If you are going to run a song to 7 minutes there better be a lyrical or musical point. This song doesn't have one. By the time of the great finish the song has become tedious. This performance is no worse than any other of them. Though there is a nice little backing riff at the start of this one. For me this song capsulizes much of the Woody era: musically uninteresting.
The best version ever performed of that song (in known recorded form) has to be this from Ft. Worth... (Handsome Girls is the better mix IMHO.) The 'peak' is just phenomenal. The beginning is just them getting warmed up. Gets better and better as it goes along...
i dunno. i only like the temptations version of it, not any of the stones versions, much. the temps version has all that harmony singling. i just don't think this one did them (stones) any favours. it doesnt really work for me, kind of like how under the boardwalk didnt.