After being so popular on the Licks tour, how come Don't Stop seem's to have been dropped from the set lists?

"...wasn't looking too good but I was feeling real well..."

Cause its crap!.... and theres somthing called ABB out at the mo....

It'll be on the setlist again in about 7 years.

And because it's their worst single for at least thirty years, in fact ever.

i liked it in concert it has a good twang to it....."you wrote your name acrosse my back yeah your nails where sharp!!" "dont stop" bom bom bom ....bom.....bom ....bom ...bom

I actually like this song and I'm a little disappointed it's been dropped as well.

Ride like the wind at double speed.....

i never heard it in concert myself, but judging from the DVDs
it sure seems like it felt good to play. loosened 'em up, kind of like Tumbling Dice.


"What do you want - what?!"
- Keith

It was working great live. But they have 100's of songs in their catalogue including a new album, so they can't play more than 100 songs at a show. Only 20 or so. Simply the luxury problem of having too many songs to choose from.

I am sure that any performing artists with more than 10-20 albums in their backlog have this luxury problem. Their fans have different taste. Some think a song is crap. Some like one song. Some like another. There will always be a lot who want something else. A lot who are missing their favorite song. I don't get Gimme Shelter or Street Fighting Man or Memory Motel anymore live, but I can still enjoy the shows. And I don't start hate campaigns and complain about bad set lists. Because I like a lot of their other songs too. And because I realize there are more fans at the shows than just me...

Bjornulf

The song is one of the worst things they did.

i wouldn´t say its one of their worst songs (much better than Blinded by love (SW) or Indian Girl (ER) for example, but neither one of their better....i think the songs on ABB are much better!

Well said, bv. We all can't have everything - - we'll just enjoy what we DO get.

Hear, hear!

I liked it on the Licks tour. It worked great live with the sing a long in Europe!

Cheers,
Wuudy

Lyrics are good. A good album song. Live it doesn't work. It misses the energy.

BJORNULF......great post YOU ARE a true fan!!!!!!!...let me know what show s you goung to and i wil buy you a beer!!!...i think my next one is memphis!!!!

Don't Stop was filler and should have never been considered as a single....or certainly not for placment in a greatest hits complilation. It was just a song of opportunity at the time.

#......Go ahead....Bite the Big Apple....Don't mind the Maggots.....Uh Huh...#

tat2you Wrote:
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> BJORNULF......great post YOU ARE a true
> fan!!!!!!!...let me know what show s you
> goung to and i wil buy you a beer!!!...i
> think my next one is memphis!!!!

Suck uuuuup!!!

CS blues the name fits you!!!!

LOLOLOLOL ...i think he has a point...LOLOLOLOLO

Well said, bv. This should be an automatic post to all setlist whines.

dj Wrote:
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> Well said, bv. This should be an automatic post to
> all setlist whines.


YES real fans dont wine!!!! IE "mick taylor" blah blah blah.....ad nauseum





"you got to roll me baby"

This is hilarious!!! Everytime Bjornulf posts something everybody goes BV YOU'RE SO GREAT!!

Next thing you know they'll be asking for your autograph!

Haha...

Reptile Wrote:
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> This is hilarious!!! Everytime Bjornulf posts
> something everybody goes BV YOU'RE SO GREAT!!
>
> Next thing you know they'll be asking for your
> autograph!
>
> Haha...

Buddy if you write somthing that i feel is cool....i will tell ya ...i have never pull a punch...bv happens to have a soild post....

Just kidding.

It's just that about 50% of the forum feels this way and has been posting it for yeaaars.

tat2you Wrote:
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> Reptile Wrote:
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> > This is hilarious!!! Everytime Bjornulf
> posts
> > something everybody goes BV YOU'RE SO
> GREAT!!
> >
> > Next thing you know they'll be asking for
> your
> > autograph!
> >
> > Haha...
>
> Buddy if you write somthing that i feel is
> cool....i will tell ya ...i have never
> pull a punch...bv happens to have a soild
> post....
>

_______i am new to this ......... been a hudge fan for years been to 33..shwows.....i liked his post.....

I'd have to say that there are a few "real fans" out there who care about the Stones in ways that aren't about blindly accepting any old thing they choose to do.

Of course, the point has been made many times that being disappointed with the tour's setlists is not a matter of wanting to see them perform personal favorites but rather of being depressed when they turn into a stale showbiz act. Is that idea too subtle or complicated for the apologists to handle?

I would think that the people who fancy themselves "real fans" would have higher hopes for a band that vows not to become an "oldies act" and doesn't want to play "Brown Sugar" again and again--and then does exactly that.

My status as a "real fan" has to do with loving the entire catalogue and hoping that the band stays fresh and creative and surprising in some small way. I'm loyal and grateful to them even when they disappoint me in the way they have on this tour.

Given all that, I get a little testy when people designate themselves "true fans" and measure their loyalty by their own lack of critical discernment. Rock On!!!!

I'll seeya in Charlottesville and NYC.

cos its shit. just like streets of love. its best forgotten

Rev. Robert W. Wrote:
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> I'd have to say that there are a few "real fans"
> out there who care about the Stones in ways that
> aren't about blindly accepting any old thing they
> choose to do.
>
> Of course, the point has been made many times that
> being disappointed with the tour's setlists is not
> a matter of wanting to see them perform personal
> favorites but rather of being depressed when they
> turn into a stale showbiz act. Is that idea too
> subtle or complicated for the apologists to
> handle?
>
> I would think that the people who fancy themselves
> "real fans" would have higher hopes for a band
> that vows not to become an "oldies act" and
> doesn't want to play "Brown Sugar" again and
> again--and then does exactly that.
>
> My status as a "real fan" has to do with loving
> the entire catalogue and hoping that the band
> stays fresh and creative and surprising in some
> small way. I'm loyal and grateful to them even
> when they disappoint me in the way they have on
> this tour.
>
> Given all that, I get a little testy when people
> designate themselves "true fans" and measure their
> loyalty by their own lack of critical discernment.
> Rock On!!!!
>
> I'll seeya in Charlottesville and NYC.
>
>

Good point i have seen em do Brown sugar every time and would be happy to hear them do covers or blues or what ever they want....i would love for them to play Exile cover to cover...i am just glad that they can still do it!!!! ...REV..Robert!!!!

>> lack of critical discernment <<

or what if the criticism is not so discerning after all?
i mean: do any of the chronic critics ever consider the possibility that *they're* the ones who are missing something?
(ahem, i'm not being rude - just a thought someone might want to try on for size.)



"What do you want - what?!"
- Keith

I just get it, their playing crap like Live with me, but drop a goodie like Dont stop!!!