The Rolling Stones

Waiting On A Friend

Hampton Coliseum (Hampton, VA) Dec 18, 1981

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  • DownHill Phil Monday, May 21, 2012 7:56 pm To the person who accused Keith of stealing from Pete Townsend, it is the other way around. If you read ANYTHING Pete says he credits KR with his leaps and wheelhouse strum. Keith started the lead guitar showmanship in English R&R. Read your history and give credit where it is due.
  • Chief J. Strongbow Monday, May 21, 2012 7:40 pm 30 years ago and the Stones had already sunken into self-parody. Mick in that ridiculous flag cape. Please. Keith swinging his guitar at the idiot who ran onstage was amusing though.
  • nedscarey Monday, May 21, 2012 7:15 pm I've loved the Stones since '64. Saw them at the Palace Theater in '65. Ticket was $2.00 (that's right two, not two hundred). Brian was still with them; "The Last Time" was the record they were promoting i.e., pre-Satisfaction. The little theater was half full ... I'll never forget it!
  • EGREENSPOT Monday, May 21, 2012 12:58 pm I have loved the Stones since 64. Seen them 5 times, but for Christ's sake, what's with all of the fuckin balloons. Can see the show. I would have been well pissed off.
  • ricoSacto Monday, May 21, 2012 10:53 am & i type too fast also....ROFL
  • ricoSacto Monday, May 21, 2012 10:53 am last comments is from me.....now i've signed in i sat 20 feet in back of the stage at the kingdomw in seattle in 1980, my graduation present to myself......that BA in Philosophy was worth it........i'm retired blabberin' chatter now... ;-)
  • ricoSacto Monday, May 21, 2012 10:50 am saw these boys 32 years ago in 1980, they're still the same....... ROFL
  • Tahlavi Monday, May 21, 2012 10:41 am Never piss-off Keith when he's got a guitar in his hands!
  • Anonymous Monday, May 21, 2012 9:36 am I was at this show. It was being broadcast live on pay per view TV which is why this is so great. The Colisuem is still there even thought its Glory days have come and gone. The Who played there as well as many other Great Great shows. The Stones even released a live album from these two nights. What great memories. The whole gang was there from W&M and CNC (now CNU)!!
  • GREENMEAN Monday, May 21, 2012 5:58 am Hey Hey Wait one cotton pickin minute, Just who the heck does Keith think he is...Pete Townsend? I'm getting fed up with Richard's stealing Petes stuff! Next time Keith hit the guy with a drum stick, stop stealing the great Townsends stuff!!!
  • TheJimbo Thursday, April 05, 2012 10:02 pm Ol' Mick "Ants in his pants" Jagger! And how about those two telecasters! Great! I never got to see them, the closest I came was in 1972, at Winterland, had my ticket, but had to sell cuz I was stuck in high school and had to take final in algebra, which I bombed! :(
  • Anonymous Friday, January 27, 2012 8:41 pm Keith later bailed the guy out of jail.
  • Cervelodave Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:44 pm My wife and I were there, George Thourgood opened and blew the roof off!!! GREATEST SHOW EVER!!!! We all sang Happy Birthday to Keith. Just found this site AMAZING!! Just like yesterday. Wonder what happened to the idiot who ran across the stage? Way to go Keith!!! Fantastic stage w/all the ramps and rotating parts and cherry pickers. THE GREATEST ROCK AND ROLL BAND EVER!!!!!
  • glimr2win Friday, January 06, 2012 1:22 pm 81 tour...best stones ever! Saw them in Kansas City 3 days before this. Mick Taylor sat in w/ them. Jagger was so much better before voice coaches & choreographers screwed him up, or was it age??
  • Anonymous Monday, January 02, 2012 8:23 am Saw Bob Seger a few weeks ago. It was like a nostalgia show compared to these guys. Their Vault is so extensive.
  • Anonymous Tuesday, December 20, 2011 6:31 am Dear Painful. It may not be cool for KR to go swinging his guitar at the crazy fan but remember this is just a little over a year after John Lennon was gunned down by a 'fan' in NYC. Performers were a bit jumpy when it came to fans running on stage. Paul Simon had a fan run at him on stage at his concert in Central Park (with Art Garfunkel) earlier the same year. This happened while he was singing a song called 'The Late Great Johnny Ace' which was, in part, a tribute to Lennon.
  • anonymous788601 Tuesday, December 13, 2011 12:40 pm What a nice gift from Bill...!
  • jefftorontocanada Wednesday, November 30, 2011 4:31 pm 30 years ago tommorow , Anna Barrs and I sat rear stage at the Pontiac Silverdome for Iggy, Santana, and The Stones.WE were 2 of the Canadians Mick thanked for coming down after "when the ship comes down" Thank you Wolfgangs Vault U R # 1 on the web. love you anna from jeff in toronto
  • painful100 Monday, November 28, 2011 12:02 am First off, I like the Rolling Stones...but does anyone else think Keith is an asshole for hitting a fan with his guitar! Yeesh, these are your fans, so what...he ran on stage.
  • Anonymous Sunday, November 20, 2011 3:22 pm Why do I love Mic so much? He can't sing, his dance moves are spastic and unnatural .....maybe it is because he gives 101% regardless.......
  • Anonymous Sunday, November 20, 2011 3:22 pm Why do I love Mic so much? He can't sing, his dance moves are spastic and unnatural .....maybe it is because he gives 101% regardless.......
  • Rafster Tuesday, November 08, 2011 2:03 pm Who was Keith trying to chop with his guitar?
  • ameur Friday, October 28, 2011 7:01 am Not sympatic Keith the Devil at 01.07!!
  • noise10 Tuesday, October 11, 2011 5:50 am From a strictly instrumental standpoint, I'd rather listen to hammered, sloppy, out-of-tune Rolling Stones than a lot of other stuff that's out there but, man, I find Mick on this tour to be unlistenable and unwatchable. I'm glad he found a decent voice coach later on - despite what Keith wrote in his book.
  • kcbetstowin Wednesday, July 27, 2011 10:49 am happy b day mick
  • Anonymous Friday, June 24, 2011 8:46 am The downers on this chat have 25 year monday morning qb syndrome. your were there rockin and screamin dont lie...
  • Anonymous Friday, June 24, 2011 8:45 am Lets not forget Ron Wood was completely ....................hammered
  • Anonymous Saturday, June 18, 2011 5:09 pm I saw them in Buffalo 1981 September???... Keef and mick have written the greatest songs ever written ..............No P H U C K I N G debate at all............THE GREATEST SONGWRITERS EVER!!
  • TMc Friday, June 03, 2011 5:10 pm Maybe not the best, but 81 was the last great Stones tour with no back up singers, no supporting musicians except for Stu, Mac, and Bobby. Ronnie and Keith on backing vocals, just like it's supposed to be. No huge stages. No inflatables. Just good time music.
  • RichSad Saturday, May 28, 2011 3:16 am was at the Hartford Civic Center for this tour. Not the Stones best but always a good time. I think the shows I've seen the last 3 decades have improved on this. But thanks for publishing this piece of history WV!
  • harry krishna Friday, May 27, 2011 12:18 pm now i see/hear what i missed by not seeing them at chicago (rosemont) three weeks earlier. i didn't miss much.
  • jazzisall Wednesday, May 25, 2011 1:53 pm Start me up is awful. They are all so out of tune it's amatuerish. I love the Stones but this was a totally pathetic performance.
  • Anonymous Wednesday, May 25, 2011 9:47 am I saw the boys on this tour the weekend before in Orlando--with Van Halen as the opening act. Great memories to say the least... I think...
  • Anonymous Monday, May 23, 2011 3:21 pm Bobby Keyes on sax. Gawd, they "mailed it in" on that '81 tour (saw it in SF). These videos, as the Hal Ashby concert film, are barely watchable.
  • stanislavf Monday, May 23, 2011 12:05 pm Billiam, I think that you need to think of "best" and ratings in a different way. Technical musician without passion and staying power is simply technically good. The individual musicians within the Stones may not make the "top 100" lists of various magazines (which I am guessing you are referring to), but the sum is more than the addition of the parts. The Stones had the ability to tap into the psyche of a large audience and maintain that tap for an extremely long time. That is part of what makes them great. They were not one hit wonders and much of their music is still enjoyed today. Certainly people who blindly say something like "greatest rock and roll band of all time" are overstating the case, but only because they don't define their terms. Dylan is also a terrible musician--I don't think we need to go into his vocal abilities either:-). Does that make him bad? Great for music is the ability to influence an entire generation, the ability to influence another generation, the ability to influence OTHER MUSICIANS and music. In the latter case, the Stones may not have been as influential as the Beatles, Dylan, the Who, and others, but certainly, as one of the bands that influenced multiple generations and defined the concept of rock for those generations, it is hard to ignore The Rolling Stones.
  • bill h Monday, May 23, 2011 6:09 am "Start Me Up" was pretty dreadful. Can't watch any more.
  • bgu42 Sunday, May 22, 2011 5:40 am Ernie Watts (no relation to Charlie)
  • nricho Saturday, May 14, 2011 4:50 am Who's on sax ?
  • Sy V Monday, May 09, 2011 7:41 am Billiam, I suppose the Beatles were overrated too eh!
  • chevychase Friday, May 06, 2011 9:40 am nice tour,, i saw them in hartford a few days before
  • jagazzflatts Friday, May 06, 2011 5:06 am Looks like they had George Thourogood open their shows back then. When I saw them in 95 in was the Spin Doctors.
  • danny zab Thursday, May 05, 2011 2:07 pm hey billiam: you probably voted for obama too!
  • danny zab Thursday, May 05, 2011 2:03 pm this is why they still sound so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Billiam Thursday, May 05, 2011 1:45 pm There is a lot for me to like about the Stones, but I still think they are overrated as a rock and roll band. Great compositions, very long staying power, and fun concerts, but as musicians they were/are decidedly mediocre. None (except maybe Mick Taylor) are top 100 musicians, although I think Mick is a top 25 vocalist. Go ahead, throw tomatoes at me.
  • Anonymous Tuesday, May 03, 2011 10:25 am Incredible quality, thanks so much. Forgot this was the show Keith gives it to the stage crasher, classic!
  • Anonymous Friday, April 29, 2011 10:51 am Thanks Wolfgang's. Thanks for sharing.