12.12.12 concert

Glory
Stones looked like they came out of hell to perform. The look of death. The Who looked almost as bad. Drugs steal years off ones life.

I couldn't disagree with you more. Roger Daltrey looks incredibly good for his age. So does McCartney. Roger Waters looks arguably better then he did 30 years ago, and hands down better than 99% of men his age out there. Entire time I was thinking how much better on average all of these rock'n'roll guys look than the majority of their age counterpart multimillionaires who run corporations, politicians, or other public figures - grossly fat or obese, bald, out of shape, just plain disgusting. I don't know whether it's drugs, sex and rock'n'roll or doing what you love that keeps you young, but it was amazing to see all of them kick ass on stage and loving it. We should all be so lucky.

Roger Waters was an easy no 1. Highlight of the eve--Comfortably Numb Bruce too much sermon-type stuff--would have worked better near the end of the show. Clapton all good. Chris Martin very good. Who--very good effort understanding that Roger is missing or no longer attempting the high notes. My old visions of the totally cool Daltrey (vintage 69 thru 79) have been replaced by the face of a dowdy grandma who is dying to show us her/his muscles (we know you work out and shave---just tell me next time don't show me).
The Stones have mailed it in for years. Mick--stop jumping around and talking through the songs. Just doesn't look right anymore. The stones should stop performing so they don't obliterate my great memories of their tours in the 70s, 80s and 90s. McCartney has so much plastic surgery that he looks sad when he's happy and happy when he's sad ---but he sounded very good although his valentine song took the wind out of the place-awful.
Oh, let's not forget another standout --Alicia Keys. Can't comment on BonJovi and Joel because I don't like their music.
I give the concert a 6 on a scale of 1 to 10.
Really want to see how great concerts like this can be? Check out rock n roll hall of fame concert at the Garden---especially on blu-ray (one of the best of it's kind ever). I will admit that the hall of fame had a much greater lead time and rehearsal opportunities---but what a great show with Jagger and Bruce really shining and so many others. Concert for 9/11 also pretty good.

Wow. I think I must have watched a different show. I found this difficult to watch after seeing the majority of these bands at the top of their game. Daltrey has earned enough respect from me as a rock singer that he can leave his shirt on at 68. Stones cut it too short. Roger Waters just about did everything but tongue-wash Eddie Vedder's ear...and oh by the way, let the band play - guitar solo on Comfortably Numb was too short - dude was good. Alicia Keys was a surprise for me - never really listened to her much before but she carried it well for a while on solo piano. As soon as Kanye West showed up in his leather kilt, I poured a neat Macallan's 12 and headed straight for vinyl.

C'mon, no mention of Kanye West? Maybe you all tuned him out too.

I thought I was in a wax museum