Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary - Update AUS/NZ '14

vant0037

SatansFuton wrote:

vant0037 wrote:

Last night's set in Chicago

1- Get Off of My Cloud
2 - IORR
3 - Paint it Black
4 - Gimme Shelter
5 - Wild Horses
6 - Rocks Off
7 - Emotional Rescue
8 - Six Day on the Road w/ Taj Mahal
9 - Doom and Gloom
10 - Honky Tonk Women
11 - You Got the Silver
12 - Before They Make me Run
13 - Midnight Rambler w/ Mick Taylor
14 - Miss You
15 - Start Me Up
16 - Tumbling Dice
17 - Brown Sugar
18 - Sympathy for the Devil
19 - YCAGWYW
20 - JJF
21 - Satisfaction

Lots of complaining about the length of the set on IORR. I'm more annoyed with the Mick Taylor situation than I am the length of the set. It's not even the middle of the tour yet (if you can believe that) and they've got 13 some shows to go. Let's hope it doesn't become a trend (dropping songs), but I'm willing to give them a pass for one night, especially with a better guest than the others (Taj Mahal).

I suppose that opinion may change if the reviews indicate that the show sucked overall. But if they're great for 21 or great for 23 songs...who's counting?

I haven't been to IORR in a day or two, and I wasn't at the show so I don't know, but setlist.fm says Taylor came back out for Satisfaction. Did he, or was it just one song?

Not sure. I was just following along on IORR's forum. We go on Friday...

vant0037

Here are two surprises I'd like to see off Metamorphosis: "Jivin' Sister Fanny" and "Memo From Turner"

SatansFuton

vant0037 wrote:

Here are two surprises I'd like to see off Metamorphosis: "Jivin' Sister Fanny" and "Memo From Turner"

Both of those would be cool. I tend to think of "Memo From Turner" as more of a Mick Jagger Solo song though. I'm not sure if they've ever played it.

YLed2

So which date is EV rumored to make a cameo? June 3rd?

SatansFuton

YLed2 wrote:

So which date is EV rumored to make a cameo? June 3rd?

I don't know. Vant saw/heard something about it but I haven't gotten around to asking him to elaborate.

YLed2

SatansFuton wrote:

YLed2 wrote:

So which date is EV rumored to make a cameo? June 3rd?

I don't know. Vant saw/heard something about it but I haven't gotten around to asking him to elaborate.

People were saying on the Porch it would be May 28 or June 3 in Chi Town - but just couldn't confirm which date. Assuming this, I guess it makes sense it will be June 3rd if the rumors are true. Will definitely be cool to see EV make another cameo with the Stones, especially considering all of the other guests they have taken on during this tour. If he does, wonder which song(s) he will come out for.

vant0037

SatansFuton wrote:

YLed2 wrote:

So which date is EV rumored to make a cameo? June 3rd?

I don't know. Vant saw/heard something about it but I haven't gotten around to asking him to elaborate.

Haha. Touché. A friend tested me that he read a mysterious tweet that said as much. I'll do some more research and find out.

SatansFuton

vant0037 wrote:

SatansFuton wrote:

YLed2 wrote:

So which date is EV rumored to make a cameo? June 3rd?

I don't know. Vant saw/heard something about it but I haven't gotten around to asking him to elaborate.

Haha. Touché. A friend tested me that he read a mysterious tweet that said as much. I'll do some more research and find out.

Oh, I thought maybe you had read something on one of the forums. I searched IORR and the only mention of Ed I found was in the thread about Ray Manzerek dying. A Google search just turned up old videos of Ed playing with the Stones and stories about Ed wiping his ass with Rolling Stone magazine.

rick1zoo2

I will go if I can get $85 tickets for either of the Philly shows, but I am not holding my breath on being able to get them.

guypjfreak

cant wait to see them at Glastonbury festi

helplessdancer

guypjfreak wrote:

cant wait to see them at Glastonbury festi

cool! enjoy!

it had been awhile for me and somehow i had forgotten just how much i love keith. he's the king of cool!

vant0037

What a show. CYHMK and MR...both Micks sounded great...so much energy...2.5 hour show...at 70?

I'm sad though that I'll likely never get to see that again. Wow. Shitty seats but so worth it!

SatansFuton

vant0037 wrote:

What a show. CYHMK and MR...both Micks sounded great...so much energy...2.5 hour show...at 70?

I'm sad though that I'll likely never get to see that again. Wow. Shitty seats but so worth it!

And you guys got "Shine A Light", which is a pretty rare live song in that it's only been played 20 times (including Chicago) in 40-something years, and 16 of those were in the 90's. Mainly the Voodoo Lounge Tour.

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http://www.startribune.com/entertainmen ... 67321.html

Fairly accurate review of Friday. All in all, this was a fantastic show. It's like some comments on IORR. Say what you want about the technical aspects of their shows (at ages 65+), most people walk away talking about what a great time it was. I certainly did. The setlist was about what I expected. I enjoyed the Mick Taylor tunes a lot. JJF was better than I expected it to be. Miss You was great. Darryl Jones singlehandedly made Emotional Rescue a great live song (at least that night). My favorite tune that night was probably All Down The Line.

Unfortunately, it was clear that the band hadn't rehearsed some of their new stuff much. Doom & Gloom has been played hundreds of times in my car, loudly, in the last few months, but live, it really lacked the dancy beat that makes it a great song. I grimaced when I saw Mick J. pick up a guitar and start in.

At the end of the day, I wanted to walk away knowing that "I saw the Rolling Stones." To do so and have the show be great, warts and all, is just icing on the cake.

vant0037

Taylor Swift? Given how Mick loves to "duel" with the female guests, it may be a bit awkward when 69 year old Mick does this with 23 year old Taylor.

Feeling a bit lucky that I got Sheryl Crow...

SatansFuton

vant0037 wrote:

Unfortunately, it was clear that the band hadn't rehearsed some of their new stuff much. Doom & Gloom has been played hundreds of times in my car, loudly, in the last few months, but live, it really lacked the dancy beat that makes it a great song. I grimaced when I saw Mick J. pick up a guitar and start in.

I'm not sure why they can't get that one down live. You'd think it would make a good live song, but they've apparently failed to figure out how. They've played it at damn near every concert since the 2012 shows, so they're not out of practice with it. I'm not sure what the deal is. One More Shot has been pretty impressive live though, it was really good on the PPV special.

SatansFuton

Last night's guest....Taylor Swift



On a positive note, they played Sway with Taylor last night again.

voodoopug

vant0037 wrote:

SatansFuton wrote:

vant0037 wrote:

Last night's set in Chicago

1- Get Off of My Cloud
2 - IORR
3 - Paint it Black
4 - Gimme Shelter
5 - Wild Horses
6 - Rocks Off
7 - Emotional Rescue
8 - Six Day on the Road w/ Taj Mahal
9 - Doom and Gloom
10 - Honky Tonk Women
11 - You Got the Silver
12 - Before They Make me Run
13 - Midnight Rambler w/ Mick Taylor
14 - Miss You
15 - Start Me Up
16 - Tumbling Dice
17 - Brown Sugar
18 - Sympathy for the Devil
19 - YCAGWYW
20 - JJF
21 - Satisfaction

Lots of complaining about the length of the set on IORR. I'm more annoyed with the Mick Taylor situation than I am the length of the set. It's not even the middle of the tour yet (if you can believe that) and they've got 13 some shows to go. Let's hope it doesn't become a trend (dropping songs), but I'm willing to give them a pass for one night, especially with a better guest than the others (Taj Mahal).

I suppose that opinion may change if the reviews indicate that the show sucked overall. But if they're great for 21 or great for 23 songs...who's counting?

I haven't been to IORR in a day or two, and I wasn't at the show so I don't know, but setlist.fm says Taylor came back out for Satisfaction. Did he, or was it just one song?

Not sure. I was just following along on IORR's forum. We go on Friday...

Regular set length that night as they also played "One More Shot". My 85's turned out to be Pit passes that night....fantastic show! Sat in the rafters on Friday, but was able to share in my 8 year old son's first Stones show. CYHMK with Taylor was inspiring. Last nights show (85 tickets) had me club level directly off the stage....VERY LOUD...loved it. I can now sleep at night again after hearing Taylor join them for Sway! Very solid stop in Chicago for the boys.

voodoopug

My review of the first night from Shidoobee:

Overall, a surreal experience. We arrived around 6:15 and went to the will call lane…no line. I told some jokes to the ticket worker and he asked if I had a rough day. He then peaked into the envelope, grinned and told me I need to see the man at the next table. He slapped on a pit wristband onto Karen and I and asked if this helps! We were elated. We went inside and had dinner at the Stadium Club and saw the owner of the Blackhawks. Excellent meal. We ran into VoodooAllie in the concourse and exchanged pleasantries. We headed down to the pit and at Josh’s recommendation, found ourselves a spot on the side rail (Keiths side). Wise move…Mick was there all damn night! We did get “Omaha’d” by the setlist a bit, but this was something like my 35th show and I still seen them do two songs I had never heard. A review of the songs:

1. Get Off My Cloud – I like that they are opening with Charlie’s drums before Keith comes in. It’s a safe opener with a chorus that the fans can sing along to. I’d prefer to see something a bit more fierce in this spot (JJF opening a show never gets old for me)

2. It's Only Rock n Roll – I’m tired of hearing this one live, but Keith did nail the solo and the ending was extended a bit. Not bad, but not great. Mick made a joke about the UC being the house that MJ Built and he was said to find out it wasn’t him

3. Paint it black – Keith played strong again, Mick being very theatric. A theme tonight was Mick really pressing hard to entertain and having a great time, lots of energy

4. Gimme Shelter - Two words…LISA FISHER….she hit it out of the park and this was the first real moment where the crowd let loose.

5. Wild Horses – Mick tried real hard here, but I got the feeling the crowd is tired of this one, especially near us in the pit. Ronnie, although he had a strong night, didn’t play the amount of fills he did in Newark on this one.

6. Rocks Off – Minor flub by Keith on the intro, but pretty solid performance as it went through. MT was glaringly missing here. Mick worked the crowd pretty good to get them to sing the last chorus.

7. Emotional Rescue – One of two songs I had never heard before. Mick sang the first TWO verses in Falsetto and its clear that this song is “his baby” for the tour. He really had a great time singing it and spent lots of time on the tongue walkway, spent lots of time near us. Band sounded well rehearsed on this one. Charlie and Daryl made this very special.

8. Six Days On The Road w/ Taj Mahal - Better than I expected. Lots of folks heading to the restroom from our vantage point. Mick sang it karaoke style (focused on the teleprompter the entire time). Keith missed the second change going to the chorus, but otherwise they played it well. I couldn’t help but think the entire time that this song was taking the place of Moonlight Mile, CYHMK, Sway, ADTL, etc. I wish they’d get rid of the guest spots personally unless it was to add something to a stones performance (ie Choir on YCAGWYW) Could hardly hear Taj singing at all on this one, poor mix did not help them.

9. Doom and Gloom - another one of “Mick’s babys” Tempo has been sped up since last winter and Mick sang with energy and passion. Ronnie’s simple solo really pulls the song together. Charlie was particularly strong here

10. One More Shot – Filler song that they actually didn’t mess up the arrangement on for one of the first times. Keith really likes this song as he was smiling throughout.

11. Honky Tonk Women – funny new video on the screen, some cartoon nudity for those who are entertained by this. Crowd really got into this song.

12.You Got The Silver – One of the highlights of the night. Ronnie and Keith were fantastic. Ronnie started the song without Keith introducing it and I thought the crowd enjoyed it. Nice to see Keith back on guitar on this one

13. Before they Make Me Run – Better than hearing Happy again…that is all

14. Midnight Rambler w/ MT – Not Taylor’s strongest performance, but its still a dream come true to see him playing up there with the band. Mick played the last part of the songs from his knee on the ground. I’m not sure if he was going for theatrics or if he was taking a break? Mick put a lot of emotion into his presentation and acted out the “second act” of the song as if he was in the Chicago Theater….another highlight. For the first time since I can remember, Jagger ALMOST wrestled this song away from Taylor, but MT saved it with some solid work at the end with the slide.

15. Miss You – Meh….highlight was Keith coming over by us and when he looked at me, I did the Head, Heart, and Brains gesture and he smiled back, pointed at me, and pumped his first at us. Jagger really likes playing this one. Ronnie was solid here as well

16. Start Me Up – The Intro was LOUD! I can do without this one, but it did get the crowd rocking.

17. Tumbling Dice - Better than when Springsteen butchered it, but again, this is a song I can do without. Lots of interaction with the crowd from Mick on the catwalks.

18. Brown Sugar – Keith nailed the intro! First time in a while that I’ve seen him hit this perfect when I’m at the show. Another crowd pleaser.

19. Sympathy for the Devil – Vocals got a bit echoey, but Keith held up his end of the bargain on this one. The crowd was particularly loud and animated singing the backing vocals. The Gorilla Suit is questionable at best.

20. You Can't Always Get What You Want – I could barely hear the choir. The band sounded good here. French horn could have been louder. Nice solo by Ronnie at the end. Crowd singalong was good. Solid performance that would have been perfect had the choir’s mic’s been louder.

21. Jumping Jack Flash – Keith stormed the front of the stage and started stalking towards the side before hitting the first note. He likes this one a lot as it is obvious with his aggression. He had a snarl on his face similar to Rocky Balboa when Mickey asked him to show the young punk how to snarl when you punch.

22. Satisfaction w/ MT – MT barely audible, but he was there and was having a good time. Standard performance other wise. Mick left it all out there.


In summary, This was a great night musically for the band. I was a bit disappointed that they took so few risks with the setlist, especially with the amount of times the band has played Chicago on the last few tours. Mick really looked to be having fun up there. I think the easy setlist relaxed him. Our pit spot gave us plenty of up front glimpses of the band, they looked great. On a side note, it was always easy to tell when Ronnie or Keith was going to come out on the tongue as the drums would get very loud through the monitors on the back of the pit to help them keep time with the song. Disappointed that we didn’t get more Mick Taylor, but there are two more chances for me to get that! Hope to see everyone on Friday!

Bronx Bombers

That is one of the best concert reviews I've seen :corn: