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Doxa
Consulted my memory and Gazza's set list site.
Some positive points:
- 23 songs. That's more than usual (since A Bigger Bang Tour it's been, say, 18-20 tunes typically). This seems to be an important feature for some people.
- they started with "Get Off of My Cloud". That was an unique thing at the time before they stuck back to the 'obvious' openers like "Flash" and"Start Me Up". For me the opening number has always been an important thing, like giving a certain own character to a tour.
- they played following six numbers in a row: "Wild Horses", "Going Down", "Dead Flowers", "Who Do You Love?", "Doom & Gloom" and "One More Shot". Not probably that thrilling musically and some tunes not that rare, but anyone going to a Stones concert cannot be sure hearing any of those tunes. Now six in a row. So for those who like to complain about too predictable setlists, this is not so bad.
- Charlie, Lisa, Bobby & Taylor. This sounds like a modern day dream team they had on stage at the time.
Negative points:
- it must've been thrilling, like always, to witness the show live, but I only saw it from a telly at the time, and unfortunately it was a downer to me. The show sounded thin, and the band shallow, like being a not that good Stones tribute band. Especially the opening numbers were really weak performance-wise, like setting the show in a wrong feet. The only highlights I recall were Lady GaGa's looks and Taylor in "Rambler".
- unfortunately that little ad clip brings exactly the same feelings into my mind as the show did at the time. That it being mixed probably a bit better does not make a difference.
- Doxa
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GivenToFly15
Oh oh oh be careful, whining is not allowed here!
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ribbelchips
Maybe I'll buy the Blu-ray disc. Assuming it's at least 1080P resolution and in widescreen this time? It must be, right?
I skipped Licks in New York, Copacobana and Bridges to Buenos Aires since I have more than enough 'Vegas Stones' liveshows and I hardly listen to them (and even then I skip songs like Miss You and YCAGWYW).
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voodoodrew
Should’ve been called LiveGRRR than You’ll Ever Be!
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WorriedAboutYou
Hate any guests with the Stones. This is an album I wouldn't even bother streaming.
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voodoodrew
Should’ve been called LiveGRRR than You’ll Ever Be!
Not bad.
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GOT GRRR IF YOU WANT IT.
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custom55
I Was at the show. Ticket prices were INSANE but I paid it.
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NilsHolgersson
I wish they would sell standalone blurays like before, I dont need the 2cd set, I dont even have a cd player in the living room anymore, I only stream with spotify.
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ribbelchips
Maybe I'll buy the Blu-ray disc. Assuming it's at least 1080P resolution and in widescreen this time? It must be, right?
I skipped Licks in New York, Copacobana and Bridges to Buenos Aires since I have more than enough 'Vegas Stones' liveshows and I hardly listen to them (and even then I skip songs like Miss You and YCAGWYW).
Bridges to buenos aires is really good! No Vegas at all.
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ribbelchips
Maybe I'll buy the Blu-ray disc. Assuming it's at least 1080P resolution and in widescreen this time? It must be, right?
I skipped Licks in New York, Copacobana and Bridges to Buenos Aires since I have more than enough 'Vegas Stones' liveshows and I hardly listen to them (and even then I skip songs like Miss You and YCAGWYW).
Bridges to buenos aires is really good! No Vegas at all.
I mean the era, the predictable setlists ect. Don't get me wrong, I love going to Stones shows, but personally I don't really enjoy listening to live versions of Satisfaction, Miss You or YCAGWYW from s anymore. I often listen to the 'gems'. The vote songs, the surprises like She's a rainbow, Fool to Cry, Worried Bout You and so on.. So a Spotify release is good enough for me when it comes to audio. I think I honestly never played the Bridges to Bremen or Sweet Summer Sun audio discs.
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'Happy' from GRRR Live! :
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ribbelchips
Maybe I'll buy the Blu-ray disc. Assuming it's at least 1080P resolution and in widescreen this time? It must be, right?
I skipped Licks in New York, Copacobana and Bridges to Buenos Aires since I have more than enough 'Vegas Stones' liveshows and I hardly listen to them (and even then I skip songs like Miss You and YCAGWYW).
Bridges to buenos aires is really good! No Vegas at all.
I mean the era, the predictable setlists ect. Don't get me wrong, I love going to Stones shows, but personally I don't really enjoy listening to live versions of Satisfaction, Miss You or YCAGWYW from s anymore. I often listen to the 'gems'. The vote songs, the surprises like She's a rainbow, Fool to Cry, Worried Bout You and so on.. So a Spotify release is good enough for me when it comes to audio. I think I honestly never played the Bridges to Bremen or Sweet Summer Sun audio discs.
So in the 70s they didn't have predictable setlist? The setlist was almost always the same every night back then. They have much more variation in their setlists since the 90s.
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mick64
each time the covers are more horrible there are no photos of the concert a multinational company that has this hood
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Spodlumt
I wouldn't pay two cents to own this. All these duets were horrible.
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Doxa
I guess the notable difference is that back in the old days the setlist changed not within a tour but from a tour to tour. So take all their tours in, say, America from 1969 (or 1964) to 1989 you will no see just the set lists changing a lot, but the whole band and their sound changing as well. The latter makes that even though the amount of 'war horses' was minimal, they always sounded different from a tour to tour.
The idea that the setlists should vary within a tour and from a gig to gig is a sign of the modern era when the band doesn't evolve or change and neither is able - or is wanted - to add anything novel in terms of new music and sound. All there is left to offer in terms of novelty and difference is to vary setlists. They do that, even though the amount of 'war horses' is nowadays terrible. I mean, if one goes to almost to any gig during the last ten years, one would hear the same about dozen songs that are played pretty similarly from a tour to tour. That's a huge percentage of the show. That makes it pretty predictable, no matter the amount of different songs played within a tour.
Back in the old days the hardcore fans didn't didn't go to see The Stones in order to catch some less played rarity from the past nor they didn't count how many songs they would play. There wasn't media either available to report those things online from a gig to gig. Were they ignorant or were they up to something else that made those things not to matter that much?
Different times.
- Doxa