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That's actually a very fine performance.

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It sounded fine to me other than chuck but wasnt the dancing together a little creepy/awkward? Musically it is fine but dang Buddy Guy would have fit in a lot better.

Dunno, somehow I don't see Buddy Guy doin' that dance routine with Mick. But he definitely could have spiced the song up with some tasty blueslicks.

I have never liked Buddy Guy, and I think he and blues in general is just old hat. I like it that the Stones try to stay contemporary.

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The cue was for doing the chorus one more time in the ending, unlike on the album.

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That's actually a very fine performance.

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It sounded fine to me other than chuck but wasnt the dancing together a little creepy/awkward? Musically it is fine but dang Buddy Guy would have fit in a lot better.

Dunno, somehow I don't see Buddy Guy doin' that dance routine with Mick. But he definitely could have spiced the song up with some tasty blueslicks.

I have never liked Buddy Guy, and I think he and blues in general is just old hat. I like it that the Stones try to stay contemporary.

Mathijs

That's fair, but this is pretty much just pandering......what next, Mick on CMT, trying to outdo Joe Elliot?

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AWESOME shot of Keith... Lookin like a True Blues Man

it seems a little bit tired...

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AWESOME shot of Keith... Lookin like a True Blues Man

it seems a little bit tired...

no he is the old bluesman

The grumpy old bluesman.

Fantastic shot! He's not grumpy at all, if you watch the video you can see that he's concentrating on Mick, who cues him at one point.

Lots of interesting comments from last night, mostly to do with the other Taylor, the one with the flat ass, as opposed to the one with the rapidly disapearing ass. It will be good to hear later from some more of the people who were actually there and can give us a more well rounded view.

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The video everyone was waiting for...

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Great show, I thought the boys sounded fantastic. Was really bummed about missing CYHMK since its my holy grail, but Sway with Mick was a nice consolation prize, as was Live With Me. The poster that said the audience had no idea what those songs were was right on. Highlight of the show and most in my section were sitting. I hate hate hate Taylor Swift, but As Tears Go By was a nice surprise. Great to see Emotional Rescue and You Got the Silver as well and of course Rambler.

I was sitting in front of some friends of Chuck's and they said that if all goes well, the plan is to tour Europe, Australia (I think) and then come back to the states. Hopefully I can hit more than one show if they come back because they still got it.

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The video everyone was waiting for...

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The video everyone was waiting for...

Sounds lovely!

I love Keith here, Jagger singing rather well. But I don't like the girl's voice: too shrill for the song. And now I want them to perform Blue Turns To Grey and The Singer Not The Song as quickly as possible! No singer guests needed.

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The video everyone was waiting for...

Sounds lovely!

I love Keith here, Jagger singing rather well. But I don't like the girl's voice: too shrill for the song. And now I want them to perform Blue Turns To Grey and The Singer Not The Song as quickly as possible! No singer guests needed.

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The video everyone was waiting for...

Sounds lovely!

I love Keith here, Jagger singing rather well. But I don't like the girl's voice: too shrill for the song. And now I want them to perform Blue Turns To Grey and The Singer Not The Song as quickly as possible! No singer guests needed.

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The video everyone was waiting for...

Sounds lovely!

I love Keith here, Jagger singing rather well. But I don't like the girl's voice: too shrill for the song. And now I want them to perform Blue Turns To Grey and The Singer Not The Song as quickly as possible! No singer guests needed.

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The video everyone was waiting for...

Sounds lovely!

I love Keith here, Jagger singing rather well. But I don't like the girl's voice: too shrill for the song. And now I want them to perform Blue Turns To Grey and The Singer Not The Song as quickly as possible! No singer guests needed.

Listening to the song I was a bit disappointed - Taylor Swift had done her homework and knew the words and made a decent job of it, but I agree with kleermaker that her voice is too used to singing things that need a lot of "attack" and is a bit harsh for As Tears Go By. Very far from a trainwreck but not as good as I hoped it might be - and Mick didn't seem really comfortable with his singing either.

As for Keith sitting down - they sat down to play the acoustics for Lady Jane last year, and I think Keith also sat to play ATGB when they did it in Italy on the Bigger Bang tour.

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Great show, I thought the boys sounded fantastic. Was really bummed about missing CYHMK since its my holy grail, but Sway with Mick was a nice consolation prize, as was Live With Me. The poster that said the audience had no idea what those songs were was right on. Highlight of the show and most in my section were sitting. I hate hate hate Taylor Swift, but As Tears Go By was a nice surprise. Great to see Emotional Rescue and You Got the Silver as well and of course Rambler.

I was sitting in front of some friends of Chuck's and they said that if all goes well, the plan is to tour Europe, Australia (I think) and then come back to the states. Hopefully I can hit more than one show if they come back because they still got it.

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Another morning to check out what happened in the US previous night. But to follow the tour from the point of view of internet is a bit selective and random-like... So as usual, most of it just to check three things: (a) How much Taylor; (b) other guests; (c) any surprises in set list.

So, nice to see we got Taylor in "Sway" again. Looking for an evidence now...

Seemingly the guest last night caused some controversy here. I don't know who she is, I guess a hot pop star of the day, who have sold lot of albums in America, and there she was (to quote Dean Martin loosely). Surely it was a good move economically, taking the all sides involved (The Stones, AEG, and her - whose name just escaped my mind), but I am bit skeptical if the way to be "contemporary" - as mr. M indicated - is to take a current hit-maker to perform with them, and doing some 50 years old song of theirs... But personally I like their habit of to pick some current names to ice the cake, and make individual shows more expectional and unique - there aren't many surprises otherwise (minus the "other" Taylor - there was a Rolling Stone name in her name, right?)

But that aside. if I may just to talk about the performance. From the base of that clip, I think it was a nice version. I especially liked Jagger's introduction, and a a gentleman like refrernce to her old muse. And as a singer, Mick is incredibly skilled these days to do ballads (which he don't do very often unfortunately). Reaching the right notes, with a right interpretation, sounds almost unbelievable, taking the fact that he is not a young dude either. He is actually better in that than he was in his twenties and thirties. The girl did her thing nicely as well, and she seemingly inspired Jagger. What is phenomenal with Jagger that he seeminlgly approaches his young guests as a challange, and makes sure that he never is left to play with the second fiddle. He could take the role of "hey. aren't you lucky to perform with me, and showing me respect, and let me just enjoy your admiration", but that's not Jagger, because... he is Mick Jagger!

The rest guys did okay - there is always something sentimental going on when Keith Richards sits down and just play the acoustics with his idiosyncratic touch, which is marinated by the years and years experience. The same as with "Lady Jane" last year. The point of him being sloppy etc. do not have any meaning in that context - besides, he did a nice job.

Taking altogether, I think the version of "As Tears Go By" showed a nice warm touch of matured nostalgia.

But let me repeat my original point - this it is how it looks like thousands miles away, and via net - for the people who actually were there, it was another animal altogether I am sure.

- Doxa

PS: You've never heard of Taylor Swift?? My 11 year old daughter plays her all day long. "Why is she singing with those old geezers, daddy?", she asked me yesterday

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OK, it's fine either way, it just reminded of Mick's comment at the Trabendo!

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Great show, I thought the boys sounded fantastic. Was really bummed about missing CYHMK since its my holy grail, but Sway with Mick was a nice consolation prize, as was Live With Me. The poster that said the audience had no idea what those songs were was right on. Highlight of the show and most in my section were sitting. I hate hate hate Taylor Swift, but As Tears Go By was a nice surprise. Great to see Emotional Rescue and You Got the Silver as well and of course Rambler.

I was sitting in front of some friends of Chuck's and they said that if all goes well, the plan is to tour Europe, Australia (I think) and then come back to the states. Hopefully I can hit more than one show if they come back because they still got it.

Interesting, Rose spilled the beans to her friends then ;-) Were they just talking among themselves or did you ask them once you found out they knew Chuck?