Hi folks,
just a few remarks..i will right the whole review, song by song, later..to tired now..just came back to Cologne, driving the whole night..anyway (STOP- TooTough here, salar "driving all night" - haha, he sat in the back, I WAS DRIVING!!!! And Mr. Guy Mocket (Thomas M.) was my co-pilot again)
But the rest of salars words here are absolutely true) - ON with reading now)
The Paris show:
After being in Frankfurt and having wittnessed the horrible desaster sound and the problems keith had, which ended in the badest Stones gig I saw( and I saw more than 30 so far),I was nervous and afraid of making another bad experience...
but..Paris seems to be the Place where the Stones can`t do any wrong.
After seing last years gig in Paris as well, which most of you judged as one of the best gigs from last year, I never ever expected them to equal the high quality from last summer..but, man they did...I mean, they nailed it..from the very first verse to the last note.
First of all....the sound quality...to me it comes almost close to perfect...
You could her evry single note cristall clear and crisp..and.., another sensation to me: tonights gig was a guitar driven show !!!
as it should be.....Chuck, the backings, the horns...were hardly to hear..like it should be..Jaggers singing, fantastic and cristal clear and loud..and both guitars..and I mean really both guitars could be heard really loud and well...from the very first song till end...
Now Keith....yes, he is the one who has changed most compared to the other band members...the others look and behave like last year...but Keith has somehow changed since then, like he suddenly became "old" or something....who knows if it has to do with the surgery or medicine use or whatever...his face expressions, his walking, his whole gestic, mimic has somehow changed and not to positive IMO...BUT:
His playing tonight was on top of the game..he was leading the first 5 songs...all rockers by the way....we just had one ballade plus one jam session song(Knocking)
the rest was Rockn Roll at its best..keith was working hard, he was focused and concentrated..you could feel, he was trying to give his best..and he succeeded IMO...the only little low points, so to say, were his 2 songs when he forgot the lyrics....yes he missed a note here and there...like he does on evry show...but he was full on fire..he was playing the guitar with power and could be heard very well...for example,never saw and heard such a perfect version of Rough Justice..just as sharp and clear as the studio version....Keith & Ron were duelling each other as they did on many songs tonight.
Start me up was close to perfect from him...the Sympathy solos were fantastic..just brilliant...it was a 100 % improvement compared to the Frankfurt show....( more details later)
Ron....he is the sensation this summer so far, IMO, yes, he must be sober by the way...rarly saw him playing so concentrated...and: to my joy his guitar could be heard all over the stadium as clear and as loud as Keiths guitar playing..Yes, last night was the rebirth of The Stones as a guitar driven
Rock&Roll band...similar to 1982...believe it or not....I was there..I saw..I heard, I felt it.
Saw the first time "Cant You hear me knocking" being performed in a stadium...Woowww..as if they have never ever done anything else...this is how the song should be playd...Jaggers dark harp solo made me shiver...then Ronnis solo....this was like being back in the 70s with Taylor..he was close to perfect..the song ended to soon...as it was such a joy to hear & watch them performing it.
Great versions from "She was hot", ( wy did they hide this song for almost 24 years from us...play it regularly from now on please.
All Down the line...Waiting on a friend...don`t know where to start..most of the songs were brilliant tonight.....and even the cover song from James Brown, which is not easy to play due to all the changes in tempo was fantastic....and again: after Wednesdays Frankfurt desaster...sound & Keithwise, I mean, it was embarassing being in Frankfurt, I wished all the press people, all
"The Stones have finished", or "keith is not able to perform brilliant anymore" sayers should have seen last nights Paris gig...they all, really all would say: "We are sorry..we were wrong..the Stones are on top of their game again".
I mean,if there has ever been doubts...Yesterday the Stones ruled and proofed they can still put on a 2 hour stadium performance in front of 60.000,which is worth to be called: The greatest Rock`Roll show on earth....not more, not less !!more to come soon.
P.S....The Stade de France must have something special buildingwise....IMO it is the best place for open air shows, at least soundwise...have you ever been in a 80.00 capacity stadium in which you almost have no place where the sound can not be heard ceistall clear and very loud...close to Perfect IMO...so was it 98,2003 and 2006.
So if you have that kind of brilliant sound + the fact that the soundcrew made their homeworks well this time by finding the right balance.
Singing from Mick and the guitars dominant...by putting backings ,horns and Chuck in back you have a good chance to enjoy the show...and then you have a totally concentrated band..I could feel they wanted to deliver a fantastic Show..and they did...
Now i have no doubts that the 3 London gigs will be another highlight for me..
I mean it can not get wrong if they do perform like yesterday in Stade de France.
Rolling Stones 2007 in Paris....as good as in 2006...and in 2003 !!!
Any questions ledf..feel free to ask...
CuinDüsseldorf
salar
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-06-17 14:01 by salar.