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Smooth drive up for my wife, eldest son, and I after leaving Rhode Island around six. Minimal traffic, by Boston standards, and we got a GREAT outdoor parking spot one block from the Garden pointing to the 93 South entrance for rapid getaway! $40 though, EVERYTHING associated with this evening was high-priced.
Seats down low, but towards the back, decent people around us, most stood the whole show, and no one was obviously drunk. Security was never such that a quick puff could not be had. The opening strokefest video can be passed, but all is forgiven when starts....
1) Get Out Of My Cloud, they look and sound great!
2) It's Only Rock and Roll, Keith takes a lot of Berry runs but this one still seems on the verge of falling apart at any moment!
3) Paint it Black, awesome, jammed out a little extra at the end, reaching four and a half minutes!
4) Gimme Shelter---Lisa might not have my ideal body shape nowadays, but she is sexy as hell and sings this even better, nice weaving by the gunslingers on this one!
5) All Down The Line -- fast and with tasty Woody licks and well-riffed Keithisms, but I did start thinking about the other original guitarist on this one!
6) Instead, we get Memory Motel---my first, and well-sung, well-played...the crowd loved Keith's parts....but I voted for Street-Fighting Man in hope of getting extra Taylor! Ah, well I suppose it was inevitable they played the song with the 'Boston' line in it!
7) When The Whip Comes Down---time and a half!! I never heard it played so fast and punky, almost unrecognizable, very cool! The most rearranged of any song of the night!
8) Emotional Rescue, I am one of its boosters and it was PERFECT! Mick sang all the falsetto parts and even did the crazed rap about Arab chargers at the end. It was a definite highlight of my Stones viewing experience over the years!
9) Doom & Gloom, well-played, not so well-sung. Mick flat here.
10) One More Shot---better, Charlie pumping away and Mick more into it.
11) Honky Tonk Woman, nice to hear nowadays that Keith can actually play the solo!
12) You Got The Silver--beautiful Woody slide-work, Keith's voice improved from recent tours, probably smoking less!
13) Happy, made us so!
14) Midnight Rambler, speaking of songs with Boston connections! Taylor finally emerges and his opening duet with Mick on harmonica sends chills up the spine. Then Keith slams into it and they are off in this sinister rock opera for the Ages! Mick Taylor wails away on numerous blues runs building the tension Jagger gives extra dramatic pause before asking the crowd if they "heard about the .......... Boston ......" BAM!! They bring it home perfectly and the crowd loses it!! Unfortunately, we then lose Mick Taylor who retreats all too soon.
15) Miss You, hey Mick sings the shit out of it and obviously loves it, so I will groove to it for the 20th or so time live! Daryl had a funky bass solo herein.
16) Start Me Up, oddly enough this beaten-to-death-war-horse may have been the best-played song of the night and Mick went insane in belting out the lyrics. The perfomance forced me into a whole new appreciation for the final songs, however predictable. They play the Hell out of them so that's fine with me.
17) Tumbling Dice, a chance for Bernard and Lisa to get more vocal time!
18) Brown Sugar, crowd loves it, Keith's opening riff was extra loud! Bobby Keys shines on the sax solo.
19) Sympathy For the Devil, ah the red lighting, Mick's funky fur coat to open was a hoot and the crowd participation with the "woo hoos" was cool. Keith and Ron traded nice solos.
20) You Can't Always Get What You Want, complete with the Boston University Marsh Chapel Choir!
21) Jumping Jack Flash, Keith's opening slash at the riff tore open the top of my skull. Best version I've heard them crank out since the 80's.
22) Satisfaction, and the return of Mick Taylor, a guitar army up there. This anthem was the perfect closer.
A quick exit, no schwag, a little more traffic on the drive home, but nothing untoward. This band, especially Richards, is in FAR better form than the last couple of tours. My only complaint? MORE MICK TAYLOR!!! He's incredible. Although I am sorry this WAS surely 'The Last Time' I will see them, I am so glad my last memories will not of those train wrecks of autumn 2006!
This day, middle of June 2013, the Rolling Stones are the Greatest Rock And Roll Band In The World!
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