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Silver Dagger
I was there and it was the finest Stones concert I have seen since the 70s. Brixton and Shepherds Bush were great but the sense of occasion and expectation at this magical festival was immense and the Stones lived up to it in every way.
It kind of reminded me of how they changed their set around a bit at Knebworth - no one could second guess that they would drop in 2000 Light Years From Home or play that funny version of Factory Girl/Glastonbury Girl. Mick Taylor absolutely shone and the whole band interacted as if their lives depended on it.
It wasn't an ordinary Stones tour gig - it was beyond that. Totally magical.
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Silver Dagger
I was there and it was the finest Stones concert I have seen since the 70s. Brixton and Shepherds Bush were great but the sense of occasion and expectation at this magical festival was immense and the Stones lived up to it in every way.
It kind of reminded me of how they changed their set around a bit at Knebworth - no one could second guess that they would drop in 2000 Light Years From Home or play that funny version of Factory Girl/Glastonbury Girl. Mick Taylor absolutely shone and the whole band interacted as if their lives depended on it.
It wasn't an ordinary Stones tour gig - it was beyond that. Totally magical.
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Silver Dagger
I was there and it was the finest Stones concert I have seen since the 70s. Brixton and Shepherds Bush were great but the sense of occasion and expectation at this magical festival was immense and the Stones lived up to it in every way.
It kind of reminded me of how they changed their set around a bit at Knebworth - no one could second guess that they would drop in 2000 Light Years From Home or play that funny version of Factory Girl/Glastonbury Girl. Mick Taylor absolutely shone and the whole band interacted as if their lives depended on it.
It wasn't an ordinary Stones tour gig - it was beyond that. Totally magical.
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theimposter
I ended up watching nearly the entire thing last night. I can't believe I never bothered to before, because what a performance! Everybody tight and in control, this was the true Rolling Stones. I am shocked it never got an official release.
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HMS
The pirate was an employee of the BBC, I guess.
CYHMK at Glastonbury was good, but imo a even better almost stellar version can be found on Sticky Fingers Live.
Good to have the Glastonbury show anyway.
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TheGreek
Sticky Fingers live does not have Mick Taylor
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HMS
The pirate was an employee of the BBC, I guess.
CYHMK at Glastonbury was good, but imo a even better almost stellar version can be found on Sticky Fingers Live.
Good to have the Glastonbury show anyway.
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HMS
The pirate was an employee of the BBC, I guess.
CYHMK at Glastonbury was good, but imo a even better almost stellar version can be found on Sticky Fingers Live.
Good to have the Glastonbury show anyway.
HMS, I'm beginning to wonder if you just perceive things differently than just about everybody, or if you think ALWAYS going against conventional wisdom somehow makes you cooler than the rest of us. The Fonda version of CYHMK is great! Ronnie does an admirable job, as does the sax player, who kind of bails Ronnie out at the end of the jam.
BUT...the Glastonbury version is epic! MT's solo adheres to his original theme, while at the same time offering just enough new, improvised phrases to take this classic jam to the fringes. And...you have Bobby Keys, nailing it as well!! This is just one Bill Wyman short of the original lineup that broke into this one-take (supposedly) masterpiece studio jam in the first place. CYHMK at Glastonbury is one of my all-time favorite live Stones recordings, all of the magic is there. (insert IMO disclaimer here!)
I really enjoy Sticky Fingers Live, but I often wonder what it would have sounded like if they had done it when they could have had Wyman, Taylor and Bobby Keys all on the same stage!
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HMS
The pirate was an employee of the BBC, I guess.
CYHMK at Glastonbury was good, but imo a even better almost stellar version can be found on Sticky Fingers Live.
Good to have the Glastonbury show anyway.
HMS, I'm beginning to wonder if you just perceive things differently than just about everybody, or if you think ALWAYS going against conventional wisdom somehow makes you cooler than the rest of us. The Fonda version of CYHMK is great! Ronnie does an admirable job, as does the sax player, who kind of bails Ronnie out at the end of the jam.
BUT...the Glastonbury version is epic! MT's solo adheres to his original theme, while at the same time offering just enough new, improvised phrases to take this classic jam to the fringes. And...you have Bobby Keys, nailing it as well!! This is just one Bill Wyman short of the original lineup that broke into this one-take (supposedly) masterpiece studio jam in the first place. CYHMK at Glastonbury is one of my all-time favorite live Stones recordings, all of the magic is there. (insert IMO disclaimer here!)
I really enjoy Sticky Fingers Live, but I often wonder what it would have sounded like if they had done it when they could have had Wyman, Taylor and Bobby Keys all on the same stage!
HMS likes bad music. Bad albums. Can't tell the difference between Bill Wyman and Darryl Jones. Of course he thinks Mick Taylor sucks.
The real question is: how in hell can you be "beginning to wonder"? HMS is obdurate and, posing as a Stones fan aside, is ossified: the epitome of a troll.
No serious and true Stones fan in their right mind thinks their worst album is "great" (the equivalent of someone wanting fruitcake for christmas) and that one of their greatest albums is 6th best or not very good and that Bobby Keys sucks and on and on and on. Even a Ron Wood fan can recognize that, as well as he may have played the CYHMK solo at any show, it's just not very good. Ronnie's not suited for that kind of soloing. If it was 1975 maybe he could play it better since he was much better then.
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GasLightStreet
Yes. There were. Your observation is spot on, too. It is rather messy. Why they don't do the intro properly is a bit odd as well.
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GasLightStreet
It's just not as good as Taylor's playing, Ronnie.
That's all it's about. Everyone knows who the current band member is that does the solo and has been the solo since 2002, with the exception being the Mick Taylor guest appearance tours.
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Tate
Yikes... Always fun to watch MT with the Stones, but this version is a bit of a mess! The band is playing faster than Charlie's tempo for the first 3 minutes, and they miss the break (Mick yell's "here we go!" to cue everyone, but it's just a tad late), then there is clearly an overlap of BK's solo into MT's solo that looks super awkward. Toward the end of MT's lovely solo he is trying to get Keith's attention, and everybody's, and finally has to turn completely arround to cue everyone about the ending. I'm not typically a dweller of the negative, but while every MT appearance on that tour was special, ooh, this one is a little tough for me to watch! It all just seems startlingly unrehearsed and not very tight. I apologize for the criticism among so much praise-- Don't get me wrong, I loved this tour and the shows I saw in Boston... but weren't there much better, tighter versions of CYHMK than this?