First: Keef, you are a STAR baby, and the baddest rock'n'roll badass of all time. You magnificent bastard. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, go read this right now.)
Second: I saw the concert on HBO this weekend, and they're rerunning it several times, and it is not to be missed. And if you don't have HBO, you can come on over to my place and watch it, just drop me a note. I have it digitally recorded.
Third: anyone says they're too old should see the first article and shut the hell up.
Fourth: I still miss Mick Taylor, but they did my favorite song (Can't You Hear Me Knocking?) and Ron Wood did it proud. It was awesome. (Well after all, he is Ron Wood.)
Believe it or not, age has actually improved Mick. His voice may be less flexible, but he's more mature and way less annoying these days. And for once in a long while, they really stretched out and just enjoyed themselves. Damn. They were better last night than they were during the entire decade of the '80s.
Fifth: Keef! Keef! Keef! Keef!
(Link to the Keef article courtesy of The Distaff Avenger).
The Stones too old?
Nah. They're better now than when they put out their first 78's.
And Keef? Keef IS rock and roll.
I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis
She tried to take me upstairs for a ride
She had to heave me right up 'cross her shoulders
'Cause I just can't see to drink you off my mind!
Best Stones albums:
Sticky Fingers
Let It Bleed
Exile on Main Street
It's Only Rock and Roll
Tattoo You
Pretty much in that order.
Any arguments? (Heh, heh.)
Can you see my '70s bias? Which, come to think of it, is where 2/3rds of the songs they did this weekend came from...
I like to say of the Stones that you have to be careful, because they've put out a handful of masterpieces, a lot of mediocre albums with only one or two standout tracks, and a handful of piss-poor albums.
Which doesn't sound all that impressive, until you ask yourself how many groups can say they've put out "a handful of masterpieces." ;-)
And don't miss the fact that Keef was SMOKING while he played. Smoking in Madison Square Garden! Where it is AGAINST THE LAW to smoke!
Terrible, terrible. Mayor Bloomberg was enraged, and ordered the police to go arrest the felonious smokers.
The police officers arrived and stood in the wings stage left waiting for the concert to finish. The concert finished and the Stones exited stage right, hopped in the limo and BOOKED.
The officers are in the stink for not interrupting the concert to make the arrest immediately.
Bloomberg is a bad joke, I think.
And don't miss the fact that Keef was SMOKING while he played. Smoking in Madison Square Garden! Where it is AGAINST THE LAW to smoke!
Terrible, terrible. Mayor Bloomberg was enraged, and ordered the police to go arrest the felonious smokers.
Gary: The ironies are piling up like a train wreck:
Dean:
You forgot Beggar's Banquet.
And Her Satanic Majesty's Request if only for "10,000 Light Years from Home."
Turn that UP LOUD NOW!
If you are familiar with that album, do you know who it is that is on that snoring binge which was captured in between two other cuts on the record?
I gotta figure it's either Keef or Brian Jones. Anybody know for sure?
Yeah, but they're still too old!
The very first record I ever bought was a 45 of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", in the summer of 1965.
I still owe these guys.
Gary: I agree that Bloomberg is a joke. The signs were all there from the beginning, too. :-P
I think if you wrestled him to the floor and ripped off his mask, Austin Powers style, he'll turn out to be David Dinkins in disguise.
Ara: I put Beggar's Banquet in the "mediocre albums with a few standout tracks" category myself. (Love "Factory Girl" for example.)
I've never been able to make myself like almost anything about At Their Satanic Majesty's Request, with the exception of 10,000 Light Years from Home. I'd rather get that on a "Greatest Hits" or something because the rest of the album is just... well, not their strongest effort if you ask me. %-)
Dean, amusingly I put Beggars Banquet at the very top of my favorite albums of all time list...
And I can’t stand Pink Floyd. Just goes to show...
Cursory research on Google reveals that the snoring on Their Satanic Majesty's Request is none other than....Bill Wyman!
Thought you should all know this right away.
Heh.