HTW 81

Saw the film once again yesterday: great vid of probably one of the best tours ever!!!

Now who can tell me more about all the ladies on stage?

Was it Jagger's idea?

I see that on the Hampton version there were no HT girls, was it a special for the film or was it done other times?

Who was on stage? I guess I saw Jarry Hall but am not sure. Who made the casting? Was there an ad on the papers?

Does anyone know any of the girls?

Does anyone of them post on / read IORR?

I think this topic was never discussed here! And, for what matters, topic is the right word. Topa in Italian translates beaver ...

Frank: Nice beaver!
Jane: [producing a stuffed beaver] Thank you. I just had it stuffed.

Does the beaver thread still exist?

C

Shirley Watts is there too...

An abolute embarrasment. 78 and 81 were terrible. Give me the 89 to present anyday. Can you imagine Jagger comming out on stage with his Michael Jackson plether yellow jacket and jets Jersey. No those were't the days. Licks and A Bigger Bang are!!



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An abolute embarrasment. 78 and 81 were terrible. Give me the 89 to present anyday. can you imagine comming out on stage with his Michael Jackson plether yellow jacket. No those went the days. Licks and A Bigger Bang are!!

That is the most laughable comment I have ever heard! Hahaha!

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An abolute embarrasment. 78 and 81 were terrible. Give me the 89 to present anyday. can you imagine comming out on stage with his Michael Jackson plether yellow jacket. No those went the days. Licks and A Bigger Bang are!!

That is the most laughable comment I have ever heard! Hahaha!

The Stones were terrible then. Thank GOD they don't put on shows like that anymore.

The scene is from the LSTNT movie, isn't it? Sun Devil Stadium?

I thought the 1981 tour was lots of fun - very sloppy musically, but who cared?

Think it was only done for this show, don't know the details though. Loved the 81 tour, probably my favorite. Last tour where the music came from just the Stones, not an entourage of backing musicians. Raw and filled with energy.

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An abolute embarrasment. 78 and 81 were terrible. Give me the 89 to present anyday. can you imagine comming out on stage with his Michael Jackson plether yellow jacket. No those went the days. Licks and A Bigger Bang are!!

That is the most laughable comment I have ever heard! Hahaha!

The Stones were terrible then. Thank GOD they don't put on shows like that anymore.

Each to their own. Completely disagree with you though!

We get tunes like Can't You Hear....Sway..Shine A Light, You Got the Silver, If You can't rock Me, alot of deep cuts now. back then we got Let It Bleed and Time Is on My Side and............ugh.......Neighbors.

Yes but they were played properly back then. What's wrong with Let It Bleed, TIOMS and Neighbours? They've played all these in recent tours and nowhere near as good as the 1981 tour! IYCRM played better in 75 too.

EVERY song that has been played 1989- that has also been played pre 1982 was played better pre 82. Give me an example of when this isn't the case?



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The scene is from the LSTNT movie, isn't it? Sun Devil Stadium?

Yes!!

C

After 1982 the Stones followed the formula of Mick's solo tours. Try to make the songs sound as much like the studio versions by using loads of backing musicians and no longer have Keith sing much of the backing vocals. Also time songs based on the lighting effects even if the music has to take the back seat. And those 80s synths on so many classic Stones songs in 89/90 were painful.. a keyboard intro to Bitch made me cringe.

"a keyboard intro to Bitch made me cringe"

Couldn't agree more!

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EVERY song that has been played 1989- that has also been played pre 1982 was played better pre 82. Give me an example of when this isn't the case?

There two many to mention. How about JJF. never sounded better in 94 and 99.

Honky Tonk Women hasnt been right SINCE the 81-82 Tour IMHO. The piano solo and xtra chorus ruins the flow of the song. Its meant to be 3 min of shufflin'
down home funk and the xtra frills take that away!

68, 69, 72, 73? JJF with female backing singers? How can that be good?

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EVERY song that has been played 1989- that has also been played pre 1982 was played better pre 82. Give me an example of when this isn't the case?

There two many to mention. How about JJF. never sounded better in 94 and 99.

Name some more...

I always thought the 99 version of JJF sure was a big improvement(to strip it down good and dirty) but the 69-71 versions cant be beat!!

Why don't we go back to the girls?

This tour is better than that is a trite subject!

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There two many to mention. How about JJF. never sounded better in 94 and 99.

Can you really tell the difference between the 1989/1990/1994/1995/1997/1998/1999/2002 [etc.] of that one?

my least favourite tour.

i want to go back in time to 1978, 1981 tours .killer ,raw , and wild .like a out of control runaway train !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When people here slag this tour the things often mentioned are Mick's outfits and the way he sings.. but how about the guitars, Keith played like he had something to prove and he totally controlled the music with his guitar. And Ronnie and Keith's interplay was perhaps at its peak.

Not to mention Ron and Keith did all the backing vocals like the New Barbarian days. And the Stones played so many old songs for the first time in ages and had a hit record that they played with confidence.

Hampton in my opinion is one of the greatest shows the Stones ever put on.

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The Stones were terrible then. Thank GOD they don't put on shows like that anymore.

thats like your opinion, man.

All I can say is I was at the Madison Square Garden November 13th 1981 show and there was never more excitement in the streets and inside Madison Square Garden then that night...it was amazing...and I've seen just about every MSG show since...the best one since then was January 20, 2006...that was close to amazing...I love the 1981 tour for it's "Sloppy Perfection"!

PECMAN

I think the 2 single best versions of JJF that I have ever heard are Ya Yas 1969 and Hampton Roads 1981.

Love the 1981 tour.

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An abolute embarrasment. 78 and 81 were terrible. Give me the 89 to present anyday. Can you imagine Jagger comming out on stage with his Michael Jackson plether yellow jacket and jets Jersey. No those were't the days. Licks and A Bigger Bang are!!

Nonsense! The 78/81 tours were the last tours with the Stones as a guitar-driven (Keith's) band. On the following tours they became more and more Mick's band with all that side musicians and background singers. Not that these changes were completely bad but it's a very different band IMO. The 78 tour is my favourite together with 72/73. Unfortunately I can evaluate that only from the well known boots as my first tour was 1982.

Don't forget that even Leah Wood appears in the end of the song.
She walks towards Ronnie and he hugs her. She's about 2 years old at this time.

I agree,django! Of course I'll never miss a tour but I wish the Stones would just go out by themselves(of course they need a bassist and Bobby Keyes needs to be there) and let the chips fall. I would rather hear Ron and Keith sing b/u off key than a whole chorus! I dont know if the guys have the stamina for it but thats my dream tour. And as long as its a dream tour just take MT along and let him and Ron switch off on lead/bass duties. And of course I dont know this but I suspect More Hot Rocks never saw the Stones on the older tours live!