Re: PAINT IT, BLACK as opening song?
Date: July 30, 2005 16:09
This is a great thread, because I've recently myself been thinking about what they might be opening with when the tour starts, and I haven't really been able to come up with anything - at least nothing that hasn't been used before.
To me, the Stones always open best with a bang. The lights dim, people start ya-hooing, there's usually some kind of a bolt of lightning or thunderflash - and there they are! And the first sound you hear is usually one of KR's clangy killer chords or power riffs. It suffices to say that theirs is usually a grand entrance in the finest tradition, and the tempo of the song does I think very much set the tone.
The song they used to great effect I thought was in 81/82. If you take in the album version of Under my Thumb, you could easily be forgiven for overlooking its potential as an opener. But they didn't, and what an opener it was - absolutely fantastic !!
I haven't heard ANYTHING off the new album, so I can't comment on RJ or anything else that might be on it, but looking at the catalogue to date, I really can't identify a single song. I find that quite strange really. It'll make the tour even more exciting for me though, because I have total confidence in the boys that whatever it turns out to be, it'll hit the spot !!