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Erik_Snow
Actually I can't imagine seeing the Doors being on the same stage/show as Rolling Stones for some reason. Not that I don't want to see it, but it's like they're from different planets. But Hendrix and...The Beatles - that would be something!
The Beatles! LOL that sure would have been something.
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Youngie
What's wrong with Jagger by the way - locking this show & Live in Texas '78 (and surely others) in the vaults for 30+ years because they "weren't up to par"?
Madness.
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Erik_Snow
I also doubt that
They were tired as hell. Jagger is the one who deserves most of the credit since he is the one who keep it alive. With all the shit that happend to Brian in 68 me thinks he is doing fine here. I don't agree that he looks like a living dead. Uninterested, tired and alienated maybe but he is there.Quote
DiscoVolante
They all look very sad, and Brian is practically a living dead.
No, he wasn't. I mean just look at the film. He is there and he is playing.Quote
tomcasagranda
Keith stated in an interview "Brian was practically a basket-case by this point".
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His Majesty
They were good enough, but could have been much better. Agreed that they obviously need a new guitar player, but they should have atleast turned Brian up for Jumpin' Jack Flash, Parachute Woman and You Can't Always Get What You Want.
No great shakes from Brian - no longer interested in being a Rolling Stone - Jones, but no big mistakes either.
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24FPS
Maybe they didn't want to face the press with obvious questions about Brian, like why is he so far away from the rest of the band? Why does he look out of it and miserable? Why isn't he playing along with some of the songs? It's quite possible they weren't looking forward to Brian being the story, instead of the exciting new music they were making. This very project might have been the final straw, the one where they realized Brian was incapable of being part of the band any longer. And a tour of the States that they so desparately needed? Here's your visual proof that it was impossible.
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Youngie
Sad that Brian had to leave so the Stones could become a better band (and later on maybe the best band in the world)
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Youngie
What's wrong with Jagger by the way - locking this show & Live in Texas '78 (and surely others) in the vaults for 30+ years because they "weren't up to par"?
Madness.
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Youngie
Sad that Brian had to leave so the Stones could become a better band (and later on maybe the best band in the world)
They became a different band... better than they are in R&R Circus for sure, but just different, not better than how they were in 1962 - up to and including Beggars Banquet.
By the time of the R&R Circus Brian doesn't seem to have wanted to be in The Rolling Stones anymore and The Rolling Stones don't seem to want Brian.
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DiscoVolante
The other acts outshines the Stones though, especially The Who.
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jamesfdouglas
Am I the only one who DOESN'T think The Who were better in this show??
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71Tele
I got invited to the premier in New York by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. Sitting just a few rows behind me was none other than Mr. Keith Richards
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Eleanor Rigby
The Who were great...but they were always great live...in fact, they matched the Stones during 1969 as well as a live act...thats how good they were!
So to compare the Stones to The Who in RnR Circus is slightly unfair.
Why unfair, Elenor? The reasons you mentioned makes it quite fair to compare the two.
Comparing Rolling Stones to Dirty Mac with Yoko Ono (!) for instance, now that would had been unfair.
I dig the Rock'n Roll Circus, BTW - and was very surprised when buying it in 1996, as I expected it to be a lot poorer, since they didn't want it released back then.
The Rolling Stones was in obvious need of a new guitar player though....or at least, turning up the one they had. One miss the guitar-duelling of 1969, when listening to R&R circus
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Youngie
I dunno if Elvis would have been too pleased being invited to perform at a circus
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DiscoVolante
The other acts outshines the Stones though, especially The Who.
I've read this for years before I actually saw it and wondered... "how awesome must that Who song be?". Then I realized it's that goofy "soooooon be hoooome" song from The Kids Are Alright.
Am I the only one who DOESN'T think The Who were better in this show??
I doubt that since Hyde Park is on DVD, where he wears a ballerina dress. And I reckon he wore a Peter Pan suit in '81.Quote
Erik_Snow
Wouldn't be surprised if it was due to his clothing at both those 2 shows...he's very concerned about his clothes.
IOW; Manchester 1990 will surely never be out on DVD
Heck, even Brian seems to enjoy to play JJF. I think that after JJF the whole band looks tired...well, besides Mick that is.Quote
DandelionPowderman
I think they did their best JJF ever
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tonterapiHeck, even Brian seems to enjoy to play JJF. I think that after JJF the whole band looks tired...well, besides Mick that is.Quote
DandelionPowderman
I think they did their best JJF ever
I think it's crap that they keep Brian's guitar so low (almost inaudible) in the mix. He doesn't play bad (the little we can hear) and at least tries to shake his ass a bit even though it's pretty clear that he has little interest in being there. He wasn't well during this time so I'd say it was strong of him to show up at all.
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DiscoVolanteI doubt that since Hyde Park is on DVD, where he wears a ballerina dress. And I reckon he wore a Peter Pan suit in '81.Quote
Erik_Snow
Wouldn't be surprised if it was due to his clothing at both those 2 shows...he's very concerned about his clothes.
IOW; Manchester 1990 will surely never be out on DVD