FIRST TIME HEARING The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash REACTION

[@itsmedino]

Add it to the movie reaction channel JUMPIN JACK FLASH with Whoopi Goldberg

[@junglejim5785]

No.

[@bethcrumpton476]

Yes!!! There is a scene where Whoopi is trying to figure out the words to the song. There's plenty of profanity, but the scene is hilarious!!!

[@valerieraymond5853]

Great Idea! Awesome movie for suspense/comedy.

[@debibailey2968]

One of my ALL TIME Favorite movies! It's hysterical!!!! 💛💛💛💛💛

[@lennygriffin1149]

I’m so glad you did the lyric version. Whoopi Goldberg did a movie in the 80’s with the same title, and one of the funniest scenes is when she’s listening to the song and trying to figure out what he’s saying. It’s hilarious and a movie you should definitely check out.

[@BuddyBoy68]

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[@Luke-i8k]

Jack Flash was Keith's gardener at his home Redlands in the English countryside. Jack had had a rough childhood and so Keith penned a tune for him. Everyone gives credit for The Stones' to Mick but it's Keith who writes the songs.

[@Shrykespeare]

This means you've now hit DOUBLE DIGITS in Stones reactions! Looking over what you've reacted too, I don't think you've done "Sympathy For the Devil", which some people consider one of the best songs ever recorded. I'd also love it if you did "Undercover of the Night", one of their cooler 80s hits.

[@teresajarrell452]

I would really like to see their reaction to SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL. I've requested it before. Maybe they'll get around to it soon. 👍😃❣️😃👍

[@JKTritt]

Add another vote for Sympathy for the Devil

[@danielb2993]

"Undercover of the Night" would be really cool.

[@twilarolff8021]

I agree, "Sympathy For The Devil" is definitely one of the best songs they ever recorded!

[@user-xt8ij4wb5i]

Brians use of Morocan percussion and excellant lead guitar

[@colibri1]

The Rolling Stones did start in the sixties, and they were most influential and popular during the sixties and the seventies, so much so that when I was in high school in the late seventies, if the Rolling Stones came to town, not only would lots of the students in school go to the show, but some of the teachers would, too. They were a big deal. When I was a kid in the sixties and seventies, there were two Rolling Stones songs that seemed like the band's signature songs, though they had lots of other hits. Those two songs were "Satisfaction" from 1965, which you've already done, and "It's Only Rock'n'Roll" from 1974, which you might do sometime in the future.

[@Gordy63]

It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll is a great suggestion- classic banger!

[@brianherrington7226]

The Stones and Yardbirds pretty much invented Blues/Rock.

[@northlander4370]

i was in my twenties in the seventies and it just wasnt high school kids who went to their shows , back in the seventies most high school kids didnt have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out .

[@doug4036]

@@brianherrington7226 come to Memphis and say that

[@brianherrington7226]

@@doug4036 Doug Memphis is the Blues and Rock A Billy but it wasn't till the bands I mentioned did the two twains did meet.

[@kati2224]

AMBER AMBER AMBER... LOVE THE HAIR GIRL.. !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great reaction, as always kiddos.. !!! Never go wrong with the Stones.

[@fan123casual8]

“It’s a gas!” Is just 60’s slang for “it’s a good time!” Like: “How was the party?” “It was a gas, man!”

[@User2718218]

It feels so funny that a couple of generations now don't know what it means. I hope I die before I get old.

[@jakeaurod]

That was my recollection too. And I thought I had been told "Jumpin' Jack Flash" was a drug reference, but I'm not sure.

[@andjustjizzforall]

Here in Australia some people my age say "that's gas" to mean "that's real good", so kinda similar. Mainly drug dealers talking about the drugs they're selling though lmao

[@baldheadbob]

Groovy

[@volatilemolotov2298]

"it's lit" is probably the closest equivalent to "it's a gas" today.

[@marybaillie8907]

The Rolling Stones have played this song at every concert while on tour. It was also used in Woopi Goldberg's movie by the same name. Also a 2nd version of the song done by Aretha Franklin singing and playing the piano, with Keith Richards and Ronnie Woods on guitar, is also featured in the movie Jumpin Jack Flash. Great rock and roll song. Good reaction. Buckets of Maple Syrup love from Canada ❤️❤️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦

[@sheilameyers152]

The Rolling Stones…..they gather no moss! They’ve been around for a long time! Tune in to “Brown Sugar” get in to the lyrics….very controversial!

[@leifcatt]

Don't forget the pimpmobile scene in Night Shift. This song always takes me to that scene. So funny.

[@balatroaprilis7265]

Another great version is Leon Russell from "The Concert For Bangladesh".

[@bert_towle]

Squad, you should check out Whoopi Goldberg trying to figure out Jumpin Jack Flash in that movie. She can't resist dancing like Jagger and reaches a similar conclusion to amber about the lyrics.

[@yogibarista2818]

@@leifcatt That Barney Rubble... what an actor!

[@markfadness9204]

"Jumpin' Jack Flash" was the 21st single by The Rolling Stones to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking @ #3 for 3 weeks in the summer of 1968. 2 records kept "JJF" from reaching #1 or at least #2: 1) Burt Bacharach & Hal David's "This Guy's In Love With You" by Herb Alpert followed by 2) "Grazing in the Grass" by Hugh Masekela. In the Rolling Stones discography, "JJF" was preceded by "She's A Rainbow" (#25/ 1967-68) and followed by "Street Fighting Man" (#48/1968). "JJF" was another of the Stones' great dance records, later covered by Aretha Franklin in 1986 peaking @ #25 on the Pop chart, #20 on the R&B/Soul chart & #33 on the Dance chart. Aretha's cover was produced by none other than Keith Richards and was the title song for the movie starring Whoopi Goldberg.

[@davidmay8104]

Good peek into the past. Thanks for your input.

[@brianherrington7226]

Brian on the harmonium.

[@brianrowe236]

21st single in the USA perhaps, 14th in the UK. One more, Honky Tonk Women, and their relevance to the youth started to wane. I still prefer early Stones, before they started to write their own material. In the UK, early teens, all those blues songs were something I never heard before and the Stones blew me away with their covers. Still remember the first time I heard 'Walking The Dog'. Wow!

[@jpmnewyork]

You have no idea what an emotional reaction greeted this song when it was released in 1968. The Stones had been in what was regarded as a fallow period, with their most recent album, "Their Satanic Majesties' Request" viewed as a rather tepid and indecipherable response to the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." The country was also in the midst of a traumatic period, with the Tet Offensive shocking America into the realization that Vietnam was a true quagmire, President Johnson announcing he would not run again as a result, Martin Luther King Jr. being assassinated and cities erupting in race riots...and that was all before June 6, when Robert Kennedy was also assassinated. Then suddenly this song appeared on the radio, and it was like a breath of fresh air -- the Stones' return to form. Many people felt a grateful sense of relief to hear an uptempo, hopeful rocker from the Stones.

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

Stones and Beatles are the GOAT groups.

[@viacrucis2509]

In those days to say something was a gas is today like saying “that was lit” one of my favorite rhythms of all time

[@surlechapeau]

J & Amber, you'll love their "Angie", "Wild Horses" and "Beast Of Burden" !!! edit- It's a gas - slang- A thoroughly entertaining, enjoyable, or amusing experience.

[@Guildofarcanelore]

“Beast of Burden”!!

[@teresajarrell452]

YES!! I AGREE!! 3 GREAT PICKS!! 👍🏻 😃👍

[@michaelkruska6097]

I'd prefer Beast of Burdon by Bette Midler

[@SaintPhoenixx]

Angie and Wild Horses definitely good picks.

[@LiberalsArePoop]

Let's not forget Doo-do-do-da-doo (Heartbreaker). Another classic!

[@jessicalee7119]

Mick Jagger is 79 years old and STILL performing !!! This band is EPIC!

[@brt5273]

I think the context is that no matter how crazy or tragic your life, it all contributes to who you are, so you might as well own it and be empowered by it. The lyrics reference being beaten down, cut down, having a spike driven through the head, left for dead but the character singing rises again and again, with a superpower/mythic sort of name. "it's a gas" is kind of like "it's a trip" or a "ride" or a "thrill" and can be good and bad but seems consistently to reference intensity of experience. Makes me think of that old saying, "If you can walk away from a (airplane) landing, it's a good landing." I love the great beat, guitar licks and Mick's voice...which he uses like an instrument... while I groove along, identifying and feeling empowered by it all.

[@joelliebler5690]

Well stard!👍🏻👍🏻☮️

[@mr1zog]

Exactly 🤘

[@Tararu5000]

Yeah, like rocks can be stumbling blocks OR stepping stones...

[@leahsunbury9639]

Ok, there is a totally awesome movie from the 80's starring Whoopi Goldberg that you have to see. It's called Jumping Jack Flash and this song features in one of the best scenes of the movie. Something for movie reaction night!?!? I know you both will love it!!!

[@shannonjohnson2530]

What she said

[@Shrykespeare]

I loved that movie. But if they do a Whoopi movie, Ghost should be first.

[@OzzybinOswald]

No.

[@leahsunbury9639]

@@Shrykespeare Ghost is a wonderful movie, of course, but I recommend Jumping Jack Flash because of the song they were listening to. Also, Jumping Jack Flash was years before Ghost, so chronologically speaking, it should be watched first. 😉

[@marieb0625]

Oh man I started laughing so hard because of the scene where she’s trying to figure out the lyrics and she’s like “but it’s alright now” damn Mick that’s all anybody can sing lol. So when Amber said she couldn’t figure out what the song was about I laughed harder lol.

[@jbstonesfan]

The Stones truly define rock and roll. They have lasted 6 decades because of their ability to remain true to their roots while still experimenting from country to funk. They have never been as popular to the casual pop or heavy metal fan, but are an iconic band that almost everyone knows.

[@smartfreddy]

Correct

[@Roikat]

The song is about enduring and overcoming child abuse. It was inspired by a gardener in Keith Richards’ neighborhood named Jack Flash who allegedly had a tough upbringing, but was unfailingly friendly and pleasant.

[@keef7224]

I don’t think his last name was actually Flash. From what I read, he was fiddling about in the garden outside and Mick asked “who’s that?”and Keith said something like “Oh that’s just old Jack…jumping Jack” and then started writing a song about him and Mick added the Flash part. But I could be mistaken

[@haraldmax9685]

According to Keith Richards later statements, Jack was the name of his gardener at the time. Since "Jack" was a slang term for heroin in English at the time, not only the press suspected that the title had a connection to heroin consumption. Mick Jagger himself explained to Rolling Stone magazine in 1995 that the text was "just a metaphor for him to get out of all the drug stuff". I think there is plenty of room for everyone to choose their own version.

[@keef7224]

@@haraldmax9685 I think what Mick was referring to was that JJF was their first single coming after Satanic Majesty’s, which was their big psychedelic drug album. It was a new, hard-edged, battle-tempered persona to put their whole overblown silly psychedelic phase to rest for good.

[@alphajava761]

@@keef7224 I love the Stones from Beggars Banquet 1968 forward .. the pre 1968 is to poppy for me except Satisfaction.

[@BadlndsBob]

Thanks for the interesting info!

[@rubyswaim1441]

Stones suggestions: Heart of Stone, Time is on My Side, As Tears Go By, Ruby Tuesday (my personal favorite), Can't You Hear Me Knockin', and too many more to list. The Stones are celebrating their 60th anniversary this year.

[@rs-ye7kw]

Congrats on suggesting "Heart of Stone". I was beginning to think I was the only one who remembers that song. Or that maybe, since it was the 60's, I just hallucinated it!

[@rubyswaim1441]

@@rs-ye7kw The sixties sometimes feel like a dream to me. I mean, it was a really long time ago! I remember seeing the Stones on Ed Sullivan the first time. I could not speak for quite a while. I was, and still am, under Jagger's spell.

[@robincopeland7535]

Can’t You Hear Me Knockin’ is my favorite song, I think!

[@rubyswaim1441]

That's the one that made me realize that Charlie Watts was a master at the drums.

[@darrellmatz1111]

How about some Black Crows Sometimes Salvation VEVO video or Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye 🤬🔥🔥🔥🤓

[@jacqueline4514]

The coolest opening to any song, in my opinion, is The Rolling Stones’s “MONKEY MAN” 🔥Please consider that song when you revisit the Stones ❤️

[@vespoint]

YES YES YES

[@brendahhstiles9992]

Absolutely agree with you...bass guitar, little tinkle of piano, tambourine shaking, guitar and Charlie Watts coming in hard ...love it!

[@lancerx1759]

Gimme Shelter is a very very close 2nd best

[@donalddixon6541]

@@brendahhstiles9992 Heres the link to monkey man - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWnYh4awi75robM

[@jacqueline4514]

@@vespoint Precisely! 😊

[@Purplespice250]

One of my favourite Rolling Stones songs!!!!

[@michaelnordan8603]

One of my fondest (and funniest) memories of my dad: the Rolling Stones were on some TV show in the early sixties, my sister and I watching intently, and Dad was in his La-Z-Boy with his face buried in the newspaper, ignoring the TV. Dad happened to peer over the top of his paper just as Jagger broke into a little dance during the instrumental break in the song. He laughed and said loudly, "Look at that sucker dance!"

[@kazheadrest3626]

LOL! Love it.

[@paulkane7771]

Great story!

[@jonathanlocke6404]

That's awesome...

[@d-2793]

😂😂😂🎵🙌🌈

[@walterrutherford8321]

He moves like Jagger.

[@jeannieschmidt2217]

Amber - LOVING the hair. It looks fantastic. You guys should check out Mick's duet with David Bowie - Dancing in the Street. It's really fun - and I think you'd both like it.

[@shirleybuffington6420]

Amber I love your new hair style

[@JKTritt]

In the 60’s, the Beatles were the “Good Boys” and the Rolling Stones were the “Bad Boys” of Rock-n-Roll. Similar to today, many fans were divided into camps. You were either a Beatles fan or a Stones fan. Few would admit to liking both. As a kid, I remember hippies arguing over which band was better. Whenever they would ask my opinion (at 5yrs old) of who I liked better, I would tell them THE MOODY BLUES and sit back and watch the fireworks. Yeah, even back then I might have been a bit of a little sh*t ! 😂

[@billythedog-309]

Only somebody credulously ignorant would believe the essentially middle class Rolling Stones, who voluntarily roughed it for a few months, were bad boys while the more working class Beatles who played in really rough venues for years were good boys.

[@JKTritt]

@@billythedog-309 it was all about promotion and marketing. During their time in Hamburg, the Beatles performed in t-shirts and leather jackets. When they came back to England, their manager made them wear suits to give them a cleaner public image. The Stones had a more “street” image almost from the beginning. Add to this the playing styles, where the Beatles played fairly stiff and formal, while the Stones were more wild on stage, and you get a very different perception of their styles. Hence the Good Boy vs Bad Boy imaging.

[@billythedog-309]

@@JKTritt l know all that - l remember when their first single was released in 1962 and it soon came out about Brain Epstein cleaning up the act, so anybody at the time who believed the story put out by Andrew Loog Oldham about how the Stones were the rebellious bad lads was very credulous.

[@manny4552]

Of course they were both great.. and so we're the moody blues

[@manny4552]

​@@billythedog-309well yeah the Beatles were really the bad boys

[@williamstreet4304]

I was beaten down by so many things in life. But I now know my purpose. I'm Jumping Jack Flash!

[@blackprix]

This is a great song but you’ve also got to see and react to the movie “Jumpin Jack flash” with Whoopi Goldberg unbelievably hilarious and very interesting

[@donalddixon6541]

What timing!! Amber's hair is almost the same as Whoopie's in that movie!

[@blackprix]

Agree

[@flixgirl1]

That movie is HYSTERICAL! When she came into the British Consulate under the guise of being an entertainer and played "You Can't Hurry Love" I almost died!

[@Danny-tm8pg]

Why would you watch anything Whoopi is in?

[@flixgirl1]

@@Danny-tm8pg Because contrary to what you may think this is still (but barely) a free country.

[@iambecomepaul]

AMBER! Diggin the dreads.

[@karenkinsman5643]

Watch the movie (same name)! Starring Whoopie Goldberg, funny as hell!

[@junglejim5785]

Yuck.

[@josephscally6270]

Enunciate Mick!!! (who will get what this is reference to?)

[@Itelkner]

I don't know if there's a specific meme or cultural reference that phrase goes with... but I do agree Mick tends to "mumble mouth" it and slur when he sings quite a bit.

[@josephscally6270]

@@Itelkner It is a specific reference.

[@Itelkner]

@@josephscally6270 Looked it up, now I got it.

[@janetvargasmas4089]

You need to watch the movie “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” with Whoopi ! You’ll never hear this song the same way after that! 💖😉

[@kelly_kpb]

I still say “f*** a duck” because of that movie!

[@jeffreygriffin7248]

@@kelly_kpb 😂😂😂😂

[@jeffreygriffin7248]

Please react to and watch the movie Jumpin Jack Flash with Whoopi Goldberg it is hilarious! 😂🤣 It came out in 1986!

[@librarylady13]

Lovin' the hair Amber. Lovin' the song too. "Jumpin' Jack Flash' was also a cute movie with Whoopi Goldberg. I love "Time Is On My Side", "Angie", and I love seeing Mick and David Bowie singing "Dancing In The Street".

[@1776SOL]

The # of times a month I either verbally quote the movie Jumpin' Jack Flash or just mentally recite lines is just astounding 😆 "I'd like to welcome you to our little family. Oh... I see you already have a little family. Well... 💩" & so many other lines.

[@racheltrezise1132]

​@@1776SOL"Can we put KGB on the cake?"...."No you may not!" 😂

[@joelliebler5690]

This is one of the most iconic songs in rock and roll history, especially live!

[@rocketgrowthstrategiesdigi4535]

The Stone started as a blues band. They went to pop after hearing the Beatles. They were part of the “British Invasion”

[@cleekmaker00]

We had a jukebox in our high school lunchroom. There were only four Rock songs in the box; Jumping Jack Flash, Honky Took Woman, Gimme Three Steps and Sweet Home Alabama. The rest of the box was filled with R & B, Funk and Soul.

[@debrahirshfield6997]

That’s cool. Where did you go to high school?

[@paulkane7771]

I imagine those four records got worn out.

[@duskopopov77]

Thee greatest Rock n Roll song in history... PERIOD!

[@magneto7930]

You need to check out Brown Sugar by The Rolling Stones!

[@jackiekendall7845]

This song and Honky Tonk woman are my favorite of the Stones.

[@daveygivens735]

The Stones, a British "pop" band took on a HUGE influence from old Black blues sounds, like deep Mississippi Delta-like sounds. They wrap a cool veneer of pop guitar and drums around a gritty, from-the-earth blues core.

[@gregoryhurst8483]

Perhaps the best dirty rock song of the 1960’s

[@tylerhackner9731]

Great classic song from a turbulent year (68)!

[@sheilaschneider366]

You should add “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” the movie to your watch list. It has Whoopi Goldberg, Jim Belushi, Carol Kane, Jon Lovitz, Phil Hartman, and Garry Marshall in it. Does have some foul language but it’s a great comedy!

[@gregchavez1534]

Rats I thought I had an original Whoopi reference. Well done! I saw that in the theater when I was in 7th grade. LOVED IT. Check out "Little Bitch" by The Specials and "Bohemian Like You", both evolve Jumping Jack Flash in the best blues/rock tradition

[@johnawad8710]

Check out their movie, "Gimme Shelter" a documentary film in 1969. Great footage of their Madison Square Garden concerts, ending in their performance and free concert at Altamont Speedway, outside of San Francisco.... Rock History...

[@bernardsalvatore1929]

ONE OF THE BEST DOCUMENTARIES EVER IN MY OPINION!

[@beachgirl3417]

Love the Stones! Check out 'Shattered', 'Gimme Shelter,' 'It's Only Rock n' Roll', 'Emotional Rescue', 'Start Me Up', and 'Miss You. :) I could suggest a few more but I'll save those for later.

[@winslow551]

THE classic Stones song from the late 60's. Every band had to play this song to be considered legit. Such a great driving beat. Charlie Watts is incredibly underrated.

[@keithcarper8809]

Yes, they started in the 60's and were rivals to the Beatles. A more gritty bluesy sound than the Fab Four. The "old rock sound" is mostly recording limitations back then. Some songs weren't even in stereo.

[@juliemanarin4127]

Stones kicked Beatles asses!

[@bwana-ma-coo-bah425]

@@juliemanarin4127 correct! beatles were a boy band

[@Itelkner]

@@bwana-ma-coo-bah425 Oh c'mon, you can't be serious... a boy band? Boy bands are where a business Svengali advertises for young pop hopefuls and auditions random strangers for a thrown-together, by-the -numbers "band" that sings and dances together in unison to pre-recorded music deliberately aimed at a very specific audience and everything's all planned out in advance strictly for profit. And that "boy band" concept itself wasn't really a "thing" or term until a couple of decades after the Beatles broke up at least. The Beatles created themselves and gradually payed their dues in Liverpool/Cavern Club/Hamburg etc. well before starting to get famous. In their early Cavern Club days, they were very rough and raw and were almost a precursor to Punk, practically.

[@Itelkner]

@@juliemanarin4127 Hey Julie, I've never understood that "You MUST pick one or the other" thing. I think they're both great and wouldn't want to be without either one! Who says you have to give one up?

[@jonathangeraldrobinson720]

@@Itelkner Same here. We've got them both. Enjoy them both.

[@SuHu62]

If you haven't seen it, you should add the movie to your Watch List. It was our first Whoopi Goldberg movie and my friends recently did a multi-state watch part for it. Good times ❤😄

[@staceycraft3514]

I love that movie.

[@Mike-rk8px]

I remember seeing “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” when it came out in October of 1986, the people in the movie theater were laughing so loudly that it was hard to hear a lot of the dialogue. When Whoopi angrily told off that obnoxious cop who thought she was a hooker it was one of the funniest scenes in any movie. “What do you think? That I’m down on the docks giving blowjobs to the goldfish?”.

[@barbarakitt5948]

Agree 💯

[@andreadeamon6419]

Was just gonna bring this up. You can see exactly when Penny Marshall takes over directing it. Kills me laughing so hard. I would not be allowed on set if it tickles my funny bone

[@daseguin]

Just say no to Whoopie.

[@jasonremy1627]

"Can't You Hear Me Knocking" is such a great Stones song. It'd be a great one for you to do next. The outro jam will have you lost in the sauce...

[@writerjohnmcnally]

A top three Stones song for me.

[@davidboivin7996]

My personal favorite by the Stones.

[@johnboydTx]

One of the best......

[@jddelvec1870]

Remember when you did “American Pie” and the line was “Jack Flash sat on a candlestick… cause fire is the devils only friend”?

[@mikkomfi8643]

To me, this song already has Rolling Stones' "new" unique vibe and sound. But the band had unique a bit different vibe in their early recordings, the old RS sound, which is really great. I love the songs like "The Last Time", "Hitch-hike", "Get Off Of My Cloud".

[@ronh8521]

After hearing the Stones, you need to hear Leon Russell’s version he performed at The Concert fro Bangladesh. Most people in attendenceat the show said it was a show stopper. Leon in his prime could bring it.

[@kristahartmann1628]

Leon steals the show for me in that doc. He was a giant in music. Saw him in mid-2000's in a packed dive in Phoenix. It was unforgettable...and an honor.

[@mofosoto]

You guys would get a kick out of "Threw It On The Ground" by The Lonely Island. It's hilarious and if you can listen to it without the music video, that would be ideal. The video is great but it's exactly like how you would imagine it. I heard it without the vid and I couldn't stop laughing for like 20 minutes.

[@stonebringer1]

Jumping jack flash is a drug reference.

[@roboct6]

This is one of my absolute favorite songs by the Stones. THAT opening riff! So iconic!

[@storbokki371]

"One of the group's most popular and recognizable songs, it has featured in films and been covered by numerous performers, notably Thelma Houston, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Peter Frampton, Johnny Winter, Leon Russell and Alex Chilton. To date, it is the band's most-performed song: they have played it over 1,100 times in concert." - Wikipedia

[@ZVA3B]

"Jumpin' Jack Flash" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones, released as a non-album single in 1968. Called "supernatural Delta blues by way of Swinging London" by Rolling Stone magazine, the song was perceived by some as the band's return to their blues roots after the baroque pop and psychedelia heard on their preceding albums Aftermath (1966), Between the Buttons (1967) and especially Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967). One of the group's most popular and recognisable songs, it has featured in films and been covered by numerous performers, notably Thelma Houston, Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, Peter Frampton, Johnny Winter, Leon Russell and Alex Chilton. To date, it is the band's most-performed song: they have played it over 1,100 times in concert. It is one of their most popular songs, and it is on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. It is also, according to Acclaimed Music, the 77th-best-ranked song on critics' all-time lists. Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, recording on "Jumpin' Jack Flash" began during the Beggars Banquet sessions of 1968. Regarding the song's distinctive sound, guitarist Richards has said: I used a Gibson Hummingbird acoustic tuned to open D, six string. Open D or open E, which is the same thing - same intervals - but it would be slackened down some for D. Then there was a capo on it, to get that really tight sound. And there was another guitar over the top of that, but tuned to Nashville tuning. I learned that from somebody in George Jones' band in San Antonio in 1964. The high-strung guitar was an acoustic, too. Both acoustics were put through a Philips cassette recorder. Just jam the mic right in the guitar and play it back through an extension speaker. Richards has stated that he and Jagger wrote the lyrics while staying at Richards' country house, when they were awoken one morning by the clumping footsteps of his gardener Jack Dyer walking past the window. Surprised, Jagger asked what it was, and Richards responded: "Oh, that's Jack - that's jumpin' Jack." The lyrics evolved from there. Humanities scholar Camille Paglia[10] speculated that the song's lyrics might have been partly inspired by William Blake's poem "The Mental Traveller": "She binds iron thorns around his head / And pierces both his hands and feet / And cuts his heart out of his side / To make it feel both cold & heat." Jagger said in a 1995 interview with Rolling Stone that the song arose "out of all the acid of Satanic Majesties. It's about having a hard time and getting out. Just a metaphor for getting out of all the acid things."[11] And in a 1968 interview, Brian Jones described it as "getting back to ... the funky, essential essence" following the psychedelia of Their Satanic Majesties Request. In his autobiography Stone Alone, Bill Wyman has said that he came up with the song's distinctive main guitar riff, working on it with Brian Jones and Charlie Watts before it was ultimately credited to Jagger and Richards.[12] In Rolling with the Stones, Wyman credits Jagger with vocals, Richards with guitar and bass guitar, Jones with guitar, Watts with drums and himself with organ on the track with producer Jimmy Miller adding backing vocals. According to the book Keith Richards: The Biography by Victor Bockris, the line "I was born in a crossfire hurricane", was written by Richards, and refers to his being born amid the bombing and air raid sirens of Dartford, England, in 1943 during World War II.

[@petes9872]

Thanks. Saved me a trip to Wikipedia LOL

[@ronalda.saname396]

Keith Richards makes this song the opening RIFF is classic.

[@roberthudson1959]

Jagger gets older, but he refuses to grow up. Son Deveraux, born when Jagger was 73, is younger than at least one of Dad''s great grandchildren. On the other hand, Mick had the last laugh on anyone who gave him grief as a child. He long since made his fortune, and has also been knighted.

[@salmuscles]

“Gas” was used in the sixties as meaning having a good time...like saying “I went to see the stones last night and it was a gas”...

[@heidischmidt2441]

Hi Guys, I am new to your channel and I absolutely adore you both! You have made my day. I love your sincere reactions and joy of music. Not sure if you have heard of Ray LaMontagne but he is an amazing artist. I think you will love him. “You can bring me flowers” , “ Henry nearly killed me”, “ Winter Birds”. Are three suggestions of songs. Every song of his is completely different. Also a great band called Living Color “ Cult of Personality “ is really cool. I will keep watching your channel and enjoying amazing music with you guys💜

[@gevowavemagnet]

This song, released in 1968, ushered in their golden era, 1968-1972.

[@ohfour-seven6228]

If you'd like a completely different sound from the Stones, check out 2000 Light Years From Home. It's great!

[@OregonDARRYL]

She's a Rainbow and Dandelion are just as cool, too. They kind of did it all.

[@ohfour-seven6228]

@@OregonDARRYL You are so right. The Stones are incredible!

[@jeanstrickland2445]

This is such a banger ( especially when you think about the movie of the same name, hilarious 🤣 ) Amber rocking the hippie hair style

[@jamesy4003]

Classic stones is the best - nothing after 75” - Rob Squad rocks - now we need Neneh Cherry Buffalo Stance !! Please !! 🙏🙏🙏

[@btgiv6009]

Disagree -- "Beast of Burden" and "Start Me Up" are awesome, too.

[@jbstonesfan]

Some Girls , EM , Tattoo You, SW VL , B2B all great albums

[@cspringer333]

You should react to Whoopi Goldberg's movie, "Jumpin' Jack Flash"...very Funny!

[@davescurry69]

This is the Stones of 1968, right at the beginning of their imperial period. They had just finished with their brief foray into psychedelia and turned back to blues based rock and roll, but with a harder edge and more swagger. This was still the Stones' original line up. The '60's weren't the beginning of rock and roll. It was the beginning of rock, thanks to the Stones, Dylan and The Who, but rock 'n' roll was born in the 1950's with Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and others.

[@keithmays8076]

Whenever this song plays, I honestly can't help but remember Whoopi Goldberg in "Jumping Jack Flash" smacking her stereo yelling, "English! SPEAK ENGLISH!!"

[@your_huge_ego_bores_me]

This was the sound of a generation. Constant, constant radio play for decades. Young people have no idea how much people listened to some of these songs when they were the cutting edge. NOTHING is played like that to people anymore. Great, great Mick Jagger performance is "Brown Sugar" that they did live on The Top of the Pops. As legendary a live performance as you will see. Was done pretty soon after the release (I think ) and Mick is absolutely on top of his game.

[@REMEMBER1776]

"As Tears Go BY" is amazing...

[@timothynewkirk2654]

It's the STRONG GUITAR Riffs of KEITH RICHARDS that is the BACKBONE of most STONES Songs! Jaggers vocals and lyrics are Outstanding BUT don't overlook Keith Richards! ...Newk from Kentucky

[@RabbiSteve]

Thanks for that great reaction and all of your reactions. You are a beautiful couple with a lot of enthusiasm and add so much to these songs. I’m sure many people have already written this, but “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” is kind of a “love song” to nitrous oxide, aka “laughing gas” (used by dentists a lot, or at least it used to be), and became a recreational drug. But you are also correct: lots of times, including here, the “original” meaning of the lyrics is not as important as what you get out of it as part of the entire experience of the song. Many times, what the songwriter intended is not what many, sometimes even most people, get out of it. For example, the classic song by The Police, “Every Breath You Take”, has come to be embraced by so many people as a romantic love song. People have it played at their weddings and receptions as “our song”. But Sting, who wrote it, said it’s about a stalker! Doesn’t matter. It’s art. Art is not science. Science is either true or not. Art is what it means to the person who experiences it. Thanks again. Keep up the good work. Oh, and PS, if you want to react to an interesting, if dark (spoiler: a man got knifed to death by The Hells Angels, who were serving as concert security, being paid in beer! Seriously!), Rolling Stones documentary of a concert performance, check out “Gimme Shelter”, which was a filming of a free concert at the Altamont Speedway. But there are better Rolling Stones concerts to watch just for fun (although there are some good performances in Gimme Shelter). And that song on the original studio recording, “Gimme Shelter”, might be my favorite Rolling Stones song. If you want to check out another country rock song they did, check out “Wild Horses”, and/or “Dead Flowers”. Both ballads and another side of the Stones.

[@larryw4175]

According to a biography of Keith Richards, the first line of the song, "I was born in a crossfire hurricane," is a reference to the fact that Richards was born near London during World War II in the midst of a German air raid.Jun 19, 2018 cheats was born in 1943 the war lasted until 1945 a lot of those people back then the Beatles all went through this another British artists

[@dagmar.6954]

I grew up with their early stuff. My favorite era of The Rolling Stones is from the 60's British Invasion. I loved the "Flowers" album. They had a lot of great early hits such as "My Girl", "Lady Jane", "Out Of Time", "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", "Get Off of My Cloud", "Paint It Black", "Ruby Tuesday", "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Gimme Shelter", "Tumbling Dice", "Brown Sugar" etc.

[@shirleybuffington6420]

Just wanted to let you know that I’m 1986 there was movie come out called Jumping Jack Flash staring Whoopi Goldberg

[@williamquinn3196]

Typical mid-60s rock and roll song! The Sticky Fingers Album produced at Mussel Shoals made them superstars.

[@NDE239]

The Rolling Stones * Mother's Little Helper * Under My Thumb * Heartbreaker * Miss You * Wild Horses

[@kendrap-LvnHppnss6371]

You will probably like Miss You or Gimme Shelter for another reaction.😉

[@valerievelarde62]

Did you guys do Gimme Shelter, Brown Sugar or Get off of My cloud? Good memories of when I was really young when that song was popular. All the girls was wearing white Go-go and pretty flowered mini dressed. Can't forget the stretchy headband. That was the look

[@scottsotan9951]

The context = Crap happens. Still alive and kicking? Ok then - stand up, shake off the dirt, meet a friend and go have a drink. Yesterday's gone, tomorrow ain't here yet.

[@karnsfan]

Johnny Winter did an awesome cover of this, as did Leon Russell in the Concert for Bangladesh

[@lewashby8662]

Mick Jagger is a great singer and frontman, but you should focus a lot more on Keith Richards when reviewing the Stones.

[@seansimms8503]

When Paul called the Stones a blues cover band that wasn't an insult it was fact, the Rollin Stones played American Southern Blues in the start, Paul and John actually wrote songs for them, alot of Rock folks forget these cats are famous for Rock and Roll but if you know Muddy Waters you'll know one of his albums was called Rollin Stone which is where the group got its name from, there was no G just like Muddy had it.

[@mysteriousmysticalmoments2023]

I was born in a cross -fire hurricane. I am not a huge Fan Of the Stones I like their music and familar with most of them just something about them is weird . More of an Areosmith Fan. StevenTyler instead of Mick Jagger. Gas meant fun back in the day. It was a gas man groovy.David Bowie and Mick Jagger Dancing in the streets. ( cheesy video )

[@ottocarson]

Please react to "You can't always get what you want" live at the Rolling Stones Rock and roll Circus. You won't regret it ;)

[@stonebringer1]

Rolling Stones ----Can't You Hear Me Knocking.

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

Believe it or not, the critics were already calling the Stones dinosaurs before “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” Before the release of this single (early 1968), they had made two distinctly different records reflecting the musical trends of 1967. Between the Buttons (1967) was more of a Baroque Pop record where the piano overtook the guitar as the front and center instrument. It's an excellent showcase (with psychedelic tinges) for the Stones as they wholeheartedly diverted from their bluesier, rugged path. Following Between the Buttons (1967), the Stones delved deeper into full-fledged psychedelia with Their Satanic Majesties Request (1967). At the time, it was dismissed as a failed attempt at copying the Beatles’ Sgt. Peppers (1967). While it's not as focused as Between the Buttons, the album is much better than critics treated it upon its release. Consequently, by 1968, the critics were writing the Stones off as “old,” “out of ideas,” and “needing to step aside” to let the younger bands shine. Then comes “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” with its explosive intro and gritty sound like an old blues record meeting Swinging London in the 1960s. It almost sounds like a variation of the Stones own “Satisfaction.” Although only released as a single, with its B-side being the psych-inspired “Child of the Moon,” “JJ Flash” was a welcome return for the Stones. Brian Jones even declared it as a “come back” song. Subsequently, the Stones would hit their peak and consecutively record their four greatest albums: Beggars Banquet (1968), Let it Bleed (1969), Sticky Fingers (1971), and Exile on Main St. (1972).

[@garyarnett1220]

Tulsa's own legendary Leon Russell (RIP) did a great cover of this.

[@tonyhallen1062]

I think it's common that groups come up with music they like, then put lyrics on it. With rock music especially, lyrics are sometimes chosen as a sound element rather than for meaning, and we go crazy trying to figure out what the song is about. This song seems to me to be a long list of the things the singer went through, and he keeps outdoing the horrors he went through before. But it always comes down to the sound. I mean, what is a 'crossfire hurricane?' I especially liked the bass in this song, and how it became a voice of harmony in 'but it's all right now.'

[@ronalda.saname396]

Let's give Keith Richards some credit, the opening riff is great.

[@williamwebb8908]

With a lot of songs from this era, the lyrics don't always mean anything and it's pointless trying to analyse them. Just enjoy the sound.

[@mybrainhurts1856]

Fun movie of the same name w Whoopi Goldberg!

[@Mike-gn4un]

Their live versions from Get yer ya ya’s out 1969 tour and Rock n Roll circus 1968 are ultra cool as well

[@cazkain]

all these comments and no one said the greatest stones song of all time sympathy for the devil!!!

[@oldeskoolnana7543]

You two are great. Amber you should check out The Strawbs "Hero & Heroine" Must listen to the whole album in one sitting. It's spacey & to me almost medieval rock. I think you guys would be blown away. Saw them in the Hamptons years ago. It was epic. Discovered them in 1974 when the album was released. I was 16 & It's one album that calms my nerves & takes me to another dimension. Give it a try. ✌🌻🌻

[@kevinoriordan7387]

Of all the tunes the Stones have and they are all brilliant, my favourite is sympathy for the devil.

[@dolfin98]

Just to point out the beginnings of rock ‘n’ roll were in the 50s if not the late 40s

[@cynthiaschultheis1660]

Saw hem live for my 50th birthday... They still perform great and Mick Matter didn't stop dancing for two hours+

[@THE_CHOAS_ENGINE]

One of the best riffs I've heard hitting into a verse