaction videos with young people listening to these songs and talking about them, have me appreciate these artist way more than I ever did before. Thank you soooo much!!!

One of my fav Stone's songs, YES! "Throw me down them keys" He's trying to get in her apartment to get some y'all. Lol

You just can't beat the early 70s , it was all these great bands trying to outdo one another . the music that came from that time was so good ! I'm so lucky to have grown up in that time , seen some of these bands . look how much you're enjoying hearing this only once - just wait till you hear it hundreds of times ,it gets better and better

Interesting history for this part song--- the 2nd half, the instrumental jam was unplanned, it was just a few of them left in the studio who kept playing. The engineer kept recording, and when the rest of the band heard it, they liked it so much, they decided to keep it on the track..

Great reaction Asia & BJ! Can't You Hear Me Knocking has one of the greatest instrumental grooves from the duo of guitarist Mick Tyler and sax player Bobby Keys. And yes, the Rolling Stones are steeped in the blues!

No doubt the most moving grove ever written hands down! The dynamics are off the hook!

That opening guitar riff is infectious!! So good! 👍

One of the greatest from them and the jam for the second part of the song was a happy surprise as they just ablibbed the jam with the tape rolling. Bobby Keys on sax is just fire and will always be remembered. Try Midnight Rambler, another Stones classic. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶

If I'm not mistaken, the instrumental part of this song after Mick's singing was done as an impromptu jam session that was so good that they decided to use it on the record. Amazing. The driving guitar work throughout the song is by the incomparable Keith Richard. The lead is by Mick Taylor. Wow

This is prime Rolling Stones when Mick Taylor was the lead guitarist, that is when they did their best work.

You can't kill a good groove like that.... You gotta let it flow... The greatest sax player in rock Bobby Keys.... With Mick Taylor on guitar..... Some great jazz rock... My favorite Rolling Stones song

"That guitar", that is Keith at his nastiest.🎸

All the early rockers had to listen to growing up was blues, jazz, bluegrass, big band and maybe something else. So that's where they got their influences from. For me, Rock n Roll means a combination of Rock, (electric pick ups, amps, distortion, etc.), and everything thing else is the Roll. Rock and Roll. That's just how I feel. Every RnR song has some elements of other genres - otherwise it's called soft rock and that kinda sucks. Lol

Bobby Keys..the sax man ..became a staple of the touring Stones from the 70's throughout the 2000"s..funny he was from a one horse town in Texas.

As a teen, this was one of my favourite Stones tunes. It’s hard to imagine the world when this was a hit, but I do remember it. And you are right, you would hear them on the radio all the time. Thanks for the reaction.

What a tune. It's one their top 5 tunes .... and a Stones fans favourite.

One of my favorite songs from one of the best groups on planet Earth. This album “Sticky Fingers” from 1971 is one of their best period. They were running on 8 cylinders then. Full tilt

This is the song that made me a Rolling Stones fan.

The opening riff is the reason i started playing guitar.

Guys you mentioned that Rock and Roll is engrained in the Blues, and you have just touched upon the history and reality behind the Stones and their music. Along with the fact of how Rock and Roll music evolved into the mainstream music genre of today. The genesis of Rock and Roll is the Blues, which are what you are hearing here and in most of the Stones music. The Delta Blues and the brilliance that they created was admired and respected by the masses for the first half of the 20th century. Jazz too was the African-American creation that was instantly embraced by all who were lucky enough to hear it. The entire reason for the success of Rock and Roll was 100% the result of the Delta Blues masters. The young generation of the’50’s were able to buy records and become enlightened by the brilliant music they heard. I was born in NYC in’65 and was not exposed to the level of abhorrent behavior that was prevalent throughout the entire South before I first started to visit Memphis on business trips in the’90’s. I was taught about the Civil Rights movement and the Jim Crowe ridiculous policies that were enforced previously to my own personal visit to Memphis. I was always confused by the fact that my favorite bands were British. I absolutely love the Blues to lend context here. Led Zeppelin, the Stones, Eric Clapton are my favorites. My favorite business trips were always to Memphis so I could get to hear the greatest blues music on any and every night on Beale Street. So on a quiet Tuesday night after having dinner with colleagues, we went into a small bar to hear the music. Always had the music playing been top notch, and the band had just started playing one of my favorite songs, that I knew from my fandom of Led Zeppelin. I enthusiastically followed every single word and note that the band was playing, and noticed a huge fan nearby who was doing the same. He was an older man, but just as much engaged with the song and band. I am a huge history buff, and pride myself in fully understanding and researching all aspects of history. Social history is an integral component that cannot be overlooked, as the proper context is always present in any social history. Now I was given the wake up lesson that has had the most profound effect of my historical understanding. I turned to the guy who was near me also enjoying the song that was just played and said “hey, they just did a great Led Zeppelin cover of that song”, what transpired was a history lesson that I absolutely needed, and one that everyone needs, including Asia and BJ. After I said that to this older man (he is white and so am I), so leaned forward towards me so that I could fully hear him and appreciate what he was about to school me about. This were his words…” You don’t know that that legendary song is not a Led Zeppelin song? The version that you know is a cover of a Blues Master, just as a good portion of their catalog of great songs. Any other great song they created was a direct result of their homage to their love for the Delta Blues masters”. I told this man that I did not know this historical fact, and that all of my favorite bands were British, and I always thought that was odd. He told me that my curiosity about the British favoritism I had was spot on. I asked how that could be, and the next comments blew my mind and still do. He went on to say “You are not crazy for wondering why you favor the British bands”…back in the early days of R&R the American bands that played the Bluesy songs were not “allowed” to be played on any Radio station in the country because they were considered “too black”….but if any British bands had songs that were Blues based were allowed to get played because it was then considered “British music “…So you can absolutely hear the Blues Based music of the Stones or Led Zeppelin and so many other bands that were not American. This piece of social history that I was able to learn by way of happenstance that random evening in Memphis has resonated with me in a profound way ever since. I view so many things with a different perspective now and want to share my experience with others.

This is Rock and Roll with all its influences and you are supposed to get lost in it. ❤️✌️

The Blues and Jazz had a baby and named it Rock and Roll 🎸. Rolling Stones is a song title they “borrowed” from an old Muddy Waters song 🎶… and that’s as blue as you can get!

Another one from this time period is Give it to Me by the J. Geils band . I think you'll enjoy it

one of their best known songs but also check out their reggae song "Send It To Me", their funk song "Hey Negrita", their disco song "Dance Part 1", their blues song "Hide Your Love" their gospel song "Shine A Light".

Sticky Fingers is the perfect album. You have stuff like this, the Otis Redding/soul inspired “I Got the Blues”, the country rock of “Wild Horses” and “Dead Flowers”, hard rockers like “Bitch” and “Sway”, and what is to me the best song off the album, the epic ballad “Moonlight Mile”. They were fun, soulful, exhilarating, and gut-wrenching all at once.

One of the greatest grooves of all time. Mick Taylor on lead guitar, Billy Preston on organ, Bobby Keys on sax. The Stones always bring it! Next time play it all the way through.

WHOA!!! I loved this one, too! especially, Bobby Keys on Sax!! much talent!

5:30 the magic sax ….. RIP B Keys

This is my favourite song by the Stones. It was apparently just a jam session and they decided to put in on the LP. Excellent song all around from start to finish.

One of my favorite Stones songs. Ugh. F’n great. Bobby Keys on sax. RIP

Country and the blues had a baby and it was rock and roll. All the British invasion bands started out playing blues. Beatles, stones,kinks,yardbirds,who ,zeppelin ect.

"Rock n' Roll" started with influences from blues, jazz/big band, and country basically. As various subgenres of rock developed, there has been influences from many traditional styles, even classical. Whether it's "Rock" or not depends on whether it rocks... or not.

I saw the Rolling Stones 2x..awesome concerts..you guys grew up in the wrong era of music..at least you're listening now when music was real and so were the musicians I was born in 1961 I got to experience this new

I always thought this was one of the more interesting songs of theirs. It sounds like them and it doesn’t. I can’t explain it. I guess it doesn’t matter, it’s one of my favorites of theirs!

One of your best reviews to date in my book.. you guys are picking up a lot of the nuances and influences that made people refer to the Stones as the World's greatest rock and roll band. Good job...

The Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the world always was and always will be I love the Stones my favorite band this song is just so muddy and gritty.

Asia & BJ, you’ll love their "Honky Tonk Women", "Jumpin Jack Flash" and "Angie"!!!

Early rock (60’s), and specially The Rolling Stones, was heavily influenced by the blues. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, who knew each other previously, bumped into each other on a train and Mick (who grew up in an upper middle class family) had some blues records with him, which Keith (who had less financial means) was completely infatuated with. They both shared their live for American blues music and eventually formed a band. The rest is history, which is still continuing today. They are rock royalty for sure.

This song is one of my all time favorite Rolling Stones songs and there are so many. Its so beautiful to me.

"The blues had a baby and named it Rock and Roll"

All the blues players were touring England back then. Completely influenced who back then were kids... Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton on n on... they all made there bones in the blues clubs of London influenced by Robert Johnson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe.. who could play the clubs there fairly. Also Chuck Berry, Bo Didley, Little Richard etc. Those guys picked it up n feed it back to us in America thru the British Invasion (who alwaysgave credit to those who inspired them)... sadly wasn't till 80s those early American blues players started getting the recognition in the USA they deserved. I love them all 🙂

Saw a Stones at '75. With Mick Taylor ! And the saxophone. Then Ronnie Wood played at Kingdome '81.

Asia and BJ, you are doing a great thing for classic rock n roll. Keep it up Soul Cats, we appreciate it !! Today's music has to Evolve and we must be students of music and Art.

Why are the songs so long? Music was everything. No internet. No cell phones. No access to millions of free songs of your choosing… Music was an experience. To sit in your bedroom, turn the lights off, put on some headphones…. that was a great time. Back then you’d just kick back and listen to music for hours. Read the record jackets. Who wrote the which songs, who was the producer, the engineer. Read the list of “thank you”. Music was so much more than just hit play.

The "Stones" have loved and played the blues since their early days. Of course, there were always more musical aspects, but the roots were Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf and of course Chuck Berry with his rock 'n roll riffs. And that's exactly what inspired Keith Richards (the man of riffs). If you like this song you have to hear "Sister Morphine" or "Dead Flowers" a country inspired song from the same album. And some songs from the album "Black and Blue" like "Melody" or "Hey Negrita". One of the most underrated Stones albums. Sorry for the very long comment but I like the Stones and I got so much vinyl records and have seen so much performances from them...;-) Best wishes @all from hamburg (germany)

This is one of the best songs ever! The sax solo and guitar solo are awesome at the end!

THANKS ,good music,energy,,,and Rock & Roll.

The Amazing 70's glad I was there!

Of course, rock and roll wouldn't exist without blues, jazz, country, gospel, and all forms of Americana. Naturally, rock and roll evolved into other areas and expanded as a musical genre.

That riff is legendary..

Next idea for a Stones tune: 'Time Waits for No One'! Mick Taylor guitar virtuoso extraordinaire!

Early rock and roll developed from blues, rhythm and blues, jazz, boogie woogie, country, gospel, etc. Meanwhile, in the 50s and 60s youth in Britain discovered American blues and fell in love with it. It was kind of an underground thing, but it hugely inspired people like Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Mick Jagger and many others, who formed various bands that became part of the "British Invasion." Many of the British guitar greats learned to play by playing blues records over and over and trying to imitate what they heard. So the rock music they developed was heavily blues based, sometimes basically just electrified blues with more overdrive. These bands in turn influenced American bands from the era. The old blues artists themselves had their careers resurrected and became more popular than ever thanks to the British bands. So yes, rock as we know it definitely has roots in the blues. Even early heavy metal, like Black Sabbath or early Judas Priest had a lot of blues elements, though metal later developed down different tracks.

BB King said the Blues had a baby and they named her Rock N Roll !!!

Rock comes from the Blues. What you listened to here is a Latin beat, a jazzy Latin beat . It's what makes you wanna dance and it's the reason it reminds you of Santana. The Stones were heavily influenced, in the beginning, by the music from America, Blues. They came up listening to the old pure Blues of Muddy Waters, Blind Blake and Robert Johnson (from Robert they got the song Love in Vain). Many of the Bluesmen were around in the 30s. The Blues came directly from the slaves and then it developed into Jazz, when it hit the big cities, like Chicago and New Orleans . Rock hit it big in the 50s, from Blues and Country (listen to the early Elvis) . Basically, he was a country boy singing to Souped up versions of country songs, like "It's Alright Mama" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky".

The Rolling Stones got their name from a Muddy Waters' record called Rolling Stone. The late Brian Jones, the original leader of the band, came up with the name.

The Stones were a blues rock band. Where some rock bands were like the Beatles, pop, or also country rock. Rock was a mash up of genres.

The fact that the whole part after the initial 2 minutes is an accidentally recorded jam is awesome

One of their best songs! I think it’s their only song that was predominately instrumental. great

Stones were huge for several decades and still performing although they had to replace their drummer may he RIP.

Bobby Keys was their go to sax player, not really a band member but brought in for give a tour extra sound. They were in their heydays during this song and are even out trying to play now though Jagger is 80. Oh well, quality can call their tune, can retire when they choose.

Stones hit lots of genres, but were always unique!!!😎😎😎😎

heard this song so many times and never thought of the Carlos Santana vibe but u are right !!

Grew up in the 70's but I could never get into the Stones, I was a Zep girl! However....this song is fantastic! Sax is killer! Monkey Man is another good one! Great choice!

Rock is a genre that contains many subgenres Rock uses every form of music they can pull from

In the 60s the TV show Shindig wanted the Rolling Stones to come on but they refused unless the show let the blues legend Howlin' Wolf open for them. It was the first time a black blues legend was on TV. They loved the blues masters, that's what they wanted the world to know.

Rock is born from the Blues, and all the English musicians went to Memphis and the Mississippi Delta to pay homage to the true masters of the real Blues and most importantly learn from them. From traveling to Memphis many times (it is ground zero of the greatest music you can ever experience live), I was educated about how all the early Rock artists from England had been influenced by all the brilliance of the Mississippi Delta Blues. The Stones are absolutely an excellent example of what I learned about, as you listen to all of their early albums it is very evident that they were inspired by the Blues. And they were not the only ones who were inspired, listen to Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton and so many others.

Speaking of the Stones's influence and reach Keith I've read once said "There's the sun. There's the moon. And there's the Rolling Stones."

You are so right . They were all over the world playing and on the radio!

The extension at the end was totally improvised. It was not prearranged by the band before recording the song. Thus were the sixties my brothers and sisters!

The 2nd part of this song where it ventures in to a bluesy Santana style jam was not planned. It was literally an unanticipated jam that continued where the 1st part was originally supposed to stop. Glad they kept recording.......

My favorite Stones song. Great reaction.

"The English Invasion" of British Bands in the 60's was, these musicians re- introducing The Blues to American Audiences. The Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Cream, John Mayall, etc. Passed older blues albums around between them, and electrified the songs. Robert Johnson King of the Delta Blues, was a favorite of these bands. His songs, "Sweet Home Chicago" ,"Crossroads" etc became standards of Rock

On your own time listen to Beggar's Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, and Exile on Mainstreet. My favorite albums, because you can hear Gram Parsons' influence all over that era.

Hot rocks encapsulates the early Stones classic 3 min hits. Sticky fingers (This song) started a long trend to use the best session artist in the world same with The stones version of the beatles White Album with Exile on Mainstreet . The result was great jams and extended versions of earlier hits. Live album - you gotta listen to 70's Get Your Ya Yas Out. Entire LP is Epic, but in particular - Midnight Rambler and Sympathy for Devil. Completely revamped from studio version. Mick Taylor shied on this LP doing the more complex guitar solos.

That’s Mick Taylor on guitar at the end - best Stones lineup

after the Beatles broke up the Rolling Stones were the pre-eminent rock band in the world for about 3 years, so it did seem like they were everywhere like you said... up to and including their album Exile on Main Street.

After Santana's Masterpiece Release of Black Magic Woman in1970 mixing Rock & Latin Music The Rolling Stones released this Gem in 1971 with this iconic dirty rock guitar riff on haft the track and finished off with the smooth Latin Rock riff that if you did not know any better you would think it was Santana.

BJ - good call on the Santana reference. The second half of the song has a Santana feel which is the percussion and the lead guitar of Mick Taylor. The first half of the song is pure rock dominated by Keith Richards guitar

Everyone I knew had this album back in the day.

There's a beautiful natural flow to this song - one of their greatest, imo.

You guys need to react to the entire Sticky Fingers album, it’s in the top 10 greatest albums of all time,according to anyone that knows anything about music.

Absolutely comes out of 50’s and 60’s Blues and vintage R&B (NOT R&B as understood today, which is NOT R&B).

"y'all got cocaine eyes!" IMHO, Mick Taylor, out of the "Mayall Farm", was the Stones best Lead Guitarist!

I've loved this song since I was a teenager (now 60) and I always felt like the first half was down and dirty, in your face then when the percussion comes in alone it's like "alright, now, sit back and smoke this." And I agree with BJ that that part of the jam, the guitar is like a Santana solo.

From the movie “Blow”(Johnny Depp). An addict trying to get the attention of the dealer, and the dealer/addicts all around this town.

Recorded in the legendary Muscle Shoals studios in Alabama. If you ever get the chance, check out the documentary “Muscle Shoals”. Fantastic film.

my favorite Stones song , it's so dirty and sexy. The saying is The blues had a baby and called it rock & roll

This Stones song is SO FUNKY; it's a tie for my favorite; the other is "Monkey Man" 🔥 I love how you both felt the growl and the smoothness of this one! ❤

One of my favorite Stones songs.

"The Blues had a baby and they called it Rock and Roll"

Off one of Rock and Roll’s greatest Albums. Mick Taylor who plays the Lead and Solo guitar work on this song was only 21 or 22 years old . Mind blowing . Sounds like he is making so easy.

Mick Taylor played the second half of the song's solo.

Bobby Keys! RIP gone but not forgotten.

Swing jazz morphed into rock and roll.

The Blues had a baby, and they named it Rock and Roll

The long songs are part of the grooviness, Hendrix, Cream Iron Butterfly, In agaga davida. The Trip, dig !!

Gotta turn this one up to 11!

This track was recorded in 1969-70. Mick Taylor on guitar, great blues guitarist who before the Stones played with John Mayall's Blues Breakers. Taylor wrote the second half jazz jam, and never got a writer's credit on the song. Taylor put the same feel in the song "Fingerprint File" in 1974, Taylor left the band after that record.