That's how ya play rock and roll! Plus lots of screaming.

I remember the first time I heard this. I thought it was amazing. But I didn't truly learn to appreciate it until I heard Let it Bleed. This is where the band goes back to playing rock.



The first cut, "Jumping Jack Flash" is one of the best. An awesome song with awesome guitar and a lot of energy. "Carol" is kind of weak, but still a good rock song. The bluesy "Stray Cat Blues" is underrated. I really like it. "Love in Vain" is totally different from the take on Let it Bleed. For one, they ditched the mandolin (thank the lord!) Second, they got the last verse right. Third, they gave it a huge shot of energy. I used to not like it, but now I think it's the best song on the album.



Although "Midnight Rambler" is also awesome. They took the original album take and, once again, gave it energy. In fact, this whole album has an overdose of energy. It really pleases the crowd, and I like it too. It's especially characterized by the shout at the end, my favorite part of the album: "Paint it black! Paint it black! Paint it black, you devils!" I remember my family and I were playing Life and I shouted it randomly. I got stared at.



"Sympathy For the Devil" is done better than the orginal. Although I mourn the leaving-out of the last verse, I love the guitar part complete with shouts of "I get on down! To the floor!" I also like how they left out the stupid backing vocals.



"Live with Me", the third song from Let It Bleed, is the only song that's worse than the studio version. I can't believe they threw Bobby Key's sax solo out the window! Without that solo, the song is a fun, but forgettable, rocker. "Little Queenie" is slightly weak, my least favorite. "Honky Tonk Woman" is a song done much better than the OVERRATED studio version. But Joe Cocker's version beats all comers. "Street Fighting Men" is totally awesome, covered quite well by Rod Stewart.



Now, Chris Schahfer's random shout gallery.

"Watch this!"--"Jumping Jack Flash"

"You don't want my trousers to fall down, do you?"--"Jumping Jack Flash"

"Paint it black! Paint it black! Paint it black, you devils!--between "Midnight Rambler" and "Sympathy for the Devil"

"Alright New York, let's have a look at you"--Honky Tonk Woman

"Get down with it!"--Street Fighting Men

Arguably the best live rock album ever released

Like many others who have reviewed this album, I also agree that it is one of the best live rock albums of all time- period! Over the years when vinyl was fashionable, I replaced this record a few times because I enjoyed playing it so much. Ya Ya's captures the Stones during their peak years. Although the new guy (Mick Taylor) was not as versatile as the late Brian Jones, he was a great guitarist who played beautiful solos. Therefore, he pumped new life into the Stones 69 repetoire such as Love In Vain and Sympathy for the Devil, and later on the 1972 tour, mindblowing solos on the live You can't Always Get What You Want.

Although I certainly recommend Get Yer Ya's Ya's as part of anyone's record collection, I am disapointed that with today's technology that this record has not been released in its entirety. As any true Stones afficiando knows, this album was tinkered with (overdubs, etc) quite a bit before it was released. In addition, there is stll debate about where some of these tracks were recorded, although the bulk of them do appear to be from Madison Square Garden (as per bootleg tapes). The actual setlist for 1969 looked something like this:



Jumpin' jack Flash

Carol

Sympathy for the Devil

Stray Cat Blues

Love in Vain

Prodigal Son (acoustic)

You Gotta Move (Acoustic)

Under My Thumb

Midnight Rambler

Live With Me

Little Queenie

Satisfaction

Honky Tonk Women

Street Fighting Man



Gimme Shelter and I'm Free were played occasionally. Although I will always treasure this disc, I think it is about time that somebody gets off their butt and releases this show in its entirety so listeners can experience the true power and the joy of a representative Stones show circa 1969!

Best Live Stones Album

Get Your Ya Ya's Out was a brilliant tour. Mick Taylor was did a great job filling in for Brian Jones. The sound was comparable to the album The Who Live At Leeds. They demonstrated their ability to play some of the best live rock and roll I have ever heard live. This album carries the sprit of the late 60's with style. The recording is one of the best live reproductions I have ever heard.

For Stones fans this albums is a must buy. No collection would be complete with out it. It marked a turning point in the style of the Stones before Ron Wood joined the group.

Great Live Album!

Though far better than their previous live music offerings, this album was not free of studio tampering. Initially intended to be a double-album with an entire side allotted to Ike & Tina Turner. The Stones wanted to feature their opening act citing the importance to the success of the tour, yet London heads thought otherwise and did not allow it. This eventual single-disc title was their second live set named after a Slim Harpo song. A token of the 1969 Madison Square Garden gigs (with a gift from Baltimore), this was the Stones only chart-topping live album, and for good reason. The impressive stage presence of Midnight Rambler was successfully transferred to wax for private enjoyment. The song lineup as a whole was reflective of most gigs from the 1969 US tour. The versions chosen for release however seemed more uniform and less experimental, as if to sound more like their studio incarnation. Jagger's entertaining between-song comments were severely edited and shuffled in the studio, giving little similarity to their initial form as seen in the brilliant documentary Gimme Shelter. In the UK, though fans were saved the embarrassment of the US LP got LIVE..., they had their own reasons to be offended as in 1971, the live album Gimme Shelter (featured below) was released. Despite it's obvious reference to the film of the same name, it had nothing to do with the event at the Altamont Raceway, or the other performances featured in the film. Not attempting this same deception, Ya-Ya's simply provided the Stones live in concert when it seemed people wanted it the most.

Rocks all the way through

The best live Stone recording to date.... Midnight Rambler is the showcase number, with everything else rock solid!!!

K n A Best Live CD of All time Get Your YA-YA's Out

The one thing that comes across the Stones in all their 70's music is their attitude. Though, not a 70's CD but more like the Welcoming is Get Your YA-YA's out. Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, are there to make the guitars thrive in funk and hard in melo dramatic collaborations. Entertaining rock. There is a reason the team of Jagger and Richards have been around for 40 years...Attitude. It's full of teen age rebellion, the teen age swagger, the teen age party, the teen age wreckless ambition. Though at the time they were heading into their 30's. Compared to their Souled Out concerts of the mid 80's and beyond the mentors of rock could learn a few rules they must have forgot by listening to this CD. Yes it's a bit ragged but that was the flambouyancy of the late 60's early 70's rock where it wasn't meant to be commercialized. It was meant to drive parents insane. I am 40 have 7 kids and now I use it to drive the kids insane. If you like gut wrenching fist clinching. It's the fountain of youth recorded. Buy it you'll like it.