Nice to see this again. Quite a lot have happened since...
Funnily, the energy level and straight-forward attitude in "Breakdown" reminds me of the version the Stones did in GOT LIVE IF YOU WANT IT!. You just add the modern sound and volume to 1966 Stones, and that's what you get..
But now reflecting the perormance 18 months later, there are traits in it I didn't recognize so clearly at the time. It is actually a funny experiment: you put a typical post-80's busy high-energy rock band - who has learned the rock style and genre from books and not being there in creating that - to back up Jagger and see what happens. There is a huge genarational difference there. And the band Jagger was making history in, wasn't a typical band not even at the time.
The instant reaction I get from Jagger's performance is that like buying a brandnew car, and suddenly realizing he cannot quite handle it; it drives too fast to his normal taste. Occasionally he sounds inspired, and like enjoying the new speed, but then - probably at the same time - he seems a bit insecure, even lost sometimes, and like hoping that he woud have the old car he is used to, have 100% in control, and knows each nuance of it. Even though he seems to let it go here and there, there is that "Vegasism" Redhotcarpet mentioned about - a kind of safe and sure routine he occasionally goes a bit autopilot-like, and not really being naturally affected and moved by the music.
But, yeah, a really fascinating performance for many reasons.
- Doxa
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2013-10-09 11:10 by Doxa.