Currently on heavy rotation on Palladia is the concert for the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. I've spent multiple half-hour (or better) chunks with this, hoping to see some really good music. In just about every performance, I've been disappointed.
Some examples include:
- A bloated Steven Stills. Steve, when you pass up David Crosby as the fat guy in the group, it's time to hit the gym.
- An additionally bloated Stevie Wonder forgetting the words to The Way She Makes Me Feel so badly that it made one cringe. Now there is a lot of revisionist history that he was just choked up due to the loss of his friend Michael Jackson. Bull. Funny how he gains his composure on chorus just fine.
- A subdued version of (why? this has got to be a driving rocker!) of Gimme Shelter, with Fergie (the only saving grace, no pun intended) and Mick Jagger struggling on how to end the song. See below on what I mean.
- Sting getting the words wrong to Roxanne. Excuse me, but he's been singing that song for 30 plus years. How the hell does he forget the words?
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