It was a long wait tonight and the weather was not on our side. Finally they speeded into a blues, impossible to tell what it was. Then "Let It Bleed" and lots more interesting stuff. I will make the complete list later on.

The real goosebumps part arrived later, with "STREET FIGHTING MAN". It was played like it was the final song of thee night, an amazing powerful version, where Charlie did so hard and intense drumming I was sure they would have to carry him to the car. I walked over to the gate, preparing myself to say goodnight. Meanwhile they rushed into "You Got Me Rocking".

OK so they were not finsished by far, because the best was yet to come. SWAY. Some testing of the intro, then they were into it and I was glued to the fence. The Mick Taylor solo hit me right into the heart. It was short but there is quality and quantity. It tasted so good I can't wait until the first show of the tour with that solo.

One More Shot is back, two takes, and it is there, just as they did it when we were the lucky 32 fans to attend the rehearsals of the very same song last time they were in Paris.

All in all, a great night, wet, yes, cold yes, but emotional, powerful and a great memory. Thanks to the Stones and all my friends who I met up with tonight.

Bjornulf

What's with all the Taylor jibes? I met him on Monday & he was a gentleman. It really gets on my nerves when people think they're due something from the band. That's not the deal. If they feel like it, they'll say hi, sign an autograph, pose for a picture. If they don't? They won't. Simple. Doesn't really merit the snide remarks...

A guy posted this comment today on the Zegut website:

"From the latest news from some media, there will be no concert in Paris before their tour, the band did not find a room that suits them.
...Unless a last minute surprise."

What do you think?
I think it's true because no more buzz about this gig since 1-2 days

Please do NOT post offending posts about individuals on IORR. These posts will be deleted.

Bjornulf



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Well, I'm a big Mick Taylor fan and his wonderful guitar playing and I only would like to see him smile a little bit and enjoy this new chance to play again with The Rolling Stones!

Unfortunately there will be no surprise show in paris. believe me. good night.



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I just want to hear Mick Taylor play the guitar as much as possible on this tour. Nothing more, nothing less. The way it should be.

WOW! Getting hot in here about Mick T.!!!!

I really like Mick Taylor's playing, and I think that the band was never better (perhaps equalled, but never better) than with him. That said, meeting these folks is not always pleasant. I met Mick Taylor in 1992 on the Tumblin Dice tour in Atlanta, GA, and he was hardly a gentleman. (Bobby Keys was a nice guy and played incredibly well, as did Ivan Neville!)

I can see Mick T is in a better place now, and for this, I am very happy both for him and for the band.

HERE's BEST WISHES FOR A GREAT TOUR, MICK, and I hope the sun shines on your guitar every day!!!!!

Kick me like you kicked before
I can't even feel the pain no more

"Rocks Off", Exile on Main Street
Rolling Stones, 1972

Mick Taylor can be nothing but a positive influence for this band, and I welcome his talent!

hi all,
By tonight we will know if there is a concert tomorrow right?
If this is the case it will be the last day of rehearsals today no ? ....

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Rehearsals 2/12/2014

01. Blues Jam (unknown)
02. Let It Bleed
03. She's So Cold (with false start)
04. Doom & Gloom
05. The Last Time
06. Shine A Light
07. Dead Flowers
08. CYHMK (with false start)

Break

09. All Down The Line
10. IORR
11. JJF
12. Let's Spend The Night Together
13. Ruby Tuesday
14. Silver Train
15. Start Me Up
16. Street Fighting Man
17. You Got Me Rocking
18. Sway (with false start 2x)
19. One More Shot (2x)


From Rockerparis.blogspot.fr

I'm glad that Let's spend the night together seems to back,

always been one of my favorite live tracks.

It was very, very good in Saitama concert in 2006.

From Mick's blog:

The band will treat their generations of fans to a set packed full of classic Stones hits such as “Gimme Shelter”, “Paint It Black”, “Jumping Jack Flash”, “Tumbling Dice” and “It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll”, combined with lesser known gems, plus a couple of unexpected cover versions.

What unexpected cover versions?

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Maybe Taylor is ill or something...
But they look all great!!
14 On Fire will be on fire for sure!

detoxing with downtime can be a bitch. And his huge weight loss is due to a lifestyle change. Throw in he's on the verge of a strenous tour with more responsiblities with the band I figure he's jonesin pretty bad. Breaking addiction can be super stressful on the body. I've seen that look before. Give 'em a break. He was cool when I met him at the Coachhouse. And he'll burn up the stage this go around.

Mick Taylor looks quite healthy and sharp.

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From Mick's blog:

The band will treat their generations of fans to a set packed full of classic Stones hits such as “Gimme Shelter”, “Paint It Black”, “Jumping Jack Flash”, “Tumbling Dice” and “It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll”, combined with lesser known gems, plus a couple of unexpected cover versions.

What unexpected cover versions?

Keith doing My Way?

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Getting hot in here about Mick T.!!!!

Yup STrain and Sway were without a doubt the highlights of yesterday's rehearsals.
The two takes of OMS were kind of a letdown after so many gems.



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I'm not a fan of covers.
Stones live time is too precious these days.
I want my band playing their songs.
Selfish I know.

Did Mick Taylor really joined them for Dead Flowers yesterday? Is this "confirmed"? Thanks in advance ....

Ok, its time to have a peek myself.
5 hour drive: ETA 17.00 hrs

The list of songs rehearsed so far:

Covers:
1 Bo Diddley
2 Route 66

Singles 60's:
3 It's all over now
4 Get off of my cloud
5 The last time
6 Paint it black
7 Let's Spend The Night Together
8 Ruby Tuesday
9 Honky tonk women
10 Jumpin' Jack Flash

Beggars Banquet
11 Street fitghting man
12 Simpathy fot the devil

Let it bleed:
13 Live with me
14 Let it bleed
15 Midnight rambler
16 Love In Vain
17 Gimmie shelter
18 You can't always get what you want

Sticky fingers:
19 Bitch
20 Can't You Hear Me Knocking
21 Dead flowers
22 Sway
23 Wild horses
24 Moonlight mile
25 Brown sugar

Exile on main street:
26 All down the line
27 Rocks off
28 Shine a light
29 Tumbling dice
30 Loving cup
31 Ventilator blues (intro)
32 Happy

Goat's head soup:
33 Angie
34 Silver train
35 Heartbreaker

Iorr:
36 Iorr
37 Ain't too proud to beg
38 If you can't rock me
39 Till the next goodbye

Black & blue:
40 Memory motel
41 Fool To Cry

Some girls:
42 Just my imagination
43 Respectable
44 Beast of burden
45 When the whip comes down
46 Miss you
47 Shattered
48 Far Away eyes
49 Some girls
50 Before they make me run

Emotional rescue:
51 She's so cold
52 Emotional rescue

Tattoo you:
53 Worried about you
54 Start me up
55 Waiting on a friend

Undercover:
56 She was hot

Steel wheels:
57 Slipping Away

Voodoo Lounge:
58 You got me rocking

Bridgest to Babylon:
59 Out of control

A bigger Bang
60 Streets of love

Grrr:
61 Doom & Gloom
62 One more shot

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The list of songs rehearsed so far:

Covers:
1 Bo Diddley
2 Route 66

Singles 60's:
3 It's all over now
4 Get off of my cloud
5 The last time
6 Paint it black
7 Let's Spend The Night Together
8 Ruby Tuesday
9 Honky tonk women
10 Jumpin' Jack Flash

Beggars Banquet
11 Street fitghting man
12 Simpathy fot the devil

Let it bleed:
13 Live with me
14 Let it bleed
15 Midnight rambler
16 Love In Vain
17 Gimmie shelter
18 You can't always get what you want

Sticky fingers:
19 Bitch
20 Can't You Hear Me Knocking
21 Dead flowers
22 Sway
23 Wild horses
24 Moonlight mile
25 Brown sugar

Exile on main street:
26 All down the line
27 Rocks off
28 Shine a light
29 Tumbling dice
30 Loving cup
31 Ventilator blues (intro)
32 Happy

Goat's head soup:
33 Angie
34 Silver train
35 Heartbreaker

Iorr:
36 Iorr
37 Ain't too proud to beg
38 If you can't rock me
39 Till the next goodbye

Black & blue:
40 Memory motel
41 Fool To Cry

Some girls:
42 Just my imagination
43 Respectable
44 Beast of burden
45 When the whip comes down
46 Miss you
47 Shattered
48 Far Away eyes
49 Some girls
50 Before they make me run

Emotional rescue:
51 She's so cold
52 Emotional rescue

Tattoo you:
53 Worried about you
54 Start me up
55 Waiting on a friend

Undercover:
56 She was hot

Steel wheels:
57 Slipping Away

Voodoo Lounge:
58 You got me rocking

Bridgest to Babylon:
59 Out of control

A bigger Bang
60 Streets of love

Grrr:
61 Doom & Gloom
62 One more shot

Ain't Too Proud To Beg, Imagination and Love In Vain are covers as well

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goingmad
The list of songs rehearsed so far:

Covers:
1 Bo Diddley
2 Route 66

Singles 60's:
3 It's all over now
4 Get off of my cloud
5 The last time
6 Paint it black
7 Let's Spend The Night Together
8 Ruby Tuesday
9 Honky tonk women
10 Jumpin' Jack Flash

Beggars Banquet
11 Street fitghting man
12 Simpathy fot the devil

Let it bleed:
13 Live with me
14 Let it bleed
15 Midnight rambler
16 Love In Vain
17 Gimmie shelter
18 You can't always get what you want

Sticky fingers:
19 Bitch
20 Can't You Hear Me Knocking
21 Dead flowers
22 Sway
23 Wild horses
24 Moonlight mile
25 Brown sugar

Exile on main street:
26 All down the line
27 Rocks off
28 Shine a light
29 Tumbling dice
30 Loving cup
31 Ventilator blues (intro)
32 Happy

Goat's head soup:
33 Angie
34 Silver train
35 Heartbreaker

Iorr:
36 Iorr
37 Ain't too proud to beg
38 If you can't rock me
39 Till the next goodbye

Black & blue:
40 Memory motel
41 Fool To Cry

Some girls:
42 Just my imagination
43 Respectable
44 Beast of burden
45 When the whip comes down
46 Miss you
47 Shattered
48 Far Away eyes
49 Some girls
50 Before they make me run

Emotional rescue:
51 She's so cold
52 Emotional rescue

Tattoo you:
53 Worried about you
54 Start me up
55 Waiting on a friend

Undercover:
56 She was hot

Steel wheels:
57 Slipping Away

Voodoo Lounge:
58 You got me rocking

Bridgest to Babylon:
59 Out of control

A bigger Bang
60 Streets of love

Grrr:
61 Doom & Gloom
62 One more shot

Ain't Too Proud To Beg, Imagination and Love In Vain are covers as well

Yes, but they are "Stones branded" covers!!!

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Did Mick Taylor really joined them for Dead Flowers yesterday? Is this "confirmed"? Thanks in advance ....

Yup!

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muenke
Did Mick Taylor really joined them for Dead Flowers yesterday? Is this "confirmed"? Thanks in advance ....

Yup!

I will be at the Sydney show...I would LOVE to hear this one with MT

How can you be let down when the play OMS??? It is a great song and rather suitable for the GRRR... Tour!!

OMS should be their new You Got Me Rocking, played in the 2nd or 3rd spot.

Stir things up a bit..... Then they should bring back I Go WIld and play Pretty Beat Up too. That would be something!!!!

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I could listen to Dead Flowers from the 71 TV special on continuous repeat.

Well StonesCat, here you go

Look at how effortless and easy the playing of Mick Taylor seems to be...

His fingers just work perfectly in that video.

It gives me the kind of feeling like I could pick the guitar myself and play it like him without any difficulty...

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How can you be let down when the play OMS??? It is a great song and rather suitable for the GRRR... Tour!!

OMS should be their new You Got Me Rocking, played in the 2nd or 3rd spot.

Stir things up a bit..... Then they should bring back I Go WIld and play Pretty Beat Up too. That would be something!!!!

I agree that OMS is much better than YGMR.

Sparks will fly is also a good song...

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What offending posts about individuals? I just said M. Taylor seems to have lost some weight, now; is THAT offending?

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I could listen to Dead Flowers from the 71 TV special on continuous repeat.

Well StonesCat, here you go

Look at how effortless and easy the playing of Mick Taylor seems to be...

His fingers just work perfectly in that video.

It gives me the kind of feeling like I could pick the guitar myself and play it like him without any difficulty...

I get that same feeling when I analyze one of Bobby Fischer's chess games.

<It gives me the kind of feeling like I could pick the guitar myself and play it like him without any difficulty...>

You could, if you practise hard

Who's the new Bobby Fischer?

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<It gives me the kind of feeling like I could pick the guitar myself and play it like him without any difficulty...>

You could, if you practise hard

Who's the new Bobby Fischer?

Magnus Carlssen.

In guitar land..there is no such competition.