Tumbling Dice #1 -- The Rolling Stones -- Live 1972

[nyrvg]

Mick Taylor was an absolute genius !

[stonerold]

stones between 1968 and the middle of the 70s is the greatest stuff the world has ever been brought to us ... rough blues rock, i love it.

[DamoSuzuki100]

Sounds like Keith and Mick T aren't in complete agreement here- Same key? Same time? Same song even?;-)

But listen to that drumming. Subtle, tighter than a seal's bunghole, understated, and beautifully miked...

[thenodsstrip]

@DamoSuzuki100 This is a rehearsal and they usualy just weave in and out of each others oposing riffs not suppose to be harmonious and that is what made thier sound uniuqe, let it bleed on...love the loose actions in the rehersals

[cn854]

Think they will recapture this magic in 2011 if they tour? I'm certainly hoping but highly doubt it TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE, so be forever thankful for the 1972 L&G film......

[msglimmertwin52]

this is original fucking grunge/garage band rock and roll, fuck, this is good.

[urgepower]

mick taylor was gold for the stones.

[graceezzz]

This is art, this is music, THIS IS FEELING!!!! Such an amazing amazing song, I know that description gets used around a lot, but wow this song, the musicality, the beauty, this performance is just WOW. Seriously, this is MUSIC that FEELS. People just dont make 'music' like this anymore, damn crap of today. I soooo wish I was alive during the Stones' day; to be there when Exile came out would be have been Incredible.

[coperoad]

Really cool video ,1969 to 1973 the stones were at their peak, thanks for posting.

[sweetmay73]

you know, i hate it when people give all the credit to one of the band members (namely mick taylor or brian jones) while discrediting everyone else. granted, they were both talented, but it's the entire collaborative team effort of the rolling stones is what makes them so good...

[DamoSuzuki100]

@sweetmay73

Absholutely. Very much a "greater than the sum of its parts" band..

[laxbuffalo]

This set the foundation of the Stones returning the their blues roots Lord Keith invented some great rifts and Jagger sang like a real blues singer should ( I dong think any white man can sing the black blues as well as he did in this set ) . Keith lead and Mick Taylor put the rhythm in cords like no one else could (bless him). Charlie and Bill Tied it all together with the perfect beat . I don't think there ever was or will be a studio session better than this.

[platter1000]

of course there is always 1 stupid dislike

long live the stones

[17865329]

Jones and Ronnie are more than fine, but the Taylor era is the Stones at their best.

[1988WHISKY]

Great but...Brian Jones we miss you!

[MrJsmyers]

This is a rehearsal,not a concert..it is in Switzerland

[harrybrandy]

They play it so much better nowadays.

[seans10]

@harrybrandy Either you are joking or on crack fucking cocaine.

[goonchistaw]

@seans10 nice comment & probably true !! crackead for sure ...

[davethefed]

Typical comment from the youngest generation. They have been taught that everything they hear, see and feel is "real". they are the mass consumers who can't have a real experience, because they have been coddled all of their life. Geez, look at it, Helmets and knee pads, elbow pads and shin guards to ride a bike, or to skate. Hovered over by their status seeking helicopter parents, they have been deprived of any real experience. More is the sorrow.

What a hard time it will be for them.

[AliLaPointe62]

@davethefed RELAX, btw, that whole helmets thing saved my friends life when he was hit by a car when riding a bike.

[pbzepper]

who created the riff..? Lord Keith.. just look at wear marks on the telecaster fretboard..

[nankerism]

sucks?????? this is like watching van gogh sketch sunflowers before painting.

if you don't recognize art when you see it, go fuck yourself and look at jackson pollack's work.dick.

[jokkergar]

sucks.....

[stringbenderE2E]

@jokkergar go listen to your rap then

[samuel498]

great rare footage ,thanks.

[doubleotwentyone]

Mick Taylor...the greatest guitarist to grace the Stones lineup...that was by far their best period imo...

[andyingreece]

@doubleotwentyone That's your opinion & you're entitled to it. But I don't think he came in the same league as Brian Jones, who he replaced.

[youhavegeniusshins]

What kind of bass is Wyman using?

[wkg55]

@youhavegeniusshins Bill is playing an Ampeg Dan Armstrong bass. Keith played the guitar version on the 1969 tour.

[youhavegeniusshins]

@wkg55 Cool. Thank you!

[clfetter]

richards.......best!

[PersistenceMusic]

Stoned Stones

[bosszeroboss]

Mick always was a terrible singer.

But he's one helluva song deliverer.

[hds099]

@bosszeroboss

Jagger is an incredible singer, raw & bluesy with texture & delivery oh not to mention beautiful soulful ballads.



[fondofrory]

@bosszeroboss mICK was a terrible frontman ! not a great singer

[platter1000]

@fondofrory fuck you you casy anthony supporter

[TheCozybear65]

Dam good!

[ALEJUANPA]

Jack Daniels watching on the table...

[hotkeefinjection]

@ALEJUANPA ha sure enough

[juannrocks]

Without the chorus is not the same. great song =)

[highway61z]

jesus what a great video..... just a great band standing around in a circle and playing rock'n'roll to each other.... so much better than their later versions on gigantic stadium stages...

[hallmark45]

Garage band extraordinaire!

[Heliass94]

AMaaazing ..

[Allrightteam]

the kids today don't know what live sounds like.

[ilythebeatles]

The stones could just click their fingers, n make a good tune :3 why cant bands be like this nao :s

[rikwalker917]

saw them live around this time, they were the best, mick taylor had a special sound, saw mick take his belt off and bash puddles of water on the stage into a part of the song with sprays of water going 20 feet into the air, midnight rambler i think ?on the ticket it said "rain or shine, we play" and they did.

[GravityBoy72]

Mick was much more watchable when he wasn't racing about all over the stage out of breath.

Less is more.

[thedogduncan]

1972. stones ruled.

[thedogduncan]

goddamit, the stones were pure magic, even though they have sucked for 100 years. long live mich and the boys....

[mageedis]

Mick Taylor was the only one making all kinds of mistakes too! Ronny Wood was the best thing to happen to the Stones! Professionally Speaking, of coarse!

[KillaKrive]

An amazing version! So smooooth and beautiful, listening to this in the Evenin Sunset!

:)

[thegreenolivo]

Last creative year for the band. Everything after Exile is weak.

[KillaKrive]

Very True, Goats Head Soup isnt that bad! and Its only rock and roll is alright,, Here are the Tracks i personally Like from em,, Goats Head Soup - 100 years ago - (Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo) Heart breaker - Angie - Hide Your Love - Star Star Its Only Rock and Roll (But I like it) - Aint to Proud to Beg - Its only Rock and Roll (But I like it) - If you Really want to be my Friend - Short and Curlies Honestly anything after that album is weak! Except: - Beast of Burden - Start Me Up - Saint

[thegreenolivo]

@KillaKrive Mick Taylor was the only creative thing about the Stones post Exile. His playing on Time Waits For No One is beautiful.

[keef186]

@thegreenolivo I don't know about that I agree their best work was back in this era but they've recorded some good music since then. I mean its near impossible to produce something better than Exile.

[wolfsblood07]

@thegreenolivo Everything after Exile is weak? No way. The Stones were rockin' hard until Tattoo You.

[lebarosky]

I know someone who worked closely with the band during this period. He told me that Richards and Wood and the drummer worked full time 6 days a week and traveled with a recording studio so they could lay down tracks. Wyman worked only half as hard because every woman in the frgn world wanted to do him so he had responsibilities. Last, he indicated that Mr. Jagger was one of the oogliest men he'd ever had the pleasure to meet. I think I got that right, don't quote me.

[andy65guitar]

@lebarosky I know someone...blah blah blah. All bullshit.

[abbeltuinstra]

@andy65guitar dude you're right, I know someone who wrote a book called 'Life' which tells the story way better

[lebarosky]

I know someone who worked closely with the band during this period. He told me that Richards and Wood and the drummer worked full time 6 days a week and traveled with a recording studio so they could lay down tracks. Wyman worked only half as hard because every woman in the frgn world wanted to do him so he had responsibilities. Last, he indicated that Mr. Jagger was one of the oogliest men he'd ever had the pleasure to meet.

[carva9]

Keith is the star in this video

[PhilippTheGuitarist]

Mick Taylor ist mit 20 beigetretn und hat sich direkt angepasst. Er spielt auch klasse Gitarre, obwohl mir Ron Wood besser gefällt.;)

[peithkichard]

i know these guys...cant remember, but ve seen them before.. make a a lotta noise for a 5 piece band, haha

[thedogduncan]

the truth, as i see it (before i get killed) is that brian jones of the 'rolling stones' was purposely killed because he was too pretty and took away from the focus of mick jagger, or as his best buddy, keith richards, likes to call him, 'brenda'. it's a 'hit'....

[thedogduncan]

young mick taylor was the 'baby stone' and got majorly disrespected by the rest: of those power hungry douchebags, jagger/richards, charlie and bill, the 'rolling fuckwads'. no wonder brian got drowned by the angels in a pool. mick has yet to go the same way....

[guipinsan]

@thedogduncan thats why wood is still the kid

[andy65guitar]

@thedogduncan What the fuck are you going on about?

[TheRedpeadar]

mick the lad give them gip

[GIMMESHELTER50]

THE STONES IN THY PRIME!!!!!!!

[TheRedpeadar]

@GIMMESHELTER50 their

[duncankingdog]

it's amazing to me how the greatest rock and roll band of all time sucked so badly. mick could never sing his way out of a paper bag but him and keith wrote the greatest rock songs of all time. i answered my own question....

[drumrrroll]

2011- BRING BACK MICK TAYLOR!

2011- BRING BACK MICK TAYLOR!

2011- BRING BACK MICK TAYLOR!

2011- BRING BACK MICK TAYLOR!

[Moistmuscle]

@drumrrroll I love Mick Taylor's contribution to the period most consider their most defining and creative. He is a lead guitarist of the first order. The problem was Keith is a lead guitarist in spirit and attitude but not in his actual playing style. That's why Ronnie Wood lasted with the Stones and Mick didn't. Ronnie has the same amazing ryhthm style that complements Keith while keeping Keith at the front. It's really sad that ego's control band dynamics instead of the music:(

[Moistmuscle]

Ps, When Brian Jones died, Steve Marriot ot The Small Faces auditioned as the new guitarist. All was going great until he blew Mick off the stage with just his backing vocals. He didn't get the gig funny enough.... ego's rule again! It is their band after all though and they can do what they want. Would have been awesome though if Steve Marriot had a run with the stones for a while before egos got the better of them.

[TheRedpeadar]

@Moistmuscle is that dead steve

[TheRedpeadar]

@Moistmuscle you should listen to the faces or john mayall then the greatest r&r band in the world wont worry you

[Moistmuscle]

@TheRedpeadar I'm a big Faces fan:) Will give John Mayall a go as well!

[TheRedpeadar]

@Moistmuscle top players

[bigbeemax]

Keef is da man! Awesome !

[molenewall]

mick taylors shirt is great

[Xyzd95]

@drsquidley. Mick taylor left in 1975 or 74 i think. He left because he thought that while he was making money he wasnt making progress musically so he left and ronnie wood(keith was helping him with an album at the time)from the faces joined the stones.

[PageandPlant4Life]

Jesus they sound great here. I love the Stones live stuff. Its raw, but not too raw.

[akajk1]

i love watching practice videos. been there done that! good to know the stones are in fact human. greatest band ever!

[nightgaunt321]

Mick Taylor is F'ing GREAT! Too bad the Stones didn't keep him.

[DrSquidley]

@nightgaunt321 why did mick taylor leave?

[kevinjim33]

@DrSquidley He left because of his heroin addiction which he didn't end up kicking until the end of the 1980s.

[DrSquidley]

@kevinjim33 thats a shame, damn heroin, it took morrison, joplin, dee dee ramone,

[kevinjim33]

@DrSquidley Indeed although it's ironic because he said staying in the Stones would end up killing him with all of the temptation and drugs that surrounded the band, but Keith Richards stayed in the band and ended up kicking his heroin habit like 8 years before Taylor ever did.

[Tsugaheterophylla]

@DrSquidley He was pissed off that Jagger didn't give him writing credit on several songs. Can't blame him.

[katdaddy511]

don`t see that time flashin bye...

[masterdeviance1985]

Mick Taylor that it is, of course...

[masterdeviance1985]

Mick makes this song what it is

[ChazStrummer]

Amazing!

[IrishHippie]

Early 70s Mick, my favorite! I love Mick Taylor but he was too beautiful for the Stones

[fondofrory]

@IrishHippie What you mean with " beautiful " ? his guitar's skill?

[IrishHippie]

@fondofrory Mick Taylor was not as tough as the rest of the Stones, he tried to keep up and wound up getting a hole in his septum from all the coke and losing his wife. His guitar playing was beautiful, but I meant he was not quite as down and dirty, jaded...plus look at him, he was gorgeous!!!

[fondofrory]

2:10 - 2:18 epic Mick Taylor ' riff ^^ And as always with an amazing sound :) This guys is the best .

[sail1948]

Shame they dont sound like this anymore. As soon as Mick Taylor left they morphed into rubbish. Wood and Richards just dont have the musical talent.

[caavoom]

Breathtaking

[lennon757]

It's Keith's guitar that makes this song great. Nothing else.

[Argos357]

@lennon757 actually, you are wrong. it is Mick Taylor's talent.

[mcleanartists]

@Argos357 For me the Stones almost died when Taylor left and they're on life support since.

[troubadordan]

Nice & loose - perfect. Great clip.

[galldro]

Mick Talyor is great!

[Beekay2002]

sometimes it is just fucking awesome watching jagger. as much as keith is king, mick jagger is the grooviest front man of all time.

[ss234234]

This is brilliant - and the live versions that followed with Taylor were even better! You don't get great songs like this anymore - wot a classic !! Shame on the crap we have to hear these days - in the charts or elsewhere .. !!

[ss234234]

This is brilliant - and the live versions that followed with Taylor were even better! You don't here great songs like this anymore - wot a classic !! Shame on the crap we have to hear these days in the charts or elsewhere .. !!

[Luarrangel]

OMG!!!!

[hoarse01]

MICK TAYLOR IS IN A WORLD OF HIS OWN. WHAT IS HE PLAYING?

[tom4415]

Charlie and Keith really enjoy this hey !

[schapman5]

Can't wait for the DVD blue-ray release this fall of "Ladies and Gentleman the Rolling Stones" from the '72 tour. It has been a long time coming and it will still be the only official live material released from their peek musical period ('72-"73).

[livewirevirginia]

@raponte1995 I see what you mean on the Bridges tour or maybe the Super Bowl but Jagger sounds great on this video!!

[malafe1234]

I know for a fact that Keef is in open G...but not quite sure about Taylor's..can anybody shed a little light here?..and what chords his using.?.I think he's on regular tuning playin on an A major chord..but im not so sure.

[cilia205]

@malafe1234

He's in normal - and slightly out of tune ... but still killer!!!

[dugitomi]

@malafe1234 it's in BMajor, like the studio version, I V I V IV V I.. they've played it in C, too. the proto-type of this song, Good Time Woman, is in G, with the same chord progression, but minus the wonderful bridge. Mr. Richards, capo on 4th fret in Open G (open B) sans big Estr, plays a descending pentatonic scale in B starting at Csharp1 and goes down from there. let's not analyze it too closely. magic tends to dissipate under a microscope. just play along, get into the groove. it's fun!

[TheFozz44]

@malafe1234 I think one riff Mick is playing is like a high A major to a C# minor to B major (tops of barre chords on the second two).  Pretty sure he's in open tuning.

[vaveon]

THIS PERFORMANCE IS A REHEARSAL.

The comments here are just WAY too moronic.

Jesus GOD -

The Stones, dinkin around, sound better than most bands EVER will, playing seriously.

[mikemcpeak714]

@vaveon hell yeah....you are SOOOOO right my friend!

[cheriansrule]

@vaveon lol I thought it was the studio, it was pretty good!

[chadricka]

lol i dont think you get it raponte. Sure studio versions are always gonna sound better. You have sync voice modulators and a score of other enhancements. If you love the stones your gonna watch this and think,"cool, and just set back listen and be mellow'". For me i cant help to shake my hips to this.:)P

[raponte1955]

my my the Stones never able to replicate the studio sound! Always sounding good on albums but mediocre at best on stage. There's not a single live Stones song which sounds at least close to the recorded original!!!!

[richs2]

the worst sounding live band of all time....always have been...always will be

[dannystraight]

like saucers!!

[icedflame210]

I was pretty happy to hear mick taylor's little fuck up in the solo at the end...reminds me that we're all human ha.

[0live0wire0]

i like this better than the album version. This song needs to get rid of all the soul backvocals it gets too washed up and here it's just straight asskicking rock n roll

[RStepo221]

I have the concert complet!!!!!

Great, man!!!!!

[lickss]

Rehersals for U.S. tour (72), Priceless!!!

[dmjvi]

That guitar tone is to die for! Mick Taylor has a beatiful guitar style, very melodic. He didn't get along well with Keith I read somewhere.

[Semente200]

Why the major chord?!

[goonchistaw]

@Semente200 prob better than a minor one !

[Semente200]

@goonchistaw No, the studio version is with a minor chord on that place and it sounds much better

[stankler]

why did mick taylor leave.i hope he doesnt regret it.

[seans10]

That lick that starts at 2 minutes is classic Mick Taylorm, which is to say--as sweet as it gets. Thanks to the man (or woman) who recorded these "practice" sessions.

[isotopefun]

Hey Woogie! Thanks for posting this. My best Stone's number from my favourite rock album.

I drove into Las Vegas earlier this year in a company truck around midnight and this song was on the radio! Fucking beautiful lol!

This is also an excellent guitar riff for all you nubias.

[junkmale2000]

What you've got to remember with this performance is that it is a sound check so it is primarily for the soundman to get th balance between the instruments right on the PA. So some of the playing is going to be a bit sloppy and Mick Taylor in particular seems to be just improvising new ideas all the way through

[MeggyVonJames]

Classic,my fav song for all the time...

Anyway...i don't know why...this song always remind me of ' bad obsession ' by Gnr. haha.

[blsp53]

All those Mick Taylor solos were fantastic, BUT what made all those great, classic songs were the riffs Keith came up with. Any good lead player can work wonders over crunching rhythm work like he did. Remember his famous quote-----five strings, two fingers and one asshole.

[lickss]

@blsp53 Yea, certanly the Stones were great before, during and after he left. But I will say that with Taylor-WOW what a combo platter that was!! For me Taylor is up their with Santana and Gilmore in terms of his licks,runs and melodies. THis must have been rehersals for US 72 tour.

[dannystraight]

@lickss exactamundo.. not quite the same w/o

[garretguidry1]

@blsp53 One asshole? That would be Mick, right?

[tonyspanish]

keith did not like Mick Taylor made his wonderful solos tests, something that bothered him and was one of the reasons for leaving the Stones MT. But on stage when he did were wonderful and became rock icons

[MrDestroyTV]

as yobro79 i have to say this is the finest night cap ive had in a while ... viva la revolution

[Beatle105]

Super cool vid, thanks for the post! But, Mick was obviously not at his best. Booger sugar?

[markymark21c]

yes dugitomi thanks, I saw the clips. Fabulous, eh!

[markymark21c]

yes wade i agrree..don't get me wrong, I know taylor is wonderful, I just enjoyed this very good footage, enjoyed jagger doing his usual bemused perfectionist''s response to small mistakes, I'm sure you're aware that the Stones apparent loose approach comes from endless hard work. I've lost count of how many times I've seen the Stones live over the years, and when they are galloping at full lurch there is no sound on planet earth like them....

[rijamor]

Ronnie Wood's got a radio show at the moment and he said they always do this number for the sound check.

[die4tomarrow2day]

Thanx Mr. cat....♪

[markymark21c]

yep so good to hear a rehersal, even with Mick Taylor fucking up his solo!

woogie, thanks! don't know how you got the footage, are you an engineer? was it a sound check or a rehersal? whatever, majorly cool!

[WadeMacKinnon]

@markymark21c

Thats what rehearsals are are for, trying new things to see if they work. Sometimes they don't and it sounds like a fuck up. Better here than on stage.

The performance of this song on "Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones is fabulous and Mick Taylor's guitar is what makes it so.

[dugitomi]

@markymark21c They were rehearsing in Montreux for a tour. RWeGhosts has the the 4 part film uploaded. The very next song, they do Tumbling Dice again and Mr. Taylor's solo is a classic. It's the origin of the same one he played at the gig in Brussels in '73. I credible performance by all of them. At 3:25 on the next take of this he soars rather than sinks

[markymark21c]

this is fabulous, really good footage... a very old fan!

[wisesatyr72]

Keith's telecaster looks very torn and frayed

[inomawthanu]

love mick taylors guitar, he adds to the feel of the song

never in a million years will i accept he spoils it.

[Luarrangel]

Great!!

[bay500]

Johansen impression?!!? He wants to be Jagger!

[Disburden]

Thank god for Keith's playing on that video. He's a Rhythm god.

[moggio666]

wow this is realy good stuff, thx !!

is this a rehersal?

[brianallancobb]

Great post, wonderful history.

But Taylor's guitar ruins the whole feel of the song.

[pipeboyz]

this is good

[bobgure]

These rehearsal clips are brilliant.

Nice David Johansen impression here.

Thanks so much for posting.

[gibsondude123]

Right on!