BELGRADE CONCERT
O.K. If anyone is interesting my opinion about Belgrade concert please read firstly my review of Budva’s [
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And I’ll tell you I really eat shit in this text. I’m a ashamed! (Shame! Shame!) And I’m writing now only to make atonement of my sin.
And now I hate to must say Budva was excellent, but Belgrade was pure miracle. And in my craziest dreams I didn’t imagine that in my hometown, in crazy Serbia I could see best Stones show ever. It was my 11 show (all tours except No Security) since ’76. I have tones of bootlegs, for example ABB almost all on DVD, but this night was like highlights in Argentina or Holland. From beginning!!!!!!
Crowd: 80.000. Songs: 3 new (YGMR, All Down The Line, Heartbreaker). Security: never better.
Keith Richards? Uh. New man. He cut his mustache!!! Was I had that much wrong about Budva show? In wonderful green shirt he demonstrated all his best. SFD for example had solo like on original! You Got Silver so persuasive.
Mick Jagger? What I wrote how he spoke language from this area so much in Budva? Well tonight he outreached himself. And he understand all what he spoke! Do you want examples? (‘’Ja uzivam! A vi? – I enjoy! How about you? / And look this bravura: (To Lisa) ’’Lepa ti je suknja…ali su ti sandale ruzne’’- ‘’Your skirt is nice…but yours sandals are so ugly’’)
O.K. Some could say that this domestic Micks speakig is chip treak, and that I fail on this. Don’t be fool.
Here were incredible interchange of energy between Stones and crowd. And these first songs on set were so unheard for ordinary visitors. Even You Got Me Rocking, but from first tact something happened and band gave theirs best! For example YCAGWYW and Rambler were more then 20 minutes both in set.
All this I couldn’t explain. Probably in some time in some place chemistry made it all. Yes crowd was massive, but same was in Athens’98 for example. I really don’t know to explain.
What I wrote about ‘’Satisfaction’’ in little stage in Budva. Tonight all crowds went crazy on that song. Too much Slovenians, Croatians, Macedonians and Mick mentioned Romanians also.
And at last, in this late hours 3.30 A.M. I have to say I don’t give @#$%& because it happened in Serbia, Stones are good wherever, but tonight was special night. And band knows it I’m sure!