The Rolling Stones - It’s Only Rock N’ Roll (But I Like It) | REACTION

[@PaulKeil]

Released in 74. The backing vocals are Keith Richards. You can hear him in many Stones songs and he has quite a distinctive voice. Probably also has Mick doubled in there as well though.

[@casamequite]

No matter how sophisticated or fancy the Stones get they always have the ability to circle back around to 'garage band chique'!👍

[@flyingburritobro68]

David Bowie also on backing vocals. Kenney Jones on drums, Ron Wood on guitar while still a member of Faces and Willie Weeks on bass. Richards added his guitar later as the initial track was good enough to use

[@davegaskell7680]

@@flyingburritobro68 On the original 'demo' recording at Ronnie Wood's house, yes, but only the Ronnie Wood guitar part from that recording made it onto the final album version. The Kenney Jones drums and the Willie Weeks bass parts.....and indeed all the other parts (other than Wood's guitar) were replaced on the album/single version. Wikipedia is actually wrong on this point. Most biographies and histories of the Stones say Charlie and Bill were on the album recording. Indeed, the original demo version recorded at Ronnie's house is on KZbin and if you listen to that version, you'll clearly see (well, hear) that the drums and bass are different.

[@michaelrogers7426]

One of the greatest rock songs ever. Chuck Berry influence clear.

[@ranchyblues]

The last album the great Mick Taylor was on!!! My fav era of the Stones!!!

[@dons106]

The best era for sure....

[@nazfrde]

The Stones knew how important the "roll" was, and not just the "rock". For more information, see "Watts, Charlie".

[@raymondbonington9355]

Charlie watts not drummer on this Kenny jones of the faces was .

[@nazfrde]

@@raymondbonington9355 I wasn't specifically referring to this song.

[@joescott8877]

@@raymondbonington9355 Huh. Why Kenny Jones, I wonder? Were there other Stones tracks he or someone else drummed on?

[@raymondbonington9355]

@@joescott8877 apparently they were having a jam at Ronnie woods place in Richmond and wanted a drummer there and then and as Kenny jones lived near by Ronnie wood asked to come over , they thought it sounded perfect drum wise and Charlie watt’s agreed,

[@joescott8877]

@@raymondbonington9355 very interesting, thanks!

[@Pugiron]

Best Stones song of all time

[@johnr1348]

Titans of Rock N Roll!

[@danmayberry1185]

Keith channeling his idol, Chuck Berry, with every lick.

[@AW11-e4h]

Greatest Rock n Roll Band ever 🤘

[@valeriebeacham441]

💯

[@suesebree8670]

Absolutely!!!!

[@ScottFoster-o4u]

If I had to choose one song to listen to for the rest of my life this is it. Never get tired of it. Yes I bought the album as a teenager when it first came out

[@davegaskell7680]

Your comment really got me thinking. If I could only listen to one Stones song for the rest of my life, which would it be. It's such a difficult choice. This would be right in the final shout but, thankfully, I don't need to have to pick!

[@robertdoerr2599]

And this gentleman is why they are the world's greatest bar band.

[@kbrewski1]

This is vintage mid 70s Stones. 4 years before Some Girls. Keith on backing vocals.

[@cletushouse906]

This just proves that you can’t go wrong with the Stones.

[@trishriley9681]

👍💯

[@sheila1965troubles]

1960s and 1970s Stones, that is. After Tattoo You, I was all done.

[@monkface]

I like how the lyrics are actually about the sort of ridiculous pressures of fame and expectations from his teenage audience! Plus no one say WOOO like Jagger!!!

[@willinghamsctt]

I'll tell you, I've heard all the songs you guys are discovering a billion times, and watching your hear it for the first time really lets me hear it with new ears, thank you.

[@ML-un1oi]

The whole album is fire 🔥. Excellent reaction fellas! Appreciate you 🙏 ❤

[@muriel2267]

Monkey Man Street Fighting Man Love in Vain Shattered Bitch So many great songs yet to hear guys ✌🏼

[@suesebree8670]

Sway

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

@@suesebree8670That second Mick T. solo on “Sway” is one of the best.

[@robinfry4408]

Blew my mind when it came out, age 14 or 15.....the lyrics, Mick's vocal ...and Keith burned it up on the guitar, some of his best work ever🔥

[@andyzehr9839]

That’s Keef (Keith) on the backing vocals w the higher pitch voice! He has a very unique voice and once you start hearing it you’ll notice it in many more of their songs

[@benoitdesmarais2948]

From the same album, check out Time Waits For No One. It's something different with an amazing guitar solo by Mick Taylor.

[@Neillybob63]

Already been done, and they duly noted Mick's outstanding solos.....check it out.....

[@bobschenkel7921]

I Know It's Only Rock and Roll, But I Really Like It! Damn they can get you movin'.

[@snatchhog]

They're too awesome

[@icmman7]

Excellent pick. I was a hi skool junior.

[@themadcow71]

Shattered should be the next Stones classic. Thanks legends!

[@cadymauro5792]

❤the stones surprise you at every turn. They in their 80s and still freaking rocking the stage

[@davihinghaus9785]

To answer your question, the backing vocal is done by Keith Richards, and he also sings some of the songs from the band's career as lead vocalist.

[@willblood7082]

“Beggars Banquet” album released in 1968 when I was just 8. If you haven’t already you should check out “Sympathy for the Devil” and “Street Fighting Man”, both of which are on this album.

[@willblood7082]

@@midnightrambler7716 yup, my bad

[@robertserafin-uc3qn]

They reviewed Sympathy

[@joelliebler5690]

Great tunes!

[@AncientWisdomTeachingsLLC]

From the Chuck berry school of rock! 💯

[@csedrivers2850]

I love this song. 😎

[@Zopf-international]

You can hear Bowie on the backing vocals..

[@wdrauch]

I believe Bowie was also playing the acoustic guitar

[@garyschill7923]

The other voice on the chorus is Keith Richards! They do it on a lot of songs.Glad you did this song, play some more Stones!

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

Perhaps none greater than “Casino Boogie” from Exile. Keef’s conspicuous backing wails were such an integral piece to peak-era Stones.

[@olly8]

As they say Classic Coke- meaning an unmistakable name, this is 'Classic Rolling Stones"!! Unmistakable & highly recognizable. Always A Favorite since day One 👑

[@sheila1965troubles]

Never mind that the video was effing hilarious - even Mick gave up trying to lip sync to it and laughed as the bubbles swallowed them all up.

[@wallyh24]

Chuck Berry should get a writing credit for all the riffs he inspired in this one....

[@RAD-82ndABN]

You should react to Terrance Trent d’arby songs? He disappeared after a couple of albums. Rumors has it, he and his music disappeared because he was a bigger threat to MJ & Prince at that time?!? - Try Terrance Trent d’arby song “Wishing Well?” I suggest watch the official music video?!? You be amazed and fall in love at the same time…

[@AirplayBeats]

I remember Terrance. We grew up listening to that one.

[@lorilxn1597]

Seen them in Ames Iowa in the late 80's, outdoor concert. Normal 2 hour drive turned into almost 5 hours to go home, 2 hours just to get out of Ames just to go home. Fantastic outside concert with a 50 foot bllow up doll.

[@Zopf-international]

Hi guys! Please do Fingerprint File next, but do the alternate longer-take version.. It'll blow your minds.

[@ginnydominguez5493]

That's Keith singing backup vocals. Great song.

[@Papabob1957]

A good solid rock and roll song, great choice guys!

[@usertr13phinsup]

This takes me back i was 15 when this FIRE WAS LIT. Thanks for the ride back guys. PEACE.

[@darkmagus64]

Keith put his Chuck Berry Style guitar playing to good effect.

[@joescott8877]

If guitar tones were people, THIS bad boy would be at least a close cousin to the one on "Can't You Hear Me Knockin' " which I think was one of the first Stones tracks you guys checked out. That shit is GRIT(ty)!

[@TCO345]

Cos Mick Taylor played guitar. He left after this album.

[@thomasmcdonough6642]

Growing up with the stones was a gas

[@jimbeller7948]

It was a gas gas gas

[@dead_beat_poet]

👌 great pick! This is the first stones record produced by Jagger/Richards - killer record! Their cover of ain't too proud to beg is primo ; )

[@jackielawrence1451]

Best week of my life - Eagles then Rolling Stones. Man, Phoenix Arizona was Rocking....

[@TheRedSphinx]

The creation of this is kinda crazy. Ron Wood (who eventually became a member of the Stones in 1976) owned a big Georgian house called The Wick near Richmond Park in London from 1971 to 1977. The Wick had a studio in the basement and the house became a hangout for the rock royalty of Britain; Moon, Harrison, Starr, Clapton, Richards, Jagger, Bowie etc. The basic track for the song was recorded at The Wick in December 1973, and included Jagger on lead vocals, Willie Weeks on bass, Kenney Jones on drums, Ron Wood on guitars and backing vocals, and David Bowie on backing vocals. The Stones reshaped the song in the studio, with Richards recording new guitar parts, and Jagger recording a new lead vocal with altered lyrics. However, they decided to keep Wood's twelve-string acoustic, the backing vocals, bass and drums in the final mix. The song was written by Jagger and Wood, however, it's credited to Jagger/Richards. Wood instead took sole credit for "I Can Feel the Fire", another song written by him and Jagger, which ended up on Wood's first solo album the following year.

[@davegaskell7680]

They kept Ronnie Woods guitar part from the original 'demo' recording but whilst wiki claims that Kenney Jones's drums and Willie Weeks's bass were also kept for the album version, most biographies and histories of the Stones say both were replaced by Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman for the album/single version. The original demo version recorded at Ronnie's house is on KZbin and if you listen to that version, you'll clearly see (well, hear) that the drums and bass are different.

[@Jude_196]

THIS WAS SO GREAT, LIVE!!! OMG - WOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!! MADE MY DAY!!!😍😍😍

[@mikesheridan7651]

Keith on backup vocals. One of the sweetest sounds in rock. Mick on lead, with Keith on backup.

[@1CLAYTON67BROWNS]

1974 was when I bought the LP

[@Christopher-Baltimore]

One of my most favorite Stones songs

[@davegaskell7680]

Love that song. Keith clearly enjoying himself in that last 30 seconds.

[@snatchhog]

Awesome as usual 😅

[@arthurwoodson288]

Tumbling Dice, Monkey Man, Miss you, Shattered, Rock & a Hard Place etc...

[@susanmurray7654]

One of my favorite albums of theirs. Last one with Mick T I think. Their SNL performance of this got all the kids ar school talking. We were 12...

[@grandpaslayer6232]

You dudes rock man. #ROCKON

[@brianmurphy8627]

The kick ass guitar in doing the riffs was done by Mick Taylor, who was only a member of the band for a few years. The story was he couldn't keep up with the partying Mick and Keith were doing. He said it almost killed him.

[@L0NG_PR0NG]

You guys are so awesome 👏

[@snatchhog]

Too awesome 😂

[@14gilbertst]

For me, Keith on harmony is as good as it gets! Always raw and perfect.

[@spawn4582]

“It’s Only Rock N’ Roll (But I Like It)” is short and sweet, I like it too. 👌👍😉

[@melvinwomack3717]

Shit jamming, what else can you say 😅

[@mikeb36240]

Checkout their song from the Stripped sessions "Angie" . Great acoustic version done many years after the original release.

[@suesebree8670]

Yes, please!!!

[@johnnyd5285]

You can hear the Chuck Berry style guitar that the Stones have always done, love it!

[@lindasalaki9404]

Love the Rolling Stones ☮️

[@mojorider8455]

Love the bluesy groove. This is one of my fave Stones tune along with Midnight Rambler (live version, just for its bluesy groove ).

[@brianherrington7226]

Check out the lead in track on this album called If You Can’t Rock Me.

[@009AWB]

I saw them as a teenager on the tour for this album and their previous tour for the Goats Head Soup release. They were arguably at their height of their first phase of their career creatively and musically. What a blast.

[@drew1957x]

Another factoid Charlie Watts wasn't able to make the recording so a studio drummer substituted. Charlie being gracious said it sounded like he was playing.

[@davegaskell7680]

Where did you get that factoid from? The prevailing story is that Kenney Jones played drums on the original demo (recorded at Ronnie Wood's house) with Willie Weeks on bass but both those parts were replaced by Charlie Watts and Bill Wyman in the recording for the album/single version.

[@Lexwell_Lavers]

Nasty, with extra nasty on top. Love The Stones.

[@andychisarick6879]

Actually on a lyrics sheet on the net it says the backup singer is David Bowie...maybe in addition to Keef.

[@mrb532]

Stray Cat Blues has gotta be your next Stones song

[@brianmiller6055]

Especially the live version from Get Yer Ya Yas

[@johnprice6066]

Keith was still playing in open G tuning and experimenting with 5 string guitars (removing the low E on his Telecaster), and think he even had Chandler build a dedicated 5 string around this time period, but don't quote me on that...

[@GP-mw8ce]

Apparently written by Ronnie Wood before he was in the Stones but credited to Nagger /Richards

[@Contractnik]

Ronnie Wood wrote this with Mick BEFORE Ronnie joined the Stones. They wrote this and I CAN FEEL THE FIRE, which Ronnie took for the Faces. Mick took It's Only Rock N' Roll for the Stones.

[@snatchhog]

Awesome😊

[@Contractnik]

It's funny that the hook sounds 80s on the album, because when they play it live, Keith just goes all Chuck Berry with it at the opening.

[@paulyoung8108]

bill Wyman,the slick assassin on bass

[@freeforever6971]

And I like it!

[@snatchhog]

Wow😊

[@johns7097]

One of my favorites. Not just Stone's songs, but all songs. This the first Stone's album I had, my mom didn't like it because they were bad, druggies 😊.

[@tucsonjack3991]

Goose bumps in 1974 and still get them in 2023.

[@soulsurvivor5555]

This album was released in 1974. Keith Richards is also on background vocals.

[@snatchhog]

Omg😮

[@frankmirra8243]

Great song. They just released a new album which is fantastic. Check out Sweet Sounds of Heave, Depending On You and Live By The Sword. Excellent album.

[@O_Towne_Bear]

IMO this is an underappreciated Stones classic album. So many flavours on here and I always say, check out "Fingerprint File"

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

Musically, some interesting moments like the blaxploitation, rough-hewn funk of “Fingerprint File” and Latin vibes of “Time Waits for No One.” It's not a great album, but the high points are great. Some songs, however, do meander longer than they should (a la “Dance Little Sister” and “Till the Next Goodbye”).

[@astonsfan]

This whole album= FIRE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@williamlovett619]

Classic

[@JimmyRJump]

Well-organized chaos with a guitar wanting to play a different song and a Jagger strolling proudly down London's West-End wearing a drunk Texan's sneer. Ah Lahk eht.

[@52montoya]

You might want to check out Erik Clapton's blues album. He's done some amazing work with to old Delta Blues numbers.

[@johncampbell756]

Yes, that was Ian Stweart on the piano on y&

[@beatnpotatoes]

Please react to Race with the devil on a Spanish highway by Al Dimeola. He was a jazz rock fusion guitar player from the 70s. He was a major influence on guitarist.

[@edvinlaine]

Mick Taylor slide guitar ace. Most talented musician the band ever had.

[@snatchhog]

They have million of them

[@wileyjdraws7594]

Down and dirty guitar

[@marymargaretmoore9034]

This album came out in '74. Not everybody's favorite but it has some good songs on it.

[@marnilong2302]

I know it's only rock n roll, but I like it!!🙂

[@Ibanezed210]

I like it!

[@jackielawrence1451]

One of my gym workout songs.. LOL

[@gordonallen7638]

keith richards does harmony with mick came out in 1974-5 first album ronnie wood was on

[@jimmyapolis]

Ron Woods and Keith Richards sing background vocals on this song and it is rumored that Ron Woods actually wrote the song however Mick and Keith always got credit for songwriting as per an agreement with the band. Similar to the Beatles agreement they made when the group formed where Lennon/McCartney would be credited for all Beatles songs even though John Lennon wrote almost all of them himself.

[@StephenWalsh-z4t]

I’d disagree vehemently about the Lennon comment.

[@2dashville]

I was so thrilled when I was a teenager and finally saved up enough money to buy this album. Fingerprint File was probably my favorite on this album but it’s all good.

[@maine420grow]

Time waits for no one is on this album. I love that song.