I thought Shattered was the worst song of the night. Gimme Shelter an absolute highlight due to the duet. Didn’t vote for Rainbow but it was really cool to hear a Nicky Hopkins part front and center.

For a song as frantic as Shattered that they likely hadn't rehearsed much,I'm pretty impressed with the performance. I think it's great that they are giving us Stones nerds a little something to be excited about for pretty much every show. It would be cool if they closed out the tour with a bunch of these seldom played songs in the set. I know it won't happen but a poor boy can dream.

As an aside, I wonder how big the font is on the teleprompter and how many lyrics they have on the screen at one time. These are the thoughts of a Stones nerd.



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Rolling Stones get their ya-yas out for a grateful Atlanta

By Bo Emerson
November 12, 2021


Robb Cohen


Mick, Keith and Co. rock the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in a two-hour show.

D.J. Dyken, 27, procrastinated when it came time to buy tickets to the Thursday’s Rolling Stones show at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, but finally decided last weekend that he and his father, Ken “Smurf” Dyken, needed to go.

“This could be the last time,” said D.J., of Stockbridge, quoting a Stones single from 1965. So the son ponied up $139 apiece for two standing-room tickets on the floor, and the duo stood near the end zone, happy to be on their feet, at least as long as Ken’s 54-year-old back held up.

“This is a bucket list item for me,” said D.J. who drives a truck for a glass wholesaler.

Last chances were front of mind for many in the audience of the Stones’ Atlanta show. Charlie Watts, the drummer who had never missed a show since 1962, died in August. Mick Jagger is 78 years old and recently underwent a heart valve surgery.

Many were worried, as the band approaches its 60th anniversary, that we might not get another opportunity to see the Stones again. But watching Jagger, a limber great-grandfather, skipping the width of the 200-foot stage, strutting far out into the audience on the catwalk, neither he, nor his equally advanced colleagues, seem like musicians who ever want to stop.

The capacity audience, which included many music lovers of the same vintage as the band, gave back that joy in a happy, if not hysterical fashion. While most of the crowd was on its feet all night (except for those on walkers) the encores finally prompted some hands in the air.

It was the Stones’ first tour without Charlie Watts, and the evening began with a video tribute to the storied drummer. This was followed by Keith Richards slicing open the heavens with “Street Fighting Man.”

The Stones reportedly practiced 80 songs for the No Filter tour, and they have been bringing out many deep cuts, and a new song or two. after “Let’s Spend the Night Together” the band launched into “19th Nervous Breakdown,” a song that has been largely ignored for a long time.

Early in the show, as Jagger dedicated the evening to Watts, the crowd chanted “Charlie! Charlie!” and the band launched into “Tumbling Dice,” lifted by pumping baritone and tenor sax from Karl Denson and Tim Ries.

In Watts’ place on the drum throne was long-time Stones collaborator Steve Jordan.

Guitarist Keith Richards, who wore a face of worried concentration during the first half-dozen tunes, began to smile broadly during “Shattered.” Jagger introduced “Living in a Ghost Town” as their “lockdown” song, composed during the COVID-19 hiatus that interrupted the No Filter tour, which began more than four years ago.

The audience has the opportunity to pick a tune at each show of this tour from among a few choices (at Vote.RollingStones.com) and Thursday’s pick was “She’s a Rainbow,” another rarity.

“Do you know this one, Chuck?” asked Jagger playfully, inviting Macon keyboardist Chuck Leavell, a regular member of the band for 40 years, to play the minuet-ish opening bars.

Matt Clifford, who also doubles on keyboards, unrolled an assured French horn solo to introduce “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”

The band arrived in Atlanta a few days early, and Jagger took the opportunity to post photos on Twitter of himself at a handful of Atlanta landmarks, including the Jackson Street bridge, Piedmont Park, the High Museum of Art and the venerable strip club the Clermont Lounge.

Ever the ingratiating emcee, Jagger brought cheers Thursday when he mentioned the “world champion Braves,” and spoke of enjoying the sights of Atlanta, claiming unconvincingly to have experienced the “haute cuisine” of the Waffle House. (Jagger and company did in fact enjoy a meal at the very haute Miller Union.)

The Stones came on stage after a short opening set by Georgia favorites, the Zac Brown Band, which unleashed a rapid-fire cover of the Charlie Daniel’s chestnut “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.”

Brown sang the radio hits “Toes” and “Chicken Fried” and set his guitar aside for an unlikely, ambitious (and mostly successful) foray into “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Speaking of vocalists, during the Stones’ set Keith Richards took over the microphone for two songs, including his tune “Connection,” from his solo work, a song the Stones haven’t played for 15 years.

Each member of the 10-person ensemble enjoyed a turn in the spotlight, including bassist Darryl Jones, whose solo during the disco-ish “Miss You” was punctuated by a chest-bump from Jagger.

There were no inflatables deployed Thursday, which production manager Dale Skjerseth called a “back to basics” operation, but the lighting design and the four 60-foot-tall video screens were employed with great effect. The band expertly navigated at least four tempo changes in “Midnight Rambler,” highlighted by the explosions of the slow middle section, with eye-assaulting 60-foot red flashes.

Guitarist Ron Wood and Richards have a delightful, sometimes sloppy chemistry together, highlighted when Wood switched to a sitar-ish Danelectro for “Paint It Black.”

We finally saw hands in the air during the encores, “Jumping Jack Flash” and the roaring “Gimme Shelter,” which showcased powerful backing vocalist Sasha Allen, hand-in-hand with Jagger on the runway. The obligatory “Satisfaction” ended the evening in a burst of fireworks.

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They are awesome.
Steve Jordan now fits much better in the sound. He is lower in the mix, and does not hit the drums that hard.


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"19th Nervous Breakdown" has been the biggest surprise for me in this tour. Not only that they play it rather regularly, but they play it so well with such an energy. I wish we would get a proper release of it some day.

"Shattered" worked well, too.

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They are awesome.
Steve Jordan now fits much better in the sound. He is lower in the mix, and does not hit the drums that hard.


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"19th Nervous Breakdown" has been the biggest surprise for me in this tour. Not only that they play it rather regularly, but they play it so well with such an energy. I wish we would get a proper release of it some day.

"Shattered" worked well, too.

- Doxa

From the first show, 19th NB made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
Just fantastic, and one that really made me think.. "this new Steve guy, he may just work out after all". He does a brilliant job on it.

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They are awesome.
Steve Jordan now fits much better in the sound. He is lower in the mix, and does not hit the drums that hard.


[www.youtube.com]

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"19th Nervous Breakdown" has been the biggest surprise for me in this tour. Not only that they play it rather regularly, but they play it so well with such an energy. I wish we would get a proper release of it some day.

"Shattered" worked well, too.

- Doxa

Attended the Tampa show and was really looking forward to hearing it.
Of course that was the only show they didn't play it.
Got SSS instead. Guess that was fitting.

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They are awesome.
Steve Jordan now fits much better in the sound. He is lower in the mix, and does not hit the drums that hard.


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"19th Nervous Breakdown" has been the biggest surprise for me in this tour. Not only that they play it rather regularly, but they play it so well with such an energy. I wish we would get a proper release of it some day.

"Shattered" worked well, too.

- Doxa

From the first show, 19th NB made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
Just fantastic, and one that really made me think.. "this new Steve guy, he may just work out after all". He does a brilliant job on it.

Wow...19th is punk rock. Love it.

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Great pic of Steve.
I love him, and am glad if someone had to replace Charlie it was him.
He looked like he was really have fun up there last night.

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They are awesome.
Steve Jordan now fits much better in the sound. He is lower in the mix, and does not hit the drums that hard.


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Oh he was still hitting them hard! I think they just turned him down

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They are awesome.
Steve Jordan now fits much better in the sound. He is lower in the mix, and does not hit the drums that hard.


[www.youtube.com]

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"19th Nervous Breakdown" has been the biggest surprise for me in this tour. Not only that they play it rather regularly, but they play it so well with such an energy. I wish we would get a proper release of it some day.

"Shattered" worked well, too.

- Doxa

From the first show, 19th NB made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
Just fantastic, and one that really made me think.. "this new Steve guy, he may just work out after all". He does a brilliant job on it.

Wow...19th is punk rock. Love it.

Same. This has to be the hardest rocking version of 19th Nervous Breakdown they've ever brought to the stage. It, and how heartfelt and moving Keith's Slipping Away has become, were the surprises and the highlights of the show for me in Nashville.

Somewhere I kvetched that they've replaced great hard rockers with slower tempo'ed, less-tiring-to play songs... to pace themselves at their ages. I do miss a favorite hard rocker. But, (a) SF Man is an awesome full-tilt opener, and (b) this 2021 19th N.Breakdown is an incredibly powerful, gonads-out hard rocking song live now.

I love it.

Funny, Keith seems to be the dresser now. Nice shirts and jackets topped with a beanie. And a perfect set of teeth to go with that. Remember his look in 1972? Someone?

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They are awesome.
Steve Jordan now fits much better in the sound. He is lower in the mix, and does not hit the drums that hard.


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Oh he was still hitting them hard! I think they just turned him down

This

If the Stones do continue to tour for another 5 or 6 years we might look back on Steve Jordan as being very significant. It's possible we look back on him as the best thing since Mick Taylor for bringing the very best out of this band.

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Great pic of Steve.
I love him, and am glad if someone had to replace Charlie it was him.
He looked like he was really have fun up there last night.

Dude's frequently got a Stevie Wonder-magnitude happy grin back there on the sticks. He's great.

Rambler

Mick almost struggling to keep up with the pace here, Ronnie really kicking it into touch, the band are on fire and it's one of those nights.

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Great tempo on Shattered. A lot faster than Manchester 2018...

Glad to hear it .I've moaned about that performance often enough !!

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Mick almost struggling to keep up with the pace here, Ronnie really kicking it into touch, the band are on fire and it's one of those nights.

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Just confirmed what I heard last night: Mick does say "I wanna stop!" at around 3.45 here, right?

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Mick almost struggling to keep up with the pace here, Ronnie really kicking it into touch, the band are on fire and it's one of those nights.

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Just confirmed what I heard last night: Mick does say "I wanna stop!" at around 3.45 here, right?

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No. He says, “All right, take it home.”

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Mick almost struggling to keep up with the pace here, Ronnie really kicking it into touch, the band are on fire and it's one of those nights.

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Just confirmed what I heard last night: Mick does say "I wanna stop!" at around 3.45 here, right?

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Yes sounded like i want to stop to me and he gestured for Keith to end it a minute early.

EDIT. He does indeed say alright take it home, but the song ended early

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Mick almost struggling to keep up with the pace here, Ronnie really kicking it into touch, the band are on fire and it's one of those nights.

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Just confirmed what I heard last night: Mick does say "I wanna stop!" at around 3.45 here, right?

[m.youtube.com]

Yes sounded like i want to stop to me and he gestured for Keith to end it a minute early.

"Alright, take it home" is what I'm hearing.

You are right MisterDDDD, sorry my bad.

It's one of those strange things where you hear what you expect to hear.

It's a bit worrying to me because the band are playing so hard at crazy tempos and Mick is having to work harder than other tours, he is 78 after all, hope he doesn't push himself too hard, could do with a couple ballads to catch his breath a bit.



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Very creative intro to Satisfation, band sounds good, Mick's voice is a bit tired but I guess it's to be expected from a 78 year old singer.