What do you think is the very best officially released Rolling Stones concert on video/film?

Some Girls Live In Texas



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I like Let's Spend the Night Together, it's filmed beautifully and Mick's very energetic in his football pants

Considering the 24th August 2021: 'Charlie Is My Darling'.

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I like Let's Spend the Night Together, it's filmed beautifully and Mick's very energetic in his football pants

I agree, I think this is the best filmed. It looks amazing and I like the camera work. I also like the sound mix.

Downsides: Sped up tape and truncated/missing songs.

It's kind of a toss-up.



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I've grown fond of Atlantic City '89.

The worst filmed: Leeds 1982

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I've grown fond of Atlantic City '89.

The Original Broadcast Cut is so familiar that when it was recut for the Official Release, I will admit it took me by surprise as I was expecting different shots, but it works really well.

I love how rough and ready L&G is, Texas 78 is the best singular performance. But imo the best is Sweet Summer Sun it's beautifully filmed

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I like Let's Spend the Night Together, it's filmed beautifully and Mick's very energetic in his football pants

The whole film is embarrassing. Mick looks ridiculous with those stupid paints.

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The worst filmed: Leeds 1982

That's because it wasn't really filmed. It was just screen shots from the in stadium video monitors.

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The worst filmed: Leeds 1982

That's because it wasn't really filmed. It was just screen shots from the in stadium video monitors.

Yeah but they sold it as a bluray concert film

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The worst filmed: Leeds 1982

That's because it wasn't really filmed. It was just screen shots from the in stadium video monitors.

Yeah but they sold it as a bluray concert film

Well, it's much better than nothing. I thought with all the crappy bootlegs over the years that a decent film of the '75 Tour didn't exist. It did. Still hoping for a '76 official video, or dream of dreams, from '73.

Live at the Max is good, so is Four Flicks

La Forum 1975
Bremen 1998

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I love how rough and ready L&G is, Texas 78 is the best singular performance. But imo the best is Sweet Summer Sun it's beautifully filmed

I thought it was horrendously filmed, personally. It was if the director suffered from ADHD. Endless jump cuts ruining a document of what were a couple of very good concerts.

Fort Worth ‘78
Hampton ‘81
Atlantic City ‘89
Britton ‘95
San Jose ‘99
MSG ‘03
… those are the ones I return to.

right now I am thinking the sixties from Charlie Is My Darling

jb

I just saw the Fonda Sticky Fingers show. I was really surprised how hot the band was for a latter day Stones. And it is beautifully filmed.

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Considering the 24th August 2021: 'Charlie Is My Darling'.

+1 (And it would have been my choice anyway).

One of my favourite performances by Charlie is the Twickenham 2003 show, with a really powerful version of Paint It Black:

Take your pick. The 70s stuff sounds better, is better played. The late 80s stuff onwards gets more production gloss, better staging and looks better.

There isn't a single film I could say is The Best.

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I love how rough and ready L&G is, Texas 78 is the best singular performance. But imo the best is Sweet Summer Sun it's beautifully filmed

I thought it was horrendously filmed, personally. It was if the director suffered from ADHD. Endless jump cuts ruining a document of what were a couple of very good concerts.

I respect that, I guess i've grown used to all the jump cut trickery, but I still think it's a great representation of Band & Crowd, something that i really enjoy is the Audience Reaction Shots, as we know more than 70% of the crowd are first timers having a truly cultural cross generational experience.

The Sun, The Moon, The Rolling Stones

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I just saw the Fonda Sticky Fingers show. I was really surprised how hot the band was for a latter day Stones. And it is beautifully filmed.

I just dislike the talking videos in between the songs

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I just saw the Fonda Sticky Fingers show. I was really surprised how hot the band was for a latter day Stones. And it is beautifully filmed.

I just dislike the talking videos in between the songs

I think the interviews are a nice add to deepen the SF concept, but should be optional choose: see the gig with or without the interviews. Or as a separate ”Making of SF” mini documentary as a bonus feature.

I enjoy watching Sweet Summer Sun the most, probably because I've been there. I also very often watch Tokyo and Atlantic City...the shows on Titally Stripped are enjoyable too, I think. Recently, I liked Rio a lot.

Ladies and Gentleman The Rolling Stones 1972 -IMHO the Stones at there best and firing on all cylinders in multiple directions and then some . The top of the Summit ! A close follow up would be Brussels as this is the show where Mick says it's a guitar assault !

the TAMI SHOW 1964

Ladies and gentlemen Fort worth 1972

Live in Texas 1978

Hampton 1981

AUSTIN zilker park 2006

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I just saw the Fonda Sticky Fingers show. I was really surprised how hot the band was for a latter day Stones. And it is beautifully filmed.

I just dislike the talking videos in between the songs

I think the interviews are a nice add to deepen the SF concept, but should be optional choose: see the gig with or without the interviews. Or as a separate ”Making of SF” mini documentary as a bonus feature.

I agree, it should have been optional. I remember that the show was broadcast without the interviews in Germany. Can anyone confirm? Never got a chance to watch it.

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I love how rough and ready L&G is, Texas 78 is the best singular performance. But imo the best is Sweet Summer Sun it's beautifully filmed

I thought it was horrendously filmed, personally. It was if the director suffered from ADHD. Endless jump cuts ruining a document of what were a couple of very good concerts.

I respect that, I guess i've grown used to all the jump cut trickery, but I still think it's a great representation of Band & Crowd, something that i really enjoy is the Audience Reaction Shots, as we know more than 70% of the crowd are first timers having a truly cultural cross generational experience.

The Sun, The Moon, The Rolling Stones

Personally, I think thats an utter myth. The Stones have toured regularly for decades. Most people have had numerous chances to see them by this stage.

I doubt that
a) they're almost totally recycling their audience from one tour to the next and
b) most people who have been lucky enough to go to a Rolling Stones concert never bother seeing them again.

To answer the original question :

TAMI Show, Four Flicks, Totally Stripped, Some Girls Live In Texas, Hampton 81, Tokyo 1990, L&G



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