Which Rolling Stones concert would you rather attend?

[Lowendtech]

El Mocambo 1977 with April Wine.

This^^. I would’ve loved to have attended that. In my hometown. But I was 12.
Billed as “The Cockroaches” they were the “opening” band for April Wine. Turned out, it was the other way ‘round.

 

[Michedelic]

Gram; Check, Lawrence; Check, Outhouse; Check...

But cougar episode, no?

 

[micguy]

There's only two bass players on that list, IMO. The other two are perfect of embodiments of the "guitarist playing bass like a guitarist playing bass". Sure it works, but it's not bass bass. And Bill is the deepest player of the two actual bassists on the list.

Jeff Beck apparently would disagree with you about Ronnie.

 

[Grinderman]

But cougar episode, no?

That's a given amongst everything else.

 

[Tanner5382]

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.

Emotional Rescue is a classic Ronnie bass line.

 

[Michedelic]

That's a given amongst everything else.

 

[Dluxe]

This one, because it was my first concert and I would love to go back and see it again. My older sisters had seen them in Dallas in 1965.

 

[Thumpin6string]

None

 

[Michedelic]

None

Freddie and the Dreamers fan, huh?

 

[Thumpin6string]

Freddie and the Dreamers fan, huh?

Nope

 

[bobyoung53]

This one…


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

I hitchhiked out to California in 1969 when I was 16 and coincidentally ended up in CA the same weekend of Altamont except in San Diego but didn't know about it until it was over. I had originally wanted to go to Haight-Ashbury but the people I hooked up with with wanted to go to San Diego for some reason. In retrospect that was probably a good thing.

 

[bobyoung53]

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.

None of the three have the feel Bill had, all great bassists in their own right and technically better but The Stones have not been the same since Bill left. Bill is an excellent rock & roll and blues bassist and was perfect for them.

 

[Michedelic]

Nope

Jazz snob? Metal snob? Prog snob? Alternative Rock snob? Oh, wait, now I get it…Beatles fan?

 

[bobyoung53]

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

95 and unfortunately has Alzheimer's which is why he's retired because he can still sing.

 

[bobyoung53]

That statement sounds like a walkback to me; he was just being an old crank as far as I’m concerned, in conjunction with a bigger old crank, his buddy Morrison. Irony being that Clapton just came down with it, and had to cancel some dates.

Clapton is a staunch antivaxxer.

 

[bobyoung53]

This one, because it was my first concert and I would love to go back and see it again. My older sisters had seen them in Dallas in 1965.View attachment 4697031

They played in Worcester, Mass at the Worcester Auditorium on their first American tour, I remember the advertisement in the Worc paper and a friend of mine went. The expensive seats were 2 dollars and the cheap seats were $1.25. He had the cheap seats but the place was half empty so the Stones invited everyone to come down front, I never knew if he was lying though as he would have been eleven years old but he was kind of wild and his mother let him do just about anything so I tended to believe him.

 

[eh_train]

Pretty amazing ...The Who ... touring in 2022.

Not that I'm wishing it, but if one more member passes people can say they're going to hear a Who.

 

[bobyoung53]

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.

I'd go to the current one and just a few of the many reasons are

1. The sound is probably 100 times better than it was in 1965

2. Steve Jordan is one of my favorite drummers.

3. I've never seen them but have been a fan since I heard their first American (semi) hit on the AM radio in 1964:

 

[bobyoung53]

There's only two bass players on that list, IMO. The other two are perfect of embodiments of the "guitarist playing bass like a guitarist playing bass". Sure it works, but it's not bass bass. And Bill is the deepest player of the two actual bassists on the list.

The only reason they hired Darryl is because Charlie was actually a jazz drummer and he had the pick and wanted a jazz bassist, I've never thought he fit.

 

[Michedelic]

Clapton is a staunch antivaxxer.

Oh yeah.