One of my all times favs by the stones


Masterpiece

The Stones were and are the Real Deal. They touched on subjects others couldn't, and did it with grit and class.

One of my favorites, a song hardly ever played on the radio 😢

La and Che: The Stones wrote this song in 1972 after a 14 year old unarmed African American kid was walking with his father to the NYC auto-body shop where his dad worked at 5am so he could watch him work. Two plainclothes cops jumped out of a car and allegedly did NOT ID themselves. The boy and his dad thought they were being mugged and ran away and one of the cops fatally shot the 14-year old in the back. The Dad ran to a MARKED police car and had them drive over to the crime scene thinking that he and his son were mugging victims and the regular cops and the dad allegedly saw the 2 plain-clothes cops kicking the dead teen's body. They were tried criminally BUT acquitted by a majority white jury when the cops said they were investigating an armed robbery (involving 2 30+ year olds)- the first time NYC police were criminally charged for a BLM style event- but the shooter was kicked off the force for this act and prior events with other people and the family WON at civil trial for unlawful death of their son. It came out in the civil trail that the cop who did the shooting had shot another Black man in the back.....

Another great gritty Stones track.

The emotion in Jagger's voice makes this song.

When they talk about a 'classic' rock song...this is quintessential...there may be equals, but there is nothing better.

One of my top 5 Stones songs....killer.

What a decade...some of the worst events, some of the best music. 😢❤

This was the Era when The Stones had the pulse of the street in all of their music, like many artists of the day. It was gritty and unflinching. No sugarcoating at all. Grew up loving this space in music, prior to Punk and Disco as a kid. It had the residue of the 60’s struggles all over it. It was real, powerful and beautiful. You guys are killin it! 🤘😎

Ya I always loved this song. But it has broke my heart. I grew up on the streets, so I could identify with both incidents 😢❤🇨🇦

So, so,many. This could go on forever.

Goats head soup is an underrated album, so good.
The funny part is I’m revisiting the stones primarily because of watching your reactions. When you’re growing up with it in your home you tend to take it for granted.
Thanks!

Give me chills😮

Charlies drums are so good....but everything about this song is top-notch. Great pick from the Stone's vast catelogue.

Truly heartbreaking lyrics

You could just do Stones reactions for the next six months and probably not find any bad or throwaway songs.  There were back then, and still to this day, are something very special. Bangers stacked on top of each other, song by song, album by album. BTW, The Doobie Brothers, The Stones and Grand Funk on the same day….pure 🔥. You guys are killin’

The Stones are the epitome of music, which is organic, and not contrived like a lot of contemporary music of today

The Stones are genius,  gritty, good stuff. Not enough young people appreciate it

Love this kind of Stones track, when they sound ragged, raw, and tight all at the same time. Just a great band.