Quotemarko Those audience numbers aren´t bad,except only 2nd Rome in 1990. Yeah, you're right Marko. People also need to put things into perspective: since 1995, The Stones have drawn MUCH bigger audiences in Europe than in the USA. I don't think any US concert has had a crowd bigger than 70,000+ since Steel Wheels (and only then it was in LA), whereas VL and B2B Europe often had crow
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Quoterocker1 Also, in 1982, how many indoor arenas did they play? Looks like perhaps only very few? Frankfurt and maybe a couple Scotland gigs? Did they use the same indoor stage for these gigs as they used in 1981 (e.g., Hampton)? Unlike 1981, which saw half of the tour in stadiums and half in arenas, the Stones played a total of four arena shows in 1982: 3 at the Festhalle in Franfurt an
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For some reason, the old country (as we Italian-Americans say) has never been a good market for many of the biggest rock bands. The Stones had good drawings in 1982, but by 1990, I was told that the Italian concert goers and especially the Italian media turned on the Stones: with a second concert in Turin that year being canceled due to horrible ticket sales. And of course, we know what happened
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In no particular order 1.) The Doors 2.) The Rolling Stones 3.) Led Zeppelin 4.) The Beatles 5.) Stevie Wonder 6.) Bo Diddley 7.) Albert King 8.) Van Halen 9.) The Doobie Brothers 10.) The Four Tops 11.) Muddy Waters 12.) Ray Charles 13.) Jimi Hendrix Experience 14.) KISS 15.) AC/DC 16.) Black Sabbath 17.) Motorhead 18.) Kool & The Gang 19.) George Thorogood & The D
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Quoteslew The setlist was great but the performance at least on record like everything from 75-76 is subpar I'm sure it was great if you were there. Ergh, LA '75 is one of the best performances they ever did. Easily on par with the Taylor years
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QuoteSleepy City Quotestevecardi Excuse my ignorance as I know nothing about the Shadows, but did they cover the Stones song, "Blue Turns To Grey"? That's always been on my list of lost Stones-gems (as is most of the December's Children album) They had the UK hit with the song, though Cliff claims he didn't know it was a Jagger-Richards composition when he cut it. I�
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QuoteSleepy City QuoteJJHMick QuoteSleepy City Cliff Richard & The Shadows did energetic 2 & 1/2 hour shows with 41 complete songs(!) on their reunion tour in 2009 (see list below), & they were in their late 60s. We Say Yeah In The Country Gee Whizz It’s You A Voice In The Wilderness Living Doll Dancing Shoes I’m The Lonely One A Girl Like
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QuoteRip This ...At least Keith didn't go on Oprah and discuss the book there.....that might of been the end of the Rolling Stones. If those lemon-yellow tights of 1981/82 didn't kill the Stones image-wise, that certainly would have!
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If one is to not count the brief improvisation of "Country Honk" as a complete, actual performance and count the "If You Can't Rock Me/Get Off Of My Cloud" medley as one song, then both Knebworth '76 and the first Philadelphia '89 show were the longest Stones concerts per songs--28 numbers.
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"Recent Hot Rocks" Disc 1: 1.) Undercover of the Night 2.) Wanna Hold You 3.) Tie You Up 4.) Too Much Blood 5.) All The Way Down 6.) One Hit (to the Body) 7.) Harlem Shuffle 8.) Sad Sad Sad 9.) Mixed Emotions 10.) Fancyman Blues 11.) Cook Cook Blues 12.) Rock and a Hard Place 13.) Almost Hear You Sigh 14.) Break The Spell 15.) Slipping Away Disc 2 1.) Love Is
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QuoteMore Hot Rocks Almost Hear You Sigh should be on there. hands down the last great Stones ballad, and one of the most beautiful songs in their catalogue.
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Quotestones78 I'll take this tour over the TOTA anyday. Don't know why. The 75' tour is my least favorite from before the "Vegas era". LOL stones78, 1976 is my least favorite tour of all Stones tours--and I'll also go to my grave believing '75 was the most underrated tour they ever did. But then again, Steel Wheels/Urban Jungle are among my all-time favs, so i
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29 years old: born 4 hours after the first Boulder 81 show concluded. First Stones show: Foxboro, October 20 1997
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The ubber-long setlist, the appearance of pre-Jumpin' Jack Flash material, and most importantly, the performance/tease of "Country Honk." Other than that, it's the "Phantom Menace" of 1970s Stones shows.
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Quotehotspot3000 I think The Stones were regularly late starting at those gigs and most gigs that came before 81'. Ronnie probably got to bed 2 hours before show time anyway if at all. "Welcome to the breakfast show"! Ronnie's a loveable @#$%& up! HAHAHA West Palm Beach and LA 1969: what amazes me is not that they kept the crowd waiting 4 hours, it's that the crowd
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QuoteStoneage Well he yells at him a little bit but you can't hear the sound of it in the clip. They destroyed the song though with those clips. and it's a great live version of the song too--probably my favorite one of all (same goes with Beast of Burden from this show: The whole band--Ernie Watts included--just perform inhuman magic on those two numbers).
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Indeed a tragic and sad waste. I also couldn't help but notice that the 27 Club claims another victim.
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Quotetomk Don't forget his playing on Black Limousine and She Was Hot (second verse). BL you have to really zero in on, but it's really great. Or Stu's signature song with the Stones: "Let It Bleed." Without his piano, that masterpiece of a song doesn't work.
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Quotebassplayer617 Baboon Bro Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I with honk on that Stu probably diudnt want to be > a permanent member after they fired him so > coldbloodedly. > I waiyed with a serious attempt to answer 'cause I > wanted to ponder & check up on it... But now > when you say no one answers... It WAS answered--Ian
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Quotejohn r Im wit' you baboon bro - Chuck aint worthy to wash Stu's durty sox.
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I've hesitated on posting about Life for a while, as I've got mixed emotions about it. I will say this, I lost a lot of respect for Keith after reading his recollections about his late baby son Tara. Obviously this was the most painful moment in Keith's life and not something he wants to talk about (least of all with the public), but calling the baby a "sonofabitch" for
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I'm hoping everyone can give me some sound advice with finances: I'm in the habit of never keeping a dollar past sunset, because it always burns a hole in my pants. Any suggestions on what I should do?
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QuoteMax'sKansasCity QuoteGazza obligatory way where any passion or feeling has been torn out of them years ago ('Miss You', for example) OK, I agree, "Miss You" was played TO DEATH I cant even listen to "Miss You" on the radio anymore... I change the channel(sacrilege). PS Thank goodness they did not fall in love with "Fool to cry" and play t
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For the love of God, don't even joke about something like that
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QuoteBrue QuoteEdith Grove QuoteThe Stones I wouldn't mind standing next to those hired young models from the Beacon shows in 2006 rather than real Stones fans with them big bellies drinking beer, smelling like s..t, singing like crazy and dancing around like a bunch of f hillbillies.... Uh, aren't you describing yourself here? He's like the guy who posts a personal ad somet
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QuoteEdith Grove Quotestevecardi QuoteGAZZA Live 8 had 200,000 people in there in 2005, however. I think that had more to do with the Pink Floyd reunion than anything else. Eh, I think this quote should be attributed to Gazza, something he said back on the first page of this thread. I wish the quote function would work differently than it does. I see a lot of this, when a quote is c
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Obviously a great album, but "Let It Bleed" will always get my vote for best Stones album. That album is so strong that when I've played it for people who have never listened to the Stones, some of them asked me, "is this a greatest hits collection?"
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Quotebrownsugar86 Quotestevecardi "You and your lady are the king and the queen, of the rock and roll circus, that's the best I've ever seen All your leather jackets and your faded jeans All you have left of your rock and roll dreams Whoa, put your leather jacket on though it's time to be movin' on" Great Mick Taylor song. It always makes me think of Keith and
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"You and your lady are the king and the queen, of the rock and roll circus, that's the best I've ever seen All your leather jackets and your faded jeans All you have left of your rock and roll dreams Whoa, put your leather jacket on though it's time to be movin' on"
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