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There were several statements by Keef and MJ in interviews that have been previously posted discussing MT's "Expanded role." Just search for them - they are there. I didn't make this point up.

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marianna
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Richards said during the interview with Jimmy Fallon: "I'm called to duty next week in rehearsals, which is where we kick the stuff around and try to figure out how we want to balance it out. We have the added beauty of keeping Mick Taylor with us as well. It's great. We wanted to do some more.

"And Ronnie [Wood] and I, after all, you understand, the Stones' records sometimes have four, five, maybe six guitars on them which we carefully overlay and artistically manufacture. And then we get on stage, and there's two of us [guitarists], and we have to decide which of the six guitars [we're going to play]. Mick Taylor with us as an added third guitar. Yeah, this is going to be an interesting tour all around."

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Richards said during the interview with Jimmy Fallon: "I'm called to duty next week in rehearsals, which is where we kick the stuff around and try to figure out how we want to balance it out. We have the added beauty of keeping Mick Taylor with us as well. It's great. We wanted to do some more.

"And Ronnie [Wood] and I, after all, you understand, the Stones' records sometimes have four, five, maybe six guitars on them which we carefully overlay and artistically manufacture. And then we get on stage, and there's two of us [guitarists], and we have to decide which of the six guitars [we're going to play]. Mick Taylor with us as an added third guitar. Yeah, this is going to be an interesting tour all around."

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So you don't attack the message, but attack the messenger. I have been a fan for many decades and have gone to many shows. I put down great money to see an expanded version of MT as promised and got two songs plus a sit-in with Satisfaction.

Sorry the truth hurts but it is almost universally accepted that Taylor makes the Stones better.

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If you´re a fan, then why are you bashing Ronnie NOW, when he is playing splendidly?

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From article:

Richards said during the interview with Jimmy Fallon: "I'm called to duty next week in rehearsals, which is where we kick the stuff around and try to figure out how we want to balance it out. We have the added beauty of keeping Mick Taylor with us as well. It's great. We wanted to do some more.

"And Ronnie [Wood] and I, after all, you understand, the Stones' records sometimes have four, five, maybe six guitars on them which we carefully overlay and artistically manufacture. And then we get on stage, and there's two of us [guitarists], and we have to decide which of the six guitars [we're going to play]. Mick Taylor with us as an added third guitar. Yeah, this is going to be an interesting tour all around."

As I´ve said before, Keith is a smart guy

There´s nothing in that statement that indicates that Mick Taylor would play on more numbers.

Nope, he ain´t brain dead (unbevliable that some people actually consider this to be true)

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SFTD, still a complete ratage. No guitar playing (Keith and Ron) for long seconds, only Chuck...

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Mick extended himself to do "Emotioanl Rescue" so it can be done

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marianna
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From article:

Richards said during the interview with Jimmy Fallon: "I'm called to duty next week in rehearsals, which is where we kick the stuff around and try to figure out how we want to balance it out. We have the added beauty of keeping Mick Taylor with us as well. It's great. We wanted to do some more.

"And Ronnie [Wood] and I, after all, you understand, the Stones' records sometimes have four, five, maybe six guitars on them which we carefully overlay and artistically manufacture. And then we get on stage, and there's two of us [guitarists], and we have to decide which of the six guitars [we're going to play]. Mick Taylor with us as an added third guitar. Yeah, this is going to be an interesting tour all around."

As I´ve said before, Keith is a smart guy

There´s nothing in that statement that indicates that Mick Taylor would play on more numbers.

Nope, he ain´t brain dead (unbevliable that some people actually consider this to be true)

Keith isn't smart, he's a smart-ass. Not the same thing. Why did he even bring up the subject, then? He's a jerk.

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SFTD, still a complete ratage. No guitar playing (Keith and Ron) for long seconds, only Chuck...

Yes, it's almost painful to listen to this song played live nowadays because it really NEEDS some great lead guitar playing. If that is missing it would be better to drop that song off the setlist. And the sound of Chuck's keyboard is just terrible, I don't like that at all, especially in the song like SFTD.

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SFTD, still a complete ratage. No guitar playing (Keith and Ron) for long seconds, only Chuck...

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SFTD, still a complete ratage. No guitar playing (Keith and Ron) for long seconds, only Chuck...

Yes, it's almost painful to listen to this song played live nowadays because it really NEEDS some great lead guitar playing. If that is missing it would be better to drop that song off the setlist. And the sound of Chuck's keyboard is just terrible, I don't like that at all, especially in the song like SFTD.

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two4fun111
I think you're all wrong and all right. But I'm not paying this kind of money unless I get ALOT of Mick Taylor. After seeing them 34 times, I think I've earned that for myself. To each his own.

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stonesrule
Two4Fun111, listen man, the Stones ain't running no take-out restaurant and accepting orders.

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two4fun111
I think you're all wrong and all right. But I'm not paying this kind of money unless I get ALOT of Mick Taylor. After seeing them 34 times, I think I've earned that for myself. To each his own.

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two4fun111
I think you're all wrong and all right. But I'm not paying this kind of money unless I get ALOT of Mick Taylor. After seeing them 34 times, I think I've earned that for myself. To each his own.

Bingo. +1

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triceratops, I refer, of course, to the comments you made earlier about the wives..children...girlfriends and money. You don't know what you're talking about.

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Well I guess I will try to throw in on Mick Taylor deal. I think having him play on 3 songs was actually pretty close to the right balance given his absence from the Stones stage for 40 years. If you took into account the actual time Taylor was on stage Friday given that Knocking and Rambler were long jam songs and Rambler being at least 10 to 15 mins he was actually on stage including the final encore of almost 30% of the show-not bad. I agree that more is better but 3 songs that jam with 2 focus Taylor features is a nice addition to say the least.

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Well I guess I will try to throw in on Mick Taylor deal. I think having him play on 3 songs was actually pretty close to the right balance given his absence from the Stones stage for 40 years. If you took into account the actual time Taylor was on stage Friday given that Knocking and Rambler were long jam songs and Rambler being at least 10 to 15 mins he was actually on stage including the final encore of almost 30% of the show-not bad. I agree that more is better but 3 songs that jam with 2 focus Taylor features is a nice addition to say the least.

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we were listening to and comparing early Stones to early Beatles music. While the group from Liverpool was sweetly singing "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," the Stones were singing "Let's Spend the Night Together...."

Actually The Beatles were ahead of The Stones by a couple of years. In addition to having started writing original songs a couple of years before, their subject matter also evolved sooner. Let's Spend The Night Together was written in 1966, but the year before Lennon & McCartney had already touched upon the theme of one-night stands with Day Tripper. Norwegian Wood was also a song about a one-nighter--and a marital infidelity at that.

Interesting...I read that Lennon said "Daytripper" was a word play and a reference to people who go on "weekend trips" aka weekend hippies who use LSD. I DO know that a "daytripper" can also refer to a one-night stand but I doubt many teen girls (or parents) in the U.S. knew that at the time.

I also read that Norwegian Wood was about Lennon's own infidelity and intentionally written to not be easily understood by the average listener (or his own wife). And that was my point: on the most basic level the early smiling, supposedly clean-cut, Beatles wrote songs that "sounded" rather innocent but the Stones and their look and lyrics were in your face. Enough, enough. Obviously you know more factoids than I do.

I look forward to tomorrow's Stones show. I hope they have a Chicago bluesman for their guest, that would please Chicagoans and it would be fun to watch them play with someone like Buddy Guy or maybe Sugar Blue (a favorite of mine).

Pax.

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I think you're all wrong and all right. But I'm not paying this kind of money unless I get ALOT of Mick Taylor. After seeing them 34 times, I think I've earned that for myself. To each his own.

Bingo. +1

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