Couple React To Rolling Stones- Paint It Black

[@stephandreyer2944]

The line of cars all painted black is a funeral procession for his love who died.

[@Wendys___]

“If I look hard enough into the setting sun, my love will laugh with me before the morning comes.” He’s saying if he thinks about it too deeply at sunset, he will kill himself and laugh with his dead loved one by morning. Really the darkest and deepest line in the song and no one ever gets it.

[@peterhudson23]

@@Wendys___ I literally JUST GOT THAT PART right before reading this comment, funny

[@DavidGarvinTechnophile]

"I see a line of cars and they're all painted black With flowers and my love both never to come back" That's a funeral procession, with the black cars covered in flowers, much as they would be in England.

[@billynair]

Depressing song are cathartic because it helps you realize that you are not the only one who feels like that. Knowing others are going through similar situations shows that you might be able to get through it too

[@michaelriffee4526]

The lyric line about a line of black cars with flowers and my love will never come back refers to the funeral of his girlfriend

[@Bike_Lion]

Yup!.....A lot of people seem to miss, or not quite grasp this line. It's arguably the most important line in the whole song though.

[@oldermusiclover]

I never thought but someone mentioned that this was written from the point of view of someone who has lost someone to death i understand that one and now I know where he is coming from and the late Charlie Watts on drums and Brian Jones on sitar

[@redangel169]

I shared a love of this song with my Dad. He mostly listened to country so the mutual love of this song was so special. It never fails to remind me of him. Miss you Dad.

[@peggykunkel9180]

This song was very popular and was on the radio constantly. It has been used in many movies. I don't think I listened to the lyrics in my early teen years. Later I actually listened and realized it was describing how you feel when someone close dies. When you are in deep mourning you know life goes on but you are not able or ready to leave the darkness.

[@oldermusiclover]

very true

[@Frostrazor]

simply mourning the loss of his love. Having to face the fact she's gone, and seeing the world just going on like normal, but he's stuck in mourning. How can the world just keep going and be like 'normal' when he's everything but normal. But like babies are born every day much to the joy of so many, so too does someone die every day. This was one of my most favs by Stones. MY number one fav is Gimme Shelter. I think you did that one. Two other wonderful songs by Stones: 'Angie' and 'Wild Horses'

[@TheRealInf4mous4im]

Exactly

[@mkuti-childress3625]

You got the baby reference, too-I haven’t seen anyone else mention it.

[@mamared56]

Mourning the loss of his love "I see a line of cars and their all painted black. With flowers and my love both never to come back" . Describing the funeral cortege.

[@independenceltd.]

The Stones played this one when I saw them two weeks ago. They hadn't played it the previous two times I'd seen them. Great tune. WASP does a killer version too.

[@rogerkelly7988]

This song has been used for the soundtrack from several programs and movies dealing with the Vietnam war

[@Tbirdhaynes]

I love to read, I love movies. I even act and produce in local Indy films. Still, I could continue to live my life without books or movies. If my music is taken away, I will have the mood and attitude of this song and probably would blow my brains out 😂

[@ttrob93]

This is the song that made me a Stones fan, just the hard driving sound , it's a Banger and it fit my mood at the time, I'd probably heard it hundreds of times before I picked up on the meaning.

[@ntolman]

This is a classic Stones song.

[@josephcox178]

The Adventures Of TNT, I recommend their version of "Little Red Rooster", "Route 66" and "You Can't Catch Me". The Rolling Stones were very heavily into Chicago Blues, especially Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, Bo DIddley. Among many other R&B legends. The above three are definitely worth a listen.

[@matthewmyers7592]

I discovered your page this morning (reacting to Billy Strings) and I’ve been watching for over an hour. You guys are awesome!

[@davidboling1650]

This song was also the theme song too one of my favorite shows from the 80's called tour of duty.

[@dabronx340]

This is a song about a broken heart. Lost love and bitterness

[@tequila_mockingbird547]

So many good songs to choose from. Some of my favorites that I’d recommend are “Dead Flowers,” “Monkey Man,” “Little T&A,” “She’s So Cold,” and “You’ve Got the Silver.” ❤️

[@eddieevans6692]

"Let It Bleed", "Midnight Rambler", "You've Got the Silver", "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Wild Horses", "Tumbling Dice". Pick any one. You can't go wrong. And there's plenty more I didn't name! BTW it was all over the radio when it came out. I never realized it was about a funeral until lately.

[@Erica-jv7ze]

The song “Angie” by them is nice.

[@leannmiller7153]

Huge Stones hit in 1966… I still have my original record❤️

[@gettingtoemilia2858]

"I see a line of cars, and they're all painted black, with flowers and my love, both never to come back".... I feel like this is a funeral procession...

[@edwardsighamony]

I think this is probably the best synthesis of Indian and rock music. Brian Jones was a genius. Personally, my favorite period of the Stones has to be the era between Beggars Banquet and Goat's Head Soup. You should listen to No Expectations, Let It Bleed, Dead Flowers, Moonlight Mile, Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) and Tumbling Dice.

[@fredkrissman6527]

Indian cuz of the prominent use of sitar; did the Beatles beat the Stones to the punch here?

[@edwardsighamony]

@@fredkrissman6527 Not just the use of the sitar. The Beatles got their first, but their sitar-related songs are more indebted to Indian classical music, whereas this sounds closer to a folk song that you would hear in the countryside. I'm shocked that a Western person from that era would be that familiar with Indian folk music.

[@teamdata]

His woman died. Period. No more meaning needed. Everything about death and funerals is about the color black.

[@ParkerAllen2]

I heard this song for years before I realized it was about his woman dying. The key lyric to get that meaning is "I see a line of cars and they're all painted black. With flowers and my love both never to come back."

[@snowbird9660]

Well said. Thank you.

[@OldFossil]

Can also be related to the Vietnam War as this was a common song associated with the conflict

[@ronaldstokes4841]

Listen to the last refrain... he's contemplating suicide... "If I look hard enuff into the setting sun; my Love will laugh with me before the morning comes." What a song!

[@ronaldstokes4841]

@@OldFossil Nam Vet here... yes, this is part of our anthem anthology.

[@charliecochran3035]

Read the line again with the line of cars all painted black. It goes on to say something like "...flowers and my love both never to come back". That's the clue. It's a funeral for his love. Great job as always. I hope you two keep doing stuff I like as your reviews and chatter are all great. Oh yeah. Heartbreaker!

[@waltstilwell4933]

It’s the sitar that gives this song such a unique sound.

[@spartiate567]

To me this is a song about grief. The woman he loved. In the extreme of grief, anyone can be lose "rationality". As for the positivity, well, jazz and especially blues are foundational to rock and roll, and jazz (and especially blues!) may be extremely sad, but it is always tough, sorrow never falls into self-pity or sticky sentimentality.

[@2460welshguards]

stones never gets enough airtime on the radio stations , they were always looked by the media as the bad boys of rock , but there music was and still is 2nd to none

[@douglassellers7528]

This song takes me back to the local beach. Back when I still had to ride my there. I hear this and always smile about the good times we had.

[@ramdasbir5995]

My favorite Stones song!!

[@godropkicks3219]

I love that you both wore black for this song. I enjoyed hearing both of your opinions. Keep being real, and awesome. Best wishes, and thanks for entertaining me.

[@montanateri6889]

I think one of the worst things about being depressed or mornfull is isolation. If you listen to a song that emphaszes with your emotion, you no longer feel alone in that feeling. And to know that there are others who've been there, who've gone through those moments, allows release of the pressure of one feeling that no one understands. It allows a person release in the sharing of the emotion.

[@bmw128racer]

"Gimme Shelter" is a must listen. A timely and timeless track. 🔥🔥🔥

[@liamoconnor9487]

Street Fighting Man, is worth a listen, too.

[@juliemanarin4127]

Yes

[@AliasMark69]

The Rolling Stones.... I hope you know and fully understand how important this band is. Only The Beatles are more important to the history of Rock Music. Enjoy your journey through history's best. Sparked up my pipe for this Classic. Thanks, again

[@Edward-qn9rm]

Brian Jones great Indian type of guitar. And Bill Wyman bass backbeat. And Charlie Watts opened up on drums with echoes which made the drums sound deeper and distant

[@_Saraaah_]

Y‘all should do Gimme shelter by The Rolling Stones

[@liamoconnor9487]

And Gimme Shelter.

[@redtails71]

A song is about him mourning the loss of a loved one. The key verse is " isee a line of cars and they're all painted black. With flowers and my love both never to come back."

[@cuebj]

Try Ventilator Blues from Exile on Main Street LPs. Pretty good song for the Covid times written around 1972. Then Living in a Ghost Town which they made just before Covid lockdowns and reworked a bit to match the times with a video of empty cities

[@philtarbox8256]

Read the lyrics... "I see a line of cars and they're all painted black... With flowers and my love both never to come back".... "If I look hard enough into the setting sun... My love will laugh with me before the morning comes"... he lost the love of his life and he wants to be with her even in death

[@bjble]

The Rolling Stones Can't you hear me knocking

[@СергейСафронов-х7щ]

Rolling Stones - Angie. My favorite songs by they

[@frankiebowie6174]

It’s not just poetry, if you ever really lose The One, it’s reality. You go black. This is about the loss of a dear lover. It might turn to gray eventually, but it’s still there, you just compartmentalize it.

[@CCDzine]

After twenty years I still hear this as Crazy Cabbie's theme song.

[@romanrodriquez3816]

your guys' reaction to the stones songs are AMAZING best on youtube! 😀 you should really react to Sister Morphine. the meaning is extraordinary. Brown sugar is another good one

[@blakemeads9225]

This song brilliantly depicts grief

[@1brokemofo2023]

You guys need to hear under my thumb can't get no satisfaction jumping Jack flash those are some of the bigger hits all their songs pretty much really awesome but I think you guys would dig these

[@TheMinster1960]

Bitch is the next song by The Rolling Stones you should check out. It's one of the band's best rockers.

[@juliemanarin4127]

Yes a good one

[@kenqb5450]

I associate this song with the TV show "Tour of Duty" (1987 - 1990), it was the theme song. The show was about a platoon in Vietnam.

[@derjogderjog8031]

Can someone please explain who is capable of writing these lyrics...The Stones have over 500 songs and many with unbelievable lyrics... I love these guys..Stunning Stones

[@MannyCruz72]

Very cool review you guys did. You should do the song As Tears Go By, by the Rolling Stones.

[@juliemanarin4127]

So many great songs...do Gimme Shelter and Heartbreaker!

[@kevinmarker-cz3bx]

Grief...for his lost love..plain and painful...one of my favs...

[@vivianbrody510]

One of the Rolling Stones' Top 3. Try out "Brown Sugar" and "Shattered."

[@atuuschaaw]

♥ Music is our universal language of the heart. ♥

[@broodhunter21]

The song is about the death of a loved one. The line of cars painted black are hearse. It's a funeral procession. "I could not forsee this thing happening to you" it was an unexpected death.

[@redangel169]

To me its about feeking pain and darkness and feeling like its invisible to the world. Songs about painful topics often make you feel less alone.

[@rayharley597]

First heard this the summer I turned fourteen; hottest (at that time) summer on record; Queen's jubilee with street parties and I remember suffering from depression, or at least very early signs of a lifelong battle with clinical depression and suicidal thoughts and, I think, this may have had a tenth anniversary re-release because I bought the '45 as it seemed to speak to something within me that I had no name for at the time. As for the comments about music and the way it can help battle depression; albums by bands as varied as Megadeth & ABBA have done that for me so I'm in total agreement with you there, kerk

[@mjp3186]

You should try the album version of You Can't Always Get What You Want.

[@allisterfiend_2112]

WASP did a version of this song. I know you like them so check it out on your next jam session!

[@derjogderjog8031]

Basically the lyrics are after someone dying..and they have lost hope...Who has not been there...Many a day have been dark in most people's lives. The wonderful news is the Stones were never afraid of writing emotional lyrics...But in an way that is what a song is supposed to do...And anyways the song is so good to listen to who really cares about the lyrics..I just wish forever Stones

[@craiggriffiths6018]

This is one of the best songs ever I love the doors the most but this & symphony for the devil are my favourite stones songs and both bands are darker than most of the music at the time it was stones in competition with the beatles at the time I still liked the beatles music just not as much by the way I was born in 1980 but I have read a lot of music books & like all kinds

[@TheRealInf4mous4im]

Everything he’s says happened to him paint it black is the depression he was going through after his girlfriend died and he couldn’t let it go. The humming is his heart singing

[@wakejake433]

This is the theme song for the 90”s TV series Tour Of Duty.

[@davidmazon7516]

Another great sixties flashback thank you.

[@riskyseeds423]

ERIC BURDON did a cover of this that will blow your mind. Off an album he did wirh WAR called Black Mans Burdon

[@gregorybush2227]

This is my favorite Rolling Stones song, the song is even more poignant when it's played over Vietnam footage. Sometimes music can bring you down and I think you need uplifting, may I suggest 'My Fans' by Tom MacDonald? It's an uplifting song/video showing mutual support between the artist and his fans, the last 12 minutes are a compilation of fans footage.

[@bumperu]

Wasn't it featured in the soundtrack to Full Metal Jacket?

[@MustLoveDogsSA]

“Start me up” should be next! 👏🏻👏🏻

[@JayTor2112]

Gimme Shelter, Street Fighting Man, Wild Horses (original, not the lyric video version), Angie, Honky Tonk Women, Tumbling Dice, Miss You, Waiting on a Friend (music video). Just a few suggestions.

[@Nizhonibearcreek]

Every time I hear this song I think of the tv show tour of duty

[@acdcfantr6467]

Original Song: Erkin Koray - Bir Eylül Akşamı (Anatolian Pop-Rock)

[@suicyco4life666]

I would say "Brown Sugar." But i think that one has been cancelled. The thing i find strange is that song, and many other stones songs were radio staples for most of my life. (I dont really listen to radio anymore. So i dont know if they still get play or not). Nobody thought nothing of the song Brown Sugar being bad. Its the same exact song, but now it somehow became bad? I cannot remember not knowing this music. I was born in 1969. I used to rock out to the stones and the doors in the cradle. But as a child i preferred the beatles. You gotta understand the music was still fresh and new then. Its amazing how the ones we knew were great back then have stood the test of time and are still relevant today. While most of their contemporaries just fell by the way side never to be heard from again.

[@BlackieNuff]

Now you've heard the original... check out the covers by : - Anvil - The Tea Party - W.A.S.P.

[@fionnmaccumhaill3257]

The song is about his girlfriend/lover dying. Read the lyrics again with this in mind. It will make a lot more sense.

[@creativitycell]

Two of their greatest songs you've done! I always see them and trio with "Gimme Shelter". Something about this Stones time was pure perfection.This was their peak heyday fr me! ❤️🙏😎

[@1lthrnk]

I didn’t know this, The song seems to be about a lover who died

[@gevorg1989]

Loved "WestWorld" 's instrumental edit by Ramin Djawadi

[@moneyblackblood]

This song caused an outrage when it was released. There was a misprint that put a "," between "it" and "black"

[@melissawilcox5285]

Honky Tonk Woman is my favorite!

[@cliftonconnor9389]

Next do the Rolling Stone song Sympathy for the Devil.

[@mikelofft6522]

monkey man , brown sugar , are good stones songs..

[@ryanklaassen2124]

W.A.S.P. covered this, might be a good one for the next W.A.S.P. Wednesday stream

[@buttereggmanandtheketones4868]

The song "Street Fighting Man", was banned.

[@jonathanwiggins5366]

Heartbreaker is another good one for intensity, but they've got a million great songs.

[@angelav4568]

My fav RS song.

[@stevensprunger3422]

I think the one I took those Middle Eastern tones and Modes at the end

[@jonmcn1970]

And then there's this song covering the same territory ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnbbdnerfLB3pZY ) which makes Paint It Black seem like a square dance song. Would dig your reaction to that.

[@jonmcn1970]

This theory is a bit of a stretch, but thus song may be the musical equiavalent of the film Taxi Driver ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_Driver ), which came out years alter...about an isolated young man drowning in bad thoughts, reaching out, but too late...just a thought

[@blakewestwood8096]

Every time I hear this song I think of Tour of Duty.

[@aaronlowe1082]

You guys need to check out Good One Coming On by Blackberry Smoke.

[@sparkytheminpin2430]

This song is a Vietnam war song all the lyrics to the song are emotions of the soldiers in the war

[@allensaunders449]

A death is behind this song. A personal loved ones death

[@evilme5534]

nice reaction dude, you have not done wasp in a long time, wasp did a cover of paint it black, check it out ;)

[@johng.8517]

Try some music by YES one of the greatest progressive rock groups of all time and my favorite band. You guys haven't reacted to them at all. They have many long songs that are masterpieces. Not your usual music. Some good ones include "Roundabout", "Close to the Edge", "The Gates of Delirium". "Awaken", "Turn of the Century"... Loads of good ones.

[@Elerad]

Looking forward to your listen to Gimme Shelter.

[@alethiosoratos5455]

It is about depression

[@BigNews2021]

It's about unbearable sadness because his beloved died suddenly. The line of cars painted black "with flowers and and my love both never to come back" describes the funeral procession.

[@annmills3163]

☮️💜

[@wendydahlberg4709]

🎉

[@wendydahlberg4709]

Painted black in the war song

[@12seahawks12]

You guys should do Kingdom by Devon Townsend. 👍