Let Me Down Slow = most underrated track on ABB
It still sounds great every time I play it. Great driving song too.

-Drake

Like Tom Waits. Dont like Losing my Touch

I'd like to hear Don't Stop, Thief in the Night

from ABB I think some of these songs could have potetial played live:

Driving too fast
IT wont be long
let me down slow

"Let Me Down Slow" is among the best tunes of ABB, so it should be played.

Personally, I prefer "Losing My Touch" over "This Place Is Empty", so if Keith wants to play it, he'd better get an OK from Mick and Chuck.

i actuaally love "Losing My touch"..but it's not the one i'd like to hear the most..All about you, or such gems back from the toronto 77 tapes like apartment n9, the nearness of you, jerry lee she still comes around or sing me back home..those would be GREAT!

I've thought, and thought, and tried to think otherwise... but no. If they play them: alright, it's their choice and it will be fine for sure. But no way am I going to vote for either of those songs...

Coming Down Again, Sleep Tonight, many other recent suggestions for Keith I really support with whole my heart (US-fall: YGTS and Connection!), but not this one...

Let me down slow really does not much to me. Gimme Laugh I Nearly Died, Dangerous Beauty or BOMH, I think there are some better ABB-sings than LMDS...

Jelle

I would like Losing My Touch, but please no LMDS. If they take up some new ABB songs they should consider Dangerous Beauty, Laugh I Nearly Died, Look What The Cat Dragged In and Driving Too Fast.

JumpingKentFlash

I'd love for them to play the whole of ABB - a great album that has really grown on me.....except "Neo Con" ....which seems a bit at odds with the rest of the songs.

To me ABB is a bit like "Exile.." I don't listen to one song here and there but rather put the *mf* on and just blast through the whole album.

That's ABB to me - an album where the sum is bigger than the parts!

I wanna hear It Wont Take Long!!!!!!!!!! and Laugh I Nearly Dye!

Wow, i always thought nobody cares about LMDS, it never got mentioned in all this setlist threads. I really wish they play it live since in my opinion its one of the best tracks of ABB, the verse is very catchy. The guitars are simply a pleasure to listen to, especially the lick on the verse and the slide stuff. They need to find a good ending to it, fading out won't work live . My only concern is that Keith and Ronnie may not be able to play the guitar tracks as well as this song demands to work in a live situation. The song needs a lot of rehearsals thats why i think we will never hear it live. Playing it one or two times before the show won't be enough.
I totally agree that this is the most underrated track and yes, it's the best single never released from ABB.

I hate Losing my Touch. It's Keith doing himself asleep.
I just heard "Let me down slow" which I really like but I got it mixed up with "Old Habits". Was singign the chorus to meself; it fits.

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

Would love to hear Let me Down Slow, one of my favorites from ABB along with Look What the Cat Dragged In.. Back of my Hand was great live, much different from the album, can't understand why they dropped it so quickly from the set since they never put another blues song in its place.

ABB was much like Some Gilrs: an album that could be played live in it's entireity. What a great tour/show that would have been; a completely different vibe in Stone's world. There would be so much excitement.
ALl this concern Jagger always shows for the young market; needing to be hip etc. If they had toured behind ABB, maybe ended the shows with JJF and BS like they did in 78 I firmly believe they would be seen 100% different by the wolrd. Not a nostalgia act that is getting ready to lay down any day now. But like Dylan old but alive and still a creative force.
No matter what we think here; one thing is a fact: Stones are considred ONLY a live act an ymore.

"...no longer shall you trudge 'cross my peaceful mind."

and i don't know why they played such few songs from ABB. It is actually a great album in my opinion..and, at leat in Italy, the press was enthusiastic about it.."their best work since Some Girls" is what they all were saying.

JumpingKentFlash Wrote:
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> I would like Losing My Touch, but please no LMDS.
> If they take up some new ABB songs they should
> consider Dangerous Beauty, Laugh I Nearly Died,
> Look What The Cat Dragged In and Driving Too Fast.

My choice would be LMDS, Laugh I Nearly Died, Back Of My Hand and possibly Look What The Cat Dragged In.

Dangerous Beauty always sounded lame in my ears, a song that does not go anywhere, like a lacklustre single B-Side at best, cannot see how they could make this lame duck work on stage. Driving Too fast only marginally better,
again I see no way how they could make a song like this work.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-12-30 21:14 by cirrhosis.

cirrhosis Wrote:
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It was the one track that could
> bring a party to a complete standstill and have
> people fumbling for the remote.


don't worry: they already had the remote in hand to skip past angie!

Nijmegen-Paris-Belgrade-Bucharest

nik jagger Wrote:
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>> don't worry: they already had the remote in hand
> to skip past angie!

awww, he's back!!!!!

I just got accidently surprised by my multidisc shuffe, it chose Let Me Down Slow, and I have to admit: this time I really liked it... Still 10 times no, versus one yes, but the figures are changing...

Jelle

I do love those 2 songs. + she saw me coming please.

..yeah + she saw me coming!!!
it would be great!!!
...or how can i stop (like the version they played during the rehearsals on the 4 flicks dvd)!!!

Let me down real slow!!!! A real bigger bang number!!!

LET ME DOWN REAL SLOW works great in concert! I play this wonderful song with my band, and it's also very nice and funny to play!

Yes it is!!!

it's_all_wrong Wrote:
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> Losing My Touch is Keith's worst song, and the
> only bad Keith song. And if Keith's current songs
> make the audience take a piss break, imagine what
> would happen if he played this...


I'd suggest we let the people decide for themselves - personally, I love "Losing My Touch"

ChelseaDrugstore Wrote:
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> ABB was much like Some Gilrs: an album that could
> be played live in it's entireity. What a great
> tour/show that would have been; a completely
> different vibe in Stone's world. There would be so
> much excitement.
> ALl this concern Jagger always shows for the young
> market; needing to be hip etc. If they had toured
> behind ABB, maybe ended the shows with JJF and BS
> like they did in 78 I firmly believe they would be
> seen 100% different by the wolrd.

I could not aggree more!! And to my ears ABB is a masterpiece!


Not a nostalgia
> act that is getting ready to lay down any day now.
> But like Dylan old but alive and still a creative
> force.

Is your point that Mr. Dylan (or simply "GOD") is supporting his new CD(s) massively every night?

In that case you are wrong ;-) ( [my.execpc.com] )

He only plays around 3-4 songs from Modern Times - sometimes even less - but he does consistently play around with his setlist and his arrangements of the old songs.

I think he just sees MT as another instalment in his body of work - another well from which to draw songs.

That's my only beef with the Rolling Stones - I wish they would loose the big production and the fancy lights necessitating them to play so very structured.
But then again - if you go for the stadiums you gotta follow the rules, I suppose. It's just a shame as their musical well is probably as deep as Bob's - and they too - like Bob - know a whole lot of songs by other artistes, both in country and blues.

..maybe the boys read this thread.
until they haven´t rehearsed anything NEW from the ABB-record. but keith did how can i stop B2B!!!
...let´s hope & pray;-)

it's_all_wrong Wrote:
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> Losing My Touch is Keith's worst song, and the
> only bad Keith song. And if Keith's current songs
> make the audience take a piss break, imagine what
> would happen if he played this...

Hehehe, you might be right, although I like the song.

Wilco

I am so exited to hear LMDRS live!!!

mofur Wrote:
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>> Is your point that Mr. Dylan (or simply "GOD") is
> supporting his new CD(s) massively every night?
>
> In that case you are wrong ;-) (
> [my.execpc.com] )
>
> He only plays around 3-4 songs from Modern Times -
> sometimes even less - but he does consistently
> play around with his setlist and his arrangements
> of the old songs.
>

looking at that list, I would say its usually 5 songs per night, and on some occasions as many as six. Out of a set which usually consists of 16 songs. About half of the set consisting of songs recorded within the last decade.



> I think he just sees MT as another instalment in
> his body of work - another well from which to draw
> songs.
>
> That's my only beef with the Rolling Stones - I
> wish they would loose the big production and the
> fancy lights necessitating them to play so very
> structured.


Yep

> But then again - if you go for the stadiums you
> gotta follow the rules, I suppose. It's just a
> shame as their musical well is probably as deep as
> Bob's - and they too - like Bob - know a whole lot
> of songs by other artistes, both in country and
> blues.

If the Stones made the rules for these sort of shows, then the Stones can re-write them.....

I'd love to hear Let Me Down Slow live, among several ABB songs not yet performed...And the return of Back Of My Hand (an early tour highlight), Won't Take Long (would be nice if they did it enough so it became a lived-in groove, played with funk & confidence), Look What The Cat Dragged In. And This Place Is Empty worked real well, so I can imagine Losing My Touch coming off well, though in '99 when KR did 2 B2B slow ones (Thief and You Dont Have to Mean It) the audience was utterly bored...And Thru & Thru is always welcome...But I can't see Out Of Time or We Love You live - they're great, & WLY is an all time fave - because it could easily be like '89-90 with Matt Clifford's programmed parts and the keyboards dominating.