Beggars Banquet - "Sympathy For The Devil" & "No Expectations" Album Reaction (Part 1)

Keith played bass as well as guitar, a fact often overlooked. Nicky Hopkins, best rock piano player of the period.

One of my favorite all time albums. Incredible songs and musicianship. To me, this is when the Stones really became the Stones.

Look up the hippy trail of the 1960’s. That’s what he’s referring to in “I laid traps for troubadours “

Piano played by Nicky Hopkins. A really great album you're getting into, Syed.

Now you are talking, Buckle Up Syed, one of the very best rock albums, certainly in their top 3 for me. Ditching psychedelia and back to basic brilliance, Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎶

We can't forget about Bill Wyman on that bass. Beggars Banquet is the best album they've recorded in my opinion

No Expectations is a beautiful track and Brian's swan song of sorts with the group.

No Expectations is a great song. Glad to see you're listening to some full albums, man.

one of the great albums.

Sympathy is such an infamous song. So much has been said. Only the Stones could write this song at the time and have it be accepted as commercially viable. It was a monster! Keith on fire!! No Expectations draws upon old Blues ( Railroad music ) Ronnie Wood, Brian Jones' replacement, will bring back the slide guitar brilliantly on Far Away Eyes, 10 years later.

African percussion. Well written. Keith Richards classic guitar riff...screeching on the guitar was the best guitar playing he has done on a track along with "Gimme Shelter."

From "Beggars Banquet" to "Exile on Main Street" the Stones were at the peak of their creative powers. While I love Ronnie Wood's playing, the Mick Taylor years were their peak.

Yes!! Been waiting for you to listen to this masterpiece 🥳

One of my favorite albums by the Stones- it’s very eclectic. Really enjoy your reactions and commentary. Can’t wait to hear more from this album.

So good that you're doing "Beggars Banquet", an album which is often considered to be the start of the Stones' incredible run followed by "Let It Bleed", "Sticky Fingers" und "Exile on Main St.". All four of them a 10/10 for me. I've always loved their witty, raw and rebellious nature in songwriting, especially on songs like "Sympathy for the Devil" and see them, Jagger and Richards in that case, pretty underrated as well in terms of their created narrative. My conclusion is, after all these years listening to them, that this duo doesn't need to be standing behind Lennon/McCartney, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, John Fogerty, Joni Mitchell, Chuck Berry, Ray Davies and more A+ songwriters.

You are the most intuitive and understanding reviewer on YouTube. Man you get it. Smart analysis and you really get what’s going on inside these tracks.

Stones are top 3,,,,,glad you like them. 💥💥💥👍😎 Woo,,,woo,,,,👹

This whole album review format is great. I’ve listened to this and other Stones albums a bazillion times but I really appreciated your reactions. Now go do their next three albums (although you’ve done A LOT of Sticky Fingers already!).

Two great songs. This is my third favorite Stones album. I think it’s their best lyrics album, overall. There are some really interesting characters and perspectives yet to come.

Anastasia was a daughter of the tsar. She was killed with his family in the communist revolution. Look up the black hole of Calcutta, the 100 years war. There's a reason The Beatles and The Stones were the best groups out of England in the sixties. Agree with you that Mick and Keith were great songwriters.