little queenie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > row 4 budapest? you're not doing the general > admission? Naw, I went for the best seats I could get. I'm going with my daughter (to her first Stones concert), and I hate to admit it...but I prefer a seat with a view over the crowd (yes, I know...that's just not acceptable in this forum...so
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I saw Dick Dale (and his teenage son) doing a free show at a record store in Portland Oregon in December - purely by chance. Very nice.
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Budapest, row 4, arrived today at the post office!!! All the way from Hungary to British Columbia, Canada - safe and sound!
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48, and a fan since I was 12. Sold an electric guitar that I had bought for $2 for $12 and bought "Hot Rocks". One listen and I put my Beatles albums away (they suddenly seem so childish and naive to me) and I became a Rolling Stones fan for life. It's one of my life's joys to have my favourite band last so long; we're very lucky.
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I loved his books, especially when I was in High School when I always had one with me. Sorry to hear that he's gone. Do yourself a favour and read one of his books if you haven't already.
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Nice clips, but they should've interviewed Keith BEFORE his morning "bacon and eggs".
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Has to be Marianne - have you see "Girl on a Motorcycle"? Man oh man...she was a babe and a half in her day! No wonder Mick was crazy for her.
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I love Billie Holiday's singing too, especially the stuff on Columbia from the 30's and 40's, before her voice eventually went downhill from drugs and a hard life. She had the rare gift of expressing so much of herself through her voice. She imitated no one, and no one sounds like Billie.
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Didn't Bill have his name on a "Groupie Detector" back in the day? Used to work like a hot-damn for him I hear.
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The fact that some people want to drag this stupid thing out is an embarrassment.
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I just thought it was funny when I heard it! I was only disappointed that Keith would be using coke again. That is definitely NOT funny. But we all know Keith says all kinds of crap that's not true. Like: running through the streets of NYC with a gun trying to get John Lennon's killer, or how about meeting Muddy Waters painting the ceiling of Chess Studios with white paint dripping
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I'm not American, but I am a North American - Canadian to be exact. I'm going to the Budapest show as an add-on to a trip to Europe I'd already planned. Good timing!
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If anyone is still looking for a place to stay in Budapest, the Hotel Stadion is close to the Stadium (hence the name) and the metro: I always prefer to stay close to the venue. This one's 3 stars, looks okay, price not bad but they bump it up a bit the night of the show.
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I think "Prodigal Son" is in open D.
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Don't forget "Tumbling Dice", "Before They Make me Run" and the great version of "Wild Horses" on Stripped. (Personally, I've found that playing "Gimme Shelter" in open G sounds more like what I've heard in live versions.)
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I FINALLY just got through today to Ticketpro and it looks like I got decent seats (trying all the way from the west coast of Canada). But what a rough night - 9 hours time difference and all. Thank goodness my wife has relations in Holland that I can have the tickets mailed to - and at a ridiculous price for a few stamps! Very strange that they don't want to mail to the USA or Canada. Ho
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I notice that the songs most people say they dislike are the ones where the Stones go off into other directions: soul ballads, reggae, psychedelia, disco, funk, latin, etc., instead of the usual R & R. Oh well, can't please everyone. But I'm happy to see them try on new styles, even if they aren't always successful. I never liked "Long Long Time" (or whatever that
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