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Doxa
I haven't yet heard anyone who actually been there at the concert complaining about what they heard and saw.
- Doxa
Of course not. When someone is willing to pay $980 to stay in the pit for 1,5 hours we hardly can expect him or her to complain.
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Doxa
I haven't yet heard anyone who actually been there at the concert complaining about what they heard and saw.
- Doxa
Of course not. When someone is willing to pay $980 to stay in the pit for 1,5 hours we hardly can expect him or her to complain.
Of course, behind your laptop you should know better.
- Doxa
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beachbreak
Tom Morello very high.
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Doxa
What's the drama here? Yeah, Keith's solo in "Sympathy" is a bit sloppy, but still a manifestation of his 'less is more' playing philosophy with some odd dramatic pauses. Every hit should matter. An artistic choice. The dude's having a show, and interacting with an audience, having fun with that iconic solo spot. He's smiling and knows what he is doing. If some note is going out of scale, that's nothing newsworthy. There is a story there going on, even though he doesn't quite manage to nail it this time.
On with the show.
- Doxa
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He still plays his chord riffs great.
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Doxa
What's the drama here? Yeah, Keith's solo in "Sympathy" is a bit sloppy, but still a manifestation of his 'less is more' playing philosophy with some odd dramatic pauses. Every hit should matter. An artistic choice. The dude's having a show, and interacting with an audience, having fun with that iconic solo spot. He's smiling and knows what he is doing. If some note is going out of scale, that's nothing newsworthy. There is a story there going on, even though he doesn't quite manage to nail it this time.
On with the show.
- Doxa
This is a pretty forgiving and kinda deluded view. If it’s “artistic choice & less is more” why not play the right notes? Why play out of tune and out of time?
It’s his behaviour while not playing that I find a bit worrying. He’s looking around, wondering where the tune is at most of the time.
But He’s 78. He’s not going to play like he did even 5 years ago. There’s a lot he can and could play, but it’s time to let Sympathy go I think.
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I don't get it. A musician can have a bad night but then for the next time you either practice it thoroughly to make sure not to fail again or you decide that you can't do it anymore and give the part to someone else. But Keith has been consistently destroying Sympathy, especially the solo, for more than a decade. Are the others afraid for telling him so? Doesn't he notice himself that he doesn't have a clue? Or maybe he think it's cool to play like this?
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matxil
I don't get it. A musician can have a bad night but then for the next time you either practice it thoroughly to make sure not to fail again or you decide that you can't do it anymore and give the part to someone else. But Keith has been consistently destroying Sympathy, especially the solo, for more than a decade. Are the others afraid for telling him so? Doesn't he notice himself that he doesn't have a clue? Or maybe he think it's cool to play like this?
It’s very much a situation where you don’t tell the emperor he has no clothes.
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matxil
I don't get it. A musician can have a bad night but then for the next time you either practice it thoroughly to make sure not to fail again or you decide that you can't do it anymore and give the part to someone else. But Keith has been consistently destroying Sympathy, especially the solo, for more than a decade. Are the others afraid for telling him so? Doesn't he notice himself that he doesn't have a clue? Or maybe he think it's cool to play like this?
It’s very much a situation where you don’t tell the emperor he has no clothes.
Yeah, but the weird thing is, it shouldn't even be that hard, right? I mean, I am not a fancy guitar player, but a solo in E, just a few blue notes, it shouldn't be too difficult. Any kid having practiced the pentatonic scale for a few weeks would do better. Not great, obviously, but not ridiculously bad either.
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Jeter1984
Like it or not, Miss You is great because the entire band covers up for Keith, and Mick nails it.
Mick is clearly in great form, they just need a setlist that compliments that, so more songs that incorporate the horn section and maybe turn Ronnie's guitar up?
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cowboytoast
Nobody wants to see Keith get to that "Chuck Berry in his last days" stage but age and lifestyle catches up with people -
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Nikkei
How does reading through all of this get you on the premise that Keith is drunk at the shows? No one besides you even considers this a possibility