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kleermaker
Dandie, why do you think Taylor plays a solo on SA? I only hear two Keith solos. Or is something wrong with my ears? In that case, which one is Taylor's, the first or the second?
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I noticed Mick Taylor played a beautiful lead solo on Slipping Away.
He and Keith played twin lead guitar at the last part of that song.
It was almost like "If you really want to be my friend" or "Till the next goodbye"
Mick * clapped his hand and thumbed up to Keith after Keith ended the song.
That was one of the beautiful moment tonight.smiling smiley
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DandelionPowderman
They might have played a twin solo, but I can't hear that on the recording.
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Powerage
The band is far better when Mick Taylor joins the RS on stage... Silver Train, just a great demonstration.
Listen to the complete show...
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The band is far better when Mick Taylor joins the RS on stage... Silver Train, just a great demonstration.
At least they sound, musically speaking, more interesting. Taylor brings with himself a sort of novelty factor there, which interestingly shakes their typical routines. Sometimes it feels like it the rest sound like frozen, and like following 'what the guy does next and how he manages' (like we on the audience), sometimes almost like inspired. Those who are fond of the way the band have sound from 1989 on, and think that's the way The Stones should sound like, might see that a kind of bad thing, but I think Taylor simply gives them pure musicality in the of cost of their show-oriented routines. To me Taylor somehow represents the nature of the band as it used be long time ago, when they weren't so big, safe and sure entertainers as they now are. Taylor, funnily, is so pure musician, and lived his career outside the big live show business, as it developed during the decades after his departure from the spotlight. So he gives us a glimpse of the old 'purity', and to an extent I think that affects on the rest of them. Do they like that or not, I don't know. But I sense his presence being big there, every time he is onboard.
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Brstonesfan
. Taylor, funnily, is so pure musician, and lived his career outside the big live show business, as it developed during the decades after his departure from the spotlight. So he gives us a glimpse of the old 'purity', and to an extent I think that affects on the rest of them. Do they like that or not, I don't know. But I sense his presence being big there, every time he is onboard.
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---------------------------- 100% correct. The others seem so set in their ways that when a real musician like MT plays they are somewhat at a loss as far as what they should do. I also agree that MT left the band before the Vegas era so he is also somewhat awkward in that he does not understand that every friggin move by Jagger is choreographed down to the final bows. That is why Silver train actually was a nice effort as it is a short rocker and not much time for MJ to prance around....they all played and sounded as good as they can at this stage.
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Brstonesfan
. Taylor, funnily, is so pure musician, and lived his career outside the big live show business, as it developed during the decades after his departure from the spotlight. So he gives us a glimpse of the old 'purity', and to an extent I think that affects on the rest of them. Do they like that or not, I don't know. But I sense his presence being big there, every time he is onboard.
- Doxa
---------------------------- 100% correct. The others seem so set in their ways that when a real musician like MT plays they are somewhat at a loss as far as what they should do. I also agree that MT left the band before the Vegas era so he is also somewhat awkward in that he does not understand that every friggin move by Jagger is choreographed down to the final bows. That is why Silver train actually was a nice effort as it is a short rocker and not much time for MJ to prance around....they all played and sounded as good as they can at this stage.
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Powerage
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Powerage
The band is far better when Mick Taylor joins the RS on stage... Silver Train, just a great demonstration.
Listen to the complete show...
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Brstonesfan
Well it's obvious to anyone who has any musical ear that MT is still a superb player. We are all use to what KR/RW have been doing so long that we have become complacent or tolerant of the fact that they have moved from a guitar based band in the 70's to a brass and keyboard band the past 2 decades. I think Woody is a much better player than he is allowed to show on stage as his solo shows really have impressed, but he must be muted down imo so as t not show up Keith.
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Powerage
The band is far better when Mick Taylor joins the RS on stage... Silver Train, just a great demonstration.
Listen to the complete show...
And still you´re saying that Silver Train was "far better" than most of the other songs they performed?
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DandelionPowderman
That can´t be directly linked to Taylor, as MR ALWAYS is one of the high points in the setlist.
That said, Taylor does a great job on MR, and the Tokyo #2-version was brilliant.
I don´t disagree about the on/off, on/off-thing, but find your "the band is far better if only Taylor is on stage"-statement a bit simple.
MR #1, for instance, was nowhere near Out Of Control from the same show - apart from the symbolic and romantic effect of having Taylor back on stage with the band.
Therefore, imo, it has to be about his chance of contributing to the songs (more songs in a row), and of course his tact and sense of timing that will determine if his playing will improve the setlist overall.
Silver Train was a fun experiment, and I hope they´ll give it another go, but unfortunately it wasn´t "far better" than any song in the setlist, except for Doom And Gloom, which was lousy yesterday, imo.
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I mixed your post with Powerage's for some reason, sorry
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Brstonesfan
Well it's obvious to anyone who has any musical ear that MT is still a superb player. We are all use to what KR/RW have been doing so long that we have become complacent or tolerant of the fact that they have moved from a guitar based band in the 70's to a brass and keyboard band the past 2 decades. I think Woody is a much better player than he is allowed to show on stage as his solo shows really have impressed, but he must be muted down imo so as t not show up Keith.
That may perhaps have been true in 1997, but not today. Today, Ronnie works his arse off, playing everything - as Keith isn´t holding down the rhythm as consistantly as he did in the past (that doesn´t mean that he´s not doing a good job).
So, if you watch Ronnie play, you´ll find that he´s playing even more than before.
Or were you thinking about guitar solos only?
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DandelionPowderman
That can´t be directly linked to Taylor, as MR ALWAYS is one of the high points in the setlist.
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DandelionPowderman
That can´t be directly linked to Taylor, as MR ALWAYS is one of the high points in the setlist.
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Did they really play Mister Always in Tokyo? That's awesome!