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Is it time yet?

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Two tweets from Carrie Underwood

Carrie Underwood‏@carrieunderwood7h
"I'm pretty sure tonight is going to be one of the greatest nights of my life! I'm singing with THE ROLLING STONES!!! Still can't believe it!"

Carrie Underwood‏@carrieunderwood2h
"Just had rehearsals! The guys are so great! They made this country girl feel right at home!"

X

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Cloud
YGMR (blech)
PIB
G Shelter.
Angie
SFMan (no Mick T)
EMOTIONAL RESCUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IORR w/ Carrie Underwood
Doom/Gloom
One More Shot
HTW
You Got The Silver!!!!!!
Happy
Rambler with MT
Miss U
SMU
T Dice
BSugar
Sympathy
YCAGWYW
JJF
Satisfaction with MT

I think we know the rest. Will fill in later.

Not bad, but certainly a major letdown for diehards after Staples 2.

How could they play SFM and not bring out Mick T???!!!!  :forfucksake

Wha' can a poor bwoy do
'cept to sing like... Smokey-ooo?

What a delightful Stoonzian gear change.

Odd choice of song for a duet. Mind you, didnt they play IORR with Bono in Chicago a few years ago? And Mick did it at Live Aid with Tina Turner.

I think I'm right in saying that every duet on the 2013 tour so far has featured a different song.

Some more photos as the show progresses - and setlist updates - from our friends at StonesPlanetBrazil here :

http://stonesplanetbrazil.blogspot.com.br/2013/05/stones-em-acao.html

Nice t-shoit! - http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dDcST3iD9dQ/UaFou39NPzI/AAAAAAAAI2w/rNgDNaHH2J4/s640/Sem+t%C3%ADtulo.png

LadyJane wrote on May 25^th, 2013 at 8:19pm:

Cloud YGMR (blech) PIB G Shelter. Angie SFMan (no Mick T) EMOTIONAL RESCUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IORR w/ Carrie Underwood Doom/Gloom One More Shot HTW You Got The Silver!!!!!! Happy Rambler with MT I think we know the rest. Will fill in later. Not bad, but certainly a major letdown for diehards after Staples 2. How could they play SFM and not bring out Mick T???!!!!  :forfucksake

Because its a song from a year before he joined the band?

He did play on what Dan described as a smoking hot rehearsal on one of the days in Hollywood, though. Its not a song I expected them to use him on, to be honest. Unfortunately.

Sounds like we're down to a couple of Taylor songs a night again.

G, you were SPOT ON with your "Duets LP" idea.

Underwood on UMG, by any chance???

LadyJane wrote on May 25^th, 2013 at 9:21pm:

G, you were SPOT ON with your "Duets LP" idea. Underwood on UMG, by any chance???

Sony.

Of course they dont all HAVE to be on UMG. It just makes it easier to get clearance, I suppose.

It'd be very easy to cobble together about 14-15 duets and fill a CD, ditching the ones that they think didnt work.

I see the duets set being padded with a handful of non-duet performances just to round out the set.  Probably a few warhorses thrown in at the end there.  In a perfect world, they'd release a 2 CD set with a track listing selection mimicking a full show set with the duets sprinkled in the middle there.  That way, we can get a few things we can actually look forward to ("Emotional Rescue", "You Got The Silver" or maybe CYHMK).  But since that is the best route they could take this...I can expect them NOT to do it that way!

Has the setlist changed AT ALL after Keith's set?? Since Staples 1???
I think not.

It would be entirely crass and thoroughly unacceptable, at this juncture, to post any imagery of the charitable colleen Cags in her undercrackers

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LadyJane wrote on May 25^th, 2013 at 9:50pm:

Has the setlist changed AT ALL after Keith's set?? Since Staples 1??? I think not.

Nope. The last nine songs have been performed in the same order at all eight arena shows in 2013 - and all five arena shows in 2012.

With one exception. The opening night in London when they went over curfew and had to omit the closing song 'Satisfaction'.

In fact, the last 14 songs (ie from 'Doom and Gloom' onwards) have been static at all eight arena shows apart from San Jose (when they dropped D&G), CYHMK the other night and the last three shows when instead of Before They Make Me Run & Happy, Keith played You Got The Silver all three nights with Happy following it twice and Before They Make Me Run once.

The second half of a Stones gig must be the most amazingly predictable setlist in rock music. How can they not get bored doing that? Its as if they think they'll fall off the end of the world and be eaten by dragons if they even change the running order slightly.  The variation in the last three decades has been minimal.

SET LIST
1 - Get Off Of My Cloud
2 - You Got me Rocking
3 - Paint it Black
4 - Gimme Shelter
5 - Angie
6 - Street Fighting Man (fan choice)
7 - Emotional Rescue
8 - IORR with Carrie Underwood
9 - Doom and Gloom
10 - One More Shot
11 - Honky Tonk Women
12 - You Got The Silver
13 - Happy
14 - Midnight Rambler (with Mick Taylor)
15 - Miss You
16 - Start me Up
17 - Tumbling Dice
18 - Brown Sugar
19 - Sympathy for the Devil
ENCORE
20 - You Can´t Always Get What You Want (with choir)
21 - Jumping Jack Flash
22 - Satisfaction (with Mick Taylor)

With their catalogue, it's pretty cringe worthy.
I don't give a shit about "playing to the regular Joe's" either.

Oh well.
Onto Chicago we go.

At least ER is back in and YGTS remains.

I swear to God if I get YGMR at 2 on the 31st, SV will have to hold me back from storming the stage screaming
"I will not be Omaha'd". LOL.


PS. I'll be damned. Just hung up with a childhood friend who is a fan not a fanatic. She went with her Hub and 2 daughters. Called me screaming from the cab. "Amazing. OMG. They are fantastic. My daughter is in love with Keith Richards. They played everything."

What a load of bollocks, well maybe that's a bit too much because every show feels like a bonus, but after Staples I really don't understand why they do this. Everyone loved it and I spoke to a few people in Chicago and they specifically bought tickets in anticipation of Mick Taylor continuing with a longer set.

Gazza wrote on May 25^th, 2013 at 10:24pm:

SET LIST 1 - Get Off Of My Cloud 2 - You Got me Rocking 3 - Paint it Black 4 - Gimme Shelter 5 - Angie 6 - Street Fighting Man (fan choice) 7 - Emotional Rescue 8 - IORR with Carrie Underwood 9 - Doom and Gloom 10 - One More Shot 11 - Honky Tonk Women 12 - You Got The Silver 13 - Happy 14 - Midnight Rambler (with Mick Taylor) 15 - Miss You 16 - Start me Up 17 - Tumbling Dice 18 - Brown Sugar 19 - Sympathy for the Devil ENCORE 20 - You Can´t Always Get What You Want (with choir) 21 - Jumping Jack Flash 22 - Satisfaction (with Mick Taylor)

I'm hoping that for the Hyde Park gigs they'll model the set list partly on what was played in 69, I'd love them to play "Stray Cat Blues" but somehow I'm not convinced that they will....

I love YGMR, clearly they do as well...they nail it every time!

Worst set list of the tour. YGMR is a fuckin' joke.

Plenty of piss breaks......Angie,ER ,MS (Greatest rock n roll band in the world doing 2 DISCO songs ) ........... WTF !

Unleashing Taylor was just a marketing ploy. If the play that crap next week, I'll be fucking booing  :wow

Why all these shite guests?Why has Jagger not got the balls to let them just play like a rock n roll band any more ?

sc uk

Got me stuffed why they made YGMR the premier song from VL instead of the lead single.

tertainment / Music
Rolling Stones: Concert review
Mick Jagger and the boys have drolly dubbed their current concert tour “50 and Counting,” but this show’s gotta be rolling to a close soon.
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The Rolling Stones at the ACC. From left, Ron Wood, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger.
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The Rolling Stones
At the Air Canada Centre

The Rolling Stones have drolly dubbed their current concert tour “50 and Counting,” but this show’s gotta be rolling to a close soon.

I don’t mean that in a nasty, “Get off the stage, you old men!” way, by any means. If anything, last night’s Stones gig at the Air Canada Centre — the first of two Toronto stops of just an aggregate 29 dates on the 50 and Counting jaunt begun late last year with a smattering of dates in Paris, London, New York and Newark, N.J., with another local show to come at the ACC on June 6 — served notice to cynics that the aged rock ’n’ roll combo is still capable of hitting its stride from time to time.

From time to time. I want all of you delusional Boomers living on that planet where you come out of every single Rolling Stones gig declaring “They’ve still got it! That was better than ever!” to repeat that with me: from time to time. Because it’s not all great anymore.

It’s still pretty good by times, don’t get me wrong. It’s the freakin’ Rolling Stones up there, after all, and Saturday found the late-sexagenarian core of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood — bolstered by such long-serving side players as bassist Daryl Jones, keyboardist Chuck Leavell and powerhouse vocalists Lisa Fischer and Bernard Fowler — making more discreet use of an army of backing players (and teleprompters) than on most recent tours and largely carrying on as best they could after 50 years as the rough-’n’-ready rock band they once were rather than a sprawling “revue.”

And they could still hold it down. They really could. Early, early single “Get Off of My Cloud” provided a decent approximation of scrappiness as the opener, and the Stones followed that up even harder with a reasonably buzz-sawing “You Got Me Rockin” — not to mention a well-timed Rob Ford joke from Jagger to break the ice and get Toronto’s major contemporary conversational preoccupation out of the way.

“We won’t be doing any jokes about the mayor tonight,” he said. “It’s too easy a target.”

Jagger, who’s in remarkably good voice for a chap who’ll be 70 in July, broke his promise and tried a second Ford joke later on in the set, but it was too weak to bear mentioning here. As was, for that matter, rather a lot of the set’s first third, which fell off sharply after a spirited vocal duel between Jagger and Fischer on “Gimme Shelter” into a wan “Angie,” a “Street Fighting Man” that just kind of collapsed in on itself at the end and a gangly-in-a-bad-way “Emotional Rescue” that signalled beer and bathroom breaks were coming all around well before the new tunes from last year’s Grrr! compilation — the tough-enough, if somewhat raggedly presented “Doom and Gloom” and the wretched “One More Shot” — made their appearances.

Then Keith came out, did his frontman thing, raised the room’s spirits with “Happy” and things fired up a bit. And then they fired up a bit more when prodigal ’70s guitarist Mick Taylor emerged wearing a natty scarf to slash away alongside Richards and Wood on a greasy extended run at “Midnight Rambler.”

And then they fired up a bit more as the Rolling Stones — yes — hit their stride with a limber “Miss You” that had grandmothers dancing in the aisles like the teen tarts they no doubt once were and a “Start Me Up,” a grizzled “Tumbling Dice” and an autopiloted-but-still-kinda-awesome-because-the-song-is-awesome “Brown Sugar” that suddenly didn’t seem nearly as worn-out and unwelcome as they maybe did when you were walking into the venue earlier in the evening, dreading another Rolling Stones show.

It all fell apart again during “Sympathy for the Devil,” during which the fact that Jagger had donned a furry yak/Beelzebub cloak couldn’t distract the room from what, at times, sounded like three or four different songs being played over each other at once. The appearance of a choir from Mississauga’s Cawthra Park Secondary School Mississauga was a nice touch for “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” as was the reappearance of Mick Taylor after “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” for the climactic encore presentation of “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” even if he sat down midway through and seemed to be done with it before the rest of the ACC was.

It was fine. It was … good. Maybe not worth $500 or whatever the hell people were paying for tickets (or not paying, because there was a serious walk-up ticket line last night). I’m through pissing on the Rolling Stones all the time because it’s expected of a critic born in 1974. I had great seats. I had fun. The songs are great. And I don’t think I’ll get a chance to see them again because, that second Toronto date on June 6 notwithstanding, this really did feel like the last time. So that was something. I’m glad I got to see the Rolling Stones one last time. I want them to go out with the dignity they’ve got, and I think they do, too.
http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2013/05/26/rolling_stones_concert_review.html

Rolling Stones roll 50 and Counting tour into Toronto

By Jane Stevenson      ,QMI Agency

First posted: Saturday, May 25, 2013 02:07 PM EDT | Updated: Saturday, May 25, 2013 11:56 PM EDT
Rolling Stones at ACC
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Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones play the ACC in Toronto on Saturday, May 25, 2013, as part of their 50 and Counting tour. (Dave Thomas/Toronto Sun)
 
Artist: The Rolling Stones

Location: ACC
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TORONTO - Toronto welcomed home its favourite foreign musical sons as The Rolling Stones brought their 50 & Counting tour to the Air Canada Centre on Saturday night in front of some 13,000 fans.

But not before frontman Mick Jagger mentioned Mayor Rob Ford’s ongoing crack cocaine scandal.

“We’re not going to do any jokes tonight about the mayor,” said the perennially youthful Stones frontman, 69, decked out in a sparkling purple top and matching velvet jacket on the group’s enormous and iconic lips and tongue stage that stretched far into the crowd via a giant catwalk.

“It’s much too easy a target. It’s a big cheap shot. We’re going to crack on with the show.”

Apparently, Jagger couldn’t help himself as he added later on during the two hour and 15 minute performance: “L.A. just elected a new mayor, who promised free medical marijuana. I wonder what the new mayor of Toronto would promise? Free subway tickets?”

Ford jokes aside, Jagger, joined by the group’s core of guitarists Keith Richards, 69, and Ronnie Wood, 65, and drummer Charlie Watts, 71, opened the show with the classic Get Off My Cloud followed by You Got Me Rocking and Paint It Black.

“It’s great to be back in Toronto,” said Jagger intially before screwing up the venue and then correcting himself. “It’s great to be back at the Rogers, I mean, the Air Canada Centre.”

Forgetful, maybe briefly, and wrinkly, definitely, but the Stones still have plenty of heart, soul and seemingly boundless energy as the foursome was joined by bassist Darryl Jones, keyboardist Chuck Leavell, backup singers Bernard Fowler and Lisa Fischer and saxophonists Bobby Keys and Tim Ries.

The British veteran rockers, who previously rehearsed and staged surprise club shows in T.O. for the last two decades, are celebrating their half-century as a band with select shows that began last winter in Paris and London before crossing the pond to Brooklyn and New Jersey.

But the Stones decided to practise for and launch their 2013 North American trek in L.A. beginning on May 3 at the Staples Centre after a surprise club show there at Echoplex in Silverlake on April 28.

The Big Smoke previously hosted the Stones so many times due to the involvement of Toronto concert promoter Michael Cohl, who handled their tours from 1989’s Steel Wheels to 2005’s A Bigger Bang, but AEG Live is their new promoter.

“Toronto we’ve been coming here for a very, very long time,” said Jagger. “And we want to thank you for keeping coming back to see us. We appreciate it.”

With no opening act on this tour, the Stones instead have decided to invite A-list performers as their guests and Toronto was treated to the big, booming voice of country artist Carrie Underwood on the Stones classic It’s Only Rock 'N’ Roll as she more than held her own opposite Jagger.

“I just sang with The Rolling Stones,” Underwood tweeted afterwards. “Holy cow! I walked off stage and said, 'What just happened?!' Still can’t believe it!"

The group also trotted out two new songs, Doom and Gloom and One More Shot, plus a fan-voted song, their classic Street Fighting Man.

Richards, bent down low over his instrument all night long, switched to acoustic guitar for the slow country ballad Angie, but eventually took over on lead vocals for two songs, You Got the Silver and Happy, much to the crowd’s delight.

But it was the dark and soulful Gimme Shelter that wowed with Fischer’s huge voice taking over, along with an epic version of Midnight Rambler, featuring former guitarist Mick Taylor, who replaced Brian Jones in 1969, before he was replaced by Wood himself, and two memorable run throughs of Tumbling Dice and Brown Sugar.

The show ended appropriately and dramatically with Sympathy For The Devil with Jagger in a long furry black coat and Richards making his way along the catwalk for the first time on the song’s memorable solo.

But when the group returned they were joined by the Cawthra Secondary School Chamber Choir for You Can’t Always Get What You Want before ending the night with two crowd pleasers, Jumpin’ Jack Flash and Satisfaction, the latter featuring Taylor joining Wood and Richards for a three guitar attack one last time.

The Rolling Stones return for a second ACC show on June 6 and the only other Canadian date so far on the 50 & Counting Trek is June 9 at Montreal’s Bell Centre.
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/05/25/rolling-stones-roll-50-and-counting-tour-into-toronto

Toronto Globe & Mail
Pictures.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/in-pictures-rolling-stones-rock-toronto-in-50th-anniversary-concert/article12157576/

chicago should be more varied setlist…. more like LA, same with Philly!!! Boston might get a TO treatment….

Sucks when a city gets TorontOmaha'ed. :forfucksake

Some videos.

You Got The Silver.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHWXMwcnwJo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7YqVPzfPDQ

You got me rocking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sthzu-0BBWs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z-SI8Oqn84

Street Fighting Man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jUqkkoSRDY

Start Me Up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uF6KPnq2Ho

YCAGWYW (With Choir)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WReC4EA-EpQ

The moment you've all been waiting for....        :nooslajaleisk

http://youtu.be/9j7N3eujyF8

Thanks for the video Partydoll, I ask who is Carrie Underwood??? is she a Country singer?

Heart Of Stone wrote on May 26^th, 2013 at 11:19am:

Thanks for the video Partydoll, I ask who is Carrie Underwood??? is she a Country singer?

She is the top "pop" country star here in the states. Many many "country" awards and top selling albums (if there is such a thing anymore).   She also was an American Idol winner.  To me she looked like she was really out of her element and the song , which I really don't like much, was a trainwreck.

PartyDoll MEG wrote on May 26^th, 2013 at 11:44am:

Heart Of Stone wrote on May 26th, 2013 at 11:19am: Thanks for the video Partydoll, I ask who is Carrie Underwood??? is she a Country singer? She is the top "pop" country star here in the states. Many many "country" awards and top selling albums (if there is such a thing anymore).   She also was an American Idol winner.  To me she looked like she was really out of her element and the song , which I really don't like much, was a trainwreck.

I totally agree, what's a Country singer doing a "I know it's only Rock & Roll" song, boy! the Stones have really sold out with agreeing with this, I guess they had to go along with it,  now they got somebody like Simon Cowell telling them what to do, The Stones would never do this years ago.

Heart Of Stone wrote on May 26^th, 2013 at 11:58am:

PartyDoll MEG wrote on May 26th, 2013 at 11:44am: Heart Of Stone wrote on May 26th, 2013 at 11:19am: Thanks for the video Partydoll, I ask who is Carrie Underwood??? is she a Country singer? She is the top "pop" country star here in the states. Many many "country" awards and top selling albums (if there is such a thing anymore).   She also was an American Idol winner.  To me she looked like she was really out of her element and the song , which I really don't like much, was a trainwreck. I totally agree, what's a Country singer doing a "I know it's only Rock & Roll" song, boy! the Stones have really sold out with agreeing with this, I guess they had to go along with it,  now they got somebody like Simon Cowell telling them what to do, The Stones would never do this years ago.

Eh? Its 100% their own choice.

PartyDoll MEG wrote on May 26^th, 2013 at 10:54am:

The moment you've all been waiting for....        :nooslajaleisk http://youtu.be/9j7N3eujyF8

How cheesy was that? :sad

Gazza wrote on May 25^th, 2013 at 10:20pm:

LadyJane wrote on May 25th, 2013 at 9:50pm: Has the setlist changed AT ALL after Keith's set?? Since Staples 1??? I think not. Nope. The last nine songs have been performed in the same order at all eight arena shows in 2013 - and all five arena shows in 2012. With one exception. The opening night in London when they went over curfew and had to omit the closing song 'Satisfaction'. In fact, the last 14 songs (ie from 'Doom and Gloom' onwards) have been static at all eight arena shows apart from San Jose (when they dropped D&G), CYHMK the other night and the last three shows when instead of Before They Make Me Run & Happy, Keith played You Got The Silver all three nights with Happy following it twice and Before They Make Me Run once. The second half of a Stones gig must be the most amazingly predictable setlist in rock music. How can they not get bored doing that? Its as if they think they'll fall off the end of the world and be eaten by dragons if they even change the running order slightly.  The variation in the last three decades has been minimal.

This is why going to more than a couple of shows on a tour is boring to me. It's the warhorse parade. Paint by numbers close your eyes and it's the same show they've done for the last twenty years. :warhorse

sweetcharmedlife wrote on May 26^th, 2013 at 12:15pm:

PartyDoll MEG wrote on May 26th, 2013 at 10:54am: The moment you've all been waiting for....        :nooslajaleisk http://youtu.be/9j7N3eujyF8 How cheesy was that? :sad

going to a go go...........

PartyDoll MEG wrote on May 26^th, 2013 at 10:54am:

The moment you've all been waiting for....        :nooslajaleisk http://youtu.be/9j7N3eujyF8

She is one horrible dancer.  Beautiful but not sexy.

What's up with Jagger's hair? Did he get it cut?  

Zack wrote on May 26^th, 2013 at 4:03pm:

PartyDoll MEG wrote on May 26th, 2013 at 10:54am: The moment you've all been waiting for....        :nooslajaleisk http://youtu.be/9j7N3eujyF8 She is one horrible dancer.  Beautiful but not sexy. What's up with Jagger's hair? Did he get it cut?

His summer cut?............Or a new piece? :nooslajaleisk

Paint It Black.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSiTg2KpTIg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD2mdxx9CjQ

Gimme Shelter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8OdGgDbtJ8

Emotional Rescue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9mj05SDDGw

Satisfaction.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUubu1JO2tI

YCAGWYW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWBGHs0rbuo

Midnight Rambler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFfdSJNMIzw

Gimme Shelter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qp6ZFSnXwY

My observations on the Gimme Shelter clip is that Lisa is as big as a running back but sounds as great as ever.  And Keith's playing was a tran-wreck....

The singer and drummer are in their stride...

I loved Keith's guitar work during IORR. It sounds great!

PartyDoll MEG wrote on May 26^th, 2013 at 10:54am:

The moment you've all been waiting for....        :nooslajaleisk http://youtu.be/9j7N3eujyF8

IORR BUT "I LIKE IT"  

Carrie was Fine !!!!!

AWE.

Tanks! ParteeDoll Meg

How about a review from an unjaded, non diehard?

My childhood friend and Husband decided to spend the 1200.00 and take their 17 and 19 year old daughters. MaryLou isn't a fanatic but she grew up with me. Hence, by osmosis, she knows a lot more than the average fan and has a genuine love for the Band.

I provided some of my old Tee shirts and other gear, gave them a rundown of what to expect, and sent them off to Toronto like a proud Mama. I got a call after the show which mainly consisted of screams of "OMG, they are amazing".

Spoke to a very tired girlfriend last night. She and Husband were relaxing on the couch. The general consensus. "Best concert we have ever been too. We got hit after hit after hit. EVERYTHING we wanted to hear. We never sat down once throughout the show and my girls, especially Rachel (age 17) is now in love with Keith Richards. She has spent the day listening to Stones and reading everything she can find on the Internet. Paula, you HAVE to come over. They want to pick your brain."

And there it is. No complaints about the setlist or chord mishaps. Just praise. Loved the choir on YCAGWYW. Loved Mick's cape on Sympathy. Loved seeing Mick Taylor (the highlight of the show for my girlfriend was Rambler). Nothing but praise and awe of Mick's stamina and ability to work a room. Loved the applause for Charlie. Loved all things about Keith. For them it wasn't a concert; it was an event; a special night with memories to last a lifetime. Final words Rick said to me "At the end of the night, my daughter hugged me and said 'Dad, thank you so much for bringing us. This was one of the greatest night's of my life".

It's all about perspective!

Here's a pic of two new fans. The torch has been passed!!

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Better to have four Mick Taylor songs a night than special guests in any place that's not a major venue (New York, Chicago, LA).  That would make the guests more of an event, and keep the bottom-scrapings off the bill.

And get rid of that goddamn gorilla suit - it's lost all context, and it never had even the authority of outrageousness.  I can't imagine why the press isn't making fun of it, unless they're all leaving early.

lotsajizz wrote on May 27^th, 2013 at 7:25am:

My observations on the Gimme Shelter clip is that Lisa is as big as a running back but sounds as great as ever.  And Keith's playing was a tran-wreck.... The singer and drummer are in their stride...

The playing is suspect, sure, but the real trainwreck is Keith's tone. Sounds unprofessional and not much better than what you'd hear from a part-timer shopping at Guitar Center.

I think it's time I stay off the Boards.
I'm about to see the Band for the first time since 2006.
I've waited a long time and never thought I'd see them again.

I'm very excited and I'm not going to let the RO, IORR and Shidoobee nitpickers ruin this for me.

This will NEVER be the 1969-72 Stones. Keith ain't EVER going to play the way he did in his heyday.

This is the 50th Anniverary celebration and from most reports from those AT THE SHOWS and what I saw at the PPV show, the Band is playing great, all things considered.

I'll reserve judgement until Friday night at the United Center.

LadyJane wrote on May 27^th, 2013 at 9:37am:

I think it's time I stay off the Boards. I'm about to see the Band for the first time since 2006. I've waited a long time and never thought I'd see them again. I'm very excited and I'm not going to let the RO, IORR and Shidoobee nitpickers ruin this for me. This will NEVER be the 1969-72 Stones. Keith ain't EVER going to play the way he did in his heyday. This is the 50th Anniverary celebration and from most reports from those AT THE SHOWS and what I saw at the PPV show, the Band is playing great, all things considered. I'll reserve judgement until Friday night at the United Center.

I don't mean to be a downer, LadyJane. I wouldn't be going to both Philly and DC if I weren't excited to see the band.

Did anyone else know they now have flying robots/drones that can find and herd sheep?   :blankfriggingstare1

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2331146/Baa-baa-robot-Drone-controlled-able-track-round-sheep-cows.html

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSecEvKZOn3lMWOBg_R3HudwhO2KnaGhpPZHlpj_-1-KTA_3IiYjQ

I know Mel.
I'm just very emotional about the upcoming week.
Seeing the Band, gathering old friends together, facing the fact that some didn't make it long enough to make the journey with me.

Hard to wrap my head around the fact that I've loved these guys for 40 years and I'm going to another show!!!!!!

LadyJane wrote on May 27^th, 2013 at 9:19am:

How about a review from an unjaded, non diehard? My childhood friend and Husband decided to spend the 1200.00 and take their 17 and 19 year old daughters. MaryLou isn't a fanatic but she grew up with me. Hence, by osmosis, she knows a lot more than the average fan and has a genuine love for the Band. I provided some of my old Tee shirts and other gear, gave them a rundown of what to expect, and sent them off to Toronto like a proud Mama. I got a call after the show which mainly consisted of screams of "OMG, they are amazing". Spoke to a very tired girlfriend last night. She and Husband were relaxing on the couch. The general consensus. "Best concert we have ever been too. We got hit after hit after hit. EVERYTHING we wanted to hear. We never sat down once throughout the show and my girls, especially Rachel (age 17) is now in love with Keith Richards. She has spent the day listening to Stones and reading everything she can find on the Internet. Paula, you HAVE to come over. They want to pick your brain." And there it is. No complaints about the setlist or chord mishaps. Just praise. Loved the choir on YCAGWYW. Loved Mick's cape on Sympathy. Loved seeing Mick Taylor (the highlight of the show for my girlfriend was Rambler). Nothing but praise and awe of Mick's stamina and ability to work a room. Loved the applause for Charlie. Loved all things about Keith. For them it wasn't a concert; it was an event; a special night with memories to last a lifetime. Final words Rick said to me "At the end of the night, my daughter hugged me and said 'Dad, thank you so much for bringing us. This was one of the greatest night's of my life". It's all about perspective! Here's a pic of two new fans. The torch has been passed!! http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a73/LadyJane1/securedownloadjpg4.jpg

That is why warhorses are always played. Imagine if they had done 4 songs from ABB or Voodoo Lounge and dropped SMU/Satisfaction/HTW and Gimmeshelter....half the crowd would be wondering why they got Omahaed. Nice report LJ my wife attended with a friend who had never seen them. My wife said 8/10 while her friend was blown away.

LadyJane wrote on May 27^th, 2013 at 9:52am:

I know Mel. I'm just very emotional about the upcoming week. Seeing the Band, gathering old friends together, facing the fact that some didn't make it long enough to make the journey with me. Hard to wrap my head around the fact that I've loved these guys for 40 years and I'm going to another show!!!!!!

Enjoy LJ. 8-)

Hey folks!

Better late than never...

The first of 2 Toronto shows. I lucked in with 85s for both. Got into town early with my dad and Toronto Tom (Shidoobee). Had an early dinner, then over to Loose Moose for some drinks.

The random draw put me in sec 307 - rear, left corner. Far back/up, but we had a T-bar ceiling about 15 feet above and in front of us which seemed to channel the sound right to us. Probably the best-sounding concert I've ever seen at the Air Canada Centre. A certain highlight considering the mediocre seats.

No real surprises. Tour debut for Angie. ER back in - as you all know by now. Highlights for me were very good renditions of Street Fighting Man, Miss You (and I'm not a big fan!), Tumbling Dice, Satisfaction and JJF. This version of JJF reminded me of the raw energy Keith had at the Double Door in Chicago in '97.

Looking forward to #2 next week!  

Lazy Bones wrote on May 27^th, 2013 at 11:53am:

Hey folks! Better late than never... The first of 2 Toronto shows. I lucked in with 85s for both. Got into town early with my dad and Toronto Tom (Shidoobee). Had an early dinner, then over to Loose Moose for some drinks. The random draw put me in sec 307 - rear, left corner. Far back/up, but we had a T-bar ceiling about 15 feet above and in front of us which seemed to channel the sound right to us. Probably the best-sounding concert I've ever seen at the Air Canada Centre. A certain highlight considering the mediocre seats. No real surprises. Tour debut for Angie. ER back in - as you all know by now. Highlights for me were very good renditions of Street Fighting Man, Miss You (and I'm not a big fan!), Tumbling Dice, Satisfaction and JJF. This version of JJF reminded me of the raw energy Keith had at the Double Door in Chicago in '97. Looking forward to #2 next week!

thoughts out for you to get a major upgrade for next show...

LadyJane wrote on May 27^th, 2013 at 9:37am:

I think it's time I stay off the Boards. I'm about to see the Band for the first time since 2006. I've waited a long time and never thought I'd see them again. I'm very excited and I'm not going to let the RO, IORR and Shidoobee nitpickers ruin this for me. This will NEVER be the 1969-72 Stones. Keith ain't EVER going to play the way he did in his heyday.

Lady J -
You've probably gone into board-hiberation by now, to avoid silly sausages (like yourself) who grumble-grumble.
I'm amused by the idea that you started loving the Stains in 1973 and yet consider that 1969-1972 was their heyday.
I suspect they sound oodles better live now than back then. In 1972 they hadn't learnt to be funky or to have the degree of swing which they have now and barely anyone moved an inch on stage except MJ, and other such things. Back then it was trebley solos (which would sound old-fashioned now) and not much weaving. And I find it hard to believe that back then Charles' drums were mic-ed up anything like as lovely-ly as now (wait until you hear them - blooming exquisite, to my mind). They are more solid as a band now, less pretentious, less up themselves, with a richer sound, and so on...
Long may they adopt and extend their grooves.

Damn. Did you watch the video of Rambler? Isn´t beautiful what happens from 08:10 to the 09:00 mark?  Jagger is almost saying "come on Taylor, follow my lines like we used to". Beautiful moment. Two Micks jamming. I wish I could see the look on their faces. Do you remember the last time you saw Jagger that "loose"? Thank you one more time, Taylor!

wrote on May 27^th, 2013 at 4:45pm:

Damn. Did you watch the video of Rambler? Isn´t beautiful what happens from 08:10 to the 09:00 mark?  Jagger is almost saying "come on Taylor, follow my lines like we used to". Beautiful moment. Two Micks jamming. I wish I could see the look on their faces. Do you remember the last time you saw Jagger that "loose"? Thank you one more time, Taylor!

Great sequence. A moment of Jagger spontaneity that only Taylor could have contributed to. More, please!

One More shot, filmed from the rafters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vIYiTrwMZM

Miss You.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwmyEE4q3Tg

Get Of Off My Cloud.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6PTrXm6tsI

Doom & Gloom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJdcQQPy_As

Brown Sugar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AG7j42vNaw

Happy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx32bPPIYGw

Tumbling Dice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcUPO8-_S_Y

Heart Of Stone wrote on May 27^th, 2013 at 6:15am:

Emotional Rescue. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9mj05SDDGw

Emotional Rescue leads by example.