Let's Spend the Night Together

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Summary: This Is The Stones?!
Review: By 1981, The Rolling Stones had lost a lot of the magic. Their singles were hardly making the top 20 and their albums still sold high ("Black And Blue" was number one for nine weeks in a row) but were not as good as "Sticky Fingers", "Exile On Main Street" or anything from the peak period. Also suffering was their live shows. Once a group whose concerts were full of energy and theatrics, they now are boring and don't even do most of the songs that good.

The main problem I have with this dvd is the songs themselves. They don't sound like Stones songs at all. "Beast Of Burden", "Shattered" and "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (to name a few) could have been done by any hack tribute band. Their performance of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" is good, but you can tell by the way they just jump right into the second verse when you go to it that it's been edited. "Miss You" is bland despite some great sax work, and "Let It Bleed" (a song I was intially looking forward to) doesn't work live. If you want to see a great live performance of this song, buy the "4 Flicks" boxed set, watch the Madison Square Garden concert (which I happened to attend). See how well they do this song in an indoor venue rather than an outdoor stadium.

The only redeeming momenst in this film are "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" and the models on "Honky Tonk Women". Otherwise, this dvd is a total waste of time and money. Also, I advise to stay away from "Still Life", the 1982 live album that was culled from the same tour.

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Summary: Music bad.
Review: I bought this on import and I consider it a waste of money. I was excited about the song selection but I was very disappointed. I really enjoyed the Stones live versions of old rock-n-roll classics twenty flight rock and going to a go-go on their live album of the same time but the versions on this film are terrible. I sold this to a used cd/dvd store at a big loss because I knew I would never watch it again. Avoid!

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Summary: Not the greatest of Stones' performances
Review: The Stones seemed burnt out during the 1981 tour. I've seen better Stones performances in more recent years. I remember watching this video years ago on HBO. Good dvd to have if you are a Stones fan, but knowing what was going on behind the scenes at the time. It isn't the best depiction of the greatest rock 'n roll band in the world. I felt the band was just going through the motions, and I don't feel the energy that I felt when I was the Stones in 1999 and 2002.

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Summary: Storm clouds on the horizon
Review: This is director Hal Ashby's (RIP)take on the 1981 Stones' tour. The colors are bright, the sound is perfect, and the selections are varied. BUT...they look and sound like they're just...not..."rolling." This is indicative of the fact that Mick and Keith weren't getting along at the time; indeed, by the time the Stones should have toured behind "Dirty Work," Mick was out on his own, making an idiot of himself with material like "Just Another Night." Still, he was correct about his choice, though; "Dirty Work" was an abomination. But, yeah, that's skipping ahead. "Let's Spend The Night Together" is quite redeemable with the inclusion of Ian Stewart, on what was, sadly, to be his last tour. It's funny, watching Mick cuss Ron Wood out (this seems to be a running gag during the first ten songs), and "Honky Tonk Women" is a hoot: the stage curtains open, and out comes a line of - whew! - scantily clad women, led by Jerry Hall who was Mick's main squeeze at the time. "Honky Tonk," I'll leave that up to you to discern, because Shirley, the great Charlie Watts' wife, makes a very brief, ephemeral cameo, flirting with her man, and Ron Wood's young daughter runs out onstage. But really...it was time that the Stones took some off, and if you don't agree, compare this with "At The Max," the movie about the 1989 tour.

Rating:
Summary: Storm clouds on the horizon
Review: This is director Hal Ashby's (RIP)take on the 1981 Stones' tour. The colors are bright, the sound is perfect, and the selections are varied. BUT...they look and sound like they're just...not..."rolling." This is indicative of the fact that Mick and Keith weren't getting along at the time; indeed, by the time the Stones should have toured behind "Dirty Work," Mick was out on his own, making an idiot of himself with material like "Just Another Night." Still, he was correct about his choice, though; "Dirty Work" was an abomination. But, yeah, that's skipping ahead. "Let's Spend The Night Together" is quite redeemable with the inclusion of Ian Stewart, on what was, sadly, to be his last tour. It's funny, watching Mick cuss Ron Wood out (this seems to be a running gag during the first ten songs), and "Honky Tonk Women" is a hoot: the stage curtains open, and out comes a line of - whew! - scantily clad women, led by Jerry Hall who was Mick's main squeeze at the time. "Honky Tonk," I'll leave that up to you to discern, because Shirley, the great Charlie Watts' wife, makes a very brief, ephemeral cameo, flirting with her man, and Ron Wood's young daughter runs out onstage. But really...it was time that the Stones took some off, and if you don't agree, compare this with "At The Max," the movie about the 1989 tour.

Rating:
Summary: Storm clouds on the horizon
Review: This is director Hal Ashby's (RIP)take on the 1981 Stones' tour. The colors are bright, the sound is perfect, and the selections are varied. BUT...they look and sound like they're just...not..."rolling." This is indicative of the fact that Mick and Keith weren't getting along at the time; indeed, by the time the Stones should have toured behind "Dirty Work," Mick was out on his own, making an idiot of himself with material like "Just Another Night." Still, he was correct about his choice, though; "Dirty Work" was an abomination. But, yeah, that's skipping ahead. "Let's Spend The Night Together" is quite redeemable with the inclusion of Ian Stewart, on what was, sadly, to be his last tour. It's funny, watching Mick cuss Ron Wood out (this seems to be a running gag during the first ten songs), and "Honky Tonk Women" is a hoot: the stage curtains open, and out comes a line of - whew! - scantily clad women, led by Jerry Hall who was Mick's main squeeze at the time. "Honky Tonk," I'll leave that up to you to discern, because Shirley, the great Charlie Watts' wife, makes a very brief, ephemeral cameo, flirting with her man, and Ron Wood's young daughter runs out onstage. But really...it was time that the Stones took some off, and if you don't agree, compare this with "At The Max," the movie about the 1989 tour.

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Summary: A great documentary about the 1982 Rolling Stones Tour
Review: This movie is a fabulouos view of the first huge, modern and high scale tour of the Rolling Stones: the 1981-1982 tour.

In 1981 and 1982 they performed in two different stages: stadiums and pavilions. The movie is like a documentary and shows in a very sober way how was that tour. You can see the band performing in the two kind of stages. I think that the gigs were in the States.

I definitively recommend this movie! But the problem is to find it.

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Summary: Going To A Go-Go '81 Style
Review: This was a very exciting release for The Rolling Stones in 1982. It was released in theatres in the US and was great on the big screen. They played it loud & it was as close to the band as you could get at the time. I for one had a great time watching it & the packed theatre was screaming for more!
The Stones Played Live & Raw...And The Energy Was certainly There! Jagger Alone was Running at least three miles a Show! It was A kick ass tour and They Learned Alot From that tour about playing in huge stadiums & making adjustments to deliver the sound (especially in stadiums).They know better than most that there's alot of ways to deliver a tune & That Tour was a learning experience for many bands to follow. Four Flicks Wouldn't be as great if it were not for this ground breaking tour..(Live & Learn)

The Year: 1981 / The Album: Tatto You / The Tour:The Rolling Stones Playing Live Raw Rock n Roll (In Huge Stadiums)..Not An Easy Task!