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RCE wrote:
These guys still know how to rock.

Mrs.E and I went to see them a couple of years ago at the beginning of
the
"Licks" tour at the Fleet Center in Boston. It was horrible because of
the
disgusting sound system at the Center.

This performance was actually better, sound-wise.

RCE

You think?

The garage band down the block is tighter than the Stones were tonight.
How the H do you flub up "Satisfaction" after 40 years? You could see a
couple of the guys were really frustrated- I thought the bass player
was going to climb right up into the drummer's lap for a while there as
they struggled to get their licks together. Lot's of unhappy glances
exchanged every time somebody screwed something up. They were literally
"jamming" instead of performing. Very disappointing show.

My suggestion, fewer drugs and less booze before a performance- and
more rehearsals.


Some* of the problem was technical in nature. Mick & Keith were using
wireless rigs so they could wander all over the stage. The floor monitors
were spaced pretty far apart and although they knew they had to remain near
one to hear what they were singing/playing, it was obvious that this was
unlikely to happen. Charlie's drum zone was surrounded in a plexiglass box
on the sides (maybe the back, too - didn't notice). This was done so at
least he could be isolated from all the crowd noise and hear himself.
Otherwise, nobody would've been anchoring the band. Wood & Jones seemed to
remain pretty still, in an effort to not get lost like the others. On a
normal stage, the monitors would've been clustered more closely.


*Some: Less than the total of all the problems. A subset. A indirect
suggestion that one problem was clearly evident, while others could not be
determined. This has been test. If it had been a real emergency blah blah
blah....