Getting ready for Berlin with my 14 year old son,
we just watched CH, and it is indeed a fantastic
storytelling. My son didn´t understand everything of
the mumbling, but the pictures really give a great
impression of what was going on in the 60/70s and
what a great band they are/were.

Now he´s ready!!!

Sounds familiar, TooTough. I watched Crossfire Hurricane last spring with my then 14 year old son before we went to the DC concert. We had a great time together and now he's a big fan. Have a great time and be sure to take a picture of the two of you together.

Adorable photo Late Bloomer! Will be long admired in your family archives.

latebloomer...passing it on!
Great shot!

Thanks stonesrule and TooTough, for the kind words. I love that pic because it reminds me of how much fun we had. Between the three concerts I went to last year, I was able to take my whole family, including my two sisters. It's wonderful to be able to pass on your love for the Stones to the next generation. I'm sure you'll make some special memories with your son too TooTough, especially in a beautiful city like Berlin.

Watched it when it aired with my dad. We loved it even though we pretty much already knew everything. Basically kept saying, as we usually do, when watching stuff about the Stones, "how the hell didn't these guys die?!"

We later went to go see them about 6 months later, after much convincing from me when I finally pulled $90 tickets. It was my second time seeing them and his 4th and they just blew us away. An incredible bonding experience for us and we both agreed it was one of the better concerts we've ever seen. Hope you have a great time with your son! The price for me was made just watching my dad so happy and knowing this wasn't a waste of money, even if they were the cheapies and he kept saying we didn't need to go.

It´s actually his 3rd show...
the 1st Cologne ´99 (in Mummy´s womb),
2007 in Hamburg (age 7, with earplugs) and Berlin now.

But this time it´s the first "real deal".

Sounds like you two are in for a good time!

Haha, I have the same shirt as your son!

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Sounds familiar, TooTough. I watched Crossfire Hurricane last spring with my then 14 year old son before we went to the DC concert. We had a great time together and now he's a big fan. Have a great time and be sure to take a picture of the two of you together.

That's a nice idea.
And I don't know what you mean with late but it all looks blooming!

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Sounds familiar, TooTough. I watched Crossfire Hurricane last spring with my then 14 year old son before we went to the DC concert. We had a great time together and now he's a big fan. Have a great time and be sure to take a picture of the two of you together.

That's a nice idea.
And I don't know what you mean with late but it all looks blooming!

Thanks Dreamer, nice of you to say. It's late, as in always late to the party, or in this case, late to the Stones. I loved them in my youth and then got into other music and didn't rediscover the band until a few years ago.
I've always thought it would be fun to have a thread about how members came up with their user name. Some of them are easy to figure out, but some are quite mysterious. For instance, based on your posts, I would never have taken you for the head-in-the-clouds, day-dreamer type.

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Sounds familiar, TooTough. I watched Crossfire Hurricane last spring with my then 14 year old son before we went to the DC concert. We had a great time together and now he's a big fan. Have a great time and be sure to take a picture of the two of you together.

That's a nice idea.
And I don't know what you mean with late but it all looks blooming!

Thanks Dreamer, nice of you to say. It's late, as in always late to the party, or in this case, late to the Stones. I loved them in my youth and then got into other music and didn't rediscover the band until a few years ago.
I've always thought it would be fun to have a thread about how members came up with their user name. Some of them are easy to figure out, but some are quite mysterious. For instance, based on your posts, I would never have taken you for the head-in-the-clouds, day-dreamer type.

Well thank you latebloomer for your kind reaction. And for your late story.

Hmm you wouldn't would you? Well I guess I'm a complicated kind of guy with lots of contradictions. I like reality as much as making new scenarios. That's because I like to write which is part of my work and I just like it for day-dreaming as well. At the same time I hate it when people change reality (too much ) in their daily life; you have to live your life and take it as it comes...deal with it; winning the lottery or losing your job.
Ok so what kind of type did you think I was?

Ok so what kind of type did you think I was?

You don't want to know, Dreamer. But, it doesn't matter any more, first impressions can be deceiving, and all that...we're good now, I think.

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Sounds familiar, TooTough. I watched Crossfire Hurricane last spring with my then 14 year old son before we went to the DC concert. We had a great time together and now he's a big fan. Have a great time and be sure to take a picture of the two of you together.

Nice to see.

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Ok so what kind of type did you think I was?

You don't want to know, Dreamer. But, it doesn't matter any more, first impressions can be deceiving, and all that...we're good now, I think.

I never mind knowing. It's a way to get to know more about yourself.

Yeah I knew we were gonna be: had a day-dream about that
I like your honest conclusion!

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I concur

I also.

I'm taking an old schoolfriend to the Berlin show, it will be her first time--not quite the same as sharing with family members, but still feels good to inflict one of my musical passions on someone else!

Thanks, everyone.

Aqua, inflicting your musical passion is exactly right - hopefully your friend will be a convert. Both my daughters went to the 2013 concerts too, but the Stones only took with my son. It's so nice to have someone in the family who will listen to their music with me and also tolerate all my Stones teachings.

RollingFreak, great story about you and your Dad.

Stickybanquet, the shirt is actually mine. I bought it at the 2012 Newark show, and it was too big, so I let my son wear it for the concert.

I expect to see pics of all of you after the shows!

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It's wonderful to be able to pass on your love for the Stones to the next generation.

Indeed! My oldest son is 3. I was playing Shattered on the CD player. He wasn't that interested, but when the "What a mess..." part came, I belted it out and drummed it on my knees good and hard. He says, "do it again!. So of course I do it Again and again. Now, when there's a mess of toys or whatever around, all I have to do is say, "What a mess!", and he responds, "This town's in tatters.....nails is all the way through the shidoobee part. Good times.

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Sounds familiar, TooTough. I watched Crossfire Hurricane last spring with my then 14 year old son before we went to the DC concert. We had a great time together and now he's a big fan. Have a great time and be sure to take a picture of the two of you together.

That's a nice idea.
And I don't know what you mean with late but it all looks blooming!

Thanks Dreamer, nice of you to say. It's late, as in always late to the party, or in this case, late to the Stones. I loved them in my youth and then got into other music and didn't rediscover the band until a few years ago.
I've always thought it would be fun to have a thread about how members came up with their user name. Some of them are easy to figure out, but some are quite mysterious. For instance, based on your posts, I would never have taken you for the head-in-the-clouds, day-dreamer type.

We did it a few years ago, latebloomer - maybe it's time it was updated?

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