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rooster
but snow loves the 78 tour!
Hi Rooster, yes I do love the 1978 tour - but that doesn't mean I view all performances the same way
I like their 1975 tour even more....my favourite tour, actually - but I still find the "Los Angeles video show" to be horrible......except for "Brown Sugar"
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leteyer
I've attending to Stones concerts since 1975, haven't miss a tour I have always felt more than satisfied going out of the venue they just lit up. To me those two shows I saw in Anaheim in the summer of 1978 are the most memorable.
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Loudei
The 78' Tour is one of their best... probably the last one to hear the band to the core. Bill and Charlie at their best.
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rooster
the philly show at the JFK stadium( so sad its gone!..like the old Wembley in London..there was so much history in those places...is the anaheim stadium still there?)
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the philly show at the JFK stadium( so sad its gone!..like the old Wembley in London..there was so much history in those places...is the anaheim stadium still there?)on JFK. As a sports venue, it was perhaps the USA's biggest white elephant. As a concert venue, it was literally the Saint Patrick's Cathedral of live music, the sight where massive throngs of people came to worship with song, dance, and praise. Intimacy aside (and who goes to stadium shows expecting that), it was a great place for live music. You had to be a true moron at the mixing board to screw up the sound in there.
It's so sad to see what has happened to so many of America's music palaces:
CBGB...gone
JFK Stadium....gone
Cobo Arena...gone
Giants Stadium...gone
Shea Stadium...gone
The Spectrum...gone and replaced a with corporate playground
Market Square Arena....gone and replaced with an acoustical dump and the intimacy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Strahov Stadium
Chicago Stadium.....gone and replaced with an acoustical dump and the intimacy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Strahov Stadium
RFK Stadium....soon to be gone, replaced with an acoustical dump and the intimacy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Strahov Stadium
The Fillmore Auditorium....turned into a corporate playground for Live Nation
The Hollywood Palladium....turned into a corporate playground for Live Nation
Alpine Valley Music Theater....turned into a corporate playground for Live Nation
The Joint...gone, replaced with a corporate playground for Live Nation under the same name
Boston Avalon...gone, transformed into corporate playground for Live Nation
Alameda County Coliseum....ruined beyond redemption by Raiders owner
The Summit....gone, turned into evangelical mega church
Pontiac Silverdome......not only still standing but soon to be reopened for business
And to answer your question, Anaheim Stadium is not only still open, but has been renovated back into its original form as you remember from 1978
hmmm that is makin me a bit sad...to me thats just killing R&R history and the sport and music culture,,like the yankee stadium right there in the middle of NY NY....is history big timeQuote
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the philly show at the JFK stadium( so sad its gone!..like the old Wembley in London..there was so much history in those places...is the anaheim stadium still there?)on JFK. As a sports venue, it was perhaps the USA's biggest white elephant. As a concert venue, it was literally the Saint Patrick's Cathedral of live music, the sight where massive throngs of people came to worship with song, dance, and praise. Intimacy aside (and who goes to stadium shows expecting that), it was a great place for live music. You had to be a true moron at the mixing board to screw up the sound in there.
It's so sad to see what has happened to so many of America's music palaces:
CBGB...gone
JFK Stadium....gone
Cobo Arena...gone
Giants Stadium...gone
Shea Stadium...gone
The Spectrum...gone and replaced a with corporate playground
Market Square Arena....gone and replaced with an acoustical dump and the intimacy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Strahov Stadium
Chicago Stadium.....gone and replaced with an acoustical dump and the intimacy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Strahov Stadium
RFK Stadium....soon to be gone, replaced with an acoustical dump and the intimacy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Strahov Stadium
The Fillmore Auditorium....turned into a corporate playground for Live Nation
The Hollywood Palladium....turned into a corporate playground for Live Nation
Alpine Valley Music Theater....turned into a corporate playground for Live Nation
The Joint...gone, replaced with a corporate playground for Live Nation under the same name
Boston Avalon...gone, transformed into corporate playground for Live Nation
Alameda County Coliseum....ruined beyond redemption by Raiders owner
The Summit....gone, turned into evangelical mega church
Pontiac Silverdome......not only still standing but soon to be reopened for business
And to answer your question, Anaheim Stadium is not only still open, but has been renovated back into its original form as you remember from 1978
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rooster
the philly show at the JFK stadium( so sad its gone!..like the old Wembley in London..there was so much history in those places...is the anaheim stadium still there?)on JFK. As a sports venue, it was perhaps the USA's biggest white elephant. As a concert venue, it was literally the Saint Patrick's Cathedral of live music, the sight where massive throngs of people came to worship with song, dance, and praise. Intimacy aside (and who goes to stadium shows expecting that), it was a great place for live music. You had to be a true moron at the mixing board to screw up the sound in there.
CBGB...gone
JFK Stadium....gone
Cobo Arena...gone
Giants Stadium...gone
Shea Stadium...gone
The Spectrum...gone and replaced a with corporate playground
Market Square Arena....gone and replaced with an acoustical dump and the intimacy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Strahov Stadium
Chicago Stadium.....gone and replaced with an acoustical dump and the intimacy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Strahov Stadium
RFK Stadium....soon to be gone, replaced with an acoustical dump and the intimacy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Strahov Stadium
The Fillmore Auditorium....turned into a corporate playground for Live Nation
The Hollywood Palladium....turned into a corporate playground for Live Nation
Alpine Valley Music Theater....turned into a corporate playground for Live Nation
The Joint...gone, replaced with a corporate playground for Live Nation under the same name
Boston Avalon...gone, transformed into corporate playground for Live Nation
Alameda County Coliseum....ruined beyond redemption by Raiders owner
The Summit....gone, turned into evangelical mega church
Pontiac Silverdome......not only still standing but soon to be reopened for business
And to answer your question, Anaheim Stadium is not only still open, but has been renovated back into its original form as you remember from 1978
Great Post
The Oakland/Alameda Stadium sucked before Al by the way.
Not a good place to see a show.
Also Jack Murphy in San Diego. Tough to see a show at.
Zilker Park is STRONG though!
Great post Steve
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The farm wants to know if the cow palace is still there...my cows dont like it....but they do like to jump in candle stick park!
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rooster
the philly show at the JFK stadium( so sad its gone!..like the old Wembley in London..there was so much history in those places...is the anaheim stadium still there?)on JFK. As a sports venue, it was perhaps the USA's biggest white elephant. As a concert venue, it was literally the Saint Patrick's Cathedral of live music, the sight where massive throngs of people came to worship with song, dance, and praise. Intimacy aside (and who goes to stadium shows expecting that), it was a great place for live music. You had to be a true moron at the mixing board to screw up the sound in there.
CBGB...gone
JFK Stadium....gone
Cobo Arena...gone
Giants Stadium...gone
Shea Stadium...gone
The Spectrum...gone and replaced a with corporate playground
Market Square Arena....gone and replaced with an acoustical dump and the intimacy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Strahov Stadium
Chicago Stadium.....gone and replaced with an acoustical dump and the intimacy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Strahov Stadium
RFK Stadium....soon to be gone, replaced with an acoustical dump and the intimacy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Strahov Stadium
The Fillmore Auditorium....turned into a corporate playground for Live Nation
The Hollywood Palladium....turned into a corporate playground for Live Nation
Alpine Valley Music Theater....turned into a corporate playground for Live Nation
The Joint...gone, replaced with a corporate playground for Live Nation under the same name
Boston Avalon...gone, transformed into corporate playground for Live Nation
Alameda County Coliseum....ruined beyond redemption by Raiders owner
The Summit....gone, turned into evangelical mega church
Pontiac Silverdome......not only still standing but soon to be reopened for business
And to answer your question, Anaheim Stadium is not only still open, but has been renovated back into its original form as you remember from 1978
Great Post
The Oakland/Alameda Stadium sucked before Al by the way.
Not a good place to see a show.
Also Jack Murphy in San Diego. Tough to see a show at.
Zilker Park is STRONG though!
Great post Steve
Hey thanks for the nice response! Didn't know that about the Alameda Coliseum. I've never been, but some of my friends from the Bay Area told me that before Mount Davis went up, not only did it have some of the best views of any ballpark, but that its drab architecture and lack of any pretensions was what gave it it's charm: where real and blue-color baseball fans could come, kick back a couple of cold ones, inhale a few hot dogs, and watch some serious ball that was rewarded by hard work,--not any cuddly fuzziness,--and simply because it was a much better, friendlier, and warmer ballpark than Candlestick Park. [Obviously, I'm not talking about the Masoleum years, lol].
Also, I'm sure I don't have to tell you that, had the Beatles not played their last concert there or for the 49ers, no one would give a horse's patoot about Candlestick Park. One of my friends from the Bay Area who did manage to see one of the few concerts there (and a bunch of Giants games) told me they were some of the most miserable experiences of his concert/baseball going life, and that Charles Harney should be thanking his lucky stars that Dan Marino's parents decided to do it that night
Jack Murphy I could not agree with you more....how the hell did Padres fans tolerate watching baseball with the seats angled like that, and for so long?
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the philly show at the JFK stadium( so sad its gone!..like the old Wembley in London..there was so much history in those places...is the anaheim stadium still there?)on JFK. As a sports venue, it was perhaps the USA's biggest white elephant. As a concert venue, it was literally the Saint Patrick's Cathedral of live music, the sight where massive throngs of people came to worship with song, dance, and praise. Intimacy aside (and who goes to stadium shows expecting that), it was a great place for live music. You had to be a true moron at the mixing board to screw up the sound in there.
CBGB...gone
JFK Stadium....gone
Cobo Arena...gone
Giants Stadium...gone
Shea Stadium...gone
The Spectrum...gone and replaced a with corporate playground
Market Square Arena....gone and replaced with an acoustical dump and the intimacy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Strahov Stadium
Chicago Stadium.....gone and replaced with an acoustical dump and the intimacy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Strahov Stadium
RFK Stadium....soon to be gone, replaced with an acoustical dump and the intimacy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway/Strahov Stadium
The Fillmore Auditorium....turned into a corporate playground for Live Nation
The Hollywood Palladium....turned into a corporate playground for Live Nation
Alpine Valley Music Theater....turned into a corporate playground for Live Nation
The Joint...gone, replaced with a corporate playground for Live Nation under the same name
Boston Avalon...gone, transformed into corporate playground for Live Nation
Alameda County Coliseum....ruined beyond redemption by Raiders owner
The Summit....gone, turned into evangelical mega church
Pontiac Silverdome......not only still standing but soon to be reopened for business
And to answer your question, Anaheim Stadium is not only still open, but has been renovated back into its original form as you remember from 1978
Great Post
The Oakland/Alameda Stadium sucked before Al by the way.
Not a good place to see a show.
Also Jack Murphy in San Diego. Tough to see a show at.
Zilker Park is STRONG though!
Great post Steve
Hey thanks for the nice response! Didn't know that about the Alameda Coliseum. I've never been, but some of my friends from the Bay Area told me that before Mount Davis went up, not only did it have some of the best views of any ballpark, but that its drab architecture and lack of any pretensions was what gave it it's charm: where real and blue-color baseball fans could come, kick back a couple of cold ones, inhale a few hot dogs, and watch some serious ball that was rewarded by hard work,--not any cuddly fuzziness,--and simply because it was a much better, friendlier, and warmer ballpark than Candlestick Park. [Obviously, I'm not talking about the Masoleum years, lol].
Also, I'm sure I don't have to tell you that, had the Beatles not played their last concert there or for the 49ers, no one would give a horse's patoot about Candlestick Park. One of my friends from the Bay Area who did manage to see one of the few concerts there (and a bunch of Giants games) told me they were some of the most miserable experiences of his concert/baseball going life, and that Charles Harney should be thanking his lucky stars that Dan Marino's parents decided to do it that night
Jack Murphy I could not agree with you more....how the hell did Padres fans tolerate watching baseball with the seats angled like that, and for so long?
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The farm wants to know if the cow palace is still there...my cows dont like it....but they do like to jump in candle stick park!
Hey Rooster, yes, the Cow Palace is still there. The city's been trying to tear it down, but the people of California won't let them do it. They were also trying to renovate the historic Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum into a 21st century stadium to lure back an NFL team, but USC and the people of LA aren't letting them get near it. It's now a national historic landmark (only place in the world to have hosted 2 Super Bowls, 2 Olympics, and a World Series), and any real renovation would take it off the that list. Same with the LA Forum and Sports Arena--in spite of the Staples Center, these two places remain open for business, and continue to host concerts.
Great to hear so many people share my passion for these classic sports/concert venues. Here's a cool story: a man who is currently working for my dad's construction company as an engineer spent most of the 1970s/1980s at the soundboard for some of these rock bands when they played these venues. He was one of the men mixing the sound when the Stones opened the 1981 tour at JFK Stadium.
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Mongoose
The 78 tour (Greensboro) was my second Stones concert, which totals nine show from 1975 - 2006. I had always ranked that particular show last on the list, until I finally heard a bootleg from the concert. It really was a good show, and I've pulled it a little higher up my list now.
It's funny how many factors are involved in a show. Everything from parking your car to getting inside to dealing with idiots singing out of tune right next to you to where your seats are to who you are with to how tired you were during the show to about a hundred other things.
Not the first time that I've heard a bootleg from a show that made me think, "hey, that was a lot better than I thought it was at the time."
It was interesting compared with 1975, which was a very elaborate stage and a much more comprehensive collection of songs. Also, it was the only Stones show that I have attended that was about 75% geared around promoting one album, in this case obviously SOME GIRLS. I got a little tired of seeing Jagger running around with a guitar while the band was just playing two chords on a lot of the newer songs such as "Whip Comes Down," but still a good show.
At the time I was thinking "this might be the beginning of the end." But, there were still a lot of good times left in the tank, huh?
Cheers......
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TeddyB1018
I was at the shoe show. The sound was lousy. Keith's MXR effects dissipated halfway down the field. It was okay up front but in the stands it was very bad. In the 70's several shows at Anaheim Stadium had insufficient amplification. The last Faces show there was a disaster.