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VoodooLounge13
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What can I say??


I cannot BELIEVE what a FIN AMAZIN show this was!!!!!!!!!!! It was soooooooooooo loud and the vibe in the entire place was just electrifying!!! Roger sounded amazing - no cracks, or rough patches. He could have been singing back in the 70's, he sounded so on. I was completely blown away - I mean I would have love to have heard Bargain and I Can See For Miles, but I got the 3 that I really wanted to hear, and the rest was simply incredible.

I was a bit disappointed with the all-Tommy encore - am I the only who thinks that Tommy is just a bit overrated?? Blasphemous perhaps, but on a Stones forum I think I can get away with it. I just don't see what everyone sees in that album - Quadrophenia to me is so much better. I would have liked them to have kept Magic Bus there.

The Stones will always put on the best, most spectacular shows - with the giant stages, props, and athleticism, but honestly, does any of that matter? And I enjoy all of that immensely, but Friday night was just a band - 6 people with the keyboardist and Pete's brother - playing their @sses off. Musicianship-wise, the Who blow away anything our Boys have done since I've seen em live going back to '97. There was not one missed note, no posing, no drunken tomfoolery; just straight at you, heartbeat altering, ears still ringing this morning rock-n-fin-roll!!!!

I can see what everyone was complaining about with the grainy screen images, but I was so content watching the band that I hardly noticed it. Zak is one helluva drummer!! I loved watching him the most - he's really a great compliment to them, and watching the two of them move around stage and what phenomenal performance they put on, I couldn't help but wonder what they must have been like in their heyday with all four of them.

They came out tearing up the stage and they never let up once, they moved from song to song with very little talking and hardly resting in between songs. The comparison between the 2 bands is remarkable, although in the Stones defense, they (Mick particularly) moves around a heck of a lot more, but you know? I think I sacrifice some of the spectacle to have the Stones concentrate on the music and lyrics a bit more. For the price paid to see the Who, I left there feeling that I got a bargain, and it couldn't have been a better concert - definitely one of the top 5 concerts I've ever witnessed, including all the Stones shows. I haven't stopped listening to them all weekend - driving my wife nuts, since she can't stand them. LOL

The highlights for me were Behind Blue Eyes, Won't Get Fooled Again, Baba O'Reilly, Real Good Looking Boy, Sister Disco, and the opening 3. I did think that Pete's guitar was a bit too loud for Tea & Theatre, which detracted just a smidge from that one, which I couldn't wait to hear, but it was still great.

I wish I was going to see em again!! I'd say anyone who's even thinking about going to see em..........go!! It's one of the best shows you'll ever experience!!!!!!!

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VoodooLounge13
After all this time of everyone on here complaining about the Stones being about the spectacle, I finally understand what p-sses everyone off, but I don't think that the Stones could pull off that show, I honestly don't. They - the guitarists mostly - are just shadows of their former selves and need the spectacles to help draw away from what's lacking.

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tatters

The Stones need the spectacle because unlike the Who, the Stones still play stadiums, and when you play a stadium, you have to make a spectacle of yourself. In a place that large, the music just isn't going to be enough, no matter who is playing. When the Stones play an arena or a theatre, they don't need a spectacle. In 2002, I saw both bands within a few weeks of each other, and much as I enjoyed the Who concert, I thought the Stones concert was entertainment on an entirely other level. Maybe it WAS the spectacle that made it SEEM that way; the fact that the Stones had more money to spend on "smoke and mirrors", but when you're charging that much for tickets, you SHOULD put some of it back into doing what you need to do to give people their money's worth. That's one reason why I hate the Eagles so much. They charge a fortune for tickets and don't put any of it back into the production of the show itself.