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30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones
Oct 7^th, 2008 at 5:50am

October 7th, 1978 : The Stones on NBC for the famous show, Saturday Night Live.
Songs performed :

Beast Of Burden
http://www.livevideo.com/video/KeithRichards1972/6D0D32AA10A74109B6064DEBF367628...
Respectable
http://www.livevideo.com/video/KeithRichards1972/E79ACB4F9B5E4C1DB13F53CECB397D4...
Shattered
http://www.livevideo.com/video/KeithRichards1972/91D7FF56577B47C09D8D7A6709DE2C1...

A question : is this the last performance of the band for a TV show (on a TV set) ?

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Edith Grove Agent Provocateur Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones Reply #1 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 5:52am I heard the '78 season is coming out on DVD, if it's not out already.
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FotiniD Rocks Off Regular Offline ROCC & RO..ll... Posts: 998 Athens, Greece Gender:	Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones Reply #2 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 6:16am Edith Grove wrote on Oct 7^th, 2008 at 5:52am: I heard the '78 season is coming out on DVD, if it's not out already. There's a nice bootleg with great quality out there.
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LadyJane Rocks Off Regular Offline Stones Purist Posts: 4,928 Gender:	Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones Reply #3 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 7:40am Why do I always feel so damned old??? I was at a Punk Bar in Buffalo that was ahead of it's time and had a big screen TV used for videos at the time. Videos were stopped and SNL was shown. The entire bar was jammin and I was leading the cheers!!!!! LJ.
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Holden Rocks Off Regular Online Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,259 Tampa Bay Gender:	Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones Reply #5 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 4:27pm What's up with Mick's voice? Is that the coke?
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fireontheplatter Ex Member	Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones Reply #6 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 4:35pm Holden wrote on Oct 7^th, 2008 at 4:27pm: What's up with Mick's voice? Is that the coke? coke may have had something to do with it, but this snl performance came after a long tour of the usa. mick had larangitis, big time.
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glencar Ex Member	Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones Reply #7 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 6:00pm As I read this thread, I'm listening to Billy Squier do "Rip This Joint" & my EARS ARE BLEEDING!!!
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Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones
Reply #8 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 6:28pm

OMG Did you see MICK French kissing Ronnie in RESPECTABLE????
I gotta watch that again!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and smoking a ciggy in Beast of Burden!!
RIPPING HIS SHIRT in Shattered!
what a devil MICK was in those days!!!
I like seeing Bill stand there statuesque as always.
KEEF & RONNIE look great, and Charlie is exactly the same except his hair.
TIME TRIP!! Thank you for the links~ what a fvcking crazy era for the boys!

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glencar Ex Member	Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones Reply #9 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 6:31pm I took a lot of frat boy heat for that ear-tongue thing. But still, they were fun. They also appeared in a couple of skits.
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Edith Grove Agent Provocateur Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones Reply #10 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 7:40pm Bitch wrote on Oct 7^th, 2008 at 6:28pm: OMG Did you see MICK French kissing Ronnie in RESPECTABLE???? I like all the pushing/shoving Mick & Ronnie used to do. Haven't seen that lately.
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Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones
Reply #11 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 8:57pm

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Holden wrote on Oct 7^th, 2008 at 4:27pm:

What's up with Mick's voice? Is that the coke?

coke may have had something to do with it, but this snl performance came after a long tour of the usa. mick had larangitis, big time.

SNL was a one off.
The US Tour had ended in July.

Mick's voice was definitely hurting though.

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Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones
Reply #12 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 9:22pm

Dan Akroyd has said many times that the coke was flowing like water on the set the week that the Stones were in NYC for rehearsals, and even in the moments right before the performance. Jagger was coked to the gills and it did a number on his voice.

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Holden Rocks Off Regular Online Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,259 Tampa Bay Gender:	Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones Reply #13 - Oct 7^th, 2008 at 9:22pm Edith Grove wrote on Oct 7^th, 2008 at 7:40pm: Bitch wrote on Oct 7^th, 2008 at 6:28pm: OMG Did you see MICK French kissing Ronnie in RESPECTABLE???? I like all the pushing/shoving Mick & Ronnie used to do. Haven't seen that lately. Near the end of Brown Sugar in Shine a light
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Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones
Reply #15 - Oct 8^th, 2008 at 6:19pm

Edith Grove wrote on Oct 7^th, 2008 at 7:40pm:

Bitch wrote on Oct 7^th, 2008 at 6:28pm:

OMG Did you see MICK French kissing Ronnie in RESPECTABLE????

I like all the pushing/shoving Mick & Ronnie used to do. Haven't seen that lately.

it was bullshit behavior from mick as far as i'm concerned...he was being a complete egotistical idiot and it was a stage antic. i am very glad those days are over and long gone.

Are you fucking serious?

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Glimmer Twin Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 273	Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones Reply #16 - Oct 8^th, 2008 at 6:43pm I feel old too. I remember staying up late to watch that. I was thrilled.
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Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones
Reply #17 - Oct 8^th, 2008 at 6:45pm

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Holden wrote on Oct 7^th, 2008 at 4:27pm:

What's up with Mick's voice? Is that the coke?

coke may have had something to do with it, but this snl performance came after a long tour of the usa. mick had larangitis, big time.

The "long tour of the USA" consisted of about 25 shows in 7 weeks and had ended on 26th July - almost 11 weeks before they did SNL. Hardly a cause for laryngitis in October.

His voice was shot as a result of too much 'partying' all week with Belushi, Aykroyd and co.

still, at least it hadnt TOTALLY gone - unlike Marianne Faithfull when she made her infamous apperance a year or so later.

Strange performance vocally by Mick. It starts off not too bad, but his voice is a total croak by the time they were finished. Didnt they do 3 songs back to back without a break? (thats how it is in any copy I've seen) which is unusual for that show. Cant have done his voice any favours.

A bit OTT in parts but at least, 9 years after their last US tv appearance and 11 years after the "let spend some time together" sell-out, Mick got his own back by getting to say "fuck" on live TV....

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Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones
Reply #18 - Oct 8^th, 2008 at 7:00pm

Glimmer Twin wrote on Oct 8^th, 2008 at 6:43pm:

I feel old too. I remember staying up late to watch that. I was thrilled. Who stole this one? (Seriously)

so you must have recorded it on vhs....no?

i have the snl show and the week they were rehearsing up to the show all on one nice dvd...its about one hour and a half long. it was transfered from vhs to dvd and every once in awhile you see those annoying vertical lines on the tv screen....know what i mean?

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Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones
Reply #19 - Oct 8^th, 2008 at 7:27pm

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Glimmer Twin wrote on Oct 8^th, 2008 at 6:43pm:

I feel old too. I remember staying up late to watch that. I was thrilled. Who stole this one? (Seriously)

so you must have recorded it on vhs....no?

You funny! VHS was in its infancy and barely available at even college libraries at that time. I too stayed up to watch---what a bummer. I took a lot of shit the following Monday from those I told "don't miss it".

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Reply #20 - Oct 8^th, 2008 at 7:44pm

lotsajizz wrote on Oct 8^th, 2008 at 7:27pm:

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Glimmer Twin wrote on Oct 8^th, 2008 at 6:43pm:

I feel old too. I remember staying up late to watch that. I was thrilled. Who stole this one? (Seriously)

so you must have recorded it on vhs....no?

You funny! VHS was in its infancy and barely available at even college libraries at that time. I too stayed up to watch---what a bummer. I took a lot of shit the following Monday from those I told "don't miss it".

i have no idea/i forget when vhs tapes came about really, but from my dvd of this show it is pretty easy to tell is was transfered from a tape....what the hell else could it have been?

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Reply #22 - Oct 8^th, 2008 at 7:55pm

Gazza wrote on Oct 8^th, 2008 at 7:49pm:

Probably a rerun?

although if you have the rehearsal (which wasnt broadcast) and the actual broadcast on one DVD, theyre obviously taken from separate sources and werent recorded by the same person.

i would be happy to share this dvd with people here if only i knew someone who could burn dvd's and that i could trust.

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glencar Ex Member	Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones Reply #23 - Oct 8^th, 2008 at 10:03pm I can make copies but I'm not sure I trust you, frankly...
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fireontheplatter Ex Member	Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones Reply #24 - Oct 8^th, 2008 at 10:32pm Quote: I can make copies but I'm not sure I trust you, frankly... well excuse me
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Keefj200 Rocks Off Regular Offline Ain't I tough enough? Posts: 44 Pensacola, Florida Gender:	Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones Reply #25 - Oct 9^th, 2008 at 6:42am If you watch the rehearsals of the show, Jagger's voice is in good shape. It must have been frustrating for him to blow his voice out just before the show. Even in the Tom Snyder sketch, you can hear how hoarse his voice is.
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Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones
Reply #26 - Oct 9^th, 2008 at 8:03am

Gazza wrote on Oct 8^th, 2008 at 6:45pm:

Quote:

Holden wrote on Oct 7^th, 2008 at 4:27pm:

What's up with Mick's voice? Is that the coke?

coke may have had something to do with it, but this snl performance came after a long tour of the usa. mick had larangitis, big time.

The "long tour of the USA" consisted of about 25 shows in 7 weeks and had ended on 26th July - almost 11 weeks before they did SNL. Hardly a cause for laryngitis in October.

His voice was shot as a result of too much 'partying' all week with Belushi, Aykroyd and co.

A bit OTT in parts but at least, 9 years after their last US tv appearance and 11 years after the "let spend some time together" sell-out, Mick got his own back by getting to say "fuck" on live TV....

Yes Gazza as usual you are correct, but when did MICK say FVCK? in one of the songs? or the skits? refresh my memory please.

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glencar Ex Member	Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones Reply #27 - Oct 9^th, 2008 at 12:48pm Quote: Quote: I can make copies but I'm not sure I trust you, frankly... well excuse me I was kidding you. I can make copies if needed.
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Reply #28 - Oct 9^th, 2008 at 5:08pm

i checked out what i had last night and what i have is...it looks to be some person with a hand held camera [on a tripod because its not shaky filmed] recording the stones during the rehearsals for their snl performance...its pretty cool to see the progression throughout the dvd...there are 2 sections to this dvd and it lasts about an hour. i am not sure if it is available out there but to me it definetly feels bona fide boot leggy. i have another on which i think i have heard people talk about before and that is the for worth's texas 4 song set...well at the end of this i have 2 'bonus songs' if you will and then the 3 song uninterupted from the snl performance. i can't ask glencar to rattle off a billion copies of these 2 dvd's but it would be nice to send a few out to say 10 people...its up to him really because i think maybe i can trust this dude.

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Re: 30 years ago : SNL with the Rolling Stones
Reply #29 - Oct 9^th, 2008 at 11:14pm

A story told at NYU in the period: Somebody's relative was a cameraman on SNL. Some months after the Stones appearance, Somebody showed the relative a still photo of the Stones and asked for anecdotes. Two were:

*That a large bag of substance was available for dipping during the rehearsals, and that, to the cameraman's horror, spoons weren't even used, "they just kept stickin' their fingers in."

*That "This guy [indicating defendant Richards] was all over Laraine Newman and wouldn't leave her alone."

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That guy that punched Mick at Altamont...and all the Hell's Angels...all that bad acid let them hear A Bigger Bang!!

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