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Just got back. Absolutely awesome!! Beat the United Center show hands down! What'd anyone else think? |
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| Soul Survivor |
Well, I wasnt there 
Did you record it? |
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Well, I wasnt there
Did you record it?
No, I didn't. I hope someone got a good recording of it though. |
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| Martha |
Thanks for that info Posada... congrats on being there!
Is anyone going to post a review???
Hope so!
peace and love,
martha |
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| parmeda |
Sorry Martha...
I couldn't make the show last night...had to be at a wedding. I'm still trying to figure out why my niece decided on Friday the 13th as a blessed day for herself? Oh well...had to present myself to the outlaws...oops, I mean inlaws.
Anyway, I had some friends that went and they've told me that the show was everything that they had expected...being they've read all of the reviews from others, so far. The weather here in Chicago was picture perfect last night for an event such as that and it killed me!...Just killed me, to be were I was. At one point, I even thought about ditching out of the reception and heading towards the lake. If I had, I can assure you, I'd be in divorce court this Monday...lol.
We'll have to rely on Posada for the details.
As far as The Aragon on Monday, I don't have tickets for that...but, I'm seriously thinking of heading out that way and trying my luck...AT ANYTHING!
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| Jumping Jack Joe |
It was a great show...mostly greatest hits but I expected it. I preferred Tuesday's United Center show but Comiskey was still great. I just wish the show had been at Soldier Field. Comiskey Park is not in a very safe area. |
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I'll try to give a decent review. Hopefully this will be coherent as I went through some personal hell to finally make this show with sound mind, body and spirit, and the buzz is still burning hot with a clean white flame.
Comiskey is a menacing, enormous, concrete monstrosity and it was packed! The upper decks are so steep they give new meaning to the phrase nosebleed seats. Every other person there was smoking and the air on the field was dense - you could not take a fresh breath. I say these things because I've already seen one poster whose concert experience was damaged by the immensity of the crowd, and the reportedly poor B-stage sound for those farther back and higher up.
I was at UC on 9/10 and my concert there was injured by the fool next to me who picked a fight with people directly in front of him - and me. My perfect and very expensive little square of viewing space was at left center of a very ugly and moronic exchange between these people. As a sensitive person my buzz was killed at song 6, and I feel sorry for the other adjacent fans who had to hear these low lifes. I actually left before the encore, I felt that bad.
Now here is my take on Comiskey. We had zero problems parking and getting in. Everyone cool and high with anticipation. Great people watching on a beautiful, Chicago night near the lake. Mellow time sipping a beer as the sun set with my arm around a loved one. Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders were a fine choice for openers here as they are well loved and get strong radio support in Chicago. Too bad they don't get to use the same sound system as the headliners. At the end of the Pretenders, a friend who was with us and who is a triathlete became sick from the poor air quality. The downtrodden area that Comiskey is in demanded that I escort her to the car which was far away - DISASTER - No Return Entrance Policy. I was saved by an usher who instead of looking on, sent for a manager and a security official who arranged to get me back in. Sweet Mercy - Kris got home safe and I somehow made it back through the crowd to our seats five minutes before the Stones hit. And hit they did.
If I had not been there I might have been dissapointed by the greatest hits style setlist. But there is something magical about seeing those guys completely command an audience of 45,000 people for over two hours without a single drop in the energy and intensity level of the show. The crowd energy never ebbed. Not once.
Jagger is phenomenol. I really think he is shaken by how tremendously the band is playing. I think it has changed him. I think he believes again. He ran and pranced and played harp and guitar and did the "Monkey Dance" all night while singing with power, conviction, and great voice the whole time.
Monkey Man was perfectly placed and executed. Guitars were razor sharp and Mick was the title character. The lighting was great for this.
Undercover went over well. A favorite in our section. It was performed in such a way that those lines about dissappeared boys and husbands still stung you, even in a stadium.
Slipping away was absolutely beautiful. It holds a lot of meaning on this tour as time is now so precious and their performance is so magnificent.
Neighbors and Little Red Rooster were the highpoints for me. All I can say is that they were played with such heat that It makes me fuckin tremble. This is no bullshit. Our seats were very close to the B stage and the sound was awesome. A long version of Like A Rolling Stone was glorious.
Believe the hype, they are back with a vengeance.
It was a redemptive and transcendant evening for me. We lucked out and got to share the concert with great people in our section. The only thing the Stones could have done to make their stadium performance better was to come back out for a final encore and done Loving Cup. Can you imagine an ecstatic crowd who've just been through such power and glory all singing "What a beautiful buuzzzz" along with the Stones? What a beautiful buzz indeed.
One last note. The Jeff Koons Painting they're using for the main image encompassing the stage is cool. Kudos to the Stones for using another accomplished and controversial artist. Those cats are hip.
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I'll try to give a decent review. Hopefully this will be coherent as I went through some personal hell to finally make this show with sound mind, body and spirit, and the buzz is still burning hot with a clean white flame.
Rescued!!!
...I stand here in front of my terminal and I applaud you!!!
Great job!
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| Scot Rocks |
Great review thanks, tell me if I am wrong but is that the stadium where they had that disco sucks event that turned into a riot lol
Cheers
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| Soul Survivor |
yeah................lol |
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| parmeda |
Yes Mark, it is...but it was the old Comiskey Park, back in the late '70's, not the new park that was built across the street.
(Was at that too! Riot, that's an understatement...thanks for the flashback...I had such a great time as a teenager!)
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| Scot Rocks |
Thanks, I saw a few clips of it on VH1 recently, looked like you all had a lot of fun that day...lol
"DISCO SUCKS!!!"
LOL
Mark
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| Maxlugar |
I'm pretty sure that Disco Sucks rally was in Cleveland..... |
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| T&A |
Rescued:
Thank you...thank you. Would you please post this review on Shidobeeland? -there's some blowhard over there trying to convince everyone the Stones are finished based on last night's show. No energy...no crowd enery and a bunch of other bullshit.
If you are so inclined - I could spare you the time and cut/paste your review (I'll credit it to you) over there myself.
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Rescued:
Thank you...thank you. Would you please post this review on Shidobeeland? -there's some blowhard over there trying to convince everyone the Stones are finished based on last night's show. No energy...no crowd enery and a bunch of other bullshit.
Tod
Say what??? Ok, this guy was drunk and wandered into a Neil Sedaka concert by mistake, right? |
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I'm pretty sure that Disco Sucks rally was in Cleveland.....
Maxy...
Take a look: http://whitesoxinteractive.com/History&Glory/DiscoDemolition.htm
The disc jockey that spear-headed this, Steve Dahl...is to Chicago like Howard Stern is to NY. Gotta love him...
Pam |
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| Soul Survivor |
Not to be offtopic, but didnt Howard Stern show up as 'Fartman' at the 1992 VMA's? I think the Stones performed on that one,, |
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| Rescued |
T&A,
Do it baby! You have my blessing and gratitude. I sent you a PM. Thanks again. |
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| Maxlugar |
I stand corrected Parmy.
That was pretty cool where ever it was!
Maxy! |
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| JaggaRichards |
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Maxy...
Take a look: http://whitesoxinteractive.com/History&Glory/DiscoDemolition.htm
The disc jockey that spear-headed this, Steve Dahl...is to Chicago like Howard Stern is to NY. Gotta love him...
Pam
Lets not forget the late, great, BILL VEECK, who owned the Chisox at the time!! |
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| sirmoonie |
"I was at UC on 9/10 and my concert there was injured by the fool next to me who picked a fight with people directly in front of him - and me."
Look man, we could go round and round all day about who called who a fishfaced ballbag first. But that won't be productive. Lets just put it behind us. But, I'm telling you right now, you still owe me $4.50 for that beer you made me spill all over your shirt! |
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Moonie,
If you're still in Chicago I'll buy you a case of beer. I know you as a Heavy Hitter on GasX3. Hope our fair city treated you well. |
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| sirmoonie |
No, I'm back home, Rescie. But I did have a great time in Chi-town, good bars, nice weather, boat ride up the river. Great city! And then, the STONES!
Sorry your UC show wasn't everything it should have been, but I'm glad Comiskey did you well! Are you one of the fortunate Aragonies?
If they add some more Chicago shows, as rumored, I may take you up on a few of those beers.
Your heavy hitting pal,
sirmoonie |
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Finally, a winning team rocks Comiskey
September 15, 2002
ROCK MUSIC REVIEW BY JEFF WISSER
If this is what it takes to put a winner on the field and fannies in the seats, well, by god, let's do this 81 times a year.
Nobody hit behind the runner, bunted the man over to second or turned a double play Friday night at Comiskey Park. The home team won nonetheless.
That's because the Rolling Stones, England's oldest hitmakers, hit a few home runs and made all the routine plays in the inaugural rock concert at the South Side ballpark.
COMISKEY SET LIST
"Brown Sugar"
"Start Me Up"
"It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)"
"Don't Stop"
"Honky Tonk Women"
"Undercover"
"Angie"
"You Can't Always Get What You Want"
"Monkey Man"
"Love Train"
"Slipping Away"
"Before They Make Me Run"
"Sympathy for the Devil"
On remote stage:
"Neighbours"
"Little Red Rooster"
"Like a Rolling Stone"
"Gimme Shelter"
"Tumbling Dice"
"Street Fighting Man"
"Jumping Jack Flash"
Encores:
"Midnight Rambler"
"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction"
The Stones offered few surprises in their 22-song set. Gone were the rarities such as "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" and "I Can't Turn You Loose" that the band performed during Tuesday night's stop at the United Center.
Instead, playing to a packed venue that singer Mick Jagger described as an "enormous place," the band stuck with old and well-worn reliables such as "Jumping Jack Flash," "Start Me Up," "Tumbling Dice," "Honky Tonk Women" and "Brown Sugar."
But where, on previous tours, the band might have slogged through these usual suspects with workmanlike skill, there is something different going on this year.
It starts with the rhythm section.
British country gentleman Charlie Watts continues to be one of rock's wonders of the world, a drummer whose sure touch makes it look too easy. He held down a steady, stunning beat on his spartan drum kit throughout the night, drawing attention only with his solo volleys on "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction."
Chicago native Daryl Jones, meanwhile, seems to have finally found a comfort level with the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers. His churning bass helped turn the previously undistinguished "Tattoo You" track "Neighbours" into a driving rocker for the ages. His depth-charge rumblings provided the solid foundation underneath the blues classic "Little Red Rooster." And his loping bass lines brought a touch of R&B to a winning cover of Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone."
If Jones has forged a more significant place with the Stones, guitarists Ron Wood and Keith Richards have rededicated themselves to their established roles in the band. Fresh out of detox (one wonders if his counselors there were aware that his business partner is the walking bad habit himself, Richards), Wood is playing with a clarity and precision missing in previous outings. His riffing on "Street Fighting Man" and "Midnight Rambler" were inspired. And on "Tumbling Dice," perhaps the most guitar lick-friendly number in the rock canon, Wood delivered the goods.
Richards, for his part, continues to prove that rock guitar may be a dirty business, but he is the somebody who's gotta do it. Looking worse for the wear and tear with a receding hairline, slightly puffy countenance and a chaotic tangle of a hairstyle, he demonstrated that his is not a pretty business. But he also gave ample evidence that he remains the lord and master of all riffs, particularly as he wrestled notes from his instrument on crunchy rockers such as "Sympathy for the Devil" and, during his two-song showcase, "Before They Make Me Run." And if a slowed-down, bluesy "Gimme Shelter" didn't quite work, it wasn't for lack of effort on Richards' part.
And then there is Jagger, the lithe libertine who makes this entire rock-show-as-gladiator-spectacle stuff work. Yes, the recently knighted Sir Mick is a bit longer in the tooth, as he demonstrated by hiding behind an infrequently strummed electric guitar to take a breather on the sweet new pop-rocker "Don't Stop." But for a man of modest stature, he plays big. This was nowhere more evident than when, with a few simple gestures, a shake and maybe a wiggle, he sold the acoustic ballad "Angie" even to those in the high-altitude seats in Comiskey's upper deck. His preening and mugging, clad in a sequined Pimp Daddy outfit, through the O'Jays' classic "Love Train" offered further evidence.
Jagger may be the star, but Friday, the Stones proved again that great rock 'n' roll is a team effort.
And if they're going to bring this much energy and intensity to a stadium show, hey, next time, let's play two.
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| Rescued |
Right On! Thanks Pam! |
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| posada |
Thanks parmeda. I just got the paper and was going to put it on here and I see you already did. Thanks. Good review, huh?
They (the cops) had no clue what to do with all the people. No one ever goes to a Sox game and they were completely thrown off guard I think. Parking was a disaster. I felt like I was in the longest funeral procession in the world. They just kept routing the huge line of cars around and around. They didn't know where to put us! At one point I finally asked a cop if we were ever going to actually get to a destination. Then I asked him what do they do when there's a Sox game. His reply was that they don't even get a small fraction of the cars at a Sox game. It was a parking nightmare. Took almost an hour.
If you're wondering what this has to do with the review, it's in reference to the headline of the article that finally a winning teams rocks Chicago and as a result there are actually people in attendance. I know I still don't make sense, right?
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| Mick28 |
Did anyone record the Comiskey show?
Mp3's are all I have untill January 17th..... |
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Mick28 wrote:
Did anyone record the Comiskey show?
Mp3's are all I have untill January 17th.....
I don't know anyone who did, but I'd sure love to have copy if someone has it!
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| Soul Survivor |
i have the mp3's for the 'United Center'. It's a pretty good show. Killer version of 'Sympathy' |
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They (the cops) had no clue what to do with all the people. No one ever goes to a Sox game and they were completely thrown off guard I think. Parking was a disaster.
If you're wondering what this has to do with the review, it's in reference to the headline of the article that finally a winning teams rocks Chicago and as a result there are actually people in attendance.
Hey Posada...are you planning on getting tickets to the All-Star game next July?...lmao!
May this be a lesson to 'em! |
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