QuoteChris Fountain QuoteThePaleRider QuoteChris Fountain I recommend this movie - but it is very sad, dark and real I feel like I've seen too many of this type of movie. I have a rapidly diminishing interest in spending good time and money on an evening so I could get depressed, no matter how good the performance. To me, movies are a redemptive escape from the real world. Last night
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QuoteChris Fountain I recommend this movie - but it is very sad, dark and real I feel like I've seen too many of this type of movie. I have a rapidly diminishing interest in spending good time and money on an evening so I could get depressed, no matter how good the performance. To me, movies are a redemptive escape from the real world. Last night I had a choice to see see Joker or Dow
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The Who put on a pretty great performance in Toronto last night. The backup orchestra was a nice addition for the 'rock opera' sections but the band only seemed to really catch their old fire and fury during the middle set without them. There were a lot of shouts of 'Forget the orchestra!', 'There you go! Who needs then!', lol. Still, it was a really good show. Roger
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Start Me Up was a gift from the Rock Gods...that silly song was a practically a career saver for the band that propelled them through for the next 20 years...
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Ok, it's somewhat depressing but it interprets well the tone most of us 'baby boomers' are feeling. I too, feel fortunate to have grown up and older with rock and roll in the background. I like his thesis...that rock and roll is simply defiance against the dying of the light. If that's the case, then let it be. We can listen to, talk about and live rock and roll to our last da
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Perth '73...Although it's sloppy great the way it is. Something from the '70 European tour would be nice.
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QuoteWorriedAboutYou QuoteGasLightStreet The Stones haven't done anything near as interesting as The Beatles with any reissues yet alone anthologies. After all, Mick can't be bothered with the past, even though he insists on sticking to it with the current greatest hits review set list. The Some Girls and Exile reissues SMOKE anything The Beatles have released. This Abbey Road (YAW
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Quotejlowe Quotedoitywoik Yeah, the funny thing is that back in the day, Bob Dylan stood for everything Frank Sinatra didn't stand for ... yet now singing his songs ... seems like things comming full circle ... (can it be unbroken? ) I thought Sinatra was life long Democrat.Allthough I believe he may have had a tiff with the Kennedys...not sure. What Dylan is politically? Pure guesswor
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How he got started in business....'I bought dirty apples for a nickel, shined them up and sold them for a dime...' Kind of explains the vinyl collectibles market...
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QuoteTheflyingDutchman Completely different tune. Robin Millar: Mick told us he was leaving the Stones because he couldn’t justify, in his own mind, being given so much adulation and money to basically play three cords. Rose, and I sat up all night trying to dissuade him, but failed. After all these years, after all the mystery.....this is the real reason?
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QuoteXam QuoteShott Down front in Chicago the view was constantly obscured by about 1/3 of the people holding up their big phones to film. Should be banned or at least shamed. Live in the moment folks, buy the DVD there surely will be one. Take one photo to prove to your friends on FB you were there. Requesting that EVERYONE who supports this idiotic idea DO NOT BE A HYPOCRITE. Be honorabl
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Some random morning-after musings... Good show! I see no problem withe band continuing on for at least a couple of more years. Mick still at the top of his game. Ron and Keith look like they have to concentrate real hard to get it right and struggled a couple of times but it was okay....they need to smile more. Charlie was effortless, as usual. Great crowd reaction to HTW, MY, SMU. Satisfactio
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Downtown Barrie has this on the west end of the strip on Dunlop St...It has more to do with the wings...but hey, it's part of the theme! Sticky Fingers Barrie
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Quotebuffalo7478 Main reason I won't be going. 6 hours or more roundtrip on a bus or buses. I also hear the venue turns into a mud pit with any rain, and the mosquitos in June are everywhere. Well, maybe bring boots, mosquito repellent and a plastic sheet because there's about a 30-40% chance of rain throughout the week. Thanks for the heads up on that! Saturday looks good though!
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I don't know whether to laugh or cry. My Lucky Dip ticket for Burl's Creek cost me $39.50. The Parking Pass for the day is going to cost me $49.50! Boy, the Burl's Creek people...when they've got you cornered with no real options they really know how to squeeze every last dime out of you!
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QuoteDandelionPowderman They were chasing trends with Buttons, Satanic, Beggars, Bleed, SF and Exile, too. I don't see Exile as chasing any trend prevalent at the time. What did Mick once say...Exile was a 'hangover from the 60's'. I always liked that phrase. It kind of explains the whole rock scene in the early '70's. Wait a minute...is that a trend then afer
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QuoteWelshEdge1 They will play it. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't...I might be surprised if they do.
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Having lived through the era I find I have zero interest in seeing either one of Bohemian Rhapsody or Rocketman...and I mean ZERO interest...and I like Elton and Queen. I have to agree with hopkins that these movies are for those that weren't born yet. Like them, my interest is in rock biopics of people before my time on Earth like Elvis, Chuck, Jerry Lee, Buddy, Ritchie....and all the rest.
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Who did Mick go with to England's World Cup games?
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Plains of Abraham, Quebec City, 2017...250 years after the first British Invasion the Who were spectacular in front of a huge crowd. The best outdoor concert I've attended...better than the outdoor Who concert in Toronto in'82. Baba O'Riley
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QuoteHMS ...Most important thing is: The songs are GREAT, b-u-t the performance is lame, weak and a pale shadow of former glory. You see them onstage, you hear the GREAT songs and think you are at a great concert, but you aren´t. All you get is a distant echo of the past. Roger´s voice live lasts for three or four songs (at best) then it´s done. The live atmosphere, uneven live-sound and nostalgi
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QuoteHMS The group of musicians that travels as "The Who" is suffering from lack of energy, passion and last not least credibility. And their lead singer´s voice isn´t more than 35% of what it used to be (sad but true, listen to several live albums they released since 2000). Btw, Pete nowadays sings horrible too. He´s rather bawling than singing. Nobody cares...I saw them in 2016
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QuoteHMS Some of Rock´s dinosaurs age gracefully and some do not. Roger & Pete unforunately do not. Very unnecessary age-shaming, HMS....If you don't know what that means, you'll find out...
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Yes, Thank You BV for fixing my password problem too...and running a terrific site. I would never have known about Lucky Dip tickets which I got for Burl's Creek. What an amazing site it is. Great info. Great music. And Great fans!
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QuoteHMS Neve seen/heard a more lame version of "Miles". Sorry, but they are done. Blessed are those who still can enjoy it. Me personally - I can´t, no matter how hard I try. It's a cell phone video...I'm sure it sounded much, much better in the room...
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Quotehopkins tattoo is better than everything on timmy, quadphrofannia, who's lastl put together in a blender. it doesn't need a movie; it IS a movie,,, yeh these dogs shudda hung it up in 68.... You left out Live at Leeds...
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What a beautiful ending to the concert...when the violinist come on at 5:21...amazing. I wasn't sure about this 'orchestra ' tour...but I can't wait now. Something bold, something different at least. The Who still got it. Baba O'Riley
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Quotejumpontopofmebaby QuoteStonesfan2146 Club gigs are possible, but not likely. Last one was in 2013. Yes some club gigs. Like close to me ....how about Carterville Missouri! Well...The Grand reopening of the El Mocambo is happening any day now....Just in time for Burl's Creek....
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QuoteHMS Quotekeefriff99 Roger has a great head of hair. That´s almost all he has to offer these days. These two guys who call themselves The Who although they aren´t should retire as soon as possible. Haven´t seen them live since 1989 but their last live albums (Hyde Park, Quadrophenia) were very very weak and disappointing. No Moonie, no Ox, no The Who. I would never ever pay a lousy dime for
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I sense some creeping ageism on this thread. Mick is 75 and he can do whatever the heck he wants to do. Whatever makes him happy. If you don't understand that....you'll find out.
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