Quote from David Hepworth's book '1971 Never a dull moment' 'It is a truth almost universally acknowledged in the record business that the longer somebody takes to make a record the thinner it's commercial prospects are likely to be. The first thought is usually the best thought and the more time an artist has the more that thought is likely to be overridden by further t
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'1971 Never a dull moment - Rock's golden year' by David Hepworth A nicely presented book, a chapter for each month followed by a playlist from that month. (I'm just reading November atm) Agree with comments by Mongoose above. A recommended read A nice 'trip down memory lane' if that's what you're after, though I suppose that's what any decent mus
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Maybe You Better Move On when you throw a party and find yourself counting the people who aren't there rather than the people who are there, cos you never realized it's already been The Last Time. And there's no-one at the party who knows you're just talking RS titles to see how rock and roll anyone is.
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QuoteDeltics This probably won't mean much to anyone outside the UK. Sir Paul McCartney adds gold Blue Peter badge to awards haul Well I ask you very confidentially, ain't that sweet?
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Yeah, funny innit how things happen to bring home the passage of time. Yesterday I drove back to where I grew up, where I spent ten bob on my first Stones ticket in 1965, when I was twelve. I went back to visit my (younger) sister who stills lives two minutes walk from the (now demolished) venue. I went to see her as she had just been diagnosed with dementia. My 5 year old grandson has j
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Hi BigAl, looks like we've ticked all the same boxes so far........ Add to that, being a baby boomer (and RS fan), clearly everything is all our fault...... Oh well, Happy New Year and let's Rock On!
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QuoteDandelionPowderman 'However, in an environment - be it a workplace, a team or a community like this - complaints and bad vibes influences everybody. The result might be that the community dips a little in quality as well as in people's everyday well-being around here' Well said DP I agree with your comments wholeheartedly, in fact the best post I have seen round here in
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Cheapest ticket ten shillings (£0.50) 1965, Rochester, England half mile walk from home Definitely the most I have ever paid for any ticket would be Desert Trip 2, 2016, but it works best if I don't think about that aspect of the gig.......
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QuoteBig Al Quoteycagwywpmd The Odeon Cinema, Rochester, England 1965 That's surely the smallest venue mentioned thus far. Also, the earliest performance. I'm from Gillingham, Kent. Yeah that place served us well as kids, from Saturday morning pictures to Victor Sylvester dance classes in the '50's, (when it was the Gaumont), through to the RS concert 1965. Another memory
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The Odeon Cinema, Rochester, England 1965
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Johnny Cash Roadshow at Orchard Theatre Dartford 28th August
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For anyone interested, this film is showing this evening at 9.00pm in England, on BBC2. I am looking forward to seeing it at last!
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Re YCAGWYW in setlist 'Mick thinks it's indispensable, he is of a generation that thinks we need a good old singalong st some point!' I realise some people don't want/enjoy a singalong Or dancing Or getting in the groove So into the music Listening out for bum notes etc Ok if that's your thing OT (ever been part of 'Hey Jude' singalong with M
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Oh dear, I think, once more, Hairball is maybe getting confused between 'Exhibitionism' and live performance. Exhibitionism = 'like a visit to a museum visiting all the old dinosaur bones' (I was seriously underwhelmed at my London visit) RS concert = rock and roll, nothing like the live performance, warts and all (I was seriously overwhelmed at London1 concert) I
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Quoteemotionalbarbecue Perhaps I will sound like a stones fan posting in a stones fans forum.... Anyway... Keith Richards is the only guitar player in this planet who may start SMU however he likes.... Maybe a skilled 14 years old guitar player nails it but you know I prefer Keith. Yeah, spoken like a true fan! When I heard it (I wasn't there) it took me right back to Hyde Pa
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Like you, Mr DDDD I said 'best ever' after London 1, think maybe I say that after every show too, either they just get better or I'm just desperate for another Stones-fix (been to 8 shows since 1965, 7 in England, + Desert Trip 2). Interesting comments from people I was with at London 1: Me: 'best ever, even though Satisfaction was a train wreck' 38 year old (3rd c
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Shepherd's Pie
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Dr Who The Tardis Daleks Cybermen Scary scary behind-the-sofa stuff!
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But no-one said anything about those actors being English We said James Bond is English and he is Lots of us get confused too, as discussed here Never mind, time for a nice cup of tea
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My starter for 10: Red double decker buses Black London Taxi Cabs Red Phone Boxes Changing Guards at Buckingham Palace The Waterloo Sunset London Theatre The Tower of London The River Thames The Royal Albert Hall Castles, museums and galleries Pubs Public footpaths Wimbledon Pimms Strawberries and cream James Bond The Queen James Bond and The Queen Guy Fawkes George Orwell
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QuoteHairball QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteHairball QuoteDandelionPowderman QuoteHairball Fool to Cry is the weak link of the show imo, and in the video posted seemed like a buzz kill for a majority of the crowd. Almost would prefer the more up-tempo Emotional Rescue w/falsetto (God forbid), but nah....at least Fool has a cool '70's groove going for it. It was a highlight, and people
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Ok, I'll admit it, I was a bit nervous about going to this one. After all, each concert gets nearer to being the last one, for them, for me? But wow! What an evening, what a concert, I came away saying 'best ever!' Great crowd, great atmosphere, half empty?... Only in the minds of the bashers here.......... At last I was able to put the negativity of some posters here ri
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Groupon deals?! What the.....? BOGOF next? Just back from my local Cheapo Store, but they don't put out the offers on 'near the sell-by date' till about an hour before closing....... Seriously, I admire your attitude Nate, over the years I have spent between ten bob and £ashedload on tickets. No time for regrets. Got my ticket for tomorrow, cost me £waytoomuch, but like Nat
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I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had a problem with the police Keith Richards Keith Moon died from rock and roll. And so did John Entwhistle Pete Townshend
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QuoteRockman Charming .... mmmmmmm I like that one Rev ... And I do help old ladies across the street .... hhhhhhaaaa TRUE.... That's good to hear, they would all be Rolling Stones fans, no doubt?
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QuoteKingbeebuzz But although the Stones in a few weeks will be performing only 50 miles from where I live I am not going to see them this time around. Been there, done that. They have always been musically central to my life and having seen them many times at their peak, I don't want to see them in decline. I'm happy to put on Let It Bleed and play it loud. I can echo your sentime
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Mostly I am between a rock and a hard place But hey babe Sometimes I take a walk on the wild side
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To answer your questions: Never counted them, everyone knows socks have a life of their own anyway Like you, buy them at M &S, but only when they send me a 20% off voucher Favourites? Any two that match Anyone who counts their socks is either OCD, very bored, or finally at the end of their 'to do' list If you had over 50, now down to 20 pairs, why are you still buyin
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Saw Joe Bonamassa last night, brilliant 2 hrs of blues/blues rock Next ticket Rolling Stones first London Stadium date - can't wait!
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It confirmed my long held suspicion that I am not the sole surviving Stones fan alive on the planet. I always knew there was another one somewhere, it was just a question of how and when we made contact........
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