Are there any Stones concerts that you regret you couldn't see it for whatever reason? For me, I wish I could have been at a concert in their first year in the Crawdaddy club. I also almost missed the Paradiso concert. There was a radio contest and listeners could win a ticket by playing Angie through the telephone. So I called, got through, got my guitar ready and waited until it was my turn. Then the guy on the other side of the line said "Oh, I'm sorry, we already have someone else, bye".

So instead I went to a big field where they put up an outdoor screen...

i went to the opener for b2b and missed day 2. i was told day 2 was much smoother and they played she's a rainbow!

had a chance (long story) to see the Oakland Barbarians show...that would have been a hoot....

should of gone to the l.a. forum show in '75....at least i made up for it in '78 (better tour anyway)

Leonard Keringer Wrote:
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> should of gone to the l.a. forum show in '75....at
> least i made up for it in '78 (better tour anyway)


blasphemy! the la 75 gigs are amongst the best shows the Stones ever did and you know it!

Don't fret, J.J. Flash...while the second night was better She's A Rainbow was just a novelty.

For my part I wish I could have seen them live in '75.

T&A Wrote:
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> Leonard Keringer Wrote:
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> > should of gone to the l.a. forum show in
> '75....at
> > least i made up for it in '78 (better tour
> anyway)
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> blasphemy! the la 75 gigs are amongst the best
> shows the Stones ever did and you know it!


nonsense son.....'78 was a more focused & purposeful tour behind the some girls lp...i also enjoy the '75 tour however: play handsome girls, then play l.a. friday night....and come back...'75 stones werent running on all cylinders yet...'78 they were tuned up and ready to go with ronnie broken in...best wishes stoners

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> blasphemy! the la 75 gigs are amongst the best
> shows the Stones ever did and you know it!


what a joke!!!...anything from '69 to '73 blows '75 out of the water (especially jaggers '75 mumbled rasta vocals)



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there were many duds during '75, true (as they were in '78) - but not the LA run. I'll take 7/13/05 over ANY '78 show - and yeah the 78 KBFH shows are among my alltime favorites. And, Leonard - I'm putting the MT era aside for the purpose of this discussion (but, I agree with you).

There are some.

- in 1990 I drove all the way to london to see them at wembley, but K hurt his finger and the show was cancelled (apparently this was the first time in their whole career)

- in 1995 I drove to paris and just missed the first show. the second was a blast under pouring rain though. Bad thing was that I had an entry for the Olympia some days later but had to return to milano for work.

- in 1997 not one but two shows in a row were cancelled at Milano. Had to go to see them in london

- in 2002/3 i would have sold my sisters virginity to get in a club show, but no way: I could not find the time off from work to camp out of the box offices hoping to find a ticket. out of desperation I arrived to offer 1,000 usd to someone, but that was not enough. at the time that amount sounded huge. now its only double of face value. blame inflation?

C

Missed the Stones in 75 due to my stupidity.

Non-Stones - Missed Stevie Ray Vaughn because I went with a girlfriend to see Cyndi Lauper. Please form a line to kick my ass!

liddas Wrote:
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> > There are some.
>
> - in 1990 I drove all the way to london to see
> them at wembley, but K hurt his finger and the
> show was cancelled (apparently this was the first
> time in their whole career)
>
> - in 1995 I drove to paris and just missed the
> first show. the second was a blast under pouring
> rain though. Bad thing was that I had an entry for
> the Olympia some days later but had to return to
> milano for work.
>
> - in 1997 not one but two shows in a row were
> cancelled at Milano. Had to go to see them in
> london
>
> - in 2002/3 i would have sold my sisters virginity
> to get in a club show, but no way: I could not
> find the time off from work to camp out of the box
> offices hoping to find a ticket. out of
> desperation I arrived to offer 1,000 usd to
> someone, but that was not enough. at the time that
> amount sounded huge. now its only double of face
> value. blame inflation?
>
> C


Oh, it's very sad!

But, tell me, what your job is? Are you the Prime Minister? On the basis of keith's quote: "If you have problems with attending a Stones show because of work, quit your job"

Vredenburg. Had tickets to the Kuip and Ahoy, would have been cool to have seen the theatre show aswell.

I'm 0-for-2 on JJ Cale - still hope I get a chance to see him. Had tix twice - first time in late 70's, I got the stomach-flu while standing in line to get in - wound up vomiting violently all nite (more information than you need). The second time in '94 in SF - my friend started puking just before the show started (let's just say it wasn't the stomach flu) and had to take him home.

T&A Wrote:
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> in '94 in SF - my friend started puking just
> before the show started (let's just say it wasn't
> the stomach flu) and had to take him home.

Would you take your friend home when it is the Stones?

Good question. Since he doesn't read this board often, I can confidently say: NO.

I was throwing up (Jack Daniels flu) the first time I saw the Stones (Orlando 81, during Van Halen's set). Nobody would have taken me home even if I'd have wanted to go!

Wow - it was that same "strain" of flu my buddy caught at the Cale show! what a coincidence! ;-)

t&a wrote:

> I'll take 7/13/05 over ANY '78 show - and yeah the 78 KBFH shows are among my alltime favorites. And, Leonard - I'm putting the MT era aside for the purpose of this discussion (but, I agree with you).


they never played on july 13, 2005.

7/13/75 - that work better for you, mister Anal Retentive?

Reptile Wrote:
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> Vredenburg. Had tickets to the Kuip and Ahoy,
> would have been cool to have seen the theatre show
> aswell.

You could have been there !!
I hadn't a ticket also, but drove after Ahoy straight to Utrecht, and slept all night on the streets.
The next day, they sold tickets at the door twice; I was in the second selling, got my ticket for € 50,- at 8 o'clock PM.
It was if I had won the lottery.

> I hadn't a ticket also, but drove after Ahoy
> straight to Utrecht, and slept all night on the
> streets.
> The next day, they sold tickets at the door twice;
> I was in the second selling, got my ticket for €
> 50,- at 8 o'clock PM.
> It was if I had won the lottery.
>

same with me, but i was on the 1st section, so i got my ticket at 3pm or so...

Yeah! I missed the Stones 82 European tour, because of my wife...............

you been there allllllllllright this show fascinated me have the boots grown young with them the first half of the show jagger does not talk oh man tell me is the crowd boeing before miss you begins? and all those shoes and grass dream about this show

July 4, 1975 - Memphis, Tn. My next door neighbor had an extra ticket but my mother would not let me go - I was eleven. - Still not over that. I had to wait till '78.

I regret not hopping on a plane to Oakland 11/12/02, which was briefly considered. And 9/25/97 WAS much better than 9/23/97. They just played better regardless of the 2 setlist changes.

Paris Olympia 2003. I was in the process of moving back to Canada from Germany, the movers were coming the day after the show. I could have done it if I wasn't such a wimp and decided I needed to sleep!