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He blew them off the stage most nights.
Does that come from fans or media accounts or bootlegs you might have heard?
It's my opinion, having studied the 72 tour in detail wh. would leave me sent to an asylum. I'll tell you why. Stevie was still hungry, he had to fight for the crowd's full attention. Richard Elman's trashed out term paper, "Uptight w/the Rolling Stones" describes in detail the drugged soporific state of mind of Mick and Keith.
NOW, if I was able to see the Stones on that tour (they played NYC Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday & my family flew to Seattle Saturday the 29th, when most of the band left the United States), although all of 13 years old, I know I would have been galvanized the the spectacle.
The 1972 show was more about the glitter on Mick's eyelids and the chi chi parasites in search of a host (Princess Lee, Troubey Baby, Peter Beard, must I run down the social ladder?). + the focus was MICK MICK MICK.
This boils down to the simple conclusion that they could've gone out and read the Knoxville classified ads and still be thought of as sensational. It's also my opinion that the band put out so much energy at each concert, I mean everything they had, that they were never the same. Europe '73 is sad to listen to, Mick sounds like he phoned his vocals in, Keith sounds like he was exhumed for each show.
I'm not putting The Stones down. No other band comes close to the excitement generated by me alone. It's just that when you're that far up in the strata, you don't can afford to cut corners. The audience would never have noticed because the Stones are professionals, but the Touring Party who sat around for 50+ shows definitely would've noticed.
One odd thing is the evening show July 25th in New York was supposed to be the bomb shizzle. It's allright, mellow and totally bereft of nerves, but the fatigue was goosing them a little too closely by that point. I still prefer the Tuesday arvo show. But that's just me talking... for what the bloody heck it's worth.
Essen 73 forty one years ago today!!!