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Sights seen today: Marlon Richards, Patti Hansen, dog, Ronnie and his family.
Hey Topi, same dog as in Hamburg?
Yup! The pouring rain is going to kill all hopes for any autographs...even from the dog.
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frankotero
Hmm, starting to sound like personal preference to me. Nothing wrong with that either. Personally I like Paris2 best. The gigs I saw were Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Arnhem and of course Paris2 my favorite of all. They were all special for different reasons sometimes. For instance I loved the street fest in Arnhem where I got to speak with a few fans. Hamburg of course we got Play With Fire and 22 songs. Dusseldorf was a blistering performance in my opinion. I love them all, but this gig even took my higher.
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crumbling_mice
SFTD shouldn't be retired, it should be re-worked and more dark guitar riffs added and take out the karaoke elements. I'll give Chuck credit for playing better piano on the opening though, it was a real bug bear of mine on the last tour when he played that dreadful intro.
SFTD is one of the greatest Stones songs but has lost it's way a little. It wouldn't take much for Ronnie to play the opening like the GYYAs and Love you live versions and then get a real samba beat going....I reckon Keith could still play a half decent solo on it if he wanted to rather than those awful licks he's squeezed to death on the last few tours.
Seems like it was a good gig and the clips attest to that....certainly the band seemed relaxed and enjoying themselves, Thursday beckons.....then a winter off and back to the good old Uk!
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barbabang
"The Keith I'm seeing now is better than the last part of the ABB tour (although the final three O2 performances then were good);"
I agree with you there IGTBA.
Yes I agree too. The 2007 leg of ABB wasn't great until they got to London.
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crumbling_mice
SFTD shouldn't be retired, it should be re-worked and more dark guitar riffs added and take out the karaoke elements. I'll give Chuck credit for playing better piano on the opening though, it was a real bug bear of mine on the last tour when he played that dreadful intro.
SFTD is one of the greatest Stones songs but has lost it's way a little. It wouldn't take much for Ronnie to play the opening like the GYYAs and Love you live versions and then get a real samba beat going....I reckon Keith could still play a half decent solo on it if he wanted to rather than those awful licks he's squeezed to death on the last few tours.
Seems like it was a good gig and the clips attest to that....certainly the band seemed relaxed and enjoying themselves, Thursday beckons.....then a winter off and back to the good old Uk!
Yes Keith could play a blistering lead solo if he wanted to, but i believe its like a protest, he doesn't like the way its presented now. It was the most shocking Stones song ever, it was the Stones asking if the world's elite through history have been acting out as Lucifer, like are they doing his work, we all have our own take in these lyrics. It had a gut to it, it had anger and frustration combined with Micks incredible arrogance as if he ( or we ) were Lucifer in the lyric.
Now it sounds like a pathetic teenage chorus production from the Pop Idol team with its whiny Whoo whoo and Chuck ping ping keyboard crap.
Keith does actually save this song live with his blistering heavy handed spurts of magic. Keith has also showed he can play the solo when he feels like it on this tour. When he feels like it !!
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crumbling_mice
SFTD shouldn't be retired, it should be re-worked and more dark guitar riffs added and take out the karaoke elements. I'll give Chuck credit for playing better piano on the opening though, it was a real bug bear of mine on the last tour when he played that dreadful intro.
SFTD is one of the greatest Stones songs but has lost it's way a little. It wouldn't take much for Ronnie to play the opening like the GYYAs and Love you live versions and then get a real samba beat going....I reckon Keith could still play a half decent solo on it if he wanted to rather than those awful licks he's squeezed to death on the last few tours.
Seems like it was a good gig and the clips attest to that....certainly the band seemed relaxed and enjoying themselves, Thursday beckons.....then a winter off and back to the good old Uk!
Yes Keith could play a blistering lead solo if he wanted to, but i believe its like a protest, he doesn't like the way its presented now. It was the most shocking Stones song ever, it was the Stones asking if the world's elite through history have been acting out as Lucifer, like are they doing his work, we all have our own take in these lyrics. It had a gut to it, it had anger and frustration combined with Micks incredible arrogance as if he ( or we ) were Lucifer in the lyric.
Now it sounds like a pathetic teenage chorus production from the Pop Idol team with its whiny Whoo whoo and Chuck ping ping keyboard crap.
Keith does actually save this song live with his blistering heavy handed spurts of magic. Keith has also showed he can play the solo when he feels like it on this tour. When he feels like it !!
A bit harsh maybe, but, yes, basically you nailed it. However, Sympathy's worst moment was in 2007 (last London gig, last show of the tour) when family members came on stage stage to do the Woo-Hoo singalongs. That's when Sympathy finally entered the realms of family entertainment. Unbelievable. Could not have happened in 1969!
However, I don't think that Keith is actively "protesting" against the song how it is presented nowadays. I think he is just plain bored and not into it. He just does not take it serious anymore most of the time. But when he's on, he's on.
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MartinB
"Keith could play a blistering lead solo if he wanted to"
Not sure. Probably not.
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"Keith could play a blistering lead solo if he wanted to"
Not sure. Probably not.
Yes absolutely sure, definitely yes.
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Georges
GREAT GIG!
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stone4ever
... but i was under the impression most people from iorr are tired of it after it being played live for all these years.
stone4ever, you may be right. But the total of all iorr-people present at any Stones concert make up less than 1% of the audience. And although this forum should not be about politics - I dislike when it is just about the 1%-people when clearly 99% want sth different.
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crumbling_mice
SFTD shouldn't be retired, it should be re-worked and more dark guitar riffs added and take out the karaoke elements. I'll give Chuck credit for playing better piano on the opening though, it was a real bug bear of mine on the last tour when he played that dreadful intro.
SFTD is one of the greatest Stones songs but has lost it's way a little. It wouldn't take much for Ronnie to play the opening like the GYYAs and Love you live versions and then get a real samba beat going....I reckon Keith could still play a half decent solo on it if he wanted to rather than those awful licks he's squeezed to death on the last few tours.
Seems like it was a good gig and the clips attest to that....certainly the band seemed relaxed and enjoying themselves, Thursday beckons.....then a winter off and back to the good old Uk!
Yes Keith could play a blistering lead solo if he wanted to, but i believe its like a protest, he doesn't like the way its presented now. It was the most shocking Stones song ever, it was the Stones asking if the world's elite through history have been acting out as Lucifer, like are they doing his work, we all have our own take in these lyrics. It had a gut to it, it had anger and frustration combined with Micks incredible arrogance as if he ( or we ) were Lucifer in the lyric.
Now it sounds like a pathetic teenage chorus production from the Pop Idol team with its whiny Whoo whoo and Chuck ping ping keyboard crap.
Keith does actually save this song live with his blistering heavy handed spurts of magic. Keith has also showed he can play the solo when he feels like it on this tour. When he feels like it !!
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35love
Thank you thank you for this outstanding close up recording
‘Hate To See You Go’
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My favorite of the evening.
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Hairball
From Dean Goodman:
"we got easily the most enjoyable show of the tour...Those who chose Paris #2 as their sole show chose wisely"
That's the way it came across even all the way from my couch in California following it online, and later via youtube videos.
"What no one expected was that we would get a new opener - just as I was almost getting used to the limp handshake of "Sympathy for the Devil."
Clearly you want to open with a bang because it sets the tone for the rest of the show, and nothing bangs like "Jumpin' Jack Flash."'
Amen.
"Sympathy as opener equates to limp handshake - nice way of putting it Dean.
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35love
Hairball I’m in Sacramento airport waiting for luggage
It’s too late to push off our English mates for a show boo hooo
I don’t say this much but my man is a mighty good man taking me to Paris and the
Stones later