The Rolling Stones Thread

Looks like you guys got a really good set Vant, in my mind at least. It's probably not on many people's wish lists, but I would have been really psyched over Out Of Control.

SatansFuton said:

but I would have been really psyched over Out Of Control.

i was definitely psyched for it. certainly wasn't expecting it to pop up at all. i feel like if that song and saint of me came out in the '70s, they'd be considered classics.

had a great time. 21 years in between seeing stones shows and it certainly doesn't feel like they aged that much. like vant said, it took a couple songs to get into the groove, but once they were there it was on. chances are it's the last time i will see them, so i'm just glad the show was memorable.

dr122931 said:

Hopefully rocks off wins.
The shirt is disgusting. Granted, I hate the cowboys. Can't wait until showtime

That's what I voted for, would be psyched for Heartbreaker as well though. Luckily on the shirt they have a few other shirt designs for us non-Cowboy fans, as well as another poster for those that didn't like the Cowboy thing.

I got a sneak peak at the Sticky Fingers deluxe vinyl package today. Very nice!

Just got home from the show. I had a great time, but it wasn't the best Stones show I've seen. The sound was bad at times, sometimes I think it was just the venue, and other times I think they were having some sound issues. Like during Sympathy For The Devil. The setlist was as conservative as it gets, except Rocks Off, but that was the fan vote song. It sounded fantastic though, they did a good job with it. But other than that it was wall-to-wall Warhorses, plus Moonlight Mile and Doom And Gloom. I guess Mick didn't trust the big Texas crowd, and actually he was right, they were pathetic. Three songs into the show and the majority of the crowd (except the floor) were already sitting down. And wanting everybody else to sit down, which wasn't happening. They'd get up for Honky Tonk Women or something, then sit down again, then up again for Miss You, etc. It's a good thing they didn't get too rare, because this crowd seemed confused by pretty well known songs like Let's Spend The Night Together, Bitch and Moonlight Mile. I had a good time though, loved hearing the old classics and getting to hear Rocks Off. It was one of my most wanted songs.

vant0037 said:

The sound seems to be muddy on the tour so far.

Still, it's such a great time. I think we all know they won't be around much longer, at least as a touring band, and so whatever we get now is still pretty great. I watched Crossfire the other night and couldn't help but think how far they've come since then. It's extremely rare for such a meteoric rise to NOT correspond with a complete plummet. They rose and then? They stayed...

Incredible.

The sound at AT&T was worse than just muddy. There were some pretty bad sound issues, namely the echo. Which at times made it sound like they were all playing out of sync. It seems like the experience was different all over the stadium though. There were plenty of sweet and not so-sweet spots, both in terms of sound and crowd behavior. I had pretty good seats, 10 rows above the floor and about equal with where the catwalk came out to, so I had a great view, but we were apparently in some sort of bad spot for sound. Most of the show was just drums and bass, and I really had to struggle to hear any guitar, which is mainly what I personally want to hear. But when they'd kick guitars into gear on songs like Sympathy or for solos in any song, and it would just turn into a mess of echoes and feedback.

Still, I had a great time. The setlist may have been a bit boring, but they played it with enthusiasm. I'd love to hear a bootleg of it, because the audience recordings I've heard (from sections with less sound issues) are great. There was nothing wrong with The Stones themselves, just the way their sound was carried around that pointlessly large stadium.

There are a couple of really great audience sources for the Orlando show up over at IORR. Sounds like an awesome show, She's So Cold sounded fantastic.