I'd say venue, setlist, crowd.
Close to perfect may be the Jan 17 1998 MSG show.
The set features standards, but also killer album cuts (All Down The Line, When The Whip Comes Down), covers (Little Queenie, Like A Rolling Stone, Love To You) and 6 new songs (including Might As Well Get Juiced and You Don't Have To Mean It). Can't say much about the crowd.
The Oakland Arena show on Jan 25 1999 is also a very good example.
It has 3 live debuts (Moonlight Mile, Some Girls and You Got The Silver), 3 really rare live songs (Undercover, Shine A Light, Route 66) and brought Midnight Rambler back into the States after 10 years, the crowd was very loud for American standards. Also, this is one of the few shows in which the Stones don't play all the warhorses (Satisfaction was even left out for the complete leg).

Apart from the setlist the venue/crowd should be Wembley Arena with Argentinian fans.

JumpingKentFlash

First of all, the crowd.

the performance might count for something ... you know:
Keith Richards having carnal knowledge of the music right in front of everybody -
that kind of thing ...

with sssoul wrote : "the performance might count for something ... you know"

Of course. But, atleast IMO and in my ears, the Stones performances are stable and solid enough (the exeptions prove the rule...) So, to me crowd is the imponderable factor. Personally, i prefer a show with a great crowd and with the Stones playing 8/10 than to a gig with a boring audience and the Stones performing 9/10. Maybe 10/10 or 7/10 makes my preferences different or more complicated...

yeah, of course the crowd can make a big difference to our experience of a show,
as do the acoustics & sound; what i'm saying is that (to me) the performance means more than the set list - a lot more.
and of course the Stones normally perform just great - and then there are those nights when they go shining pure with it.

Angie
Miss You
Like A Rolling Stone
Sympathy For The Devil
You Got Me Rocking

Please these five at every show. @#$%& those obscure songs and all those many new ones, up to 5 in a show...

I bloody forgot Tumbling Dice



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Me.....Well I reckon it's just perfect when da Stones are on stage....



ROCKMAN

Whenever I'm in attendance ...... LOL

Jumpsuits! Lol
n general the perfect Stones Show is not really hard to happen:
The Stones playing! But my fantasy show is a club show...

Who the f*ck is Mick Jagger?

MICK JAGGER, KEITH RICHARDS, CHARLIE WATTS, BILL WYMAN & RONNIE WOOD!!!!!

with sssoul, i'm thinking you're right. Number#1 imponderable factor is acoustics and sound, ateast from where are you standing. Number #2 imponderable factor is crowd. I guess...

hot stuff wrote: "MICK JAGGER, KEITH RICHARDS, CHARLIE WATTS, BILL WYMAN & RONNIE WOOD!!!!!"

Then i suppose since 1991 to you there aren't perfect shows! Just perfect for 80% -at the best...

When Keith is "on"...veteran show-goers know when he is and when he isn't. When he's on, there's nothing like it...

An uninhibited crowd is Number 2....

Them not playing You Got Me Rocking.

In all seriousness.. first - performance, venue, set list than crowd. The crowd can bring more energy to the show but I'll be rocking out either way and could care less as I am usually more focused on the band and the music.



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with sssoul Wrote:
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> and then there are those nights when they
> go shining pure with it.

Yeah, well said.

For me at least a perfect show is where Keith and Ronnie spend more time playing well than posing.

Yes, the crowd, meaning for me, NOT sitting next to fools who care more about getting wasted than in the Stones show! Next, not getting rained on in outdoor stadium shows, not freezing my butt off, not getting hassled by guards for having a camera, not getting pushed over or down the steps, not waiting 2 hours in line in the parking lot. That's just the start. Someone reading this sure would wonder WHY anyone would ever go to a concert! I even wonder on occasion. The perfect part occurs when Keith and Ronnie do NOT screw up all night, when the set list is inspiring, when I am CLOSE to the stage and can take a ton of great pictures, when Mick waves at ME! ( he actually did wave at me in Albany last Sept). Oh, and the show goes on for well over 2 hours, with only a few warhorses!

Definately the crowd, and the bigger the better. And in regards to crowds, For some reason no matter what event I've ever seen, nothing beats the vibe of the old wembley stadium. Shame it had to go

Yeah yeah he DID wave at me too !
And I was just thinking 'OH MY GOD' and started to cry - - -

Sorry, just having a laugh!
Just thought it's funny if a guy waves at about 50.000 people and everybody in the first 20 rows is convinced he waved at them - obviously he is doing his job right and is worth the money and the membership - main thing is that you have fun and go home and fall asleep knowing that he did wave at you.
Hope you had a great show !

Jagger on stage,thats all we need,never seem him better than horsens,midnight rambler ,was the highligt ever

Oh Yeah - Jagger on stage is all we need - as long as he waves at you - fu*k the guitars and drums - who needs them anyway ?
Have you seen the video on YourTube of Jagger dancing in the streets of NYC ? It's fantastic !

JumpingKentFlash Wrote:
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> Apart from the setlist the venue/crowd should be
> Wembley Arena with Argentinian fans.


Now that would be insane ( in a positiv way). Ain`t sure I would survive that, but it would be a great way to end the life You mean Wembley Stadium?

Ying - Yang, you're my thing - sometimes everything just fits perfectly.

I would like to put my name on the list for that show as well - what a great way to end your life - true !

And it would have been a great way to turn Wembley into dust as well and then just build a new stadium - think it would have been much quicker than what they do now !

jagger is the show.period

Yeah but I can wave hands too.period

We should have a contest.period

A perfect Stones show for me is having my brother tailgating with me and sitting next to each oterh for the show. I am going to Boston next Wednesday and he can't go because of work. He will be missed. We have bonded through the years thru the Stones. I am younger than he (4 years) and we still bond thru them today. We are both in our 30's now, but the Stones brought us closer in our teenage years.

Being with him is my perfect show!!!