African Girl First Time Hearing Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar - 1971 | REACTION

[@usertr13phinsup]

You are 100 percent right. Beautiful reaction from a Beautiful young lady PEACE

[@africareact]

Aww! Thank you

[@ReallyFarFarAway]

Yes : "Brown Sugar" refers to something else than a sweetener for coffee .. etc ..

[@James-wj8eq]

Tina Turner performed this live with the Rolling Stones. At the time, she stated it was a well written account of a dark time in our history that we simply cant ignore, and they put it to a great rock n roll tune.

[@rasmichael]

Good on you for not just breezing past the meaning of the song like so many do. I love my brown sugar, but we should never forget the past.

[@Jamminmotorking]

You nailed it. The Stones were outlaws back in the day. I miss that version of the band!

[@kso808]

One of the Stones' classics! Such a mixture of musical styles. Love that saxophone solo!

[@CJ-zv1bw]

Wow Fay I have never really looked into that and I’ve heard that song since a child. Thank you for that insight. 😮👍

[@mikecaetano]

"Brown Sugar" was the lead single from The Rolling Stones 1971 album Sticky Fingers, an album that ranks high on the list of greatest rock and roll records ever made. Legendary backing singer Claudia Lennear reportedly inspired portions of the lyrics.

[@rodneychalker715]

Everything about Brown Sugar is good...Except for the lyric. Every woman on this planet is wonderful. My Mum, my Grandma, my Daughter, Sisters, Aunties, every Woman.

[@robotjg962]

When I was young the Beatles were looked upon as the clean cut band and the Stones the opposite, I enjoy both the same, Mick was not afraid to bring up darkness of the past or social issues we might want to ignore.

[@th.burggraf7814]

Had fun listening to this track as well as to watch your reaction to it. 👌🏻👍🏻 Btw, your accent is pretty sweet. 😇

[@jeanpat8946]

You are so cute listening this fantasttic Stones Hit !!

[@roo1314]

I've watched plenty of Brown Sugar reaction videos. For once, somebody understood the song is told from the perspective of a slave owner/slave master, not, as so many others thought, Jagger (and Richards) singing about some relationship he had with a Black woman. Thank you!

[@thecelt471]

I believe Mick Jagger was having a relationship with a background singer who was black when this was written.

[@davidberesford7009]

Oh Kay! Great Reaction! Keep Reacting!

[@danielbruns1675]

I loved your reaction mpwa Fay. You always catch the meaning of songs, as far as I am concerned. ❤❤❤❤ I was looking for something to say about this song, as I had never paid much attention to it. (Sorry guys, I am not a big fan of the Stones) What I found was a massive argument still going on on the internet over whether the song is outright racist or not. One dude said, "Little Richard covered it!" I don't know, there were all sorts of weird arguments like that supporting the song. I found an interview that Mick Jaggar did later, he said he would never write a song like that again. I'm gonna go with what rasmichael said about not breezing past the lyrics. Makes sense to me.

[@scotttrainer9704]

Mick was sickened by what he witnessed in the American south in the early 60's. Some see this as glorifying how women were treated by slave owners, but the intention was to remind people of their evil ways.

[@petersmith3953]

I saw them in Cardiff UK back in the early 90's , still going strong today , the American black singer Chubby Checkker said that they did black music better than we do , the ultimate tribute , thanks for posting the video , all the best from the UK.

[@africareact]

Wow! This is interesting, must have been a memorable experience. Thanks for the wishes and more to come

[@timshull59]

I was 13 when this song came out I had it on a 45 record.

[@johnnorth2293]

It's only rock and roll but I like it.

[@africareact]

Much love🤗🤗❤️❤️

[@axiomist4488]

You're very insightful. You saw right into the words from the first time hearing them. Although to us it's a fun tune, looking at the line as it being about young sexy black girls, it does have a very dark negative reference . You impress me.

[@carlsmoker1167]

Music again breaks down all barriers.

[@normandavidtidiman9918]

Replaced "like a black girl should " with "young girl......"

[@woodypapacane]

You understand. It's R&R. People too sensitive. It's a metsphor for the Stoned love of Black culture and a tribute to black culture particularly in music.

[@matskarlsson3219]

Hi! Brown Sugar is a song written by Mick Jagger, it is the opening track and lead single from their album Sticky Fingers (1971). It became a number one hit in both the United States and Canada. Suggestion more Rolling Stones from the 1960s and the early 1970s.

[@bolivianbillionaire1349]

wow! stunningly beautiful chica!!!

[@allenpierce4575]

i like my brown sugar all natural and free :)

[@matthewgoodA1206]

I never knew the lyrics referred to such things as slavery. To me that makes it a good, rocking song but with negative lyrics.

[@SputnikSputnik-wl6ml]

How come you are so lovely?.... Best wishes.

[@picklesmcmillan217]

Lol

[@joelong7448]

This is The Stones drawing attention to the injustices of life in early America, and even England. English slave ships landing in Louisiana. This is why that idiot FLA Governor is trying to disallow books that depict this, our truth in our history. Many Stones songs come with messages and not all pleasant. Being that Mick had his own appreciation of black women, I myself think Mick sang about this history and infused some of his own history (minus owning slaves and whipping women) into this song.

[@africareact]

Much love ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@roadamerica33]

I'm curious what you think of this. All good though.

[@roadamerica33]

I'm impressed. You handled this eliquintley. You explained it perfectly. It's about the slave trade 200 - 300 years ago. And many aristocrats had sex with their slaves whether they wanted to or not. The "founding father's" of the United States all were having sex with their female slaves. Thomas Jefferson had 6 children with his slave Sally Hemming as she was actually gifted to him from his father-in-law for a wedding gift to his marriage to his daughter. I date African decent girls and don't care what anyone thinks. I have African decent male friends. But there is still stigma. I'm glad that that you understand.

[@TheSleightDoctor]

Yeah the verses make more sense if you read them backwards. Mick loved Black women. It was no secret, and his first child was with a Black woman. But in order to stick it to the white conservative, American establishment, he had to point out that they were doing the same thing, only behind closed doors and behind their own wives' backs. It'll be forever among the most controversial and willfully offensive songs ever written, and even the Stones don't play it anymore on tour.

[@CharlieJ69]

I don't really care much for The Stones, well I liked the Brian Jones era, but this one of the few that's not too bad

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

So everything post-Beggars Banquet (1968) is not your cup of tea?

[@silassays]

The song has nothing to do with slavery. It's about a prostitute named Brown Suger who lives in a brothel in New Orleans.

[@DerEchteBold]

"Gold Coast slave ship bound for cotton fields Sold in the market down in New Orleans Skydog slaver know he's doin' all right Hear him whip the women, just around midnight" Yeah, most certainly nothing to do with slavery ....haha!

[@XaviClot]

Brown sugar might be a slang word for heroin?

[@DerEchteBold]

But that's not relevant here, they probably appreciated the double meaning back then (or triple meaning more rather) but it has nothing to do with this song ...Brown Sugar by ZZ-Top, on the other hand, is most certainly about Heroin.

[@XaviClot]

@@DerEchteBold thanks for rhe info! Hats off for ZZTop!!!

[@DerEchteBold]

@@XaviClot Haha, can you guess what their song 'Pearl Necklace' is about ; )

[@DerEchteBold]

@@XaviClot Haha, you're welcome! Can you guess what their song 'Pearl Necklace' is about ; )

[@stueystuey1962]

​@DerEchteBold it is absolutely relevant here. Multi level meaning.

[@djgriffin7393]

There is no wrong answer to this question, but do you think the song should be banned?

[@davidclarke6304]

Banned ? By who - you? Go ahead. You don't like it (me either) don't listen. Its officially off the Stones play list at concerts.

[@markamos1911]

It's interesting how the Lennon estate avoid "Woman Is the N****r of the World" nowadays, with it being said it's the reason the "Some Time in New York City" album hasn't had a Deluxe Edition yet. While it uses the N-word as a badly judged (but of its time) metaphor, it is a very pro-female song, while "Brown Sugar" it's easy to argue is both degrading to women and people of colour, yet still regarded as a rock classic, and not frowned upon in the same way the Lennon track is (which I doubt you'd ever find a YT reaction to). I'm not a fan of banning things from the past because it's like hiding them out of sight, and we need to remember the past for the lessons it teaches on how to be better to each other, but I know which song I find more offensive for its language.

[@no834]

What is wrong with you? I think you should be banned.

[@peterflanagan6869]

Nothing should ever be banned - period

[@markamos1911]

@@peterflanagan6869 Child pornography?

[@shelbys6572]

Sad the music is so good but the filthy words are sickening.

[@stevec3892]

But rappers can sing about bitches and hoes lol

[@shelbys6572]

@@stevec3892 oh, trust me I know I hate today's music so bad I despise rap music and hip-hop.

[@shelbys6572]

@@Bloodyshinta1 I see that. It's disgusting!! Did you grow up in the 60's 70's? This is about Mick singing about an affair with a /black/brown lady. Apparently in the song he loved her, so I'm not sure he forced her to do black/brown lady to do anything. Bottom line though s, the words are very nasty and raunchy. The music is good. Same like rap music. The beat is good but the words are really bad.

[@shelbys6572]

@@Bloodyshinta1 He fell in love with a black woman named Marsha Hunt and she loved him in 1970. She was a actress, not a slave. They had a baby named Karis. Marsha Hunt was not forced to love him. But sold in a market down in New Orleans related to black women bought at the market. You don't need to argue with me sweetheart. The first sentence I wrote was just words were disgusting. I liked the Tune You need to go argue with someone that doesn't think the words were was disgusting. The words to the song make me sick OK what more do you want? You need to quit with the slave stuff as the first slaves were white skinned that came from several different countries. Look up the Irish slaves. That lasted for them over 200 Years Way before black slaves. They were slaves to England. You need to look that up.

[@terencedoherty3049]

You read the song far too literally. What it's really about is a double-entendre: heroin ("brown sugar") and black women ("brown sugar"). It's clear the narrator loves both, and that's what he's saying. Mixed into this is an analogy with the slave trade and sexual abuse of black women, but that doesn't at all mean that that's what its about. This was just used as an analogy for both wild drug use and uninhibited sex. Now, I realize Mick Jagger (who wrote the song without Keith, despite the song credits) didn't do heroin, at least he was never addicted to it, but at the time the song was written, he DID have a couple of black girlfriends, and these partially inspired the lyrics.

[@africareact]

Wow! Thank you

[@zeckham100]

Your so cute ❤