Good question. Keith has stated that it was a 'crappy' record. Perhaps Keith doesn't like Cloud because he didn't play lead on it. Brian did. I have noticed that the Stones generally tend to avoid playing on tour hits that largely featured Brian's skills (ie. Cloud, The Last Time, I Wanna Be Your Man, Little Red Rooster, PIB, Under My Thumb, It's All Over Now, etc.). Yes, I know they are now playing PIB and Ruby Tuesday on the present tour, but they were rarely played before. Going back to Cloud, that would be a great song for the Stones to perform live now. It's catchy and energetic, and the fans would certainly get into it during the chorus. It's too bad they don't play it more often . . .
Rockman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They gave it a fair hammering thru the 70's > ....last played on on Bridges 1999. > > ROCKMAN
since 1967, they only played it in 1975-76 as part of a medley with If You cant rock me
only time since was a few No security shows (on the b-stage) and then at the start of the Euro tour that followed. Thats the only time since the 60's its been played in its own right
I don't know about anyone else, but if you've ever tried to sing Get Off of My Cloud, it's pretty damn tough to keep up with all those lyrics without slowing down the tempo.