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paulywaul
OK, so THIS question is addressed to those who were actually THERE, 'armchair critics' need not respond !!
What happened at the beginning of YCAGWYW ? No French horn, and what's his face who normally plays it looked enormously confused as Mick kicked the song off with his acoustic - whereas it's usually Keith who starts it on electric. Anyone else notice this ? Also, the song seemed very stangely off key and until the first chorus at least, the rest of the band only THEN seemed to pick it up ?
That's how I heard it anyway ....
Other viewpoints ?
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DandelionPowderman
Supposedly, Keith was handed a guitar with the capo on the wrong fret for both JJF and YCAGWYW. How could that happen?
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Rollin92
Keith’s solo on SFTD was very good and the most fluid i’ve heard so far this you’re
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paulywaul
OK, so THIS question is addressed to those who were actually THERE, 'armchair critics' need not respond !!
What happened at the beginning of YCAGWYW ? No French horn, and what's his face who normally plays it looked enormously confused as Mick kicked the song off with his acoustic - whereas it's usually Keith who starts it on electric. Anyone else notice this ? Also, the song seemed very stangely off key and until the first chorus at least, the rest of the band only THEN seemed to pick it up ?
That's how I heard it anyway ....
Other viewpoints ?
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bv
I just love this poster, so I added it to the top of this thread.
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paulywaul
OK, so THIS question is addressed to those who were actually THERE, 'armchair critics' need not respond !!
What happened at the beginning of YCAGWYW ? No French horn, and what's his face who normally plays it looked enormously confused as Mick kicked the song off with his acoustic - whereas it's usually Keith who starts it on electric. Anyone else notice this ? Also, the song seemed very stangely off key and until the first chorus at least, the rest of the band only THEN seemed to pick it up ?
That's how I heard it anyway ....
Other viewpoints ?
What happened was - I think Pierre (Keith's guitar tech) messed up and gave him a guitar without a capo (I think Pierre gave Keith the guitar for HTw by mistake). Keith looked st it for a few seconds trying to figure out what song he was supposed to play - and then started playing YVAGWYW in the key of G rather than C. Mick pushed ahead playing in C. Meanwhile backstage I could see Pierre desperately scrambling around trying to get the correct guitar ready for Keith.
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keithsman
It was a great show, better audience than Manchester from where i was Standing, so pleased i got SFM as an opener, Keith was better again, JJF epic after the not so bad start restarted for some reason. Keith great SMU , i'm still convinced he cocks it up as opener on purpose and no one will convince me otherwise.
Lots of energy, they really rock , only downside was disappointed to get YGTS from Keith, fed up with that one and i don't like the way they play GOMC , no guts to it, crap drums.
Looking forward to Twicks, they are getting better all the time, Mick and Keith still deliver the best show on earth
PS. it really is time to drop YCAGWYW, absolute load of bollocks, give me SWAY or CYHMK any day.
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paulywaul
It was the first thing I did when I got to Cardiff ... straight to the merchandising booth and bought this litho !!!
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Green Lady
In spite of the two hiccups described above, that was a powerful and energetic show, with everyone giving it 110%, and I did indeed get to hear that SFM in person, followed by a stadium-shaking IORR/TD/PIB, and then Mick showed us the Cardiff dragon poster before Just Your Fool. I didn't vote for Cloud, but it had everyone singing along, as did Like A Rolling Stone. The muddle at the start of YCAGWYW was made up for by an enthusiastic sing along and noisy extended gospel ending. Six Welsh Stones virgins in my row, and by now they were all up and dancing.
Delighted to get Before They Make Me Run, and a blistering Sympathy solo from Keith before a powerful and memorable Rambler. He nailed SMU (maybe he does do it on purpose...) and then the glitch on JJF which was promptly forgottten as the second attempt was so good. Great crowd: a few empty seats and one or two sections tarped off, but GA crammed full and all singing and clapping and cheering - I should think they could hear us across the Bristol channel.
Sound was LOUD and powerful and Keith very much on form: so was Mick, though I had the impression towards the end that he was very tired but being spurred on by the music to give his all. Right at the end of Satisfaction he gave a "Phew!" of exhaustion, followed immediately by a grin and a small triumphant "yess!".
From our "restricted view" seats we got to see the band walk out to their limos and give them a final cheer and a wave goodbye. So glad I made the last minute decision to come to Cardiff: a beautiful city and a show worth all the hassle of getting to it.
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bv
I just love this poster, so I added it to the top of this thread.
It was the first thing I did when I got to Cardiff ... straight to the merchandising booth and bought this litho !!!