I'm going to see this film today and I'm pumped up. Martin Scorcese + The Rolling Stones in concert... best idea for a concert film ever?
It's playing at a local art-house type place, so it should be awesome - I like those kinds of places more than the megaplexes.
Also, The Rolling Stones > The Beatles, though Abbey Road > Exile on Main Street.
nchs09
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
I'm going to see this film today and I'm pumped up. Martin Scorcese + The Rolling Stones in concert... best idea for a concert film ever?
It's playing at a local art-house type place, so it should be awesome - I like those kinds of places more than the megaplexes.
Also, The Rolling Stones > The Beatles, though Abbey Road > Exile on Main Street.
Saw the preview for this a long time ago and i thought it was going to be the bomb.... but then never heard about the release.
enjoy and come back with comments plz.
Oh ya, and dont be a n00b. Beatles > *
Lebezniatnikov
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Originally posted by nchs09
Oh ya, and dont be a n00b. Beatles > *
No way. First, the obvious argument. Staying power. The Stones still rock 40 years later. In fact, A Bigger Bang is one of their better albums in my opinion and it was just released four years ago. Second, the early Beatles kind of sucked (in my opinion) - they didn't get truly amazing until Rubber Soul or Revolver - half their discography is very blah. Revolver and Abbey Road are possibly my two favorite albums of all-time - they're absolutely incredible. But the sheer volume of great stuff the Stones put out in roughly the same time frame (Exile on Main Street, Beggar's Banquet, Let it Bleed, etc.) was stunning. Third, Sergeant Pepper's and The White Album are known just as much for their low points as their highs. I read a review that summed this up pretty well - the best parts of The White Album are so great cause they stand in such sharp contrast to tracks like "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill". And fourth, I'll take Gimme Shelter or Sympathy for the Devil over any single The Beatles put out any day. While My Guitar Gently Weeps is up there, but that was pretty much solely a George Harrison/Eric Clapton collaboration anyway.
nchs09
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
No way. First, the obvious argument. Staying power. The Stones still rock 40 years later. In fact, A Bigger Bang is one of their better albums in my opinion and it was just released four years ago. Second, the early Beatles kind of sucked (in my opinion) - they didn't get truly amazing until Rubber Soul or Revolver - half their discography is very blah. Revolver and Abbey Road are possibly my two favorite albums of all-time - they're absolutely incredible. But the sheer volume of great stuff the Stones put out in roughly the same time frame (Exile on Main Street, Beggar's Banquet, Let it Bleed, etc.) was stunning. Third, Sergeant Pepper's and The White Album are known just as much for their low points as their highs. I read a review that summed this up pretty well - the best parts of The White Album are so great cause they stand in such sharp contrast to tracks like "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill". And fourth, I'll take Gimme Shelter or Sympathy for the Devil over any single The Beatles put out any day. While My Guitar Gently Weeps is up there, but that was pretty much solely a George Harrison/Eric Clapton collaboration anyway.
Shut up:mad:
Palladium
the beatles are for fags
MrJiveBoJingles
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Second, the early Beatles kind of sucked (in my opinion) - they didn't get truly amazing until Rubber Soul or Revolver - half their discography is very blah.
Finally, someone who agrees with me.
Lira
You know, I enjoy to industrial, drum'n'bass, punk rock, contemporary classical music and even hip hop... but I just can't appreciate these famous rock bands.
Apparently, I really can't get no satisfaction :D
Lebezniatnikov
Just got back - Scorsese is brilliant. I had never enjoyed a concert film as much as this one. It was extraordinarily well shot - to the point where you don't feel like you're in the first row; you feel like you're on stage.
The set list seemed to be a point of some contention between the director and the band - they even playfully addressed that in the beginning of the film. They played a few standards, but left quite a few out (seriously, no You Can't Always Get What You Want?!) - the best tracks were when they dropped the riffs and got bluesy. Keith Richards did a good turn as the lead singer while Mick caught his breath, and they stormed back with a really neat rendition of Sympathy for the Devil.
Favorite parts - the crowd interaction in Black Sugar had even the theater playing along, Jack White's cameo appearance for Lovin' Cup, Keith Richards cracking up and saying "shut up Mick" while he was singing background vocals for Faraway Eyes, and stock interview footage of Mick Jagger in 1965 saying he'd be surprised if people still wanted to see them perform one year from now.
Definitely recommend spending ten bucks to see this one in theaters. I hear that it's even on a few IMAX screens... will definitely be seeing this again if that is the case.
I love the Stones. :)
Lira
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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
Definitely recommend spending ten bucks to see this one in theaters.
Will give it a try if it comes to Brazil then :)
Lebezniatnikov
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Originally posted by Lira
Will give it a try if it comes to Brazil then :)
If you don't like their most famous songs, you may still like some of the rest. The tone of the middle hour is actually fairly bluesy. Not much is online, but this track is more indicative of the tone of the concert:
