i have read alot of posts about bad shows

what does make a bad show

is it the sound,where you sit,playing badly,to smashed,

i have been lucky i have seen only 2 shows and they both rocked.

Lame crowds that say "Sit down!" or get pissy at the sight of a cigarette or joint!

Ron Wood

worse setlists

Terrible sound has to be the killer.

Ron Wood... and I raise the two arms

People who hate Ron Wood.

bad audience...
boring setlist...

the biggest downer is:

huge empty places in a stadium!

Poor sound - guitars mixed too low and Chuck Leavell too prominent

Lame crowds - particularly people who only attend because the Stones are one of the handfull of groups they actually know about. Bloody kids in the audience as well.

Andy

Backing Singers, Poor Guitar playing, Too many horns, Chuck Leavell... Sounds like any show from 1989 onwards!

" Backing Singers, Poor Guitar playing, Too many horns, Chuck Leavell... Sounds like any show from 1989 onwards!"

Good post

IF they dont show up! thats all for me, even if the sound and the mix and singing isnt perfect a Stones show to me is more than just the concert itself, You meet old friends, tailgate etc. Its an event for me and the whole experience is worth it even if the boys arent in top form.

NO MICK JAGGER OR KEITH RICHARDS..!

Bill Wyman hasn't shown up for some years now, if I'm right...

- Doxa

F-Bill Wyman!!!

lame crowd and same old set list that you've seen before

Ron Wood makes faces and grimaces more on stage then he MOVES HIS FINGERS.
Be a musician not a clown.

I seen the band 7 times since 1981. Each and every show was great, However, some were better than others. Many of the previous opinions were valid, especially low guitar mix, clowning not playing by Ronnie AND Keith, and too many people on stage. I'd like to see a keyboard player and Bobby Keys as the only extras. Please note how good it is to see the band on the b-stage without all the rest. Also, I liked it better when Keith didn't try to upstage Jagger and they (KR and MJ or KR and RW) sang into the same mike.

Lame ass fans who can't make up their minds whether to sit or stand.

Ditto Elmo!



- Thru our past darkly...

Mick not singing all the verses to the songs (i.e SFTD)

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens (whoo whoo)
Fought for ten decades (whoo whoo)
For the gods they made (whoo whoo)

I shouted out, (whoo whoo)
"Who killed the Kennedys?" (whoo whoo)
When after all (whoo whoo)
It was you and me (whoo whoo)

Let me please introduce myself (whoo whoo)
I'm a man of wealth and taste (whoo whoo)
And I laid traps for troubadours (whoo whoo)
Who get killed before they reached Bombay (whoo whoo, whoo whoo)...

Mick NEVER sings these lyrics anymore

Old Mick and Keith acting Vegas-Mick and Vegas-Keith.

I'm with SLABBY on this one.

Uninspired performance. Rarely seen one from the Stones. But, I'd say a lame crowd is one who doesn't realize that their good time should end where mine begins.

Elmo Lewis Wrote:
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> I seen the band 7 times since 1981. Each and every
> show was great, However, some were better than
> others. Many of the previous opinions were valid,
> especially low guitar mix, clowning not playing by
> Ronnie AND Keith, and too many people on stage.
> I'd like to see a keyboard player and Bobby Keys
> as the only extras. Please note how good it is to
> see the band on the b-stage without all the rest.
> Also, I liked it better when Keith didn't try to
> upstage Jagger and they (KR and MJ or KR and RW)
> sang into the same mike.


Ditto. But I think 81 was the worst, just awful.

nashville Wrote:
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> Poor sound - guitars mixed too low and Chuck
> Leavell too prominent
>
> Lame crowds - particularly people who only attend
> because the Stones are one of the handfull of
> groups they actually know about. Bloody kids in
> the audience as well.
>
> Andy

I'm 16, Wednesday is my first STones show.

Am I a "bloody kid"?

ernest have you seen this tour,i would say you haven't or you never would of posted that comment.this tour is blazing guitars,ragged,tight,loose and blazing,you can hardly hear chuck or the horn section.

john scialfa

Rolling Beatle, bloody kids are welcome, too! You have to realize some of the old farts on this board think that anyone who wasn't listening to the Stones back in 1964 shouldn't be allowed to enjoy them. A little prune juice might cure what ails them! :-)

"Fans" who have no idea what they are talking about,like the guy next to me Friday at MSG.

Critics and fans who think it is mandatory to stand for the entire show. Some people stand on their feet all friggin' day due to their occupations.