What is going on here?They played The Worst in Miami in '94 and in '02 yet,they still chose to play it again tonight after all of their talk about looking back to past shows to avoid repeating themselves.I like The Worst but,I'm sorry,all signs point to extreme laziness and not giving a **** about people who see them more than once every 20 years.I'm starting to get the feeling they'll stick with it for the whole tour no matter if they've done it multiple times in given cities on past tours and no matter if it is the second night in a city.Some upcoming tests will be Anaheim,Hollywood Bowl #2,and the second trips on this tour through Boston,N.Y.,and Chicago.

true - they are mastering lasitude

It is strange after they rotated 4 or 5 Keith songs on the last tour. I imagine it is Keith's decision for whatever reason. I wish somebody would ask him why in an interview rather than 'gee how do you guys still do it at your age?'

i have to agree, i think Keith just doesnt want to deal with "perfecting" any other songs. I am guessing at some point he'll throw in a surprise, maybe overseas.

On the other hand i just got a copy of Ladies and Gentlemen... and it is great to see the old days where Mick stayed on stage for Keith song and backed him up on Happy!

I think it was 1989 when Mick started leaving the stage. At the time i read it was wrtitten in the tour contract that Mick HAD to be offstage whilst Keith sang!

i guess he is trying to get it right!!!

I think that unlike 1972 when the RS played 80 or 90 minutes, & Mick was 29, he needs a break. I happen to think both Keith's songs work, & guess (hope) he rotates them after the holiday break. Would love to hear This Place Is Empty & Thru & Thru, or Little T & A.

In Atlanta, during Infamy, Keiths eyes were glued to the teleprompter. He probably can't remember the lyrics for other songs so just sticks with The Worst which is a very easy song.

Maybe, but if he can use the teleprompter why not do other songs. Other than This Place is Empty he has done all before and a lot of them during the Licks tour so it's not like it's the first time.

Cheers,
Wuudy

Laziness, plain and simple. I am done going to shows after 35 years for this very reason. The Stones simply show that they don't care about their fans enough to put in more effort. Big stages don't impress me. I am here for the music and it is becoming a run through the motions more and more. I am surprised they don't play You Got Me Rocking more than once in the same show.

I know BV will be here any second to defend them once again but from a long time Stones fan nothing can change my opinion. The Stones just don't care and I will not go see them ever again unless they do something to change my opinion.

It was in 1981 when Mick leaved the stage for Keiths act.

"Laziness plain and simple"?? The Stones are not lazy.

Playing the same two songs over and over is pitiful. Especially when they are both mediocre songs to begin with. It seems like Keith isn't interested in much more than going through the motions when it comes to his lead vocal turn. How hard could it be to learn two more songs? Lazy, lazy, lazy.

they are not the same, they are now old man, keith is not the same, he just play simple and easy songs like Infamy or The Worst, it is ok for me, i saw them only one time, i dont care what they play, but you should think that they are more than 60 years old, and THEY CANT play in the same way.

one of the (few) letdowns of this tour is Keith's repetition of Worst/Infamy.
You'd think he'd get tired of playing them, much less fans who go to multiple shows tired of hearing them.

Mix-it up Keith! (and I don't mean the booze, which might have something to do with it)

Keith is Lazy

I'm sure he'll change later! On Bridges To Babylon Tour he did "You Don't Have To Mean It" on the 4th Oakland show mid November first (I've seen the first three and still biting my ass to leave early!!!).


Truth is stranger than fiction

stoned greetings
G. The Cock

G. the Cock Wrote:
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> I'm sure he'll change later! On Bridges To Babylon
> Tour he did "You Don't Have To Mean It" on the 4th
> Oakland show mid November first (I've seen the
> first three and still biting my ass to leave
> early!!!).
>
>
> Truth is stranger than fiction
>
> stoned greetings
> G. The Cock

Oh yeah, "You Don't Have To Mean It" in the 4th Oakland show. Well, nowadays they don't play four shows in the same city anymore, so I bet he believes that he can get away with these two songs for the whole tour. "The Worst" is a great ballad, mind you, but "Infamy" has got to be the biggest stinker Keith came up with so far. Just like "You Don't Have To Mean It" during Bridges with this tourist bar reggae groove and melody. Sorry to say that, but Keith did not come up with any good material in recent years, at least not on Stones records. "This Place Is Empty" is ok, though. But not really great. And Thief In The Night's riff was borrowed from Pierre.




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sunnybandyo99 Wrote:
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> Keith is Lazy


if you fried your brains for the last 40 years you'd be lazy too

I can take these two songs independently but together it's very hard to endure and I have endured it 8 times so far. I really thought, or wanted to believe, he was going to change it up in the Philly the second night. No such luck.

u would think he gets bored of doing the same old songs every freak'in night!!

I think there's a difference between lazy and just doing whatever the @#$%& you want. more power to him. I try to not write things about the Stones that I would feel weird about having to say to their face if I were ever to come face to face with them.

go "write ahead" Drugstore! We won't tell the lazy bastard what you say about him....

If I paid thousands of dollars to see multiple shows, I would have no problem asking, not telling Keith to mix it up.

LOL

Who cares if he cant remember the text that whats makes it interesting and gives it the Stones edge that is soo lacking on this tour.

nonono the stones have always had a not changing setlist, in example 72 73 75 76 keith did everynight happy, and now he does the worst and infamy evrynight, its just the way they work, has nothing to do with lazyness or something. and there will be some more surprises dont worry man!!!! and still the worst is beautiful!!! they do a good version and infamy is really a groovy tune, new and something diffrent!!!

"nonono the stones have always had a not changing setlist, in example 72 73 75 76 keith did everynight happy, and now he does the worst and infamy evrynight, its just the way they work, has nothing to do with lazyness or something. and there will be some more surprises dont worry man!!!! and still the worst is beautiful!!! they do a good version and infamy is really a groovy tune, new and something diffrent!!!"

How many songs did Keith have to chose from those years, 2 maybe.

"and there will be some more surprises dont worry man!!!!"

What am I supposed to wait for, I already paid and went to a few different shows and left disappointed.

And Imfamy really needs Mick's harmonica, the live version sounds weak without it and Keith barely touches his guitar. Like said above the edge is not there this tour.

its not only keith songs that were the same the it was the whole set stayed the whole tours min or less the same.I heard a live booth of infamy sounded very good to me strange how people can experience things different. but its tobad you were so dissapointed man.

I enjoyed both tunes at MCI and there was no Keith set at UVA, but I think if he's gonna do the same two, he might as well do just one each night and rotate them. Otherwise, it'll turn into a piss or beer break for those who attend more than one show.

I've got to say that the band ALL put in a great effort in Atlanta!