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Thanks to Ginda for posting it on Gas x 3 (via Shidobee..) but dont forget to post it here too! LOL
seems like San Antone got a "STICKY FINGERS" show...
1. Street Fighting Man
2. It's Only Rock-n-Roll
3. If You Can't Rock Me
4. Don't Stop
5. You Got Me Rocking
6. Wild Horses
7. Dead Flowers
8. Bitch
9. Can't You Hear Me Knocking
10. Tumbling Dice
11. Slipping Away
12. Before They Make Me Run
13. Midnight Rambler
14. Start Me Up
15. Gimme Shelter
16. Honky Tonk Women
17. Satisfaction
18. Mannish Boy - B
19. Like a Rolling Stone - B
20. Brown Sugar - B
21. Jumping Jack Flash
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Raucous Stones rock on
By Hector Salda�a
San Antonio Express-News
Web Posted : 11/23/2002 10:33 PM
What a drag it is getting old? Don't you believe it.
The Rolling Stones quickly disposed of that notion (a sentiment from their '60s song "Mother's Little Helper") at the SBC Center on Saturday.
Opening song "Street Fightin' Man" set the tone for a raucous and eclectic set that included "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll," "Wild Horses," "Dead Flowers" and "Heartbreaker."
In short, Mick Jagger danced and wailed. Keith Richards played like a man possessed. Drummer Charlie Watts kept it all together mightily.
It was a homecoming of sorts, as the Stones returned to the grounds of their second gig in America way back in June 1964. That's when they played Teen Fair of Texas at Freeman Coliseum.
Of course, this time there were kids in the audience that weren't even teens yet � and Mick Jagger and Keith Richards turn 60 next year.
Forget those $2.50 tickets of yesteryear. The Rock 'n' Roll circus now is underwritten by corporate giants and comes with a big price tag ($300 tickets and up aren't uncommon).
But time has proven to be on their side, as the boos and jeers of those infamous Teen Fair shows are long-faded memories for very few, replaced by thunderous approval 17,000 strong and overwhelming sympathy for these rock 'n' roll devils.
Diana Hodges of Corpus Christi accompanied her two young sons, Alden, 11, and Hayden, 10, to their first rock concert.
What an initiation for the 'N Sync and Britney Spears generation.
"They just rock," Alden Hodges said as he waited in line to enter the center, hoping the band would play "Love Is Strong."
Hayden Hodges summed up the Stones' lead singer: "Mick Jagger, he's a real cool guy."
Their mom had never seen the band but says this was a rite of passage she wanted for her sons.
"And I've always dreamed of seeing them," she added.
"They're the beginning of rock," said Lloyd Chaves, 45. "They're the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world. I really believe it. No one's close."
Central Catholic sophomore Ryan Reiss, 15, said he likes the Stones' music.
"They still rock," said Reiss, attending with his mother Janet Denn, a die-hard fan.
Before the show, Alma Rodriguez and her friends said they were "gonna relive our youth!"
Ken and Annette Wertzberger flew in from Kansas City, Mo., to see the Stones here. The pair have seen the band 15 times.
"Nothing triggers good old memories like the Stones," Ken said.
"They still sound great," Annette added.
"There are more orthopedic shoes here than kids smoking dope and rock 'n' rolling," said Kirk Oden, 35.
Jason Bolt and Tracy Snyder won their tickets from an Austin radio station.
"I figure it's getting late in their careers and I better see them," Bolt said.
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yes I was there, what a show what a show!
7th time I saw them, and indeed this was lucky 7!
best show I've ever seen period! sbc was full of flickering red light tongues, full house of fans
great seats right next to mini stage--incredible setlist
if they've played better this tour than here in SA it must've lifted people out of their seats, cause the boys rocked SA, but good
met some great people before show party including Maxmeister and StonesDoug
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San Antonio rocked! The set list was awesome! The San Antonio show was awesome! The crowd was great! The band was in fine form! Five songs into the set the Sticky Fingers cover appeared on screen and the boys launched into 4 in a row from the album. "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" was the highlight of the night with Ronnie working his magic on guitar. This was my 10th show in 23 years and I have never seen Ronnie play better! Musically, Saturday night at least, he carried the band. I am not knocking Keith, he was great on his two solo songs and had the best line of the evening when he said "It's good to be here, but at my age it's good to be anywhere". I was disappointed with the sound and cramped seating at the new SBC Center. From our seats in the balcony the sound was pretty muddled and we could hardly hear Charlie. Looking forward to the Houston show in January |
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Truly an unbelievable show! WOW! The boys were on fire. I think they were really feeding off of the crowd. I'm not sure I've seen a crowd so into the show. Did anyone else catch Mick screwing up the lyrics on Dead Flowers and Keith and Ronnie laughing their asses off. It was pretty funny, but they made a great recovery. It was like Mick was on a mission after that to make it one of his best nights. He seemed to have a little something extra in the harmonica solo and Ronnie was on fire! Glad I decided to go last minute. |
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Hey stonesindallas thanks for mentioning Dead Flowers! I told my wife "Jagger just blew the lyric" and she said "Your hearing thhings". A great show! |
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Review: Jagger's verve boosts Stones' classics in San Antonio
11/25/2002
BY THOR CHRISTENSEN / The Dallas Morning News
SAN ANTONIO � Rolling Stones fans claim the band would be unthinkable without Charlie Watts' Swiss-watch funk rhythms or Keith Richards and Ron Wood's exquisitely greasy guitar licks. But it may be time for a new school of thought.
Judging from the band's show Saturday night at the SBC Center, Mick Jagger is the Rolling Stones � at least onstage, which is really the one place the present-day Stones still matter. If and when Keith, Ronnie or Charlie go to the big Jack Daniel's distillery in the sky, the indefatigable Sir Mick could easily keep the Stones rolling well into his late 60s or 70s.
Months away from the big 6-0, he put on a gymnastic two-hour performance that defied all laws of age, gravity and energy. Part Ritalin kid, part Twyla Tharp dancer, he was a spastic blur of bum-wiggling, hip- jerking action. How the man can dance so hard without losing his breath or missing a lyric is rock's greatest unsolved mystery.
The rest of the Stones, by comparison, seemed static. Mr. Richards would occasionally squat and hunch over his guitar, but the pose made him look less like a guitar god than an arthritic groundskeeper trying to prune the hedges.
Their images were projected onto a gargantuan four-story-high video screen, a visual aid that might work well at huge outdoor stadiums (like Houston's Reliant Stadium, where the band will perform on Jan. 25), but which felt like overkill in the indoor 20,000-seat SBC Center. As you might expect from a band that's heard way too many Geritol jokes, the Stones avoided close-ups at all costs: The video camera would zoom in on Mr. Richards' famous silver-skull ring, then quickly pan way back before it got to his canyon-etched face.
But unlike past tours, the video screen was one of few props. There were no explosions or giant inflatable dolls or hydraulic cherry pickers � just the Stones, their usual backup players, and 21 of some of the most familiar tunes in Western civilization.
They unveiled a decent new rocker, "Don't Stop," and took noble stabs at two cover tunes: Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" and Muddy Waters' "Mannish Boy," both performed on a small satellite stage at the back of the main floor. But they devoted the bulk of the set to back-catalog cuts ranging from an obligatory run-through of "Satisfaction" (with mangled notes by Mr. Richards) to ecstatic 10-minute versions of "Midnight Rambler" and the sax-crazed "Can't You Hear Me Knocking," one of four tunes in a row the band played from 1971's Sticky Fingers.
But as raucous as "Knocking " was, the more slow and countrified Sticky songs were equally thrilling, especially "Dead Flowers": As Mick sang about the "ragged company" he keeps and leather-faced Keith added the tattered harmony, it was as close to the perfect Stones moment as you could get.
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Another fantastic performance by our beloved Stones and a day to remember.
The weather was perfect this day. My wife and I, along with the real Maxmeister[our dog Max] started with a stroll and lunch along the Riverwalk. Then it was on to Dick's Last Resort for the pre party. There were about 60 of us including Stonesdoug and his son who were the only attendees I had met before. I can never say enough about meeting fellow Stones fanatics. Just a great experience and awesome people. It was the first time my wife had attended one of these get togethers and after the day was over she said, now I understand what your talking about.
There were 4 guys from Holland that were starting a cross country Stones trek. After this gig they were heading to Chicago to rent a rec vehicle and drive to Nashville. Then they are driving on to Vegas. They were serious party people and a hell of a lot of fun.
Now the show. It's getting repetitive on this tour [which is a good thing] of how great the boys are on this tour. Actually, it can never be said enough. The energy level was incredible. Ronnie and Keith were totally immersed and having a great time. Mick just keeps showing us that he's the greatest rock frontman of all. The harp was on fire. Just awesome. Mr. business as usual, Charlie, was that smooth engine we all love.
I didn't catch the miscue on the Dead Flowers lyrics, but I did notice Mick show some frustration with the audience while on the B stage. My take is a little different from the other reviews here, in regard to the audience. I've never seen so many sit during a Stones gig. The floor was pretty much into it, but looking around the rest of the arena I saw less than a third standing at any one time, other than clapping after a song. I was the only one in my whole section that stood for the whole gig. I was pissed but just rocked harder, if that was possible. There were times that many didn't even clap after a warhorse.
The highlights were definately CYHMK and Dead Flowers. Mick had the country thing down. When the Sticky cover hit the screen, I said yes! We are getting CYHMK. Bitch was rocking and Mick gave us a Wild Horses worthy of their best ever ballad. Mannish Boy was as good as MSG, but too many just didn't get it. Their loss!
Now I have to put up with the withdrawal pain all over again. Another 8 1/2 and 9 1/2 weeks until my next two fixes.
Rick
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Hey big shout out and thanks to the great worldwide Stonesfan I met at Dick's! Special thanks and mention to Stonesdoug and Maxmeister! |
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Satisfaction guaranteed: Stones send crowd home happy
By ANITA MILLER - Rolling Stones Fan
Here's a thing about Keith Richards you might not have heard -- he talks to his guitar...
OK, maybe that shouldn't be let out, as it's not good to spill details of deals struck at Crossroads. Or maybe, he just appeared to be involved in an intense verbal exchange with the Telecaster -- an illusion created, perhaps, out of intimacy.
Little things like that were easy to notice for those lucky enough to have been a mere 15 feet away from Richards and the rest of the Rolling Stones as they blistered through an obscenely delicious "Brown Sugar" at the sold-out SBC Center in San Antonio last Saturday night.
The piece, punctuated with the blazing riffs of Texan Bobby Keys on saxophone, was one of the highlights of a two-hour set in a rarefied rock 'n roll atmosphere that delivered everything the eager audience had come to expect.
There were no pyrotechnics or props, and none were needed. From the opening chords of "Street Fighting Man" to the last licks of an encore "Jumping Jack Flash," the Stones had the crowd right where they wanted them, and vice versa. For the duration of the evening, the largely Baby Boomer crowd (you could not pick these people out if you saw them on the street) felt young again and screamed and danced to the rebellious lyrics again -- all locked in to what none would argue remains the world's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band.
It was the Stones' first show in a week, and the level of excitement brought to the stage by everyone involved -- Richards, Mick Jagger, Ronnie Wood, Charlie Watts, bassist Daryl Jones, pianist Chuck Leavell, back-up singers Blondie Chaplin, Bernard Fowler and Lisa Fisher, Keys and other horn men seemed to acknowledge they'd had a good rest.
The set list provided stand-out moments for all. Jagger, ever the perpetual motion machine, kept the crowd pumped with a flick of the wrist, slowing down long enough to play harmonica on "Wild Horses," "Dead Flowers," "Can't Ya Hear Me Knocking" and "Midnight Rambler."
Leavell and Keys were also standouts on "Midnight Rambler," and Fisher -- who seemed to melt the air in which she moved -- joined Jagger on "Gimme Shelter" in a performance rivaling her delivery in "Monkey Man" eight years prior at the Alamo Dome.
Other highly memorable moments included "Tumbling Dice," "Bitch," and "Start Me Up."
All those who left their seats when it was Richards' turn to take the mike missed out on the show's one true subtle surprise, "Slipping Away" delivered so smoothly it seemed to spread out across the audience like the incense wafting from the sound crew's makeshift booth.
Though most of the crowd had been on its feet for the entire show, when Richards' launched into "Satisfaction" fans just about hit the ceiling, adding a crackle of electricity to an already charged airspace.
At the close of "Satisfaction," the band made its way down a ramp to the smaller, "B" stage and that's where location, location, location paid off. The show's only two covers, Muddy Water's "Mannish Boy" and Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" were played out right before our eyes. By the time Keys was escorted up the aisle (this reporter was in Row 2, Seat 2) and "Brown Sugar" erupted, we were all on our way to a spot that is without place, a moment that stands outside time.
While rows of bouncers -- big, but with impeccable manners -- squeezed up against the aisle seats, Jagger, Wood, Richards and finally Watts were escorted past, just beyond arm's reach but near enough to hear Charlie ask "which way do we go?" Then it was back to the big stage for a frenetic "Jumping Jack Flash" and the dropping of thousands of paper rose petals.
As the house lights came up and reality of what had just occurred began to set in, the Junior League-type sitting behind us with her husband and daughter couldn't help herself. "We were too good," she gushed. "We could have lunged!" E-mail Anita Miller at: [email protected]
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God damm the bands looking great!
Love that 5 string open G Mick has!
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