Good show in Toronto last night.  Plenty of fun to be had. Got a cheap ticket and that brings my total for both Toronto shows to $350, so clearly those high ticket prices are merely "suggested retail price".

A couple of quick observations
Get Off Of My Cloud I've found to be lethargic on this tour but that last night it felt like it had the right tempo for the first time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=Loy4aS8twT4

Worried About You was a freaking highlight, proving that an "obscure" song can be a hit with the crowd if the Stones sell it right on stage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=0T8IhHqN0LY

Rocks Off was a complete debacle, train wreck, one for the books. Maybe two weeks of rehearsals isn't enough! Ya think?
Watch here...you've been warned:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=c0YI5dbTY-4

That really leaves a couple of questions enquiring minds want to know.
How was the Taylor solo on Can't You Hear Me Knocking?
Pretty decent I thought, but judge for yourselves

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=CNdaAF01Jl4

And of course, how was the Midnight Rambler?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=80cMlTGq8tY

One extra tidbit: Before Doom & Gloom, Mick mentions that today is the 50th anniversary of the release of their first single, Come On. He tries to lead the band in an impromptu version that lasts a few bars. "Keith can't remember how it starts", he says "and Charlie doesn't want to play it".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=mgL8ACjmhDQ

Oh yeah, and they had a false ending on Satisfaction, and then started up a vamp on what sounded like "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love", but that only lasted a minute and then the show was over.

LOOKS LIKE THE CASHMERE BULLSHIT TRAIN IS STILL ROLLING:







The Rolling Stones Perform First Single For 50th Anniversary
by Paul Cashmere on June 7, 2013

The Rolling Stones very first single ‘Come On’ was released exactly 50 years ago today (June 7, 1963).


To mark the anniversary The Stones performed the song at their Toronto concert tonight and it was indeed a rare occasion. In total, The Rolling Stones have only ever performed ‘Come On’ eight times in concert in 50 years.

‘Come On’ was originally written and recorded by Chuck Berry just a few years earlier in 1961. The Stones recorded their version on May 10, 1963 and released it on June 7.

Officially, it was still June 6 when The Stones took to the Toronto stage. “Tomorrow our first single COME ON was released 50 years ago, I don’t know if I can remember the lyrics,” Mick Jagger said introducing the song.

When Keith Richards was once asked about the song he said, “At the time it was done just to get a record out. The idea was Andrew’s – to get a strong single so they’d let us make an album, which back then was a privilege.”

‘Come On’ wasn’t the only rarity played at the Stones Toronto gig tonight. The Stones also played ‘Worried About You’ from 1981’s ‘Tattoo You’. It has only even been played 20 times by The Stones and only once ever in Australia on April 13, 2006 at Rod Laver Arena.

Unlike other shows, there were no special guests for this show.

The Rolling Stones setlist for Toronto, June 6, 2013 was:

Get Off My Cloud (from December’s Children and Everybodys, 1965)
Its Only Rock n Roll (But I Like It) (from Its Only Rock N Roll, 1973)
Paint It Black (from Aftermath, 1966)
Gimme Shelter (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
Worried About You (from Tattoo You, 1981)
Rocks Off (from Exile On Main Street, 1972)
Emotional Rescue (from Emotional Rescue, 1980)
Come On (first single 1963)
Doom and Gloom (from GRRR, 2012)
One More Shot (from GRRR, 2012)
Can’t You Hear Me Knocking (with Mick Taylor) (from Sticky Fingers, 1971)
Honky Tonk Women (single, 1969)
You Got The Silver (Keith Richards on vocals) (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
Before They Make Me Run (Keith Richards on vocals) (from Some Girls, 1978) (from Exile On Main Street, 1972)
Midnight Rambler (with Mick Taylor) (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
Miss You (from Some Girls, 1978)
Start Me Up (from Tattoo You, 1981)
Tumbling Dice (from Exile On Main Street, 1972)
Brown Sugar (from Sticky Fingers, 1971)
Sympathy For The Devil (from Beggars Banquet, 1968)

You Can’t Always Get What You Want (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (single, 1968)
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (with Mick Taylor) (from Out Of Our Heads, 1965)


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