Stones-Shine a Light - SPOILER

I've seen the Stones twice. Keith has lost his ability to solo, stay in time,etc... But he still looks pretty cool!

 

are you kidding? he looks like he died 10 years ago and nobody told him.

 

He's looked like that for the last 30 years. Come on the guy is the essence of cool.

 

Anyone remember the SNL skit where Mike Meyers played Mick Jagger and Mick played Keith Richards?

 

Nothing a quick visit to Jiffy Blood can't fix up!

 

Have always loved the Stones but I think this is a movie that Scorsese should have done 30 years ago around when he did the The Last Waltz.

The set list is fine, incl some nice deeper cuts (All Down the Line, Loving Cup, You Got the Silver, Live With Me) but IMO the Stones today are just a facsimile of what was once one of the greatest rock n' roll bands in history.

Mick doesn't really seem to change, and Keith has said that he plans on dying on stage, but I think there is something to be said for retiring gracefully.

 

Agreed, and The Last Waltz was an incredible movie while Shine a Light was fair at best IMO. Tough to compare the two as they were done in completely different eras.

 

Even just thinking about the late great Rick Danko singing It Makes No Difference gives me goosebumps. And how awesome was Emmylou Harris?!

 

How about Clapton sitting in for Further on up the Road or the movies rendition of The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, not to mention Levon Helm interview clips. How Cool is that guy?

 

Clearly I'll be watching that again sometime this weekend - it's been too long.

 

I've been a Stones fan since the late 60s but have never seen them live. So, is it worth the Comcast On Demand $4.99? I may check it out tonight.

 

I am a huge Stones fan and have seen them twice and couldn't get through the whole movie. I haven't been able to listen to them on the radio since trying to watch it either. FWIW my folks who don't love the Stones thought the movie was pretty entertaining. Give it a go it's only 5 bucks and a short amount of time wasted if you don't like it. I'm 26 and my folks are in their early 50's if that helps any.

 

I was reading about this the other day and I believe it was Keith Richards who said something along the lines of, "I think this is the first movie Scorsese has made that didn't have 'Gimme Shelter' in it".

 

I found Mick especially charming in the early interviews when he was a bit shy & innocent. He was a beautiful young man. The rest of the video sucked.

They now all have deformed sunken in cheeks layered w/ potted, smoke damaged skin. Keith’s hacking voice is so typical of heavy tobacco usage. Does he still do smack? However, Mick still has damn nice muscular arms for a super skinny Brit.

Also, I was wanting to see more classics performed & a variation of the “rooster” would have been a nice touch. Richard’s 12-string sounded like crap on “As Tears Go By”. Personally I would have liked to see an evolved more mature Rolling Stones. Not an attempt to recapture the 70s. Face it, who wants to see a bunch of 60 something old men jumping around like kids on stage. I think they would be way cooler if they took it to another level & did it w/ their own style in a more ageless yet unique way. The Stones could be so eternally hot w/ that!

Gimme Gimme Shelter already.

 

+1, and sad but true.

While there have been a couple of good moments here and there (from Some Girls/Tattoo You and on), IMO, the golden age for the Stones was the Jimmy Miller era.


Beggars Banquet
Let It Bleed
(Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out)
Sticky Fingers
Exile on Main St.
Goats Head Soup


I really don't think rootsy rock n' roll can get any better than what you experience on those 5 studio and 1 live albums.

 

Interesting. For the longest time, Mick thought he was going to die on stage - by way of knife.