Is the intro done by one of the guitarplayers? Or still piano? And do they still use that horrible clicktrack and fake percussion? Or is it more like 75/76?.
RnT

Charlie's playing the straight beat along with the percussion track, right from the start. When Mick sings the first line, you get a chord on the guitar and piano. It's a better start than it's been on recent tours.

it's not a fake drum, judging by what I hear on the bit torrent download. Charlie opens with the drum, and I believe he is supported by a live player - possibly Bernard or Blondie. But, I don't hear that insipid electronic drum loop anymore.

Thats what I hear too

Very unusual vocal. Mick sort of 'speaks' the opening verse almost like a monologue instead of singing it



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2005-08-25 18:30 by Gazza.

No, & the atmospheric percussion at the start is pretty well overwhemed once the band kicks in - again the guitarists on fire, Mick ditto, far less bombastic than '89 - '03 versions, & better overall than LYL. The band sounds natural & powerful.

T&A Wrote:
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> it's not a fake drum, judging by what I hear on
> the bit torrent download. Charlie opens with the
> drum, and I believe he is supported by a live
> player - possibly Bernard or Blondie. But, I don't
> hear that insipid electronic drum loop anymore.

It's there, but it's buried. I was at Tuesday's show and you could definitely hear it but Charlie was much louder.

The recording from Sunday doesn't really pick up the percussion track too well but I could pick it out because I knew what it sounded like on Tuesday.

any chance what you're hearing (and heard live) wasn't a loop but a support player playing percussion? That's definitely what I believe I'm hearing....

T&A Wrote:
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> any chance what you're hearing (and heard live)
> wasn't a loop but a support player playing
> percussion? That's definitely what I believe I'm
> hearing....

Could be....I wasn't that close, but it sure sounded like the usual backing to me, just buried in the mix. I didn't see any extra percussion on stage. Those sounds would have to be made with full size congas which I probably would have noticed, but like I said I didn't have the bset view. Either way, it sounded good.

right-o - whether real or memorex, this arrangement has a lot more "balls" to it than anytime in recent history...