The Rolling Stones | The Story of "Let's Spend the Night Together" (1967)

[@antarcticorb9197]

I just click on the "thumbs up" icon before I even watch! I haven't been disappointed yet. The classic film footage is a treat itself!

[@jhn1987]

It’s always interesting hearing people’s opinions of music and bands in real time and seeing how it contrasts with the perspective of looking back 50+ years.

[@axiomist4488]

"Both the Stones and the Beatles are dead" !!! Beatles broke up in '70 and theyre still the biggest sellers and the Stones are turning 80 and still rocking . Cool about the coppers beating the truncheons together. Gotta listen to that again . On July 26, 2023 : Happy 80th birthday, Mick !!!

[@robertdillon6821]

One of their best songs from the original line-up. Brian's comments are amazing and thoughtful. All this was happening when enormous change was engulfing the world, not just music. After this we had TSMR then Beggars Banquet. Rock music was born, FM radio and the rest is history. Thanks so much for another groovy video.

[@SophieLovesSunsets]

The sixties was so progressive in so many ways but so prudish in others. I've always felt the lyrics to "Lets Spend The Night Together" were more sensual than dirty or crude. Brian was so articulate, I actually find it hard to believe sometimes that he was only 27 when he passed, he was definitely a wise soul in a young person's body. I think in many ways he was too intelligent for that whole dark world of fame. Thank you for making this mini-documentary YP. I love all your videos but this one is a favourite of mine 🎸💜

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thank you, Sophie. I agree, the lyrics are sensual but not dirty. The 60s was definitely an era of extremes, so progressive and so conservative at the same time.

[@SophieLovesSunsets]

@@YesterdaysPapers 😊💖

[@elvisleeboy]

People in general were more articulate then. The subject of John Lennon's education was brought up in Parliament in 1964 after the publication of his first book, as being evidence of a failing educational system, due to the book showing only a rudimentary grasp of classical poets like Keats and Yeats - Something kids generally do not possess at all today.

[@shelleylyme6402]

Or as I once heard him referred to on the radio, "William Buster Yeats" 🤐

[@reginaldperiwinkle]

I love the letters saying that the Beatles and the Stones were done. Hysterical.

[@modifiedcontent]

They should have been shipped off to the colonies.

[@JulianOrchardfan]

This is the year i would go back to if i had a time machine handy🤪.So much happening. Another great upload.

[@elvisleeboy]

It is amazing to hear the articulate, reasoned, intelligent and rational way with which young people spoke back then. The media portrayal of that age group now, suggests none of these qualities to be at all common.

[@mchaggis622]

Agreed

[@katbela3971]

Very true.

[@frogface66]

Even the stones and the other musicians speak very articulate and intelligent. What happened in the past 50 years?

[@wendyjohansen6174]

@@frogface66 Police state

[@johnallenismynameandmusici2796]

That one letter that said the Stones and Beatles were dead was funny. Here it is 50+ years later and those two groups have written almost 1,000 songs. They will be playing the Beatles and Stones in a thousand years. I tried to make a top 10 of my fav Stones songs and I could only reduce it down to the "Top 41."

[@chuckselvage3157]

I'm sure stuff like that spurred them on.

[@caseyjones0113]

Ship them off to the Colonies 😂😂😂😂😂

[@johnallenismynameandmusici2796]

@@caseyjones0113 Yeah, we would have taken them any day of the week. That was also funny.

[@caseyjones0113]

@@johnallenismynameandmusici2796 For sure. The Beatles and the Stones shipped of to New Zealand or Australia in 1967... That would have changed things musically here 😂

[@caseyjones0113]

@@johnallenismynameandmusici2796 I remember reading the Keith Richards said about the gig they played in Invercargill, New Zealand, like 1964 or 65... That it was the arsehole of the world 😂

[@oleplanthafer7034]

This editing makes a very nice format for when you run out of relevant "blind dates"... Really looking forward to all that's yet to come from this channel!!

[@TheIndustrialRetrospective]

The Stoned played this when I saw them last October! It was EPIC!

[@encoreunefois1X]

Is that a typo or a tribute band?

[@davidellis5141]

Pretty awesome to have Ruby Tuesday as a B-Side ! More like a Double A-Side.

[@alihart]

Not quite Strawberry Fields/Penny Lane - but pretty close

[@terrycarthy4433]

Strawberry Fields is painful to listen to now ; the faux psychedelic ending the worst part. If anybody else had done it, gee, it'd be panned.

[@hepphepps8356]

@@terrycarthy4433 LOL. No. Just no. Thats absurd.

[@terrycarthy4433]

@@hepphepps8356 ; uncritical devotion to the Beatles isn't a good condition. And don't get me started 'bout the repetition on Hey Jude, the chicken 'chuckling' in Lady Madonna and on'n'on I could go.

[@alihart]

@@terrycarthy4433 painful?!! Even by KZbin’s standards of hyperbole you have excelled.

[@classiclife7204]

To use their parlance of their times, the Stones really "had their heads together" - terrific quotes about the general attitude from older folks towards the rock scene. Jones recognizing historical context was particularly mature. They were right about everything at this time - especially that goofy Palladium merry-go-round (wtf?). For the record, I prefer "Ruby", but love both. :)

[@YesterdaysPapers]

I love both songs, too. A perfect single, both songs became classics.

[@Methilde]

@@YesterdaysPapers you can see how the Stones have taken risks and won as they often do, two greats very differents songs.

[@maurogajardo620]

Great answer by Brian!

[@lukehauser1182]

Love your channel - thanks!

[@televinv8062]

One thing's for sure. Young people back then knew a great tune when they heard one. 👍

[@victorformosa2825]

I know it's hindsight but I had to laugh when it was said the stones won't last much longer, always thought Ruby Tuesday was a classic, it is possible for two people to spend the night together without physical contact, another brilliant vid with epic footage, many thanks.

[@mullet53]

I love this. So well done, and you put a lot of work into this. You're opening a whole new field of mini-movies for us to look forward to. Thank you!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Thanks!

[@PerroNegroFull]

This channel is gold

[@delbertstringbreaker7686]

Brilliant stuff! The stones didn't quite conform to the usual pattern when they were on Juke Box Jury either! They did have their original image as the 'Bad Boys of Rock' to keep up after all.

[@johnrunion5357]

brian jones and keith richards wrote ruby tuesday, but mick took brian's name off and put his on the co-credit.

[@benoitdenise9821]

OUI en 1967,je connais bien aussi, bon souvenir d'enfance et de jeunesse 🎧 mais en 2024j'ecoute toujours. 🎸🙏 Merci

[@OuterGalaxyLounge]

The bangers keep coming from YP. This channel is blowing up in '22, baybee!

[@cheallen1626]

It's an all-time great double A-side.

[@richardtharris]

I read that Jack Nietsche sent the signature piano figure of “Let’s Spend the Night Together” over to to the Stones, and they cooked the great arrangement up. Before you savage my assertion, please recall that Jack was an integral part of the Hollywood production team which gave the Stones that rich sound on “Out of Our Heads”, “December’s Children”’, and most importantly “Aftrmath”. Please comment.

[@pablocaira8240]

Cada dia mejores videos!!! Los felicito!!! Fantásticas imágenes y explicaciones de los músicos de aquella época!! Saludos desde Argentina! 😀💪💪💪🇦🇷

[@craigfazekas3923]

I love the Hammond Organ in this song, toward the end.... 🚬😎

[@deadlyoneable]

One of my favs by them……and the only song I can play well on piano.

[@pabloperez4063]

Always good channel

[@martakrupinska674]

Love it. ❤❤❤

[@willieluncheonette5843]

Oh my my my my.. Hard to believe that in 1967 these innocent lyrics were still a big deal. What would these old fuddy duddies have thought about these lyrics sung in 1937! by the great Robert Johnson in Traveling Riverside Blues? " Now you can squeeze my lemon till the juice run down my leg (Till the juice run down my leg, baby, you know what I'm talkin' 'bout)" BTW every time I hear the Stones comment about something on this channel I'm more impressed by their intelligence. And I've always given them props for the diversity of their songs, not only sticking to straight ahead rock. Songs like Ruby Tuesday, Lady Jane. Play With Fire and I'm Free are all wonderful.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

I agree and that's probably the key to their success. I love all those old interviews with the Stones because they always had something interesting to say and, as you said, they all seemed to be very intelligent.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@YesterdaysPapers Forgot to add never knew about that policeman beating his truncheon to make that sound on the record. Where else but this channel could I learn something like this? Thanks mate.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@willieluncheonette5843 ​ Hahaha! Yeah, that's pretty surreal! When I read that article, I thought this was just a surreal story that the press invented in order to catch the readers' attention. But then I read a quote by engineer Glyn Johns and he actually confirmed the veracity of this story. Pretty funny.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@YesterdaysPapers It is surreal, and that's a perfect word to describe it, considering all the run ins the Stones had with the law back then. I can picture it---the whole scene is just SO surreal. BTW the Stones have a very special place in my life. When I'm Free came out I remember playing the single 10 times in a row. It was just what I needed to hear at that point in my life. I remember like it was yesterday and looking back on it now, it might have been one of the turning points in my life, silly as it might sound.

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@willieluncheonette5843 Not silly at all, I know what you mean. That's the greatness of music. I love "I'm Free", too. And I think that song is more representative of the mentality of the 60s than any "protest" song from that era.

[@chrisbacos]

Now, this was different. I like how the fans get right to the point. There was the mention of hypocrisy. That can apply to both the USA and UK. The statements of other artists was interesting too.

[@Methilde]

It was more simple in France cause most of the people doesn't understand the lyrics!!!

[@calvinguile1315]

Wow, it's amazing how the press made such a big deal about singles back then, didn't they realize that it only drew publicity for an already great record..

[@neiltheblaze]

I had just turned 14 when "Between the Buttons" came out. I for one was relieved when Jagger changed the lyrics on Ed Sullivan, because I thought my mom would freak the hell out when she heard them. Though, to be honest, I was even more paranoid that she'd make out the words to "My Obsession". Yikes.

[@terryenglish7132]

U S Armed Forces Network played Country (not its best era), from 4 to 5 , and Rock from 5 to 6 every day in '67; the rest of the time being Lawrence Welch type stuff for the officers. They had no problem playing both sides.

[@andrewbrennan7291]

Really fab look back at this controversy

[@Sydney-Casket-Base]

4:38 thank god for that at least

[@mgconlan]

Remember reading an interview with Mick Jagger for Rolling Stone magazine in 1968/ He boasted that on the Ed Sullivan Show, instead of singing either "Let's Spend the Night Together" or the altered lyric, "Let's Spend Some Time Together," he just. mumbled something in between. That way he kept on Sullivan's good side and the Stones got more backings on the show - unlike the Doors, who were similarly told to change the line, "Girl, we couldn't get much higher," on "Light My Fire." Jim Morrison defied the ban and the Doors never played the Sullivan show again.

[@panouliskontrafouris4121]

Very nice video for the Stones. Gongrats. I would also like a video about Beatles' single Strawberry fields/ Penny lane>> which failed to reach number 1 in 1967. Thank you.

[@katbela3971]

Yes, I support your request. 👍👍👍 In that year they were surpassed by Engelbert Humperdinck, and his song ''RELEASE ME''. Wow!

[@michaelrochester48]

I remember a lot of British stars did not like their single “have you seen your mother baby standing in the shadow”, primarily because of the 45 sleeve of them in drag. It made us stir in the UK but it really hurt them in the United States where the wearing of women’s clothes was at the time considered strange bizarre and equating it with homosexuality

[@tomcarl8021]

Really? How specifically did the cover hurt them in the US? Where did you read that the sales of the single were hurt because they were in drag?? Have you ever heard of comedian Milton Berle? How about Jack Benny? Because they were dressing in drag at the very beginning of television in the early fifties. Johnny Carson dressed in drag in the early sixties. Ever heard of a famous movie called "Some Like It Hot"???? Came out in the fifties. Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. It's a classic. They were in drag the whole movie, you dummy.

[@joemasse4568]

They made that record with over the top reverb, and it ruins the recording!

[@willieluncheonette5843]

That was the last song in what I like to call their "delirious period" Starting with 19th Nervous Breakdown, then Paint It Black and Mother's Little Helper. I love that period!

[@michaelrochester48]

@@tomcarl8021 It made the top 10 but it under performed, Keith Richards actually blamed the Singles lower than normal showing on the charts to a bad mix instead of the mix that they had approved

[@michaelrochester48]

@@tomcarl8021 This is perhaps the stupidest and reactionary statement to what was a comment on the Times in the 1960s. Brian Jones was criticized for effeminate clothing by the British press and some of the American press. You are just insane. I suggest medication, but not before you give me a complete and sincere apology for your post

[@thevonlmo5906]

Is there nowhere in that seemingly extensive archive of British pop music journalism article(s) about Brian Jones haberdashery? Surely at least something about his iconic white hat.

[@michealcurrie8272]

Ruby Tuesday. A Brian Jones ditty absolutely, a classic of modern times musically. Spend the night was just obviously a stones shake the establishment hit.

[@alrivers2297]

Out of those two songs, Ruby Tuesday is the one that has held up better. No doubt

[@cronobactersakazakii5133]

Nothing had changed by then, and nothing has changed by today, something is always too much for some and not enough for others. The thing is to do what you want (although you can’t alaways get what you want) and those who don’t like can listen to something else. What do you care what other people think ? (Richard Feynam) Catch you dreams before they slip away (you knwo who)

[@billkingston4402]

I take it Spinal Tap didn't release "suck my love pump" in the states

[@katbela3971]

Excellent work, Yesterday's Papers. I really liked the number of opinions from different artists, collected in this video, but the opinions of Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr were missing… I have to say that, for a long time, RUBY TUESDAY was my favourite STONES song, and I like it much better than 'Let's Spend the Night Together'. Thanks, YP. Cheers.🥳🥳🥳👍👍👍🎸

[@johnrunion5357]

why do you feel the beatles opinions are 'missing'? perhaps they made no public statement. who cares what they think anyway and what does that have with the stones?

[@mauriziomerlo4141]

@@johnrunion5357 right, man! Who cares about the Beatles opinion?

[@axxellein]

TRES Cool Les Stones!

[@accam6734]

So the only song he praised was Edelweiss by Vince Hill? An easy listening fan. Radical. it's difficult for me to believe that he didn't recognize Petula Clark's voice. I'm not British, was just a kid in 1967, but I recognize her voice, instantly..

[@michaelrochester48]

Two things I got from this, you did not mention that in the place of the stones on the round about at the end of the TV show London Palladium, Gerald Scarfe the artist created a huge cardboard cutout of the Rolling Stones to put in the place of them who refused to be on the ending of the show. And second, I believe the show was wiped by the BBC, and there was a mention of Mick Jagger having a videotaped episode of the show. I wonder if he ever lent that videotape years later to the BBC because That would be a historic document

[@YesterdaysPapers]

The huge cardboard cutout of the Rolling Stones actually appeared on the show the following week as a joke. I believe either Peter Cook or Duddley Moore were holding the carboard. Yep, sadly the show was wiped by the BBC.

[@richardjordansongs]

It was an ITV show so you'll have to blame them for wiping it, not the BBC.

[@AssinnippiJack]

Spanish Tony Sanchez was there. He knew when those cardboard cutouts were used on the show. Peter & Dudley were both in on it.

[@rikstrange662]

I wonder what those critics from 67’ would think about the lyrics of some of the tunes coming out today? F bombs everywhere and heavy sexually driven themes. I’m no prude having grown up in the 50’s and 60’s but wow baby what a change!! 🖖🚀

[@mathstar4176]

The police must be over the moon about that news when they wondered into the studio and the Stones made they participate by doing some percussion. Wow, lucky cops !!!

[@thereunionparty]

I like how the letters pages in the pop press (and presumably other publications) used to publish the full address of the letter writers. No trolling in 1967, otherwise people would come to your house and have it out with you!

[@NewFalconerRecords]

I've got some Australian pop music magazines from the 60's and what's really terrifying is that they had a dating section for teenage kids to write to each other, so there were 14 and 15 year-old-girls writing in looking to meet boys and, yep, you guessed it, they published their entire home addresses.

[@davidpollard4051]

1967 wasn't the best year for the Stones - Butterfly On A Wheel. However this was a classic single without a doubt.

[@bestbyte1]

this my friends was THE COUNTER REVOLUTION

[@spiritualarchitect4276]

In 1967 my sister had both the Flowers album and Between The Buttons. But my Mom would not allow my sister to play this song. I think my Mom described it as “Oh how dreadful!”

[@MrCrispian]

good length

[@ovalvox7888]

I never liked Night. Always liked Ruby Tuesday better. Both songs are piano driven and missing Brian and Keith’s dominating guitars but bands did need to change things up every now and then. Keith still played guitar on both but more as an accompanying background instrument. Brian Jones played a nice piano and recorder on Tuesday. This was his play everything but the guitar period.

[@rockradstone]

Oh my! Suggestive lyrics! 😳 😏 I was in 9th grade when this song came out. Yeah....things have changed. 😁

[@bryandawkins]

I don't see why people in those times we're upset , the title was let's spend the night together, not let's screw all night together. these people were scandalized at Wake Up Little Susie in 1958, oh my where is my fainting couch.

[@willieluncheonette5843]

lol.....be sure to carry some smelling salts in your pocket.

[@wyliesmith4244]

Values, even moral values, are not static. Wonder what folks will say in 50 years.

[@ac9559]

I pretty much like everything they did from 65-67 and I think it is a good song but it never was a big favorite. I would take several B-Sides from that era over it such as Sad Day and Who's Driving Your Plane?.

[@hepphepps8356]

The reason Ruby Tuesday was the bigger hit, is because it is a much, much better song. That is not with a small margin either.

[@marrrtin]

I heard Bowie's version first, but it is a classic Stones tune, so all those people were wrong. Is that Pete Murray waffling about "Michael Jagger" on the radio?

[@YesterdaysPapers]

That was Radio City DJ Alan Clark.

[@mikebarooshian7255]

@marrrtin Bowie was an amazing recording artist like the stones are he wrote a lot of amazing songs sad he’s no longer with us anymore

[@EddieReischl]

You know you're living in some pretty good times (1966-67) when the only things people are having rows about are song titles. Once Vietnam took a turn for the worse, and the assassinations happened (1968), people got their heads out of their collective arses and started focusing on more important things. It'd be nice if it didn't always have to work that way.

[@nurknanker6105]

"It's not an alter, it's a drag!" Lol

[@ndogg20]

With at times 5 weekly pop music publications among them New Musical Express and Melody Maker plus a dozen daily tabloid papers, much ado is made of nothing in the UK. Is it any wonder the fact that a snub on a TV shows end appearance and one song got so much press back then?

[@vdggmouse9512]

I always thought 'Let's Spend...' was a pretty weak tune. Ruby Tuesday - much better.

[@Gardosunron]

Funny because in my view Ruby Tuesday is one of the ten best Stones songs while Night Together might be number 78 or so...

[@ustheserfs]

those censors were spending the night together, so what's the harm?

[@bobwallace9814]

The more the bad press, the more the controversy, the more the Stones reap all that free advertising and notice by those who might have not in the past.

[@goonbelly5841]

So, back in 1967 people were shocked by "Let's Spend the Night Together". I wonder what those same people would have thought of "WAP" by Cardi B. 😲

[@SophieLovesSunsets]

I would seriously love to time travel to the sixties and play the prudes "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Oh to see them clutch their pearls lol.

[@arneberg9072]

Such a name ***** Mick Jagger ***** It can't be anythang else then success ---

[@sdgakatbk]

I think some of the comments by some of the artists as to the controversy of the lyrics and not wanting it are naive. Groups of people were going to react. I have to think that they or their managers wanted the controversy or notoriety.

[@geoycs]

Think how lame the US is for having so many radio stations refusing to play “Let’s Spend the Night Together.” And not being allowed to say that phrase on tv….. Freest country in the world, though!

[@cbot72]

I like how the American went into an American accent

[@jonesy2111]

🎯Brian Jones

[@catholiccowboy8545]

" Let's Spend the N..." is just a take off from the fuzz guitar riff of " Satisfaction". Barely an album side.

[@wyliesmith4244]

Growing up in the States, I learned that the Brits had 'Victorian' values. Uh, actually it was we US morons that did. It's funny to see Mick complaining in his home country when we here in the States buried Them's Gloria for "and then she comes to my room/ and she makes me feel alright." The Shadows of Knight got a big hit here with some judicious editing. Love them Victorian deelays - who also burned Beatles records and paraphernalia in '66 because Lennon said the Beatles were bigger than God. I do live in a great country! Oh! And the Shadows of Knight put out a single of Bad Little Woman which I only found out later was acover of a British song by the Wheels. Thank God (pardon me) for Nuggets 2 as I finally heard the original there.

[@wyliesmith4244]

I di watch the Stones on Ed Sullivan and there were bets on what Jagger would do with the lyric. Ed's family entertainment show with acts like ventriloquists, dancing bears, ... My idea of hell? Trapped in a projection booth with that show running non-stop. And no Stones, of course.

[@christopher9152]

Not much love for Ruby Tuesday, one of their greatest Jones-era achievements, from their contemporaries. It was too much outside the style people had been accustomed to hear from the Stones, it seems.

[@mr.milehi9883]

I would imagine you are too young to have lived during the mid to late '60s. But, was Ed Sullivan show broadcast in uk?

[@YesterdaysPapers]

@@mr.milehi9883 No, it wasn't.

[@bearclaw007]

El primero!!

[@twezzo99]

You won´t find the harmonic progression of Let´s Spend The Night Together in any other pop song, plus the melody is on spot and original, too. Try to improve it, try to change one note.

[@mj.l]

stevie wright!

[@YesterdaysPapers]

Great singer, I love the Easybeats.

[@williamr3840]

6:34 And oh but how very wrong you were, Wendy Blume! :0)

[@HamptonFarly]

It’s a quality song what is wrong with these fools?

[@peterchaloner2877]

Father of 3, starting at age 14? Brian lacks standing to moralise.

[@pedrolourenco1606]

Kind sir , please let him rest in peace and enjoy the fact that he gave the world this band and it's incredible music ! R.I.P. BRIAN.

[@Lightw81]

"Ship 'em off to the colonies". Ah, happy days.

[@chasjohn57]

Wow! Elvis had a top thirty song in early 1967?

[@philipyoxall5441]

Weird pronunciation of row!! like a boat rather than an argument

[@stephenbrown1622]

They did not fade away the Beatles did

[@lamper2]

Jagger happily changed the lyrics-unlike Morrison! I'm repulsed by the UK pronunciation of controversy-stop it!

[@encoreunefois1X]

She'd ship them off to the colonies. Hilarious, and says it all.

[@nathalieplum2137]

At 7:18: "Both the Stones and Beatles are dead..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@phantompanther648]

Ahh for Fux sake.............! The issue of Let's Spent The Night Together is ........; Are ( the audience ) gonna get the piano part as recorded ! .....Hah ..? The 6 th.. Stone .... piano thug guy... played that ....Jones could play it , but I don't think he composed it.

[@darthcheney7447]

Ha Ha Ha the Stones are dead in 1967. Meanwhile in 2022, The "Greatest Rock And Roll Band In The World" are preparing for their 60th Anniversary Tour. Man I would love to shoot pool with Keith.

[@MrDino1953]

I see that “I feel free” was high in the charts at that time. Cream already making better music than either the Stones or the Beatles.

[@robertweingartner2055]

One’s opinion. Personally I disagree.

[@lucasoheyze4597]

The Beatles had recently released Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane and were working on Sgt Pepper. Cream, a three piece blues based band, weren't in the same league.

[@richarddevlin5613]

Lol ..and 50+ year later they (the stones) agree to not play brown sugar because it might upset some folk ….what happened Mick ?

[@eargasm1072]

"Let's Spend Some Time Together" (cue eye-roll from Mick performing this on Ed Sullivan) 😄

[@eargasm1072]

The Summer of Love...when free love broke out in America & London and everyone was getting oh so high. But the stiff upper-lip 30 and over crowd wasn't having any suggestion of it in lyrics or media (except at the drive-in and the Fillmores and whathaveu) So unhip....they really were "behind the times"!!