Perhaps THE greatest jam of all time. And, yes, a jam. The song ended. The band didn't. They kept going.

From the 1971 album Sticky Fingers. Recorded in London, spring of 1970 Mick Jagger - vocals Keith Richards - Rhythm/Lead guitar Mick Taylor - Lead/Rhythm guitar Bill Wyman - Bass guitar Charlie Watts - Drums featuring: Bobby Keys - Sax Billy Preston - Organ/Keys Rocky Dijon - Congas Jimmy Miller - additional percussions In interviews, Mick Taylor and Keith Richards described the last half jam was exactly that, a Jam Session. The Tape was still rolling because the song was suppose to fade out but Taylor kept going and by accident it became a thing after other musicians picked up their instruments again and joined back in, all while the tape was still recording. The Jam was an unplanned continuation of the actual song and all done in One Take. Keep in mind, the Stones are the original bad boys of Rock that started in 1962 and part of the British Invasion along with the Beatles. They are longest running band in history still recording and touring today. Covid cut their 2020 US tour short but plans to continue when things open up more. The Rolling Stones are true pioneers of modern Rock & Roll

Keith Richards said the song was supposed to end after the first part, but the tape was still rolling, and Bobby Keys (saxophone) kept playing, so they let it play out. An accident like that only happens with great players who are fearless and know each other & their instruments well.

Mick Taylor is definitely one of the most underrated Guitarists of all time ever.

I’ve heard this song at least hundreds of times, and I almost always hear something new. So much going on at such a high level. Masterpiece.

This album turns 50 on April 23. Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main Street, and Goatshead Soup. That's a run of five studio albums that is hard to top.

This rabbit hole runs deep. Keep digging brother, you're just scraping the surface.

Any song Mick Taylor plays on is awesome. He elevated the band to greatness.

Stones are great "gimme shelter", "sympathy for the devil", "miss you", "waiting on a friend" so many others

The Stones rarely disappoint, but this period, bet. '69 to '74, with Mick Taylor on lead guitar is hands down their best period..And, in particular, this song!..It's my favorite Stones song...I have been listening to this song for 50 years, and it is still as fresh today, as it was the very first time I heard it..It doesn't have the ability to age.

When you consider that the jam at the end is live improv.....just mind blowing. Especially the greatest rock sax man of them all, Bobby Keys doing his thing.

This song came out when I was in junior high...The best teacher I ever had was my math teacher Mr. Lee, a hard @ss Asian who would NOT tolerate not learning. Once a week he would play classic music and give us time to do assignments. I talked him into letting me bring in a song and this was the one I picked. Mr. Lee was impressed.

Rolling Stones gave all their props to the original Blues artists that inspired them to play the style that they developed. They are iconic and always kept it fresh.

It is songs like this that show why the Stones have been as big and popular as they are for as long as they have.

“Thank God I did this song last because I couldnt have been able to recover from this” sums it up perfectly

Filthy was the exact right word. Love to you Jay Rah.

The great thing is that the second half of the song is just a spontaneous jam session. They just left the tape running.

The Greatest Rock & Roll band in the world. In 2006 they had 1 million Brazilians come to their beach concert in Rio. It’s SICK how deservedly popular THE STONES are.

Charlie Watts is such a great drummer, plus he’s one of the nicest guys in all of rock ‘n roll. A perfect gentleman.

Nobody, but has laid down the quantity and quality of filthy grooves that the Stones have. If you like those filthy grooves, may I suggest Gimme Shelter, Sympathy for the Devil, Tumblin Dice, Midnight Rambler, Slave, Sister Morphine, Melody and It's Only Rock and Roll(but I like it) just to name a few.

There's a man who appreciates great music

This entire album is awesome

This is one of my favorite songs from the era when Mick Taylor was on lead guitar. Wild Horses from the same album is another banger.

For a guy who's never mentioned in the greatest guitarist discussion, Richards sure has a ton of saucy and iconic riffs.

They live up to the hype. They were the opposite of The Beatles’ ‘nice boys’ image in the 60s. They remained consistent throughout, but the 70s output is something else. Entire albums well worth your time, my friend!

Sympathy for the Devil, Gimme Shelter, Midnight Rambler, Monkey Man, Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) - can’t go wrong w any of these

I’ll never get tired of this song. Love the stones. Bobby Keys on Sax.

Song started with Keith's viscous guitar attack and Jagger's snarling vocal would finish it off. But. The Stones planned to end song at around the 2:40 mark and then guitarist Mick Taylor kept playing this fluid liquid solo and the rest of the band came back in...historic.

Gimme Shelter!! Merry Clayton's vocals are AMAZING.

Midnight Rambler from the live album “get yer ya yas out” is a good one. That whole album

Dude, now you know why I've seen them live 6 times.

Just an opinion here, thank you for keeping good music alive. You give people a chance, who might otherwise would never get to hear this music. Where are you going to hear this stuff? The radio, the T.V. that will never happen again.

Wore out this 8 Track back in the early 70s, driving back and forth to college. The whole album is great. Their best in my opinion.

My favorite song on my favorite Stones album. But to be clear, the entire album is one you can play over and over on repeat. So many great songs. Moonlight Mile is amazing.

Excellent song for one of the most iconic songs in the rock and pop music industry. Another fifty great songs to go Here are some of my favorite which I believe you will love,Paint It Black, Shine a Light,Mother’s Little Helper,SOME Girls,Angie,Beast of Burden,Wild Horse,Jumpin’ Jack Flash,Brown Sugar,Ruby Tuesday,Sympathy For The Devil, And Harlem Shuffle! You will love these songs! They have been together for 50 years!

Stones were straight up blues fans from howling wolf to muddy waters and interjected blues in rick and their sound along with remaking several blues tunes into stones hits. They are not just typical rock if you listen to the experimental sound and genres covered in their music.

It's wonderful to see the expression on the face of someone who's never heard a Stones' song change as soon as this song starts.

So to keep the Stones discovery going try ‘Monkey Man’ or ‘All Down The Line’ next. Both kick-ass rockers. They have beautiful ballads too- try Moonlight Mile or Torn and Frayed.

You picked a helluva song with which to start off your Stones career!! In my opinion, their best ever!!! And, instrumentally, Can't You Hear Me Knockin'? is the Rolling Stones' 2 best songs ever!!!!

Now you have to do "Sympathy for the Devil" and "Gimme Shelter" official lyric videos

Glad you finally came out from under the rock where you were living. One of their best songs as far as I’m concerned. I never get tired of listening to it.

Brilliant reaction. The instrumental second half to the song was just a studio jam as a coda to the song and they just kept the recording going. Mick Taylor is outstanding here.

Producer Jimmy Miller treated EVERY instrument as a rhythm instrument, even the vocals. It gave their tracks a whole pulse that no other band could copy. Like Sir George Martin with the Beatles; the right band with the right producer. ...and sax provided by the late and truly great Bobby Keys.

What an intro to The Stones! Hope you keep going....Moonlight Mile, Tumbling Dice (fantastic drums), and of course, You Can't Always Get What You Want. And if you do Sympathy for the Devil, I recommend the live version from the album Get Yer Ya Ya's Out - the groove is filthy!

Probably my favourite Stones song. Possibly the best opening guitar riff ever, from Keith Richards, Mr. Bobby Keys on the sax and Mick Taylor on lead at the end.

Love love love that ending. I know someone else will explain the details. All I know is that it was just a happy little accident when they were recording. They just started jamming out. Luckily for the world, it was captured it on tape.

Back in the day it was rare to hear this song on the radio because it was so long. But when they did play it, it was a golden treat.

You've got to know: after Bobby Keys's sax solo was ending, the band was getting ready to close out--and then Mick Taylor came in on wings of fire.

OMG couldn't click fast enough!! I knew once you got into the Stones there'd be no turning back. "Gimme Shelter" and "Do Do Do Do (Heartbreaker)" are my next recommendations. Loved watching you enjoy this!

I love this song. And I love your reaction to it. I love how you picked up on Mick Taylor's rhythm. As well as the mix of drums, riff, bass. All working in perfect harmony.

Whenever I want to feel alive and beautiful I play this really loud and dance in my room. It works every time 💃💃💃💃💃 PS I'm 60 😅

Rolling Stones studied the blues and jazz legends. They came up right after that time.

With Bobby Keys on sax, Nicky Hopkins and Ian Stewart on keys, Keith Richards and Mick Taylor on guitar. Sticky Fingers album came out 50 years ago. The Stones' music, like the Beatles', evolved over the years. Other songs to check out (there are so many) are: "Time (Is On My Side)" and "Time Waits for No One."

This song has stood the test of time. Other great Stones song that don’t get mentioned much: Bitch, Live With Me, Stray Cat Blues

Welcome getting your ears lathered with the greatest rock and roll band of all time. Plus arguably their greatest composition. One note to you, the breakdown and ending was entirely improvised...unbeknownst to the band Jimmy Miller had the tapes rolling and they thought he stopped the tape machine but it was rolling the whole time... And a pleasant surprise to everyone in the room that it was caught on tape.

Fabulous song--- blew my mind the first time I heard it, decades ago...

No greatest riffs of all time list is complete without this song.

this song is amazing...one of my favorite Stones songs...another nice one...Memo from Turner!

One of my favorite songs ever. So great to know others truly appreciate. Keith Richard’s opening rift - just awesome - and he’s syncopating - bending those notes. Soon Mick Taylor comes in playing rhythm. Soon after the incredible sax solo, Mick is playing lead with Keith playing rhythm. The Stones rhythm section is as good as it gets!

OMG love that you dropped the head phones when Bobby Keys started blowing. Love it!

The entire 2nd half of CAN'T YOU HEAR ME KNOCKING? - was improvised! Charlie Watts forgot to stop drumming at the end of the composed, rehearsed song, so the Stones just winged it. The jam you hear is what they played, no overdubs. One take, and they captured the whole thing as is. Badass!

This song was single take. When they broke into the bongo break, that marked the end of the actual song (just before the bongos). The rest was just jam session while the producers let the tape roll. Keyboards by the GREAT Billy Powell. Single. Take. All of it.

I've read that after the vocals, the recording session became an improvisation. Mick Taylor just kept on riffing. The sax player is Bobby Keys, who played with the Stones on lots of stuff. I've been a Stones fan for 60 years, and this is in the top three of my favorite songs. Keith Richards is the king of guitar intros, and he proves it with this masterpiece.

Some of the most simple yet sick AF drumming ever! Those random staccato accents when they sing "Can't you hear me knocking" and the way he goes to the toms to give it that Latin feel right before the congas drop in is masterful . Charlie Watts tells a story on drums.

You should do album review of Sticky Fingers. You won’t be disappointed I promise

The super bands we had during this ERA were amazing and The Stones can’t be denied as one of the Greatest.

Saw the Stones in '75 with Mick Taylor ! ;-) And the saxophone ! Then in the Kingdome.... Ronnie Wood in '81.

I’m so happy you connected with this song. You get it, right away. That was Bobby Keyes, I believe, on sax, Nicky Hopkins on piano. Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) and Angie off Goat’s Head Soup are good ones to try next, and Stray Cat Blues off Beggars Banquet, too, maybe Rip This Joint or Happy off Exile On Main Street...they have so many great songs and styles. Love your energy and especially appreciated it on this one. Peace to everyone!

Gimme Shelter The intro still gives me chills and I have been listening to it for 40 years. And then Merry Clayton arrives.......

Love it. That snare roll Charlie does is infectious. Such a calm little dude but he's got the groove in him. You gotta do Keith Richards' Hate it when you leave, the 2020 video for it is amazing. It's definitely a mid-bbq classic. Pull that one out, then toss on anything Motown to seg back into the Dre/Snoop. Girls be like ''I didn't know you was a dj''. That's when you hand'm a big ol plate of food and say ''Baby, stick around''. Attaining that level of smooth takes dedication, just like being a Shaolin monk or a tenured bipolar bomb disposal technician.

I know I'm not the only one who couldn't wait for your reaction when the music shifts in the middle. This is definitely one of the Stones better songs. Something I noticed while listening to this after all these years is the guitar solo near the end has a Santana vibe to it. Or is that just me? One of my favorite Stones songs is Tumbling Dice, I think you would like that one too. Another song that doesn't get much notice is You Got The Silver by the Stones, the vocals are done by Keith Richards which is why it probably doesn't get much attention.

You got the Job, man! Jesus! It's seldom and amazin', seeing/feeling a sympathic and clever guy Like you, beein' so impressed by our great human-being-language (music) and by the greatest Rock-Band in the world : the rolling Stones!)! Good bless you! Praises aaron

I'm 58 and i just bought this album. Never had it back in the day, actually bought it for this song!

The Rolling Stones were always heavily blues influenced. Some of their influences are Buddy Guy, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Lightning Hopkins, etc. Muck Jagger the lead singer and Keith Richards the lead guitarist have been friends since they were in middle school and started listening to American blues artists way back then, before they were even a band. You should react to Gimme Shelter, Honkey Tonk Women, Sympathy For the Devil, It's Only Rock 'n Roll, It's All Over Now, Brown Sugar, 19th Nervous Breakdown, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Miss You, Shattered, Some Girls 👉 Some Girls is so damn bluesy. Anything on this list you will enjoy!

Your reaction.....PRICELESS for one of the greatest Stones compositions of all time....that and......too many of theirs to list .....Shared and Subscribed!!!!!!!

Can't you hear me knocking is a classic, .. hey J Rah !! Check out Moonlight Mile , Midnight Rambler, Hot Stuff, Monkey Man, You can't always get what you want, Sympathy for the Devil, ... I could go on & on, there are so many Stones classics, & RIP Charlie Watts thanks for the memories.

the late great Bobby Keys on sax , RIP.. toured with the Stones for years.. very cool documentary about him on amazon.. what a life..

Charlie is the most talented of the lot, his timing is right on, drummers loved him. His work is spot on.

You say "I know what you're thinking" I say to my self, "No, you don't, cause I'm not thinking about how you've never heard the Stones before, I'm thinking about how you're about to get your socks rocked off!" The stank face five seconds in said it all! Charlie Watts is the bomb, ain't he? He plays the best shuffle beat in all of rock and roll, imo. Check out "Monkey Man" for more of that. Hell, grab yourself a copy of "Sticky Fingers" and "Let it Bleed" and have yourself a Rolling Stones feast! PS. "2000 Light Years From Home" features hella groovy drums too.

Welcome aboard the Stones train Jay! Glad your here mate. Oh, and yeah... when you looked at the camera and said "really?" I looked directly at you on my monitor and said "Oh yeah baby!" get ready for the ride! Your reaction is priceless mate. I must have heard this song 100 times over the years but you made me smile big time mate! Thanks for the post!

6 decades of music to explore my friend. The Stones were on tour when covid hit. They will be back soon. Save your money to go see them PLEASE. JESUS WANT YOU TO.

The best Stones song! It was supposed to end after 2.5 minutes or so but the band started jamming and they kept recording. It was so good they kept it in the song. The musicianship is phenomenal and the different musical influences are obvious.

From the album sticky fingers released in April 1971. I was 8 1/2 yrs old. Song is 50 yrs old. No computers or pro tools when recording back then. Pure human talent.

Damn I forgot how good this little jewel is! Musicianship at its finest!!!!

See I need to explain something...I have been listening to the stones since I was 9 years old in the mid 70s -- hardddddddcore fan.... I know every lyric every note, every everything and i knew you were gonna make that face when it went into the instrumental -- i just adore you!!

Great song; great instrumentals!!!! You sure did pick a good first one, Jay Rah. This is hand down the best Stones’ song.

Okay, so now THIS is my favourite reaction! Love the expressions on your face throughout! And yes, REALLY!!!

one of my all time favorites- been listening to the Stones since 1964..

Well, well, well. It's about time, my man. Glad you did it while the guys are still alive. Keith is the King of Riffs!

This is my favorite video on the intent. Period. Best song ever and watching you is so entertaining. Thanks for what you do bro!

Love your reaction to this great jam!! My dad was Stones fan so I heard this all my life ❤👍

Welcome to Blues-Rock.. Stones have many bangers like this.. "Time Waits for No-One".. "You got the Silver".. "She's a Rainbow".. "Miss You".. "Only Rock n Roll".. A fitting reaction!!

This is the best reaction I've seen to any song. Keep on reacting buddy!

First time I heard this was on vinyl. I played 15 times in a row.

The second half of the song was a studio jam improvised on the spot. Almost every song on this,album has serious drug references. Try anything from the four album stretch of Beggars Banquet (1968), Let It Bleed (1969 - my favorite), Sticky Fingers (1971 - this album), Exile on Main St. (1972). Few bands had that many nearly perfect albums in a row, plus a great live album, "Get Yer Ya Yas Out!"

I love your reaction to this, it's the third time I have watched. I can't tell you how happy it makes me. I ❤️❤️❤️❤️ the Stones and your reaction to them

One of the best, most honest reaction videos I have ever watched. You really put your soul into your reaction. This IS an amazing song. I have listened to it, well, I've lost count as to how many times, but it stays fresh and incredible, and this is one of the best jams ever. As everyone notes, this IS a jam. The Stones ended the song proper, but Mick Taylor kept on playing, Bobby Keyes picked up the slack, Charlie kicked in to jazz mode, Keith got the rhythm going, Bill Wyman played some of the most wicked bass ever, and Mick graciously stepped aside and let the boys in the band jam this song to the end.

Great reaction, man. The mix with all those instruments and textures that just seem to all go in different directions but all flow together.

Dude......check out Heartbreaker you crackin me up bro lol,,,check out Paint it black...check out Gimme shelter!!!....oh there is more just a good if not better

Check out: Street Fighting Man, 2,000 light years from home, Monkey Man, Bitch, Let it Bleed, It's Only Rock'n'Roll, Dancing with Mr D.