Brown Sugar took them 3 and a half minutes in '81. Now they take 4 and a half minutes. Honky Tonk Women takes them 4 minutes nowadays. In '81 a small 3 and a half minutes. In '81 Tumbling Dice took them an already long 5 minutes for Tumbling Dice. In 2005 it takes takes them six.
They're all about a minute longer than 24 years ago. So the setlists maybe smaller, but the actual show is just about as long.

It seems like The Worst is completed in 1 minute.

That’s a valid point, but another factor to take into consideration is that the boys take longer to launch into the next song these days. They're defiantly a bit slower.

Reptile Wrote:
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> Brown Sugar took them 3 and a half minutes in '81.
> Now they take 4 and a half minutes. Honky Tonk
> Women takes them 4 minutes nowadays. In '81 a
> small 3 and a half minutes. In '81 Tumbling Dice
> took them an already long 5 minutes for Tumbling
> Dice. In 2005 it takes takes them six.
> They're all about a minute longer than 24 years
> ago. So the setlists maybe smaller, but the actual
> show is just about as long.


Yes that's true but I don't like it, in 2003 I thought some of the warehorses were too long. tracks like "satisfaction" and "brown sugar";

Brown Sugar is played (too) slowly nowadays.
It would be interesting to compare the evolution of BPM of the warhorses through the years.

wisertime Wrote:
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> Reptile Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Brown Sugar took them 3 and a half minutes in
> '81.
> > Now they take 4 and a half minutes. Honky
> Tonk
> > Women takes them 4 minutes nowadays. In '81
> a
> > small 3 and a half minutes. In '81 Tumbling
> Dice
> > took them an already long 5 minutes for
> Tumbling
> > Dice. In 2005 it takes takes them six.
> > They're all about a minute longer than 24
> years
> > ago. So the setlists maybe smaller, but the
> actual
> > show is just about as long.
>
>
> Yes that's true but I don't like it, in 2003 I
> thought some of the warehorses were too long.
> tracks like "satisfaction" and "brown sugar";

Yes, I agree with that. There's no need to do a ten minute version of Satisfaction. 4 minutes will do, so you can play a rarity and still play Satisfaction so everybody's pleased.

slower than what?
i just put on a 2005 boot after listening to 81 shows for two days straight,
and they aren't taking any more time between numbers now.

(smile, Dallas 81: Jagger's hollering at God to stop raining -
"what are you doing Keith, have you lost your guitar" -
and Keith sings "it's still rainin but the tracks is fadin - "
ahh i just freakin love the Rolling Stones!)


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