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Gazza
Mick has said he doesnt like being 'in the round' for more than about 3-4 songs. Plus, the sound around the Stones b-stage is ALWAYS absolutely shite. Yet people put up with it just to experience the band being in the same zipcode as them for 15 minutes. Its a great viewing experience if youre close up but certainly not pleasant listening. Plus, I cant really see the attraction of a third of a crowd being behind the band for a full concert. Its a weird enough experience as it is if you're in the front few rows and they're playing 50 yards behind you on a b-stage. You certainly dont feel part of the audience.
B-stages and all this other pretentious nonsense have been flogged to death. No more, please. Lets focus on the music (and the performance) instead of hiding behind all this absurd gimmickry. It was fun two tours ago. When it gets to the stage where they're playing only warhorses on a b-stage then it defeats the purpose (seriously folks - if the Stones are playing 15 feet from you, they shouldnt feel the need to play Start Me Up and Honky Tonk Women to get a crowd excited. Remember when they used to play stuff like Little Queenie or Little Red Rooster on the b-stage?) I actually passed on the current U2 tour BECAUSE of the stage concept. It had got to the level where it had become simply absurdly overblown.
And I cant believe I'm reading a post which is actually encouraging the Stones to reduce the length of a show to 45 minutes AND jacking up the prices of such a show at the same time - and saying that by doing so we're 'cutting them a break'.
One born every minute.
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Gazza
Mick has said he doesnt like being 'in the round' for more than about 3-4 songs. Plus, the sound around the Stones b-stage is ALWAYS absolutely shite. Yet people put up with it just to experience the band being in the same zipcode as them for 15 minutes. Its a great viewing experience if youre close up but certainly not pleasant listening. Plus, I cant really see the attraction of a third of a crowd being behind the band for a full concert. Its a weird enough experience as it is if you're in the front few rows and they're playing 50 yards behind you on a b-stage. You certainly dont feel part of the audience.
B-stages and all this other pretentious nonsense have been flogged to death. No more, please. Lets focus on the music (and the performance) instead of hiding behind all this absurd gimmickry. It was fun two tours ago. When it gets to the stage where they're playing only warhorses on a b-stage then it defeats the purpose (seriously folks - if the Stones are playing 15 feet from you, they shouldnt feel the need to play Start Me Up and Honky Tonk Women to get a crowd excited. Remember when they used to play stuff like Little Queenie or Little Red Rooster on the b-stage?) I actually passed on the current U2 tour BECAUSE of the stage concept. It had got to the level where it had become simply absurdly overblown.
And I cant believe I'm reading a post which is actually encouraging the Stones to reduce the length of a show to 45 minutes AND jacking up the prices of such a show at the same time - and saying that by doing so we're 'cutting them a break'.
One born every minute.