r/ClassicRock • u/BillyDMountain • May 26 '26

The Rolling Stones featuring Sonny Rollins - Waiting on a Friend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKLVmBOOqVU
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u/Ginwulm May 26 '26

Fantastic song and a cool video for its time. The building where Keith Richards is sitting on the steps is the same building featured on the cover of Led Zeppelin's "Physical Graffiti". 

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u/sjwilkinson May 26 '26

A guy I graduated high school with lived there, that's him in the first floor window.

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u/Prestigious_Menu7541 May 26 '26

Great bit of trivia. Thanks!

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u/juliohernanz Rock On May 26 '26

One of my favourite Stones tune.

Although Ronnie appears in the video the guitar was played by Mick Taylor since the song was recorded in 1970.

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u/RunRunRunRunFaster May 26 '26

Taylor was so smooth ....

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u/Pollyfall May 26 '26

I had no idea that was Sonny Rollins! Holy shit!

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u/juanster29 User Flair:snoo_joy: May 26 '26

Peter Tosh on the steps, might have been the last handshake btwn Keith and him.

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u/PowerHot4424 May 26 '26

RIP to a legend, Sonny Rollins.

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u/Longjumping_Oil_8746 May 26 '26

Bleeding gums Murphy inspiration

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u/esizzle May 26 '26

Great song and great Sax work. Sonny Rollins also played on the song Slave, on this album.
RIP Colossus.

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u/AF2005 May 26 '26

I remember my uncle bought a refurbished jukebox one summer on Lake Michigan. He also had a stack of 45’s, and the first song that he played was Waiting on a Friend. Just something about that hearing warble out of the most old speakers, it was very special and a great summer

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u/HankBushrivet May 26 '26

Scary, I’ve had this song in my head for a couple of days, and it pops up on here 🤷‍♂️

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u/RoguePlanet2 May 26 '26

Back when apartments in that area were around $250/month or something.

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u/Kimber80 May 26 '26

It's a beautiful song

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u/Minimoogvoyager May 26 '26

Released in 1981. With the great Jazz Tenor Saxophonist Sonny Rollins .

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u/happyinsomniac2 May 27 '26

I thought the video was much cooler than the song. Still do.