I love that album!
thatâs exactly what happened.
the bone-headed bigots in the crowd just werenât into Prince (pretty much based on what he and his band looked like and not the music) and were incredibly rude and obnoxious. They evidently were just there for the Stones and werenât willing to listening to something new, different and innovative. The Stones had Prince open for them for a reason-- the dude was a huge talent even early in his career.
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I love the Clash but hubs loves LOVES the Clash. I still hear them in my home like the albums were just released. Talk about being tired of your old favorites. 
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Saw her back in the 80âs. Berkeley jazz fest . Greek theater . The late great Jaco on bass , the late great Tony Williams on drums . Lee on guitar , Bob James keyboard. And the backups . 3 days of super bands .
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I wonder if that caused The Stones to have an off-night. I heard it was pretty unsettling.
My Stones concert story is definitely a geezer story. Them not me. 
It was in the 90âs at the Rose Bowl with the Red Hot Chili Peppers opening. Stadium is so big and our seats were so far back we could only see them on the jumbotron. I still thought they were great, lol. I was a little too young to see them perform in the 70s and had been waiting for years. Plus! I got to watch the Chili Peppers from the stage⌠a few feet away from Mick! 
The Chili Peppers were already rock stars but were like giddy fanboys to be opening for The Stones. They let everyone on stage - family, friends, friends of friends.
The Stones were all business. The minute the Chili Peppersâ set finished the stage was completely cleared - not even the bandâs friends or family were on stage when they performed.
P.S. Charlie Watts got the biggest cheers! RIP 
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Thatâs a great show!
Iâve seen Joni in person and have an autographed Blue album but Iâve never seen her perform. 
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To everyone. This is a great thread . Los Angeles has always been the main hub for music and entertainment. Thanks for all your great posts.
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Yeah and the chowpups found out theyâre on a chat board with a bunch of geezers! Now excuse me while I go watch Columbo.
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ya knowâ thatâs a good point which I havenât considered and you may be correct. The large crowd booing Prince off the stage was just weird and made me feel less safe. I guess when your a kid you donât notice/understand/care about some of the things that are going down and just flow with the situation and hope to come out the other side safely.
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One of the best I missed to see . Prince
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There are a number of bands in the 70s which are so much better than those - Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy, Queen, ACDC, Judas Priest, Accept, Cirith Ungol, Diamond Head, ZZ Top
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Youâre such a Bostonian! 
lolâ well I did have to experience the social unrest of forced school bussing in the 70s (I thankfully avoided rocks thrown at students/school busses since I went to Boston Latin, but many of my friends did not)
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I remember my friends who lived in and around the city talk about not being able to visit neighborhoods that werenât their own without getting harassed and vice versa. I can imagine what it was like being made to go to school together. Tension! Hopefully things are better.
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hopefully. we all need to live together
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Speaking of geezer rock, the Stones, songs that have racial overtones, and songs that youâve heard enough for two lifetimes, hereâs some welcome news:
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Guns n Roses at the Ritz before Use Your Illusion came out was the best concert I have seen. I think you can see a sliver of my wrist in the video for You Could Be Mine.
One of the most memorable shows I saw in the hippie era was Frank Zappa in 1974, with a lean, mean, tight touring band: Napoleon Murphy Brock, George Duke, Bruce and Tom Fowler, Chester Thompson, and Ruth Underwood. Our seats were front row center, close enough to Zappa that we could read the captions of the cartoons on his shoes.
Another was The Tubes at Bimboâs in 1975, right after their first album came out. On top of being a great band at the height of their powers (how many rock bands could pull off the âPerry Masonâ theme?), the show had choreography, costume changes, and live and taped video. Mind-boggling at the time.
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I heard about this. I and a few other black geezers love Brown Sugar. Our kids might feel differently. Itâs a different time and maybe we should listen to it differently. Itâs definitely more thought provoking than what passes as deep in music today (total geezer statement).
I have more of a problem with Some Girls and their recent justification that it was satirizing female stereotypes sounds like bullshit. The rumor mill at the time was that it came out of Mickâs anger at Marsha Hunt, who was pregnant with his child. Said pregnancy became a beloved child and a mature black woman, and he probably regrets that period. But I donât think The Stones lose a lot of sleep over controversy. Itâs rock ân roll.
I have to admit that âBrown Sugarâ was one of my favorite songs for a long time in the early 70s â right up until I read the lyrics.
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