HA!

Draggging out 3-4 minute songs to 6 minutes is their specialty!

From B2B and forward...the warhorses have been worn down so much that it's almost a chore to listen to them at all.

Overall great show--I was up top and the sound was great there too--loud guitars.

I thought Imagination was too Chuck centered as well as Under My Thumb--were those break time for Keith?

Midnight Rambler was great!

Yeah--I hate it when they drag out the endings of the warhorses--cut em down and they would have time for another song in the set.



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I was never in doubt, Tod. I'm glad that you had a good "send off" (if that's the case - not speculating or anything).

Nice read.

got a $150 ticket for half price. also had a freebie in hand for another location, that I didn't use, per my original post. probably could have gotten in for even less that the half-price - lotsa sellers out there in desperate straits.

nice review Tod...thanks

My faith is renewed in the Stones after seeing them last night in Oakland!! . A year ago, I was disappointed after seeing an appalling show in San Fransisco. In ranting about the crappy guitar playing, I said that Ronnie's soloing “sounded like an amplified electric garbage disposal with a spoon stuck in it”, and expressed my utter amazement at Keith screwing up the intro to Brown sugar, as well as the bridge to YCAGWYW.

Today, I am on Cloud 9. Last night's show was awesome!! Ronnie and Keith both played well, aside from a few screw ups (Connection crashed and burned!) The band was very tight for the most part, and the sound was like sitting in front of the biggest, loudest, clearest stereo system in the world!. I took three fellow rock musician friends with very discerning ears who had never seen the Stones before, and they were blown away! If the Stones can find a way to maintain this performance level, and health remains good, I can certainly see them celebrating 50 years as an ongoing band in 2012. Please boys, get back in the studio!

chelskeith Wrote:
>
> In the Rattlesnake Inn, there were about 100
> people in there when Van Morrison started. The CD
> player was skipping, so they stopped the music.
> Then a few minutes later, you could hear a guitar,
> which to the trained ear was Keith. Then Charlie
> and Ron join in, with Darrell, and probably
> Blondie and a few others. They're totally jamming
> to Little Red Rooster, a song on their set list as
> being played with Van Morrison. Because they're
> playing behind the curtain. no one could see them.
> That meant that the Rolling Stones were playing
> right behind the curtain and only about 20 people
> in the place realized it wasnt the CD player.

I was back there too and met Charlie. It was obvious that live guitars were being played because there was lots of starting and stopping - we couldn't tell who it was and assumed it was guitar techs tuning the guitars. I didn't hear drums, but I did hear vocals - it didn't sound like Bernard, but rather had an older blues voice. Who was that?

Jed:

Glad you thought it was a great sounding show too. Amazing, crystal clear sound. I called a few folks on the phone during the show and they were amazed at the clarity as well. Not sure why it's not always like this, but at least it was PERFECT for one night....

YEP, I called a frined of mine and held up the phone during You got the silver and I was really suprised when they said how good it sounded.

Talkin' of Van this ones always a rib rattler.......From Exile - Dominique Tarle





ROCKMAN

:-)



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StonesTod Wrote:
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> Sat in the lowers - 10 rows off of floor - near
> the KR-side ramp. Right side speaker column was
> facing me.
>
> It was the BEST SOUNDING Stones show I have EVER
> been to. It was my 33rd overall. I was amazed at
> the sound. Guitars were both up front and in your
> face. Don't know if it was just the sweet spot or
> what, but even though I considered moving to
> another locale for the b-stage performance (had
> two tix in hand) - I decided against because it
> sounded so ridiculously good where I was.
>
> Performance was mostly solid, with a few glitches
> that some have already mentioned. Keith just let
> Connection fall apart midway through. He looked
> completely befuddled and unsure of what to do with
> his guitar once the song got to the point where he
> was supposed to play and the song turned instantly
> into a train wreck.
>
> On the plus side - KR's playing on Bitch was about
> as impressive as I've heard from him the entire
> tour. He had several guitar breaks that were
> fabulous.
>
> Midnight Rambler seemed particularly drawn out
> last night. Always a good thing.
>
> Woody is holding the fort down now on a consistent
> basis. He's focused and has both hands on the axe
> the entire show. It allows for KR to pick his
> spots judiciously without detracting from the
> overall guitar backbone of the sound. His chops
> aren't always stellar - and, no we aren't
> witnessing the reincarnation of '75-era Woody -
> Dead Flowers solo was spotty at best last night -
> but the effort is there on EVERY SONG. Kudos to
> the Woodman. This time last year in SF I had
> totally given up on him ever being a valuable
> contributor to this band. Well, he's made a new
> believer out of me.
>
> YGTS was nice - didn't hear any out of tuneness by
> KR as mentioned by another reviewer. Probably the
> best version of this song that I've heard yet,
> too. Not as theatrical of a performance by Keith
> as at Beacon (this might have been more
> "stadiumrical"?)...
>
> SOL? Well it's still a dog of a song - but the
> live extended version gives Woody some nice space
> to toss some nice lines into. that part is pretty
> cool. just wish we didnt' have to suffer through
> the first 3-4 minutes of drivel to get there.
>
> Imagination was nice to hear on the b-stage, sans
> horns. Doesn't hold a candle to the 78/81
> versions, but it came across well.
>
> I left halfway through BS to beat the rush. BS was
> not working for me anyway, and I knew I could
> still be satisifed with no satisfaction.
>
> Overall - a pretty good performance mightily
> enhanced by incredible sound at this venerable
> stadium, the 11th time I've seen them there and
> one of the more memorable shows. If that's the
> last time I see the Stones, it will have been a
> worthy send-off.
>
> And for those of you actually wondering whether I
> was going to go to this show - HA! My favorite
> band playing in my back yard - ARE U KIDDING ME?
> Had some of ya worried, though, didn't I? HA!


I never had a doubt you'd be there! I was third row off the field right near the ramp on Rons side and the sound was great there too Guitars were blazing!!

StonesTod Wrote:
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> Jed:
>
> Glad you thought it was a great sounding show too.
> Amazing, crystal clear sound. I called a few folks
> on the phone during the show and they were amazed
> at the clarity as well. Not sure why it's not
> always like this, but at least it was PERFECT for
> one night....


Hey StonesTod-Sounds like you and I both had the same experience at both concerts. It sure was nice to see the Stones rebound so well this time around!

Here are some photos at the B stage. Our photos are blurry when they were moving. Trying to fix that but I will post a couple
Glad the sound was great for most people. At stadiums often I will move around to find a good sound spot but we were not going any where given where we were.
Okay - I figured out how to post the pictures - I think








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nice pic. but, I don't remember the b-stage being quite so "gray" last night. ;-)

StonesTod Wrote:
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> got a $150 ticket for half price. also had a
> freebie in hand for another location, that I
> didn't use, per my original post. probably could
> have gotten in for even less that the half-price -
> lotsa sellers out there in desperate straits.


I thought you only had enough for cab fare home. What did you do, mug some old lady?

Overall a very good show.

From what a few have said, the guitar mix of Keith and particularly Ronnie's were definitely louder than last year's Pac Bell gig. Maybe that gave Mick voice somewhat of a rest. It was nice to hear Under My Thunb, Let's Spend..., You Got The Silver and Connection (just getting into Btwn the Buttons). Best tracks IMHO were MR (loved the jazzy interlude) and Streets of Love.

Thought overall that they were a bit subdued. Didn't realize until later, that Mick's dad and Ronnie's bro weren't doing well. However, I still think they are tired adn burned out from the long tour. Woulda loved to hear more ABB tracks. Don't get me wrong, I love the warhorses, but there are several tracks on ABB that would've sounded nice.

See you at the 2008-9 Stones tour!

This was my first ever Stones concert. I've been wanting to see them for a while but it has never worked out before this. I thought it was really great.
From where I was sitting the sound was great, loud and clear. This was the uppermost level directly opposite the stage, far away but really close to center.
I thought that they sounded really good, the only thing I noticed was on the last couple songs Mick's voice sounded a little rough, like he was straining it a bit.
Overall it was a really enjoyable show. Definityly worth the wait! I hope they come back so that I can see them again!

What was the graphic on Keith's blue and white jacket? Very cool looking, but I couldn't really figure out what it was. Then, at the end, ALL of those scarves! That was cool!

Connection was a wince moment.

I totally agree with the Chuckee comments. Macy's Day Float time....

largelingerie Wrote:
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> What was the graphic on Keith's blue and white
> jacket? Very cool looking, but I couldn't really
> figure out what it was.

i saw it last night but also it passed me by on a clothes rack rolling down the sidewalk outside the beacon - it seemed a little like a camoflage pattern.

Its easily seen we're in good ol' psychedelic Caleefoornia...
"Our karma was good as we got down to the side of the B stage -- "
(tongue in cheeck, liwewithme... ) ;-) Nice review/report & I mean it!

I thought Ronnie was singing when they played Lil Red Rooster backstage, but it could have been Blondie.

John

After havibg read several comments about the @#$%&-ups of Connection,can anybody explain what was wrong there? Seems that Keith @#$%& it up in some way but what exactly happened ?

the way I saw it in Connection, is that everything was going in the "right" direction until it came time for Keith's guitar break after the second verse. He looked down at his axe and fumbled up and down the neck for a few painful moments and finally just gave up. I think that threw him - and then he forgot to sing the next verse and instead broke into the chorus which then threw the whole band off. They muddled around for a bit before somebody shot the damned thing and put it out of its misery.

Wow, that really sounds like a major @#$%& up to me. Anyway, thanks for your post, StonesTod.

yeah, I really felt for KR there...it was like a "senior moment" or something. He looked at his guitar as though he had never seen one before. From what I saw/heard the rest of the night, KR was not quite the same thereafter....

livewithme Wrote:
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> Here are some photos at the B stage. Our photos
> are blurry when they were moving. Trying to fix
> that but I will post a couple
> Glad the sound was great for most people. At
> stadiums often I will move around to find a good
> sound spot but we were not going any where given
> where we were.
> Okay - I figured out how to post the pictures - I
> think
> [static.flickr.com].
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Hey livewithme, Do you have anymore pictures of the b-stage? on SMU or HTW Especially if you see that rasta scarf draped on Charlie's drum set i threw that rasta scarf at Keith the cool thing is he wore it during the curtain call.But he draped it around Charlie's base drum it looked really cool how he did that. I would be stoaked if you have anymore pictures you could post of the b-stage. Thank's, Frank.



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pictures were blurry bad except for the one where Ron's back was turned
camera was just set too slow I guess
will post a few more







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livewithme Wrote:
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> pictures were blurry bad except for the one where
> Ron's back was turned
> camera was just set too slow I guess
> will post a few more
> [static.flickr.com].
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livewithme, Do you remember the rasta scarf all draped around charlie's base drum? It was kinda on the left side of the base drum. You all most have it in that one shot but it's only a little bit of the base drum i need the whole base drum if you have it. Much appreciated i was stoaked keith grabed it and whore it at the end total respect. He's the coolest man.