The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side (Live) - OFFICIAL PROMO

What this video is

Released in 1982 as a promotional clip for the Still Life live album, this video documents the Rolling Stones at the height of their arena-rock dominance following the massively successful 1981 North American tour. The song itself is a landmark of the British Invasion: the Stones' cover of Jerry Ragovoy's composition (via Irma Thomas) became the band's first US Top 10 hit in 1964, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard…

Why it matters

Represents the transitional mode of live-performance music video as promotional artifact — predating the fully conceptual MTV clip era while simultaneously feeding into it. The video's documentary aesthetic anchors the song's cross-generational continuum: from its 1963 jazz origins and 1964 Irma…

The director

Rudi Dolezal (b. 5 February 1958, Vienna) and Hannes Rossacher (b. 16 October 1952, Steyr) are Austrian film directors and producers who collaborated under the banner DoRo Productions since 1976. They gained international acclaim directing music videos for…