Which Rolling Stones concert would you rather attend?

[GretschWretch]

The upcoming 2022 tour (tentatively titled the Walking Dead Tour), or this one?



Ol' Bill is testifying like I've rarely heard him do on records, and this is one of the best examples I know of the boomy, hollow-body bass sound that dominated so much of the early sixties.

 

[ElectroVibe]

The new one. Partly because I've watched the old about 2500 times already.

 

[micguy]

Bill is a decent bass player, and the 4th best bassist to ever play with the Stones:

1) Darryl
2) Keith
3) Ronnie
4) Bill

A good finish (some good company there), but missed the podium by one spot.

As to which show, if you attend the new one, the band probably won't be drowned out by the screaming crowd. After a tune or so, that would drive me up a tree.

 

[Michedelic]

This one…


That guy is tripping balls, and Jagger’s so nonchalant.

 

[2saddleslab]

Bill is a decent bass player, and the 4th best bassist to ever play with the Stones:

1) Darryl
2) Keith
3) Ronnie
4) Bill

A good finish (some good company there), but missed the podium by one spot.

As to which show, if you attend the new one, the band probably won't be drowned out by the screaming crowd. After a tune or so, that would drive me up a tree.

Add Bill Plumber & Mick Taylor to the bassman list.

Saw The Stones last Oct in Nashville and they tore it up. But I'd loved to have seen a show from the 72 tour.

 

[Roger W]

Bill is a decent bass player, and the 4th best bassist to ever play with the Stones:

1) Darryl
2) Keith
3) Ronnie
4) Bill

A good finish (some good company there), but missed the podium by one spot.

As to which show, if you attend the new one, the band probably won't be drowned out by the screaming crowd. After a tune or so, that would drive me up a tree.

Can you point to any Stones recordings that Ronnie played bass on? I obviously know about his work in the Jeff Beck Group. As for Keith vs Bill, they’re different. The only Stones song that in my opinion clearly benefited from Keith on bass was Sympathy.

 

[2saddleslab]

Can you point to any Stones recordings that Ronnie played bass on? I obviously know about his work in the Jeff Beck Group. As for Keith vs Bill, they’re different. The only Stones song that in my opinion clearly benefited from Keith on bass was Sympathy.

Live With Me is classic Keef.

 

[bassdude51]

The Walking Dead Tour? Sounds more like a Grateful Dead concert than Stones.

 

[marchone]

I saw the Stones in 1969 at the Garden in NYC with Mick Taylor. It was a transitional period for them after Brian Jones’ departure and tragic end.

I would have liked to have seen a show of theirs with the original line up. When they were creating the kind of excitement the Beatles and the Dave Clark Five, the Kinks, the Yardbirds, the Animals and others in London were creating at the time. Circa 1962-66.

They communicated a raw vibrant energy before they became formulaic.

All of the wet seats at their local shows attested to its authenticity.

 

[2saddleslab]

Pretty amazing Paul McCartney, The Who, & The Stones are all touring in 2022.

 

[Roger W]

Live With Me is classic Keef.

Yeah, but it sounds just as good on Get yer Ya Ya’s Out. Maybe even better and that’s Bill.

 

[2saddleslab]

Yeah, but it sounds just as good on Get yer Ya Ya’s Out. Maybe even better and that’s Bill.

Great version for sure. The live cut has both guitar & bass playing the same riff which always gives the bass line more oomph.

 

[marchone]

Pretty amazing Paul McCartney, The Who, & The Stones are all touring in 2022.

Well, it’s near-octogenarian McCartney, half of The Who, and what’s left of the Strolling Bones raking in the dough.

 

[2saddleslab]

Well, it’s near-octogenarian McCartney, half of The Who, and what’s left of the Strolling Bones raking in the dough.

True, but at this point I don't think they are doing it for the money. Although it's a nice bonus.

 

[Paul New]

Bill Wyman was never a very technical bassist but he had a unique feel that helped define the early stones. Pretty innovative actually. I know that many will disagree.

I like this show:

 

[badinage]

Saw The Stones last Oct in Nashville and they tore it up.

Me too and yes they did.

 

[ElectroVibe]

Bill made them the Rolling Stones

 

[dbsfgyd1]

Well, it’s near-octogenarian McCartney, half of The Who, and what’s left of the Strolling Bones raking in the dough.

Just for the record, Tony Bennett just retired, 90s?

 

[dbsfgyd1]

Bill Wyman was never a very technical bassist but he had a unique feel that helped define the early stones. Pretty innovative actually. I know that many will disagree.

I like this show:

Like Charley, nothing overly technical, but boy, was it ever perfectly done. Never a note out of place.

 

[marchone]

True, but at this point I don't think they are doing it for the money. Although it's a nice bonus.

Why do you think they’re doing it? To stay relevant? I sense that drives McCartney. Townshend has said it’s the money. But he says a lot of things.

EDIT: I was just listening to Brian Jones’s sitar part in Paint It Black. They abandoned that kind of experimentation post-Jones.

Much like The Who became The Who 2.0 after Tommy, The Rolling Stones became a different band after Beggar’s Banquet, pre-Exile On Main Street