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Bastion
a) - Street Fighting Man: the absolute highlight of the tour IMO. The entire band is on fire.
- Midnight Rambler: Obviously deserves a mention, anyone think this can be fully appreciated live in the future without Taylor?
- Paint it Black: Charlie and Keith at their best. Funny how Keith talked of never playing PIB in the 70's as they didn't like the tempo they played it at. I honestly think they've found the perfect speed and it was on this tour, has this song ever sounded better?
b) - Honky Tonk Women: I agree about Mick's nasal voice, but it's Chuck that has ruined this song. His piano 'solo' makes this song sound horrendous. Ronnie is fabulous on it though.
- Get Off of My Cloud: Yes I said it. I just got the feeling that no-one in the band knew how the song would start, kinda like starting up an old car.
c) - Out of Control: Just watch the o2 version for a brilliant Ronnie solo and Mick harmonica action. Sad how they only played it once.
P.S good topic!
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andrewt
I found myself getting impatient at times during SFTD and YCAGWYW. I get why they're where they are in the set. They are big "showy" numbers with well known arrangements and audience participation moments, however neither can be pulled off as majestically as they should be these days, IMO.
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Lady Jayne
I had mixed feelings about YCAGWYW. When the lights went down at the end of the first O2 gig in Dec 2012 and we could see a choir packing in in the dark, it was amazingly atmospheric to realise what was coming, delivered in an arrangement nearer to the original LIB version than I had ever witnessed live, so it was an utterly moving finale to me at that point.
Of course, it then became more of a fixture and taken for granted. By Hyde Park 2 I was 'ok, let's start moving now so we don't get trampled in the crowd exiting because this is the end'. Truly, the Summer of Peace and Love, if it ever existed is over!
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DandelionPowderman
This might be the best performance of the tour. Keith, deservingly applauds Mick after his performance:
Out Of Control in London, and the video of Lady Jane are some of my other favourites.
I don't think they ever got The Last Time to swing.
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KatieGirlSo glad they chose to play "Worried About You" the night I was there.Quote
DandelionPowderman
This might be the best performance of the tour. Keith, deservingly applauds Mick after his performance:
Out Of Control in London, and the video of Lady Jane are some of my other favourites.
I don't think they ever got The Last Time to swing.
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Aquamarine
The songs I was most excited to hear were the much-maligned I Wanna Be Your Man (just for historical reasons) and Little Red Rooster. I wish they'd done LRR a lot more often, and (my dream) Prodigal Son.
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DandelionPowderman
This might be the best performance of the tour.
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TheGreek
mary j blige on gimmie shelter . it was rough for the first half of the song at the barclay's center
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TheGreek
mary j blige on gimmie shelter . it was rough for the first half of the song at the barclay's center
So, did you like it or not? You mean rough in a bad way or a good way?
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Phil Good
Time to leave for a drink.
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Phil Good
Time to leave for a drink.
I can't imagine doing this during a Stones show. I mean, it's not like they play so often I can afford to miss parts of it (and knowing my luck there would be some unexpectedly brilliant moment during whatever song it was). (And on a similar topic, I can't understand people who drink so much before/during the show that they miss half of it going back and forth to the bathroom--usually climbing over me to do it--or they're so drunk they might as well be at a One Direction show.)
ANYWAY. I agree that I Wanna Be Your Man didn't really work so well, and they only played it that once, but I was unbelievably excited that they were starting with such an old song that I never thought I'd hear them play live again, and that they went on to play a number of their other early hits. I actually really liked Get Off of My Cloud, at the O2 and in all the videos I've seen.
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Bastion
I Wanna Be Your Man was played twice.