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Ztoned
Maybe someone here could tell me the reason why they don't do smaller venues ? They (except Mick maybe) always come across like really sensitive, music-loving romantics. In "Shine a light" you can see in Keith's eyes that the magic is still in there big time.
Ego.
The Stones are seemingly incapable of downsizing. This is a band who havent played a single concert outside of the confines of a concert tour in three decades.
Its either a huge scale operation with maximum revenue or nothing.
yep - more or less what i said earlier in this thread. and i really think the economy is going to wind up driving them out of business as a result.
the irony and tragedy of all this is that "downsizing" would serve their artistic legacy the best at this point, enabling them to demonstrate their remaining musical abilities in the most favorable light possible. they'll never get a chance to show us that, unfortunately.....
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jlowe
Re earlier point:
Does playing in smaller venues actually allow them " to present their remaining musical abilities in the most favourable light possible ".
I would have thought small venues might show up any deficiences in their musical abilities even more, as would live (or recorded) TV shows - which they have never been keen on.
The large venues with all the razmataz can hide a multiple of sins.
Any views?
PS I would personally prefer to see at least some smaller venues in their itinery.
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T&A
[ i'm merely suggesting that the age they've reached enables them to...well....act their age. i realize mick would rather die, however, so it's all a moot point.
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Father Ted
I'd like to think that they are still capable of confounding their critics and going against the grain of convention.
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Father Ted
To be fair, old bands like the Stones, with their familiar canon of classics, are often stuck on the horns of dilemma. For example, my parents saw The Everly Brothers many years ago. When they announced they were going to play some new music, they were actually booed. As idiotic as I find that, there will always be that element of fans who only want to hear the greatest hits package.
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Gazza
Take a look at the setlists Bob Dylan is offering, for example. Its not a greatest hits or nostalgia dominated show by any stretch of the imagination.
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Gazza
Other artists of a similar vintage to the Stones are somewhat more ambitious than the Everly Brothers. Take a look at the setlists Bob Dylan is offering, for example. Its not a greatest hits or nostalgia dominated show by any stretch of the imagination.
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marcovandereijk
So, my conclusion: there is no point to post any kind of request for whatever output by the Stones,
unless you request the same old proven non risk kind of shows we all know by heart.
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Father Ted
Now, what are the counterarguments to that?
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skipstone
They don't name a record after the tour. When has that ever happened? What kind of logic is THAT? That's the funniest thing I've ever read.
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skipstone
They don't name a record after the tour. When has that ever happened? What kind of logic is THAT? That's the funniest thing I've ever read.
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Loudei
ALMOST FOTGOT...
FIRE DON WAS FIRE DON WAS
HIRE RICK RUBIN FOR NEXT RECORD...
THANKS
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Glam Descendant
>I would have thought small venues might show up any deficiences in their musical abilities even more, as would live (or recorded) TV shows - which they have never been keen on.
SHINE A LIGHT?
The Stones have given more than their fair share of their artistic selves -- asking more at this stage is not just greedy, it's... predatory.