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HonkyTonkJan
Fair play. That's your honest opinion.
Can I suggest you do something else with your spare time?
You clearly don't really enjoy The Stones anymore so good luck in finding a hobby that brings you more pleasure.....
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HonkyTonkJan
Fair play. That's your honest opinion.
Can I suggest you do something else with your spare time?
You clearly don't really enjoy The Stones anymore so good luck in finding a hobby that brings you more pleasure.....
Thank you very much for your comment and response.
Actually I DO enjoy seeing The Stones. And the concert did not lack enjoyment at all. However there is a difference between an enjoyable concert and a five star concert. One is a decent, good humoured event. The other is something way above and beyond mere fun. And it certainly was not that.
I enjoy many things that are not five star events. Most of the movies I see - either at the cinema or on TV - are not five star movies. But they are perfectly satisfactory. Most of the football matches I watch are not five star quality either. But again they are perfectly decent ways to spend a couple of hours of my life.
Unfortunately we seem to now live in a world where there is no middle ground. If something is not superlative it is deemed to be rubbish. In the week a friend of mine who is also a Stones fan tried to dissuade me from buying the El Mocambo album because he said 'a couple of the tracks are pretty weak'. Well for me, it is a very decent album indeed. Of course it is not perfect- its a live album for pity's sake - and it is a long way from Exile, Let It Bleed or Some Girls. But I'm very glad I have it. Just like I'm perfectly happy with what happened at the Anfield concert.
But earth-shatteringly brilliant it was not.
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HonkyTonkJan
Fair play. That's your honest opinion.
Can I suggest you do something else with your spare time?
You clearly don't really enjoy The Stones anymore so good luck in finding a hobby that brings you more pleasure.....
Thank you very much for your comment and response.
Actually I DO enjoy seeing The Stones. And the concert did not lack enjoyment at all. However there is a difference between an enjoyable concert and a five star concert. One is a decent, good humoured event. The other is something way above and beyond mere fun. And it certainly was not that.
I enjoy many things that are not five star events. Most of the movies I see - either at the cinema or on TV - are not five star movies. But they are perfectly satisfactory. Most of the football matches I watch are not five star quality either. But again they are perfectly decent ways to spend a couple of hours of my life.
Unfortunately we seem to now live in a world where there is no middle ground. If something is not superlative it is deemed to be rubbish. In the week a friend of mine who is also a Stones fan tried to dissuade me from buying the El Mocambo album because he said 'a couple of the tracks are pretty weak'. Well for me, it is a very decent album indeed. Of course it is not perfect- its a live album for pity's sake - and it is a long way from Exile, Let It Bleed or Some Girls. But I'm very glad I have it. Just like I'm perfectly happy with what happened at the Anfield concert.
But earth-shatteringly brilliant it was not.
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SimonN
Hello,
I pretty much agree with how Gerard put it- it was a hugely entertaining show!
A lot of folk on IORR have seen the band way more times than I have, so feel free to tell me that I'm spouting nonsense here...
It seems like Mick has relaxed a deal, what with the Insta pop-up photos in each city. I don't recall him being as talkative as he was at Anfield...it really looked like he was both having a blast and savouring it all too...almost as though the crowd's affection for them all affected him. Maybe I'm reading too much into all of course: I'd love to steal 5 minutes of his time and ask him, hah-hah!
Cheers,
Simon.
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Bjorn
Ten years ago. They came back with a "hit you inte face" version...[www.youtube.com] I miss Charlie.
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SimonN
Hello,
I pretty much agree with how Gerard put it- it was a hugely entertaining show!
A lot of folk on IORR have seen the band way more times than I have, so feel free to tell me that I'm spouting nonsense here...
It seems like Mick has relaxed a deal, what with the Insta pop-up photos in each city. I don't recall him being as talkative as he was at Anfield...it really looked like he was both having a blast and savouring it all too...almost as though the crowd's affection for them all affected him. Maybe I'm reading too much into all of course: I'd love to steal 5 minutes of his time and ask him, hah-hah!
Cheers,
Simon.
I had a great time at Anfield Simon. Even in M9 (the furthermost section of the middle tier of the Main Stand, The Crowd around me were engaged and enthused, with much singing and dancing. There was certainly a goof or 3 on stage (as
always) but no-one cared around me. The Stones don’t do perfect and never have.
That’s looking like one of the U sections close to the stage and your photos are of a very similar angle to the ones I got in Chicago 3 years ago. Great shots from that distance btw. Is that where your Lucky Dips put you? When did you pick yours up? I picked up mine just after 5 and at that point dippers were all getting M9. My Lucky Dip partner picked hers up at 630 and got the Kop - Even worse. So we we sold those at a knockdown price to some locals and used my M9s which were 2nd row and came with as much free food as you could eat
I’ll be at the IORR show on 24th so might see you there.
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HonkyTonkJan
Fair play. That's your honest opinion.
Can I suggest you do something else with your spare time?
You clearly don't really enjoy The Stones anymore so good luck in finding a hobby that brings you more pleasure.....
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HonkyTonkJan
Fair play. That's your honest opinion.
Can I suggest you do something else with your spare time?
You clearly don't really enjoy The Stones anymore so good luck in finding a hobby that brings you more pleasure.....
No, I think he did enjoy it. A Stones show may not be a five star knockout, but there's always something worth seeing and hearing - and always the possibility that for a few songs (which ones is totally unpredictable) the band will hit that magic groove...