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left shoe shuffle Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 4,141	1981 Tour Sep 25^th, 2011 at 9:41am ...kicked off 30 years ago today at JFK Stadium in Philly: http://goo.gl/RKq9u Paul Altobelli 2 glorious early fall days with the Stones and a couple hundred thousand of their closest friends. Buncha 'TY' and classics, but it just didn't get no better than the second show trifecta of 'Down The Road Apiece', 'Mona' and 'Twenty Flight Rock'...
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mojoman Rocks Off Regular Offline HMERLS Posts: 6,593 joyzee Gender:	Re: 1981 Tour Reply #1 - Sep 25^th, 2011 at 1:54pm
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Tumbling Dijs Rocks Off Regular Offline The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush. Posts: 356 Gender:	Re: 1981 Tour Reply #2 - Sep 25^th, 2011 at 2:31pm The last tour they really kicked ass imo. After this they didn't really rock anymore live!
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Steel Wheels Rocks Off Regular Offline Much love and support to my dear friend Mary! Posts: 2,686 2,000 Light Years From Home Gender:	Re: 1981 Tour Reply #4 - Sep 25^th, 2011 at 3:58pm I must not have received the memo that they didn't rock after 81. The Stones love Philly.
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steel driving hammer Ex Member	Re: 1981 Tour Reply #5 - Sep 25^th, 2011 at 4:36pm What a great tour. Charlie was great throughout. Guitars were loud, raw, heavy, deep and tight. 69, then 82, then 75 etc...Great F#ucking tour 81 & 2 was.
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lotsajizz Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,818 Rhode Island Gender:	Re: 1981 Tour Reply #6 - Sep 25^th, 2011 at 6:32pm WORST. TOUR. EVER. WORD.
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BILL PERKS Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 1,188 NJ	Re: 1981 Tour Reply #7 - Sep 25^th, 2011 at 6:49pm WHEN THE STONES RULED THE WORLD
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Paranoid Android Rocks Off Regular Online The Rocks Off Ladies Rule You Bastards!! Posts: 6,342 Chapel Hill, NC Gender:	Re: 1981 Tour Reply #8 - Sep 25^th, 2011 at 10:47pm I was at that show!! Anyway...I think they have gotten better...at least Jagger has...since he stopped clocking in 3 1/2 miles per nite of prancing from side to side, up and down ramps...in those stadiums his singing has gotten better IMO
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Honky Tonk Man Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 2,272 London Gender:	Re: 1981 Tour Reply #9 - Sep 26^th, 2011 at 3:45am Wern't the guitars a little tinny-sounding during this tour? Thats the only real problem Ive experienced with what Ive heard and seen. Saying that, Hampton '81 is a terrific boot.
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Re: 1981 Tour
Reply #10 - Sep 26^th, 2011 at 6:31am

Honky Tonk Man wrote on Sep 26^th, 2011 at 3:45am:

Wern't the guitars a little tinny-sounding during this tour? Thats the only real problem Ive experienced with what Ive heard and seen. Saying that, Hampton '81 is a terrific boot.

The mixes were not the best ,and it was not restricted to the Stones... that is true...but in a few short years, technology got better and those stadium AND arena shows sounded better and better...

The Stones did own the world at this time...It was a comeback to the greatness that they barely lost.

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Re: 1981 Tour
Reply #12 - Sep 26^th, 2011 at 7:07am

It wasn't all bad; I saw 'em in Hartford and the boots confim they were good shows, as were Buffalo and Hampton. But. in general, it is my least favorite tour because; 1) Jagger's coke-ruined vocals most nights, 2) Jagger being winded by running too much (burning off the coke, no doubt!), 3) the shitty mix that slimed the guitarists night after night, and 4) Ernie Watts.

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Reply #13 - Sep 26^th, 2011 at 7:34am

This tour reminds me of great sadness. It was the tour the should have brought to Australia. They hadnt been here since 73. Tattoo You & Start me up both hit #1 here, the 1st time since 73 they did it. But they dropped the ball and didnt come here. Money, as usual, was probably at heart of it. Not coming here for this tour lost them another generation of fans. KISS did a huge tour around this time, taking all the glory. Fleetwood Mac a couple of years earlier. Then The Police and Springsteen did their massive shows, and all of sudden, people forgot about the Stones. I was fuming they didnt tour. It just seemed that every band in the world toured, except them (and The Who, of course). And lets not forget U2!

But i must say, i was even worse when they didnt come in 89/90. There was absolutely no excuse except taking an audience for granted.

So while many of you have marvellous memories, all i have is the movie of the tour, Hampton Roads, and the very, very dull Still Life album.

I feel quite sad now.

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sweetcharmedlife Rocks Off Regular Offline Do the horrendous to that if you can Posts: 11,943 San Mateo Gender:	Re: 1981 Tour Reply #14 - Sep 26^th, 2011 at 11:15am Tumbling Dijs wrote on Sep 25^th, 2011 at 2:31pm: The last tour they really kicked ass imo. After this they didn't really rock anymore live! Funny how people have said the same thing for pretty much every Stones tour since '69.
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Tumbling Dijs Rocks Off Regular Offline The Stones in a club is still the ultimate rush. Posts: 356 Gender:	Re: 1981 Tour Reply #15 - Sep 26^th, 2011 at 2:38pm sweetcharmedlife wrote on Sep 26^th, 2011 at 11:15am: Tumbling Dijs wrote on Sep 25^th, 2011 at 2:31pm: The last tour they really kicked ass imo. After this they didn't really rock anymore live! Funny how people have said the same thing for pretty much every Stones tour since '69. Well, that's a memo I have never received (LOL)
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nankerphelge Rocks Off Regular Offline Maybe being bad is more fun than being good... Posts: 2,775 Sweet Virginia Gender:	Re: 1981 Tour Reply #16 - Sep 27^th, 2011 at 7:09am 30th Anny of my first show in Buffalo!! I can still feel the tingle!
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Re: 1981 Tour
Reply #18 - Sep 27^th, 2011 at 3:36pm

Wow!!

TomL and I just watched that ...you crazy motherfucker, where did you dig that outta??

Was trying to see if I was on camera .. I was maybe 40-50 feet off the stage in front, slightly to Ronnie's side. Wild seeing how packed in I was!!

Goddam that is cool.
They had already taken box-cutters to the stage mural to prevent the wind from taking it over!

Crazy -- thanks man!!!!

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Re: 1981 Tour
Reply #19 - Sep 27^th, 2011 at 3:45pm

nankerphelge wrote on Sep 27^th, 2011 at 3:36pm:

Wow!!

TomL and I just watched that ...you crazy motherfucker, where did you dig that outta??

Was trying to see if I was on camera .. I was maybe 40-50 feet off the stage in front, slightly to Ronnie's side. Wild seeing how packed in I was!!

Goddam that is cool.
They had already taken box-cutters to the stage mural to prevent the wind from taking it over!

Crazy -- thanks man!!!!

they didn't play take the A train or have a curtain... it was b/c of high winds?

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Reply #20 - Sep 27^th, 2011 at 3:53pm

Pdog wrote on Sep 27^th, 2011 at 3:45pm:

nankerphelge wrote on Sep 27^th, 2011 at 3:36pm:

Wow!!

TomL and I just watched that ...you crazy motherfucker, where did you dig that outta??

Was trying to see if I was on camera .. I was maybe 40-50 feet off the stage in front, slightly to Ronnie's side. Wild seeing how packed in I was!!

Goddam that is cool.
They had already taken box-cutters to the stage mural to prevent the wind from taking it over!

Crazy -- thanks man!!!!

they didn't play take the A train or have a curtain... it was b/c of high winds?

keith wanted to get a contact high from Tommyboy and Nankyson

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Re: 1981 Tour
Reply #21 - Sep 27^th, 2011 at 4:27pm

Pdog wrote on Sep 27^th, 2011 at 3:45pm:

nankerphelge wrote on Sep 27^th, 2011 at 3:36pm:

Wow!!

TomL and I just watched that ...you crazy motherfucker, where did you dig that outta??

Was trying to see if I was on camera .. I was maybe 40-50 feet off the stage in front, slightly to Ronnie's side. Wild seeing how packed in I was!!

Goddam that is cool.
They had already taken box-cutters to the stage mural to prevent the wind from taking it over!

Crazy -- thanks man!!!!

they didn't play take the A train or have a curtain... it was b/c of high winds?

VERY windy afternoon.
I was on Keith's side about 2 sections up.
And it was just about this time that they took the stage.
Thanks for the clip Gazza.

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Re: 1981 Tour
Reply #22 - Sep 27^th, 2011 at 7:03pm

nankerphelge wrote on Sep 27^th, 2011 at 3:36pm:

Wow!!

TomL and I just watched that ...you crazy motherfucker, where did you dig that outta??

Was trying to see if I was on camera .. I was maybe 40-50 feet off the stage in front, slightly to Ronnie's side. Wild seeing how packed in I was!!

Goddam that is cool.
They had already taken box-cutters to the stage mural to prevent the wind from taking it over!

Crazy -- thanks man!!!!

Have had that footage for about 25 years. So I presumed it was on youtube and hey presto, there it was.

There's quite a few shows where the first 3 songs exist as raw footage filmed for local newscasts (thats usually the only 3 songs they were allowed to film and show partial clips of..)

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Re: 1981 Tour
Reply #24 - Sep 28^th, 2011 at 7:39am

I dont recall them playing Take the A Train, but it was a very confused day because of the winds.

Thorogood opened and it was spitting rain and raw.
Then Journey came on and they were just not cutting it as the middle act.
They got booed, heckled, stuff thrown at them...the promoter came out and gave the crowd hell for its behavior and it only made matters worse. Then they cut down the mural and the whole thing seemed disheveled.

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