This doesn’t sound like it was made in the 60s

It's referencing a funeral. Line of cars painted black. Flowers and my love both never to come back. Sadness and depression after the death of a loved one.

This song must have featured in every Vietnam War movie soundtrack.

My favorite era of The Rolling Stones is from the 60's. I loved the "Flowers" album. They had a lot of great early hits such as "Ruby Tuesday", "Get Off Of My Cloud", "Let's Spend The Night Together", "Satisfaction", "Jumpin' Jack Flash", "Honky Tonk Women", "You Can't Always Get What You Want", "Gimme Shelter", "Tumbling Dice", "Brown Sugar" etc.

The Stones were never the same after Brian Jones died. He was the heart and soul. Donovan actually became the Step-Father of Jones' son.

When you’re going through severe grief you look around and think-how can they go on like nothing has happened how can life just go on as normal when I’ve lost my world

The song is about Sadness, Depression, and Loss. Understanding that, the whole song makes sense.

I know how to pick 'em! I must've been in a mood when I suggested it lol. I think the instrumentation fits the lyrics, though, it almost keeps you on the edge of your seat waiting to hear what he says next.

There's a mistake in the lyrics: they sing "I want to see the sun blotted out from the sky" and not "I don't want to see the sun flying high in the sky".

The Stones were quirky as hell. Their best songs are a little "off" in an awesome way. Plus if you ever watch Jagger perform you'll see that he defines quirky. Theres something not quite right but he demands your attention.

"Grim", yes very grim, one of the grimmest songs ever. "I want to see the sun, blotted out from the sky!" (The lyrics in this alleged lyric video are wrong and stupid.) Doesn't get much darker than that. And yet, if you're depressed, sometimes this song can have the opposite effect. Hard to explain why.

This song was also the opening theme for the TV series "Tour Of Duty" about a group of soldiers in Vietnam. It was removed (as most of the original music score was) on the series DVD collection.

The sitar was a big deal for a while. Beatles used it too.

I remember when this song came out. I was 15 years old and I loved the music of the era. I never imagined this band lasting as long as it has. I appreciate them more and more.

My second favorite Stones song. Satisfaction is first of course. What an iconic group. Have loved them for half a century.

Favourite Rolling Stones song. This and Sympathy for the Devil.

Lady Jane a song on the Aftermath album is beautiful and very different from their other songs up to this point. It’s reminiscent of the renaissance period

In the 60s, 70s and 80s, it was not uncommon for record labels to release albums with different songs, different versions of songs, album covers and names to different regions of the world. Mostly for marketing. It was frustrating in the 70s, when college and FM stations would play songs that were not on the USA release version so if you wanted a copy, you had to buy the Import version, usually for more money. This and "Lady Jane" are two of my favorite Stones songs from the 60s.

This is my favourite song by the Stones. Followed by "Sympathy for the Devil". And then (strangely enough?) "Wild Horses" and "Undercover of the night". The last two quite the different vibe from the first two.

UK albums didn't normally put singles on albums. The most upbeat sad song ever. Eric Burdon & The Animals covered it.