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Stephen Colbert and Jon Batiste discuss the Stones’ performance on Saturday, starts around 0:40.
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SomeTorontoGirl
Stephen Colbert and Jon Batiste discuss the Stones’ performance on Saturday, starts around 0:40.
Laura Ingraham talked about the Stones on her show last night. She said they were amazing and that she couldn't stop talking about them.
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Colbert "I'm not sure Keith was playing...he was mostly just kind of petting it...petting the guitar".
Not a fan Colbert, but that comment was slightly funny!
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The whole thing was awful and not up lifting. A real downer hosted by three fools.
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Here is Keith at his supreme powers. Very energetic and very participating. He is as decisive and as slashing as Jagger. This was 25 days before he fell from the coconut tree in Fiji.
The Rolling Stones - Live in Saitama 2006/04/02 - Video proshot - 27th show of the tour
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And here he is, doing the same in 2013:
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Hairball
Colbert "I'm not sure Keith was playing...he was mostly just kind of petting it...petting the guitar".
Not a fan Colbert, but that comment was slightly funny!
That’s pretty much what I said, too. Caressing, petting, stroking... he was inaudible the whole while Jagger’s guitar was audible, at least.
I’m not a fan of this Colbert chap, either. He seems as ‘bout as nauseating as James Corden.
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Hairball
Colbert "I'm not sure Keith was playing...he was mostly just kind of petting it...petting the guitar".
Not a fan Colbert, but that comment was slightly funny!
That’s pretty much what I said, too. Caressing, petting, stroking... he was inaudible the whole while Jagger’s guitar was audible, at least.
I’m not a fan of this Colbert chap, either. He seems as ‘bout as nauseating as James Corden.
Yeah, the problem with Colbert is that he IS audible
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Rokyfan
I'm not a fan of Colbert that's all I said. I have no problem with what he said about Keith's performance. I just don't get how Colbert got his job
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Charlie's?
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SomeGuy
I haven't been following every page of this already long thread so maybe someone else posted this already.
I think that Keith didn't play much on the song because of the way the recording probably came about. Mick must have started the song, instead of -usually- Keith, so Keith had to follow Mick, instead of the other way around which is their normal concert routine. Not only that, but Mick was already playing the rhythm part, so what was Keith going to play anyway? Btw he WAS audible, voice and guitar, he just wasn't playing much. This only illustrates how they work live, Keith takes the lead, starting and halting with his idiosyncratic style and tempos, and the rest follows him. If you have another guy already keeping the pace and playing the chords, there's not much you can do in between that and Ron playing his little embellishments, other than quietly squeeze in a few more minor embellishments, really.
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I haven't been following every page of this already long thread so maybe someone else posted this already.
I think that Keith didn't play much on the song because of the way the recording probably came about. Mick must have started the song, instead of -usually- Keith, so Keith had to follow Mick, instead of the other way around which is their normal concert routine. Not only that, but Mick was already playing the rhythm part, so what was Keith going to play anyway? Btw he WAS audible, voice and guitar, he just wasn't playing much. This only illustrates how they work live, Keith takes the lead, starting and halting with his idiosyncratic style and tempos, and the rest follows him. If you have another guy already keeping the pace and playing the chords, there's not much you can do in between that and Ron playing his little embellishments, other than quietly squeeze in a few more minor embellishments, really.
So now wondering if they're purposefully dumbing down Keith's contributions, ie not giving him much space or opportunity. Or maybe Keith is willfully handing over the reins?
He seemed to still shine bright in his role as architect of the Stones sound with his playing and presence last summer, but has Keith simply become a wallflower since then?
They might as well have just turned off his mic and unplugged his guitar. Either that or picked a different song where he would have had more presence. As it is, he's practically invisible (audibly) which is sad to see.
Hopefully we'll see him in better light soon, whether with the Stones or maybe some new solo material and/or performances...maybe another collaboration with someone outside the Stones.
Lone live Keith, and long live the Stones!