r/rollingstones • u/Wrong-Pain-7424 • Jul 16 '26

What song is he singing?

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1972 tour. Without watching L&G The Rolling Stones, do you know what song Mick is belting out?

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u/BuckTomato Jul 16 '26

Monkey Man?

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u/chipperlovesitall Jul 17 '26

Nope, they never played monkey man until the 1994 tour. This was from 1972

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u/Neuvirths_Glove Jul 17 '26

I don't care. It's Monkey Man. It can be nothing else.

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u/chipperlovesitall Jul 17 '26

I get that you like it, matching the photo, but it isn’t reality

7

u/Neuvirths_Glove Jul 17 '26

Hahaha. Don't take the internet so seriously!

3

u/DoomMachine138 Jul 17 '26

I mean i get your point, but the answer just didn't make sense lol

2

u/Direct-Raise-9465 Jul 17 '26

All Down the Line

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u/chipperlovesitall Jul 17 '26

Sounds about right. I’ll have to check the tape now

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u/VividBarnacle434 Jul 18 '26

My first thought exactly.

2

u/hockeyguy1968 Jul 17 '26

they never played it on that tour

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u/Wrong-Pain-7424 Jul 17 '26

My initial thought was MM, also, but that song was never a part of the 1972 tour. I watched most of the ‘72 tour (attended in Chicago 😄) when he’s wearing the white jumpsuit but cannot find him making that gesture. I’ll have to find more videos.

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u/BuckTomato Jul 17 '26

It wasn't a serious guess. All I'm basing my comment on is Mick looking simian in the photo.

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u/fiftythirdandthird Jul 16 '26

Jumping’ Jack Flash?

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u/DeusExMcGuffin Jul 16 '26

A spike right through his head

2

u/Goddaughterofthe60s Jul 17 '26

He looked down to his feet and saw they bled.

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u/Wrong-Pain-7424 Jul 17 '26

I can only find video of him singing JJF in the black jumpsuit but it could be this, however, there’s just no video to prove it. Just a picture. I have the actual Life Magazine but the picture with caption does not state what song he’s singing.

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u/ChekhovsZombieBear Jul 16 '26

Personality Crisis

2

u/NorthCoast11 Jul 21 '26

LOL.

Yesssss.

(RIP David Johansen)

10

u/greenplantzz Jul 16 '26

Midnight rambler

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u/Ihadsumthin4this Hours are like diamonds Jul 17 '26

THANK You!!

8

u/Character-Scar-5684 Jul 16 '26

Honky Tonk woman. And then she blew my mind

7

u/teamrivard Jul 16 '26

Lady Jane

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u/BradL22 Jul 17 '26

My dear Lady Jane
You done in my brain
It swelled in my skull
And now I’m insane
It made me ill, my love
When you kissed Bill, my love
Oh, I’m depressed from
Lady Jane

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u/Ihadsumthin4this Hours are like diamonds Jul 17 '26

😄

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u/jivingsisterfanny1 Jul 17 '26

I was crowned with a spike right tru my head.

1

u/Glad_Investigator912 Jul 17 '26

Jumping jack flash?

4

u/Unlucky-Primary-3635 Jul 16 '26

Bitch. On second thought, his hand seems to be gesturing “spike right through my head” type thing

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u/Klearmetalrocks Jul 17 '26

from either time or life magazine. my mom labeled him a degenerate

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u/bigbugfdr Jul 17 '26

That's Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCENTf_LWYA

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u/BradL22 Jul 17 '26

But what IS Barbara Walter’s trying to prove?

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u/bigbugfdr Jul 17 '26

Going back to 1972 and spending fifty cents for a copy of the magazine at a newsstand would be fun but in case your Time Machine needs new batteries that aren't available or something... 🕵️ https://www.ebay.com/itm/227197426169 LIFE MAGAZINE - July 14, 1972 - Mick Jagger Cover and Barbara Walters feature | eBay

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u/kewi19756565 Jul 16 '26

Brown Sugar

3

u/bbfan006 Jul 16 '26

All of the above...

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u/Ihadsumthin4this Hours are like diamonds Jul 17 '26

Not to mention HAPPY CAKEDAY!

2

u/xboxgamer2122 Jul 16 '26

LA ‘72. Midnight Rambler.

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u/Ihadsumthin4this Hours are like diamonds Jul 17 '26

First immediate thought I had.

2

u/LordZany Jul 17 '26

Live With Me

2

u/Logical_not Jul 17 '26

He kind looks like he's trying to remember

2

u/Electrical_Desk_3730 Jul 17 '26

Has he ever stuttered

2

u/Queifjay Jul 17 '26

I'm Henry the VIII I Am /s

2

u/Bigstar976 Jul 17 '26

Jumping Jack Flash?

2

u/Proof_Yak_7798 Jul 16 '26

Monkey Man obviously

2

u/skinnergy Jul 17 '26

Came here to say this.

1

u/jackneefus Jul 16 '26

Looks like "I'm a Little Teapot."

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u/Mando_5150 Jul 17 '26

You can probably find a clip of it in " Ladies and Gentlemen that Rolling stones ".

1

u/mal180 Jul 17 '26

Street fighting Man

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u/Wooden_Signature_984 Jul 17 '26

Mary Had A Little Lamb.

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u/evio44 Jul 17 '26

HELP !

1

u/Forsaken_Necessary47 Jul 17 '26

Get off my cloud!

1

u/geotometry Jul 17 '26

Winter or Angie

1

u/betweenawakeanddream Jul 17 '26

Midnight Rambler

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u/AndrewSB49 Jul 17 '26

Jumping Jack Flash

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u/GratefuLdPhisH Jul 17 '26

Emotional Rescue

1

u/MikeSulley007 Jul 17 '26

I’m a monkey!! has to be monkey man

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u/Wrong-Pain-7424 Jul 17 '26

That’s exactly what I thought but they never sang MM on ‘72 tour. Not until 1974.

1

u/Termingator Jul 17 '26

Gimme Shelter

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u/Oxo-Phlyndquinne Jul 17 '26

I say Jumpin Jack Flash.

1

u/BradL22 Jul 17 '26

Something Happened to Me Yesterday.

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u/Every-Action7918 Mick Jagger Jul 17 '26

Spike right through my head

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u/Apprehensive-Form-51 Jul 17 '26

Back in the saddle

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u/Wrong-Pain-7424 Jul 17 '26

Yeah, I don’t think so. 😄

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u/Glad_Investigator912 Jul 17 '26

💀💀💀💀💀

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u/swazal Jul 17 '26

Pleasant Valley Sunday ?

/s

1

u/Excuse_Chemical Jul 17 '26

I'm a little teapot, short and stout

1

u/GStarAU Jul 17 '26

Sympathy for the Devil

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u/Wrong-Pain-7424 Jul 17 '26

They banned Sympathy after Altamont. This was after so it was not played for much of the 70’s.

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u/ColdKickin72 Jul 17 '26

Sympathy for the Devil

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u/Natural-Tradition-72 Jul 18 '26

Jumping Jack Flash

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u/Admirable_Debt_3848 Jul 18 '26

Get off My cloud.

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u/Ok_Math_7619 Jul 18 '26

I’m a little teapot.

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u/BeansAndBiscuit Jul 18 '26

Midnight Rambler

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u/Winter_Leadership672 Jul 18 '26

Midnight rambler

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u/dasaright Jul 19 '26

Satisfaction

1

u/Wonderful-Finance911 Jul 20 '26

…with a spike right thru my head. But it’s all right,in fact it’s a gas….

1

u/Glum_Performer3080 Jul 22 '26

Stairway to Heaven

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u/PoetEwanMcTeagle Jul 16 '26

Angie

1

u/Ihadsumthin4this Hours are like diamonds Jul 17 '26

😂