Rolling Stones - Rocks Off (1972)

Edited by Nuno Monteiro 2009. Shot by Robert Frank (Super 8) in LA and NY, 1971. Rephotographed by Frank for the cover of 'Exile On Main Street.

[@babybird202]

Possibly the most overlooked Stones masterpiece Truly embodies everything that is them

[@roberthart5435]

🎯

[@Lunatic4Bizcas]

¡ Absolutely ! ☝

[@shavingdave1]

Agree!

[@jkbenedict]

Agreed along with Jigsaw Puzzle of Beggars Banquet.

[@ronfreeman5857]

Got the raw, Stones sound..

[@ianaldridge1702]

Exile on main Street is the best album of time,it's a masterpiece.There,s 7.8 billion of you out there,somebody must agree with me.

[@jamesscanlon5969]

We're at seven, out of seven billion. Clearly, we have superior taste. If I had to choose one album in the world, this would be it.

[@michaelward9880]

I totally agree with you. After Exile, everything else they did was a disappointment. Every song on that album is worth a listen! The last Stones album that I care about.

[@eduardomota2429]

The best Stone album is the first Stone Roses...sorry.

[@pattijarozynski7798]

Oh F yes

[@douglaskirkland8271]

Greatest musical master piece ever made on earth.

[@mikeroby1313]

"The sunshine bores the daylight out of me" is one of the most sublime, perfect verses in the general idiom of pop or rock-n-roll music.

[@karlbuch1114]

It's a great line

[@chipzigrossi]

Chasing shadows moonlight mystery………fantastic✌

[@kilgoretrout6136]

Finally someone who sees this!!!! It's a brilliant verse.

[@MJ-ix7wm]

I guess we ain't alone in our thinking, cause I agree as well!!!!!!

[@thinhtran3424]

Their verses are so open to interpretation

[@steveweiss2081]

This has got to be the strongest opening song on any album ever. Sloppy, loose, loud rock and roll perfection.

[@iliasmess]

Well said... It's really difficult to isolate why this track is so good, but it's one of those very rare things that after you hear it, it lives in your body and brightens your existence for the rest of your life.. 🤸

[@BeefheartLynch]

Can't argue with that. Dirty, gritty sloppy, nasty rock and roll by the masters.

[@reuireuiop0]

Love the Stones, but for album opening, I'd go for Break on Thru, which not only kicked off their first album, but launched the Doors as well

[@younggrinch2826]

Agreed

[@charlesschwartz307]

I made a Spotify playlist of opening songs from great albums. This and Zeppelin’s “Good Times Bad Times” from LZ1 were my first two picks. Brown Sugar, Silicone Grown from The Faces Ooh La La and BaBa O’Reilly were on it as well.

[@tylergann5]

Rest in Peace Charlie Watts. Your 80 years on Earth were well lived.

[@Scott_Silver]

RIP Charlie, least flashy but maybe best rock drummer ever

[@jeffryhammel3035]

Wow. Thanks. The Stones have been my favs for over 50 years; but sometimes I'd just put on a song (like this) to listen to Charlie.

[@paulhoward6165]

Fucking right. Over 50 years being a rolling stoned

[@bryanfreeman5239]

Good ol' Charlie Watts. I remember on the '89 tour a reporter marveled something like, you and the Stones have been working together and hanging out for 25 years, etc. "Yeah, 5 years of work and 20 years of hanging out" ha ha.

[@vincerizzo7284]

in 0

[@timhuguet2221]

Everyone talks about Brown Sugar, Satisfaction, Jumping Jack Flash etc etc but this my friends, THIS is the greatest Rolling Stones song in the entire damn catalogue. It's just an absolute blitzkrieg of Rock 'n Roll heaven, a 4 minute and 33 second explosion of pure bliss. For some inexplicable reason, they have never properly been able to re-create Rocks Off live, then or now, and nor have they been able to reach this zenith in the studio since. What's it about? Who bloody knows, but one thing for damn sure, it could not have been made sober!! Long live the Boys!! EXILE forever baby!!!!!

[@Oldbmwr100rs]

What's it about, it's about being strung out on junk! It's also about the best song on one of the best albums ever made! The Stones actually are responsible for some remarkable works, even though this entire album is great, Some Girls is another great album too.

[@jackgrattan1447]

Just the opening riff alone, what I always referred to as "Chuck Berry goes to Hell", could be put on a tape loop and played at my funeral. I can't even feel the pain no more, indeed.

[@broadband0118]

Tim Huguet Yes, it is great for sure. They have probably never attempted it live as there is just too much going on. Jagger could never sing like this now, and Bobby Keys, Jim Price and Nicky Hopkins are all dead!

[@bradleymcgivney5305]

Tim Huguet Couldnt have been said better. As soon as it comes on, in my head it feels like i just got started up and nothing else can quite bring that same satisfaction

[@amc987654321]

broadband0118 Jim Price is not dead, is he?

[@jeffryhammel3035]

Once again, Charlie set the groove on this classic. R.I.P. CHARLIE.

[@klimtklavier]

Yeah my uncles loved this album when it came out, Jeffry...

[@gheevinzxirvanka3230]

Yup.

[@joebrone4972]

Couldn't have said it better myself... Damn right... R.I.P Charlie... ☹️😢... One KICK-ASS DRUMMER... ONE OF THE BEST...

[@jeffryhammel3035]

@@klimtklavier There's something about the whole album. Like the Mona Lisa, you just can't explain it. Exile started out with 2 jams like this one and "Rip This Joint", then veered into a virtual encyclopedia of every original American type of music. Charlie loved jazz and bebop, but took those skills into rock. Your Uncle could explain it better. I'd bet his own musical tastes are very diverse.

[@perlofgren5089]

Not sure, but I think that's actually Jimmy Miller on drums. Not 100% on that though

[@paulhoward6165]

Man that jive Turkey washing windows on the street was my grandpa who got five dollars from Robert Frank to be in the film.

[@didioliveira8466]

Rocks Off is one one of the best rock and roll songs ever made!!!!!!!!!

[@francoisdesnoyers3042]

Rip this Joint was great too!

[@patriciascully2293]

❤❤❤

[@brianschaefer9182]

it's my freaking theme song.

[@ivanbrousse6805]

@@francoisdesnoyers3042 SWEET BLACK ANGEL !

[@mjp96]

Loving Cup and this song - the best

[@margo8469]

Everybody's talking about the song, which is undoubtedly a gem, but let's take a moment to appreciate the masterpiece that this video is!

[@Girl-so7yk]

Yes! I can Watch it 10 times in row

[@Staylogical]

I@@Girl-so7yk I think it's video out-takes from Robert Frank's documentary.It has an obscene title.I'm sure it's findable here somewhere,despite the lawsuits.

[@davehuneck2937]

This is possibly the best album ever made!

[@Fredro11111111111]

not possibly. definitely!

[@foureyedchick]

@@Fredro11111111111 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@09keef]

“I’m always hearing voices on the street, I want to shout but I can hardly speak,”; video courtesy of the great Robert Frank who captured the seediness of the 70’s here.

[@jplew138]

You can almost SMELL NYC in this vid...

[@carolynzaremba5469]

I loved the 70s. I was in my 20s. Much better time than now.

[@joealomar-cu3qb]

now Frank would be stabbed and beaten with the perps out on bail by noon

[@vjfperez]

Imagine a song so wild that it still packs the same punch after 50 years

[@EBABE9061]

F I F T Y. 5 - OH. F I F T Y (EFFING) Y E A R S. ABSOLUT LEGEND. EXILE HAS TOPPED MY 'DESERT ISLE LP LIST' FOR AS LONG. A MASTERPIECE

[@jacobmrley]

Charlie Watts was the engine that drove this machine. He is stunning on this track. RIP

[@jmacdowell]

That’s why I’m here! The way he opens this song never fails to make me smile. RIP KING

[@ClaptonDennis]

Yes and on the whole Album, Charlie was so good, so important, I realised that specially 2020 when listening to Sticky Fingers and Exile a lot. The Stones are an important Band, a Part of Music History, really awesome. And Exile is my new no.1! So many groovy Songs!

[@samuelthrower7444]

The heartbeat of the band!!!

[@michaelkearney2186]

Was it Charlie or Jimmy Miller who played drums on this? I thought it was JM, I could be wrong…

[@jplew138]

@@michaelkearney2186 It's Charlie 😉

[@petemartin295]

Nicky Hopkins on the piano holds the whole song together. One of the best opening songs to an album ever.

[@DaveAnchovies]

Stones wrote some fantastic lyrics which they are seldom given credit for. Really really great lyrics to really really great songs.

[@jeremygerard3951]

BEST OPENING TRACK TO ANY ALBUM, EVER.

[@michaelsieger9133]

Back in the USSR, Come Together, Wouldn't It Be Nice and Like A Rolling Stone too!

[@N92Milan]

What about Start me up? :)

[@peteormond3565]

Suspect Device is an amazing starting track, too

[@MrBrownstone531]

Gimme Shelter wasn't too shabby. Brown Sugar and maybe Sympathy for the Devil also. There's too many to name by any band but these boys set the tone. The greatest rock and roll band in the world period!!

[@ep9229]

Good Times Bad Times...

[@SkeebWilcox]

If I had to pick one Rolling Stones song to represent their ENTIRE career, this would be it...

[@TheCornishCockney]

Starfucker from Goats Head Soup for me.

[@heathhamby]

Worried about you from tattoo you

[@twitchtrix3087]

And tumbling dice Keith's personal anthem

[@ericnelson5825]

Cant You Hear Me Knocking...Mick Taylors guitar Solo in the Middle is SICK!

[@KK-zw6es]

YES

[@vinorama58]

No doubt in my mind. This is the Stones' masterpiece.

[@Philmoscowitz]

"The sunshine bores the daylights out of me. Chasing Shadows, Moonlight Mystery." I love those lines!

[@O_Towne_Bear]

Can never hear this enough, loud enough...makes want to dance, bop around, smile, drink, smoke, quit my useless job and roam..LOVE this song!!!

[@dannyorgera5038]

I totally agrss!

[@huckroger]

Ohh yeahhh

[@patricksullivan7140]

Yeah baby

[@ourlakehouse116]

Someone like me, this is in our souls, it’s away of life👍

[@carlos32359]

Call me along

[@nunya1738]

Few things in life kick ass like this song. "The sunshine bores the daylights out of me".

[@nunya1738]

***** Ba-da-dada, dunt-dunt-da-dunt--OH, YEAH!

[@hoilace]

Nun Ya Ha. Didn't realize that's what he was saying. Mick is looking INCREDIBLY cute! Not my favorite video by far...but am lovin' Mick :))

[@nunya1738]

Daisee .Tatum One of my favorite Stones lyrics.

[@hoilace]

There are SO many good lyrics by them!

[@hoilace]

I can't get past the intrusive window washer ;))

[@chevycamarowoman6428]

Mick Taylors years with the Stones were the best songs!!!

[@kilgoretrout6136]

Agreed

[@MrRockyko]

Absolutely

[@hewitc]

Nicky Hopkins was the best. Underpaid fro great work

[@thomashenderson5047]

Perfect album to open up a case of beer on a warm summer night in your garage

[@gd73]

This song should be the kickoff to every weekend.

[@GCOUNDOU]

especially if dating a dancing friend lol

[@strat8333]

Serious wonderful perfect rock n roll. I think

[@angel1329us]

It's 8 pm on Friday night. That's why I am here.

[@kimberlyjennings5160]

right on!

[@williamleiva3966]

Pedrp

[@markkickmark]

there was never and will never be another band that approaches the significance of this band. they are the greatest, period.

[@shawnfoxfirth9684]

mark alan G. the soundtrack to our lifetime......

[@theMcWOPPER]

What about the beetles

[@ihvha29]

@@theMcWOPPER They made pop music

[@jaimelannister1797]

Haab Saab no they didn’t, just because they were popular doesn’t make their music pop.

[@ihvha29]

@@jaimelannister1797 They're not really rock either. Maybe just barely.

[@jjstratford]

So shambolic; feels like it will fall apart at any moment; ragged; sharp; PERFECT.

[@andrewlangridge2345]

Not only the groove, but the lyrics are genius «The sunshine bores the daylights out of me». Pure rock ‘n roll.

[@Fredro11111111111]

How's about, "I was makin' love last night/ to a dancer friend of mine/ I can't seem to stay in step cause she comes every time that she pirouettes over me"

[@garystoltzenberg7551]

On par with memo from Turner

[@Jay_R_S]

You’ve always gotta interpret Mick’s lyrics through the prism of a man who’s had more p**sy than he knew what to do with. They make much more sense that way

[@puplover7991]

😂😂😂​@@Jay_R_S

[@311tim311]

Good morning children, and welcome to Rock & Roll 101. We'll be starting the course off with this piece by the Rolling Stones- well, actually, this is the only song we'll be listening to this semester, all day every day. And the homework is- yes- go home and listen to this song every night. It will not be that hard to get a grade of 'A'+ in this class.

[@311tim311]

ooh yrah

[@quieteron1516]

Greatest opening for a rock album ever

[@williamwinn9160]

Back when the horns you hear were actually musicians playing horns. Great stuff.

[@DaveAnchovies]

Listen to the Saints "Know Your Product" immediately!!

[@mikeallmon6437]

Ok boomer

[@siebkelderart7599]

Check out Oh Lord by Foxy Shazam, you'll be amazed!

[@konajinx]

@Ben Johnston r/lewronggeneration

[@konajinx]

Yeah because no one ever plays real horns anymore. They all died out after 1972.

[@sisoldi]

The best album kickoff song ever, full stop, fully appropriate for the masterwork the Exile is. Sets the entire tone for the tapestry of sound that follows.

[@bagintree]

Right from the start and Mick's "Oh yeaahhh" this tune rocks! Everything from the vocals, guitars, drums, horns and overdubbed piano, is perfect.

[@MrTheHillfolk]

When he goes ohhhh yeaaa you know its gonna get rowdy.

[@markbrophy554]

It's fuckin brilliant....that's what it is.. musical genius. Could no agree with you more!!!!

[@algrap1954]

Pure rock and roll. Nicky Hopkins awesome on piano.

[@ronhalpern5170]

Go ahead; I dare you to argue that the crap that passes for music today (2019) can hold a candle to these guys and this music.

[@omeara4726]

The greatest opening song for any album ever. Bar none.

[@larryronkq586]

THE BEST OF TIMES Were in the 70s ,,, 1972 WRIGHT HERE

[@gagemassey3056]

Gimme Shelter, Brown Sugar, Miss You.

[@rupertmay304]

GREATEST ALBUM OF ALL TIME HANDS DOWN!!!!!!!!

[@mikehand9698]

Rolling Stones - Rocks Off ( 1972 ) This is one great song so underrated and one of there best songs !!

[@laureljune7561]

Oh yeah!!

[@montgomerydenzer8805]

+Mike Hand And Mick Taylor just rockd

[@rickyasadoorian7235]

I hear you! the stones have a portfolio of amazing songs. this one is very high up there.

[@thoban1724]

how could anyone overrate Rocks Off?

[@frankcalisi7637]

this video is so early 70s New York

[@shitstain1104]

No matter what mood I'm in this song just takes me to another level man possibly my favorite stone song ever when the horns kick in is what I get my rocks off

[@shitstain1104]

Took the words right out of my mouth 👍

[@kevinfinnegan310]

The freaking horns!!!!!

[@setondriveable]

I love seeing this because I didn't grow up on them. You get to see that they were actually the coolest thing out in their era. From the haircuts and clothes to them just chilling with black people. They were the truth. I see why people held on to them so long. I'm glad I discovered their music

[@johnnythunders3757]

Finding videos like this on KZbin makes me think KZbin is the best invention since the wheel. Whoever posted this, God Bless You!

[@katherinedupoise4604]

Multiple KZbin channels are talking about KZbin being discontinued in the 2020’s. Permanently. I agree with your comment so please just let the whole discontinuing KZbin just be a rumor.

[@johnscialfa7391]

agree

[@kendalllaughon9664]

Johnny Thunders Really this song is appropriately named....it Rocks. 🎸✌️😎

[@annbugbee5623]

@@katherinedupoise4604 TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENT, Walter B.Memphis.

[@vcmg1253]

It simply does not get any better than this.

[@cooleydbt]

I think, I'm my humble opinion, that this is the greatest rock and roll song of all time. PERFECTION!

[@cathielouparker2807]

RIP Mr.Watts. The world is less without you. Thanks for helping us rock!

[@jeffryhammel3035]

Wow, thanks! Charlie always helped me, too. It's amazing how he made every great song even greater.

[@bernadettehendrix9243]

Driving my 69 Marina Blue SS Chevelle with this song cranking man that was living. I remember playing trumpet in the band in school and when I first heard this song it hooked me immediately. Still loving it all these years later.

[@billkalivas9750]

This is one of the best rock and roll songs ever!

[@jeffnarup4276]

One of the best Stones song. EVER

[@jamesogrady6612]

Jeff Narup Stones must have liked Buffalo, NY they played here 6 times. Yes that Buffalo that still gets 10 feet of snow every winter from Lake Erie

[@geebud1880]

Last years of my high school... Jeeeezz. Nothing has changed - still the same old song - this energy - the lyrics - the tempo - the team - the piano - the drums - the feel and (what not) ahhh the trumpets in da end

[@willmiddleton9199]

Dude you NAILED it The Stones from '69 to '78 was as good as it gets (aside from the Allman Brothers). I am 65 and it's still the best music I've ever heard

[@sharonsquire-stewart682]

Definitely the greatest rock album of all time!!

[@ed52369]

This is it. Everyone should listen to this. Pure rock and roll.

[@Rick-pn1pp]

I remember getting Exile on Main Street as a teen and being blown away and Rocks Off is such a great example of The Rolling Stones " sound " they embodied in their awesome music.

[@tpp5151]

This album just feels like its a bunch of guys sitting in a house covered in mold, doing drugs most of the day and playing some music. Which is exactly what it is... And it still sounds awesome.

[@johnborylo6567]

These lyrics are Profound! They fully describe a state of being. a emotional state and is thus comforting to realize others have been there too! Sometimes we are tempted to forget how very wise and smart the Stones truly are!

[@jeffhart1271]

Definitely greatest album. This,tumbling ,sweet Virginia,loving cup,shine a light, ventilator & on & on. Whole album

[@scottmorrow9794]

I graduated high school in 72...driving my friggen new vw beetle with this double casste cranking with huge bose speakers...still listening to it 46 years later...lol

[@ElBote54]

Scott Morrow right with you, dude - same age, too

[@joeydiaz5615]

I bought a 73 2 door Continental in 93 for 1000 dollars-faded paint,no rot-and it had an 8 track installed with Exile on Main Street and The Superfly Soundtrack in the glove. My 2nd car.

[@archishmangoswami5011]

I'm graduating this May...can't wait to be doing exactly that once I get my licence

[@steved5501]

crew of 72 R Cray was in our Class at LHS

[@dcon1231]

Graduated 75 and my black VW Beetle and this was the bomb. Yep, still listening.

[@jamiemartinez8674]

RIP Charlie Watts...Love his drumming on this gem..

[@jeffryhammel3035]

Thanks. I'm very sad about the news. Sometimes I'd put on a song like this just to hear Charlie.

[@jamiemartinez8674]

@@jeffryhammel3035 me too! As of today the Stones announced that the summer tour that starts next month in St Louis will go on and Steve Jordan will take over behind the kit for the tour and the future.It won't be the same without Charlie but I guess the show must go on..

[@jeffryhammel3035]

@@jamiemartinez8674 Hey, thanks for the reply. I don't think many people realize that Charlie was a jazz drummer first and foremost. I really think that the younger drummers of this generation will fill in admirably. I hope u see the concert. I haven't seen a big concert like The Stones or Prince since the early 2000's! I am going to see a group called "King Crimson" at my hometown of Milwaukee's Summerfest. I myself hope that Bill Buford will be the drummer. Watts and Buford are 2 of my favs, along with so many old jazz drummers and rock guys like Moon and Peart. I'm sure that maybe The Stones now really want to keep playing. And that it's not too hot in old St.Lou.

[@jamiemartinez8674]

@@jeffryhammel3035 no I'm not going to see the stones not without Charlie I had tickets but I think they're going to probably cancel the show because of covid that's my spin on it but the bottom line is this bill Buford my God I believe he retired from King crimson you know I retired from the entertainment industry after 32 years so I'm here in la man so I'm just away from that stuff and I used to do tours and all that but that's those days are over thank God now it's just me and my LA Dodgers kicking back until we get a hold of this Covid til it dissipates anyways have fun in Milwaukee I love the Pabst theater great great town

[@jeffryhammel3035]

@@jamiemartinez8674 Hey, thanks J.M. Whether or not the Stone's perform, it's been a great ride; but thanks for story even more.

[@grantg60]

This is how you start an album off!

[@msorrenti]

Damn Charlie makes you waiting for his boom on the drums....that is why the song is always a pleasure to hear. THIS IS ROCK'N ROLL. Joie de vivre.

[@ecb2]

Still the baddest boys in rock & roll. Farewell Charlie Watts.

[@qhoffa9568]

The mixing on this song is truly astonishing!! Every vocal and instrument clashes so perfectly!!

[@taratownsend6408]

That is brilliant! I am in awe watching this for the first time. They were completely incognito walking around downtown Los Angeles in September of 1971. I had been on the French Riviera in July/Ausgust of that year hoping to catch a glimpse of them and they ended up coming round to Los Angeles where I lived, and I was clueless to the fact. In(bloody)credible.

[@eBrigid]

My Lordy, this is fantastic! So gritty, the Stones never failed to bring the grit, the down and durty, the hardcore view of life.

[@EBABE9061]

ABSOLUT BAD.ASS

[@ritzg98]

This is the best song of all time.

[@Tubemanjac]

The solid-as-a-rock drum-beat legend has ascended to the heavens. R.I.P.

[@TheCornishCockney]

That brass section,marvelous.pure good time rock n roll that you can go wild to,and there are dozens of other Stones belters the same.Greatest band ever? must be up there.

[@SiempreFieles07]

Mesdames, Messieurs, ça c'est de la magie ! Les meilleurs

[@robertguatelli9178]

When you read Keith's autobiography, it's amazing they did what they did on this album. Truly their best

[@stardust_memories2260]

RIP Mr Watts, you kept the beat of the universe for generations. ⚡🤘🥁🌹🙏😞

[@jwbowman3]

"The sunshine bores the daylights out of me" May be the best lyric ever written.

[@jackflash5659]

I love the video as much as the song. Pure 70's

[@scottbarror1641]

When I was in the US Naval boot camp, Great Lakes, I'll, sep- Nov, 1977, isang myself to sleep with this song, every nite, could not wait to get it on the turntable when I got out on leave after, don't think I've ever jonesed to hear a song that bad ever, been kinda my mantra ever since.

[@johannamix966]

Already decided years ago if I can afford one on my gravestone. The sunshine bores the daylights outta me. Here lies Joanne had it done it! Rest now!! Cheers JoJo UK XX 😎

[@arejayseeottawa]

I got this album when it was released in 1972. At the time, I was growing up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. I did not realize back then that Robert Frank was also living in Nova Scotia! Robert Frank, R.I.P. P.S. I still have my vinyl copy of that album!

[@vidiaugrafree]

I'm only 26, been a little Stones fan since 2012. Heard this for first time recently. Best Stones song in my current "book", if not best song ever. The lyrics many of us young men can relate to. I love Rocks Off because it's an unusual Stones song; "Is he gonna close the door on me?" (Is this about coming of age to being kicked out?). But those TRUMPETS come in to declare that everything is OK even when strung up on heroin in 72!

[@Tsubakiee]

Exile is my fav album, hands down. I've probably listened to it thousands of times and still can't stop

[@vcmg1253]

I was out of the country when this album was released during the summer, 1972. When I returned and listened to the first side, I was hooked and remain convinced to this day that side one of this album, starting with this song, is the single best album side ever recorded.

[@Rdlwolfff]

I can't believe this was released back in the 70s, it sounds so fresh and unique.

[@nickmerrick18]

it does not get much better than this, many thanks

[@jackiejones1341]

One of the best opening songs for an album. The Stones in their prime. Memories!!!

[@33raband71]

I LOVE THIS VIDEO. LOVE THE GUY DIRECTING TRAFFIC!!!

[@FernandoGarcia-ge6mp]

....one of my favorite stones songs hands down. And the drummer, mercy!!

[@edgarsesgard6148]

This song is blasting inside my head every time before I blackout

[@tjlisson2816]

This song and the one that follows it, "Rip this Joint," are the greatest one-two punch in music history - especially this one. Properly placed right at the beginning.

[@derekmurchie257]

A top 5 Rolling Stones song for me. Absolutely rocks from start to finish!

[@johndepentu7032]

One of the greatest recordings of the 20th century. For me its the number one greatest

[@johndepentu7032]

Charlie watts dead at 80. We will love you always Charlie.

[@citizenerazed5539]

One of the greatest rock and roll anthem in history.

[@jlabsy9699]

This is why The Stones are the greatest

[@mardelste]

one of the best grooves ever by the one and only Charlie Watts. May your soul rest in peace.

[@jeffryhammel3035]

Very sad, but he graced us and The Stones a looong time. My Dad said 50 years ago that The Stone's would just die off. Man, he was wrong. Charlie may have passed away, but he'll live on and on.

[@didierlegoffic5208]

🙏😞🌠 Charlie miss us

[@fallenangelgram]

Wow wow wow. Essential. Rolling Stones Sound. The high peak of rock and roll. Rocks off.I cant ever feel the pain no more. Forget all other records

[@micktaylorisgod7828]

You’re right Tim. It’s a mind f--k of an intro to the greatest rock n roll album ever made.

[@dave4590]

Time machine video. Love it. Reminds me of the movie Panic In Needle Park, with a young Al Pacino.

[@walterpewen7903]

The Stones HAVE performed "Rocks Off" live. It's online, look around you will find it. It does not come even near the record. No big deal. The song in that respect is like most later Beatles pieces--they are masterpieces of the studio and really were never intended for live. This song is so dense and brilliant it's just in a class by itself. Almost cannot be compared to anything but the rest of the Exile album. And we all know what that's about. Endless rock and roll without peer.

[@bryang1105]

Except that it's not endless Rock'n Roll. A lot of it is great country. The Stones' three best albums have a share of country, those being *Sticky Fingers*, *Exile* and *Let it Bleed*. While *Sticky Fingers* will always be my favorite album, Exile was one of those albums that grew on me. I bought it when I was 14 or 15 (1975 or '76), with hard earned cash, and was somewhat disappointed in just how country so much of the album was, but it had a few songs that I found stunning, such as *Rocks Off*, *Tumbling Dice* and *Loving Cup*, and while Taylor and Jagger had melded so beautifully on *Sticky Fingers*, the guitars of Richards and Taylor really came together on *Exile*. The Taylor-Richards magic pretty much vanished after that, and the next two albums seemed to me to be filled with too many weak songs. The Stones only put out one more good album, and that was *Some Girls*, and by then I had realized just how good *Exile* really was--every single song.

[@aljustal6554]

The first time I saw the Stones (February 1, 2003 at what was then called the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO), they played this song fifth (After Street Fighting Man, You Got Me Rocking, Start Me Up, and Don't Stop). For a bunch of guys pushing 60 (at that time, although Charlie was 61), I was floored by how good they were and I flipped when they played this seldom-performed gem.

[@strictlynorton]

The first two joints on Exile set the stage. Greatest rock album of all time.

[@dianeconti7602]

Watts is so 'effin' tight in this tract it is a thing of beauty. Cookin'.

[@craigdesarno4759]

great track! love the guy directing traffic!!!!

[@glarange72]

And the sunshine blows the daylight out of me. geez how inspired was this, incluing Keef's backing vocals, brass section and Stu's boogie woogie

[@Fredro11111111111]

Except it's, "The sunshine bores the daylights out of me/ Chasing shadows moonlight mystery" and it's Nicky Hopkins on piano on this and most of Exile. Ian only appears on 3 cuts - Hip Shake, Sweet Virginia, and Stop Breakin Down. Oh yeah, and Keith plays piano on Just Wanna See His Face

[@jeffsmith2022]

Bobby Keyes blowing his brains out on sax,well done Bobby...

[@strangedaysbook7370]

The dominant brass is Jim Price on trumpet. Nicky Hopkins on piano drives the whole song forward.

[@marvinjohnson3594]

Bobby is the MAN!!!

[@woodypapacane]

Exile on Main Street .... the greatest rock n roll album of all time.

[@a.briton1027]

😆😅🤣🤣

[@doorswhofan]

The dude you see in the shades with the big afro was the late great Tony Funches, who served as security chief for the Stones, the Doors, and countless other bands from the late 60s through the early 80s. You can also see him in the GIMMEE SHELTER movie, as well as in numerous old obscure Doors film clips. I never met him in person, unfortunately, but we had a great friendship -- often filled with much debate -- on Facebook for a few years. As you might well imagine, boy did he ever have some stories to tell about those days. :-)

[@c.martinbarraza3007]

Nicky Hopkins on fire!! Piano sounds great