Rolling Stones Review

Thanks for the review , Ken. I've never had that " got to see this band " urge with the Stones.

I've never had that " got to see this band " urge with the Stones.<<

I did.

Until I did.

Then, not so much.

Thanks for the review Ken. I saw them up in Seattle the last time they were around. We were part of the limited crowd on the back of the field and during the 2nd song security came over and offered us passes to the pit. We obviously took them and had a fun time. My buddy summarized them as the best Vegas act.

Thanks for the review Ken!!!   Saw one of your reviews on FB, got a chuckle out of the responses, lol

Had a chance to see them in the late 70's, but didn't feel the need to spend the cash, deal with parking, and stadium crowds / sounds...    love many of their albums,  agree they're all legends, but just not a concert that's ever been on my bucket list...    I've been having a blast seeing fusion / prog / jazz legends at small affordable venues!!!  Though I did fork out some bucks to see Bonnie Raitt this coming Oct, but have never seen her, and the Hult Center is still a pretty intimate venue!  

Thanks, Ken. You covered what I wanted.

That's almost exactly what I thought the first time I saw them. It was the same thing I thought the second time I saw them eight years later.

Then the third time I saw them, which was the night after the second time, they melted my brain. That night I discovered that if you cut through all the bombast, all the hoopla, all the bloat, all the distracting weight of "Greatest Rock n Roll Band in the World" and focused on the often subtle rhythmic interplay between Keith & Charlie Watts, the singular brilliance of the band came through.

I saw them many, many times after that and on some nights Keith would be focused on Charlie and locked in, and other nights he would be more focused on posing (or on the bottle and the fatties) and his playing would be more obvious and often a little sloppy.

On the latter nights the show was still an enjoyable exhibition of one of the original and most influential rock 'n roll bands of all time, but on the former they truly were one of the GREATEST rock 'n roll bands of all time. I'd say that of the 25-30 times I've seen The Rolling Stones, about 80% of them were the locked in, GREAT version, which IMO is a pretty good percentage, and which have left me with many highlight rock 'n roll memories.

Of course the best part of the good nights was that despite playing the same songs every show, that legendary, unique hip shake/shoulder shimmy groove created by Charlie & Keith would be different from night to night, which of course is the essence of greatness in live music.

Unfortunately, Charlie is gone now, and as good as Steve Jordan is he's not Charlie Watts and that one-of-a-kind dynamic is gone.

So the real question is, did you REALLY see The Rolling Stones on Wednesday night?

I heard them once a couple years before Charlie Watts passed, Mick Taylor guested on a few tunes as well.

Reasonably good but I'm not sure I would go with Charlie gone.

We hit McCartney the same year, musically a good bit stronger.

Pretty much just ticking the Beatles/Stones boxes.

Glad I did.

Mick and Keith are both 80 now, like literally. I last saw them 10 years ago - have no idea what they are like now. And there is no more Charlie of course. IMHO, they have never been a jam band, but they do have, to me, a certain sort of sound that is only the Rolling Stones.

First time I saw them was a big outdoor coliseum - outfield upper deck - and I didn't really connect with the show that night. But I was glad to be there, and yes, I could check them off my list.

Then I saw them a couple more times 2013 in Oakland and San Jose and I thought they put on a hell of a show. Those were the Mick Taylor shows doing Midnight Rambler. There were a few clanks here and there, but I felt like I got my money's worth. The setlists of course were mostly the same with a few different songs and special guests each night.

Thanks for the review, Ken, much appreciated.

They started on time? Wow I remember waiting 3 hours after Santana played in the Pontiac silverdome, pretty late the night at the ice palace at Tampa but Tampa was sweet. Hockey Rink, good seats, and went by a few Yankees, Paul O'Neil, and David Wells on the way in. Nice review, Ken 

They took a heavy hit when Wyman left, now with Charlie gone, it's really Stones & Company. They're still a viable rockin' machine, but like that other current '& Company' band, that unique rhythm section cannot be replicated, and barely approximated; but, hey, it's 2024, and they've exceeded any and all expectations of longevity and popularity, even as a touring 'brand', and are rock's biggest tourist attraction.

I've got $50 lucky dip tickets to see them in July, my 5th show since '89, and will likely enjoy it as long as I don't keep my expectations too high.

I would've loved to have seen the Mick Taylor era Stones, but seeing as I was all of 13 or 14 when he left the band, that never got a chance to happen, and what they've done since never really thrilled me.

We went to Altamont in 1969 like most of northern California. Despite the carnage around the stage- they managed to play a hot show as they did on pretty much all of the 69 tour.

Stood in line for hours for tickets to the 1972 Winterland shows.....got shut out by Ticketron. The reviews of those shows were marvelous.

July 75 they played 2 shows at the Cow Palace - I scored a last second ticket to the first show and they did not disappoint ....great show.

I caught one of the shows at Candlestick in 1981 - and didn't really enjoy that show. Can't remember why - but I did get some cool photos.

Saw the Voodoo Lounge tour in Salt Lake in 1994- we were 8th row center and completely blown away.

1999  at The Delta Center - another great show but the acoustics in that place were pretty bad.

My last Stones show was also at the DC in Salt Lake  - Bigger Bang 2005- I had a seat 20 rows above the stage on the right. The view was great and the sound was good. Had a blast that night and the band was on.

Greatest rock band in the world - I won't argue that. I'm done with my concert years at this point - save an occasional Mule show that comes near.  The ridiculous mega bucks stadium shows are a joke to me.  But if you do score a good seat - I'm sure the Stones will still dazzle you.

I asked a woman who worked for BGP and then in the Dead's office what was highlight of her concert going experience.

without hesitation she said the Stones 1966 in San Fran.

honorable mention she worked catering for Parliament's Mothership Tour 

The Rolling Stones - Metlife Stadium show #1 - East Rutherford, NJ (near NYC) - May 23, 2024

Start Me Up

Get Off Of My Cloud

Shattered

Angry

It's Only Rock'n Roll

Wild Horses (Vote song)

Mess It Up

Tumbling Dice

You Can't Always Get What You Want
--- Band introductions

You Got The Silver(Keith)

Little T&A (Keith)

Sympathy For The Devil

Honky Tonk Women

Miss You

Gimme Shelter

Paint It Black

Jumping Jack Flash
--- Band off stage

Sweet Sounds Of Heaven

Satisfaction

Section 1, row 9

The weather cleared up after some heavy morning thunderstorms, it did not look good at all around 10 AM.

Jon Batiste and his band opened up right at 8:00, the band was high energy New Orleans funk. A little frantic but they were ok, would have liked to see them in a different setting, obviously their act was rushed.

Stones at 9:30 with Kieth hitting the opening riff of Start Me Up. The energy was there! It took about 60 seconds for the sound to clean up, but it was loud and clear for the rest of the night.

SMU, Get Off of My Cloud, Shattered, Angry, and IORR were solid, no loose parts here. Keith and Ronnie's guitar were just a little high in the mix, which is fine by me. 

A great Tumblin' Dice, Ronnie's solo was  just perfect.

Keith introducing Little T & A - "I don't know what this song is about - and I wrote it."

Sympathy, Honky Tonk, Miss You, Gimme' Shelter ,Paint It Black - another solid run. 

An extended JJF finished off nicely, with extended guitar. Minor complaint is Miss You was way too long. Also think Karl Denson is under utilized for the talent he has.

Sweet Sounds Of Surrender and Satisfaction make for an odd combination to close, but it works I guess.

Final observation: Last chance, this ain't happening again, at least on this continent. I though the band met their mark as being a Great Rock N' Roll band, maybe even the greatest by default.

The band is solid, no slouches here, including Mick's voice. As everyone says, 'how does he do it?'. Jordan's snare has more of a 'boom', where Watts' had more of a 'snap', and that does make a difference, but Steve Jordan does fit the bill.

And then there's those 2 guitarists - still fooling around, still enjoying themselves, and still putting out some of the best rock guitar I've ever heard. Thanks for the ride guys, see you again tonight!

See Ya Tonight Freaks--- Brandon "Taz" Niederauer is playing in John Baptiste's band, This Kid went from Playing @ BRYAC , to opening for the Stones in a short period. He was also on stage playing with Col Bruce Hampton the night he collapsed and died in front of him...  Kid has come a long way!!!!

i love that jon batiste opened for them, and that WSMFP will be !!!

I last saw them in 2015 and they blew me away.

I saw the show Sun in NJ and thought it was incredible. Going tomm in Foxboro and end of June in Chicago. Hope the upward trajectory continues 

28th time

Orlando

LFG

Awesome. Foxboro was great too... mick jagger is super human

shes a rainbow?

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Out of control

Candlestick in 81 was ok for me. Nothing melted.

I'm not sure the stones are supposed to melt.  I just think they are supposed to be a very good time with expected hits.

I've seen a few melty interludes at Stones shows over the years... I may have gotten pretty far out there in 89 with 2000 light years from home and even Midnight Rambler the other night had some psychedelic meanderings..

dead flowers tonight with Tyler Childers

https://youtu.be/oSpmcnLwe8Y?si=LUZGqNLzHhqom6IW

When my best friend married the wrong guy, in maybe 1979, I took her a small bouquet of dead red (near black) roses. The guy didn't like them, nor me, but we were okay with that. They didn't last long. We're still best friends.

Sunday, May 26th  MetLife Stadium

Start Me Up

Get Off Of My Cloud

Bitch

Angry

Hearbreaker (Vote song)

Wild Horses

Tumbling Dice

Whole Wide World

You Can't Always Get What You Want
--- Band introductions

Tell Me Straight(Keith)

Little T&A (Keith)

Sympathy For The Devil

Honky Tonk Women

Midnight Rambler

Gimme Shelter

Paint It Black

Jumping Jack Flash

encore---

Sweet Sounds Of Heaven

Satisfaction

NMASS

One of the top 10 shows I've seen, by anybody. Bitch and Midnight Rambler were huge. Sorry to hear they dropped both songs in Orlando, should have kept them for the whole tour.

Great song selection, all well played.

^^^^II was at both Sunday Met Life and Thurs Gillette and both those songs were absolutely blistering both nights

Ha ha "Mick doesn't look at me"  

I have been holding out hope they add a Miami show, maybe tour closer. I think they just added one in Missouri, at the Bass Pro Shop venue. 

Fabes, come up for ATL on Friday.   Going to be a rocker.  

I'm heading down to Orlando for work today.  Feels like a ton of work happening in Florida these days. 

Zang, I think Atl on Friday is out. I've made it up there to see Further,  Sturgil & Tyler Childers show and once to see Kenny Chesney, so maybe someday I will be up again. I have a friend in Swanee 
 

There is nothing but work in Florida. 

let me know if you are ever are asked to go to SWFL. 

Sad old and tired

there is a tear in my eye for kiefer my rock god idol, when Mick skips off for 2 songs my wife and I always looked forward to Richards side gig. Lil T&A was so fuckin sad

Time waits for no one, long live rock n roll

>>>it was incredible

>>>still think they are overrated

>>>absolutely blistering

>>>One of the top 10 shows I've seen

>>>Sad old and tired

Alot of mixed reviews in this one - Wide spectrum

Prob has to do with expectations? I've seen them for 40 years, some much better than others but here in 2024 they exceeded everything I expected from. And a few numbers really had the magic "it." Bitch, Emotional Rescue, Wild Horses, Mess it Up, Midnight Rambler(esp in Boston) and Sweet Sounds were all sensational performances that stand tall with anything I've ever seen them do. And sad old and tired would be the last words to describe mick Keith and Ron. Old maybe but certainly not sad. Def not tired at the shows Ive attended so far. Got 2 more in Chicago, Lucky Dips. 
 

plus the Stones have always been a mixed bag for live attendees, I first noticed this with Steel Wheels 

Thank God, that Keith's arthritis has crippled his hands into the form of that one open g chord form 

They are still the "World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" in my book - and always will be.

Fun night last night.  I was pretty beat from the work week travel but still was excited by the show.  This was my first time seeing an event at Mercedes Benz and I have mixed feelings.  On the positive, access was the easiest I've ever had getting into a stadium, lines moved, plenty of space inside and it was nice to not be slowly waiting to get where we wanted to go.  Merch lines were very long, so kudos to the band for making a killing on more lips and tongues | hot lips Tshirts.   Our seats were dead back a little to the left and a few rows up.  Technically good seats and where I wanted them but they had a sound column blocking part of the stage (although semi transparent) and the sound was muddled all night.  Evidently this has been an ongoing issue but it would make me reconsider going back.   My buddies had seats up my the stretched out stage and they had similar comments.   Speaking of which they bought theirs day of as single seats near each other and basically got $1600 seats for about $250.  Not bad.  Nick Saban was sitting by them and was happily signing autographs so kudos to him for being a good sport.  

Audience was chill and sat for about 50% of the show both up close and where we were.  So much for rocking out.   

From the not so rave reviews of Ghost Hounds here and other places we did our best to avoid them but ended up catching a fair bit and would have been better off skipping. 

From the opening notes i couldn't quite figure out if the band was off or if it was the sound system but it seemed to be both after regrouping after the show and getting other reports.  Keith and Ronnie are barely standing and seemed to hit a few off notes but still were enjoying themselves.  it definitely felt like a victory lap for them.  Mick on the other hand still seems to be resisting time and bouncing across the stage like an energizer rabbit.  For someone so skinny and old, kudos to him for bringing the energy.  The backing band was excellent as expected and I wondered how much they were carrying the load.  My buddy up front said that it appeared that one of Micks harmonica solos started before he got it to his mouth so there is that...not sure if his eyes were playing tricks or they have a few precorded elements added in.  That would surprise me but sharing anyway.    

I didn't find the show blistering or top ten but I didn't find it old and tired either.  In fact I walked out thinking I'd happily see it again despite all the bumps and muddy sound.  Gotta believe there aren't too many opportunities left and it was still a ton of fun and glad my two boys got to see them.  Keith's first song to give Mick a break was a great piss break but I was treated to him busting out Happy which I love quite a bit.  Sweet Virginia on the other hand was a bit of a train wreck.   Oh well, you win some you lose some.   

I am quite jealous of those going to the Colorado show.  i think it will be a blast and I even looked into flying out there today and ended up deciding not to go.  It kind of reminded me of a 93-94 dead show, it's moving along, there are high points and flubs but it's still a real good time.  And if I had a chance to go to another one of those, I'd do it in a heart beat despite those naysayers.  So I'd say go in with realistic expectations and have a good time.   

Not feelin healthy for the trip on the 20th to Denver

We transferred flight, tickets and hotel to my Son and his gal

They are pumped

I'd be pumped too

Sorry you aren't feeling well Tim.

Sorry, Tim. Sending you (((healing))). Also sending (((love))).

WSP is going to have to tap the brakes and keep themselves restrained lest they blow away the headliner.

Jimmy Herring doesn't have a brake pedal. But neither band has anything to worry about, the only winner here is the audience.

We went in Atlanta the other night as well. I have to agree with Zang on the evening. Also my first time to an event at the sorta new stadium. Very easy to get in and out of with that many people. I never felt super crowded like you do at a Braves game. We bought our tix 4 hours before the show and got the price the tickets should have been to start with in my opinion. We were on the right side just passed the goal line of the lower bowl. They were $345 face and we paid $125. The guy next to us got his one hour before the show and paid $80. 

Opening band was not my flavor. We took that time to wait in the super long merch line and also got a bite to eat and a beer.  The Stones rock, even at 80 or whatever they are. This was the 4th time I have seen them since the Steel Wheels tour. We had a great time as always. I thought that Keith held back a little bit in sympathy for the devil. Ron had some nice shining moments all night. The drummer added some punch to the band. Only saw Karl D on the screen a couple times.  Its hard to not have a good time at the stones. 

Get Well Tim. Been keeping you in my thoughts since you posted about all the medical stuff.  Love to you and family. 

6am east coast phone call, Ted and his gal were cackling it up with excitement after seeing the greatest rock n roll band EVER

They were professing their love to me and the Denver package. 

You can put them down for a good review.

Widespread Setlist 

Little by Little,Tall boy, Surprise Valley, We Walk Each Other Home, All Time Low, Chilly Water