Re-read the lyrics. The give away is early in the song , " I see a line of cars and they're all painted black." It's a funeral and it's about grief and mourning for the girl he loves, (loved).

You are right it is sad. It's about losing someone - the line of cars painted black is the funeral procession (flowers and his love never to come back). He can't bear seeing everyone else happy when his world has been destroyed so he has to turn his head away. He wants everything to be as black as he feels.

When flying in as a tourist to Da Nang, Vietnam, I could not excise this song playing over and over from my mind.

The Stones Scared the hell out of me as a child! I can appreciate their brilliance as an adult.

You need to do Sympathy for the Devil by them too. You'll dig it. Excellent reaction. The Stones are just the greatest of all time.

This song is one of the most disturbing ever ... and I suggest that its meaning is far deeper than a funeral, or a man mourning a girlfriend, etc. I think this song chillingly conveys madness - real madness and despair, and a wrenching detachment from humanity. GREAT SONG.

One of the most beautiful songs of Rolling Stones🤘

My favorite Rolling Stones song! Nice reaction! Another great Stones classic: Gimme Shelter.

Rolling Stones made many great songs and are truly legendary musicians whose career spans 60 years now. I have been fortunate to be able to visit one of their live concerts back in 1990 in the Roterdam "Kuip" football stadium with about 50,000 spectators; it was amazing! Some of my favourite Stones songs are: 19th nervous breakdown, Mother's little helper, Its all over now, Under my thumb, Ruby Tuesday, Lady jane, She's a rainbow, Sympathy for the devil, Emotional rescue, Start me up, Waiting on a friend, Under cover of the night, Jumping jack flash, Brown sugar, Angie and of course Paint it black.

As great as the Stones were during the Mick Taylor years, they never recaptured that sound they had before that. They would never be as experimental again either. I can't think of many songs that are of this era (1966) that sound as timeless of this. Just an incredible track.

That lyric video was wrong lol. Imagine putting in so much work with all the animations, only to get the lyrics wrong. "I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky" is the correct lyric. There are also other incorrect lines.

One of The Rolling Stones' biggest singles from 1966... it sounds like a spaghetti western movie soundtrack, and the lyrics are about depression from personal loss... The Rolling Stones started around 1962 after The Beatles had formed... They debuted in 1964 and released cover songs before Mick Jagger (vocals) and Keith Richards (guitar) realized that they could write great original songs - 'Satisfaction' was one of their first big singles that those 2 wrote together in 1965... They would eventually be called 'The Glimmer Twins'... The other members included Charlie Watts (drums), Brian Jones (guitar) and Bill Wyman (bass)... Tragically, guitarist Brian Jones died in 1969 shortly after leaving the band due to heavy drug and alcohol abuse (He was found dead drowned in his own swimming pool) Mick Taylor (guitar) replaced Brian Jones in 1969 as The Rolling Stones grew in popularity in the 1970's... Mick Taylor left the band in 1974(?) and was replaced by Ronnie Wood (guitar)... The Rolling Stones kept release hit record after hit record going into 1981, but a feud between Jagger and Richards kept the band off the road until the 2 collaborators finally made peace in 1989 and returned w/ a new album ('Steel wheels') and a world tour. Bassist Bill Wyman left the band in 1992 and was never replaced in the band (Bassist Darryl Jones would play w/ Jagger, Richards, Watts and Wood as a session musician) ... The Rolling Stones became the biggest band in the world on ticket sales alone by that point in the 90's and would pull in crowds from generations of fans who loved their catalog of music. Charlie Watts (drums) passed away in 2021... The Rolling Stones carried on touring w/ session players and released their latest album 'Hackney diamonds' in 2023. The 'goth girl' look would be better for doom metal songs like "Black No. 1" by Type O Negative... 'Leaders' by Katatonia ... or 'The last time' by Paradise Lost 🤘🤘🔥🔥

A while ago I listened to a lot of reactors review this song and practically none of them understood what the song was about, even after the song was finished. You got it right at the first hint - you're amazing!

It is a great song I was introduced to in the 70s and it has always been one of my faves from the time

It was the Vietnam Era of the 60s...dark

Great Reaction!! Rolling Stones are one of the greatest! Please react to their song..."She's a Rainbow". You'll love it! 🙂

one of my all time favourite songs

What a coincidence: Just 2 days ago I used this song and the lyrics in an English lesson for one of my Syrian refugee students. (A volunteering project of mine, English, German, IT)

Wir haben als junge Teens den Song mitgesungen auch wenn wir den Text kaum verstanden haben 😊👍 As young teens, we sang along to the song even if we barely understood the lyrics

Why are songs of grief beautiful? Why are tears _often_ beautiful? Because we loved someone, and we miss the love we shared. The grief and tears were created by love, and that is how their beauty shines through. Thank you.

Casualties of War.

This a contradictory, camouflaged song of very fast, uptempo music (well, E/F minor, uptempo), with poetry of very deep grief, and sorry. When it first came out, I thought it just a fantastic rocking song, which I quickly learned on guitar. Then my girlfriend told me to very carefully listen to the words, which I did a number of times … then it hit me like a ton of bricks. This song is one of those well put together masterpieces.

GREAT REACTION!!!!

Your reactions are - as the British say, Inna - "spot on."

The music is excellent, as is your reaction Inna, keep up the work and Brazilian greetings! Note: By the way, you look beautiful with this look and those incredible eyes

This was one of their first songs to feature the sitar, played by Brian Jones.

This might be their best song.

I like your outfit this time🧛🏻‍♀️

Inna, the most incredible in this band, more than 50 years after this, they released a new album (Hackney Diamonds) 2-3 months ago and the quality is similar. “Angry” and “Sweet Sounds of Heaven” this last ft. Lady Gaga are two excellent songs. Great reaction!!!!!

It's a stunning song from an awesome band and your A beautiful goth lady... Rock on

Excellent response ! Thank you ! I loved this song since first hearing it when I was 13 ! Also, you show much consideration in dressing for the music, too ! A very nice touch on your part ! Bravo !

There’s even a Sitar in there.

It is always great seeing you getting into the music!

I know it's not this song, But "Pleased to meet you, won't you guess my name, but what's troubling you is the nature of my game."

This is my number one song Paint in black epic song and also a big hit in South Africa again love your reaction Inna

Hi Metal Inna I'm a big fan . The song Can't you hear me knocking is one my many favorites it would be great to do a reaction on live. Love your outfit 😊.

This one of my favourite Stones songs

Mick Jagger was head over heels in love with his supermodel Fiancee when she suddenly was killed in a vehicle crash. It devastated him he nearly quit music.

INNA 😍 RRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrr

Two words. Gimme Shelter.

Now you see why it was popular with the soldiers in 'nam

They have a lot of good songs. They have been around since the 1960s so you can always find new songs by them. 😊

I made a film noir tribute with this song..

Johnny Cash is the man in black.... check out "Johnny Cash - Man in Black" This was also the song the used in the ending credits for Twisted Metal: Black

4:15 The lyric here is: "blotted out from the sky" not "flying high in the ski".

The goth outfit was a good choice for listening to this song.

Such a beautiful reaction by an equally Beautiful Woman

So this was written during the Vietnam War, just like All along the Watchtower.

"Gimme Shelter" Please.

This is what I call 'pre-metal', early (1966) music that influenced the later metal genre.

Найготичніша та найдовша у році ніч. Чорні фарби, де мій 2007, хоча ні емо, ні готом, я ніколи не був.

I'm so glad that little band from Liverpool taught that big London band to write their own songs, instead of covering all the classics.

Its about a Vietnam vet with pstd

Great reaction to the second best R&R band in the world. Check 'Ruby Tuesday", "Satisfaction", "Shes a Rainbow", "Gimme Shelter", thank you!

You should try the Animals version

The rolling stones are great: this song is about a guy who has been traumatised when his girlfriend died suddenly.

Hot Rocks is a great record and has, imo, their best songs on it.

Hhmmm... what can I tell you about The Rolling Stones. Yes, they're from the UK. The Beatles were the ones that really kicked off what is known as, at least in the US, the British Invasion in the mid 60s, which is largely attributed with starting a revolution in Rock N Roll music, and The Stones were definitely also influential in that era, who were friendly with, but also competitive with The Beatles. The founder and leader of the band had originally been Brian Jones, but he died very young. I think it's kind of a rock n roll mystery, and he was found dead floating in his swimming pool. Probably drug related, but even before that, the lead singer Mick Jagger, and lead guitarist Keith Richards, had kind of taken over the creative control and lead of the band. They're one of those musical partnerships that just work better together than either one of them can individually alone. Which is usually a sometimes tumultous relationship as they are dependent on each other while also being resentful of each other for the fact they are, but they've been able to make it work for decades, and are one of the most influential, and longest running bands in the history of rock n roll. Mick Jagger is considered one of the most charasmatic front men in rock n roll history, but is also been a very smart businessman. Keith Richards, one of the greatest guitar players ever. The old joke about him is that as they were truly emblematic of the "sex, drugs, and rock n roll" era, that he's probably done everything you can imagine in his day, but just can't be killed, and is invincible, and likely to out rock and out live us all! Their drummer, Charlie Watts just died within the past year, but their longevity is almost unheard of. They're very old men now, but still kicking and rocking in a way that's rarely been done by anyone else before.

Bryan lost a gf = sad. See a red door means the house isn't paid off. He wants it payed off. Wants to own the house = in the black.

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One of the original goth songs

Waoooooooo......you look incredible excellent reaction knocking on heavens door tribute to Freddy Mercury Guns n Roses thank you Good vibes 💚💛❤️💚💛❤️💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥

You painted my achin hearrrrrrrrrt!

Sympathy with the devil, please

You should react to Honky Tonky Women by the Rolling Stones live from Get Yer Ya Ya's Out!!

Some usa punk bands have cover them called the unseen but with hardcore punk vibes please react them too miss

You have to react to the Bardcore version by Hildegard Von Blingin.

"Please react A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BEATLES from THE BEAT GOES ON Channel."

It's about a man losing his girlfriend.

The lyrics in this video have one major mistake. They say "I want to see the sun flying high in the sky." This makes no sense. The correct lyric is "I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky."

This always sounded to me like a Gregorian chant.

Goth before goth lol

I know of a child who had a childhood marked by abuse, this child in an art class had to paint the bottom of the sea with little fish, seaweed and all that. Well, the boy colored everything black. It's not unusual for this song to be related to Vietnam, basically the lyrics are about someone who suffers from PTSD.

I like you …

I really wish reactors would at least read the Wiki page since they're only doing one-song-at-a-time. Learning the history of these cherry-picked songs is fitting.

why does a lyric video have captions? xP

This is NOT a happy song. It is NOT a dancing song. Its themes are grief (reacting to a funeral) and anger (reacting to society and to life in general). It trembles on the edge of insanity, and is probably a last rant before the singer’s descent into madness. For a similar song (in meaning, if not in tone), check out “Turn Out the Stars”, by Jane Monheit: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aLWmmJaLrtzWk5c.htmlsi=41T2pZ_XuTc7krZv Here are the lyrics: Turn out the stars! Turn out the stars! Let eternal darkness hide me If I can´t have you beside me. Put out their fire; the endless splendor Only reminds me of your tenderness. Stop the ocean’s roar; don´t let the river run! Let me hear no more the wondrous music Of a skylark in the sun! Let it be done. Turn out the stars! Turn out the stars! Shut off their light! Stop every comet In its magic lonely flight. Let there be night! Turn out the stars...

Your graphic says "Painted Black" which is wrong

Wonder if you are dressed in black for the song?

The lyrics are about the post-traumatic depression soldiers suffer from after they come home from a war.

It's called Paint It Black. Not Painted Black. Fix your cover page picture and say it right in your video. ;)

It's 'Painted Black'.

The Stones aren't Metal!

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1966 #1 Hit

They have so many great songs if you can listen to them live