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It may have been deliberate but sad all the same. So he decided not to take the lead there and play an iconic Keith guitar riff. Keith's playing is pretty bad and it's terribly sad to me. He just cannot play much of anything anymore and he needs time to process what he's trying to do, or wants to do, and you just can't do that live. You can see it in any solo he attempts. There's no flow anymore, just a lick, often in the wrong key or with bum or not very good note choices, then a pause for a bar or two, then another lick or perhaps a few strung together but it's all very musically incoherent.

And gone completely is his signature rhythm playing, when he would effortlessly dance between rhythm and lead, mixing chords and licks and fills, and trading lines with Ronnie. That ancient art of guitar weaving just isn't there now.

A part of what you say is true - the solos - but it's been that way since 1969.

Keith always played the riffage in Monkey Man. No idea where you get the idea of lead.

You're absurd.

They perform a song differently from previous tours and "he decided not to take the lead there and play an iconic Keith guitar riff"?

And whatever other crap you ramble about.

He flubs the riff for Start Me Up many times yet this performance deems him essentially incapable of being a guitar player.

Get back on your meds.

I listened to it. It was perfectly fine. You're just spewing fake news.

Complete garbage.

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PIT videos.... wonderful! Thanks a lot.

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I get really bored with all the stuff about Keith being "gone".

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pftw04
Both Keith Richards and Pete Townshend are 80 years. But Pete still sounds strong and loud. Obviously Townshend was always a loud guitraist. Just watched the Won't get fooled again, He nailed it. So whoever is saying Keith is underperforming because of age, I do not think so. There may be some other factor.

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Both Keith Richards and Pete Townshend are 80 years. But Pete still sounds strong and loud. Obviously Townshend was always a loud guitraist. Just watched the Won't get fooled again, He nailed it. So whoever is saying Keith is underperforming because of age, I do not think so. There may be some other factor.

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I'm not sure what some, here, are expecting of an eighty-year-old Keith Richard's. Whilst he's, to my ears, audibly less dextrous and fluent in his playing, he does a competent job. We're not in Chuck Berry territory, yet. In fact, there were some really rather fine moments from him during the 2021 European and U.K. tour.

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I'm not sure what some, here, are expecting of an eighty-year-old Keith Richard's. Whilst he's, to my ears, audibly less dextrous and fluent in his playing, he does a competent job. We're not in Chuck Berry territory, yet. In fact, there were some really rather fine moments from him during the 2021 European and U.K. tour.

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I'm not sure what some, here, are expecting of an eighty-year-old Keith Richard's. Whilst he's, to my ears, audibly less dextrous and fluent in his playing, he does a competent job. We're not in Chuck Berry territory, yet. In fact, there were some really rather fine moments from him during the 2021 European and U.K. tour.

100% OK.....

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Big Al
I'm not sure what some, here, are expecting of an eighty-year-old Keith Richard's. Whilst he's, to my ears, audibly less dextrous and fluent in his playing, he does a competent job. We're not in Chuck Berry territory, yet. In fact, there were some really rather fine moments from him during the 2021 European and U.K. tour.

100% OK.....

Apart from the fact that it was in 2022 ! Yeah Keith had a revival of sorts in 2022, much more alert, almost back in charge like in the old days. Some people thought it was because he'd stopped drinking/smoking/whatever. Sadly it hasn't carried on to 2024...

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skytrench
There is always lots to complain about if you really want to nit pick the show to pieces. That Keith become the whipping boy for the band is so absurd it borders on the comical.

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In my opinion there is some truth in every statement about how Keith plays.
However, Keith has always been outside the box, he is not a technical guitarist, he never has been and as he has gotten older this has become more pronounced.
Comparing Keith to other guitarists of the same age makes no logical sense, also because we are human and each of us ages in our own way.
My opinion is that perhaps Keith should leave some of his solos to Ronnie, at least when he realizes that he is not at his best, Ronnie is still able to play them and would not play them much differently from a fit Keith, fortunately Keith and Ronnie are equal stylistically, both are rhythm guitarists, both play lead in a non-melodic way.

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Big Al
I'm not sure what some, here, are expecting of an eighty-year-old Keith Richard's. Whilst he's, to my ears, audibly less dextrous and fluent in his playing, he does a competent job. We're not in Chuck Berry territory, yet. In fact, there were some really rather fine moments from him during the 2021 European and U.K. tour.

Yep, quite so

..and there are still plenty of magic moments when he introduces subtle new inflections to riffs he's played for generations.

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JN99
It may have been deliberate but sad all the same. So he decided not to take the lead there and play an iconic Keith guitar riff. Keith's playing is pretty bad and it's terribly sad to me. He just cannot play much of anything anymore and he needs time to process what he's trying to do, or wants to do, and you just can't do that live. You can see it in any solo he attempts. There's no flow anymore, just a lick, often in the wrong key or with bum or not very good note choices, then a pause for a bar or two, then another lick or perhaps a few strung together but it's all very musically incoherent.

And gone completely is his signature rhythm playing, when he would effortlessly dance between rhythm and lead, mixing chords and licks and fills, and trading lines with Ronnie. That ancient art of guitar weaving just isn't there now.

A part of what you say is true - the solos - but it's been that way since 1969.

Keith always played the riffage in Monkey Man. No idea where you get the idea of lead.

You're absurd.

They perform a song differently from previous tours and "he decided not to take the lead there and play an iconic Keith guitar riff"?

And whatever other crap you ramble about.

He flubs the riff for Start Me Up many times yet this performance deems him essentially incapable of being a guitar player.

Get back on your meds.

I listened to it. It was perfectly fine. You're just spewing fake news.

Complete garbage.

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I like what they do.

just a question : Wouldn't the stage look nicer with a traditional piano instead of that ultra-modern latest model?

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You make Ronnie sound like a savior... That would be true if he were Mick Taylor ![/quot

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Mick Taylor?LMAO