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How does it compare to other great shows from the past?
Hard to say. It's probably in the top 3 since 2012.
Maybe in top 500 shows of their whole career, who knows.
But there were plenty of ''great shows'' 1962-2007.
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Elmo Lewis
How does it compare to other great shows from the past?
Hard to say. It's probably in the top 3 since 2012.
Maybe in top 500 shows of their whole career, who knows.
But there were plenty of ''great shows'' 1962-2007.
Have to disagree.
Atlanta was a GREAT show, but not outstanding.
Sure, they played some songs that they rarely do - and they did perform them very well too, I might add. But the so called warhorses were not performed any better or worse than normally. Well, Start Me Up sounded fresh. Tumbling Dice was a very good version. But Midnight Rambler was almost a train wreck at times, it sounded nothing like it normally does. I don't know what went wrong, but Keith messed up Happy and Rambler so much that he disappeared from stage and was not back before halfway through the first verse of Miss You. Brown Sugar, Sympathy, YCAGWYW and Satisfaction sounded just like I would expect. No more, no less - which means it was great versions, but certainly not top 3 since 2012! But that's just my opinion. Still, I'll have to say, that Knocking and Gotta Move was worth the admission price alone.
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Elmo Lewis
How does it compare to other great shows from the past?
Hard to say. It's probably in the top 3 since 2012.
Maybe in top 500 shows of their whole career, who knows.
But there were plenty of ''great shows'' 1962-2007.
Have to disagree.
Atlanta was a GREAT show, but not outstanding.
Sure, they played some songs that they rarely do - and they did perform them very well too, I might add. But the so called warhorses were not performed any better or worse than normally. Well, Start Me Up sounded fresh. Tumbling Dice was a very good version. But Midnight Rambler was almost a train wreck at times, it sounded nothing like it normally does. I don't know what went wrong, but Keith messed up Happy and Rambler so much that he disappeared from stage and was not back before halfway through the first verse of Miss You. Brown Sugar, Sympathy, YCAGWYW and Satisfaction sounded just like I would expect. No more, no less - which means it was great versions, but certainly not top 3 since 2012! But that's just my opinion. Still, I'll have to say, that Knocking and Gotta Move was worth the admission price alone.
Ok, thanks for you first hand perspective. I didn't attend the show, I just thought it sounded better on recording than many of the gigs I've attended since 2012. Actually there has been a very large number of mediocre shows the last years. I thought this one was special because of the setlist. JJF and SMU sounds fantastic on the recording I downloaded from Atlanta, noticeably better than they did at many other shows. Haven't listened through the whole show yet though.
What shows since 2012 would you suggest was better than Atlanta?
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tonyc
How about a comparison to other Atlanta shows? I went to #1 in 1994, 1997, 2002, 2006 and 2015. Setlists may have been longer/better at other shows but musicianship I think 2015 is hard to beat.
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Nikkei
Bit redundant at this point, but here's the best YGM recording as of now:
taken from the complete-show recording uploaded by Jsw113 [www.youtube.com]
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alieb
Hey Nikkei, could you make a campaign like this on twitter for #I Got The Blues before Buffalo?
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Hey Nikkei, could you make a campaign like this on twitter for #I Got The Blues before Buffalo?
Won't hurt to try... but I got no idea how to turn the song title into a request.
"Hey Stones, I got the blues!" would be dishonest as I'm quite happy with them at the moment. They got to move, after all
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getting there... You have to keep in mind that Keith did mention YGM as a likely candidate in his RS interview.
(of course I like to imagine that push came to shove when they saw all those Fav and RTs)
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but Keith messed up Happy and Rambler so much that he disappeared from stage and was not back before halfway through the first verse of Miss You. .
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but Keith messed up Happy and Rambler so much that he disappeared from stage and was not back before halfway through the first verse of Miss You. .
"Debugging" the performance perhaps?
peace
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but Keith messed up Happy and Rambler so much that he disappeared from stage and was not back before halfway through the first verse of Miss You. .
"Debugging" the performance perhaps?
peace
Don't get me wrong, Keith was on fire most of the show!!
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How about a comparison to other Atlanta shows? I went to #1 in 1994, 1997, 2002, 2006 and 2015. Setlists may have been longer/better at other shows but musicianship I think 2015 is hard to beat.
Hmm, I can clearly say that the 1997 and 2002 shows were better without even attending them or listening to the bootlegs. When it comes to musicianship they are not even close to what they were 15 years ago. If you disagree with that you are fooling yourself. It's nothing strange either, since they're older now. Nobody expects Chuck Berry to play like he did 15 years ago.
In 2006 they were largely inconsistent , some shows were great, some were disastrous. So it's hard to say, I will have to seek out a bootleg.
The 1994-tour has been said to have been a ''going thru the motions'' tour. I will have to listen to a recording.
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angee
Just caught Satisfaction here, which I didn't hear the night of the show online:
Excellent version, with a great crowd response to it and the final bows!
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Poor video whiner just move your fan heart into a live show.
Leave the dagerous drug of "Judging by Video".
It disturbs your fan heart.
WE NEED YOU here as a healthy, positive, real rocking and rolling fan.
Make a U-turn and come back.
Take it easy.
I saw them perform All Down The Line LIVE in concert in Stockholm 2014, with the same slow tempo as in Atlanta, and it was very weak. All I could think of was ''PLAY FASTER, PLAY FASTER goddammit''.
I feel no need to stay healthy or positive when there's nothing to be positive about.
With that said, I still think they're playing most of their songs better now in 2015 than they did in 2012.
you are not supposed to have any discretion, you are supposed to love everything. Anything less is a whine. it's the new rules.