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It is absurd to hear 60-year-old men performing "Some Girls" and "Little T&A." Their first round of kids almost are as old as they were when they wrote these songs. There is no comparison to "Ya Ya's," and even "Still Life" is better because at least they mattered back then and were still pushing the culture at least a little. Watts is from some other universe, he truly is unbelievable and the engine of this outfit still. As for "Ya Ya's," they were the culture then, the very tip of it, the best band on the orb. I'd love to hear this lot pick up a bunch of R&B songs they'd barely played and have a go, but everything is geared to making the maximum buck so the spontaneity and creativity are histor-y.

Still, I bought the tongue-shaped edition for the collection and got this version for Father's Day, so Mick as usual gets the last laugh and the last cent. They know what they're doing, that's fo sho, but very little about this is truly intimate or remotely creative. They may be the best band for their age right now, maybe. The whole Scorcese thing, clearly intended in part to give this some actual drama, makes it even more ridiculous. Oh, and Mr.

Oh, and fans of albums like "Some Girls" and "Black and Blue" (isn't that what it's called. Disc two opens with a really good, solid "Sympathy for the Devil" (well, it opens with a few words by Martin Scorsese, actually), followed by a lousy "Live with Me". The rest of disc two is like disc one, some highlights, some mediocrities. And Keith Richards gets three lead vocals, "You got the Silver", all gritty, stripped-down slide guitar blues, "Connection", a tough, hook-laden rocker, and the lightweight but fun "Little T&A". It's the Stones, so it's good, but it's not truly great as far as Stones albums go.

This one is basically a minor item. As far as I can tell. It's just a regular live album, after all, Martin Scorsese or not, and the Stones have released a LOT of live albums, some mediocre, some good, a few of them absolutely magnificent. Which is why I feel entitled to complain when their performance is below par.

Shut up, will you. The band is great, Jagger is okay, but Christina Aguilera, who can sing, and sing very well, doesn't. And Jagger is almost not annoying on the somewhat uncharacteristic oldie "As Tears go By". I have every live album the Stones ever released, and to me "Get Your Ya-Yas Out" and "Stripped" are still by far the best, and "Love you Live" is the one that comes closest to matching those two. Go get "Stripped". If this is your first live Stones album you may think I'm an idiot for not giving it five stars, but really.there is significantly better live Stones out there.

On the plus side, the band is good, as I said, and pianist Chuck Leavell is great. There are some rare performances here which are really enjoyable, like the powerful, driving rendition of "She Was Hot" on disc one, and a great "Paint it Black" on disc two. But again, they all play well, as far as I can tell, not least the great pianist Chuck Leavell who adds extra fire to a rollicking "All down the Line" and a rather soulful "Loving Cup". I don't know exactly why I expected this album to be something special. And there are some real highlights along the way, but "Shine a Light" is ultimately a minor pleasure with few truly magic moments. Too many of the others suffer from sloppy vocals from Mick Jagger, who can be the greatest rock n' roll singer in the world when he puts his mind to it, but he can also sound so annoyingly arrogant, like he really can't bother to put any real effort into singing the same song for the 1,000th time.

Yeah, yeah-a-yay. But if Mick Jagger is so tired of singing "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Brown Sugar", maybe he should just stop. Blues great Buddy Guy guests on "Champagne & Reefer", recorded in the late 70s by Muddy Waters, and out-sings Jagger, who can be a great, great rock n' roll singer but isn't much of a blues singer. I've heard him do so much better with those songs, which makes these half-hearted performances all the more annoying.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I hate it, I threw it out a while back) should be thrilled to find relatively rare performances of "Some Girls" and "Faraway Eyes" on here. The vocals in particular are very sharp and clear, but the guitars are a little bit murky at times, and the rhythm section is frequently just a distant thumping, which is disappointing. "Shine a Light" is not a dismal failure, far from it, but it isn't one of those live albums that makes you go "wow." either. And after a so-so "Tumbling Dice" comes a little Keith-set which, to me, is as good as anything sung by Jagger and better than most of it. Fortunately the band is exellent almost all the way through. The Stones are great, mind you.

I love the Stones. Ew. I've never been particularly fond of the "Some Girls" album, I think it's overrated, and I absolutely loathe Jagger's moronic faux-country slur on "Faraway Eyes", a hideous parody of a hideous 60s country & western song. She yells.

Honestly I didn't expect another live album from the stones. The low points to me are:. - She was Hot: first time they include it on a live album. - Sympathy For The Devil: I don't know but I feel something missing on it.

what a beauty. - Some girls section (Faraway Eyes, Just My Imagination, Some Girls, Shatteres). There are some jewels like:. Thanks I was wrong. The Stones really rocks on the small venues like Beacon Teathre.

I love that song, but what a shame with this version. - As Tears Go By. - Little T&A.

I've seen them live, so I know the tempos are different live. Buy something else if you don't ave everything else yet.

Boy was I disappointed with this one. they rush through some of these songs as if they're late for something important.

I really was looking forward to listening to this album, having spent most of my life a fan. I bought sticky fingers when it came out and pretty much everything else since.

really, I couldn't listen to the album all the way through and tried several times. but crikey.

Mick's voice is poor.

If there was a point that Sorcese was trying to make, I missed it. The overall affect was was boring. It wasn't worth it for me. Die hard fans of the Stones will be disappointed with this CD. It is comprised of clips of weathered looking Stones interspersed with some abbreviated interviews. The only redeeming points were the duet with Christina Aguilera and Bill Clinton introducing and hugging the band members. Mick never looked so bad, but he can still move. I'm sorry I bought into all the presale hype.