Spanning across 10 or so albums...and a few non-album singles...

not a bad survey of their legacy...for the masses...

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-rolling-stones/2013/staples-center-los-angeles...

YES!!!!

Vids found on IORR.

Emotional Rescue is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEv31wfuSRg&feature=player_embedded#!

scotmw65 wrote on May 4^th, 2013 at 12:15am:

dan and I were talking about that outside before the show. I am sure he was smiling down as the band played...

other thoughts:

loved seeing mick t play quite well on rambler; he even did the two step boogie dance-quite a sight. AND he gave us a little whammy bar



ycagwyw with the choir and the sped up/album ending was a very fun encore opener. keef's opening riff brought a tear to my eye...

Gwen looked a bit wasted, and effed up one of her verses - not once, but twice

Ronnie looked great, and played even better! awesome.



before they make me run was a nice keef song to get. hoped for t+a for  the second helping, but happy was good, and Ronnie shined.



Keith stretched his chops on a few tunes, esp. jjj and satisfaction-this was a wonderful thing to witness...

mick is a marvel. a genuine one of a kind. a sight to behold.



bobby was given a few moments to shine, Tim was definitely second banana, and that is probably as it should be. the crowd, myself included, showed bobby lots of love...

Charlie was understated, on point and much appreciated. perfect.

no blondie. chuck was low in the mix all night (which imo, is a very good thing) except on sympathy (and mick still loves that fur coat). I think the fine form keef and Ronnie are in has something/alot to do with this (not the coat, but you get my point)..

less pyrotechnics, and a huge screen. the understated stage works.

a great show, and quite a memorable way for this fan to say what is in all likelihood his final goodbye to his favorite band.



grrregory approves.



oh, and a HUGE thank you to Chris for the ticket, and to Paranoid Android, who facilitated the hookup-Rocks Off friggin' rules!!!

(edited to add a picture or two)

Some impressions:

My friend and I were pleasantly surprised just how well oiled this band is.  I mean, for a first night on the tour...they were superb.  They were fluid, ballsy and confident.  It really was astonishing to see the band just so well prepared for tonight.  Franky, I think they sounded better tonight than they did on any of the 2012 shows.  They must have worked like hell during rehearsals because they have gotten very confident with these songs and it shows.  You could guess that this band would be able to tour forever.

I had to confirm with my friend to make sure it wasn't just me being biased but he agreed that the audience absolutely responded to "Emotional Rescue."  They cheered when Mick announced it and they absolutely knew how special this was.  They cheered during the "knight shining armor" part and responded VERY well to it.  I'd be surprised if Mick thought he got a lukewarm response and chucked the song by the next gig.  I doubt he'd think that, I'd be willing to bet he'd definitely want to try it again.   I was a bit surprised that Mick only did the falsetto during the first verse.  He sounded AWESOME on it too.  He could've pulled off the rest of the song, I have no idea why he refused to do it.  I do wonder if it was a last minute decision or if they had rehearsed it that way the entire time.  Anyway, this song was easily the highlight of the night.  

I was all the way up in the very last section, very last row of the arena.  Which meant we could dance and sing and rock out...the whole sections next to us were on their feet and doing the same thing for the whole show.  It's amazing, we moan and complain about the setlists being full of warhorses and not enough obscure hits but it's not very hard to understand why they include it...when you look around that giant room and see everyone jumping, dancing and singing to "Tumblin Dice" or "Honky Tonk Woman" it's very clear why they have to play these tunes.  I have heard these tunes a thousand times and even though I thought I was going to just patiently listen for the tunes to be over, I always found myself dancing and singing along with them by the time the song was over.  They got me.  I even enjoyed "It's Only Rock and Roll"..I thought it had just the right amount of jitters and wobbly enthusiasm to sustain my attention and I was surprised that I dug it.  

At the end of the day, it's pretty difficult to be the cranky, know-it-all fan when you're attending these shows.  I haven't seen them perform since 2006 and it was just so damn nice to see them up there again.  It was really a warm feeling to hear songs like "Gimme Shelter" and "The Last Time" come through huge PA speakers, met with the loud roar of the crowd showing their approval.  I really missed it. I admit I was pretty bummed for about 2 hours after I got my ticket assignment because I was in the nosebleeds but by the time they played their tunes...it was hard to stay in a funk when they were up there doing what they do..and pretty damn well.

Weird thing I noticed;  Charlie has added a new crash symbal to his drum set.  It's directly to his immediate left, right next to the hi-hat.  I've NEVER seen this piece before...is this a first?  Would love to know why he's added it.  I only saw him use it once, and it was on JJF, and he did a cool fill that invovled crashing two cymbals.  It was pretty cool but never saw him use it again. 

Some videos up soon!

Great show!

...but I want to know, was it just me, or was there something a little off with Sympathy? ...especially at the beginning and the very end.

Bluzdude wrote on May 4^th, 2013 at 4:03am:


Mick was slightly off key during his opening lines.  I may have seen Chuck notice it too so he adjusted his piano playing to assist Mick to get him back in key.  But all was well when Keith jumped in with that B chord on "Pleased to meet you..."

The ending was a small mess.  They missed cues and it ended on a small whimper. 


nankerphelge wrote on May 4^th, 2013 at 4:04am:


Absolutely.  I was reminded of that in the best possible way tonight. 

Here's my video of 'Emotional Rescue"

Forgive the idiot in the beginning, squealing like a schoolgirl; that's me...I lost my shit when Mick announced the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuT80rWx1b4&feature=youtu.be

Thank you Joey. 

May a thousand virgins knock at your front door. (said as Carnac The Magnificent)

Okay, gotta say....Emotional Rescue was excellent.


And 23 songs!

Impressive

Justin wrote on May 4^th, 2013 at 4:19am:


Thank you, I Posted another as a header while you were posting this one, THANK YOU!!!

There were empty seats, but they were scattered so from a distance (like the stage) it looked full. In my section of $600+ seats (I paid $85) there were about 20 empties.