No Expectations

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"No Expectations"
Single by the Rolling Stones
from the album Beggars Banquet
A-side"Street Fighting Man"
Released
  • August 1968 (1968-08) (US single)
  • December 1968 (album)
RecordedMay 1968
Genre
Length3:55
Jimmy Miller
The Rolling Stones US singles chronology
"Jumpin' Jack Flash"
(1968) 		"No Expectations"
(1968) 		"Honky Tonk Women"
(1969)

"No Expectations" is a song by English rock band the Rolling Stones featured on their 1968 album Beggars Banquet. It was first released as the B-side of the "Street Fighting Man" single in August 1968. The song was recorded in May 1968. Brian Jones' acoustic slide guitar on the recording represents one of his last major contributions before leaving the band.

Inspiration and recording

This slow ballad was written by

Robert Johnson blues songs as "Love in Vain" – a favourite cover of the Stones – referencing such images as a train leaving the station."[2]

Jagger said in a 1995 interview in

ornamental turns
on piano.

Personnel

Critical reception

Jim Beviglia ranked "No Expectations" the 51st best Rolling Stones song in Counting Down the Rolling Stones: Their 100 Finest Songs.

Rolling Stone ranked it 39th in its countdown of the band's top 100 songs, calling it "an early, vital result of the Stones turning to rock's deeper roots."[6]

Classic Rock History critic Matthew Pollard rated "No Expectations" as the Rolling Stones' 8th best deep cut, calling it "the Rolling Stones at their most vulnerable."[7]

Performances

The song's first live performance was filmed for

Los Angeles Forum for victims of the 23 December 1972, earthquake in Nicaragua
.

The Stones did not play it live again until 28 August 1994, in

Cleveland, Ohio. On the 2002/03 "Licks" tour, they played it 11 times in total, and most recently they played it on their 50th anniversary tour in San Jose, California, on 8 May 2013, with Ronnie Wood playing the slide guitar. Former Stones guitarist Mick Taylor, who replaced Jones, has also covered the song during his concerts, including his 2012 performances at New York City's Iridium Jazz Club. "No Expectations" is also included on the 1972 Stones compilation album More Hot Rocks (Big Hits & Fazed Cookies). The single version is available on Singles Collection: The London Years
.

Cover versions

American progressive bluegrass band Yonder Mountain String Band frequently covered the song. After the death of founding Yonder Mountain member Jeff Austin in 2019, their version of the song would come to be viewed as a tribute and memorial to him. Fellow progressive bluegrass band Greensky Bluegrass added it to their repertoire after Austin's death.[8] Johnny Cash recorded it for his 1978 album Gone Girl. Joan Baez covered the song on her 11th studio album One Day at a Time, released in January, 1970.

References

  1. ISBN 9781493064601
    .
  2. ^ Janovitz, Bill. "Rolling Stones: No Expectations – review". Retrieved 29 June 2007.
  3. ^ Wenner, Jann."Jagger Remembers" Archived 2007-07-14 at the Wayback Machine. Rolling Stone. 1995 (accessed 29 June 2007).
  4. ISBN 978-1442254473
    .
  5. Complex.com
    . July 10, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  6. Rolling Stone
    . October 5, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  7. ^ Pollard, Matthew (28 December 2023). "10 Rolling Stones Songs That Are Fan Favorite Deep Cuts". Classic Rock History. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  8. ^ "Greensky Bluegrass Dedicates 'No Expectations' To Jeff Austin". JamBase. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
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