"But where's the evidence for his views? On the three or four YouTube videos of the song, clearly the band are digging the performance greatly. Not once can you see a smirk or look of disdain on any of their faces. And what, in his view, made Welch "ridiculous" (as opposed to, say, just not being very good or whatever)."

Seemingly he just "knows". Here read for yourself. The regular print is me and that in italics is him:

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Do you honestly think Mick Jagger would apologize to a "hired hand" during a performance? LOL

Yes , I still think that even Mick Jagger is capable of human reactions
and I still think that he is able to think of  Lisa as a friend and not a hired hand

Who do you think invited her to perform?? My money is on Jagger.

mine too ,but its only marketing

Towards the end of the song Keith gives Flo a nice nod and big smile.

He did that for Aguileira too , if you think that Keith enjoyed this "performance"
you know nothing about Keith - period

Florence Welch many not be YOUR cup of tea but the Band clearly enjoyed her

yes ,if you interprete joking and laughing as enjoying - they did

as did most of the fans I know who were
there and/or have viewed the clips.
Of course this is all in my humble f'ing opinion.


btw , I cant understand that a Stones purist thinks that this ridiculous appearance has something remarkable
but even if you enjoyed it (I have no problem with it) ,why you cant stand another opinion ?