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Taylor1
On the 1978 tour, did they play any songs from Black n Blue?Crazy Mama and Hand of Fate would have sounded good
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electricmud
I remember an article in a German music-magazine at the time that the Stones were planning to play a concert in Hamburg in 1979. Have it somewhere in the basement …
But it was only one article , no official announcement. I was hoping and wondering at the time but nothing more happened …..long waiting then as a young fan till 1982 ….
Tom
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electricmud
I remember an article in a German music-magazine at the time that the Stones were planning to play a concert in Hamburg in 1979. Have it somewhere in the basement …
But it was only one article , no official announcement. I was hoping and wondering at the time but nothing more happened …..long waiting then as a young fan till 1982 ….
Tom
Yes, I remember the article. But I think it was in Spring 1978 before the release of SG. It said that the Stones will present their new album live in the Markthalle concert hall.
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electricmud
I remember an article in a German music-magazine at the time that the Stones were planning to play a concert in Hamburg in 1979. Have it somewhere in the basement …
But it was only one article , no official announcement. I was hoping and wondering at the time but nothing more happened …..long waiting then as a young fan till 1982 ….
Tom
Yes, I remember the article. But I think it was in Spring 1978 before the release of SG. It said that the Stones will present their new album live in the Markthalle concert hall.
Good point. I have been thinking that these European shows of Paris, Hamburg and London may have been initially planned as warm up dates for the subsequent American tour rather than a full scale tour in 1979, following the pattern of their usual tour scheduling. That would explain the limited locations and why it was put on the map the way it was, European American tour ‘78.
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24FPS
Matt who? And where is this archive?
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electricmud
I remember an article in a German music-magazine at the time that the Stones were planning to play a concert in Hamburg in 1979. Have it somewhere in the basement …
But it was only one article , no official announcement. I was hoping and wondering at the time but nothing more happened …..long waiting then as a young fan till 1982 ….
Tom
Yes, I remember the article. But I think it was in Spring 1978 before the release of SG. It said that the Stones will present their new album live in the Markthalle concert hall.
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GasLightStreet
I've never seen any indication of a European tour for SOME GIRLS.
Although they did release TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE in the UK only, they were in Paris shortly after continuing to record for EMOTIONAL RESCUE, but if TWFNO was gonna be a tour gag they obviously cancelled the tour way before the release.
After the 1976 tour, it seems they wanted to simplify, which is probably why they didn't want to bother with going to Europe to tour in 1979.
Mick Jagger (September 1977): Tour plans
I'd like to go back on the road, but I'd like to get another album done first, so we have a bunch of new songs to play on the raod. We've never toured the States with Black And Blue so we've got that. And if we've got another album, we'll have enough material to take it around without having to do the songs we've been playing for TOO long, so we don't get bored at ALL.
[www.timeisonourside.com]
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Redhotcarpet
Theres no way they ie Jagger could risk Keith getting busted again, crossing borders in Europe. He was getting off heroin in -79 but still using. One more bust and it wouldve been over.
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GasLightStreet
Such an upheaval of time for The Rolling Stones while redefining themselves ala SOME GIRLS and EMOTIONAL RESCUE.
I know ER is skewed here but it really is a great album. Considering what they'd been through in 1977-78 it's really something they were able to create what they did for ER yet alone what was left off for what became TATTOO YOU.
The personal aspect of the band gets lost because of Miss You and Emotional Rescue, no tour for the second batch, and then a complete change from 1978 with 1981.
Just as they are now, with Charlie dying, they're people just like the rest of us. What Keith went through, and in result put the band through, in 1977 onward... where SG was a very focused Oh punk? kind of album, ER seemed to be more Let's expand.
The issue fan wise being the songs didn't reach like they did on SG. That's life. TY benefitted from it.
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GasLightStreet
Such an upheaval of time for The Rolling Stones while redefining themselves ala SOME GIRLS and EMOTIONAL RESCUE.
I know ER is skewed here but it really is a great album. Considering what they'd been through in 1977-78 it's really something they were able to create what they did for ER yet alone what was left off for what became TATTOO YOU.
The personal aspect of the band gets lost because of Miss You and Emotional Rescue, no tour for the second batch, and then a complete change from 1978 with 1981.
Just as they are now, with Charlie dying, they're people just like the rest of us. What Keith went through, and in result put the band through, in 1977 onward... where SG was a very focused Oh punk? kind of album, ER seemed to be more Let's expand.
The issue fan wise being the songs didn't reach like they did on SG. That's life. TY benefitted from it.
Pardon me for going off on a tangent. If Some Girls is the Stones’ ‘punk’ album, Emotional Rescue feels like their ‘New Wave’ album. The ambience of the soundscape they created on ER reminds me of some of The Police’s contemporary releases for example, Regatta de Blanc (out on 2 October, 1979) in particular. From punk to New Wave — seems to me a natural progression in parallel with the music scene of the day.
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GasLightStreet
Such an upheaval of time for The Rolling Stones while redefining themselves ala SOME GIRLS and EMOTIONAL RESCUE.
I know ER is skewed here but it really is a great album. Considering what they'd been through in 1977-78 it's really something they were able to create what they did for ER yet alone what was left off for what became TATTOO YOU.
The personal aspect of the band gets lost because of Miss You and Emotional Rescue, no tour for the second batch, and then a complete change from 1978 with 1981.
Just as they are now, with Charlie dying, they're people just like the rest of us. What Keith went through, and in result put the band through, in 1977 onward... where SG was a very focused Oh punk? kind of album, ER seemed to be more Let's expand.
The issue fan wise being the songs didn't reach like they did on SG. That's life. TY benefitted from it.
Pardon me for going off on a tangent. If Some Girls is the Stones’ ‘punk’ album, Emotional Rescue feels like their ‘New Wave’ album. The ambience of the soundscape they created on ER reminds me of some of The Police’s contemporary releases for example, Regatta de Blanc (out on 2 October, 1979) in particular. From punk to New Wave — seems to me a natural progression in parallel with the music scene of the day.
Your tangent is well put.
Although they've generally been beind the times regarding what was big, they nailed it with Miss You and Emotional Rescue as singles.
It seems that the esoteric romanticism of the era has been lost on a lot of people because of Miss You (or how great the LP was). What they did with SG and ER is remarkable, actually. The living era of that duration does not translate to now or a decade ago so it's viewed as weak.
ER is not like SG but it has some of the same energy (albeit a leftover or two). It, like UNDERCOVER, the true studio band recording follow up, is a great album for its time. The songs hold up etc.