Winston Legthigh Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I wonder if you have any say so re the set list when you pay $2 million for a private show...I'd definitely request Far Away Eyes, with me singing alongside.That and 2,000 Light Years From Home.And definitely Starfucker.Oh, and Undercover of the NightAnd Monkey Man. OK, and Live with Me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 ....We Love You->ObsessionI don't buy that head full of snow doesn't refer to coke, though. I mean, loneliness and coke abuse aren't mutually exclusive topics, Mick.Yeah, I'm sticking with my initial take on that line too, or it'll fuck me all up. Actually, as I was reading that part, I was saying to myself "I almost feel like I shouldn't be reading this...." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Micks story could also be revisionist song writing. I thought it was about coke and the road. Mick has kids and grand kids etc... And might be trying to clean up his past for them. Arnold and Bette Midler have tried, why not Mick? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jw harding Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 That's actually a pretty nice set.What songs stand out? Seems like a pretty standard greatest hits radio friendly set. I don't think it would be possible to have a bad set of Stones songs, but for $2 million you'd think they could bust out Torn and Frayed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 What songs stand out? Seems like a pretty standard greatest hits radio friendly set. I don't think it would be possible to have a bad set of Stones songs, but for $2 million you'd think they could bust out Torn and Frayed.Was thinking the same with Torn and Frayed! Also, I would have had them play about 60 more songs.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 I keep looking at the Stones tickets available for the Orlando show, but no way I can pull the trigger. I have never seen 'em, but there is a part of me that says that ship has sailed. The prices are just ungodly: $87.00 for a nosebleed seat, and they're going to play what, 20 songs (two of them shitty ones). If I had the dough, I'd be there on the floor ($424 for that one), but I have to put my $ into my business now. Oh well. Have fun, anyone who is going to catch them on this tour. Wouldn't mind a report here... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 ....We Love You->Obsession Obsession is such a deliciously weird tune. Druggy as hell, without any really overt psychedelic trappings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Obsession is such a deliciously weird tune. Druggy as hell, without any really overt psychedelic trappings. I think you can say the same for Please Go Home. Though the 'home' echo is pretty overt -- good tune though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 What songs stand out? Seems like a pretty standard greatest hits radio friendly set. I don't think it would be possible to have a bad set of Stones songs, but for $2 million you'd think they could bust out Torn and Frayed. I'd assume the request from the moneyman was please keep it very hits-heavy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 They should do Back Street Girl. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Hell - the whole Between the Buttons record would be cool - one of my favorites. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Hell - the whole Between the Buttons record would be cool - one of my favorites.My first. Had the Lp when I was 11 or so. Got it from the folks I babysat for. And, I'd totally pay $87 for nosebleed seats, as I have never seen them before, either. They still kick major ass, imo. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NoJ Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 For Mick to skirt the fact that the tune is indeed about blow is ridiculous. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 My sister and brother in law are heading down to Nashville to catch them --- I still can't bring myself to pay the prices to see them this time around. I have seen them in the past, though. With regards to the whole 'snow' lyric - I don't know - I don't think cocaine was so prevalent in the band back in 1970 or as much as it was in later on. I am sure it was around, though. Jagger is still pretty open on his past drug use and in a recent interview advocated legalization of all drugs. So I don't think he would be trying to cover up anything. I always assumed it was about cocaine, too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
howdjadoo Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 https://youtu.be/GuVax7iMM6Y Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 With regards to the whole 'snow' lyric - I don't know - I don't think cocaine was so prevalent in the band back in 1970 or as much as it was in later on. I am sure it was around, though. Read Sam Cutler's book... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Read Sam Cutler's book... I did -- guess I must have forgot what he wrote. I just can't see Jagger lying about such things: meaning of lyrics or reasoning behind them - esp. while talking about the "head filled with snow" lyric. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 Not so sure it's as much Jagger lying as it might be selective (or forgetful) memory. Either way, great tune.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 https://youtu.be/GuVax7iMM6YNice. I can dig it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Nice piece on Sticky Fingers. Went to a Best Buy and a Target to look for the re-release and neither of them had it -- man, I miss actual record stores. http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2015/06/sticky_fingers_by_the_rolling_stones_one_of_the_greatest_albums_in_rock.html Sticky Fingers ends with perhaps the strangest and most unique recording in the Rolling Stones’ entire catalogue, the haunting, modal epic “Moonlight Mile.” “Moonlight Mile” is an intoxicating mix of exotic and intimate, a song that builds a studied and stately distance, then collapses it with an immediacy as forceful as this band ever mustered. Jagger’s vocal drifts in and out of falsetto, his words stark and impressionistic: “When the wind blows and the rain feels cold/ with a head full of snow,” a line too pretty to be about drugs, which means it’s almost certainly about drugs. By the time enormous slabs of electric guitar start crashing into the track like thunderbolts, nearly 3½ minutes in, you’ve almost forgotten what you’re listening to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I ordered the new one from Amazon (which is where I got the Exile re-issue). That seems to be the way it goes these days. I hope the sound is better than what they came up with on the Exile re-master. Walmart may have it. That is where I found all the recent Zeppelin re-masters. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Wally World had it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
calvino Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 I ordered the new one from Amazon (which is where I got the Exile re-issue). That seems to be the way it goes these days. I hope the sound is better than what they came up with on the Exile re-master. Walmart may have it. That is where I found all the recent Zeppelin re-masters. Yeah - I ended up going the Amazon route, too. My area is in the Sunday deliveries pilot program - see it if works. Heard the actual album doesn't sound great (too loud like Exile) --- Disc 2 is suppose sound good, though. Wish they would just release Disc 2 as a stand-alone. Think this is about my 5th copy or so of Sticky Fingers - my first was on 8-track. My record is still at my parents. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 That sounds about right. I am buying it for the 2nd disc myself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lammycat Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Pre-ordered the re-release of Sticky Fingers off Amazon a month ago and got it a few days ago. Probably listened to the bonus stuff 5-6 times already. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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