Prince tribute: Front Pages from 22.04.2016

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Play With Fire...........

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Footage from MSG plus some we've seen before...
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New footage is always cool, but I want to see Bianca give me Mick a teddy bear on stage.

Thanks for sharing

Nothing new about it. been around for years

Very cool footage. Thank you

Here's a few photos tagged as MSG 1972.

Found a fun little video about the kickoff of the 1981 Tour...
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This taxi driver bugs me!

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This taxi driver bugs me!

Yeah, but it's fun to see the clips of the show. Somewhere in that massive crowd, down right in front of the stage...is my 21 year old former self!

Maybe I'm right next to you?

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Maybe I'm right next to you?

Cool, thought I recognized you!

Then there's the show itself, which gets widely trashed as a disastrous gig. It had some cringe-worthy moments but I enjoyed most of it and it was a really good atmosphere...
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I was at both shows down front in the masses. Age 28. Great set lists those two days. A bit sloppy at times but who cared. It was the tour kickoff and we were thrilled to have it in our home town. Still live in the area and attended over 90 shows through the years.

Here's another link to Black Limo from that gig. Great audio.

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HBK

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I was at both shows down front in the masses. Age 28. Great set lists those two days. A bit sloppy at times but who cared. It was the tour kickoff and we were thrilled to have it in our home town. Still live in the area and attended over 90 shows through the years.

Here's another link to Black Limo from that gig. Great audio.

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HBK

Cool - thanks for posting!

An appearance of the cherry-picker from hell...

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I was at both shows down front in the masses. Age 28. Great set lists those two days. A bit sloppy at times but who cared. It was the tour kickoff and we were thrilled to have it in our home town. Still live in the area and attended over 90 shows through the years.

Here's another link to Black Limo from that gig. Great audio.

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HBK

Translation. The music was weak but it was fun being there. Story of the 81 tour, I saw them the next day in Buffalo and while it was fun the Stones sucked.



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Always wished I had been there, parents wouldn't let me as I was 12.Those were the days.

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I was at both shows down front in the masses. Age 28. Great set lists those two days. A bit sloppy at times but who cared. It was the tour kickoff and we were thrilled to have it in our home town. Still live in the area and attended over 90 shows through the years.

Here's another link to Black Limo from that gig. Great audio.

[www.youtube.com]

HBK

Translation. The music was weak but it was fun being there. Story of the 81 tour, I saw them the next day in Buffalo and while it was fun the Stones sucked.

Hardly the story of the 81 tour. It got off to a wobbly start but ultimately produced some of my favorite Stones music as affirmed on various bootlegs, Still Life, Hampton and the film Let's Spend The Night Together. It was one of my favorite tours...but to each their own...And - in my opinion it was sort of "The (classic) Rolling Stones" last tour. In 1989 they sort of came back as their own tribute / cover band; still very enjoyable but not the Stones of the glory days. For me the glory days of live Stones would be 1969 - 1982. Before they used safety nets...



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I saw Philly (2) age 13. Second concert ever. The Grateful Dead was first, age 12. Why on the God's green earth my parents let me go the Dead is astounding. I am the third of three sons and got away with murder.

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An appearance of the cherry-picker from hell...

The cherry-picker brought Jagger right over my head; closest I ever got to a famous rock-star type person.

Just sampled some of audio of that 1st Philly show. Some of it was not as bad as people say. Had to laugh at the infamous Let It Bleed screw up and OMG - Street Fighting Man - gotta say that one was a debacle! And what the hell happened to the intro to Satisfaction? Gotta say that was bad...



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In hindsight it almost seems as if the two Philly shows were the dress rehearsals. Just look at the set lists and see how they evolved as they became more familiar with the new material and learned the best song order, like placing SMU in the big warhorse finish. Many songs were brand new or hadn't been played live since the 60's. Also in hindsight, it seems odd now to see an entire tour with no Happy, MR, GS or SFTD.

I saw 14 shows in 81 including the last two at Hampton and, although the set list became fairly rigid, those later shows were locked in a groove most of the time. Bill was in peak form, Keith as well, and Ronnie - a little tipsy at times - but usually right in the weave. Keith and Ronnie provided real back-up vox. Plus we had Mac and Stu on keys with Ernie Watts providing a nice jazz counterpoint, especially in jams like Neighbors or Imagination.

People who trash this tour maybe only saw the early shows or haven't really listened. Go back to the first 30 minutes of Hampton after they get the mix adjusted during UMT. That was a band on fire and certainly not the same band in Philly on opening day. All of this is nothing new to this board.

HBK

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In hindsight it almost seems as if the two Philly shows were the dress rehearsals. Just look at the set lists and see how they evolved as they became more familiar with the new material and learned the best song order, like placing SMU in the big warhorse finish. Many songs were brand new or hadn't been played live since the 60's. Also in hindsight, it seems odd now to see an entire tour with no Happy, MR, GS or SFTD.

I saw 14 shows in 81 including the last two at Hampton and, although the set list became fairly rigid, those later shows were locked in a groove most of the time. Bill was in peak form, Keith as well, and Ronnie - a little tipsy at times - but usually right in the weave. Keith and Ronnie provided real back-up vox. Plus we had Mac and Stu on keys with Ernie Watts providing a nice jazz counterpoint, especially in jams like Neighbors or Imagination.

People who trash this tour maybe only saw the early shows or haven't really listened. Go back to the first 30 minutes of Hampton after they get the mix adjusted during UMT. That was a band on fire and certainly not the same band in Philly on opening day. All of this is nothing new to this board.

HBK

I trash it and go from what I saw and heard live, the opinion of everyone I know who saw the Syracuse and Buffalo shows, the movie LSTNT, the album still life, and the 1981 videos online where you can see the dead and underwhelmed crowds when the Stones play.

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In hindsight it almost seems as if the two Philly shows were the dress rehearsals. Just look at the set lists and see how they evolved as they became more familiar with the new material and learned the best song order, like placing SMU in the big warhorse finish. Many songs were brand new or hadn't been played live since the 60's. Also in hindsight, it seems odd now to see an entire tour with no Happy, MR, GS or SFTD.

I saw 14 shows in 81 including the last two at Hampton and, although the set list became fairly rigid, those later shows were locked in a groove most of the time. Bill was in peak form, Keith as well, and Ronnie - a little tipsy at times - but usually right in the weave. Keith and Ronnie provided real back-up vox. Plus we had Mac and Stu on keys with Ernie Watts providing a nice jazz counterpoint, especially in jams like Neighbors or Imagination.

People who trash this tour maybe only saw the early shows or haven't really listened. Go back to the first 30 minutes of Hampton after they get the mix adjusted during UMT. That was a band on fire and certainly not the same band in Philly on opening day. All of this is nothing new to this board.

HBK

I trash it and go from what I saw and heard live, the opinion of everyone I know who saw the Syracuse and Buffalo shows, the movie LSTNT, the album still life, and the 1981 videos online where you can see the dead and underwhelmed crowds when the Stones play.

Agree. The sound at Syracuse was horrible if you weren't in the first 20 rows. Similar for other indoor stadiums. I certainly don't remember underwhelmed crowds. Check out the crowd shots in that Philly vid at the top of this thread.

There could be a similar conversation about 78, comparing dissappointing stadium shows to some of the smaller venues like the shows captured in Some Girls Live in Texas or the KBFH broadcasts.

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HouseBoyKnows
In hindsight it almost seems as if the two Philly shows were the dress rehearsals. Just look at the set lists and see how they evolved as they became more familiar with the new material and learned the best song order, like placing SMU in the big warhorse finish. Many songs were brand new or hadn't been played live since the 60's. Also in hindsight, it seems odd now to see an entire tour with no Happy, MR, GS or SFTD.

I saw 14 shows in 81 including the last two at Hampton and, although the set list became fairly rigid, those later shows were locked in a groove most of the time. Bill was in peak form, Keith as well, and Ronnie - a little tipsy at times - but usually right in the weave. Keith and Ronnie provided real back-up vox. Plus we had Mac and Stu on keys with Ernie Watts providing a nice jazz counterpoint, especially in jams like Neighbors or Imagination.

People who trash this tour maybe only saw the early shows or haven't really listened. Go back to the first 30 minutes of Hampton after they get the mix adjusted during UMT. That was a band on fire and certainly not the same band in Philly on opening day. All of this is nothing new to this board.

HBK

Agreed, and it was fascinating to see and hear the band evolve and get tighter from the sloppy beginnings into a tight rocking unit. 1981 remains one of my favorite tours.



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Was there for the 1st show in Philly & purchased the Philadelphia 1981 print.

Sloppy show but what did I know back then.

Hampton is one of my all time fav show of any band.

Take the safety net down!

Chrism13 - "Take the safety net down!"

Indeed! The safety net (being Chuck, samples, horns, click tracks, etc.)-for me - is the difference between the classic Rolling Stones and the tribute band they became. Granted - the Stones are the BEST Stones tribute out there - I think - but it was more thrilling before 1989....

I kinda of like the sloppiness of the first two Philadelphia shows.
Kind of funny and a sign of the times: They spent SIX WEEKS rehearsing!
And look how it turned out.