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Rockman
and poor ole Blondie who did so much under the boards ....
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Bill should have been involved or acknowledged in the SIXTY tour in some way - even if just a thank you message and/or some pictures of him on the giant screen at some point.
It would have been nice had they done that for every past member in fact, but seems they've been trying to erase and rewrite their history for quite some time now.
Hats off to Bill...and Brian...and Mick Taylor...and the rest...and at least they haven't forgotten about Charlie...yet...
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It is strange how low key the 60th is/was.
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It is strange how low key the 60th is/was. I guess there was such a big deal made around the 50th that there isn't much left to say. Not even yet another Greatest Hits package. Maybe Charlie's passing dampened their own enthusiasm. The American and European tour did have a bit of a working man's vibe to it. No frills stage. No sentimentality except for the Charlie video upfront.
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Lady Jayne
So anniversary's are a bit of a double edged sword these days.
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Bill Wyman did his last show with the Stones at Wembley stadium back in August 1990. It is 32 years ago this month. There is more in life than playing in a rock band and touring the world every 2-3 years. I have seen and met Bill many times at his shows and at other events since then, and it is clear to me that he do enjoy his life as it is now, with no need to be on the big stage touring the world.
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It is strange how low key the 60th is/was. I guess there was such a big deal made around the 50th that there isn't much left to say. Not even yet another Greatest Hits package. Maybe Charlie's passing dampened their own enthusiasm. The American and European tour did have a bit of a working man's vibe to it. No frills stage. No sentimentality except for the Charlie video upfront.
I don't think they like to emphasise anything that reminds them/us? how old they are, especially Mick. So anniversary's are a bit of a double edged sword these days. He's never really loved reminiscing.
Nice to read the news of Bill. In a way it would have been good to have an episode on him for the recent 60 series - as well as the band's story, I find it fascinating how eccentric in many ways each of the individuals are and Bill is another such original.
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It is strange how low key the 60th is/was. I guess there was such a big deal made around the 50th that there isn't much left to say. Not even yet another Greatest Hits package. Maybe Charlie's passing dampened their own enthusiasm. The American and European tour did have a bit of a working man's vibe to it. No frills stage. No sentimentality except for the Charlie video upfront.
I don't think they like to emphasise anything that reminds them/us? how old they are, especially Mick. So anniversary's are a bit of a double edged sword these days. He's never really loved reminiscing.
Nice to read the news of Bill. In a way it would have been good to have an episode on him for the recent 60 series - as well as the band's story, I find it fascinating how eccentric in many ways each of the individuals are and Bill is another such original.
Yet the 50 and Counting Tour was all about celebrating the 50th anniversary of the band, and was a tour which included guest performances by former members.
As far as reminiscing, I wonder what goes through Mick's mind when he's performing songs that are decades old which a majority of the setlist is made up of, and some of which are near 60 years old.
Does he completely block out the past when he wrote the lyrics, or does his mind maybe drift back a little bit to when, where, and why he wrote those lyrics - or perhaps some other memory that might be triggered.
He might not like to reminisce much in interviews, etc., but it would seem impossible not to drift back in his mind when performing tunes such as Out of Time, Lets Spend the Night Together, Paint it Black, etc., etc., etc.
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bv
Bill Wyman did his last show with the Stones at Wembley stadium back in August 1990. It is 32 years ago this month. There is more in life than playing in a rock band and touring the world every 2-3 years. I have seen and met Bill many times at his shows and at other events since then, and it is clear to me that he do enjoy his life as it is now, with no need to be on the big stage touring the world.
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It is strange how low key the 60th is/was. I guess there was such a big deal made around the 50th that there isn't much left to say. Not even yet another Greatest Hits package. Maybe Charlie's passing dampened their own enthusiasm. The American and European tour did have a bit of a working man's vibe to it. No frills stage. No sentimentality except for the Charlie video upfront.
I don't think they like to emphasise anything that reminds them/us? how old they are, especially Mick. So anniversary's are a bit of a double edged sword these days. He's never really loved reminiscing.
Nice to read the news of Bill. In a way it would have been good to have an episode on him for the recent 60 series - as well as the band's story, I find it fascinating how eccentric in many ways each of the individuals are and Bill is another such original.
Yet the 50 and Counting Tour was all about celebrating the 50th anniversary of the band, and was a tour which included guest performances by former members.
As far as reminiscing, I wonder what goes through Mick's mind when he's performing songs that are decades old which a majority of the setlist is made up of, and some of which are near 60 years old.
Does he completely block out the past when he wrote the lyrics, or does his mind maybe drift back a little bit to when, where, and why he wrote those lyrics - or perhaps some other memory that might be triggered.
He might not like to reminisce much in interviews, etc., but it would seem impossible not to drift back in his mind when performing tunes such as Out of Time, Lets Spend the Night Together, Paint it Black, etc., etc., etc.
Mick is so guarded and controlled in interview, it seems impossible to gauge his thought processes but he always seems to prefer talking about the present and future - at least to media - and he is very edited in what he says about the past. I think he learnt early to protect himself. No memoir - he said he'd forgotten when he returned the advance but I don't believe him, he just doesn't want to spill his guts.
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Hairball
Bill should have been involved or acknowledged in the SIXTY tour in some way - even if just a thank you message and/or some pictures of him on the giant screen at some point.
It would have been nice had they done that for every past member in fact, but seems they've been trying to erase and rewrite their history for quite some time now.
Hats off to Bill...and Brian...and Mick Taylor...and the rest...and at least they haven't forgotten about Charlie...yet...
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Bet Morvan and Pilatus once sat hunched in their
lonely basement and wished they'd have learnt to sing .....
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It is strange how low key the 60th is/was. I guess there was such a big deal made around the 50th that there isn't much left to say. Not even yet another Greatest Hits package. Maybe Charlie's passing dampened their own enthusiasm. The American and European tour did have a bit of a working man's vibe to it. No frills stage. No sentimentality except for the Charlie video upfront.
I don't think they like to emphasise anything that reminds them/us? how old they are, especially Mick. So anniversary's are a bit of a double edged sword these days. He's never really loved reminiscing.
Nice to read the news of Bill. In a way it would have been good to have an episode on him for the recent 60 series - as well as the band's story, I find it fascinating how eccentric in many ways each of the individuals are and Bill is another such original.
Yet the 50 and Counting Tour was all about celebrating the 50th anniversary of the band, and was a tour which included guest performances by former members.
As far as reminiscing, I wonder what goes through Mick's mind when he's performing songs that are decades old which a majority of the setlist is made up of, and some of which are near 60 years old.
Does he completely block out the past when he wrote the lyrics, or does his mind maybe drift back a little bit to when, where, and why he wrote those lyrics - or perhaps some other memory that might be triggered.
He might not like to reminisce much in interviews, etc., but it would seem impossible not to drift back in his mind when performing tunes such as Out of Time, Lets Spend the Night Together, Paint it Black, etc., etc., etc.
Mick is so guarded and controlled in interview, it seems impossible to gauge his thought processes but he always seems to prefer talking about the present and future - at least to media - and he is very edited in what he says about the past. I think he learnt early to protect himself. No memoir - he said he'd forgotten when he returned the advance but I don't believe him, he just doesn't want to spill his guts.
True enough Lady Jayne, it does seem he's very guarded and controlled in most interviews, though there have been a few where he opens up quite a bit to the past (I recall a nice one in a Rolling Stone magazine)
But then there's the fact there's been no memoir...yet...hopefully there will be some day as it would be nice to read his history from his own perspective, and in his own words...
But along with singing all the oldies and what might go through his mind, I wonder what he thinks when he's going through all the past recordings searching for yet another "lost gem"...
Scraping the bottom of the barrels in the basement when he's all alone...living in the past....wondering and soul searching...maybe thinking to himself "I recall when I wrote this on a cold and lonely night"...
Or maybe thinking "wow this is great...we were all young and having fun...why didn't we ever finish and release this"!!! Surely he must drift back/reminisce once in a while...at least privately and in his own mind...
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Bill Wyman did his last show with the Stones at Wembley stadium back in August 1990. It is 32 years ago this month. There is more in life than playing in a rock band and touring the world every 2-3 years. I have seen and met Bill many times at his shows and at other events since then, and it is clear to me that he do enjoy his life as it is now, with no need to be on the big stage touring the world.