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MelBelli
It was a great idea bringing back “Connection” for this tour: not just injections and infections, but “All I want to do / is to get back to you” for the post-quarantine reunion.
But man, that performance in Detroit makes me think they’ve gotta dump it for the last two shows. It was not all Keith’s fault, either.
Same here, was pleased to hear Connection now I'd he pleased for Happy to replace it.
Out of curiosity what do you think else went wrong with Connection in Detroit, I'm not enough of a musician to be sure, was Chuck maybe a bit out of sequence ?
Something sounded really off to me.
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Justin
Let him be 77 years old in peace. That includes letting him sit down for a few minutes throughout the show...
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Hairball
When the strongest components and elements of the Rolling Stones live is credited to the sidemen and not the original and/or official members...something's not quite right.
Maybe it's time to bring in a third guitar player (no not Blondie) to clean up the mess , steady the ship, and try to help hold it all together.
Talk about melodramatic.
Keith was on point for most of the tour--especially the first few shows and frankly still carries the show pretty well even as the tour is now closing. Bring in another guitar player for what? For when he plays Connection? Keith doesn't need any help when he's playing JJF, STU or Rambler. He's fine. Let him be 77 years old in peace. That includes letting him sit down for a few minutes throughout the show. Who cares?
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ProfessorWolf
i'm not a musician and i have a question for those who understand this better why is it that keith can play a great solo over and over again in connection but can't get the intro right it seems to me to be the easier thing to play
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i'm not a musician and i have a question for those who understand this better why is it that keith can play a great solo over and over again in connection but can't get the intro right it seems to me to be the easier thing to play
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i'm not a musician and i have a question for those who understand this better why is it that keith can play a great solo over and over again in connection but can't get the intro right it seems to me to be the easier thing to play
Much as it pains me to say, he’s not playing great solos. But I know what you mean: why is the intro to JJF so halting when he seems just fine for the rest of the song? I can’t answer that - other than to say he suffers from a general loss of dexterity.
This version of Connection from Paris, 1995, almost startles me. I can even tolerate the sound of the Les Paul Jr.!
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i get what you mean but for him in the last 8 or so years the solos he's been doing during connection have been some of his best which makes his inability to play the intro all the more confusing to me
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Let him be 77 years old in peace. That includes letting him sit down for a few minutes throughout the show...
You make it sound as if he's out to pasture, or belongs in a nursing home or something...
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Let him be 77 years old in peace. That includes letting him sit down for a few minutes throughout the show...
You make it sound as if he's out to pasture, or belongs in a nursing home or something...
You're the one going on with the nonsense about a third guitar player and making it sound like he can't play anymore. Leave him be
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ProfessorWolf
i get what you mean but for him in the last 8 or so years the solos he's been doing during connection have been some of his best which makes his inability to play the intro all the more confusing to me
Until this tour, Connection was last performed fifteen years ago; and even then, only on eight occasions in 2006
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Jesus. We don’t KNOW if Keith hit the turps in celebration or not. We DO know he’s aged.
His playing IS better than the last few tours, though he was “fine” in Australia in 2014. But is he EVER going to be playing as consistently well as he was in his youth? No.
Full stop. Grateful he’s playing at all, that’s me.
I said i don't know, read my post properly.
Yeah I'm grateful he's still playing, grateful he's still alive even if he chooses not to play after this, what's your problem, can't people discuss what causes the mistakes anymore.
The man plays 8 shows straight with barely a mistake and then goes back to being inconsistent, that's up for conversation, i love the guy but it looks to me like he turned his back on reaching new heights this tour, a missed opportunity, for me it's disappointing.
Actually, now that I read your post properly, thanks for asking me to do so…, I see:
“I have a theory Keith was playing so well up to Minneapolis that he lost his guard and started celebrating his resurgence to greatness the only way he knows how. I think at age 78 he made himself unwell drinking and playing, basically he's @#$%& himself up”.
Perhaps I was subconsciously referring to you..
The subconscious mind is a strange thing when it comes to denial, I'd say it was painfully obvious you was referring to me but your ego wanted to justify the large print you plaster all over your posts.
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MelBelli
It is largely Keith losing his place and, during the solo, notes getting caught under his fingers. But between 11:40 and 12:00 in this clip, Ronnie must be the culprit, because Keith isn’t playing:
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One thing I’ve noticed: the guitar is slung so damn low, he has to bend almost to the floor to play anything with more-than-unusual detail. Looks painful!
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Keith Strums on the neck a lot because he prefers the response and sound...
...and that's partly why he has the guitar slung so low, to have it in the best place to hit chords and notes on the neck .