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To ease the tension a bit before some go bananas: Remember, Jagger's voice is beyond repair....

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To ease the tension a bit before some go bananas: Remember, Jagger's voice is beyond repair and we have had numerous threads here arguing whether Keith still can play or not. So, hold your horses...

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To ease the tension a bit before some go bananas: Remember, Jagger's voice is beyond repair and we have had numerous threads here arguing whether Keith still can play or not. So, hold your horses...

I don't think Jagger's voice sounds any different than it has since the 80's. Ronnie Wood has been on fire of late. Charlie is always going to be solid. Bill Wyman can still get it done and if isn't Bill on bass Darryl Jones is world class...The only member of the band I have any questions about is Keith Richards.

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This exciting Stones year continues... never guess what are the breaking news of next week, or so...

Yeah, take one plus one plus one, and...

But I hold my horses. A quick look to recent history does not see any problem Jagger performing 'just' solo. Doing two songs with U2, the Solomon Burke tribute, and then the Obama's blues set. He could make some sort of one/two song performance based on those or similar concepts. Not a big deal for him.

The only big 'but' being the Anniversary... it is no longer homage to Burke or blues or making a random cameo, but just 'being Mick' and everybody knows the hype over Stones Anniversary, the rumours about recordings, reherasals and tours are spreading like flies... it would take quite a lotta nerve to just perform solo when knowing all the stuff going on around him and, especially, them. But then, Mick could be so cool guy that he might even do that. But if he does that, and keeps Stones totally out of picture, that might sound almost a statement. Or not... hmm... let see what happens; we really live interesting times.

But all I can say that if the rumours about Jagger being a control freak, and having an extreme appetite for power, hold any true, man, he is having a field day these days.. I can only guess what kind of kicks the guy might have for knowing how much his actions are followed and his intentions guessed... Even Keith sounds like a pussy cat in public nowadays - he probaly used his last power card by releasing 'tell it all' book, but that is used now, and by some cheap shots he got a lot of publicity but in the long run the cost of that instant success was an image lost to the band, and especially to himself. And the book surely didn't help strengthen Keith's position within the band, or better his cards in negotations for an "reunion"... by contrary, he sounds so soft lately that one wonders where he suddenly lost his balls. Ronnie just got a public humilation... Tough guy that Brenda; "She's the boss" indeed..

- Doxa

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NBC is really a problem when you are overseas.

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Is there a way to watch SNL live on the internet ?
There is no way for me to watch it on Dutch TV.

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I'm 90% convinced that this is going to be nothing short of a showcase/kickoff of the Rolling Stones 50th Anniversary and the Stones will kick it off in grand style with a live surprise appearance on SNL that will have the media buzzing for days.

Look at the facts

- All of the Rolling Stones are in in NYC
- The Rolling Stones are recording/jamming in a studio in NY as I type.
- SNL is obviously shot in NYC
- Mick Jagger has no solo work to promote, but will be performing. There is no other musical guest booked that week.
- The Stones record company is owned by NBC where SNL airs.
- This is the season ending show for SNL. They would like to end the year with a bang as well as enjoy all the publicity a Rolling Stones surprise appearance would deliver.
- Besides being friends with Jagger SNL creator Lorne Michaels is a huge fan of the classic bands...Don't forget it was Micheals who nearly got John Lennon and Paul McCartney to show up and play in the mid 70's with his now legendary $500 offer (or whatever it was) for the Beatles to reunite on SNL. If he had gotten John and Paul to show up that night rock history would most likely be very different today. Michaels aims high. He came the closest to actually delivering a Beatles reunion...I'm convinced that the idea of having the Rolling Stones on his season ending show at the very least has crossed his mind.
- Something is brewing with the Stones. They are currently playing together and rumors of some type of tour are everywhere even in the mainstream media.

Beyond that what is the alternative? Will Jagger play solo tunes with a one off band? Will he play classic Stones songs with another band? How lame would that be.

I could very well be wrong, but all signs are pointing towards the Rolling Stones showing up and playing 3 or 4 songs in what would essentially be the kickoff of their media machine for their their 50th Anniversary.

My prediction for May 19th goes something like this...Ladies and Gentlemen..."Live from New York...The Rolling Stones"

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To ease the tension a bit before some go bananas: Remember, Jagger's voice is beyond repair....

what he does recently is sing in an affectation a lot of people don't like....that is so far away from his voice being beyond repair......very far

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You have to ask yourself .... What would give Lorne Michaels the bigger hard on? Would it be to have the Rolling Stones perform on his show for the first time in 34 years? Or would it be something pathetic and lame, like having Macca show up, so that Mick and Paul, and maybe a couple SNL "legends" like Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin can appear together in some painfully awkward skit. I pray that I'm wrong, but I really think the second possibility is far more likely.

You may well be right.

Tatters may be right about what happens (though I doubt it, because Mick will be
shooting for excellence) but no way is Tatters right about what would give Lorne
Michaels a bigger hardon. But (sadly) business is business, and the Stones are
not really a big part of Universal's future plans, whereas Jagger is.

(In my superheavy opinion)

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The post from TeddyB is making me nervous. Think I'll just go to bed on the 19th expecting NOTHING of the Stones on SNL. Then, if I'm pleasantly surprised, good. But if I sit there watching SNL, waiting and anticipating and getting no Stones....I'll be shattered.

There's no way I'm giving up a good night's sleep for Mick and Macca, Mick and Timberlake, Mick and Joe Schmoe.

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To ease the tension a bit before some go bananas: Remember, Jagger's voice is beyond repair....

what he does recently is sing in an affectation a lot of people don't like....that is so far away from his voice being beyond repair......very far

Maybe he can go back to his lower (rather than whiney,nasaley) affectation that is more pleasing to the ear!

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Teddy...you're right about Lorne's posse...but you aren't right about Keith and the rest of the band showing...Lorne Michaels is every bit the competitor and king maker he positions himself to be/is...nothing would excite him more or give his show even more iconic status (if that's possible) than to have a Rolling Stone host and the Rolling Stones perform with or without "guest(s)"...i.e. Bill or gasp.....Mick Taylor and end another season...there's your narrative for an endless stream of reruns and $$$$ residuals on cable channels for another decade.

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The post from TeddyB is making me nervous. Think I'll just go to bed on the 19th expecting NOTHING of the Stones on SNL. Then, if I'm pleasantly surprised, good. But if I sit there watching SNL, waiting and anticipating and getting no Stones....I'll be shattered.

There's no way I'm giving up a good night's sleep for Mick and Macca, Mick and Timberlake, Mick and Joe Schmoe.

That Senor Cocaine, is not the Canadian spirit!

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To ease the tension a bit before some go bananas: Remember, Jagger's voice is beyond repair....

what he does recently is sing in an affectation a lot of people don't like....that is so far away from his voice being beyond repair......very far

Maybe he can go back to his lower (rather than whiney,nasaley) affectation that is more pleasing to the ear!

He did that on lots of songs on the SG deLuxe-songs. Much less mannered and nasal, imo.

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I can tell you this: If after all the excitement and speculation of all the Stones (plus Mick Taylor) being in town, playing together, etc. it turns out that Mick just performs solo on SNL, it will be the world's biggest boner-killer.