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corgi37 wrote on Apr 18^th, 2009 at 7:32am:

:smile

Looking at her, its a bit hard to believe her boyfriend is too bothered about his eyesight.....

Gazza wrote on Apr 17^th, 2009 at 6:08pm:


i think he blended in quite well in that song...it was perfect for him just like eddie vedder doing wild horses with mick.  it nice that the stones share the stage and songs with other people.

I'm one who doesn't have a problem with DM on MM. He's got a nice voice & he blends in nicely. I don't really like his band that much either.

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Saying it was better than Jack White on SAL is damning with faint praise. I like Jack but that was simply an example of a poor song choice that didnt work.

Nothin' against Dave personally - dont know enough about him to be honest - however Memory Motel is pretty special as its unusual in a Stones song to hear Mick and Keith trade lead vocals. Its also one of my favourite Stones songs, so I just saw it as an opportunity missed to get a good live rendition recorded for posterity.

We waited a long time to get them to play it (I think Voodoo Lounge and BTB/No Security were maybe the only tours when they did)

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this is true. Although sometimes its the ones that sound exciting on paper that end up being underwhelming.

No Security is a good live cd to turn your non fanatical friends onto bc its not smothered with the usual greatest hits. Some really good songs on there like Live With Me, Respectable and Morphine - that the non Stones fan that just owns 40 Licks might not otherwise know of.


hopefully one day they'll release a DVD of the tour bc it was THE COOLEST intro ever and seeing them rock on the no frills stage is a great antedote to all the naysayers that complain of the glitzy circus like stadium shows where they hide behind all their bells and whistles

When it came out, they made a conscious decision to not include any songs that had been on any live album in the last two decades, hence the somewhat ambitious (by Stones standards) track selection.

Unfortunately, the album absolutely tanked commercially - it was probably the worst selling and lowest charting album whose release they'd ever sanctioned. Even more unforgiveable when you consider that two weeks after it's release they announced the extension of their 1997-98 with a US leg named after the album which saw them ask (successfully) their fans to dig deeper and fork out unprecedently sky high prices to see them.

A bit of a watershed on reflection. From then on there was more emphasis than ever before on getting rich bums on seats even if they often belonged to people who werent that interested in hearing anything beyond the 'hits' - although to the band's credit on that particular tour they still made the effort to dig deep and pull out a few fresh gems from the back catalogue. I remember Jagger commenting at the time that he'd introduce something like 'Moonlight Mile' and he could see bemused faces in the first few rows groaning to the effect of 'what the fuck is this?'.

agreed Gazza

most notable difference between SAL and NS is that on NS Keith played his instrument during You Got The Silver

Gazza wrote on Apr 20^th, 2009 at 10:25am:


I was at the 1st of the 2 Hartford shows. Excellent. One of my favorite ever (I've been to over 50 shows)

Drank at a pub down the block from the Civic Center where the Shidoobees had a gathering. Then went to the restaurant bar (Chuck's Steak House I think) in the Civic Center right before the show (had no interest in seeing the goo goo dolls) and was quite impressed with how it looked like the bar was looted by vikings!!! They were completely out of all whiskeys and bourbons - the racks behind the bar were all empty!!! Some hard drinking Stones fans had done us proud there. I wound up drinking B&B as it was all they had left.

Gazza wrote on Apr 20^th, 2009 at 10:07am:


I know what you mean Gazza. When me and my buddy were in the front row for opening night in Oakland and Keith started playing YGTS. We went nuts...and everybody else around us looked at us like we were. Because they had no idea what song that was.

mojoman wrote on Apr 20^th, 2009 at 11:46am:


Yep..they rehearsed at the Fillmore for a week and then moved to the Kaiser Arena in Oakland for dress rehearsals before the opening night at the Oakland Arena on January 25th.

here we were at the Hartford Brewery...ten years younger and (in the case of Voodoo and I anyway), about 30 pounds lighter (sitting for several hours a week looking after a website takes a physical toll..LOL)