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The last tour of the "golden era" was Europe 82. No backup singers and no Matt Clifford, just raw, if coke addled, rock n roll.
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Best show of the 89-90 period and (alas) the very last time the PPV gig of a tour was a kick-ass affair. We had Hampton'81 AC'89 then Miami'94
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The last tour of the "golden era" was Europe 82. No backup singers and no Matt Clifford, just raw, if coke addled, rock n roll.
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That was a great show, and I prefer most nineties concerts (and 89 of course) to the hyped 81/82 shows. In 81/82 Mick Jaggers vocals were often nothing but shouts, and his wardrobe was absolutely horrible.
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I went to all 3 shows and the first one was a low point for me among over 100 shows seen over the years since 1972. That memory has always stuck with me since I never really saw them play that poorly before, relatively speaking.
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The last tour of the "golden era" was Europe 82. No backup singers and no Matt Clifford, just raw, if coke addled, rock n roll.
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The last tour of the "golden era" was Europe 82. No backup singers and no Matt Clifford, just raw, if coke addled, rock n roll.
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And they still played at the right speed, which is about 3 times faster than they play since Chuck took over.
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One of their better shows ever, imo.
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The last tour of the "golden era" was Europe 82. No backup singers and no Matt Clifford, just raw, if coke addled, rock n roll.
Chuck sang backup
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The last tour of the "golden era" was Europe 82. No backup singers and no Matt Clifford, just raw, if coke addled, rock n roll.
Chuck sang backup
So did Mac, who Chuck replaced. I was referring to dedicated backup singers, i.e., Bernard, Lisa, etc.
Europe 82 was essentially a continuation of USA 81, but with two personnel changes (Chuck for Mac and Daddy G for Ernie Watts). The setlists were nearly the same.
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The last tour of the "golden era" was Europe 82. No backup singers and no Matt Clifford, just raw, if coke addled, rock n roll.
Chuck sang backup
So did Mac, who Chuck replaced. I was referring to dedicated backup singers, i.e., Bernard, Lisa, etc.
Europe 82 was essentially a continuation of USA 81, but with two personnel changes (Chuck for Mac and Daddy G for Ernie Watts). The setlists were nearly the same.
Don't forget Bobby Keys..
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IMO the Atlantic City Concert was great ,and has the best everlive performance of Happy.2000 Light Years is mind blowing.
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IMO the Atlantic City Concert was great ,and has the best everlive performance of Happy.2000 Light Years is mind blowing.
Happy and 2000 Light Years is great in At The Max too. The two best songs of that movie!
Atlantic City has a great Miss You and Sad Sad Sad. I like to watch Keith's solos on Sad Sad Sad in the video of AC 89.
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That was a great show, and I prefer most nineties concerts (and 89 of course) to the hyped 81/82 shows. In 81/82 Mick Jaggers vocals were often nothing but shouts, and his wardrobe was absolutely horrible.
I find that strange. In 1973, 1975, 1976 and partly 1978 his vocals were often shouts. 1975/1976 in particular.
In 1981 he obviously had been taking singing lessons, and used his stomach and sang properly - using real technique. He was out of breath now and again, yes, but that was the first tour when he sang properly.
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The last tour of the "golden era" was Europe 82. No backup singers and no Matt Clifford, just raw, if coke addled, rock n roll.
Chuck sang backup
So did Mac, who Chuck replaced. I was referring to dedicated backup singers, i.e., Bernard, Lisa, etc.
Europe 82 was essentially a continuation of USA 81, but with two personnel changes (Chuck for Mac and Daddy G for Ernie Watts). The setlists were nearly the same.
Don't forget Bobby Keys..
Bobby was on both tours, but had more to do on the European one.
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The last tour of the "golden era" was Europe 82. No backup singers and no Matt Clifford, just raw, if coke addled, rock n roll.
I think 1981 was the last real 'golden era' tour. By 1982 all the danger was gone. But that said, the 1989 and 1990 tour are certainly not my favourites, but they did play incredibly well. It might even have been Keith's ever playing. And they still played at the right speed, which is about 3 times faster than they play since Chuck took over.
And Bill Wyman. Man, he literally drives the Stones, what a fantastic bass player he was. He is so utterly missed.
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The last tour of the "golden era" was Europe 82. No backup singers and no Matt Clifford, just raw, if coke addled, rock n roll.
Chuck sang backup
So did Mac, who Chuck replaced. I was referring to dedicated backup singers, i.e., Bernard, Lisa, etc.
Europe 82 was essentially a continuation of USA 81, but with two personnel changes (Chuck for Mac and Daddy G for Ernie Watts). The setlists were nearly the same.
Don't forget Bobby Keys..
Bobby was on both tours, but had more to do on the European one.
Bobby only played a few shows on selected (4?) numbers towards the end of the 81 tour. For 82 he was hired for every show, forming a horn section with Gene.
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Unfortunately with the worst possible association ever...