Beggars Banquet - "Dear Doctor" & "Parachute Women" Album Reaction (Part 2)

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[@richarddefortuna2252]

That "sow" is a noun, not a verb, as used there. It's a female pig that happens to be, in this instance, bow-legged.

[@ktrsBklyn]

(Rhymes with “how”)

[@Mike-gn4un]

Parachute Woman….what a track, driving guitar riffs, great harp by Brian and a vocal delivery as only Jagger can do.

[@ArmandoMPR]

I really dig “Dear Doctor” for the songwriting. The fact that the jacket had “creases as sharp as a knife” foreshadowed that the girl wasn’t gonna show up, which actually relieved the guy. Keith’s guitar picking is also really good. Above anything else, what these two tracks show is their sense of humor. They were just having a giggle with the lyrics.

[@JeffBishop_KB3QMT]

This has always been on of my favorite Stone albums, Jigsaw Puzzle being one of my favorite songs.

[@richarddefortuna2252]

The "coda" of a song is basically its ending. If you follow along with the sheet music of a song, you'll very often see a notation above the staves that says "to coda," meaning that the sheet music jumps from there and goes straight to the coda. The coda itself will also be marked with the same notation above the staves, but will say simply "coda," indicating where the music picks up through to its conclusion. In this instance, Brian Jones played the harmonica through the verses of the song, and the harmonica solo at the end - the coda - was performed by Mick Jagger, who was a very good harp player in his own right.

[@alphajava761]

Richards is the one who wanted to bring the Country sound to The Stones and Jagger loves Country music but finds a lot of it tongue in cheek so he approaches it that way vocally. Jagger says he doesn't have the twang and other vocal ability to do Country songs so he just does it his way. You can tell the band takes it seriously because the musicianship is top notch and has even come back around to influencing Country music by exploring it. Rock N Roll is R&B and Country fused together first created by Chuck Berry. Chuck Berry is Richards idol. Richards primarily, and the band likes to experiment with as many genres as possible and The Stones catalog reflects that.

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

Thanks for your excellent context.

[@alphajava761]

@@CuriousGeorge1111 Thanks. I want to give Brian Jones his due as well for being heavy into experimentation as well as an excellent multi instrumentalist. Brian was probably more broadly experimental than anyone in the band.

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

@@alphajava761 Thanks for the info. I did not know about his skill or his experimental influence. Coincidentally, another reaction channel was pointing out unusual instruments/sounds on Beggar's Banquet, and Jones was playing them. I sometimes wonder if 60s/70s music was so amazing partially because of the huge personal investments the artists made. Many went insane/ODed, etc. Thanks for your thoughts.

[@Felix-so8ez]

Keiths friendship with Gram Parson is what really got the stones into country

[@jasonremy1627]

The sound on "Parachute Woman" was absolutely inspired by the Chicago electric blues done on Chess Records. Muddy Waters, Willy Dixon, Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, that's totally the sound they were going for.

[@rachelpsmith3129]

Sow here rhymes with Cow and means a mother hog. Maybe you're not from the South. Maybe South England. Essex maybe. Dear Doctor is not a serious song. It's just for lolz. Great reaction to Parachute Woman. I'm thrilled you love the Stones so much. David Bowie, Bob Dylan and Lou Reed all would be proud.

[@julieanderson6463]

I think songs like Dear Doctor mostly display the Stones' sense of humor 🙂 PS Can't WAIT for you to get to Stray Cat Blues‼️👍♥️

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

"Bow-legged sow": Bow-legged is the American West's term for legs that are bowed out sideways at the knee, from horseback riding. A sow is a pig. Mick and Keith wrote it. So... 😁 Yes, heartbreak is a common country/folk theme. And it is satire, not serious--as is often the case, Mick is an unreliable narrator. He knows his accent sounds silly to American ears, so he just goes for it. It is a repeated theme: The Girl With Faraway Eyes, Country Honk, Hang Fire, and others I imagine. Thanks---I love your channel, and how much thought you give what is, for you, ancient music. I appreciate the new insights you're giving me into music that I've listened to since it was released. All the best!

[@dmcbain44]

Sow, rhymes with how. A female pig. Not condoning, just informing.

[@gsparkman]

Yep, sow = big fat, bow-legged female pig.

[@CuriousGeorge1111]

Mick and Keith are bad, bad boys.

[@rachelpsmith3129]

What I love about Parachute Woman is the subtlety.

[@vicprovost2561]

Yes, this is such a nice musical journey with the Stones, much country tinged rock in their magical style scattered about, almost always turns into a pleasant surprise. They are a musical party that never stops, put on a Stones album and a party happens. I look forward to this trip. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎹🎷🎶

[@phillipharrison7283]

The coda of a piece of music is the final bars, signifying the end. A sow is a female of the pig. Great album. Cheers Syed ✌

[@futuregenerationz]

You're really a good reactor. You're a very astute listener. You obviously love this band just like I do -and that doesn't mean you have to love every song. But you certainly want to hear every song. I can't wait.

[@andrewbrennan7291]

"My heavy throbber's itchin' just to lay a solid rhythm down"

[@boosingh]

The "coda" played by Jagger is the harrmonica coda at the end.

[@pathare3031]

This is great.i k ow I haven't heard this in at least 50 years.thank you...

[@manuelmdemarco]

both bangers, keep the stones reactions coming please

[@gs8191]

Sow is also a noun that means a female pig. That's the sow Jagger was referring to in Prodigal Son. It's funny how he is so sad when the "sow" leaves him at the altar.

[@lathedauphinot6820]

You should watch “The Rolling Stones’ Rock and Roll Circus”. It was recorded in December, 1968, just after this album came out, to be a TV show, but never aired. A Beatle (John Lennon plays with Eric Clapton, Mitch Mitchell, and Keith Richards on bass.), The Who, and The Stones, plus Taj Mahal with Jesse Ed Davis, Jethro Tull with Tony Iommi on guitar, Marianne Faithfull, and circus performers. The Stones catch hell for their performance, but I like it, and this is a time when they don’t have much of a film record. They hadn’t played live in almost a year and a half. They open with “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”, then “No Expectations”, “Parachute Woman”, “You Can’t Always Get What You Want”, and end with an amazing “Sympathy For The Devil”.

[@GreggOliverBass]

the delta blues were full of sexual references

[@terryohara2284]

Thank you. Poor fella doesn't know what a Sow is! I'm sure he'll get better!

[@MTB-Idle]

Good review, I was at the (old) Wembley stadium gig many years ago where they played Parachute Woman live

[@jasonremy1627]

The "coda", by the way, is a musical term that means the same thing, roughly, as "outro".

[@michele-33]

(Sow rhythms with cow) You can rarely go wrong with the Stones..their occasional misses are still better than the best work of many bands. It's a treat to watch your journey through rock and the blues. I appreciate your honesty, what you like about a song, what you don't like and why. I've not listened to much hip hop but you have motivated me to go on a deeper dive. Keep up the good work!

[@jorgenegron4534]

wow, how?

[@lewstone5430]

How now brown cow?

[@davewhitehead5116]

Around that time, country music frequently featured a bridge that was not sung, but spoken.

[@jnagarya519]

Double-tracking was common; "The Beatles" at times did double-tracked vocals.

[@gmgroucho77]

A sow (pronounced ow) is a female pig. I was also under the impression that Jagger sang with an American lilt all or most of the time.

[@KimLong-v4i]

I dont pick songs apart like some people. I either like it or i dont. Its there ro enjoy. This song has witty and funny linea. And Keith's voice at end is hilarious!!!

[@Alewifes_Husband]

A Bow-legged Sow is a female hog (sow, pronounced like the word 'sour') and bow-legged means that the knees bend outward-sideways, so that you would see a roundish shape between the legs when looking at the person from the front or back.

[@z0n0ph0ne]

Excellent review Syed. Without doubt Beggars Banquet was the the RS apogee.

[@bobguitarlearner8007]

yes, released about a month after Beatles White Album. Let's do some real comparing now.

[@Caesarianus9]

There is obviously strong connection with the Rocky Racoon by Beatles))

[@jasonremy1627]

A "sow" is a female pig. It's not a flattering name to call your future bride. Especially not bow-legged.

[@ktrsBklyn]

You understand that the guy is RELIEVED beyond belief that he was jilted, right? And it’s an intentionally funny song.

[@joeblow8940]

As for "Dear Dr." I think that they were paying homage, in a cheeky style, to the mountain (Appalachian) music that was one of the pillars upon which rock music is built. I don't think they would make fun of a genre that they admired and emulated in there own style. (See "Far Away Eyes") In re: "Parachute"...more than half of the old blues songs reference sex. Usually in coded language. For example, before the term "rock and roll" became a descriptor of a genre of music, it was slang for sex in blues music. Lots of examples.

[@doriwiljt]

I love this album

[@bobguitarlearner8007]

Soooo, I think we all now know what a "sow" is. Next.

[@sirslice7531]

Bow legged pig. BTW, Mick and especially Keith are HUGE fans of classic country.

[@roberttompkins6489]

a sow is a female pig that has had piglets

[@z0n0ph0ne]

Its a waltz!!

[@johnsilva9139]

Yes. A " sow " ( rhymes with cow ) is a female pig. There's a saying " you can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear ". I guess that's not a saying used in Britain though.

[@garybalranald6323]

I've always though "bow legged" refers to a wife that has slept around a lot, and hence why she's "bow legged".

[@hollywoodpotato5289]

Old joke: What happens when you play a country song backwards? Answer- you get your wife back, your trailer back, your dog back, your job back…

[@cazgerald9471]

2:18 Listen to how MIck pronounces the word, sau not sew -I take it you've never been around farm animals - a sow is a female pig. You get bow-legged from riding horses, or in this sow's case, riding dudes. 8-P

[@jbellinger99]

Jagger is an underrated harp player. He is good.

[@freewheelin62]

Think about this: Bob Dylan put out his 8th Studio Album "John Wesley Harding" on the 27th December of 1967, which was a total turn off from Blonde on Blonde. I bet that the Stones took this as a motivation to play Country-Style music. "Beggars Banquet" (with a lot of Country Style Music, like Dear Doctor) was released on December 6th 1968.

[@MrHobo71]

It's a sow (rhyming with bough), not sow (rhyming with oh). A sow is an adult female pig.

[@hmsljj]

What's another meaning of sow? "an adult female swine. also : the adult female of various other animals (such as a bear)"

[@synystermaykon6699]

Please, Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode studio version

[@scottlbroco]

The continuing adventures of Syed learning more about the music of the Rolling Stones... "Dear Doctor" - to me this is clearly the only weak song on this album, and I wish they'd chosen "Jumpin' Jack Flash" instead. "Jumpin Jack Flash" was created during the Beggar's Banquet sessions and the Stones rushed it out because they knew it'd be a big hit single, but it would've made Beggars Banquet even better if they'd made it a part of the album. Mick has said that country music was the most difficult for him as a singer, because he couldn't get comfortable with it. On future albums, he'd do better, but he always altered his voice whenever he sang a country song. "Parachute Woman" - the information you have for this song is incorrect; Keith played both the electric and acoustic guitars on this song. In fact, Keith played ALL of the guitars on Beggars Banquet, except one. Brian Jones played a beautiful acoustic slide guitar on "No Expectations". Brian also played an acoustic guitar on "Sympathy for the Devil" but it's inaudible; it's possible the band never plugged it in. This is NOT the album to get a sense of Brian Jones' musical talent, as he was incapacitated most of the time. His contributions were largely background instruments, except for "No Expectations", his final fantastic performance on a Stones song. By 1966, Brian mostly stopped playing guitar in the studio because he'd become intimidated by Keith's growing guitar skills. Brian didn't have Keith's dedication that it took to become a great guitarist. Keith took over playing almost all of the guitars in the studio. As the Stones became more pop orientated and psychedelic in 1966 and 1967, Brian proved to be invaluable. He played more than a dozen different instruments on various Stones songs in 1966 and 1967, including sitar, dulcimer, recorder, piano, organ, mellotron, percussion and saxophone. He had the amazing ability to be able to learn how to play an instrument well enough in one day to play it in a studio recording session. Brian Jones provided so many unique sounds to their songs that made them special. But he was undisciplined and self destructive, the kind of lost soul who'd take a handful of different pills from someone at a party and not have any idea what drugs he'd just swallowed. Keith would say after Brian's funeral that Brian was one of those people you knew were never going to grow old.

[@gregoryhurst8483]

A bow legged sow is a big insult ( A sow isafemale pig}

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Taking a Mickey yeah

[@MrKeychange]

Are the Beatles reactions on Patreon or paused/ abandoned? I'm only asking because I was following the journey and don't want to miss anything.

[@B.R.0101]

In the Beatles journey some 'key songs' from the earliest albums are eventually missing, so don't look for that actually... They're not the right 'cup of tea' here... David Gilmore said that the "Beatles weren't a band they were a miracle", probably RS are more catchy to hear and enjoyable I think...

[@gernblanston5697]

The "coda" just means that it was Jagger playing the harmonica at the end of the song while Jones was playing earlier. Maybe he just needed to blow some harmonica to distract himself from his heavy throbber.

[@jbstonesfan]

They are boring.

[@MrKeychange]

@@jbstonesfan lol Go listen to Drake

[@MrKeychange]

@@B.R.0101 I know there were a couple missed from HDN, but I think his mistake was starting from the beginning and going two songs at a time if he wasn't planning to continue. He's hearing the Stones at their apex right away, so of course that's going to be more interesting.

[@williamjohnstewartmusic]

In Dear Doctor that's "sow" as in a female pig.

[@Blue-qr7qe]

A sow (pronounced like how or now) is a female pig. Bow-legged. Your legs each bow outward at the knee.

[@robertlear2712]

“Sow” rhymes with “cow”

[@bobguitarlearner8007]

A sow is a female pig as far as i know.

[@fastcakes]

No, sow is sou (rhymes with cow) it's a derogatory term for a woman

[@w.geoffreyspaulding6588]

Blues was sexual. Blues rock carried on that tradition. Groups like The Stones and Zeppelin and others could be highly sexual….and open sexuality was just being accepted in our culture and allowed on FM radio. I wouldn’t apply the term “deviant” to Jagger or Plant or any of the others artists who just reveled in the liberation of sexuality in music from its previous straight-jacket morality.

[@jnagarya519]

A "sow" is a PIG.

[@wileyjdraws7594]

Sow-pig

[@carcarjinks1430]

the protagonist is being forced to marry a fat lady. . this is presumably because he got her pregnant. at the end of the song, he is relieved to find that she no longer wants him. we have an old american tradition (no longer practiced) called a "shotgun wedding", where the father of the impregnated girl uses his shotgun to persuade the guy to marry her and make an honest woman of her.

[@jimcagney6696]

a sow is a pig

[@scottmontrose01]

Dude! Bow legged sow - a sow is an old female pig!

[@pete3883]

Total Joke, they like it.

[@davescurry69]

So for "bow legged sow" Syed...sow is a female pig. Enough said.

[@damonhines8187]

Sow rhymes with cow or ow.

[@buttereggmanandtheketones4868]

That's "sow" as in female pig.

[@MartinFGayford]

I think Dear Doctor is the only 'weak' track on the album and it isn't really weak, it's just a bit goofy.

[@danielcarroll3ify]

These songs are the reason why Let It Bleed and Stick Fingers are better albums. On the latter two, all killer no filler.

[@williamkats5446]

You get “Dear Doctor,” and later, “Sweet Virginia.” Lamest part of their catalogue.

[@MrHobo71]

No, they're both awesome country songs. Not lame at all.

[@scottlbroco]

Dear Doctor IS a little lame; they should have included Jumpin Jack Flash instead since it came from these album sessions. Sweet Virginia, however, isn't lame at all. In fact, it's great! So are other Stones country songs like Torn and Frayed, Turd on the Run, Wild Horses and Dead Flowers.

[@williamkats5446]

@@scottlbroco You can always sense there’s a lampooning going on, as if the country genre is not worthy of respect. I never heard those ‘Exile’ tunes as particularly country, but I see what you mean.

[@scottlbroco]

@@williamkats5446 Mick is the he only one lampooning country imo, because he was never comfortable singing that type of music. However, I think he sang "Dead Flowers" good, and all he did was sing at a lower tone. When he used his "jokey" voice on "Dear Doctor" and "Faraway Eyes" it hurt the songs. Keith loved country music, and he and the other Stones did it well. It was just Mick treating it as a joke sometimes when he should have just found the right key and sang it straight.

[@stevewebster973]

Slightly ?

[@lewstone5430]

Geez bro, a “sow” is a female pig. It rhymes with “wow”. Guess you never spent time on a farm.

[@jnagarya519]

It is a poor imitation "American" accent.

[@danielcraig3987]

Keith loved country mick not so much