10 Best Live Versions Of Rock Music Classics

This was the Stones at the height of their fame and notoriety. A year earlier several members of the band had been arrested on drugs charges. The papers were full of stories alleging all kinds of sordid and saucy activity, but people couldn't get enough of them. They were very much the bad boys of rock.

This performance ended The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, a show originally conceived and shot for the BBC. The show wasn't released until nearly 30 years later, however, with some speculating the Stones buried the footage. This was apparently due to The Who upstaging the Stones, who whacked out of their minds by the time they took the stage.

But don't let that put you off. Jagger exhibited some of his finest showmanship, complete with a good degree of intangible Jagger cat calling. Brian Jones on the other hand seemed a little worse for wear... He spent most of the eight minutes descending into an exhausted drug stupor. By the end, he was only exerting the bare minimum of energy required to shake his maracas.

The crowd was full of rock royalty, both Keith Moon and Pete Townshend were dressed in bizarre and suitably colourful jester outfits and danced around like a couple of madmen. At around the 4:50 mark we also also get a glimpse of a buzzed out John Lennon, enthusiastically showing his appreication.