Rolling Stones | Mick Taylor Reviews the Singles of July, 1969.

[@blakephillips5164]

I love the artist reviews of singles!! Please keep them coming!! 😃

[@cgawainf4785]

The intro said that Mick was inscrutable. I thought that his comments were so to the point and were very perceptive. Great player too.

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

Mick Taylor is absolutely right about Procol Harum and “A Salty Dog”.

[@robphilpott43]

Mick Taylor is one of my favourite ever guitar players. The vibe seemed to change when he left the Rolling Stones. When Ronnie replaced him, they seemed to go from a band with something to say to more of a party band. Don’t get me wrong: I still enjoy some of the music they made with Ronnie and I still enjoy the live shows, but the Stones IMHO were at their best with Mick Taylor.

[@PotrzebieConolly]

I loved Mick's playing on John Mayall's records - and the Stones made some of my favorite songs with him in the band "Moonlight Mile", "Can't You Hear Me Knocking", etc.

[@michaelheller8841]

To me Mick Taylor was the best guitarist with The Stones and it’s not even close. I love The Stones in the beginning don’t get me wrong, The Stones with Taylor was the best writing and music. Taylor took them to a higher level with their musicianship.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

@Michael…. plus MT nudged Keith to do his best ever playing.

[@michaelheller8841]

@@chasbodaniels1744 Absolutely! They inspired one another and made some of the best Stones music ever played in studio and live. MT is one of the guitarist that got me to pick up the guitar. The other big guy, oh forgot his name. Jimmy Page lol. Keith had the coolest rythems with Taylor no doubt. And Jagger loved to work with Taylor also and it showed.

[@triggerfish6619]

The greatest and most creative writing and playing the Stones ever did, or will do. Ron Wood was just ugly enough for them, Taylor, too handsome...lol! Mick came from the Bluesbreakors and a guitar virtuoso. Richards was jealous and pushed by Mick...plus the damn drugs and alcohol abuse...then no writing credits.

[@anthonypreziosi30]

Sorry, RON WOOD

[@matthewclark8373]

Yeah Keith called mick Taylor a virtuoso . He also said neither him nor Ronnie were that great but together they’re as good as anyone

[@slide4180]

I've never heard of most the groups in these old reviews. Goes to show how many bands came and went and are now forgotten.

[@marguskiis7711]

Here the most of groups are well known. Syd Barrett reviewed really obscure bands.

[@ericdailey8587]

I was thinking the same thing. I love these song reviews, but so many of the "pop" songs I have never heard of, not to mention some of the artists. Goes to show you how many singles have become obscure and never became popular enough to make it on today's Oldies and Classic Rock stations.

[@plantfeeder6677]

Well if you are NOT British, you wouldn't have heard half this stuff. This is from the British publication Melody Maker. It's the top singles released in Britain for that month.

[@michaelrochester48]

@@plantfeeder6677 we had mirror hits for the most part

[@divingduck1970]

What he said about "A Salty Dog" being too good to be a success is dead on.

[@Brammy007a]

This whole series provides so much insight into what was happening at the time!

[@thomasbaillie-carrigan3100]

Just discovered your wonderful and very important (to me), channel. I can really identify with it. It's musical therapy for the body and soul. Many thanks.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you very much!

[@williamstclaire809]

The Mick Taylor years were the best of all, the most creative period in the band’s history, with albums such as Let It Bleed, Exile on Main Street, Sticky Fingers and of course my all time favourite, Goat’s Head Soup. Mr. Taylor has got to be one of the greatest musicians of all time.

[@catholiccowboy8545]

... for me it was the worst and the beginning of the end for the Stones and for Taylor. Besides Taylor didn't fit with the Stones. The era of the 15 minutes guitar solo was over then. Disco time !

[@ianstu1940]

@@catholiccowboy8545 the “15 minute solo” era was just beginning in 1969 lol, and Taylor’s longest solos were only about a minute or two.

[@catholiccowboy8545]

@@ianstu1940 .. Are you a 15 y.o. ? ..lol ... The never ending solos ended in the beginning of the 70s along with the Cream LP "Goodbye" and the invasion of the Disco. Led Zeppelin, Bad Company and those 70s bands didn't have a long solo in every tune they performed. If Taylor wanted to show off his guitar playing for more than 2 mtes he had to quit the Stones because that was taboo from then on.

[@pedrolourenco1606]

Mick Taylor had nothing to do with 'let it bleed but because the album was only released at the end of 69 , people thought he played on it..... Brian Jones was more involved with 'let it bleed than Taylor was! see the photos of the sessions for it !

[@catholiccowboy8545]

@@pedrolourenco1606 .. true !

[@ryanjavierortega8513]

Mick Taylor is great

[@BegToDiffer99]

I've become sooo addicted to the vids.. Great work and thanks!

[@sherrybirchall8677]

Areally good, insightful review. He had some pretty good music to review, and that helps too.

[@rosselson6820]

Mick Taylor created the Stones golden era - not close since, Cameo roles don’t cut it - he should be invited & recognised by Jagger & Richards full time.

[@robmac6508]

Agree 💯, I saw Mick Taylor with the Stones here in Australia in 2014 -on fire tour . We only got 20 minutes of Mick Taylor playing Midnight Rambler, great version , but he should have had a featured role, that's why understandably Bill Wyman knocked back same Stones world tour offer

[@lonedrone]

Even if it's all a bit off hand I love hearing musicians reviewing songs. You get a lot of insight. A Salty Dog is a indeed a great song. I've heard it before but now it just struck me how much it must have influenced Peter Gabriel and early Genesis.

[@televinv8062]

And so many more. Well said. One of the greatest bands for sure. I think the Floyd guys MUST have liked P.H. too.

[@willemvandeursen3105]

Salty Dog is one of the most dramatic pop songs I've ever heard. It's a gigantic lament. Actually it goes far beyond "pop".

[@jeffryphillipsburns]

@@willemvandeursen3105 It goes beyond pop, but it’s still thoroughly pop, which is part of its genius: pop as a true art form.

[@stephenelkington4971]

Mick is a lovely player. Second only to the great Peter Green.

[@lotharroberts5978]

Mick is miles above Peter Green. And so was Jeremy Spencer.

[@robphilpott43]

@@lotharroberts5978 Jeremy Spencer just wanted to rehash Elmore James over and over. Peter Green was original.

[@markhunter8554]

Taylor replaced Green for Mayall, if memory serves

[@lotharroberts5978]

@@robphilpott43 Right. I meant Danny Kirwan. Although Spencer had his own thing going. All added to the band.

[@chrisbacos]

Good to see and hear Mick Taylor's feedback. It seems as everyone thinks he's merely a guitarist.

[@calvinguile1315]

I love all the caricatures of the rock stars from these magazines

[@ac9559]

I cannot get enough of Mick Taylor era Stones, especially the Goats Head Soup and It's Only Rock and Roll sessions. Time Waits for No One, Winter, Jiving Sister Fanny just to name a few of his brilliant contributions.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Love those albums and songs, too. Incredible musician and great Stones era.

[@radiomindchatter7994]

He was a Procol Harum fan! So cool!

[@stevebengel1346]

He was definitely spot on about their drummer; BJ Wilson was Jimmy Page's original choice to be the drummer for Led Zeppelin

[@MarkMikelVideos]

@@stevebengel1346 I didn't know that. I'm glad that fate swept in. John Bonham was THE key ingredient to LZ's success.

[@markhunter8554]

@@stevebengel1346 And Terry Reid for vocals.

[@gregoryirwin263]

A salty dog one of the greatest forgotten albums of all time

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Agreed. Brilliant album.

[@robroper8878]

The presenter grumbles on in the intro about how grumpy Mick was and then goes on to record how enthusiastic he is on several songs. Very odd.

[@kennethmarshall306]

That’s what I was thinking

[@maartenlemmens8628]

The presenter is just reading from an old music magazine, so it,s not his own opinion.

[@maurogajardo620]

A Salty Dog... Masterpiece

[@leesanna7835]

The narrater has the perfect voice 👌

[@randybackgammon890]

No one could replace Brian but Mick Taylor,unlike Ron Wood,was a great second wind. Trouble is Keith feels uncomfortable next to a great guitarist. I love Keith by the way,he's the funkiest on all fronts but technicaly, he's no Mick Taylor shall we say.Which is probably why it worked so well for a while

[@lorincowell6944]

That solo on, "I Started Walking."

[@joeyrider]

He liked Third Ear Band at 3 a.m. cool cat

[@douglasgorney]

Totally. This to me was the only one that didn't feel tied to the 60s. Going to have to check them out. "Actually I really think they have something going."

[@joeyrider]

@@douglasgorney i fell under the TEB spell long ago. Fantastic journey

[@barbarakirk3064]

Was the Wilson Pickett version of Hey Joe sampled elsewhere? That brass is familiar.

[@dennismason3740]

Mick, hey dude. I saw you with the Breakers in 1969 at the Pasadena Rose Palace. Albert King opened the show. Deep Purple introduced Mayall's band. You blew the roof off the sucka with Parchman Farm. I'd seen Cream twice so I would call those "Cream moments". I saw Jimi in Inglewood the following year then he was murdered on the night of my 16th birthday. What a world, eh? You bought a first edition of Alice in Wonderland at Hunter's in 1972 (Bev Hills). Come to L.A. and call me, we'll jam just like we used to, groovilishiciously speaking. My main guitar is an Epi SG, 200 bucks. Best neck (bolt-on!) ever and I owned an Epiphone Wilshire in 1972, the best electric guitar I ever played. Well, that and the SG that I could never afford until the Chinese got hold of it. Imma install a Duesenberg whammy bar soon if I live that long. Cheers. I can't even lift a Les Paul. Plus the Epi is the lightest guitar I've ever played. It's sustain is remarkable, the whole guitar vibrates. I mean you can feel the notes. 200 bucks. Here I am talking about guitars and I promised myself "no more guit-geek talk!".

[@mikewilson3581]

After Mick Taylor, The Stones became more of a corporate Rock by numbers kind of band to me.

[@MarkMikelVideos]

I agree. I refer to that period from Some Girls and onward as The Cartoon Stones...though there are still many tracks that I like.

[@markhunter8554]

Some Girls and Tattoo You have their moments but I agree with your assessment.

[@jimboy419]

His reviews still make sense.

[@pickinthatbanjo]

Amazed to see McKenna Mendelson, got that album actually

[@josemanuelsantander6252]

Pretty interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@robparker2497]

The GOAT. MT. 😎🎸👍🏻

[@DandyLion662a]

The one he asked if it were an American blues band (McKenna Mendelson Mainline) was a Toronto band. That was their one big hit.

[@RedArrow73]

2:10 - . . . now was Robin T. in the group at that time?

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Yes, I think he joined the band right after the first single "A Whiter Shade of Pale".

[@rbak]

@@YesterdaysPapers .....and left after their fifth album, Broken Barricades.

[@markhunter8554]

And Mathew Fishers last album with them.

[@wyliesmith4244]

Before Brooker formed Procol, he spent six (?) years with the Paramounts (their single 'Poison Ivy' was quite good). Other members of the band were Robin Trower, BJ Wilson, & Chris Copping. After recording 'Whiter Shad of Pale,' Procol needed a replacement guitarist and drummer, so in came Trower and Wilson. To square the circle, bass player Knights and organ player Reid left Procol after "Salty Dog." The replacement was Copping, and so it was that the next two albums were done by a group of former Paramounts. And I adore the Procol in the Trower period, needless to say.@@YesterdaysPapers

[@richardkay2000]

Can someone tell me what song is playing in the background starting at 0:09? Almost sounds like part of the Stones "2,000 Light Years From Home".

[@YesterdaysPapers]

It's just something I recorded myself as background music for another video and I used it here as well. Definitely inspired by psychedelic Stones.

[@nicktaylor2657]

I'm only here because our names are so similar 😏

[@olafbigandglad]

Ha! Mainline was Canadian.

[@DavidLee-wj9sp]

Brown sugar. One of their best intros

[@alwaysamysteryyes2021]

The intro made it sound like it'd be all negative. He wasn't that brutal.

[@rafael16759]

it may be obvious but you should put in the title that these were singles realesed in the UK at that time, many ppl in the comments dont take that into account or doesnt seem to notice it for some reason

[@davidcaledonia5187]

Peter Green was brilliant with everything he did, to say that about the song is just crap from a guy starting out

[@ChrisLawton66]

"starting out" lol. He'd been with John Mayall for two years and was now with the Stones.

[@apollos_revival]

I love that song and I didn’t take anything negative from Taylor’s take. Sounds like he just prefers some of their other stuff w/out strings.

[@offtherecord86]

so you have to have a certain level of fame and experience to critique a musician? a bit ironic

[@ChrisLawton66]

@@offtherecord86 Drop that mic!

[@cgawainf4785]

He said Peter Green was a great guitarist. And of course he would know following Peter into the Bluebreakers. There was no criticism of Fleetwood Mac here. He just didn't like the syrupy strings on the song and I agree with that.

[@lamper2]

what is the source of your theme song?

[@YesterdaysPapers]

I recorded it myself.

[@classiclife7204]

Kinda getting the feeling ole Mick was getting heartily sick of the American blues/rock type sound (oddly enough). "Memphis Slim, doing his thing. Which is great, if you're into Memphis Slim." Ha ha ha!

[@9999bigb]

Which is insane because he was so good at that sound.

[@stephensuddick274]

I am.

[@televinv8062]

Sure hope M.T. liked Memphis Slim and Pickett's version of Hey Joe. My opinion of him would change if he didn't. And I think M.T. is one of the best of all time...lol.

[@jalacyholiday3689]

wow - as a torontonian it was amazing for me to see the m/m mainline in there! didnt realize they made any noise in the uk

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

You know you're pretty good when you quit the Stones. Yeeurrghhh, knew a player who kept pushing MMMainline on me.

[@ClueSign]

How did he know it was the Atlantic House band??

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Because the Atlantic House band had a very recognizable sound.

[@ClueSign]

@@YesterdaysPapers Apparently so!

[@tmage23]

Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. World famous group of studio musicians working out of FAME studios in Muscle Shoals Alabama. They were on par with the Wrecking Crew or the Funk Brothers in terms of session players.

[@ClueSign]

@@tmage23 Ah I didn't make the connection; I'm familiar with Muscle Shoals of course -- the glorious Swampers.

[@markhunter8554]

@@tmage23 Duane Allman was briefly a member.

[@markhunter8554]

Taylor replaced Green in the Blues Breakers I believe.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Correct.

[@markhunter8554]

Who had replaced Clapton.

[@smkh2890]

Oil Give it Foive!

[@andrewbrennan7291]

Best Stones Years were with MT

[@DJ-bj8ku]

I like these reviews, too, but I guess I’m not an aficionado because I recognized only one song-Hey Joe-so I can’t appreciate the commentary.

[@SDRockman]

Anti European comments from Mick Taylor "is it a white American group?" I will never respect him.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

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[@SDRockman]

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