Altamont 1969. The Death of Meredith Hunter and a lot of bullshit-comment on from the L.A.-Hellsangel-chief. Seems Barger has quite a little screw loose...
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@santoman1 Жыл бұрын
Charlie looks like Javier in no country for old men!
@angelicbean7635 Жыл бұрын
Other way around 😂
@Mathius47 ай бұрын
a lot of people look like a lot of people.
@TheJoshuamooney3 жыл бұрын
When you read Stanley Booth's book about the '69 tour, you get a good portrait of Charlie, and his role in the band. Such a vital part of the Stones, but Altamont happened for a lot of bad reasons, none having to do with Charlie. Anyway, a giant among drummers is dead today. We love you, Chollie.
@codydavidyates723 жыл бұрын
I miss Charlie
@mattbod2 жыл бұрын
A good soul...
@johnw89842 жыл бұрын
Thats the best book ever written about the Rolling Stones.
@stanmonzon57882 жыл бұрын
He was the luke warm water
@stuka973 жыл бұрын
Charlie Watts choosing his words carefully.
@chucku.farley64632 жыл бұрын
We tend to do that when we're on camera. :)
@williamweir154710 жыл бұрын
charlie watts"ohh dear...what a shame" sums it up really...
@faffaflunkie7 жыл бұрын
They put on an *outdoor concert* in *Northern California* in the *dead of winter* with 300,000 people and *no toilets,* an *insane individual* waving a gun gets stabbed to death by an even *more insane* person working security- and they say _Altamont_ killed the '60's. Well, after all, it _was_ *December 1969.*
@GregJay5 жыл бұрын
No doubt it almost went to the last day, but even though I was just entering my teens in 69 still 12 till December, something seemed to change with music in a big way, groups that were a little before my time died and the biggies all seemed to come at once, Sabbath, Grand Funk, Zeppelin, Black Oak Arkansas, it was the year maybe that AM radio was killed by FM. 68 and 69 oh the music that was made just in those 2 years.
@Acadian.FrenchFry4 жыл бұрын
Actually he wasn't insane. That's not what happened. Here is one of the original interviews from a witness that was there. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-rolling-stones-disaster-at-altamont-let-it-bleed-71299/
@armpitification4 жыл бұрын
This Is My UzeHerName thank you.
@matty00004 жыл бұрын
Perfect representation of Gimme Shelter
@t-bo27343 жыл бұрын
The end of conscription killed the 60s. Once the draft was no longer an issue, most protesters went home, got jobs, and did lots of cocaine.
@clarkewi10 жыл бұрын
Aweful concert. More bummer acid trips in one spot than anywhere on earth. I drove thru Altamont about 10 years ago and stopped to take a piss. Then the car wouldn't start. The ground is cursed.
@jasonmcmurry12817 жыл бұрын
clarkewi- nope, it's just tired of idiots pissing on it!
@dorianvaz75726 жыл бұрын
Really? You drove thru it 13 years ago. You must be a magical person. To think of all that land just stopping to tell you something. Wow, what a feeling. Thanks for sharing!
@TransoceanicOutreach6 жыл бұрын
'I drove thru Altamont about 10 years ago and stopped to take a piss. Then the car wouldn't start.' Well don't piss in the gas tank you fuckwit....
@hippiecheezburger54573 жыл бұрын
Woodstock wasn’t exactly planned as a free concert, Altamont was, there is a huge difference in the marketing
@deedonnerramone47578 жыл бұрын
The stupidity of the times, Hell Angels as security> That sound s a little COKE fueled to me.
@MichaelHansenFUN8 жыл бұрын
+Dee Donner Ramone read imdb about the movie in the trivia sectionGrateful Dead also used the Hell's Angels as security for several of their concerts. However, the Angels that were at Altamont were later revealed to be neophytes and hardly any of the leaders were present at the show.
@jessewjames-ym1rc5 жыл бұрын
Alan Passaro was memeber since 4 monts but they should be prospects for one or two years
@Oakleaf7004 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelHansenFUN I know nothing about Angels, but the Colours on some of those in that long ago film looked very clean, as if they were newish.
@teleguy56993 жыл бұрын
@@MichaelHansenFUN And one of the leaders quit after the debacle.
@rylojr197713 жыл бұрын
Charlie, as other posters have said, is unflappable, totally cool and level-headed. Sonny Barger sounds like a vengeful Californian Satan wired on devil dust. Jagger's expression sums up the end of the 60's and the death of the hippie dream. Such a powerful piece of footage from a brilliant documentary, well worth checking out in full.
@johnnyveganite91417 ай бұрын
Sonny B was a working class fella brought up with the school of hard knocks, Jagger and Watts were a couple of middle class university ponces, bad boy wannabies. That is the differences.
@joefrazier2269 жыл бұрын
Charlie should have got an oscar for this segment!
@robertclark63495 жыл бұрын
The Jefferson Airplane also recommended the HA. They lived to regret that. Especially Marty Balin.
5 жыл бұрын
Up to that point the bikers and hippies had gotten along in California. The be-in's were basically college kids, hippies, and bikers.
@armpitification4 жыл бұрын
I think Marty got punched in the face twice by a HA that day.
@jamesdean49724 жыл бұрын
Actually this is a matter of what Ha chapter was used. Frisco chapter was much much nicer and more lax back then and handlers all of the Dead’s security for BG presents. Altamont used the San Jose chapter for security (my dads babysitters growing up) and so those guys were a lot rougher and tougher most were Vietnam Vets and highly experience fighters compared to the Frisco chapter in those days.remember San Jose was still a bunch of orchard fields back then
@joshuabrooks49074 жыл бұрын
Marty took that regret with him to the grave last year. I hope he's shaking Meredith Hunter's hand, and saying sorry.
@t-bo27343 жыл бұрын
@@joshuabrooks4907 Not sure Meredith Hunter deserves an apology. He pulled a firearm out of his pocket and tried to storm the stage.
@TOADALLY1235 жыл бұрын
Charlie Watts always look unamused
@jamiemoore6133 жыл бұрын
High on dope
@TheBlueCream3 жыл бұрын
@@jamiemoore613 how u know..hes just unimpressed
@jamiemoore6133 жыл бұрын
@@TheBlueCream Definitely no disrespect. This is my favorite band of all time. Sadly their younger days were drug fueled but whose wasn't. R.I.P Charlie
@AstroJenkins18 күн бұрын
@@jamiemoore613Charlie really didn’t get into the hard stuff until the ‘80s. Heroin, speed and booze was his midlife crisis.
@70goldtop9 жыл бұрын
If everything in your entire life is invested in a piece of shit bike you have much bigger problems than someone kicking it….
@puplover79919 жыл бұрын
james madison Ha, thank you for articulating so well what I was thinking!
@crackernumber28 жыл бұрын
+james madison Say that to a Hells Angels face james
@stattoo328 жыл бұрын
+james madison Everybody is in to something Man. My Bike never would come before my family but I would be happy to fight someone who was f'n with it. I am sure if someone smashed your IPhone, IPad or whatever people are into, they would give them a shot in the head and that's only a few hundred bucks. Some people are passionless but most of us have passion about something?!
@davidpeterson46697 жыл бұрын
Your right, everybody is into something. I'm into old car's and I would fight someone who messed with my 59 Chevy!
@Krizzee7 жыл бұрын
james madison not trying to defend the Hells Angels but I'm in LA and from what I see to be a Hells Angel you need to ride anywhere and everywhere on your bike in any weather so these guys grow a bond with their motorcycles it's like when a guy drives a restored 65 mustang and someone scratches it.
@chrisdrummond88936 жыл бұрын
Charlie is really listening while Mick seems lethargic and distracted.
@sternumagnum9 жыл бұрын
Well, this clears up once and for all where the idea for the Anton Chigurh haircut came from.
@Kelly14UK9 жыл бұрын
sternumagnum Haha, a handful of folk agreed with me years ago on that. Your comment made my day.
@michaelpineapples70308 жыл бұрын
+sternumagnum Best comment I've read in a long time! Nailed it!
@mattgrandstaff81226 жыл бұрын
Why does it get swept under the rug that it was the Dead who set up HA as security, and then bolted as soon as they saw the mess they created?
@venturamichael505 жыл бұрын
Yep.When I see the movie,it comes off as real cowardly how they hid in their trailers.But the Greatful Dead knew first hand what the Hells Angels were capable if prevoked so in a way I dont blame them.
@armpitification4 жыл бұрын
I think Jefferson Airplane actually recommended them and GD went a long with it.
@daBEAGLE10174 жыл бұрын
@@armpitification nope, Pigpen (GD singer) was in fact a HA.
@Formula-6022 жыл бұрын
@@daBEAGLE1017 serious?never heard that...
@daBEAGLE10172 жыл бұрын
@@Formula-602 serious. The only thing i disliked about the dead was the association with the HA. Adios friend
@keefriff9913 жыл бұрын
Charlie is my favorite Stone. He reminds me of myself...quiet, shy, sarcastic, content to stand in the background and just observe everything. Amazing sense of style too...best-dressed man in rock'n'roll, hands-down. Barger was, and is, a thug. Amazed he's still alive.
@exelchannel88063 жыл бұрын
You are on every youtube video bro!
@chucku.farley64632 жыл бұрын
He's the best cuz he's a 6/2-er. Born on June 2nd, along with greats like The Marquis de Sade, Lydia Lunch, Stacy Keach, and Me. :) Shit, Marilyn Monroe was born a day before us and there's damn good reason. JFK? 5/29. We're bad aces, right, God? I love your bass playing, btw.
@robertsimpson42655 жыл бұрын
"what's the most you've ever lost on a coin toss?"
@andrewyoung16524 жыл бұрын
Charlie summing up the whole concert at 3:50
@joshuabrooks49079 жыл бұрын
I hate to say this, but I think Mick and Charlie did a great job by not responding to Sonny calling Mick an idiot. You can tell that the Meredith Hunter incident traumatized them, especially Mick because he had a front row seat to Meredith's murder. I think Mick is still affected by it to this very day.
@Ricopolico8 жыл бұрын
+Joshua Brooks Traumatized them? Those fucking jackoffs set this debacle into motion. What kinda moron does it take to give a bunch of pussies like the Angels any authority?
@joshuabrooks49078 жыл бұрын
Dude, it was the Rolling Stones job to entertain that crowd of 300,000 people. I'm pretty sure that they knew that the Hells Angels were given security detail in that festival, but still, the fact that Mick was standing near where this guy was killed should give him a good reason to be traumatized. In a way, I agree with Funny on this issue, because the biker had every right to defend themselves, as well as the other three hundred thousand attendees at this festival from people like Meredith hunter. I'm not saying Meredith was a bad person, but he should have known to never bring a gun to a rock festival. Especially, when the Hells Angels are the security detail. the angel exercise his right as an American citizen to legally defend himself.
@klausrain1116 жыл бұрын
Joshua Brooks of course he is. He's not a member of that shitstain of a band, the Dead, who are responsible anyway. Back then, in the Bay area, when the Panthers were still prominent, plenty of Black guys had white girllfriends. I doubt if that had much to do with it. The Angels however, were nutwagons anyway, and wouldn't have been there if it weren't for the freakin Dead. Of course, people have needled Mick for years about it, he'll always be the one held responsible.
@BeeBumper6 жыл бұрын
Well in the video Merideth is holding a pistol, and pointing it toward the stage, what would you think would happen under those circumstances, a friendly chat. I mean what would he be affected by, he never said to Merideth bring a gun to an open air concert, so I'd sleep very well.
@JIM87ification5 жыл бұрын
the guys Hunter deserved it. Who goes to a concert with a freakin gun. He was obviously a criminal looking for trouble and he got it. Thank you Angels.
@Sincopare3 жыл бұрын
Well done, Charlie. Will miss you!
@Appleholic19 жыл бұрын
Charlie Watts looks a little like Javier Bardem
@gdawgs1018 жыл бұрын
lol a little?
@alanmorris76695 жыл бұрын
Appleholic1 Charlie Watts actually looks like Jimmy Fallon wearing a wig.
@Barnabas453 жыл бұрын
Who's bright idea was it to hire the Hell's Angels as security guards!
@teleguy56993 жыл бұрын
The Dead and Airplane suggested it. The Stones went along. They worked for beer.
@badgerfishinski68572 жыл бұрын
The only guy that got killed was the guy who pulled his gun at a concert. So...It appears justice was served.
@Duende709 ай бұрын
And did the dead cancel their gig?
@thetruthhurts66525 жыл бұрын
You can tell Charlie Watts is not wanting to say to much for the fear that the Angels might want to go after him.
@jeffsmith20229 жыл бұрын
"Well done,Sonny".
@Colstonewall8 жыл бұрын
Charlie is very classy here, when he could've been anything but. He didn't put Barger or the Angels down, didn't criticize them, just basically gave them a few compliments.
@Noodles37UK8 жыл бұрын
+Chris Kavanagh One of the several reasons i admire Watts. And his dry humour.
@GC_4208 жыл бұрын
+Chris Kavanagh Classy because he didnt criticize the leader of the Hells Angels while being filmed? Lol, I call it 'Tactically Wise'. But classy works too I suppose...
@Colstonewall6 жыл бұрын
Being "tactical" could've meant Charlie saying absolutely nothing, as Jagger did. Tactical, isn't what Charlie was doing.
@corvettegeorge19796 жыл бұрын
All Sonny wanted to do was drink beer all night but people kept pointing guns at the stage and kicking his motorcycle. Well done Sonny!
@chucku.farley64632 жыл бұрын
Enjoy Hell, Son!
@joelgalvan8358 Жыл бұрын
They got hit by hells angels.great idea putting them on security
@Desmondbrown73 Жыл бұрын
The situation wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for the Hells angels, which came first the chicken or the egg I eat the chicken and then I eat its leg
@kirbygene11 жыл бұрын
It's always strange for me to hear how Mick REALLY talks. I don't know how many fans know this, but Mick's cockney accent is part of his character. The way you hear him in this clip is his natural accent. Very refined
@Taptricko2 жыл бұрын
Mick does not talk during this clip. The guy responding to Charlie is not Mick. There is a longer clip where you can watch them reviewing the video and the payback of the stabbing. Watch that and you should se what I mean.
@marysepradet6162Ай бұрын
I will be 76 on Monday .. just fancied to watch this again !
@sickb22007 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah, he was great in that No Country for Old Men movie.
@bergssprangare7 жыл бұрын
LOL
@irielyromeromena56927 жыл бұрын
sickb2200 i
@shelflife38675 жыл бұрын
lol
@Sincopare5 жыл бұрын
"Well done, Sonny." These words have stuck with me for years...and Sonny put the Stones straight so hard in this phone interview...all Charlie could say was, "Oh dear...what a shame." in the saddest way.
@geraldobrien73232 жыл бұрын
Sonny was naive. Mick Jagger is not The Rolling Stones. The RS are part of a whole big organization of record execs and lawyers. And don’t forget that the RS were not the only band that played that day. A lotta people were involved in making this concert happen, yet Sonny put it all on Jagger as the scapegoat.
@maxxxmodelz40614 жыл бұрын
Holy shit. Sonny Barger is the king of the Hells Angels MC. It's historic to hear him here along with Mick Jagger and The Stones.
@joshuabrooks49072 жыл бұрын
Sonny turns 84 next year, and he's still the president of the Oakland, California chapter of the Hell's Angels, a chapter he founded in 1957. With the recent death of Outlaws founder Harry "Taco" Bowman, Sonny really is the last man standing.
@johnringo33082 жыл бұрын
Sonny Barger is the king of BULLSHIT talking mofo's. So what Barger talks his shit. So what if he meets a WingsMan, So what if I pound his Ho, or Mom in the azz. So what if he has any bich Angels who wanna get some Outlaws, SavGa
@vampyros113 жыл бұрын
Charlie Watts is really just such a cool guy, always so grounded, no matter how outrageous the Stones may have been. The backbone of the band, no doubt, and a helluva drummer.
@joshuabrooks49073 жыл бұрын
He's been loyal to the same woman since before the Stones got Rolling.
@chucknchar4 жыл бұрын
Another nail in the coffin of the Love Generation.
@stevedrums167510 жыл бұрын
The Hell's Angels were simply being themselves. Whoever hired them deserves the brunt of the blame for that mess.
@donlebo68248 жыл бұрын
+stevedrums The Stones previously used the Angels as security before Altamont, (why not seems like they could handle the task)and there were no problems and went with them for this festival. Who knew?
@keeponrollin79227 жыл бұрын
Don Lebo at Hyde park in London July 3rd 69..
@Fakename707 жыл бұрын
stevedrums If I remember correctly, they were recommended by Jerry Garcia
@jamescurtis466 жыл бұрын
stevedrums ya was not there but I do know greatfull dead, people helped with setting up the thing, I believe that is how it worked out.
@M.Bison945 жыл бұрын
keep on rollin 79 that’s true, but regrettably the London HA was a gang of non-violent fans of hell’s angels and biker culture and weren’t actually a part of the club.
@rickyrhoades40839 жыл бұрын
During a call in radio show the day after the concert, Sonny Barger called in and said basically that he felt used by the Stones and that nobody was going to touch his beloved Harley Davidson motorcyle. He calls Mick an idiot while Jagger listened. Jagger said nothing. You could tell they were worried about the Angels being pissed at them.
@geraldobrien73232 жыл бұрын
Why was all the anger directed towards Mick? Many people had a hand in putting this together; the promoters, the lawyers, the owner of Altamont, and also all the other bands that played that day, but the HA put it all on Mick, who is only one member of a five piece band.
@aclockworkorangefan90937 жыл бұрын
0:21Mick is bored like hell. Guess he's sick of hearing that shit.
@samnewton627 жыл бұрын
Where's my drummer?!
@tleatherland6 жыл бұрын
"I'm not your drummer, you're my fucking singer!"
@Adrian_Martinez12616 жыл бұрын
You've earned my respect
@michaelwilson23404 жыл бұрын
Mellow Charlie put diva Mick in his place. What a legendary tale. Don't mess with the drummer. They're usually the strongest member of the band. All that drumming you know.
@softclay4thought11 жыл бұрын
"Oh dear! What a shame!" There is so much honesty in the comments and reflections by Charlie Watts. This is one genuine guy who wouldn't want to hurt anyone and his reactions here are quite humane and genuine as well. Those PRESCIOUS BIKES became the catalysts for continuous aggressive reactions by the Hells Angels. People were tripping on LSD, speed, and other things. A motorcycle is the last thing you should have parked in front of the stage at a rock concert. Dumb decision Mr. Jagger!
@TheBlueCream3 жыл бұрын
blame GD and JA
@geraldobrien73232 жыл бұрын
Jagger made that decision? A lot of people were involved in putting that disaster together, yet everyone blames Jagger. Why?
@g.c.wheeler.8056 жыл бұрын
Charlie's response is very wise. He stops himself from speaking in detail or placing blame twice. Personally think the whole situation was handled poorly. Not really anyone's fault any more than it's everyone's fault. I myself am interested in knowing more about Charlie's reference to "how they cleared the way to the stage". I am indifferent in regards to blame, I just enjoy researching culture history. Anyone know where I can find that footage thank you in advance
@Maxsfable4 жыл бұрын
I think he was referring to just after Meredith was stabbed and led away, and the Angels cleared a massive spot in front of the stage so people could move.
@andrewyoung16524 жыл бұрын
Maxsfable no, he was referring to the angels driving their motor cycles slowly through the crowd, from the back to the front, making a trail a metre in width in order for them all to get to the stage
@cullensweeney56783 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/epDdiqV4mrJjn8k 5:45 man check it out! Really sweet, and I agree with you, regardless of blame Altamont was quite culturally significant.
@nickbyfieldward3 жыл бұрын
Jagger looks stunned to me.
@TheJoshuamooney3 жыл бұрын
@@nickbyfieldward Yeah, because Mick, in 1969, is not used to being called an "idiot" on live radio. I have no love for Sonny Barger, a well-known asshole, but his harsh take on Jagger here has been echoed for years to come, not without justification, regarding Altamont. To me, the Maysles' footage of Jagger and Watts here, reviewing already-shot footage of the concert, etc., is pure genius documentary filmmaking. Anyway, always loved Charlie, one of the greatest of drummers. May he RIP.
@derekddurbin4 жыл бұрын
That was the leader of the Hell’s Angels not just any Angel
@chucku.farley64632 жыл бұрын
He's nothing to me.
@derekddurbin2 жыл бұрын
@Joe J. the kids have arrived in the comments. My stepdad was the president of the Black Pistons and he was in the NightHawgs and Outlaws. So I could give a fuck either bro
@andreaharrison2832 жыл бұрын
Read George Christie's book on how Sonny B really is behind closed doors! Shocking!
@genadavies5474 Жыл бұрын
They killed an innocent man! Jagger ain't the idiot here.
@tom441511 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this in 1995. Charlie's great here and probably the most focused stone at that time,.
@rogerlegends1665 ай бұрын
Let's be honest , that's a low bar .
@truthhurts35323 жыл бұрын
🔥🔥❤🔥RIP CHARLIE WATTS & THE ROLLING STONES, THE GREATEST ROCK & ROLL BAND EVER!!!!!🔥❤🔥🔥
@Noodles37UK8 жыл бұрын
Lol Barger going "yaaaagh". I do get the guy's point. Funny as fuck.
@michaelcasey3152 Жыл бұрын
This is actually a really interesting cultural moment- Barger (CEO of the Angels) calling in and giving Jagger (CEO of counterculture) his perspective on what has proved a major historical clash/event. That the Maysles let Charlie Watts own the scene is genius.
@kenbrown20847 жыл бұрын
Hells Angels=Beer=crank=crowd=violence
@kingchibot792310 жыл бұрын
The guy that was stabbed to death had a gun. He was charging the stage with a pistol. Who knows what he was about to do.
@sega62s6 жыл бұрын
King Chibot he was going to kill a hells angels for the accident with a certain bike, man, its so pathetic, human life for a stell bike
@DakTirCue6 жыл бұрын
looked to me like he was pointing it at the stage.
@davidmorrison47185 жыл бұрын
@@sega62s According to the hells angel he was pointing the gun at Mick
@electrichellion59464 жыл бұрын
Nelson Robert Willis that’s how the story goes as told on a podcast I listened to today. The the deceased was being punched and kicked and only pulled out the .22 to stop his attackers. It’s been told that his last words were to the 22 year old HA which were “l wasn’t going to shoot you.” Then a trash can hit hm one the head. The podcast is “Once upon a Time” number 146. From there I went to you tube and found the video clip of the first strike of the blade and a split second later the dark outlines the revolver can be seen against the light colored fabric worn by a woman. Quickly the situation turned to a turd sandwich and everyone had a bite.
@teleguy56993 жыл бұрын
@@electrichellion5946 You're fairly spot on. Everyone thinks Hunter, out of nowhere, was just going to shoot the stage.
@hannahwootton64914 жыл бұрын
The life of a man is more valuable than a bike
@Kaagrant2 жыл бұрын
Not to those reprobates, the hells angels. Or even any other bikers gangs. Those people were a bunch of sociopaths. They do value their “hogs” more than human life. They’re maniacs.
@vincentlussier82642 жыл бұрын
What didn't help at Altamont was the stage was only 3 feet high with no restricted distance from the crowd. The crowd were right at the edge of the stage where you could reach ot and touch Mick Jagger in fact one girl even reached her arms out to him. So the tension of people budding infront of one another to get a close look got tense. Just look, you can even see many moments of guys and chicks nudging each other to get close to the stage and space was too tight! No wonder things got out if controll. Also, during Jefferson Airplane, they stopped their show too because some ruckus started in the crowd and some guy got pulled away and one of the Hells punched out their bass player who also argued with the guitarist! The whole Altamont show was a poorly planned show worse than Woodstock!
@RollingOrmond12 жыл бұрын
No, Altamont was intended as a free concert thank-you to their fans (they just didn't expect the Angels to be such violent animals; the Grateful Dead recommended them). It was because the Stones REMEMBERED their fans that this happened.
@huflungdung82522 жыл бұрын
RIP Sonny
@kaivrock Жыл бұрын
Like John Lennon, I don't think the Rolling Stones had a grasp of violence on an American level. Many have said had Lennon stayed in Europe, he'd still be alive and I agree. I think Jagger looked at the Angels as sort of cartoon characters not having a clue as to what they and this country is really capable of.
@alanmorris76695 жыл бұрын
In this video, I thought Charlie Watts was actually Jimmy Fallon wearing a wig.
@hankblankenship97065 жыл бұрын
LMAO!
@FynnDynamite4 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Fallon ist eigl Charlie Watts nachm Termin beim Haarschneider ;D
@GianfrancoFronzi10 жыл бұрын
Moral of story ; Friends don't let friends pull out guns at concerts where HELLS ANGELS are working security . I liked the crocodile tears from the assailants girl friend , I'm sure she didn't know he was packin ?
@GianfrancoFronzi9 жыл бұрын
Superblaster Megamaster Ok . You get the village people for bouncers , I'm sure they'd be way more effective on a gun wielding member of your audience . I'm a coward I'll just continue with the Hells Angels , I know they're methods are crude they should have waited until he fired his gun on Jagger .
@GianfrancoFronzi9 жыл бұрын
OK . You pull out a gun at a social gathering and if there's any wossies around I'm sure you'll enjoy their attention ?
@armpitification4 жыл бұрын
She did. But the witness stories don’t line up w the HA being innocent at all. They were beating the shit out of people all day with pool cues etc. They also beat the pulp out of Meredith Hunter after they stabbed him. The Angels were definitely not innocent.
@teleguy56993 жыл бұрын
@@armpitification They were beating him before, that's why he pulled the gun. He was being thumped and staggered forward as he was pulling it.
@tcapo5143 жыл бұрын
È corretto mio fratello italiano 🔪
@Sincopare12 жыл бұрын
"Oh dear. What a shame." Hindsight's 20-20. Charlie properly expresses regret over the poor decision to have violent bikers do their security work. Meanwhile, Mick is surprised. "Well done, Sonny."
@stardate285613 жыл бұрын
Mick once said of that concert, "Sometimes I think the only two people who didn't have a good time were me and that guy that got killed...." How could anyone there have enjoyed that chaotic scene?
@GiveMeYourNachosButthead Жыл бұрын
I’ll say this, who knows the reason why that black guy got killed, but it’s self defense and lucky he got spotted right in time before he either killed one of the Stones members OR some innocent(s) in the crowd. I don’t respect the Hells Angels and their involvement at this concert, but at least one of ‘em was paying attention and took action!
@youmothershouldknow49053 жыл бұрын
As for HA as security, did anybody ask what could possibly go wrong?
@malcolmnicoll11654 жыл бұрын
"Confirms what I've always believed. That everyone's a piece of shit." -Bill Burr
@MichaelHansenFUN13 жыл бұрын
the full sonny barger statement is on the dvd. he is right and he said "if you wanna be my friend then be my friend, if you dont want to be my friend, then I dont want to know you" or words to that effect. "I think we have one of the hell's angels on the line, sonny barger" YOU GOT THE #1 HELLS ANGEL OF THEM ALL!!! He ended up being #1 Hell's Angel. No one can touch this guy. Also he was the founder of the Oakland chapter, and at this time, He was the President of the Oakland chapter.
@motman523 жыл бұрын
The "Well done, Sunny" reply from Charlie still resonates with from that terrible time..... ("Yeah, Dude.. this is America where a man can still speak his mind.")
@JAG31211 жыл бұрын
You need to get something straight. Meredith Hunter came to the concert with a gun. Meredith Hunter worked his way up to the stage. Meredith Hunter pulled out his gun. Now, what the fuck do you think he was going to do next? If it wasn't for the Angels, there would have been no 50th Anniversary Tour. Kick Sonny's bike, kick any Angel's bike, kick my bike; there will be hurt.
@Kedeas5 жыл бұрын
You can definitely see how Tord Up Over It Charlie Watts is
@_Captain_Benji_2 жыл бұрын
I did some research after watching this video and found out that Sonny Barger passed away yesterday due to liver cancer. Absolutely crazy shit! RIP wild man
@alxsend80452 жыл бұрын
Fuck you for celebrating this piece of shit
@twistedgamer91672 жыл бұрын
Wow he outlived Charlie
@richardburns-uz7of Жыл бұрын
The bikers were not the Hell's Angles, they were actually the Dike's On Bikes gang of lesbian women dress up as men bikers. The Rolling Stones made a deal with Dike's On Bikes to run security that night for 200 cases of Kotex Tampons
@Duende709 ай бұрын
Beg your pardon?
@esperanza5I10 жыл бұрын
Barger should have tried working for a living. He got his 15 minutes. What a loser. Anyone miss him? Of course not.
@acx2079 жыл бұрын
Bob Affolter hes not dead you idiot
@MichaelHansenFUN6 жыл бұрын
he is #1 hells angel with book deals and everything else you don't have-EVER READ HIS BOOKS he does not GLOSS over anything
@frankfordification5 жыл бұрын
Sonny has more money than Croesus!
@mjsmcd5 жыл бұрын
Still alive
@pbrick630112 жыл бұрын
Sonny Barger sounds like Tony Barretta.
@herbalenquiry12 жыл бұрын
organizers:scumbag's angels:scumbag's
@greglaplace378611 жыл бұрын
please disable the comments, there's no point
@Jkroger10011 жыл бұрын
Watch the film. The Angels were beating people all damn day. Including Marty Balin from the Jefferson Airplane. Yeah, Sonny's book is interesting, but he's a bit prejudiced about the whole thing.
@mikebell86039 жыл бұрын
everyone is to blame for this one, the guy that brought the gun, the angels and the stones...they were all in cahoots with each other, using each other...
@donlebo68248 жыл бұрын
+Ben TEN TEN Scared of white folks and toting his white girlfriend.
@nickthebastard75668 жыл бұрын
+Ben TEN TEN I would NOT go to a black majority concert with the black panthers as security and then pull out a gun right in front of the stage, anyone doing that has pretty much committed suicide in my opinion, and that is basically what happened to Merideth Hunter at Altamont. Regular security (ie: cops) would almost certainly shoot to kill in that situation.
@teleguy56993 жыл бұрын
Don't forget The Dead for setting this up in the first place.
@teleguy56993 жыл бұрын
@@nickthebastard7566 He pulled the gun because he was being beaten by the Angels.
@CopyPhotoScan11 жыл бұрын
The movie/documentary is required viewing prior to watching these snippets on YT. That way people will be that is was not a 'Stones' concert. The Altamont Free Concert included: Santana, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Jefferson Airplane, & Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, then the Stones as the final act. The Grateful Dead were also scheduled to perform, between CSNY & the Stones, but declined to play shortly before their scheduled appearance due to the increasing violence at the venue
@IndependentGeorge7611 жыл бұрын
Whenever i see a member of a Motorcycle Club or wannabe Angel, I always wish Tony Soprano and Christopher Moltisanti would show up...
@devinthierault3 жыл бұрын
I really do understand Sonny about the kicking Motrorcycle thing. You put so much money into it.
@Desmondbrown73 Жыл бұрын
Why would you put your most valuable possession, in the path of sure fire destruction😂😂😂 Give me a break, these narcissists wanted to create a problem, they offer no solution except for violence an escalation of violence
@devinthieraultАй бұрын
@@Desmondbrown73im definitely not arguing that narcissist for sure
@garyschneider3 жыл бұрын
I remember him since I was 13 years old and I am 71
@shadowheart5211 жыл бұрын
If what Barger says is true and somebody kicked his back, I'd call that suicide by stupidity.
@Mephysto6512 жыл бұрын
Ah that's where Javier Bardem took inspiration for his haircut in No country for old men!!!
@vistacruiser67d11 жыл бұрын
Charlie and Micks segments were filmed separately. The film is really misleading. After listening to the full life audio of Altamont here on you tube I'm finding the Gimme Shelter film severely alters the actual events. Great film though it is. I don't suppose I could have done a better job putting the film together but its very fragmented and misleading regarding the Altamont coverage.
@birsay1233 жыл бұрын
At 2:45, that’s not Mick answering Charlie, is it?
@geraldobrien73232 жыл бұрын
No, it’s one of the film editors.
@57highland11 жыл бұрын
It was the Grateful Dead who originally suggested the Hells Angels. The Stones and their manager just more or less went along with it.
@PaulJordane2 жыл бұрын
What a mess all of it was.
@raulmacias13113 жыл бұрын
Who's the idiot that put this Festival together? An outdoor Festival in the cold Winter in Northern California! The stage was on the same level with the crowd! It's a miracle The Stones got out of there alive or at least getting severely assaulted! There was an air of malevolence that permeated that whole Festival and came to a head with the stabbing death of Meredith Hunter. Mick Jagger got smacked in the face when he got off the helicopter by a hippie who shouted out "I hate you!" Let's face it, The Rolling Stones were never about flower power and love. The Stones always projected the dark side singing the NB Blues which in some quarters in the Afro-American community consider the Devil's music. I mean "Jumpin'' Jack Flash" and "Sympathy For The Devil" featured some very wicked lyrics and music! Come in "Their Satanic Majesties Request"? Coming on the heels of Brian Jones's mysterious death, there was an air of death during that '69 American Tour.
@oldbricks98236 жыл бұрын
It was a different crowd when some hells angles punched Evil Knievel, they got their ass kicked, one of them was in a coma for 6 months.
@apeapeape9995 жыл бұрын
i'm sure evil wasn't waving a gun around
@venturamichael505 жыл бұрын
Kharma
@hamidmusik76916 жыл бұрын
Stones drummer has the same haircut like Javier Bardem in no country for old men
@MichaelHansenFUNАй бұрын
rip sonny barger and charlie watts
@joshuabrooks424710 жыл бұрын
I think I heard a bit of sadness in Charlie's words, and possibly a bit of arrogance in Sonny's. On the other hand, I'm sure neither the Rolling Stones, nor Sonny Barger had any clue that that guy was going to pull a gun and point it at people. It's unfortunate the guy died, but the Hells' Angels killed one man in an effort to protect many other innocent people. Good job HA!
@davidgray86542 жыл бұрын
I agree Joshua Brooks, too many people still think that HA's were out of line. I think you couldn't buy better security if you wanted to
@thatBarryNoVa11 жыл бұрын
from what i read it was the stones fault because the put off playing for hours to get the crowd buzzing...so thats what happened...the crowd got hype and started getting out of control...also the guy who got stabbed was going for someone in the band with a gun and the angels stepped in and he got fucked up...read sonnys book...
@teleguy56993 жыл бұрын
The Angel were beating people all day. They knocked out Marty Balin of The Jefferson Airplane.
@vistacruiser67d11 жыл бұрын
I don't think Mick and Charlie are in the same room at the same time. I think their respective segments were filmed separately. The lighting is different and had they been together they would have pulled back to show them. That's not Mick's voice. I think its one of the Maysles brothers' voice that put the film together. Its sounds more like Keith Richards voice than Micks but Richards was not there.
@user-kj1pq6zh3x2 жыл бұрын
I thought the same
@mikedonn7112 жыл бұрын
The Angels were war vets a lot of them, and they got tired of all these skinny kids getting the chicks. Also, there were probably lots of leftists in the crowd antagonizing them. On the other hand, the Angels ended up looking like a bunch of Brownshirts. What a disaster. This concert practically created the '70s.
@MetalWarrior-jb5cq2 жыл бұрын
Charlie Watts R.I.P.
@manny45529 жыл бұрын
Barger strikes me as being quite an articulate guy.His interviews are quite interesting.
@FuglyFatt10 жыл бұрын
Anyone else think that Charlie Watts looks like Jimmy Fallon smoking a cigarette with a wig on and a unibrow?
@moogyboy610 жыл бұрын
I think he looks more like Ray Davies here.
@jenneacoleman-cubero23656 жыл бұрын
Who were the babies born at the concert anyway? And what happened to the three/two other people (besides Meredith Hunter) that were killed?
@nickoldenkamp738910 жыл бұрын
If you read or listen to old interviews, the common theme is that the stage was way too low and close to the crowd. Merdith Hunter came looking for trouble. Life magazine has some great pictures that show that.
@daveverplank Жыл бұрын
Whose bright idea was it to hire the Hell's Angels in the first place?
@CryptoGeneYus5 жыл бұрын
Hey sonny. Check the video of the angel on stage during under my thumb and ask yourself if he’s “loaded” or not
@codydavidyates723 жыл бұрын
I miss Charlie. I haven't let him go yet..
@eddiequist30887 жыл бұрын
the guy who got killed tried to shot at the stones? I don't understand...
@theselector473311 жыл бұрын
Mick doesn't talk in this interview. Charlie is talking to someone else.
@mounts6552 жыл бұрын
The dvd shows everything…warts and all… I have the anniversary version…same as Woodstock had horrible moments..one story they had bulldozers cleaning the garbage away and all garbage bags, one young kid had wrapped himself in a bag the nite before and wad still sleeping on the ground (it rained most of that weekend) the bulldozers got him…after the fact when it was figured out, it turned out the kid was the son of one of the police working Woodstock..there’s a book..stories from Woodstock…all people who attended..the policeman told his story
@mydogsbiteu11 жыл бұрын
Dude that was Charlie talking not Mick.
@IanHunedoara87 жыл бұрын
There's gotta be something in your life that will piss you off like hell if someone messes with it.