Another Forum review: the good and bad...
Date: March 8, 2006 03:59
A great show! One of the best I've seen in years.
The good:
The stadium shows have got to go. An arena or theater is the best way to see 'em.
Loudest I've ever heard them. Not painfully loud, but loud enough.
Sway: Better than I thought. They did seem a little pensive about it.
Ron nailed the slide, but the solo at the end he seemed a bit unsure.
However, he made it up with Far Away Eyes. The pedal steel he played was beautiful.
The boots may prove me wrong, but this version was one of the best versions
of any song I've ever heard them do. BTW, Keith hit just as many clunkers as Ron did.IF he's gonna do that desceding 2-string Chuck Berry riff (a la Carol) KR better start practising 'cause he flubbed every one of them (on IORR and Respectable).
BTW, nice to see Keith playing a skull-and-dagger guitar again.
Has he played it before on this tour?
JAgger's vocals were the best I've ever heard in concert. He was fantastic,
especially Worried About You. He nailed every falsetto.
Charlie was great, but he's alwaysbeen great at every show I've seen.
They never "went through the motions" as the did at Anaheim.
It's the arena, I'm telling ya.
A sizzling Midnight Rambler. Keith even brought back some of his '75 licks.
The Bad:
Darryl is useless. They really need a new bass player.
The horns aren't needed.
Respectable was a train wreck, but fun to watch them get through it.
Mick sang out of key and no one knew where the changes were.
Although I sat on Keith's side, he was way too loud on some numbers.
I could hardly hear Ron sometimes, but perhaps that's the state of the band.
Both Wood and Richards sound better on the B-stage.
Maybe they should ditch those main-stage amps. ALthough the Fender amps
that Wood uses are great, I don't think he sounds good through them on certain tunes. When one of them would start a solo, the volume went up way too much.
Maybe that's the sound guy. I know when that happnes to me and when the sound from
my amp is way too loud, you get nervous and self-conscious and make mistakes.
As I said I heard just as many clunkers from Keith.
All in all, I loved the show. It was nice to be at the Forum again.
BTW, I paid $7.50 in 1975. For last night, I played $160 to sit in the same area.