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Of all the contributors to LAist, I'm the least qualified to say anything about football. But I do know something about live rock shows. Which brings us to the Rolling Stones at the Superbowl.
There was something wrong with the audio feed at first, so it sounded like Mick was locked in a closet somewhere. But there they were, the Rolling Stones, whose combined age is more than 230 years old, rocking out live. The audio got fixed, mostly.
And they sounded kind of, um, not great, especially at first. It dawned on me that it's been an age since American TV audiences last saw a rock band actually play live, like really live, with mistakes, odd pauses, without electronic vocal tone correctors or a phalanx of backup singers with perfect pitch. It's kind of awkward, but nice, actually. The vulnerability of it. The risk of failure. What if Mick forgets the words?
By the time they get to their third song, "Satisfaction," they're warmed up and energized, and even though they must have played it 7 million times it sounds like they're having fun. Mick doesn't forget the words.
What's amazing is that the Rolling Stones' sound, in 2006, seems so goddamn simple. They sound like a garage-rock band. What was once so big and full and ROCK N ROLL now seems quaint and straightforward. So uncluttered. So antique, I guess. In terms of music, 1963 sounds about 230 years old.
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You are so lame.
You really are lame. You also seemed very confused. Or at least your review sure confused me. What exactly were you trying to say regarding the Stones show? You call yourself a person who is qualified to review concerts and then you don't actually say any thing that makes sense or is "New." Guess what the Stones are a rock and roll band. And that is what they delivered. And we liked it. But I can't tell if you did. Do you really get paid to write such wishy washy clap trap?
I guess Carolyn should put a big "GOOD" or "BAD" at the end of her reviews so you can figure them out?
I thought her last paragraph wrapped it up quite perfectly. Kudos to the good observation.
No coverage of the lingerie bowl?
I was there, but I wanna be told what to think about it by LAist.
I was under the impression that there was nothing "wrong" with the audio...it was that the output was censored....
Let me help her, or anyone else out.
The Stones were horrendous.
Yes let me say I am a Stones fan, but they sounded terrible!! Mick was way out of key.. Maybe he couldnt hear the rest of the band or something but I think I saw like 400 stage monitors so should not have been an issue. The really say part! The Stone's charge like $1200 for a nose bleed ticket! I hope they sound better than that! My guess, they are old and probably lipsing 99% of there stuff anymore.
Not a bad show at all. Could it be better? Yes, but thank your lucky douche it wasn't Dave Matthews up there, heh. Listen, if you all don't like The Stones, that's one thing. But if you diss them (or Neil Young for that matter), you're a dunce, ha ha ha
In short, it was poor...blame it on the sound
system...the producer...whatever.
After seeing the halftime show I am so glad
I decided not to buy any of their concert tickets.
Not a bad show at all. Could it be better? Yes, but thank your lucky douche it wasn't Dave Matthews up there, heh. Listen, if you all don't like The Stones, that's one thing. But if you diss them (or Neil Young for that matter), you're a dunce, ha ha ha
Why couldn't she just come out and say that the Stones sounded terrible? It would have saved us alot of trouble reading the whole article and still not finding out if she thought they were good or not. Personally, I think they should make this their last performance. They should face the fact that they're too old to do stuff like this. I thought mike was gonna have a heart attack!
It looks like anyone could earn the title of editor....you just don't know sound when you hear it...BULLSHIT sound crew has no reflection on the kick-ass sound that came out of those men....get a life and some gastroc muscles....
The Stones sounded like a garage band?
Excuse me, how about the exact reverse. Every garage band ever to pick up guitars has tried to sound like the Rolling Stones. And with good reason. That's why the similar sound there.
That is, they bloody INVENTED this crap. Yeah, they are old. Yes, they are not the vital, spry chickens they once were. It's just a shame they can't get any passing respect at having reached their dotage.
These days, old blues guys get treated like the wizened grandmasters they surely are, even though they too were once snot-nosed twenty-year-olds wailing away in juke joints. But no, no respect for Mick and Keef. I guess they've just been too famous and present during their long, long careers: they didn't have a chance to fade away and be "rediscovered" working in a London post office. I say cut 'em break and show the boys some love for not being dead by now.
What are people talking about? bad sound...time to retire... Mick looked fit and trim, showed more energy than most 20 year olds, and these ol'men put on the best superbowl show ever by a very long shot. When I realized it was the real deal - I cranked the sound thru my audio system and was dancing in my living room. to each his own - I wonder who the naysayers thought was a better show -Janat J? Areosmith?...ed
I'd like to see how you'd perform after being on the road since August . The author would have suffered her 19th nervous breakdown by now I'm sure . The NFL was not tumbling dice when they hired the Stones for the show it was their guarantee that they'd get a huge television audience . I believe it was the largest in 10 years ! the Seahawkls - Steelers matchup certainly needed as much help as it could get .
THEY SUCKED!
THEY STUNK!!!
THEY SUCKED!
They sounded awful!
They sounded awful!