Palais Royale Toronto CD
Date: February 27, 2005 17:08
Hey guys,
I just recently got hold of a 'soundboard' boot from this 2002 show, I got it from ebay. No one had bid for it and I put in a maximum bid of £5 or something to see what would happen (it was my first time using ebay) and as nobody bid, it sold to me for 1p !! Plus postage, so £2.01 !!
Does anyone have this? My copy has a colour front cover with a pic from the 2002 press conference, and then the background is the licks artwork (the stadium stage backdrop). It is pretty amateur with no label (crystal cat etc).
I listened to it yesterday as soon as I got it, the sound is pretty good, and the setlist is great in terms of unusual songs.
I think some of it is amazing but there are a couple of embarrassing points.
Some thoughts: Sad sad sad: didnt like the intro with charlies drums ontop of the guitar, but good apart form that. Hot stuff is really sleazy, cool NYC 80's kinda feel. Even though they're all over the place with mick having to direct them, it adds to the beauty of the song.
Ronnie sounds good on torn and frayed, but the intro is a disaster, out of time, it seems keith sometimes shies away from 'a bold' guitar intro on songs he is not sure of. In their defence this is a glorified rehearsal, as keith says before happy.
Wild Horses: What the @#$%& happened to the intro??!! Keith starts with the chords from the verse and it falls apart as mick starts to sing... I didnt know whether to laugh or cringe. Great to hear all of heart of stone, after being teased with just part of the verse from the 4 flicks doc.
Overall pretty cool. I wish i could get to toronto for the start of the next tour. My girlfriend and some of my family are from their so it would be cheap, but how do I time it in terms of a suprise club gig !!!!
Also, on the cd the first couple of seconds of JJFlash are missing..? Dunno why.
So were any of you guys at the show? What was it like??