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elmahore
Hey Nikkei - i agree with you i just thought he crowd woulda been jiivin a little more! But i do agree with you!
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elmahore
Hey Nikkei - i agree with you i just thought he crowd woulda been jiivin a little more! But i do agree with you!
Well what can you do. We did have some wild crowds last summer in Europe, but I trust they know the demographics in their respective markets. Thus, seats on the field.
Sincerely hope it doesn't affect the performance energy (we know they feed on it)
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laertisflash
I think you' re rihgt, yeababyyea. The particular version of "Brown Sugar" is excellent.
How come, is there something special you like about this version?
Keith's on form. He hits the strings much harder than he usually does on Brown Sugar, and keeps on riffing through the whole song. Sometimes he stops playing when Mick starts to sing, then it sounds a bit flat as you only hear Chuck's lonely keyboard behind Mick.
The tempo of the song is also slightly faster than last year, imo.
Overall, the whole band is ''on''.
The only weak link is Mick singing, he should be more in key.
And I could do without Lisa's tiresome backing vocals.
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You guys seriously enjoy that performance? It's the same version theyve done since 1989. And some showman shite with Lisa pretending to kiss Keith. Geez.
Go find a board with a band YOU like. This place is for Stones fans.
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Just been going through these 18 pages and gotta say I thought it was a great setlist for a stadium show.
No complaints from me if I had been there.
Gotta say though I would want a half decent seat or preferably standing, less than 100 metres away from the stage. I wouldn't fancy being in a crap seat in the rafters or anywhere too far away and up high though. Would take a lot of the enjoyment out of it ,even with those huge screens.
Hope some youtube clips appear in next day or two
Big thanks to Nikkei for all the pics and running commentary. You did a great job. Well done.
Thank You for appreciating it.
But I sure hope that for the upcoming shows Cristiano will be on the job again, as the time difference for us Europeans is quite nasty
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JackHampshire
On Monday evening, my visiting out-of-town friends and I went to the Grand Del Mar in hopes of meeting someone in the band. We were very fortunate to find Chuck Leavell and his wife in the bar, alone, and they were very happy to talk to us about the San Diego show, what worked, what didn't, and what songs should be dropped!
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JackHampshire
On Monday evening, my visiting out-of-town friends and I went to the Grand Del Mar in hopes of meeting someone in the band. We were very fortunate to find Chuck Leavell and his wife in the bar, alone, and they were very happy to talk to us about the San Diego show, what worked, what didn't, and what songs should be dropped!
Thanks, Jack.
Anything useful besides the fake hotel warning to offer up?
(eg- what songs should be dropped, what worked, what didn't)
Understand that now that you've identified Chuck you may not want to break his confidence, but a way to actually share interesting info might have been to attribute it to a support person, an insider.. etc.
As it stands now, it's likely only interesting to you.
And your friends and family.
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By the way, that wasn't the real hotel, so don't bother trying to find them!
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I was just sharing our good fortune and the fact that Chuck is a very charming Southern gentleman. When you have the chance to meet someone in the band, it's something to share with others that might care. That's all.