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I was very fortunate to attend last night's Rolling Stones concert at the new Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Surprisingly for free. And surprisingly this easily ranked with some of the best concerts I've seen in years. And I've been to quite a few. Would I have liked them as much if I'd shelled out the $800+ most in attendance had? Perhaps. As always, ymmv. But anyway, the old men simply rocked and rocked hard all night. Easily blew away the previous 3 RS concerts I'd been to in the past. A great 2 hour, 23 song set (http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/the-ro...-23da14ef.html) including all their greatest tunes. High energy output from the get-go with the only ballad being one of my personal faves, "Wild Horses". Otherwise, classic hard rocking RS classics all night. Highlights for me included "Sympathy For The Devil", "Brown Sugar", "Gimme Shelter", "It's Only Rock & Roll..." and well, just about the entire stand up and ROCK your asses off set of tunes that defined this great band. Even the Keith sung tunes, including "Before They Make Me Run" were steller. Mick Jagger sounded great. As good or better than he has in the past. And regardless of his decades on this planet, the man danced his ass off all night. Simply put, he showed the world why he and this band have remained an important part of the history of music. Man was he impressive! There was no way one could have closed their eyes and have thought these were a bunch of old-fogeys playing those tunes. Charlie Watts was the drum machine he's always been, keeping that simple but driving rhythm going. Keith was the Keef we all know and love, looking as old as, well ... Mick! Great stage in the shape of an open mouth with the band making great use of the tongue sticking way out into the crowd. I guess I must've forgotten how much I loved these songs growing up, I'm glad they reminded me again. Maybe for "The Last Time".
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Originally Posted by Adm.Kirk
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