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Jfk19562003
What the hell are they dropping out of the helicopter?
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Palace Revolution 2000
The songs that were dubbed in - obviously not from the 78 tour, and Monkey Man and CYHMK are from post 89. We have a thread going on Pg 1 about when Keith's playing deteriorated. I can say he's alright on those two late era cuts.
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SKILLS
Cool footage, love the crowd. Must've been wild. Probably half the audience are on Quaaludes and peyote... I've read accounts of the crowds being like a dribbling drooling mess by the end of the first support band with the deluge of narcotics sweeping across society at the time. The Blizzard was just beginning.
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Palace Revolution 2000
The songs that were dubbed in - obviously not from the 78 tour, and Monkey Man and CYHMK are from post 89. We have a thread going on Pg 1 about when Keith's playing deteriorated. I can say he's alright on those two late era cuts.
We should start referring to Keith's playing as pre-Fiji and post-Fiji. We lost the old Keith when he fell from that tree.
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john lomax
I can't play it - when I click the link it says "video not playable"??
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getdown
So the 1978 concert at the Oakland Coliseum was on Mick's birthday and from the helicopter they dropped ping pong balls that said "Happy Birthday Mick"...
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edkeef
Does anyone know if any professional filming took place?
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edkeef
WOW!!! So cool to see this! I was there that day!
This was actually my second Rolling Stones concert, the first being 3 days earlier in Anaheim, as initially, there was not going to be a Bay Area show at all.
The time in between the last opening band and the Stones was nearly 2 hours and the crowd was getting restless!(we later heard due to happy birthday Mick partying backstage).
Seemingly out of nowhere, we hear and see helicopters circling above the stadium.... having no idea why they were there and what they were doing....,
All of a sudden they start dropping something out the side door down upon the crowd! We have no idea! Immediately different colored ping pong balls start raining down all over the stadium!
What was scary, however, were what appeared to be people parachuting down with the ping pong balls. Except there were no parachutes opening. Seriously, we thought there were people falling to the ground! Only to find out they were life size blow up dolls! Greatest opening moments of any Rolling Stones concert ever!!!
And then ripping into "Let it Rock", which, at the time, had no idea what song that actually was!
Does anyone know if any professional filming took place? I would imagine if that was the case, something would have leaked out through the years!
My hope would be eventually The Stones release all available soundboards from all the tours as at least downloads. Cash flow Mick, if you need any other reason! While many would argue most erratic tour, my "virgin" tour, and while others would rather have more rehearsed and professional performances, I will take drunk and sloppy Rolling Stones from this era anytime. This and the 81-82 tours were the last ones where you can still feel passion and fire, playing as if there was something still left to prove.
Thanks so much for sharing this great memory.