I got my plans I don't know about you (Stones concert!)

[_Jersey Girl]

Review/Photos: Rolling Stones reign as it pours at Hard Rock Stadium

By Ben Crandell

South Florida Sun Sentinel | Aug 31, 2019 | 5:33 AM

This actually happened at the Rolling Stones concert Friday night at Hard Rock Stadium. In front of more than 60,000 witnesses. Who still may have trouble convincing friends that it went down like this. But it happened.

Near the end of the Stones’ long-awaited, twice-rescheduled show — in front of a storm-rattled South Florida audience seeking escape from the helpless frustration of watching the approach of Hurricane Dorian — vocalist Mick Jagger delivered the opening line to the band’s classic howl-at-the-heavens allegory “Gimme Shelter.”

“Oh, a storm is threatening, my very life today,” Jagger sang. And with that, on cue, rain began to fall, first in individual pellets, then in driving sheets.

This was an encore song, at the end of the final concert of the band’s No Filter Tour, and there may have been some temptation for them to bow to the weather and end the show right there. But the Stones, who also resisted the idea of canceling the concert altogether this week in the face of Dorian, played on.

When backup vocalist Sasha Allen marched out into the audience on a slick catwalk stage to deliver the searing solo on “Gimme Shelter,” Jagger followed right behind her, dancing and singing “the floods is threatening,” as the sky emptied onto them.

It was a thrilling thing to watch Jagger, a superstar, a septuagenarian (he’s 76), figuratively shake a defiant fist at the storm. It also was great show business, especially for an audience this particular week in South Florida.

It is probably too much to consider that Jagger summoned some higher power to arrange this perfectly timed precipitation. But it was magical.

There are Rolling Stones fans who no longer attend shows for fear of destroying the hermetically sealed memory of their favorite concert by the band. Again on Friday night, Jagger & Co. proved that is a mistake.

More than 50 years after their first U.S. tour, the Rolling Stones remain a great rock ‘n’ roll band with a rich and culturally resonant discography, which got a full workout at Hard Rock Stadium in a concert delayed more than four months after Jagger’s heart surgery.

Still the slightly waifish rogue, Jagger arrived in black shirt over a cropped black T-shirt and pants, layered with a series of sparkly jackets possibly borrowed from a Korean boy band. A spry and athletic presence throughout the concert, Jagger left no confusion about why the phrase “moves like Jagger” became a thing.

Guitarist Keith Richards, his face evolving into a Matt Groening caricature and hairline in full retreat, remains a stirring blues-guitar force and an affable stage presence. Drummer Charlie Watts is still a machine, every so often displaying a bemused smile. Ronnie Wood, somehow, is still the kid. Also on board for the tour are bassist Darryl Jones and Chuck Leavell on keyboards.

Other performers include Allen and fellow vocalist Bernard Fowler, saxophonists Karl Denson and Tim Ries, and Matt Clifford, who plays keyboards, percussion and French horn.

Opening after a one-hour rain delay with “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” the Stones delivered more than two hours of audience favorites and a few rarities in front of a sell-out crowd, which seemed to include the band’s entire Argentina fan club. (While the move of the concert from Saturday to Friday due to Dorian must have inconvenienced many ticketholders, all seats seemed to have been filled.)

With Richards and Wood chatting and smiling and Jagger the eager ringmaster, the set list included vintage hits such as “Paint It Black,” “Under My Thumb” and “Satisfaction,” all of which once struck fear in the heart of parents. The kids of those parents now bring their own daughters and sons to Rolling Stones concerts.

Big moments came with a nearly 8-minute version of “Midnight Rambler,” energized by Jagger’s lethal harmonica and a fiery Richards-Wood duel; a rollicking version of “Brown Sugar” that featured Denson’s muscular sax; and brassy take on the disco hit “Miss You,” which inspired not so much a sing-along but a doo-doo-doo-doo-along.

Jagger stalked the snaky rhythms of “Sympathy for the Devil” with swiveling hips and dark menace. “Honky Tonk Women” was a showcase for Richards’ intense stroking. Richards the vocalist was allowed to shine on the under-appreciated “Before They Make Me Run” and the 50-year-old “You Got the Silver.”

Several acoustic songs were among the most well-received, including “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” which became a gorgeous gospel revival, with Jagger and Allen trading soulful vocals as Wood crushed a solo; as well as the rollicking “Sweet Virginia” and the country-tinged clapback “Dead Flowers.”

Another enduring memory from this show: It had the longest lines for merchandise that I’ve ever seen, before and during the concert. One fan, Patty Serba, of Davie, said she thought her T-shirt might be a piece of history.

“Who knows, they may never come back,” she said.

For what it’s worth, before the band walked off the stage after playing “Brown Sugar,” Jagger told the audience: “Good night! See you next time!”

We’re gonna hold him to it.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/entertainm ... story.html

:-)

The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter - Hard Rock Stadium - Miami - August 30, 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8idcoWES7U

[_Jersey Girl]

Let us lend an ear to the beauty of this man's guitar work. If I were Rod, I would've kissed him straight on the face for this! As it stands, he came close!

Completely earned. <3

Maggie May Acoustic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2CQ0FvAZuw

And the first original version. Looks live. But it's not.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD_6KqP7K0g

Thought I was done, didn't ya?

[_Jersey Girl]

I can think of a hundred reasons to love Keith Richards. His exceptional musical sense, his love of the blues and rock, and his ability to lay down a dirty groove. He's lost a child, his woman, his money, his dignity, he's lost it all and he should have lost his life.

Here he is in the abyss. The one he came back from which is, in my eyes. the main reason that he deserves love, respect, and admiration. This was over 40 years ago. I think the date on the video is wrong. I can't say for sure. I don't know who recorded this version. For all I know it was recorded in a home studio and Pallenberg is the voice you hear in the beginning. I actually think this might have been recorded around the time that his son died of SIDS a few years before his arrest in Toronto. Or after?

Don't watch the video. Some of it is NSFW. Some of the pics are lovely. Just run the music and listen. With your eyes closed. Get ready for your heart to break.

All I Have to Do is Dream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2maCoCuaZw

Keith Richards loves me. I know he does. He came back.

<3

[_Jersey Girl]

You either love the Stones or you're wrong.

Yeah I know. No one around here knew how much I adored the Stones until this year's tour came around and I never shut up about it. Well it's true. Loved them most of my life. Always will.

That said, on account of the fact that the Stones are one of the most versatile bands on the earth (not to mention the greatest) and perform a variety of music styles, I'm going to treat you to some self-prepared playlists over the next weeks or months!

We'll start with this...and I'll try to yank out live performances wherever possible. Enjoy and don't forget to dance!

Motown Playlist

Going to a Go Go
(This is a video with cutaways to a concert or vice versa. That's Jagger in the red cowboy boots and jeans. Check out the woman with black hair taking the money. Recognize her?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPMAuv_O750


Just My Imagination
(Keith is thinking about me here. He can't help himself.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c5QLsu ... M&index=18


My Girl
(Keith knows this is my all time favorite Motown song. That's why they recorded it. I'll admit that Jagger is no David Ruffin but still...I'll take it.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL588pj83ig


Ain't Too Proud to Beg
(I know, Keith. Me either.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kktm9rwz-dE


Note: Almost all of the above songs were popular just around the time the Stones hit in the US. Remember they started as a cover band. No wonder they covered these.

Bonus video: Playing Motown in Motown ;-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myqHuxh9gYE

[_Jersey Girl]

Ronnie Wood-Somebody Up There Likes Me--Movie Trailer

A portrait of the artist. To be released in the UK Nov 26, 2019.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6odHnl9S4

Have I ever shared the canvas artwork of Ronnie Wood? I'll collect up some stuff to show you guys. It'll blow you away.

[_Jersey Girl]

Ronnie Wood is an astoundingly talented artist whose canvas work (portraits, abstracts, surrealism, impressionism, cubism) can be viewed at the following link. Scroll down when you get there.

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1051& ... CAY&uact=5


Here's a link to his website:

http://www.ronniewood.com/art/

[_Jersey Girl]

Nope. I didn't forget about the playlists. I have two more set up. Murder took over. ;-)

But...I just did want to say this. This is one of those songs (I've mentioned it a million times already on the thread as one of my favorites) where I wish Jagger would just sit down and shut up.

The guitars simply roll and cascade, it's exquisite. Just so freaking beautiful... and then he opens his big fat mouth and ruins the whole thing. Just one time...do it without Mick, please.

Beast of Burden (no Bobby Keyes) 1981 Tempe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weiX0Se ... rt_radio=1

[_Jersey Girl]

Cabin fever. I'm freeeeezing my cookies off over here.

Reminiscing. I'm never gonna see this again. I just know it. They'll never tour again.

Opening songs Denver. No Filter Tour. August 2019.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEMzZjP06DE

Omg as sick as I was, I loved every single second of it. Ladies and Gentlemen! THE ROLLING STONES!

Rise to your feet and pay homage, people.

Barefoot by the 3rd song. OMG....I LOVED IT. If you could only have heard that sound system...Nirvana.

[_Jersey Girl]

Disclaimer: I may or may not have already posted this. In any case, consider it GOLD. Jagger has to actually watch Dylan to keep in time with him but still, it's totally gold.

THE ROLLING STONES & BOB DYLAN - Like A Rolling Stone [Bridges To Buenos Aires: Blu-Ray]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFbAAd1swkA

[_Jersey Girl]

In which I wash my brain out from current goings on with the dirty blues riff maker that is Keith Richards.

Omg...this played after the above video. This is THE dirtiest, blues-iest, whiskey-chasing groove version of Honky Tonk that I've ever heard in my entire LIFE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYfBV64FLU4

p.s. Dirty does not mean NSFW. The sound is dirty, not the lyrics. Okay well the lyrics are kind of dirty but only if you actually listen to them. ;-) Second thought, maybe NSFW.