This GUITAR DRIVEN Rocker Was SO FAR Ahead of Its Time…It STARTED the 70s in 1968!-Professor of Rock

[@ProfessorofRock]

Poll: Here it is... Beatles or Stones? and what is their best song and album?

[@Sweet--Richard.4981]

Brown Sugar

[@peterd.9978]

Beatles. Abbey Road (They did it all; a diverse range of music styles)

[@christineml1476]

Stones Best Song: "Paint It Black" Album: Beggars Banquet

[@catherine6653]

The Beatles-Rubber Soul.

[@Lam_3-22-23]

Beatles! Song: Something Album: Abbey Road

[@MyName-pl7zn]

When Keith was told if there was the end of time came the only thing that would still survive was cockroaches and Keith Richards, Keith replied "good then I'll have something to eat" . Fantastic episode on one of the greatest riffs and lyrics ever. More Stones would be a gas, gas, gas professor!

[@ProfessorofRock]

HA HA!

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

@@MyName-pl7zn that is true ha ha. I put in my comment about Richards I don't have a problem with drugs just the police.

[@MyName-pl7zn]

@@AnnaTrail-xp8pr my favorite Keith quote was in court in the 60s " we are not old men. We are not worried about petty morals" on a marijuana charge

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

@MyName-pl7zn I never heard that one funny. Richard Marx when I saw him live this summer was bringing up Richards on his relationship with him and how he will never die. He just got some stubborn genes for someday he unfortunately will but apparently be awhile.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Best answer I’ve ever heard in a long time.

[@beatleographer_10-51]

Four of us were sitting in the back of a 1962(?) Dodge pickup camper, on a hill at the Brazos River, underaged and drinking beer in '68 when we all heard "Jumping Jack Flash" for the first time. Later, with nothing to do with JJF, we felt the truck vibrating and realized the truck was rolling. Downhill we were rolling when my friend Jimmy Shofner jumped out, running to open the cab door. The door hit a tree and slamming his lower leg into the door. He was able to stop the truck about 15 feet from going over the ledge, straight into the water. Bill, my bestie, forgot to put the emergency brake on and it slipped out of 1st gear, which should have been left in reverse. That little adventure is what I think of every time I hear "Jumping Jack Flash". Oh, and Jimmy's leg was ok, just got a pretty big bruise out of his heroic act.

[@billhorstkamp98]

Great story Brother. Thanks for sharing.✌🏼

[@sugoidessho]

Jumping Jack Flash was released in 1968.

[@billhorstkamp98]

@@sugoidessho yep. That’s what he said it was 1968.

[@Teleman1958]

This song hit the AM radio stations in Chicago shortly after I turned the age of 10. I had been a huge Beatles fan through the influence of my older sister, and I knew of the Stones and their hit with Satisfaction, but when I heard JJF it hit me like a ton of bricks. I rode my bicycle a couple of miles to a little neighborhood record store and I bought the 45 rpm with the allowance my mom gave me for keeping my bedroom clean. It was my first solo purchase of music and I still have that 45. I never get tired of hearing that song. Now, I'm over 66 yrs old and nearing retirement. I'm still standing after overcoming a lot of personal and professional challenges, and I'm seriously considering a Rolling Stones logo tattoo on my arm to commemorate my perseverance. Under the logo my tattoo will state "It's all right now. In fact, it's a gas!" Rock on!

[@mikemorgan4774]

You and I have followed the same path in so many ways>

[@smiffm428]

Me too. It was THE song that inspired me to take up guitar seriously 56 years ago. Still playin' with a band.

[@grimmertwin2148]

Makes three of us but my nasty habits haven't helped the tearing and fraying. I've contemplated a Stone's tattoo - the logo with a dagger through the tongue. Reminds me of that great Keith line in Coming Down. Stick my tongue in someone else's pie. Tasting better All the time.😮 It all makes sense gentlemen and indeed gimme gas gas gas 😂

[@televinv8062]

That single might be worth a pretty penny 👍

[@cherylcrozier5793]

What was the name of the song?🤔

[@jls4382]

" It's playing you." Absolutely! Impossible to sit still when Jumping' Jack Flash is in the air. Gotta dance now....

[@TomJones-uf5sl]

This is such an awesome edition! Thank you for explaining all about Jumping Jack Flash and how it came to be. It is really a fascinating story. You do really fascinatingly good work researching everything, too. You are saving a small segment of rock and roll history for the ages.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@goodbababadbaba6370]

I think I heard along time ago jumping jack flash came as a joke because the gardener was a very slow moving chap,,😊

[@mikeinprague]

The song that changed my life !! It was on Top of the pops when I was 11 years old ... My Dad was muttering about the Stones being rubbish, and I was sitting there, transfixed, knowing that my life had, finally, properly started !!

[@patsaccaro9203]

tell us all how your life changed around after hearing that song? im sure its fascinating

[@colecolettecole]

my dad hated the stones especially jagger ~ the band never had to make a come back because they kept on rollin ~ as the years went by i would remind him of this & everytyme there was a stones tour i asked him if he wanted to go ~ it was fun to tease him ~

[@miggans21012]

A song has never really changed my life but at times it sure felt like it has.

[@patsaccaro9203]

@@miggans21012 i was being sarcastic because i thought you were lying

[@ChuckWortman]

Mike, tell us more!

[@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys]

This was one of your best videos and I can only imagine how much work you put into it to have all this previously unknown History of this song that we all love and cherish at our advancing age. As a huge fan of The Stones since growing up in the early 60's I really enjoyed your History Lesson on the Greatest Rock and Roll Band in The World~!!! Kudos to you~!!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks!

[@xxlionroarxxxxxxxx4438]

Paint it Black is just just the coolest and a masterpiece and Jumping Jack Flash is right behind it

[@Sweet--Richard.4981]

I saw The Stones in The Astrodome. It was like listening to a high-end stereo in your own living room. All the bodies absorbed the echo.Twice. ZZ opened both times.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Very cool! What year?

[@robertcolontonio7775]

Was that in 81 or 82 because I was there. Waited for endless hours to get tickets and ended up getting a seat in the top most row obstructed view. Seen most of the concert on the jumbo tron. It was a great show. If I am not mistaken didn't the Fabulous Thunderbirds open before Zz Top came out.

[@42976675]

Yes. Fab Ts snd ZZ. I went to both shows too. Mick Jaggers capacity to make a stadium seem smaller was masterful. The punch punch punch of short sharp songs was impressive.

[@gregstephens5698]

I also saw the Stones at the Astrodome, for the Steel Wheels Tour. I remember a huge inflatable "Honky Tonk" woman, probably 60 feet tall. Due to a technical issue(?), her hand got caught between her legs as the entire figure quivered as the air was blown into it. What a vulgar sight. Glad Mom wasn't there, LOL.

[@Michel-r6m]

ZZ-Top & Stones 😎

[@AcousticFunk-PulseRuiz]

Comparing the two is like apples and oranges, I like both. Too many best songs and albums, I like to look at the big picture, it's all good. Great episode.

[@colecolettecole]

stones my favrite band jumpin jack flas my favrite song i bot this as a 45 rpm & still have that record cover ~ my younger brother followed as a stones fan ~ one year i made him a cassette tape for xmas recording only this song over & over ~ on its label i labelled it eine kleine nachtmusik ~ he didnt know what it was until he played it ~ reason being its the kind of song you want to listen over & over & over ~

[@michelboehle4733]

When the Stones made their Rock and Roll Circus, Pete Twonshend was there too and saw JJF the first time in his life. He called it the definit Rock and Roll song for ever. He even phrased he was jealous, not writing such song himself.

[@billhorstkamp98]

Of course he said he was jealous. I like that about Pete. He can admit that he gets jealous. He gets jealous a lot.

[@AlexC259]

I am 73 and listen to mostly classical rock daily, I love it all Beatles, Stones, Cream, CSN, Doors, etc. The songs that gets me the most enjoyment and tapping long with are any STONES song. After all these years the #1 band has to be The Rolling Stones, no doubt

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for watching!

[@tristancarver734]

That's so amazing! And you're about their ages.

[@michaelhardin470]

Professor, I’ve been listening since the 50’s and I’m still learning from you. Keep on chuglin’!

[@Mike44460]

Just turned 76. I sure had a hell of a ride in my twentys. Cool cars, horsepower, and the music!

[@christopherhann6725]

So cool

[@Supersmallchibiwolf]

The Rolling Stones has many amazing songs and just like many songs from back then they still are great to hear when they come on. Cool video. ^_^

[@tristancarver734]

No other band or soloist has quite captured my attention as The Stones. When l was a curious teenager l'd heard about John Lennon getting murdered, l think that's possibly when l wanted to buy a Beatles record. So l bought one and played it repeatedly until l saw Start Me Up. I was fixated and l've loved them ever since. For no.1 songs The Beatles have it over everyone. But, for me their ability to write and perform in the genres they've continued to do for so long is phenomenonal. I didn't fully realise how good Keith's riffs were until l was in my 30s. Since then l've also realised how many great sounds he and Mick have created. A lot of people already agree Satisfaction is the best rock song ever written. But what l'm also incredibly amazed about is, they've got a classic in almost every decade of their existence. Ironically l was thinking about Keith and he clearly puts his heart and soul into these riffs. And l just saw this video that describes him as such. It's that total commitment to their music which's stood the test of time. I remember reading how they were encouraged to write their own songs. It's as if they went on a mission, and boy did they write!

[@rikhelgason2629]

Hey Prof. , I just gotta hand it to you. You’ve really grown on me with your encyclopedic knowledge and coverage of the greatest songs/acts in Rock/Pop history. I have known for a long time that JJF is for me, the ultimate Stones track. When it plays I swear it makes me levitate! I love things you cover, like the origin of the phrase “It’s a gas”. Fascinating! Thanks ❤

[@claymiller8171]

The Beatles or the Rolling Stones are both great in their own right but they acknowledged each other with great respect for each other and didn't downgrade each other.

[@andrespalacios1122]

Hello...!!! Well... this is not entirely true.

[@davegilbertmusic]

Thanks for this! Growing up I was a huge Stones fan, still am! I have all of their vinyl up to Tattoo You. When I started learning guitar in 1969 there were 2 songs I had to learn, Johnny B. Goode and Jumpin' Jack Flash. It took a while to find a teacher to show me those licks but once I had them, I was hooked on guitar forever because there was no looking back! As an aside, my personal favorite version is the Johnny Winter And Live with Rick Derringer sharing guitar duties! As far as other Stones songs that don't get the credit for being groundbreaking, I'll go with Backstreet Girl where Keef tunes down a wholestep, and Connection which is entirely too short! Rock on!!

[@klausrain111]

😅Connection???😅I thought I was the only person who had ever even heard of that great song! Between the Buttons is an amazing album!😅

[@davegilbertmusic]

@@klausrain111 we cover it in my band and people love it, but since it's so short we add The Last Time to it!

[@idahomike4254]

9:49 - Man, if there's one person who is sooo overlooked in The Rolling Stones' early stage, it's Ian Stewart.This man definitely deserves a video of his own. Just sayin'...

[@lfader]

I really get a kick outta' Stu's keys on Ya Ya's \ GS MSG cuts He's the Jerry Lee of the Stones ..... 🌟

[@billhorstkamp98]

Yeah, Ian Stewart was great. I liked him with Led Zeppelin on Boogie With Stu.

[@mjdomicello]

The 1st Stones song that I was turned onto by my then best friend when I was 11 in '74. Almost immediately, the seas parted, and from then on, music recorded by The Stones, shortly thereafter Led Zeppelin, Quee became my music of choice. It's been 50 yrs and I continuously return to these songs.

[@californiahiker9616]

Having grown up in Germany, I was an avid Bravo reader in the late 1960’s. (Which German teen wasn’t!). I was in college when JJF was released. Like all other Stones songs my classmates and I loved it! We’d sing along to a few snippets of the song, as much of it we just didn’t understand. That’s ok, we sang “jumping jack flash is a gas gas gas” all the much louder! This has remained one of my top 5 Stones songs, one I never get tired of listening to! Yes, I think Jack the Gardener should get royalties. The money wouldn’t be missed by any of the Stones, but would mean the world to Jack and his family!

[@Bradferd333]

I briefly took guitar lessons when I was in high school. My grandmother passed away before ever hearing me play, so I played it at her funeral. Amazing Grace was the song, but when it was over I went into the Jumpin' Jack Flash riff because that's what I most likely would have played for her

[@memphisguy55]

Saw the Stones in '75 in Cleveland Municipal Stadium. They played for 2½ hours. I should say, they played GREAT for 2½ hours.

[@SlickArmor]

With the J geils band opening for them. Must of Got Lost. 80 thousand people were there.

[@billhorstkamp98]

I saw them in 81 the first time and J Giles open for them then

[@chuckselvage3157]

The start of the Stones golden era. Keith is the man.

[@falcon5467]

The Stones came back from their problems with the police and the courts in 1967 with a vengeance, writing and recording hard-edge and sexually charged songs.

[@roboct6]

Occasionally, if I’m in a certain mood, I’ll keep restarting the song to hear that guitar intro over and over. It’s so vibrant, alive and confrontational. It’s as powerful as any lead guitar lick ever played.

[@michaeldavid6284]

Until a read an interview with Keith many, many years ago, I always assumed that was an electric guitar. But it actually was an acoustic guitar that was using some type of new processor/effect.

[@fleetskipper1810]

I think that the professor says in the video that they jammed a microphone right up to the acoustic guitar and then played it back somehow through a recorder? I didn’t quite understand what he meant, but apparently that’s how that sound was achieved.

[@michael1415]

Professor, you are terrific! I absolutely loved this video with your usual rich and well-researched back story. Thank you so much. I pride myself as a hardcore Stones fan, but I always learn something new from you, and I truly appreciate your storytelling abilities, so entertaining. I was 13 in 1971 when Sticky Fingers, with the infectious Brown Sugar, hit the radio airwaves. The Stones were in a rich period of their history at that time and they dragged me into their vortex. I have loved them ever since, could not imagine my life without them. Jumpin' Jack Flash is a song I never get tired of hearing. Thank you again, Professor, for a highly interesting and entertaining video.

[@grahamthompson2594]

Got to love Charlie's 1 bar drum pattern, the off on kick really drives the Jumpin' Jack riff.

[@MovieMakingMan]

I saw The Rolling Stones for $1 !!! And my ticket was 15 feet away. I saw the Stones at the Sam Houston Colosseum in Houston. I also got to jam with 3 Dog Night. They were in Houston for a concert. Little did I know that when a friend & I went to the Pasadena (Texas) radio station that 3 Dog Night would walk through the back door where we were. We smoked pot and jammed then they were interviewed by the DJ for the concert the next night. I also got to see the Doors at the Sam Houston Colosseum (where I saw the Stones). It only cost $1 too. And I was only 12 rows away. The stage was primitive compared to now. It was just a 3 feet tall platform with white curtains around the edges. During one of the songs Jim Morrison went under the stage and yelled out saying he wanted a girl to meet him under the stage. He repeated that several times. The music was fantastic. Years later, in 2004, I saw The Rolling Stones again but I was so far away from the stage I couldn’t recognize any of the band. And the cost of the tickets were $297 each. Gone are cheap $1 tickets. And gone are the days when you could get front row seats for a few bucks. There will never be an era of music as great as the 1960s & 1970s.

[@wandalewis5097]

Love your channel. I’m 70 and you bring back so many Memories. Thank you ❤️❤️

[@ProfessorofRock]

YOu bet!

[@BarryDawson-c2q]

I remember the exact moment I heard this song for the first time. I was 14 years old in the mid 70s and I was besotted and I've been addicted to the Stones ever since. I've played it live a few times, different instruments in different bands and loved it every time.

[@petergraham3943]

Myself as well!! I could get in my car this very moment and drive to the house where I heard this song for the 1st time. 1970's "house party" (parents gone for the weekend) with my intoxicated friend Greg rolling around on the front lawn.

[@yuvgotubekidding]

Hot summer day with this song blasting through one rattling speaker on the AM car radio. No AC all the windows down. Vent window turned all the way around so the breeze blows in on you. ☀️😎🇺🇸👍👌

[@flavellinator]

Yes sir, it's hard not to recognize that opening riff!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Right? So good!

[@_creighton]

What a funky outstanding, awesome revelation! As always, thanks Adam for another great delve into classic rock history...

[@axelowell4084]

Stones the best Rock Band. Beatles the best vocal Pop-Rock Band. Both are high-lights of my and millions of youngsters around the World.❤

[@stephenw3]

Sorta true. But in regard to The Beatles - they are their OWN music genre. You can’t put them in genre with any other band or music description. The diversity of their music transcends classification.

[@pamelah848]

@@stephenw3 The Beatles were never really a rock band because melody was their strong suit and if you look at ALL of history and ALL of music history, I don't think they brought anything really new, but it was all new to their audience and if it made people happy and they enjoyed the music, I think that's enough.

[@stephenw3]

@ nothing new??? You must be listening to another band. The Beatles brought actual new genres to music! For example ( if I needed one) Sergeant Peppers.

[@billhorstkamp98]

⁠@@pamelah848 they we’re actually very innovative. Specially in the recording studio. They were the first band to multi mic the drums. There were the first to use backward music in their songs. First to use double vocal tracking. The list goes on and on. They were very, very innovative.

[@coversbymark1379]

My favorite song. I remember the first time I heard it. The sound grabbed me so tightly that I became a Stones fan in an instant.

[@ObnosisJones]

I never heard of Jack Dyer before, great episode, Prof! But I did know about this guy: "Jack Flash is a British adventure story character published in the British comic magazine The Beano, first appearing in 1949, with artwork by Dudley Watkins. He featured for almost a decade in five serials (told in eight arcs), following his time as a foreigner to Earth and living in a Cornish village." (Wikipedia) It's possible as kids in the UK they had come across these stories in the Beano comic book.

[@shemanic1]

At 17 year old I loved this & still do at 73. I spin Both sides of that 45 often.

[@TerrickTerran]

Yay, this video is back. Have a great weekend, Prof.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Enjoy!

[@boboala1]

Well, after all these years I can associate a real man & his name with a tune title with an unusual comical story! Thanks for the research/video Adam! That's why we all love your channel!

[@Jims_Camera_at_dawn]

Another great music history lesson. Thank you POR. ☕️☕️🎶🎵🎶

[@robertfrederick4714]

So wild to hear this take/ as I have always felt this way I was 5 when it came out I didn’t understand but it made me want to play guitar. This song solely I still think it’s the greatest single rock and roll song of all time Has everything punching guitar riff harmony/ Has it all Thankyou for using your platform to share what I have felt for 55 years

[@stevehurst916]

Stones are the World's Greatest Rock Band. Never get tired of them. Great for dancing, driving, working, working out, partying, making love, etc. Beatles are the World's Greatest Elevator Music Band 😂

Love the Stones. My mom is a big fan and used to play their music a lot when I was a kid in the 70's. Still haven't seen them in concert yet, but it's on my bucket list.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for sharing!

[@lawsonic]

Your talent in digging up all this material .. well done

[@ProfessorofRock]

Much appreciated!

[@tonymarley9998]

Damn best channel on youtube bar none..i have been reintroduced me to what it meant to be a kid growing up up in rock royalty on the radio and the sweetness of a fresh world of love and freedom..G C and D..and the truth

[@rogerdeahl9629]

Just like me most days, the Professor is late. 🤷🤣 Jumping Jack Flash. Wonder if Jack "flashed" anybody?😂 Thanks Professor. Love a good Stones story. Always happy to be here for it. ❤

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

Ha been know to run late! My other half flashed me last night,a full moon from another universe ha!

[@ProfessorofRock]

This video has been problematic two times!

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

@@ProfessorofRock I wonder why? You Tube is challenging at times.

[@SlickArmor]

​​@@ProfessorofRock And it's getting old. I can't think of a more family-friendly chan than yours Adam. I wish Elon would add it to his portfolio.

[@ericdailey8587]

Maybe my recollection is wrong, but I thought in his autobiography "Life," Richards attested to Wyman's version of how the song (the riff, that is) came about. I can't imagine what it must have been like in '68 to have heard JJF for the very first time. It is all so familiar to all of us today, but back then I believe it would have sounded like nothing else at that time.

[@rEdf196]

I discovered Jumpin Jack Flash and countless other classic rock gems in their prime at age 7 in 1971 while tuned to FM rock radio (CKLG 99.3 in Vancouver now called CFOX). That era in FM radio opened up a whole new world of music outside of the AM radio top 40 pop music of the day

[@OldHeathen1963]

You bet!

[@davidjenkins5962]

Loved the reference to the pencil and the cassette tape -- been there! But not for decades 😉

[@dondamon4669]

The Beatles, Bob Dylan and the rolling stones are most important of all time but in many ways the stones most important

[@fennis26]

In a 90’s interview, KR was asked about Wyman’s claim of playing the original riff at a rehearsal. Richards replied, “l no longer dispute Bill’s account. If you’ve written a rock and roll song in the last 4p years, you’ve nicked some of it from someone.”

[@jillwklausen]

I loved that in the Whoopie Goldberg movie she had to buy the sheet music to understand the lyrics! 😂 Really great episode, Adam. Have an excellent day!

[@seanarmstrong8460]

She was told that the key to code was found in Jumpin Jack Flash… She finally realized that the song was in the key of D (If I remember correctly)

[@fleetskipper1810]

That movie is actually lots better than people might think from just the fact that a young Whoopi Goldberg was in it. It’s a pretty cool movie in its own right.

[@jillwklausen]

@@seanarmstrong8460, It was actually B flat. I had to look it up to confirm.

[@jillwklausen]

@@fleetskipper1810, it was a great movie! Too bad Stephen Collins turned out to be a sexual predator of little girls. Makes it kind of hard to watch now. 😢

[@normanbowers5669]

I remember in college in the late 1970's when Some Girls came out, I was thinking that, "Wow, the Rolling Stones have been around for a long time.

[@davidskidmore4189]

It is an archetypal Rock and Roll tune. One of the things I don't like about the live versions is that they always start off with the riff, not the lead in to it on the record. It is probably impossible to recapture that. The record, that guitar is like an engine with the chain being pulled, or a beast arising angrily from a cave, the other instruments gradually join in, like it is not planned, they are learning as they go. Then as the introduction reaches it's peak, it breaks down, breaking down into that mother of all riffs. Like all great Rock songs, it is simple. But only a genius or a wizard can conjure those notes into magic, and that record is it.

[@manfred747]

Agree. Another thing I don't understand is why they never successfully reproduce the Satisfaction fuzz riff live,

[@fleetskipper1810]

“That guitar is like an engine with the chain being pulled” . . . Is an inspired and absolutely perfect way of describing the feeling that you get when you hear that. Bravo to you!

[@SecretAmericaPodcast]

Ha! Me too. I was 10 and we were on a family vacation driving thru Texas. Getting gas and it came on AM radio. The black gas attendant was dancing to the song! Don’t know why i remember that but we all thought it was awesome

[@peezebeuponyou3774]

Always was my favourite Stones song.

[@kimnabi3988]

Always

[@WilliamTillack]

For me it’s Angie

[@ConnyWithA_Y]

LOVE the pencil/cassette tape reference... those REALLY were good times...

[@alexbowman7582]

I think the paranoia of another drugs bust is what scared them when hearing noises outside.

[@bradvincet1848]

I can only imagine the resentment Jones experienced by getting kicked to the curb by his own band. Thanks for taking one for the team, Brian.

[@fleetskipper1810]

Brian’s story is a tragic one. In my own life, I’ve experienced the slow deterioration of personality that alcoholism causes in someone. The band probably tolerated his deterioration for a long time, then finally had to tell him that as long as he was drinking like that, he wasn’t helping the band, he was hurting it. Brian would’ve taken it as a huge rejection and failure because alcoholics no longer have the ability to self regulate their emotions or think straight. It’s a sad, sad, sad thing to witness and experience, and it’s even more tragic for the person that it is happening to. The worst thing is that even if Brian had wanted to change, he would not have been able to without outside help. And alcoholics resist accepting help until they are almost dying. When they’re that far gone, alcohol has become their best friend. Mere humans can’t compete with that. All to say that I think that it’s harsh to say that the band “kicked him to the curb.” He kicked himself to the curb. The band went along with it as long as they could, and then finally realized that things would not get better. Brian’s loss is a tragedy, but that kind of addictive downward spiral is very very hard to halt.

[@grangrampa832]

Love stones forever 😊

[@kathyjaissle6791]

Great one, PoR!!!! Love this song!!! Love hearing how the song came about!

[@CowGirlKat8691]

Have a great weekend Adam & everyone! 🤠

[@Whisper_292]

You too!

[@ProfessorofRock]

You do the same!

[@ProfessorofRock]

YEs!

[@LaManteca76]

Thanx! Have a good one as well! 😀

[@rogertemple7193]

This is another great story from Rock n Roll history especially about the Legendary Rolling Stones and they are still going and touring with the exception of Charlie R.I.P. and they are now being sponsored by AARP on their latest tours take care and have a rocking weekend Professor. 🎶🇬🇧🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🇬🇧🎶

[@Whisper_292]

Didn't Ron Wood die, too?

[@theoriginalDAL357]

@@Whisper_292Based on his playing, some would say so. No, he’s still alive as far as I know, at least he was as of 6-20-2024 when I saw the Stones in concert.

[@LaManteca76]

I just read that he has an art show in London. I didn't know he could paint!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Ha ha! Good one Roger!

[@ProfessorofRock]

I read that too!

[@michaelrochester48]

Aretha Franklin did a fantastic version that Keith Richards actually played on that became one of Aretha’s last major hits

[@billhorstkamp98]

Thanks again, Professor! Another wonderful edition👍🏻✌🏼

[@Boblobblaw88]

It wouldnt have sold as well if the lyrics were, "I'm Jack the gardener, and I'm pulling weeds". : )

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

This day and age depending on what kind of weeds.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Ha ha!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Right!

[@MrSunDevil23]

Send that thought to Weird Al for a new parody…. 😂

[@alexbowman7582]

Bill Wyman claims he invented the JJF riff. Years later, Bill, Billy Preston and Charlie Watts were jamming a riff in the studio and Jagger entered saying "blimey that's good" and stole it as Miss You.

[@k3n77]

Gram Parsons probably wrote Wild Horses too.

[@henrykujawa4427]

I first heard heard this song the day I got my hands on THE CONCERT FOR BANGLA DESH. When Leon Russell came on with that absolutely stoned-out-of-his-mind wildman voice, I was like, "What the hell is THAT??" (That was the same day I first heard Bob Dylan.) I later got to see the film on a big screen on a midnight show. Russell looked even crazier than he sounded! (So hard to believe at times he wrote a couple of songs done by the Carpenters-- heh.) I eventually heard The Rolling Stone's version on Philly's WPEN-AM, the short-lived rock & roll oldies station (1975-79) that put all "classic rock" stations in the decades since TO SHAME. I started buying RS records in early 1978, going all the way back to their beginnings and continuing on after that for quite some time. I love the original version, but, in some ways, I think Russell had better (certainly wilder) vocals.

[@KevinBruce-l9m]

Rolling Stones are the greatest,, without question

[@televinv8062]

One of the greatest tunes of all time 🙏👍🙏👍

[@edmanley3681]

No question on the impact of this song. Heard this in HS and blasted it on my cassette player in my Chevy Malibu. Have been blessed to hear it live about 12 times. Kieth is right and I’d go one step further; everyone in the stadium is levitating when he hits those opening chords live. We all know the song immediately.

[@Alloy7]

Summer of '68 was hard rock heaven on AM radio. Jumpin' Jack Flash was not exactly hard rock, (strictly my opinion), but it was the hardest the Stones had ever played up to that time. Then there was Born to be Wild, In-a-Gadda-da-vida, Sunshine of Your Love, Hurdy Gurdy Man, Hello I Love You...for one week, the top ten were all rockers. THAT never happened again.

[@klausrain111]

Inna Gadda da Vida! Thanks for reminding me of that great song! I haven't thought of it for years! Same goes for Born to Be Wild!

[@poetsdreamsatc]

Adam I’d love for you to do an episode of all the favorite bands and songs your dad loved. I got my love of music from y dad and mom. I’d like to know more about your dad. Thanks for all the music and back story videos.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Great suggestion!

[@MrBelmont79]

Personally, as a big fan of The Rolling Stones, my favorites tracks are the ones when Jones was involved. They were more melodic creative trying new sounds and instruments like the sitar… after Jones death, most of their albums sounded the same with a few hits here and there. Always chasing the latest music craze, like glam rock and even disco in the eighties. ✋🏻🇺🇸

[@rachelspellman5511]

I agree

[@teijaflink2226]

Personally I'm not that huge fan of the sitar songs at least.

[@JohnHayes-k5p]

Brother, thank you for many hours of entertainment. Sending you respect from Guyana 🇬🇾

[@ProfessorofRock]

So nice of you!

[@uprightdoublebass]

The riffs of "Live With Me" and "Bitch" are the same lick, just inverted

[@ProfessorofRock]

YOu're right!

[@uprightdoublebass]

@ProfessorofRock You know it Jack! Dig the channel. Can you deep dive on the Band of Gypsies?

[@ProfessorofRock]

@@uprightdoublebass I'll look into it!

[@uprightdoublebass]

@ProfessorofRock badass. Thanks dude

[@uprightdoublebass]

@@ProfessorofRock Billy Cox is still around....

[@sugoidessho]

As a guitar-driven rock song by the Stones that was to energize and hugely influence 60s rock, my vote goes to "I Can't Get No Satisfaction" (1965) which was released before Jumping Jack Flash (1968) and had that iconic, unforgettable and instantly recognizable guitar riff from the start. Stones were raunchy blues-rock, Beatles were mainstream pop: "Let's Spend The Night Together" v. "I Want To Hold Your Hand". Grandmothers loved the Beatles and detested the Stones. Mick Jagger mimicking performing oral sex on stage while singing "Brown sugar, how come you taste so good, just like a black girl should" while a doe-eyed baby-faced Paul McCartney was singing about yesterday and "We all live in a yellow submarine." 😀

[@christineml1476]

I saw the Stones once, Steel Wheels tour. Living Color opened and I know Stones fans won't like this, but LC was phenomenal, they outperformed the Stones.

[@ProfessorofRock]

I remember reading this the other day! WOW!

[@christineml1476]

​@@ProfessorofRockI became a Living Color fan after that show. 🤘

[@elizabethorsillo7187]

When “Cult of Personality” came out in the late 80s, I was totally shocked to see them perform on Saturday Night Live, because I didn’t expect them to be African American!

[@joebot9309]

Saw same tour in Montreal - I agree

[@flerbus]

also will concur but it not an uncommon for the young hungry up and coming band to play with more energy than the headliner i remember how i saw a young motley crue outperform ozzie ozbourn on the shout at the devil/bark at the moon tour also saw motley crue blow aerosmith off the stage one afternoon also thought billie squire was better than queen when i saw them together

[@danielclark5586]

I loved Flash from the first moment I heard it. Great song and great story. Thanks Professor, this is a good one!!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for watching!

[@Whisper_292]

Ooh! Maybe we'll get to see the end this time!

[@TerrickTerran]

fingers crossed. 😁

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

Time will tell

[@Number1ZERO69]

That's a cool jester from Richards. I've heard that the Stones are nice to their fans. I've heard that Jagger would go to the handicap area of each concert and give the concert goers in that area signed tapes of stones music and chat with them for a little before the concert. That's pretty cool. So I thought..

[@richardmcginnis5344]

the beatles of course, the white album is a maste piece but then so is exile on main street

[@ProfessorofRock]

The White Album is so grand!

[@hoozat007]

Great song. Definitely one of my Stones’ favourites.

[@Boblobblaw88]

Top 5 Best Rock Song EVER!!!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Amen!

[@shotakuervo]

The period when the Rolling Stones stopped trying to follow the Beatles and become the Greatest Rock n' Roll band in the world!

[@ProfessorofRock]

You think?

[@flyballhdeg9775]

Still doin' it

[@guitardedguy2]

Aerosmith been around almost as long, Better songs. Those big lipped vocalists... Listen to No More No More by A-smith 1973

[@billfelix2344]

I saw the Stones in Nov 69 when Mick Taylor joined them. Haven’t seen them since but I have this wonderful memory of them playing Beggars Banquet and Let it Bleed.

[@peterd.9978]

Had me scared for a bit, Professor! Hope all is well!

[@Lam_3-22-23]

I was beginning to think I got cancelled...

[@LaManteca76]

Me too! I got a new phone & was worried it wasn't working well. 😳

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

Better late than never. I just saw Jeff Dunham this summer and the tour was Still Not Cancelled!

[@crystalz-h1d]

What

[@peterd.9978]

​@@Lam_3-22-23You're a fixture in this community. Why would you think that? 🤔

[@brianbuckley4926]

Saw George Thorogood and The Delaware Destroyers/Heart and The Rolling Stones Stones during. the 1981 “Start Me Up Tour” one hell of concert

[@Boblobblaw88]

If you put Beatles vs Stones for the years they existed concurrently it's NO QUESTION the Beatles come out on TOP.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Of course!

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

@@Boblobblaw88 maybe but I like the Stones better so they rank higher in my eyes.

[@shadrach6299]

I’m soooooo sick of the Beatles

[@shadrach6299]

@@AnnaTrail-xp8prTheir music was ROCK music not elevator/grocery store music

[@CharlesWheeler-v4r]

The Who blew both of them away!

[@dvnbrat]

the first version I heard was Frampton's. It took me a while to learn to appreciate the original. But I love it now

[@petercena9497]

RIP Pete Sinfield Lyricist for King Crimson and ELP Prog legend.

[@ProfessorofRock]

RIP

[@joseenriqueagutaya131]

This song Jumping Jack Flash had been recorded by other rock stars like Johnny Winter but of course the Stones version is my favorite song.Thanks for the story behind this song,its always fascinating to know the story behind a song.

[@markschneider1396]

They (Jagger and Richards) never gave anyone credit. Mick Taylor deserved way more credit, and might have stayed if his talent had been acknowledged.

[@williardbillmore5713]

The Beatles and the Stones were both equally parts of the soundtrack of my life. Picking a favorite album or song from either would be like choosing one of my children over the other. It just can't be done in good conscience.

[@Whisper_292]

Hey, y'all. Happy Friday.

[@shiroibasketshoes]

Happy Friday, Whisper!

[@Lam_3-22-23]

Oh, happy day 🎶🎶. Howdy

[@TerrickTerran]

Enjoy your weekend, Whisper.

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

It's Friday.

[@shiroibasketshoes]

@@AnnaTrail-xp8pr Sorry if something is wrong, Anna!

[@klausrain111]

Great video! i like the Beatles, but I LOVE the Stones! They've meant more to me than any other band, starting from the very moment I first heard I'm a King Bee back in '64 or whenever it was. Flash meant a lot to me, mainly because it came out not too long after what I consider their lowest point of all, Their Satanic Majesties Request, an album I actually like nowadays much more than when it came out, esp the song 2000 Man. 😅😅😅

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Back in the Saddle Again Naturally!📣

[@shiroibasketshoes]

Good red megaphone man-horsie morning to you and yours, Constipated!

[@Sweet--Richard.4981]

Um,do you mean accidentally? Be my guess (gas)

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

Brother Wang good morning. Hey next week my wedding anniversary I still don't have my Taylor gift. Guess you need it more than me!

[@shiroibasketshoes]

@@AnnaTrail-xp8pr Hello again Anna, I hope you can find that gift Swift!

[@AnnaTrail-xp8pr]

@@shiroibasketshoes He knows Taylor and she gave him something to give me cause he told her I Always Love You was our first dance and song at our reception.