Stones fans who continue to critically analyse every wee thing about The Rolling Stones members.. their music and how they perform.."will only have themselves to blame" if they feel disappointed about any future Rolling Stones performances that aren't up to their unrealistic expectations of a band thats being around for as long as they have.Because the everyday fan on the street are alot more understanding and if The Stones were to make a small mistake on the night..does it really matter..99.9% of the crowd probably would'nt of noticed it anyway..

Best colonial ever !

Come on Colonial not an other thread ...there are plenty on IORR that you can use

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Best colonial ever !

Edith Grove..yea'.. I always like to stick up for The Rolling Stones..

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Best colonial ever !

Edith Grove..yea'.. I always like to stick up for The Rolling Stones..

me too. woo-hoo.

unrealistic expectations? for 450 dollars they should play my living room !!!!!!!!!

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unrealistic expectations? for 450 dollars they should play my living room !!!!!!!!!

Yep...the "everyday fan on the street" can hardly afford those prices.

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Message to fans:

-Take what you get, pay your money and be grateful. Do not expect that the highest ticket prices in popular music entitle you to anything, even competent musicianship. Be satisfied with mugging and posing in place of guitar playing. Shut up and pay yer money. Leave your brain and critical faculties at the door.

That was so insightful!

As Barbarino would say, " I blame myself Mr. Kotter."

If you have expectations from a band that lost its edge years ago with the price for a ticket that should have a band firing better then ever before then the saying "a fool and his money are bound to part" comes to mind.

As do more redonkulous threads.

Go to the show - if there are any more - and have a good time.

You can say "I saw Mick Jagger and Keith Richards".

Don't expect 1972.

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Go to the show - if there are any more - and have a good time.

You can say "I saw Mick Jagger and Keith Richards".

Don't expect 1972.

Don't expect 2005 either.

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Stones fans who continue to critically analyse every wee thing about The Rolling Stones members.. their music and how they perform.."will only have themselves to blame" if they feel disappointed about any future Rolling Stones performances that aren't up to their unrealistic expectations of a band thats being around for as long as they have.Because the everyday fan on the street are alot more understanding and if The Stones were to make a small mistake on the night..does it really matter..99.9% of the crowd probably would'nt of noticed it anyway..

Amem. I am saying the same all days.

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Stones fans who continue to critically analyse every wee thing about The Rolling Stones members.. their music and how they perform.."will only have themselves to blame" if they feel disappointed about any future Rolling Stones performances that aren't up to their unrealistic expectations of a band thats being around for as long as they have.Because the everyday fan on the street are alot more understanding and if The Stones were to make a small mistake on the night..does it really matter..99.9% of the crowd probably would'nt of noticed it anyway..

Absolutely, mate. In my opinion, Rock 'N' Roll has very little to do with achieving musical technical perfection. It's more about having the ability to reach down into the depths of one's soul and make a connection, more about stirring up emotions, whether happy, sad, good, or bad. The Stones are right at the top when it comes to connecting with their audience via the great songs they have written and the way they deliver those songs through their stirring live performances. When you start talking about the greatest bands of all time you have to consider who has brought the most joy, stirred the most emotions, played before the most people in live settings around the world, not who was technically musically superior.

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Message to fans:

-Take what you get, pay your money and be grateful. Do not expect that the highest ticket prices in popular music entitle you to anything, even competent musicianship. Be satisfied with mugging and posing in place of guitar playing. Shut up and pay yer money. Leave your brain and critical faculties at the door.

Yup.
That about hits it on the head!

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If you have expectations from a band that lost its edge years ago with the price for a ticket that should have a band firing better then ever before then the saying "a fool and his money are bound to part" comes to mind.

As do more redonkulous threads.

A Stones concert is absolutely the "Greatest Show On Earth" and worth every penny paid. It's two hours of wall to wall emotion! Yeah, they may not be firing on all cylinders these days, but who cares, (outside of a few critics) they still deliver the "goods", the "goods" meaning a high energy performance that has their audience in a "state of frenzy"!

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If you have expectations from a band that lost its edge years ago with the price for a ticket that should have a band firing better then ever before then the saying "a fool and his money are bound to part" comes to mind.

As do more redonkulous threads.

A Stones concert is absolutely the "Greatest Show On Earth" and worth every penny paid. It's two hours of wall to wall emotion! Yeah, they may not be firing on all cylinders these days, but who cares, (outside of a few critics) they still deliver the "goods", the "goods" meaning a high energy performance that has their audience in a "state of frenzy"!

When when the guitarists "can't play" and the "goods" are priced "higher than ever", then it is no longer "the greatest show on earth" and the only "state of frenzy" some of us are in is one of frenzied "disappointment".

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A Stones concert is absolutely the "Greatest Show On Earth" and worth every penny paid. It's two hours of wall to wall emotion! Yeah, they may not be firing on all cylinders these days, but who cares, (outside of a few critics) they still deliver the "goods", the "goods" meaning a high energy performance that has their audience in a "state of frenzy"!

Except for the "two hours" bit, this appears to have been written in 1966.

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A Stones concert is absolutely the "Greatest Show On Earth" and worth every penny paid. It's two hours of wall to wall emotion! Yeah, they may not be firing on all cylinders these days, but who cares, (outside of a few critics) they still deliver the "goods", the "goods" meaning a high energy performance that has their audience in a "state of frenzy"!

Except for the "two hours" bit, this appears to have been written in 1966.

I'm sure millions of fans since 1966 would agree with thewatchman's post.

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If you have expectations from a band that lost its edge years ago with the price for a ticket that should have a band firing better then ever before then the saying "a fool and his money are bound to part" comes to mind.

As do more redonkulous threads.

A Stones concert is absolutely the "Greatest Show On Earth" and worth every penny paid. It's two hours of wall to wall emotion! Yeah, they may not be firing on all cylinders these days, but who cares, (outside of a few critics) they still deliver the "goods", the "goods" meaning a high energy performance that has their audience in a "state of frenzy"!

When when the guitarists "can't play" and the "goods" are priced "higher than ever", then it is no longer "the greatest show on earth" and the only "state of frenzy" some of us are in is one of frenzied "disappointment".

Tele, with all due respect, you and Skipstone (and others that feel the way you do) comprise a tiny tiny minority of the millions of fans around the world that will ultimately "pay the price", get off their couches, and (once again, or for the very first time) find their way to the next Stones world tour. Sorry, that you and others are going to miss the party, but that's not going to stop the rest of us from having one last Rolling Stones memory to take with us into eternity.

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A Stones concert is absolutely the "Greatest Show On Earth" and worth every penny paid. It's two hours of wall to wall emotion! Yeah, they may not be firing on all cylinders these days, but who cares, (outside of a few critics) they still deliver the "goods", the "goods" meaning a high energy performance that has their audience in a "state of frenzy"!

Except for the "two hours" bit, this appears to have been written in 1966.

I'm sure millions of fans since 1966 would agree with thewatchman's post.

Just had a funny thought, the naysayers standing amidst the million on the beach in Rio and screaming, "they ain't what they used to be"!

Colonial, you may have out colonialed yourself. Well done man!

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Just had a funny thought, the naysayers standing amidst the million on the beach in Rio and screaming, "they ain't what they used to be"!

They looked kinda like the naysayers at Isle of Wight a year later, only with less clothing.

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Stones fans who continue to critically analyse every wee thing about The Rolling Stones members.. their music and how they perform.."will only have themselves to blame" if they feel disappointed about any future Rolling Stones performances that aren't up to their unrealistic expectations of a band thats being around for as long as they have.Because the everyday fan on the street are alot more understanding and if The Stones were to make a small mistake on the night..does it really matter..99.9% of the crowd probably would'nt of noticed it anyway..

Great one colonial. I wanted to add something, but I won't. I can't come up with something better

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A Stones concert is absolutely the "Greatest Show On Earth" and worth every penny paid. It's two hours of wall to wall emotion! Yeah, they may not be firing on all cylinders these days, but who cares, (outside of a few critics) they still deliver the "goods", the "goods" meaning a high energy performance that has their audience in a "state of frenzy"!

Man, are you good today. Very well said.

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Just had a funny thought, the naysayers standing amidst the million on the beach in Rio and screaming, "they ain't what they used to be"!

LOL, this one is even better.

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A Stones concert is absolutely the "Greatest Show On Earth" and worth every penny paid. It's two hours of wall to wall emotion! Yeah, they may not be firing on all cylinders these days, but who cares, (outside of a few critics) they still deliver the "goods", the "goods" meaning a high energy performance that has their audience in a "state of frenzy"!

Except for the "two hours" bit, this appears to have been written in 1966.

I'm sure millions of fans since 1966 would agree with thewatchman's post.

Just had a funny thought, the naysayers standing amidst the million on the beach in Rio and screaming, "they ain't what they used to be"!

At least those million people got a show that was "worth every penny paid".