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paulm
Thanks SilverDagger! Suggestion: your phone takes great video, so there has got to be a mic sensitivity setting.
Despite MT's somewhat reckless performance, an energy emerges with his presence that totally changes the dynamic of the band. He makes the music and the band STRONGER. He is not going to be throwing his arms up at the audience, chumming with Keith, RATHER is he a formidable force that transcends the entire experience. I even think his presence heightens MJ's performance.
Brings to mind an interview with Lennon, when he said that after meeting Paul McC, Lennon had to make a decision as to whether or not let a strong, potentially competing presence in the band. He made the decision to make the band "stronger."
That's pretty much the same thing that happens when Mick Taylor shows up.
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Shawn20
As I watched the video of Rambler I thought I saw Jagger find another gear. Taylor seemed to push the entire band out of their comfort zone. Wood - always known as the sympathetic one is typically deferential to Mr. Keef. Taylor never seemed to labor under such duress. I smiled the through the entire 12 minutes - thinking - that is what I've been missing since he left in 74. If Gazza says it might have been the greatest thing he's witnessed at a Rolling Stones' concert - that's good enough for me. To all the Taylor haters out there - I don't get it.
Amen
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Shawn20
As I watched the video of Rambler I thought I saw Jagger find another gear.
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toomuchforme
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Woah! He overplays a bit and fluffs some stuff here and there, but damn a man in his element! What a difference he makes to the quality and energy of the band. Just like 1969 he gives them EXACTLY what they need.
Clearly he was fired up for this! A point was made and beautifully so. I got goosebumps watching/listeneing to that!
No need for backing singers and all that other jazz with the three stones guitar attack. I think it would be a real shame to not explore this approach more officially.
I have underestimated this man big time. Tip 'o' the hat to you Mick Taylor.
Lil sad observation... seeing Keith, Mick and Ronnie onstage side by side, what a damn shame Brian isn't alive to join them.
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smokeydusky
Thanks for all the videos and firsthand reviews. It's great to actually be excited by a You Tube video or two.
It was a complete and thrilling surprise that Jagger included Taylor in a 12 minute song, let him have so much physical and musical space and actually interacted with Taylor on stage. Overall, glorious to see and hear.
Some alternative views:
1. Why MR? I think MR was chosen to "recapture" the Brussels official bootleg version. Taylor's approach, including his playing something like Richards' solo from that show and the slide interlude, suggest this was the target.
2. Taylor taking over the stage? Jagger seems to have tried to choreograph some interaction with Taylor in advance. It is not clear from the first full video posted, but on the Sici video you see them leaning on each other and hear Taylor aping some of Jagger's lines. It's difficult to believe this was spontaneous. At some point, Jagger points to Taylor and gestures that Taylor should carry on himself. This part of the choreography hasn't been worked out though. After trying to re-engage Jagger a few times, Taylor joins the guitars in the back. To me, he doesn't look lost.
3. Facetime? I don't think Taylor was "getting in Wood's face". He clearly wanted Wood to interact with some lead lines at various times but Wood was having none of it. (Check out the very end.) I prefer to take the view that it was gracious of Wood to leave the entire limelight to Taylor, something Wood and Richards seem to have resolved in advance. (Wood even seemed to ignore Jagger's gesture that Wood should play along with Taylor.)
4. It seems there were very limited rehearsals of this spot. Even the opening, where Richards directs Jagger, Wood and Taylor to collaborate on an introduction seems confused.
Perhaps my ears are playing tricks, but it sounded to me like Taylor often played in a scale different from how he typically played MR in the 70s. At least some of those "off notes" others identified may just be "different notes".
Still, great to see and hear.
Phil, if you're watching from up there, I hope you've got a You Tube connection and are smiling.