The Rolling Stones - Gomper (Official Lyric Video)

[@mjhzen8313]

This was the Stones at their pinnacle (and with Brian Jones). The visuals that go with these songs are stunningly beautiful and provocative, too.

[@Aristipp-ng5fu]

I have not listened to Exile or Sticky for years. But never stopped listening to this album - it is always refreshing and rejuvenating.

[@kimmaddox3109]

In my opinion one of stones best albums, why people dislike it is beyond me.

[@robertamarantes2371]

great! Kim, I agree!

[@Syfoll]

It's very unoriginal. It copies the style of Sgt Pepper and Piper at the Gates of Dawn a bit too much.

[@counter-weightmedias2263]

Syfoll They started working on this album before those two started being made, actually.. Then again, you could argue that every album after Sgt Peppers that was psychedelic was unoriginal. That’s just not true, to make music within a genre like this isn’t copying. This album honestly sounds way more psychedelic than Sgt Peppers, not Piper but still. Piper was it’s own beast, yet I doubt the Stones even knew who Floyd were until they finished this project

[@Syfoll]

@@counter-weightmedias2263 Sgt Pepper started recording in november 1966. Piper started recording in February 1967 and Her Majesties same in February. Pepper was released in May '67, Piper in August '67 and Her Majesties in December '67. Plus, considering what a radical departure it is from their usual sound and the fact that they never did an album like this one again, supports my idea. Floyd and Beatles were already doing psychedelic stuff, each in their own way by spring 1966. Also, the Stones probably knew about Floyd. They were the premiere underground act from late 1965 to 1967 and they signed with EMI in early 1967 and had 2 hit singles in Arnold Layne and See Emily Play.

[@MrMallorcaboy]

@@Syfoll prick,

[@kellanborgstrom1605]

Brian is killing it on that dulcimer.

[@Bklyn93]

Flute as well

[@999strider]

I thought Brian should have gotten writing credit for this.

[@gabrielopelka8625]

Brian freakin kills it on the Recorder

[@Youman71463]

Brian on pretty much everything on this track, even the bass though it's barely audible - this is his track no matter what the credits say - Tamboura, Slide Dulcimer, Sarod, Sitar, Flute, Organ, Bass, Tabla & other Percussion: Brian Jones Acoustic 12 String Guitar & Backing Vocals: Keith Richards Percussion: Charlie Watts Bass: Bill Wyman (?) Vocals: Mick Jagger

[@fubso]

@@Youman71463 charlie is on tabla , bill on bass, nicky hopkins plays organ. there is no flute on the song .no sitar either---- brian plays dulcimer and recorder.

[@johnwheat5199]

Agreed, absolutely brilliant. Not only the most underrated Stones album, but one of the most underrated albums of all time.

[@johannjaritz7031]

It is the merit of Brian Jones. He was the real mastermind of the Stones. Brilliant album.

[@timcrenshaw5920]

I think the "flop" of this album is what killed Brian.

[@larryshirley6478]

Quite right.

[@mikesheridan7651]

??? Brian Jones wanted the band to remain a pure blues band. He was against all experimentation. He was already done when this came out. Watch Monterey Pop...

[@IvanSilva-dh7xz]

Great song from this fantastic album!!!!!!!!!!!!One of my faves in 1967!

[@matthewyost7930]

I so love this album. Expression of my feelings for the genius of writing and execution of instrumental majesty is beyond me.

[@PaulManzi-gy6kc]

Unbelievable Brian song..blends into 2000 light years from home.....its all fcked up how good it is Gomper.!!

[@stormdog1996]

Fantastic album..Gomper an epic tune.

[@anthonymoller6141]

It was The Rolling Stones ' best ever album ! An absolute masterpiece !

[@charlesnye1736]

uhhhhh no

[@gibbogle]

This album is light years from the bluesy R&B of the early Stones music. I listened to it hundreds of times back then.

[@cowboyfromhelI]

It's about 2,000 light-years ahead

[@jmgmarcus808]

This album has always been scoffed at. No idea why, it's fantastic.

[@afa78djd]

I agree, and despite people seeing it as a mockery of Sgt. Peppers, I think it's a fantastic piece of work on its own. I love this album and it's my favorites Stones album, always has been since I was a kid.

[@milesjolly6173]

Pretty much a solid album. This one, Citadel, In Another Land, and She's a Rainbow particularly stand out for me.

[@clinteastwood8323]

Because it's too psychedelic and avant garde even for people who dig psychedelic music!

[@Syfoll]

Because it copies Sgt Pepper and Piper at the gates of Dawn too much

[@chrisbacos]

The reason it was scoffed so much is because it was a departure albeit a brief one from the r&b roots which made the Stones. Jagger still likes the album but Brian Jones hated it. In a way they did try to copy the Beatles but realized it was not a good idea so they returned to their rock & roll sound. Many music critics say the 1968 single Jumpin' Jack Flash got them back on track followed later that year by Beggar's Banquet.

[@jonesy2111]

Wonderful...always loved this album and psychedelic imagery...kudos

[@josecandal9412]

- Lead Vocals: Mick Jagger - Tamboura, Slide Dulcimer, Sarod, Sitar, Flute & Tabla: Brian Jones - Acoustic 12 String Guitar & Backing Vocals: Keith Richards - Organ: Nicky Hopkins - Percussion: Charlie Watts

[@shannonschaerer1010]

Thank You for listing it out so well! Beautiful Music - A Little Crazy - but that's what appeals to Me!!

[@joshua.tyrone]

Thank God for Brian Jones

[@hojoinhisarcher]

Simply directly put.Bothers a lot of people even 70 years later.Leave it to history to sort.

[@UbuPere]

When I was a teenager I used to listen to this album and being captivated by the colorful images depicted on these songs.

[@daniellinehan63]

Pre- pythonish(2 yrs)

[@lebonnetdespatriotesnet]

same for me, Satanic Majesties was my first album at 6 years old.

[@franksutopiahead940]

The best in most ground breaking album they ever recorded in my humble opinion... unfortunately most people just don't get it

[@fredrikthorvaldsen9692]

Probably their best record, wonderful music and lyrics, it has also aged fairly well, something which can not be said for a lot of "psychedelic" records

[@jonesy2111]

For sure... it has it's own cult following and is now much more highly regarded than ever. I've played it for friends and they were blown away at how cool it is... it was a creative apex for the Stones and after Brian was gone they went on to make some great iconic music with Mick Taylor but they became something less than they were. Ultimately becoming parodies and typecast... with their corporate logo they became Coca-Cola

[@nottavictim5]

Rick Jones dig kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZ26fn2YhbJgis0

[@shannonschaerer1010]

TRUE!!

[@mark1952able]

Psychedelic is the operative word...........

[@charlesnye1736]

You are way off

[@sirqitous]

Brilliantly done visuals on this video (using the classic original album cover)! I loved this album (this track especially) in my earliest days (12-14 years old), had two copies of that cover with the 3D pic and the Beatles in it! The re-mix is nice, too.

[@ArmandoMPR]

The guitar tone is so nice and warm, wish there was more of it.

[@chicojcf]

After all these years, the song still refreshes.

[@carinedupont9376]

I'm sure of that... I saw him appear on Monterey Pop back in 1967;;; The Summer Of Love...

[@oldhardmanjohnson6585]

One of the best Stones' albums I ever watched play out on the ceiling.....the sixties, you know.

[@1988WHISKY]

This album is great. This song is perfect, with the master Brian Jones on mellotron, legendary!

[@1988WHISKY]

pinstripedclips Attention man, 1:46, that's a mellotron. All over the song you can hear

[@1988WHISKY]

pinstripedclips Wrong pal

[@elkehahn5636]

Keith Richards said in an interview..This was total rubbish,,The whole album

[@daveglover6115]

Maybe perhaps that Brian Jones and Jagger were into this type of mystical Moroccan vibe music. Keith just wanted to play Chuck Berry and missed the plot? I doubt that KR input to SMR was much - a what a great album it turned out to be!

[@mabusestestament]

Personally I like that alternate, longer, instrumental version better.

[@reksub10]

The visuals are awesome. Kudos to the ones who put this together along with the lyrics.as it's very hard to find a stones song on you tube that isn't live. Thank you.fanyastic album.

[@THECLARENCES]

Fave Stones album!!! xoxo The Clarences

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Just been rediscovering this amazing Stones album thanks to KZbin... the series of animated videos that accompany the tracks are very cool!

[@Galidi1969]

I've always enjoyed this album and it does seem to age well

[@barrykeit9922]

Brian Jones contributed So much on this album Especially this song

[@frederickratel4231]

Age 12: Went to the store looking for "Sgt. Peppers..", (The Beatles). Came back with, "Their Satanic Majesties..", and never looked back. No one has equaled this seminal album.

[@INDYOSKARS]

Lol, you been a-reading my mind ? Have a lis to this kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYbShKCdaL2mh7s

[@michaeldemsky51]

The complete opposite of what the critics said about the two albums...but Satantic is great in my opinion

[@robertweingartner2055]

Michael Demsky critics give an opinion. What they say is not gospel. Y,Ed, a lot of critics did give Their Satanic terrible reviews, however, there were critics who gave it good reviews as well, so does that justify those who praise the album?

[@torrymarrs2642]

I don't know who put all these great moving shadowbox videos together over the last 2-3 years but their freaking GREAT! These add so much more texture and visuals to one of the greatest panned albums in the past 50 years. Someone put a lot of thought and time in the art work, thank you!! This little psychedelic number was beyond the norm of say 'Sgt Pepper' with it's sterile studio songs. This is truly just what the trippy hippies wanted in an out of mind and body experience rolled in to one. Brilliant lyrics, great melodies, and yes, even insightful druggy gnomes of wisdom..? I now have at least 12 copies of the original kaleidoscope cover in storage. Bravo Stones for your thought provoking style and risk you took, cause the next 6 albums are truly your swan songs despite what the critics said about this one. Remember this, No Jones, No Stones! :)

[@HipEspirit]

I've just discovered this song and video. Could listen/watch over and over.

[@scooter19549]

Well said

[@theanswerisinthebackofyourhead]

Torrry marrs I do not know if you are aware. Of an interview that Anita palenberg gave which showed up on a DVD called just for the record 1960s stones and she said that Brian Jones was not a fan of the psychedelic music, in her words he thought it was a bunch of rubbish. He wanted to stick with the African American blues of ppl like Willie Dixon, Alexis coroner and robert Johnson. He pretty much performed this whole album under duress.

[@torrymarrs2642]

I can appreciate that BUT, I wonder if it was because Mick and Keith were running the show now and not him? Brian was truly a fan of the American blues scene and knew his chops and artists, but the record company wanted more pop music for the masses. Guess we'll never really know will we? Cheers mate> good observation on your part. Willie Dixon all day long! Howl;'n Wolf as well!@@theanswerisinthebackofyourhead

[@theanswerisinthebackofyourhead]

@@torrymarrs2642 yes. By 67 Mick and Keith had completely and fully taken over, the Redlands drug bust of 67 really took a toll on Brian's ability to get a visa to your with them in 69 when they toured America, 67 was a yr of partying for them and they did not promote satanic majesties request or between the buttons as far as a tour is concerned, they did ed Sullivan show in 67 but that was before the Redlands drug bust and did performances on ready steady go, and top of the pops. His influence with the band was starting to slip away in 67. He was not a fan of the psychedelic era, he was so ripped out of his head and Mick and Keith snatched his leadership roles away from him and as a result of Jagger and Richards song writing ability made it easier for them when it came to a power grab, but think about it. If they had followed Brian's vision, they would have fizzled out completely as a r&b band by 1971, give or take a yr, and rock n roll was truly in and r&b covers by other artists was not going to cut it for long term fame and wealth

[@sacredgeometrymusic3290]

thank for all these videos. so trippy

[@demonsbutterfly]

Great bass line Always loved this song

[@micolsen9824]

I appreciate this era.

[@davebolter9111]

This ALL should have been included on an extra DVD with the recent boxset release.

[@ConorAFC]

Why? You can just watch it all for free on KZbin

[@dolnick7]

Who could ever not like this song?

[@rebeccawagner4167]

Another gem from the stones, they always sound good 🎉🎉

[@DaveCollins-e4i]

By far the Stones' worst album.

[@zippy.mac_6663]

Only found this album today, my god I cant wait to trip to it in a few weeks :D Orgasmic stuff

[@strawberrylemonadekristina]

The greatest song that the Brian Jonestown Massacre never recorded. Or maybe they did record it and this is a cover version by the Stones? My sense of reality has begun to blur and fragment from listening to so much Psychedelic music. Speaking of Psychedelic, very cool visuals for this video. It gave me a nice contact high.

[@anthonymoller6141]

Apparently this was the "reply album" , to Sgt. Peppers..straight away ,you can see the superior musical maturity of the Stones, as compared to the Beatles

[@anthonymoller6141]

Please can anybody confirm or negate this story ? It is claimed that Her Satanic Majesty ,was Queen Elizabeth 2. And that she was perpetually at loggerheads , with Mick Jagger. And that he dedicated this album , to exposing her? But , I mean, we all know that these stories are impossible to be true ... Don't we ?? .....

[@anthonymoller6141]

When Mick Jagger was due to be Knighted, he just didn't pitch up for the Official Ceremony.. The Queen was really angry ! Some days later, he pitched up...

[@anthonymoller6141]

In the early Stones days , everyone gave them the gears. Especially the Press, as well as nearly all of the older generation. It only served to toughen up The Rolling Stones. Their music just became better and better. The Beatles were 'namby-pamby' in contrast. And there has never been any love lost , between the two groups.

[@mars3857]

Wow, this is so nice.

[@Fanof60s]

Still have the Vinyl LP complete with the perspex stereoscope effect cover!

[@thestones2789]

MAY BE WORTH SOMETHING $$$

[@frederickratel4231]

Would you consider selling it?

[@Cissy2cute]

On the top shelf of my closet right now.

[@willomina1990]

Hey!......I too have the oirginal album w/3D effect......

[@Fanof60s]

@@frederickratel4231 I am 72 y.o. Do you consider inheriting it when I'm dead and gone?

[@arnaudfauchere1769]

💂🎼🎹🎸🎤Thank you very much for the video.🎤🎸🎹🎼💂

[@rolfisdreamworld489]

amazing magic flute, I think many freaks were enlightened with this music.

[@joemorris143]

Brilliant video again.

[@227achess9]

This took me back 50 years for sure and the digital effect to duplicate film frame flash just made it the quintessential video of modern time! I wonder if anyone else caught that? ;)

[@estrella-hu2oc]

Simplemente gracias, muchísimas gracias ❤️

[@skykiss12]

Wow, haven't heard this in a Long time. Thanks!!! Feels like being on a LSD trip again, ha. Great. Break out!!! The world nowaydays is such a solitary confinement.

[@NankerPhelge70]

skykiss12 prophetic Much more solitary a year hence

[@mark1952able]

Talk about being 'Woke'!

[@conoroberst6263]

Just got TSMR on vinyl!

[@thestones2789]

crank it!!!!! CRANK IT BUT DONT GET EVICTED!! lol

[@user-xt8ij4wb5i]

Jealous lol

[@pedropolin]

so underrated

[@michaeldemsky51]

Criminally underrated

[@brutalyzedbytv]

Great song. Killer bass riff. From one of the very best albums of all time...

[@doctorfeelfunny584]

if you're talking about the riff that starts at the beginning of the song, that's actually a guitar, but at 1:25 the bass begins playing the same line along with it.

[@brutalyzedbytv]

It's guitar and bass playing the same melody all the way through, even at the beginning. I just focused on the bass, because it's more of a bass riff, though an unusual one for the instrument. The bass shadowing the same notes as the guitar is a powerful sound. Love it..

[@jeffsmith2022]

Best of all time? hardly old boy...

[@brutalyzedbytv]

Which leads to speculation as to what you think is...

[@brutalyzedbytv]

Oh yeah, you left out "one of the..." Context, my dear boy, context.

[@tlouxuniverse]

such a underrated stones song

[@ricardojosearruda8052]

Bill wyman next week will complete 88 years old😮

[@ricardojosearruda8052]

Sorry next month (october)

[@tokowpc]

has a velvet underground vibe to it

[@mudhens-r6k]

Take out the extended Sing This Song All Together, edit the end off Gomper, and add We Love You and you have one of the greates records ever made.

[@davidbriggs9675]

Had Brian Jones not messed himself up with too many drugs, who can guess what The Stones might have done next. I'd like to think that it would have been extraordinary that's for sure. What you have to remember is that The pretty Things were also recording great psychedelic music at this time too.

[@vampyros1]

It can be easy to overlook because the music is so brilliant, but Mick was one fucking great lyricist.

[@johnworthington8360]

i just a little kid when I went tripping with the stones. I better now. thanks....

[@jimmy36994]

The last Brian Jones fresh Idea Brilliant. Love love Brian Jones

[@tropicwave1]

Gomper The Rolling Stones Produced by The Rolling Stones Album: Their Satanic Majesties Request By the lake with lily flowers Wallow away the evening hours To and fro she's gently gliding On the glassy lake she's riding She swims to the side The sun sees her dried The birds hover high I'd stifle a cry The birds hover high She moans with a sigh Songwriters: Keith Richards / Mick Jagger Gomper lyrics © Abkco Music, Inc Release Date: December 8, 1967

[@THECLARENCES]

Long live the memories of Brian Jones & Charlie Watts. xoxo The Clarences

[@strawberry2206]

This album is a perfect mix between english and Indian music

[@huascar66]

With a bit of Middle Eastern tossed in also.

[@mrdrogba7642]

@@huascar66 Moroccan music

[@ibnelmouata1]

i'm very happy to be back , i miss all of you

[@ericoklapztein8770]

Brian Jones!

[@Cissy2cute]

Definitely Brian Jones's song.

[@alaincelos476]

@@Cissy2cute the whole is Brian Jones + Jagger-richards themes ono!!!

[@fitzcaraldozito]

Brian Jones dulcimer is beautiful

[@Crosseyedhero]

This is not rock, pop, or blues. This is experimental music and it sucks for pretending to be otherwise.

[@valeriaailincastrodevia1562]

Hola, desde Argentina!! me encantan los vídeos que editas con la onda psicodelica. Mi favorito es She's a rainbow, pero hace unos días que no me lo deja ver, me pone vídeo no disponible.

[@Vieytes.p]

El vídeo que no encontré más , fue la version filmada en la cancha de River

[@fravenna596]

Vamos Argentina!!

[@claudioconti5593]

Fantastica!

[@anthonymoller6141]

Very possibly the greatest album , in all of Rock History . I am NOT exaggerating !

[@charlesnye1736]

man your sarcasm is cruel!

[@cowboyfromhelI]

Greatest Psychedelic rock album, perhaps. In all of rock? No.

[@gerardhennessy3586]

So lovely to read so many positive comments about this track and Satanic Majesties in general. I always felt vaguely foolish for daring to like it, given the criticism heaped upon it. Maybe i'm just an old hippie? Maybe i'm locked in a 60's timewarp? Who cares. It is WAY OUT MAAAANNN!!!

[@user-xt8ij4wb5i]

Music should be looked upon as not a fade for a certain time period. I still love 1963-1967

[@gibbogle]

It is far out.

[@youiti2nz]

寝起き深夜に合うなあこの楽曲は何気にな.

[@johnny3038]

I love any and all stones albums

[@marcelomattosantunes7449]

One of the best Stones discs

[@gabyvansant4533]

You hear The Icredible Stringband influence, clearly and obvious!

[@SP-mf9sh]

Brian Jones is another example of Pisces excellence in the music industry

[@Khayyam-vg9fw]

"Satanic Majesties" is the greatest Rolling Stones album - the culmination of the mighty trilogy introduced by "Aftermath" and continued with "Between The Buttons".

[@charlesnye1736]

stop smoking that stuff

[@LibuttiG]

POETRY POP,...WORDS FLOWS RUNNING,LIKE THE OCEAN TO THE RIVER MOTHERING

[@TheophilusBoone]

Makes me wonder how they created this album. It is so unlike them, but they created something strange and sometimes beautiful, because they thought it was what we wanted. I liked it even then, but my favorites are Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers and Exile-the best of them all, in my estimation. Those are the albums that define them. I saw them in Nashville on the Sticky Fingers tour, with Mick Taylor, and they are still the best live show I have ever seen. And I've seen many. Stevie Wonder, solo, warmed up for them.

[@user-xt8ij4wb5i]

Two words, Brian Jones.Take Gomper Lead Vocals: Mick Jagger, - Tamboura, Slide Dulcimer, Sarod, Sitar, Flute & Tabla: Brian Jones - Acoustic 12 String Guitar & Backing Vocals: Keith Richards - Organ: Nicky Hopkins

[@franciscoromeromuriel]

Theyir Satanic es para mi el segundo mejor de los Stones ., tiene temas variados , como In another Land de BillWymann con ese final imitando a un asno , Gomper en el que se luce Brian Jones tocando el Sitar con nervio , coloridas y cosmicas , 2000 years Lights ... etc. Un gran LP ...gracias

[@now_is_past]

I think he played the electric duclimer

[@herbertluthe6850]

'this is the best part of the trip, this is the trip' (Jim)

[@themagicminstrels476]

This is the best part man

[@Borgmatha1027]

Gomper > Within You Without You And I get killed in 3...2....1.....

[@claudioconti5593]

Il miglior album Stones

[@printisalive]

Just a hint of Syd Barrett and Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Must have been recording neighbors and sharing the hashish...

[@gibbogle]

Definitely the vibe was shared ... and the acid.

[@jonknight6220]

Oh my God what did I just stumble across 👀👀🤣😂😊💗💗🏆🏆🏆😔🎶🎵🌞🏡

[@MegaCirse]

. Comme la première lumière de l'aube, cette musique ouvre les yeux à de nouvelles promesses et à toutes les merveilles de la nature. Evocatrice de pouvoirs au-delà de l'observation, ces pièces tirent les ficelles du cœur, attirent les nostalgies et éveillent les amours, les vies écorchés et les veilleurs endormis. Les premiers champignons vénéneux commençaient cependant à apparaître ..... ;-)

[@martinphilip8998]

I had the original cover until it was stolen by my lil’ brothers friend. I think this was their answer to Sgt. Pepper. I like some of these tunes. Especially prophetic is 2000 Man.

[@EduardoDiaz-gs8gm]

No se porque pero en la intro siempre espero la voz de george xd, muy buen disco!

[@raymonddobos8896]

I always wondered if it had George in it,but then i'm only 13-14 then in age,but it sounded so indie,i shyed away from SMR and got the Cream instead,now_ i had all versions,the video is grand

[@jonesy2111]

I always loved this song... it is even better (to me) than George Harrisons Within You Without You... it is so psychedelic and seems to take you on a trip through Morocco via the Engel summer of love thanks to Brisn Jones brilliant inspiration and instrumentation..

[@tomwilkins3865]

It is a miracle no birds fish or butterflies got shredded by the windmill!

[@ciggieshoreditch507]

Another example of a song that should have a Brian Jones songwriting credit.

[@user-xt8ij4wb5i]

So true. This is Jones at his finest hour.

[@anthonymoller6141]

Brian Jones said , or did , the wrong thing.....

[@duurnamets9678]

Absolute one of their best albums!

[@HipEspirit]

This stands alone and it gives me a feeling that St. Peppers does not. I love this song.

[@MrMallorcaboy]

sgt peppers is overrated, its basically shit,

[@df5295]

I agree! Sgt Pepper hasn't aged well.

[@IgnacioClerici-mp5cy]

@@df5295 😂😂😂

[@IgnacioClerici-mp5cy]

@@MrMallorcaboy 😂😂😂🤦🤦🤡🤡

[@maximumoccupancy]

Well, what do we have here? A bunch of idiots in a little circle jerk!

[@dimethaltryptamine1]

Absolutely as it is meant to be seen on video using the lost 3D artwork from the original album cover 1

[@mattmatenko78]

Yo, I just came here to say that Charlie is actually pretty good on the tabla

[@mcconlogue1898]

Except Brian played it.

[@thestones8022]

we all know it's one their best cds, albums cassettes........mp3's...their BEST.....JUST SHORTEN THE SING THIS ALTOGETHER SONG, TRACK...ADD dandelion we love you child of the moon and include the trippie Please Go Home???????????

[@tilopense3809]

R.I.P. Charlie Watts

[@jacobbeukers5764]

their satanic majesties request is the best psychedelic album ever made.

[@thestones2789]

my favorite cut...then intros 2000 light years from home........ luv the humming machine noise AWESOME ALBUM cd cassette 8 track......lol

[@francalouwers5434]

Beautiful, I like 👍 that song with the special sounds.

[@BillGompper]

They must of been on something. Bill Gompper yes my real last name.

[@martincuz7878]

I don't know if much good came out of *Satanic Majesties* We had a go at anything we wanted to do - and most of the time we did it ourselves... In those days if you wanted a tabla you had to try and play the thing, which is what we all did. *Mick* would be banging away on something, I'd be banging something. It was _Let's play this song all together_ It was actually a lot of fun rather than a musical revolution. *_Charlie Watts, 2003_*