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DandelionPowderman
They had to re-start it. Maybe it wasn't the first time?
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DandelionPowderman
They had to re-start it. Maybe it wasn't the first time?
It's as good a guess as any, DP. He could have just meant that something about the beginning was tricky from a technical pt of view and they had flubbed it before and had to start over. In the context of Altamonte, I always assumed that by 'something funny' he meant some sort of disturbance.
I haven't heard every show on the 69 tour but have heard most of them and don't recall any similar false-starts. But anything's possible.
Perhaps some of our 1969 or Altamont experts might have different recollections. Or I could just email Stanley Booth.
Could also be that the remark really meant nothing. Just something he said to try to defuse things in a moment of incredible tension ...
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MisterDDDD
I think it was Mick trying to defuse the tension of the moment.
The whole band, but particularly Mick- had to be filled with such stress/fear.. damn. They handled it about as well as they could, particularly (again) Mick as he had a better view of it all (and the added stress of a couple different dudes on the side- looking like they may take him out at any second. Again, damn.
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Mathijs
I wouldn't rely on the Gimme Shelter editing of what happened, but listen to the audience tape.
Jagger comes across as frightened during Gimme Shelter, whereas on the audience tape he sounds much more in charge, swearing at the Hells Angels. He was much more in charge and on the ball that how he appears in the film.
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Mathijs
I wouldn't rely on the Gimme Shelter editing of what happened, but listen to the audience tape.
Jagger comes across as frightened during Gimme Shelter, whereas on the audience tape he sounds much more in charge, swearing at the Hells Angels. He was much more in charge and on the ball that how he appears in the film.
Mathijs
Agreed. The movie tries to escalate tensions for cinematic value.
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Boognish
Wasn't there a moment during the recording of the song when some lights fell or something and a fire started in the studio? Perhaps that was what Mick was referring to?