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Doxa

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Silver Dagger
Here's my version...fianlly (for what it's worth).

Holy shit. Just made a brief look at 'what's going on in Stones world', and this comes up.

The Stones laways have a good thing going on when playing this number - and for that brief moment they forget their Vegas essence and play with full heart and soul - but this goes to another level altogether. They are hittng to the zone of 'dangerous', and they sound, you know The Rolling @#$%& Stones, man...

Damn, let me try to write through these tears... not just the phenomenal, majesic Taylor here - who plays sloppier and making more mistakes than he did during the whole 1973 tor, but still giving them instrumental genious they haven't seen since, yep, 1973 - it is the whole damn band. Keith facing Charlie and keeping the damn rhythmn down-down-down, and leaving all the stupid posings out, and being what he does best in his life: being the musical leader of The Rolling Stones who shines when the band shines. That moment in the very end when they make the last rhythn change, and Taylor, Richards and Watts showing signals to each other (well, Keith actually), Jagger's elastic silhuette in back... that's 'my' Stones. Charlie is Charlie and Jagger finally has learned to perform the song right during 'Vegas' Era (leaving certain cliches out), and just lives the music through his body, and is simply phenomenal.

I think the filming being technically not too perfect doesn't matter at all. It is like listening to some old bootleg from Taylor era; it adds some funny magic - mysterious feeling or aura that always been a part of the Stones charm. This band, and anything related to it, doesn't need to be 'polished' or 'perfect'. This is the greatest rock and roll band in the world. Couldn't have imagined they actually could be, after all these years, so phenomenal. (Only Wyman missing to make it really dangerous soundwise, but you can't alw..blahblahblah)

Thank you very much, Silver Dagger - if this turns out to be the last 'current' thing I will ever had from The Stones, it will leave a very nice taste in mouth.

And yeah - about the real star in this clip - does Taylor over-play or not, who cares, "play that guitar boy"!!!! For all those wasted years! (And hats off to Woodie for showing respect and staying out of the way, and letting the 'big boys' handle the game).

Now continue.

- Doxa

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71Tele
Some great comments here. No doubt some people still prefer the safe Vegas-era Stones and are uncomfortable with Taylor's performance. Does he overplay at times? Yes. Is he a bit ragged in places? Yes. Was he nervous? Possibly. Did he want to make a statement? Definitely!

But he achieved what no one else has in 25 years. He made the Rolling Stones dangerous again. For 12 minutes anyway.

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Silver Dagger
Here's my version...finally (for what it's worth).

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NickB
and didn't pay enough attention to his playing which was often off time and in the wrong key. He kind of spoiled it for me trying to take over and dominate the stage. To me he made himself look a bit of a jerk and in hindsight I'm sure he'll realise. If he came out and just stood there and played properly and listened to what the other musicians were playing then I'm sure it would have been better.

As for the need to rehearse the song with the band.....not sure that he does..he just needs to listen rather than play all over the song.

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gotdablouse
They need to give him a second slot, Can't you Hear me Knocking comes to mind, that would bring the crown to its knees, guaranteed.

Anyway I'll probably post these in their own thread so that they're not buried here, but here's some of what I got the other day :

The Man is Back :



Mick T. and Ronnie :



Ronnie digging Mick T's licks...



...Keith too !



Mick T. keeping an eye on Mick J.



Mick and Mick :



Mick Taylor, Keith and Charlie :



Los Trios Guitarreros 1 :



Los Trios Guitarreros 2 :

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liddas
I love the band with Taylor immensely, just a slightly little less than the band with Wood and the one with Jones. As I wrote somewhere else, those who criticize Taylor's playing with the Stones last night, don't know nothing about music and human beings in general.

Taylor playing Rambler was a dream come true.


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Duane in Houston
This proves (to me anyway) that Taylor has been the missing ingredient in The Stones "proper' sound for many, many years. He almost makes the rest of their performance that night superfluous. Taylor brings the fire to the song(s) that Keith and Ronnie simply can't produce anymore. To me it's all about Taylor now. He needs to be on-stage "Killing It" for every song that he did in the studio with them, and the more the better as far as I'm concerned. I was definitely a Taylorite before and now I am 10 times the Taylorite I was. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Only Mick Taylor can save this band.... and to a degree he already has. Without Taylor this show would just be another in a long line of examples of how far The Stones have fallen from their peak. God Bless Mick Taylor.

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toomuchforme
here is my shot

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RobertJohnson
Wish list for a future permanent (I hope so) Mick Taylor-section:

Sway

Time Waits For No One

Dead Flowers

Beast Of Burden

Moonlight Mile

Angie

Wild Horses

YCAGWYW

Winter

100 Years Ago

Hide Your Love

Silver Train

Coming Down Again

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71Tele
Some great comments here. No doubt some people still prefer the safe Vegas-era Stones and are uncomfortable with Taylor's performance. Does he overplay at times? Yes. Is he a bit ragged in places? Yes. Was he nervous? Possibly. Did he want to make a statement? Definitely!

But he achieved what no one else has in 25 years. He made the Rolling Stones dangerous again. For 12 minutes anyway.

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RobertJohnson
Wish list for a future permanent (I hope so) Mick Taylor-section:

Sway

Time Waits For No One

Dead Flowers

Beast Of Burden

Moonlight Mile

Angie

Wild Horses

YCAGWYW

Winter

100 Years Ago

Hide Your Love

Silver Train

Coming Down Again

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straycatblues73

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71Tele
Some great comments here. No doubt some people still prefer the safe Vegas-era Stones and are uncomfortable with Taylor's performance. Does he overplay at times? Yes. Is he a bit ragged in places? Yes. Was he nervous? Possibly. Did he want to make a statement? Definitely!

But he achieved what no one else has in 25 years. He made the Rolling Stones dangerous again. For 12 minutes anyway.

great way of putting it , exactly what's been missing for a few decades, though overall the stones are back where the belong, . . dangerous , i like it !