Re: live licks disappointing
Date: November 13, 2005 18:50
The only part Ronnie played well is Beast Of Burden (fair, not great) and Rock Me Baby. Keith and Ron play this song very well. Can't You Hear Me Knocking is great except for some bits of Ronnie's playing (but okay I guess).
Monkey Man is a killer version, really, the whole sound, Keith and Ronnie both play great. Best live version ever.
I also like this Street Fighting Man version a lot. Really rocking! I skip the rest of disc 1. Gimme Shelter is real shit, how can they ever play that magic song like that? You Can't Always Get.. shit also, Start Me Up is not interesting... Brown Sugar is okay, except for the beginning.
The songs taken from the club show in Paris (Everybody Needs Somebody, Worried About You, Neighbours) don't sound well, there is something about it, maybe a little flat.. I don't know. Ronnies solo on Worried About You is dissappointing. Too little guitar on Neighbours, but great version though. The MSG recordings sound much better!
Yes I miss Stray Cat Blues, If You Can't Rock Me (which I think they nailed that song during the Licks Tour, real rocking version), Loving Cup, all though Keith never played his original rhythm part which I like very much and missed it on this tour. Other songs should have make it to the album: Midnight Rambler from MSG (best version since Ya Ya's), Dance Part 1, Don't Look Back, Let It Bleed, etc.. all those real gems should have made instead of disc 1.
They missed another chance. Great effort, but dissapointing in the end. Like other people say: It's a great bootleg recording!
I am really surprised that the Stones put much effort to the sound of their live and studio albums, it's very variable: Voodoo, Ya Ya's, Love You Live, Still Life, Bridges To Babylon, Sticky Fingers, all sound great.
Steel Wheels, Flashpoint, Bigger Bang sound thin (great albums though!)
Too bad.