The Rolling Stones: Their Formative Years | Under Review 1962-1966 | Amplified

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

As said here: Brian was adding a lot of interesting nuances into the sound because of his multi-instrumentalist approach. That was lost forever when he died.

[@chrisfreeman9960]

Indeed. They used to include melodious songs such as "Backstreet Girl" and "Sitting On A Fence" to finely balance out the rockers on their albums. ( "Backstreet Girl", for example, had a.beautiful French accordion on it). That kind of sentiment and melody disappeared after Brian left, and the difference was apparent as time went on.

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

@@chrisfreeman9960 The band was being taken over by the record-corporate / Jagger-Richards machine & Brian was sidelined

[@steveconn]

Not really. Exile has much jazz/ gospel/folk color, and they stretched out to reggae, funk, new wave, disco, etc.

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

@@steveconn Exile is not an album I warmed to so don't know about that, maybe I should give it another go. Re the later reggae, funk, disco: some of it worked but most of it grated. Not sure if Brian would've steered into such genres

[@lesterpaul9657]

@@TimLondonGuitarist Disco, I don' t know. But world music for sure. He started some projects short before his death.

[@Glenrsi]

My favourite Stones years, were the 60's up until the early 70's.

[@edwilliamson956]

Yes I think the brian jones era and then mick Taylor era up until about 1973 were the golden years.. they became a bit of a parody of themselves in later years

[@MaisyDaisy333]

Excellent documentary! I'm really interested in this early era of the Stones, and this was such an informative film! Thank you for sharing!

[@johnmitchelljr]

Back when I was excited to buy Stones albums when they came out. Good documentary thanks for sharing.

[@jtcorey7681]

This is a GREAT documentary.

[@golgothaassassin5035]

What a time to have lived. So many icons came out of this era. I wonder how someone like Mick reflects on their life. How did everything change so much?

[@timczifrik7715]

Awesome !!! another cool video. Thanks..!! Keep up the great work. :)

[@idahomike4254]

Yet another doc about the early Stones with the complete omission of Ian Stewart. What is wrong with you people?!

[@lyudmila2882]

Amen!

[@dannyman60001]

Really disgusting.

[@mtp4430]

Idaho Mike 👍🤔

[@peterchaloner2877]

Anti-Fife prejudice. Unforgiveable.

[@mariannwatt2678]

Yea mate he was always in the mix he still played piano and was with them on the tours around the uk. And a dear friend of the band i donr see why people try to wright him out of stones history but most good booke on 60's music in the uk and us and stones history have him in them kinda sad cheers

[@williamtynertyner1425]

In my opinion The Stones recording of Come On is one of the coolest singles ever. I don't think it corny at all.

[@kylewood8327]

Early stuff is good, but when Mick Taylor joined they awesome!

[@benoitdenise9821]

Excellent documentaire sur les rolling stones a leur début de carrière , merci au fondateur BRIAN ✨

[@mtp4430]

The Beatles and The Stones are my 2 favorite bands. The Beatles gave me the catchy pop tunes, great harmonies, and later, the psychedelia. The Stones had the darker blues component that I also loved. It was the best of both worlds for me. But The Beatles led the charge of the British Invasion on America. There's got to be a first to blaze the trail, and the Beatles blazed that trail for all who followed. The Beatles kicked the doors open and led the charge. I never would have heard the Stones music if the Beatles hadn't come first. Somebody's got to be the frontrunner. The Beatles and the Stones are my favorites, but without Elvis breaking down the barriers before them, we never would have even had the Beatles. And without Muddy Waters, and Howlin Wolf, we'd never have the Stones. So forget about a Beatles camp, a Stone's camp, an Elvis camp, etc. How about just a great music camp?

[@mathstar4176]

Yeah Mr Drag, one great music camp. You are so right in your analysis.

[@mtp4430]

@@mathstar4176 👍

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

The greatest music camp was Village People

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

Beatles also completely reinvented pop music production, due in part to their producer and huge financial resources but also due to John & Paul's creativity

[@mtp4430]

@@TimLondonGuitarist That's Literally Camp 😁

[@BeholdPontiusPilate]

The analogy, The Stones being the "bad guys" in black and being far more interesting and The Beatles being the "good guys" is bang on!🤘

[@michaelharrington75]

I don't know about that because the Beatles were far more interesting than the Stones.

[@BeholdPontiusPilate]

@@michaelharrington75 Michael, it's ok for us to disagree, that's one of the great things about music, everyone has there own preferences. Rock on brother🤘

[@Cissy2cute]

@@michaelharrington75 You can't compare the two. Stones were blues based. That competition was artificially created to get even more fan interest.

[@michaelharrington75]

@@Cissy2cute There are many ways they can be compared other than the style of music they played. Things like songwriting ability, song construction, musical talent within the group, and other things like that. The Beatles were way ahead of the Stones as songwriters early on. I personally believe Brian Jones was responsible for keeping the Stones interesting in the early years. His ability to pick up any instrument and add something unique to their songs set them apart from other bands. But the Beatles had 3 guys who could do that, and a producer to make sure anything they could think of could become reality. The Beatles were pioneering the art of recording, and techniques in the studio. The Beatles changed the whole concept of what an album was. An album went from being a collection of songs with a presentable cover to an album being an entire piece of artwork. The Stones, like everyone else just followed the Beatles lead. It is like comparing apples and oranges because the Beatles were so far ahead of the Stones in about every category.

[@shuddupeyaface]

Mancodeath - You are wrong. The stones were middle-class choir boys. Your logic is based upon silly myth making, like Your bull horn salute. Your premise is simply not true. You are probably an American or a southern middle-class English type?

[@MrFroglips69]

Mick Jagger, now and forever, the greatest rock and roll front man in the history of rock music. A legend forever.

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

Especially the energy he puts into performance in his twilight years. Anyone remember Val Doonican ? In later years he used to 'perform' in an armchair. I remember him from his early silly songs like Paddy McGinty's goat...

[@usaneebeilles9510]

This is interesting. Another good documentary. Thanks for sharing.

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

In the 60s my mother commented that the Rolling Stones are 'unsavoury' or something similar. Mick & Keith would've been flattered by that. She also commented that Jimmy Savile is a 'disgusting man'.

[@rhondacrosswhite8048]

So how long did it take for you to run out and buy your first album?

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

@@rhondacrosswhite8048 took several years, I was a little boy and we didn't have a record player (boo hoo!)

[@rhondacrosswhite8048]

I’m sorry about that for real. My parents had this massive Magnavox hi-Fi that could rattle the windows. If I wanted to really aggravate my mom, I put on Hendrix’ Rainbow Bridge. That would send her next door for coffee with the neighbour.

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

@@rhondacrosswhite8048 so Hendrix turned your mother into a caffeine junkie. That's the 60s

[@jerrylev59]

Your mother was quite right, especially about Saville.

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

'Its all over now' also has jangly guitars that sound like hillbilly banjos, possibly another reason US audiences warmed to it.

[@Camille_Anderson]

I always thought that they had that sound, too. Jagger's snarling vocals over songs like Time is on My Side with those very effects from banjos /guitars made them more RnB ( in its purest embryonic state) made them more relatable to the USA audience.

[@ozeskiman]

Excellent commentary on the early RS years.

[@neilforbes416]

"Paint It Black" was *NOT* recorded *BY* Abkco Inc. The song was recorded by *The Decca Record Co.* in England. Abkco merely *licenced* the recording from Decca. (0:45)

[@ulferiksen4583]

Stones version of Not fade away is Superior.

[@stevep4574]

Brian named them, not they named him.

[@sherryboyd817]

No jones no stones

[@sherryboyd817]

Brian was all heart and soul of the stones

[@mikec6733]

Bill and Charlie were never really bad boys.

[@garyhighley9022]

Mick and Kieth were bad enough for the whole group lol

[@jessewolf6806]

Wyman had more action than any of the others.

[@michaelharrington75]

@@garyhighley9022 Brian was. Mick was a puss. Keith just went through the heroin addiction, but never was a "bad boy"

[@jamespollock11]

Charlie was on heroin.

[@peliche77]

​@@jamespollock11 That was in the 80's

[@chuckselvage3157]

The Stones golden years were 65-72. They could do no wrong.

[@sabinianomaia4844]

We want STONES! STONES FOREVER!

[@toms4442]

I love the BEATLES, but the STONES are second to no band!!!!

[@worldview6218]

Yeah, I think whether your preference is more towards r&b and blues and more rock music then obviously the stones are that band, and at the end of the day for the most part it is all just subjective…but I think if something as subjective as this could actually be quantified other then by who sells more albums or has commericial success etc, well then as high up on the list above a lot of others if not all the stones would be, I don’t think anyone before or since has surpassed the Beatles. I don’t even just mean the way they revolutionized an entire industry and paved the way for bands like the stones to follow suit, but even just musically. I mean the stones were definitely at their core a rhythm and blues band and for the most part they didn’t conform to traditional norms, but even they had key moments in their development where they I won’t say copied, but tried to emulate what the beatles had just successfully done. There’s nothing wrong with that either and I’m not knocking the stones. I think even if they were to give an honest assessment of it, it was always and still is the beatles who are the greatest band of all time.

[@RoSa-aP94g]

Stones are the best...forever!

[@nataliehayes3128]

Indeed

[@dindjarin7185]

Stones are better than Beatles

[@raymyhill2]

25:38 Nicholas Wright.was the photographer on the first Rolling Stones album not David Bailey he came later on the number two album.

[@foxbasealpha]

No mention of original member and co-founder, Ian Stewart.

[@nataliehayes3128]

Awesome to see in 66.l..so close!! ..

[@axxellein]

TRES Rolling Stones!

[@sichuancowboy]

I've never heard Tom Keylock's voice before. When I saw the Brian Jones murder documentary, I couldn't see the fear that people had of Tom. But as I roll this spliff, my eyes fixed on rolling, I hear this thug of a Brit's voice and I look up... "Tom Keylock." He may be old here, but he just sounds like a proper East End Villain.

[@nataliehayes3128]

Murder?

[@Paul_G73]

@@nataliehayes3128 It wasn't murder. Brian Jones would have shown signs of a struggle. Plus verdict was death by misadventure. I don't adhere to conspiracy theories, plus people like that suffer from proportionality bias.

[@nataliehayes3128]

@@Paul_G73 I definitely agree

[@jhamiltonwa]

He confessed to murder on his death bed. Listening to him talking about Brian Jones on a doco feels a bit odd.

[@sherryboyd817]

Frank thoroughgood said he done brian in .....on his death bed so Tom keylock says

[@freddykabulaschnitza2475]

I was never a big fan of Ronnie Woods, but I did think very highly of Brian Jones.

[@philfletcher3434]

'Brian Jones was a very lonely man', I''m the same star sign and I've been lonely all my life, I wonder if it was because he was a Pisces like me? I'm 75 now; I loved the Stones from the start but I'd drifted away from them by the mid 1970s and I hate what they are today.

[@dindjarin7185]

They are still great

[@TVC15ohoh]

You know why you're lonely? Because you're closed minded and negative.

[@sherryboyd817]

Brian had women left and right

[@philfletcher3434]

The lucky man.... not!@@sherryboyd817

[@tonvandenhurk7760]

Brains slide and the Bas of Bill is amazing.

[@williamsherman1089]

The older I get the more I'm convinced Brian Jones was the rollin' stone's.

[@tommurphree5630]

Actually they were all equal . Each part complimented the other . Take one out and something was missing .

[@mullerk2]

The Golden Stone made the band.

[@sherryboyd817]

Definitely ❤

[@jamespollock11]

Ian Stewart @ 7:40 Oldham is on Fcbk

[@mikec6733]

1'20:50 I'm pretty sure the word "monolithic" is not used very well here.

[@JohnHepburn-ic1pu]

I loved the early Rolling Stones. They actually were influenced by Buddy Holly and covered some of his material. The song "Little Red Rooster" was their first number one record. Even "Satisfaction" did not reach number one in Britain.

[@thundergroundsamurai5343]

Great doc. Best line: Brian Jones should have been a Beatle and John Lennon a Stone.

[@rodbottomley4514]

I'd call it the best years. Love the changes and the vibe at that time.

[@williamr3840]

Disagree completely... I think 'Have You Seen Your Mother...' is a classic slice of Stones! :0)

[@Charlie-hp2oh]

25:57 Beatles and George Martin shot at Abbey road studio....

[@neilforbes416]

From this single("Come On") in June, 1963 to July, 1971("Street Fighting Man"), The stones recorded for *Decca* and *ONLY* Decca. Abkco was a mere licensee. From 1972 to 1991 The had their own label, but also had a bunch of Decca reissues interspersed. In 1993 they joined Richard Branson's *Virgin* label, then some odd-labelled release thereafter but Abkco *NEVER EVER* originally recorded *ANYTHING* by The Stones. As already stated, they were *merely* licensees.

[@dannyman60001]

Ian Stewart is not given his proper due here.

[@dindjarin7185]

The greatest band of all time even Bob Dylan and Frank Zappa said they were the best Rock band of all time. Long live The Rolling Stones. Beatles suck.

[@billalbritton4972]

Easy now Dunga

[@neilmiller2779]

46:38 Get a load of this royal numpty saying Queen made rubbish albums

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Keith died in 1966 and was replaced by a Paul McCartney look alike.

[@holford164]

I wanna be your man I think was sung at their gig at Liverpool Football Ground June 2022 as a tribute to Liverpool and the Beatles

[@flynnlizzy5469]

51:31 Amazing, not a single Beatles song in the top 10 or The Dave Clark Five for that matter (also Beatles rivals). The Animals. Marianne Faithfull, Wayne Fontana and The Mind Benders, Sandie Shaw, Hermans Hermits, The Seekers, Tom Jones and, at #1: Mick Jagger and Co., who beat out TOM JONES !

[@370530e]

Keith Richards was never a blues man - he’s a rocker.

[@klausrain111]

Truth be told there were PLENTY of hits by black musicians on Top Forty radio starting in the late fifties. My favorite song was Stagger Lee by Lloyd Price in about 1958. Then there also were a ton of Jackie Wilson songs on the radio, too! Can't get much blacker than Jackie, unless you're maybe Clyde Mcphatter!

[@johnbettmann1404]

This is true as far as top 40 goes but at that time I sure didn't know who Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, or guys like Memphis Slim were. How 'bout you?

[@HTJB60]

Sound's like Kathy McGowan....

[@mikec6733]

1:05:05 you meant "OVERstate" Why do so many people make this dammn mistake?????

[@mnbv990]

well spotted sir.

[@CapitaineMinuit]

Tom Keylock! Now there's a man allowed to decide for himself how to dress!

[@johncaldwell643]

I can't believe Mick & Keith dropped Brian so easily, especially since Keith was a heroin addict!

[@harmonicasplay1608]

In many ways, Brian was his own worst enemy.

[@dindjarin7185]

Brian's fault, wish these Brian lovers stop going on about him.

[@J..398]

@@dindjarin7185he’s the reason the Stones exist!

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

As the man says: 19th nervous breakdown was not great except for the lyrics/ title/ concept : not normal pop or rock even now

[@peliche77]

The opening riff is clearly influenced by Chuck Berry. It's a great song in my opinion.... not among their best but it's good. And the lyrics are brilliant 😎

[@johna8973]

It fit the times Perfectly . No one else had the 🎱🎱 to Comment on this aspect of Society

[@blaynedavis9617]

I pay for commercial free. Amplified is a commercial through the entire show

[@steveconn]

A nice raw beauty to those early records, before it became overly mannered and chunka chunka rock.

[@BoynamedMagnus183]

The Rolling Stones were not middle-class,they were actually working-class,cause the only two members of The Rolling Stones that were middle-class were Mick and Brian,all the other members were working-Class!

[@axxellein]

Where the Early Stones Viewed has MODS in England?

[@clintsours3316]

Hmm I don't hear keyboards on the early recordings featured here, that launched the band's career.

[@andrewfrancis4462]

I like these documentaries but they're critic-heavy. Honestly critics talk absolute crap. Listen to the records, decide what you like, and just forget what the critics say.

[@kevinking9783]

very short on actual rolling stones music clips, and way too much talking heads who think they are profound.

[@remcohoman1011]

49:42 This is the REAL M.J. that invented the Moonwalk...

[@veritas41photo]

These so called commentators just fail to impress me. Why do their analyses insist on fitting every single cut into a fixed musical genre? For example, Buddy Holly and the Crickets playing "Peggy Sue" was definitely _not_ Rock And Roll. All this is so bloody tiring. With few exceptions (examples: the genuine old Blues artists reappearing), I don't think very much performed after 1949 can possibly be fit into a definite genre.

[@TSrdja]

I hate documentaries about the early years of the Rolling Stones. It's always about the rivalry between the Stones and the Beatles. Boring! I love both bands. More than the whole music scene of the sixties ..

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

Keith considers Satisfaction his best riff ? its memorable but crude, certainly not his best, he'd only just started as a riff-merchant.

[@jessewolf6806]

The most iconic riff in rock history.

[@peliche77]

I think Mick said that it's his favorite Keith's riff.... but anyway if not his best it's certainly one of his most iconic riffs

[@dindjarin7185]

The song that knocked the beatles of charts and was a hit in 40 countries from 1965 to 1966.

[@TimLondonGuitarist]

@@dindjarin7185 it was maybe the most innovative for its time

[@dindjarin7185]

@@TimLondonGuitarist People don't talk about it often , yet it is the song that had been recorded by many artists.

[@damonhines8187]

Definitive, imo, no slag at Ringo.

[@torna10168]

I can't believe I haven't seen the Rolling Stones in my entire life. And one of the promoters can't afford to pay too much to hold a big show in Jakarta, they want the island Bali, This is too out of line and impossible, and finally canceled, and I know Mick Jagger's solo show took over it all and that's it... my regards to the Rolling Stones fans 👍

[@chriskroll4166]

Unfortunately Brian was never the leader of anything. He started the rolling Stones but as far as being a leader nobody is going to follow a drug casualty and liability. In order to lead people must follow. In the long run he made a good side man and nothing more. 🤷

[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

Rubbish! You were around at that time as in 14/15/16

[@chriskroll4166]

@@jamesfitzgerald6636 I worked for Marshall chess. I knew Brian personally. He couldn't even reach down and tie a shoe. 🤷

[@J..398]

@@chriskroll4166bs! Even Bill says Brian was the Stones, and was not on drugs when he was leading. He was highly intelligent and could definitely tie a shoe

[@chriskroll4166]

@@J..398 whatever you say Brian 🤪

[@J..398]

@@chriskroll4166 it’s just the truth!

[@frankmoore4112]

"I felt soaking wet seats." ⁰..ó

[@musiclover3205]

They became boring after Brian Jones was gone.

[@johngore7744]

Been a fan since 1967. Brian was great when he was functioning he could play anything but you can’t say all the albums with Mick Taylor were anything less than amazing and Some Girls and Black and Blue with Ronnie are good too. They would have never survived the early 70s with Brian he wasn’t a flashy guitarist. His slide and multi talent was perfect for the sixties London sound but the needed someone like Taylor cause other bands had Page Clapton and Blackmore. It was the era of the lead guitar. Could you imagine Can’t You hear me Knocking without mick Taylor’s lead.

[@coreynathansmith8434]

Music lover, what a cutting edge and inciteful way to look at it!! How braveee of you to say what we have all been thinking ! 😃 I would love to jot down of few other gems from you about Music before you shake up the industry ..... Furthermore I can't believe mick jagger himself hasn't blocked you for revealing how unsuccessful they were supposed to be after losing a member.

[@recordguy4321]

became boring after Taylor left.

[@mrambler4235]

@@johngore7744 Amen!

[@jessewolf6806]

@@johngore7744 yeah great lead but only icing on keef’s cake, i.e., the RIFF

[@gavinkitchen1472]

We are all extremely lucky that white guys were smart enough to listen to & be influenced by black musicians, & then put there on take on them.

[@brigwood7658]

"Queen. Great singles band, albums are rubbish". Queen's greatest hits??? Classic album!

[@dindjarin7185]

Queen were better than Beatles but certainly not better than Stones.

[@danielknight4967]

called pop rock and roll

[@carlloeber]

Offending your parents is not a good thing.. offending anyone is not a good thing it's not civilized.. That's why we should adhere to the seven word rule of the federal rule.

[@howardowens721]

‘I can’t think of anybody who would take Buddy Holly song and put a Bo Diddley beat on it.” Except, of course, Buddy Holly 😂

[@Sixalienasa]

Who´s the Mouse narrating at the start?

[@lakid9749]

This was weird video Fyi Brain Jones WAS The Stones!! Yes he fell off due to drugs but created the look, the sound, The Band !! Period

[@ginomazzei1076]

JAMES BROWN WAS JAGGERS MENTOR

[@michaelandrew964]

Mick was a great showman but not a very skilled dancer at all.

[@jessewolf6806]

Well a hell of lot better dancer than Plant, Stewart, Daltrey, etc.,etc. A match for Presley...or Sinatra for that matter.

[@williamsherman1089]

Whaddya mean 😂

[@williamsherman1089]

@@jessewolf6806 those other's didn't really have dance music per say

[@Cissy2cute]

@@jessewolf6806 Daltrey blew Mick out of the water.

[@dindjarin7185]

@@Cissy2cute Nope Mick Jagger is still best performer of all time

[@TeaParty1776]

Their second to fouth albums, w//the laidback bluesrock, ae the best Stones, maybe my favorite rock. Then the first and fifth. Some good albums followed til part of Black and Blue. The following albums were bad rock and pretentious. I saw them at the Boston Garden in the 1980s but I was seated very far away. I tried to hitchhike to Boston in the 1960s but couldnt get a good ride. That was the concert in which a girl threw her panties on stage and the cops closed it down very early.

[@frankpaisley6799]

no match for the kinks, small faces, yard birds and the who at the time...

[@recordguy4321]

or The ANIMALS

[@klausrain111]

Bollocks!

[@dindjarin7185]

Stones were away better than these bands even Beatles.

[@Paul_G73]

Rubbish Frank.

[@flj-fp6rb]

Had Brian endured im sure we would have never had to hear that START ME UP BS!!

[@oldskool731]

i dont think they thought beatles are good were gonna be bad thats all bolloks they were just being them

[@trajanoserravallijr39]

the last time apresentação televisivo de rollin stones comanda junto com the animals the hollies manfred mann entre outros apresentação ao vivo mil novecentos sessenta quatro nome musical express abkco record cortou o letreiro com o nome do show cujo nome musical express está capa de 1966 do disco vinil got live if you want the rolling stones producer andrew loog olham live albert royal londres na verdade não é ao vivo é elaborado barulho histéricos de fans para passar por gravações live

[@dustyrustymusty3577]

I remember when Tell Me came out I couldn't believe a record producer would put out such a weak tune. I thought "Is this supposed to compete with the Beatles?" Well, it didn't. Nobody I knew liked it. And the Stones the bad boys of rock? They weren't close to the Beatles in Hamburg. All of this said they did have a few songs I liked. Got about half way through this before I had enough of the ads. Ugh.

[@gigi123ification]

Satisfaction has a huge drive, but it's actually a very poor song, not much music in it...

[@adamwest4987]

That wasn't pee. Duh.

[@peterhogan9537]

without the Beatles there are no Rolling Stones.

[@geristracener5253]

It's not who's first it's about longevity , performance, not just a great singer. STONES ARE STILL SHINING & 🔥 AS EVER. PURE TALENTED BUNCH. 👅👅👅💨💨💨💨

[@dindjarin7185]

Stones formed on 1962 Beatles got famous in 1963. Without Beatles think your talking rubbish Peter Hogan.

[@steveburchfield5576]

WHEN YOU DANCE WITH THE DEVIL YOU GOT TO PAY THE FIDDLER!!!!!

[@charlesmountney8062]

Yeah Jaggers voice is not great.

[@Paul_G73]

He admitted it in a interview. But great performer in music.

[@jsamc]

Mick Jagger is a Spiritual African American.

[@jsamc]

Marginal figures ??

[@cagla3501]

what's that supposed to mean? (i'm geniuenly curious)

[@777-pdf]

The Rolling Stones were overrated and Mick Jagger was a stuck-up, jealous man. Paint It Black and Under My Thumb were amazing songs though.