My favourite is the bit about them being "proud sponsors of the American dream". You have to have ACHIEVED the Ameican dream in order to be able to see them! Or maybe you can get the cash by refinancing your mortgage, which just happens to be the very business that tour sponsor Ameriquest is in!
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tomk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tatters: True. You can hear it in Mick's voice. > Got to hand it to him for going on. > I've played gigs sick as a dog and it's HARD > work. > You kind of sweat it out, but you're exhausted > afterwards. > That was the gig that RS magizine reviewed and > really let them have
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tomk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's also good to have a lousy performance on > hand > just to compare. > For instance, I love JFK '78 just as much as > Handsome Girls. > Something about the sloppiness is wonderful. > Waiting on 50 Million Friends from '81 is nice and > sloppy, > as is the last Buffalo gig f
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RedneckRobot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In 1982, the top 1 percent > of artists banked 26 percent of ticket revenues; > in 2003, they garnered 56 percent. Exactly the point I was trying to make about putting the competition out of business in my "Dealers and Junkies" thread. And yet you do see a lot of relatively young (under 40)
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The Who are the all-time worst offenders in this area, but you know what makes me feel really old? Aerosmith doing Buick commercials. Buick is the ultimate Old Man's Car. And speaking of whores, who can forget this memorable lyric: "If I was a hooker, $1,000 would be my price" --From "Dance, Pt. I"
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FAH3 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Debra: People were bitching at the Licks Tour > with the price versus previous tours. That is > never going to stop and the crux of my post is > that nobody should have been surprised when they > were more expensive. > McCartney tickets are the same price in '05 that they were in '02. To
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That's what it said on all my old LPs. Seemed very "state-of-the-art" at the time, but is now regarded with total contempt. As near as I can determine, it's a method of tricking your ears into thinking they're hearing a stereo recording when in fact they're hearing a mono recording. How exactly is this done? From what I gather, it's simply a process of split
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stickyfingers101 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > it's just like drugs....CAPITALISM.....the sh*t is > only worth what someone is willing to pay for > it.... > > The Stones know it all too well.....the ONLY way > they would EVER lower the prices is if nobody > came.... > > which isn't going to happen.... > >
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I quit Aerosmith (cold turkey) in 1980.
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RankOutsider Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You know what Esky, it's very simple DON"T GO SEE > THEM! And find a board for people who DON'T like > THE STONES. This is a FAN CLUB board, can you read > that? Not a blog for people who don't really like > the band to get their "Rocks Off' by degrading > them. Is
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Well, I've been reading all the posts about ticket prices, and it's occurred to me that perhaps the Stones relationship with their fans is not unlike the relationship between a drug dealer and his customers. Ever see the James Bond film Live And Let Die? What is Mr. Big's plan for world domination? It is to give away free smack. Until all his competitors are put out of business
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1. New York, but now living in Detroit. (Don't ask.) 2. 45/1966. 3. Found a cassette of "Big Hits" in my aunt and uncle's collection. Liked it better than the other stuff they had (Petula Clarke, etc.) 4. Oddly enough, only four (five if you count The New Barbarians). I'll definitely be at Comerica this year. Not sure about any others. 5. Not going to rate it until I
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The Day The Music Died? Wow. Were your hands clenched in fisted rage?
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Miss U. Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I loved reading those stories, Tatters....it's > those eccentricities that true artists have, and > didn't Hendrix have some too. > You may be right about some of what you're saying. > > Maybe stones fans shouldn't come to his shows > expecting to hear stones tunes or expecti
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glimmertwin50 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > I have seen him waving away (with both hands!) > someone who was waving a copy of Sticky Fingers in > his face in the early 90s at a New York club. I've seen him walk off stage in the middle of a show, claiming he had "blown out" his amp, when people in front called out for S
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KeithRichards Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Someone on this thread said that it's difficult to > acknowledge Mick Tayor for his solo career- and > that's the truth, in my opinion. People go to his > concerts because h e used to be a member of the > Stones. There are some people that think his > songwriting&singing is great
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S.T.P Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hei tatters!I've heard that the album wasn't > released due to legal rights to a few songs that > Decca could clame until 1976. Brown Sugar etc. > Jagger tried to release the album in november '72 > and a second time without the Stevie Wonder > material just before the upcoming tour in 1
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Nikolai Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So what if Daltrey fixed a mistake on Live At > Leeds? It's a @#$%& great album whichever way > yoou look at it. Same with Ya-Yas and Thin > Lizzy's Live & Dangerous, which was barely > live. If you want the raw untampered original get > yourselves some bootlegs and shaddup alrea
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Potted Shrimp Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mick won't open the vault untill the Stones quit. > > The Catch-22 is that the Stones career can never truly be considered over as long as Mick is alive. And believe me, he's going to outlive us all.
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S.T.P Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hei! Just Wanted to add that according to several > books I've read, the unreleased live album from > '72 is supposed to be finished overdubed, mixed > and even prodused! Yes, I've heard that, too. It was supposed to be a double LP with the first disc filled by opening act Stevie Wonder. Don&
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ablett Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Tatters...The Who. I thought they prided > themselves on 'at Leeds' haveing no overdubs.... The overdub was minimal, I think it was just on Listening To You, if I remember correctly. But why do it at all? Especially after 30 years? The problem is they never do anything new, so they have to busy themselve
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Greg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There are no overdubs on Ya-Ya's except for the > vocals. This has been discussed on this forum ad > infinitum. I have no time to search for the > threads, but they should be easy to find. > > ---------------------------- > > Wrong. Compare it to any bootleg from the '69 tour to hear
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ablett Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I never knew that! How extensive was the overdub? Which overdub are you asking about? The Stones or the Who? >
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Stones mythology has it that every time the Stones record an album, they record twice as many songs as are actually released. The myth also has it that the unreleased songs are every bit as good as the released ones. If there's any truth to this at all, a Rolling Stones Anthology box set would be a fascinating listen. Way more fascinating than the Beatles Anthology. The Beatles collection re
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You've all heard the bootlegs, and you know that this would have been the greatest live rock album of all time. I don't think it will ever come out. Why? For the same reason we will never get an expanded "deluxe" version of Ya-Ya's. Ya-Ya's features extensive studio "fixing" that makes the original, un-fixed tapes sound too "raw" by comparison, an
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georgeV Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > He was very nice to me and a friend a few years > ago. After a show he let us come on the tour bus > and signed a Stones jacket for me. I asked him if > he minded first and he said he was fine with it. > It is displayed/framed proudly on my office wall! > He and his band were very friendly and chatt
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MCDDTLC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Only time I saw him "react" was when a drunk fan > blurted out: > > "Why did you quit the Stones" at one of Mick's > Meet & Greet's after a show, > Mick got up and left. Every other time he has > signed any Stones related > material put in front of him, hea
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Gazza Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I met him after the Mayall show in Belfast in > October. > > He was perfectly affable, signed all of my Stones > Cds that he'd played on which I brought along to > get autographed, signed whatever anyone put in > front of him and was happy to pose for photos and > indulge in conversation
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Have any of you seen one of Mick Taylor's solo gigs? What was his response to fans who requested Stones material or who in any way demonstrated any kind of enthusiasm for the Stones? I've got a few stories. I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours. I can certainly understand why the guy might be a little bitter, but why take it out on the very people who are most interested in su
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