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DandelionPowderman
Thank you for a great tour! I was lucky to catch two shows.
The complainers weren't there.
Mick Taylor also deserves a big thanks for doing a great guest appearance throughout the tour
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The Worst.
And it has to be said: Jagger is Superman.
If I didn't know that he would turn 70 in two weeks,
I would think he was still in his 20s.
He's not just a rock star, but an athlete that never gets old.
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I believe Keith must have really liked his SMU intro last week, as he did it again tonight.
Is that really true?
Yep.
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Rolling Hansie
Just got back at the hotel. I am still a bit in a state of shock. How great it was to see the Stones again after 6 years. Man it was fantastic. I am so happy
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winter
Thanks for the review Dr. B and others, glad you all had a great time. Did they use Tim R on Ruby Tuesday on keyboards for any of the mellotron/flute/strings sounds or play it more stripped down sounding?
Nothing was stripped, but REAL flutes ....
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The Worst.
And it has to be said: Jagger is Superman.
If I didn't know that he would turn 70 in two weeks,
I would think he was still in his 20s.
He's not just a rock star, but an athlete that never gets old.
This is so true. I love him more than ever, and he was flying around that stage tonight.
He truly gives me hope that getting old(er) isn't going to be that bad.
Anyone that says "wrinkly rocker" .. take at look at yourself dear. Mick looks amazing, and he puts nearly all of us who are way younger than him to shame.
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Max'sKansasCity
So maybe it is be kind of a BDSM thing?...
The people who come here and complain about every show, every set list, how Taylor doesnt play the full set..... and they keep coming back to be tortured by it and then they complain.... I guess they just love the torture it must be for them, otherwise would they keep coming back to complain? Surely they are smart enough to know what will happen.
The only thing I would find disappointing is if The Stones had to cut a show short because something went wrong.... that would be disappointing
As for this show? It sounds like a bunch of great Stones songs being played live at a Stones concert.... I only wish that I could be there... but it is great to hear it all went well for those in in the park.
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I believe Keith must have really liked his SMU intro last week, as he did it again tonight.
Is that really true?
Yep.
Could be a ploy by Keith to get The Stones back into the studio, because the more he messes up, the more studio overdubs that will need to be done for the CD/DVD.
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For me the summation of this era of the Stones is: All five members who made Sticky Fingers and Exile were alive and available, and they chose not to have them all onstage at the same time - not even once! Even though there were many pleasurable moments, we will ponder this decision for years.
What's even more baffling is that I don't think it would have mattered all that much to the majority of the people on here.
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The Worst.
But I have mixed feelings as I was surrounded by loud and drunk people in tier 3 most of the time.
I know it is inevitable at these big outdoor shows when people wait and drink for hours,
but is still so annoying. Why pay £100 to attend a concert but don't listen to the music?
I will never understand that. It was difficult to pay attention to the ballads (Ruby and Silver),
because of all the talking and shouting. I tried to move around a bit to find a better spot, but
it didn't help much.
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laertisflash
Folks, your posts became very moving... Does it mean that you predict that Hyde Park #2 is the last Stones gig ever?
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I believe Keith must have really liked his SMU intro last week, as he did it again tonight.
Is that really true?
Yep.
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laertisflash
Excellent reviews, folks. I mean ... lucky bastards!
But what about clips? Not yet?
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laertisflash
Folks, your posts became very moving... Does it mean that you predict that Hyde Park #2 is the last Stones gig ever?
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drbryant
It was an amazingly beautiful day at Hyde Park. Arived around 5:00 pm, and spent some time in the infamous Unwind Bar (horribly overpriced, but it's nice to have a shady place to kick back) and then made our way to Tier 2 in advance of Jake Bugg's set around 7:00 pm. From experience, I knew that it would get packed, so rather than try to get close to the center, we found a spot on the far right side, one row behind the rail separating Tier 1 from Tier 2, and because of the gap between the Tiers, could see the main stage quite clearly.
The introductory Hyde Park film started around 8:25. Keith was rough to open the show, he had trouble with the Start Me Up intro again, and things looked rocky for the first 3 or 4 numbers - I'll admit I was a little worried. But, his playing got noticeably better as the show went on, and he was fine by the time of his solo set. I've said this before, but maybe the Stones need to do sound checks - it helps to warm up properly before a show. The sound was also poorly mixed at the onset, with overall sound a tad too soft, and guitars buried in the mix. The volume was markedly higher in the second half of the show. Street Fighting Man was a great performance, and Midnight Rambler was epic - a very good version. The warhorses were, well, the warhorses, but the crowd loved them. Sympathy was great - played in the midsts of clouds of billowing smoke from the flames surrounding the stage. YCAGWYW was very impressive, with the two choirs resonating across the broad expanse of Hyde Park (although Ronnie reverted to one of his "was that actually a solo" type guitar solos. "Satisfaction" had the audience in a frenzy and Mick's running up and down the center and side ramps, augmented by the confetti and fireworks did the trick and seemed to leave everyone thrilled. Overall, the performance and sound probably rate a B-, but the sold-out crowd (walked around a bit, and the park looked jam-packed) as and the atmosphere (needless to say, there were no thunderstorms) made it a very memorable evening. If it ends up being their last performance, the Stones certainly went out the way we would have hoped - as the greatest show on Earth.