TOTP Live 1971 - The Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar

[NocturnalChocolate]

Mick Jagger is so uncool he's actually cool.

[COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY]

i have this and other stones tracks on about 6 hours of VHS tape. They used an acoustic guitar for brown sugar studio version, from memory

[Samhain35]

90% DUBBED

[Raydal49]

Fantastic Yeh

[krdloco11]

i just laughed my ass off with my 15 yr old daughter at the hat. she said "what do you think the rest of the guys in the band are thinking" i said "they are thinking he's an asshole but he's mick jagger so just let him go"!!!! the king of rock and roll since elvis died.

[09bnunez]

battle of the bands,,,,,,the beatles or the rolling stones? everybody vote!!! out come should be interesting !!!!!

[Rosel444]

LA SUPER EPOCHE! LES STONES: LES PLUS GRANDS DU ROCK!

NOTRE JEUNESSE... ON MOURRA AVEC EUX.... LE PLUS TARD POSSIBLE::

[broadusmaryann298]

You better believe some rightous synchronicity was @ work when Keef met Mick @a train station, Mick carrying a Muddy Waters album, baby, that was Rock & Roll !!, & they never looked back...the soundtrack of MY life, for sure; they've raised me up so many times when things looked bleak. These guys never get credit for their dynamite lyrics, btw, they're funny, ironic, sardonic, cataclysmic, & oh yeah, EROTIC to da bone, witness Let It Bleed, &, oh yeah, Parachute Woman...dig the lyrics...Rock On!

[kiddyuknot]

The Stones in all their glory on this one

[Ouzotime]

nice up TopOfTopOfThePops great band seen them in concert i believe there one of the best bands of all time...

...¸¸.¤°´¯`°{° Ouzotime is anytime °}°´¯`°¤.¸¸.

[TestMyDroid]

i fucking love that sax solo!!!!

[ahmedz912]

no wonder someone came up with the song 'moves like jagger'

[PAULLONDEN]

W o W !!...compare this to the bricklayers of today,who don't know the meaning of the word "Charisma" ☆☆☆☆☆

[popsnorman]

Mick has to be the BEST DANCER EVER

[youtoobisokayiguess]

I love these old videos but I hate the fact that the band is not really playing. Anyone have any insight as to why they did it that way back then? At least Mick still sings though.

[tuna2k10]

@youtoobisokayiguess it was top of the pops, which for a long time didn't let bands play live, instead they had to mime

[rockerdude529]

@youtoobisokayiguess i asked my very good friend who played totp, he told me they do whats called a "tv mix" whether or not mick is singing karaoke style i dont know my friend plays guitar mostly and said he had to record the song just before the show and i forgot to ask him if the singer sings live

[liathxxx]

Love this song sooo much :Dxxx

[anotherjoshua]

...Brown Shooooogah

[nietzschealeatorio]

we love !!!!!!!

[anotherjoshua]

wow.

[mnaicck]

These guys have mad swing. And this sounds as good as it did 40 years ago.

[juanhrdz]

I think the whole band (except mick) are doing playback

[maedusa]

@juanhrdz think so too

[nclusiau]

Classic of the classics, so good....

[theunnamed2013]

Justin Bieber dick is the size of the dislike bar...

What there isn't?, (that explains a lot)

[bigboy1010101able]

@theunnamed2013 right on!!!!

[KrakDag]

@theunnamed2013 meanwhile. inside Selena....

[KrakDag]

@theunnamed2013 meanwhile. inside Selena...



[TheDocsex77]

Yo naci el 72 pero estos tios marcaron mi juventud, llenod e rebeldia , keria ser como ellos , un grande, contra el orden de injusticia establecido..!!

[100021861]

Still fucking awesome after all these years!!

[KOSMOGONE]

SO GOOD !

[LittleSweety]

This song was 40 years ago no.2 in the world charts #rolling #stones

[kazdaddy82]

That is some young guys there - year I graduated HS

[lovethemick]

Stones at their best, give us that brown sugar!........lookin' good in ur pink suit Mick. :)) :))

Cheers Rob****

[crazycatlady68]

MUSICAL GODS

[LittleSweety]

This song was 40 years ago no.1 in the world charts #rolling #stones

[RonnyTequila]

mick just live the music

[LittleSweety]

This song was 40 years ago no.1 in the world charts #rolling #stones

[LittleSweety]

This song was 40 years ago no.1 in the world charts #rolling #stones

[bronncohowie]

"Get down on your knees Brown Sugar" ????

[AKILEAS]

1971 was in my opinion when The Stones sounded their best, they had a tremendous lead guitar player in Mick Taylor and the the rest of the magnificent Stones were at their incredible best.. I went to see them at the Garden right before I went to travel all over Europe when I was only 17. What an incredible year that was!!

[crazycatlady68]

@AKILEAS Lucky! I agree..Love MTs sound and they had the best albums with him.."Exile.."..Classic..

[LittleSweety]

This song was 40 years ago no.1 in the world charts #rolling #stones

[LittleSweety]

This song was 40 years ago no.1 in the world charts #rolling #stones

[PonAdidas]

Black Pussy how come you taste so good?

[TangelTingelBob]

Great pink suit,

Great cap,

Great guys...

...great music basicly

[LittleSweety]

This song was 40 years ago no.1 in the world charts #rolling #stones

[Fiacca68]

Piggy Piper are back , the first brown Sugar at Ryan after 10 years

sounds as Stones'bootleg

[LittleSweety]

This song was 40 years ago no.4 in the world charts #rolling #stones

[XBeatlesXx]

mick looks from the side (in the intro) like angus young

[hansjalv]

40 years ago! Jeez...

[TheDirtyMac68Circus]

JAGGER. IS. GOD.

[Komplete1]

Fucking brilliant.

There will never be another like Jagger.

[Komplete1]

Fucking brilliant.

There will never be another like Jagger.

[TracyFClark]

I guess they couldn't afford to fly Bobby Keys over? He plays the great sax solo on the recording.

[mrjorgetorres56]

heroina ?

[LedZeppelin827]

ya-ya's= greatest live rock n'roll album ever

[kickassfan]

simply masterful

[robster71]

Mick is mesmeric on this and he sings the absolute shit out of it. His phrasing is even better than the record and the record is class. As for Keith he is the epitome of ragged rock n' roll cool, like a wolverine in the dusk. Incredible to think this was Jagger's song, although Keith transposed it to open chords & turned it into this masterpiece of rock n' roll. Now that's what you call a partnership.

[andrewsaccount09]

@robster71 Did you know that most TOTP performances were mimed or sung over pre recorded instrumentals? I had to listen closely to the drums to find out this was a truly live performance in addition how there are fewer backing vocals here.

[prebooomer]

@andrewsaccount09 Sounds like the studio recording to me

[kidaaa0]

@robster71 they are NOT live on this show

[bigboy1010101able]

@kidaaa0 yeah look they are plugged in

[michaelk4256]

@kidaaa0 Mick is singing live over the backing track !

[kocots1991]

@michaelk4256 Well... good news is that mostly everyone did it that way.

[robster71]

Mick is mesmeric on this and he sings the absolute shit out of it. His phrasing is even better than the record and the record is class. As for Keith he is the epitome of ragged rock n' roll cool, like a wolverine in the dusk. Incredible to think this was Jagger's song, although Keith transposed it to open chords & turned it into this masterpiece of rock n' roll. Now that's what you call a partnership.

[elephanta2]

The Rolling Stones with Mick Taylor is too nice!

[pcorb36]

The reason the vocal is different is that they are miming to the recorded track, all except Mick, whose mic is live. Check at 1:43 when they pan over Charlie's drums: they're covered with cardboard to muffle them. TOTP is a miming show, and the Stones did this other times too: Mick singing live over the tracks. Still a great song though. . . .

[jbongiop]

J'affirmerais pas mordicus, mais j'ai l'impression que seul Mick soit en vrai live sur cette video et que le reste est en play back parce que ça ressemble vraiment à la version studio de l'album Sticky Fingers.

La seule différence, c'est que les dernières mesures ont été shuntées.

Je peux me tromper mais...

[cpouchard]

@jbongiop Je crois que tu as raison. On vois meme qu'il y a du carton sur la batterie.

[pzolsky]

i havn't noticed the vocals are different

[H3rb3rtW3hn3r]

@pzolsky

Listen to the track here at 2:20 and from that time on and check with the original record.

Those lines 'Get down on your knees, brown sugar' are a variation from the original lyrics.

[pzolsky]

camp boxing champ '71

[Naddycat]

Fantastic!

[KOSMICKEN09]

How come no one has mentioned the vocal is different here, doesn't anyone notice that?

[esaesa12]

イントロの動き神!!かっこよすぎ!!

[ScotRanger1960]

First chord is missing.

[PAULisDEADMANnumber9]

i've seen some footage of concerts by the stones, and keith didnt play much lead. was he always the lead guitarist? i know, this might sound stupid, but i just want to make sure.

[StevenGA1011]

@PAULisDEADMANnumber9 Keith is the rhythm guitarist of the Stones who can play lead when he decides to do so but I've always considered him the rhythm to Brian, of course Taylor, and even Ronnie plays lead for them most all the time these days.

[MrKwelly]

All kinds of inaccurate lyrical renditions out there. Check out the "real" words... Jagger at his brilliant lyrical best:

Gold Coast slave you bound for cotton fields

Sold in the market down in New Orleans

Scared old slaver really doin' alright

Here him whip your women just around midnight... the rest clearer... fantastic Mick.

[graat86]

@MrKwelly The Rolling Stones would not have been as good without Keith Richards at all, they would reach at least halfway where without Mick Jagger

[jakeenan]

Back to the time in rock music when it had an honesty, credibility and virilty about it. How could any band fail when you got a front-man in his late-20's in his pomp like that?! Great song. And when he goes off up the aisle doing his punch-walk dance, just hilariously brilliant.

[postwarwayne]

I presume that this is Mick Taylor playing guitar. This would have been after Brian Jones either left/died and before Ron Woods came on board.

[jhassett2]

Re-upload please.You cut out the end bit where Mick shouts out "Cor Blimey!"

[hhelpmaboab]

I remember vividly seeing this on TV first time around - Thursday night, in a pub crowded with rough builders on pay night. Every one of them was transfixed by this performance, and not one said a word 'til it was over.

[hextongogley]

@hhelpmaboab - I also remember when this was first on TOTP. I also seem to remember that this was one of three numbers they did as a short set. TOTP were doing a weekly "Album Slot " back then - and as they'd just released Sticky Fingers, they also did Wild Horses and (I think) Bitch. Now THAT would be worth seeing again !!! - but for some reason only Brown Sugar seems to have survived.

[adewale007]

Not even Mick can look cool in that bloody hat!

[tdworak]

The single greatest rock and roll record ever made. Period.

[Nigelxman]

@tdworak UM ...ok.

[sesadowski]

Greatest front man ever! 

[stinkalloy]

Easily one of the band’s top 5 songs, much better than anything that Merseybeat crowd ever produced. If God could play guitar, He would have been in The Rolling Stones!

[tsenamaster]

Awesome!! Man, I wish there were more Mick's in the universe



[DavidSoulful]

Sooooo damn good :)

[marylebone454]

Get doowwnn Mick..........magic

[stuckin1968]

The Stones rock TOTP like no one ever has or ever will...........The greatest TOTP performance ever?..........yeah

[pipeandslippersman]

whe he starts clapping at the end... that's the rhythmand blooozzz