That's the ultimate question folks. I need an answer.

Sleep or food?

Oxygen, or H2-0? wait, I dont even have brussels affair. One day I will.

Ah...........I love them both but I think Brussels Affair is better.....I just think the Stones were playing better then. The '69 American Tour was the first tour they had played since early 1967 and obviously it was their first with Mick Taylor. By the time they played Brussels, near the end of the '73 European Tour, they had toured every year since '69 (although the '71 English Tour was very short, 3 weeks I think) and they were a better live band by then. And while I personally feel some of the '72 shows had more of a spark than some '73 performances I've heard, they were also more ragged and raw sounding (which is not neccessarily a bad thing). But I think by the time they hit Brussels on the '73 European tour, they were at their absolute peak. Druggy, decadent, bluesy rock'n'roll at its' finest.

Taylor dominates Brussels. Stones all dominate ya ya's. It's a toss-up of what you're in the mood for.

ya-yas

Both are great, but Ya Yas has better sound, and Stu, instead of Billy Preston.....Ya Yas...

JR

Well da bottom line is that they're both essential....



ROCKMAN

charlie's good 2nite ain't he , wooo hoo ! Ya Yas

Come on, cool all black stage clothes with White Leo symbol and Uncle Sam Hat or Glam Jump Suit, stuffing socks and over done make up......anyway, Ya Ya's has the best live sound mix EVER...

You cannot compare an official to a bootleg. But for what it was for a generation of Stones fans : Ya-Ya's. Setlist is by the way better : SFTD.
For musical emotionnal moments : Brussels. Duos btw Keith and MickT lack of superlative.

Brussels Affair.

Liver.

Ya-ya in SACD AND Brussels. You must have both.

Just not possible to choose....i mean that Ya Ya Ramble version is timeless..but so is that Brussels..no I wont choose.

Rockman Wrote:
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> Well da bottom line is that they're both
> essential....

Now THAT is what I call a sensible answer. The thing about the Rolling Stones is that when confronted by a choice of "this or "that", the immediate way out of the crisis is to err on the side of caution and go for "both".

as stated above- both are essential.

but if i HAD to pick, just one, in a "Sophie's Choice" type scenario,
I'd go for Brussels Affair.

Adrian-L Wrote:
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> as stated above- both are essential.
>
> but if i HAD to pick, just one, in a "Sophie's
> Choice" type scenario,
> I'd go for Brussels Affair.

Yeah, but remember, Sophie ended up killing herself.....

lol- you're right MB, it's a stupid question, period.
Why on earth couldn't you have both, anyway?

Adrian-L Wrote:
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> Why on earth couldn't you have both, anyway?


The only good answer to that, would be..."because you only got 60 minutes left alive!"

If you have ever heard the 7.5 IPS Reel To Reel version of Ya Yas, you would know what I mean! Its UNBELIEVABLE...so is the KBFH 7.5 IPS reel of Brussels...but its still no conteat...Ya Yas... track list, just kills...

JR

I like Ya-Ya's, it's got a better sound, the sound means a lot to me, that's why I rarely listen to bootlegs.

"Rape, murder, it's just a shot away..."



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Musically "Ya-Ya's" is the band at its sexiest. The slower tempos are so controlled, delicious, confident. When the band struck those slower opening chords of JJF the audience gasped. The band required the audience to come to them, rather than playing to the audience. You have definitive version #1 of LIV (L&G version being #2). SFTD is one of the great live performanances in RnR history. The Brussels MR is brilliant, exciting, a guitar onslaught, but I prefer the "Ya-Ya's" stealthy version. The song selection on "Ya-Ya's" makes a statement, too. We are the worthy heirs of American RnR and blues.

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> You have definitive
> version #1 of LIV (L&G version being #2).


Where have you hidden the Welcome To New York version?

lol We could argue about it, but we'd both be quibbling. 7/26/72 was one of the band's great, great shows. My point was: Leave it to Taylor to come up with TWO definitive versions of the same song. It's an oxymoron, I know.

I was hoping for a 10 page thread of heated discussions, that was all....

Either one of them.

I'll take Brussels becasue there is more of it. Ya Ya is not a full concert.

I will say Ya-Yas and 69 in general is the closest MT & Keef ever came to Ronnie & Keef at thier peak which IMHO was 78.

don't give me that ole one two, one two three four

Live Licks

you can't catch me!

Have to go with Ya-Ya's. It has more of a devilish rock 'n roll punch to it. Something that Brussels lacks. Brussels is a bit too perfect for my tastes. Doesn't even sound like the Stones some places.

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