Beelyboy Wrote:
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> i don't think rio was shown in us cinemas...
> it was a "get it live on the net from aol only"
> kinda thing, to my knowledge...
>
> the l&g version knocks me totally out...
> definitive & truly great.
> full o' real grit & fire...


The Rio show was indeed shown in US theatres for one evening.

oh cool; ty for info...i love that; wish they'd do more of that...
wonder how the fidelity was in the theatres...
a different deal because it wasn't simulcast but,
i saw imax concert when it came out at the big imax theatre in l.a. and it was grand fun.
and great memories of seeing l&g in a premiere theatre on the upper west side in manhattan w/ great sound.

I saw it in Norfolk Virginia. The show was great the sound was HORRIBLE. manager said it was due to the feed, not their sound system. I listen to music louder in my office than was broadcast. What a shame. I still enjoyed it. Nothing like the Stones.Pity though for the younger fans they don't know what they missed(ing)

My favorite version of Happy is LA '75, when Keith is completely zonked.
He can barely stand up, rarely gets a full line into the mic but its f*cking great.
Jagger is there backing him up perfectly.
Can anybody post that one??

nellcote'71 Wrote:
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> My favorite version of Happy is LA '75, when Keith
> is completely zonked.
> He can barely stand up, rarely gets a full line
> into the mic but its f*cking great.
> Jagger is there backing him up perfectly.
> Can anybody post that one??


I have it on dvd, and yes, it's great. Even if the 72 and 73 (listen to the Winter tour boot, Taylors slide...) versions are better, I loooove that gypsie Keith with eyes closed being happy on stage.

Justin and Landover, thanks for confirming that not all my synapses are totally shot!
that cinematic Rio was a couple of weeks after the concert, right? sorry the sound wasn't any good.

Does anyone really enjoy this sort of documents (Rio, Saitama)? It is wonderful to be present on those shows, but listening and watching it afterwards... Aw, c'mon...

- Doxa

I enjoyed it, but as I can only go to one show a tour it is a substitution for me. Not nearly the same as actually being there, but at least I get a little taste.

What can be said about this version of "Happy" is also valid for quite some other numbers: The backing band seems to make Keith a bit lazy, it seems. He now can afford to stop playing and waving his arms around whereas in those glorious 70's, he had to focus a bit more on his guitar. Songs like Happy are those which lost a lot of steam over the years...that said, I remember some great live versions of this song during Steel Wheels-Urban Jungle. But this Rio performance is like, well, the 'art of falling apart', sorry.

I think he should sing Happy looking really focused, angry and pissed off. That would be nice. Far too much lauhging on the stage nowadays.

Gazza Wrote:
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> 3. Doesnt count. I wasnt there and it probably
> wont be in the friggin' movie. LOL


I know I'm probably very premature about this movie, but I can't seem to stop talking about it. I'd like to hear how you think it's gonna be (Meaning: What will it consist of)? Do you have any ideas about that? I've heard many things about it, but I'm not sure what it will be. A docu? A docu with songs in between? The concert? The ConcertS? What?


BTW: Why did it go from being named "Shine A Light" and back to "Untitled Rolling Stones Documentary" a few days ago on IMDB?

JumpingKentFlash

This is brilliant compared to the LA 13/7/75, show, Keith loses the beat completely. At least he's present in the video here. You kids just don't remember the bad old days.

retired_dog Wrote:
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> What can be said about this version of "Happy" is
> also valid for quite some other numbers: The
> backing band seems to make Keith a bit lazy, it
> seems. He now can afford to stop playing and
> waving his arms around whereas in those glorious
> 70's, he had to focus a bit more on his guitar.
> Songs like Happy are those which lost a lot of
> steam over the years...that said, I remember some
> great live versions of this song during Steel
> Wheels-Urban Jungle. But this Rio performance is
> like, well, the 'art of falling apart', sorry.

I agree totally. The ancient art of falling apart, haha...
Kind of ironic that when he was on drugs he still had to get up there and support the band, really being the main pillar of the Stones on stage. He was the one who Ronnie, Mick Taylor, even Bill and Charlie stood on top of and followed. Today it's Keith lazing on top of the others, and that means Chuck and way too many non-Stones on stage.

I also agree that Ronnie is the hero on this recording. It always makes me happy seeing him getting a place in the spotlight AND doing it well. Too many sad examples of the opposite to either one of those things.

My fantasy is that at one performance, while Mick is counting the revenue from souvenir sales backstage during his two-song break, Mick'll hear Keith begin to play Happy and he'll get up and sneak back on stage, surprising Keith by sharing the mic during the choruses. I'm sure he would get fined for violating any contractural obligation to stay off stage during Keith's set, but it would be a historic moment.

It wasn't that bad for a song he's probably sick to death of singing. Man, lay off the weed! (weed part is a joke-don't flame me).

A good performance of an excellent song. Charlie kicks and Ron W. sounds good too. Where you can hear Keith's guitar, he's right in the pocket - that classic mean sound of his. Nothing wrong with Happy in Rio whatsoever.

He is telling the story , not singing , that`s all.Normall in his age.

this is the first time I saw something from the Saitama show, and this version of Happy rocks!!

watching and listening to happy post 78 is like watching a rated R movie on network television, there is no killer instinct and no passion

JKF, who knows about the title or the actual film. I thought it was to be a concert movie, and then was led to believe the interviews come in and out. The musical numbers will come from the Beacon shows with maybe a little from Austin.

Gazza, I bet Mick and Keith on mike will make it into the film, along with Paulywaul and his plastic tree, perhaps.

Yes, the Rio film was a lot of fun to watch on the big screen with a bunch of fans seated together for the occasion.

Yes SSoul it was a couple of weeks or so after RIO; correct.