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Let's Spend the Night Together

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Anyone who has been to a Rolling Stones concert in the last 15 years, will watch this document of the Stones 1981 tour and probably claim that this wasn't their finest moment. But I, who prefer bands when they are raw and slightly imperfect live, absolutely love this release. I've actually never seen a DVD of this, and I just recently came across a used version on VHS. I hadn't seen it since it aired on television in late 1982, and it still is as good now as it was then.

What you get here is the Stones without 5 backup singers and a dozen guys on horns. Backup vocals are actually still being sung by Keith, and to a lesser extent, Ron Wood, and the difference from say, watching 4 Flicks (another excellent product) is that you really feel like you're just watching the band play, and not listening to some engineer at a mixing board. Keith looks haggered and obviously is not completely past his drug days, but he rocks relentlessly, and we get a smoking version of one of his best tunes, "Little T n' A". Mick runs around the stage like a wildman, and his vocals are all Mick. No echo, no, ahem, enhancement, that many artists these days use in concert. There's obviously not been any overdubs in the studio for this film. You have wonderfully stripped down versions of "Under My Thumb", "Shattered", "Beast of Burden", among many of their classics. You have songs from the early 80's era, that are overlooked in concert today- "Black Limosine", "Waiting on a Friend", "Hang Fire" and one of their best tunes from those days, "She's So Cold".

Yes, the playing is a bit sloppy. But, they play with passion and grit, and they seem to be having fun, despite the fact that Mick and Keith weren't getting along particularly well at the time. I highly recommend this little piece of early 80's rock and cinema!

This was a very exciting release for The Rolling Stones in 1982. It was released in theatres in the US and was great on the big screen. They played it loud & it was as close to the band as you could get at the time. I for one had a great time watching it & the packed theatre was screaming for more!
The Stones Played Live & Raw...And The Energy Was certainly There! Jagger Alone was Running at least three miles a Show! It was A kick ass tour and They Learned Alot From that tour about playing in huge stadiums & making adjustments to deliver the sound (especially in stadiums).They know better than most that there's alot of ways to deliver a tune & That Tour was a learning experience for many bands to follow. Four Flicks Wouldn't be as great if it were not for this ground breaking tour..(Live & Learn)

The Year: 1981 / The Album: Tatto You / The Tour:The Rolling Stones Playing Live Raw Rock n Roll (In Huge Stadiums)..Not An Easy Task!

I've waited 10 years for this movie to come out on DVD, and THIS is the cover they give it? A low-grade cutout bin-looking thing that is further cheapened with a subtitle like "Greatest Hits Live"? What happened to the great movie poster that graced the cover of the VHS version?

Having said that, the content is excellent, capturing the Stones on what I consider to be the last of their "sloppy" tours, before they regrouped, cleaned up completely (Richards was off the smack by the time of this one, but Wood was heavy into free-basing throughout this period), and started doing overly polished and professional tours supported by an army of side musicians and background singers. There's merits to both periods, and perhaps this is a little too ramshackle for some, but it is a great, high energy concert that delivers hit after hit, particularly if you're a fan of the "Tattoo You" and "Some Girls" albums (in my mind, the two best discs they've ever done).

The garish early 80's pastels, Jagger's soccer pads, Ron Wood looking like he just got through auditioning for Nazareth or something, Wyman in his track suit...it's an image of the Stones you'd never seen before or since, and it makes for an exciting concert. Just get rid of that horrendous cover.

I saw The Stones at the Superdome on this tour, as well as the '78 tour.
I remember watching this film on cable many times, and somewhere I have a copy
I recorded on VHS. I'm still a big Stones fan, but I liked them better back when they still sounded, as someone once described, "like they are about to fall apart, but never quit do". Their sloppy best!! I'm happy it's finally out on dvd.

As bizarre and varied as the 80's music scene was, the Stones remained a force. This film captures the period perfectly. Straight rock n roll, no back up singers or 12 piece back up band, the Stones crank it out with high energy in your face rock. Ron Woods never played better, his solo on "you cant always" is nothing short of devastating. The band looks like they are having a blast, even Bill Wyman cracks a smile watchin Mick dance. 23 songs clocking in at 87 mins is a great deal for this dvd. Just a lot of fun to watch this again.

This is the best this movie has ever sounded, but that's not saying a lot. I know when it was in the theaters, it sounded better if you went to a theater that did not have stereo sound. I have this on laserdisc also and the dvd seems to play the show at a little faster speed, as it is a few minutes shorter than the laserdisc, so I'm not sure which is closer to the original intended speed. But at least the dvd is widescreen.
The movie content its self seems to be a boring attempt at making it more than just a concert film. When they cut-away from the concert to back-stage, it comes off as if the concert is so boring that you want to focus on something else for a while. And towards the end of the movie, the songs are not even presented in their entirety. It would have been better had they just released their pay-per view from Dec. 18, 1981 at Virginia's Hampton Coliseum. That's the same show where Keith Richards took a swing, with his guitar, at a fan that ran onto the stage when they were playing "Satisfaction".

So when I was about 12, the Stones were rehearsing at Long View Farm Recording Studios in North Brookfield, MA. There was a big article on them there in Life Magazine from 1981. Anyway, we found out that they were going to do a club gig at Sir Morgan's Cove in Worcester, MA. Needless to say, I was too young, none of us could get tickets, but one of my brother's friends did... I was so jealous. Anyway, my dad took to me the theater in '82 to see this movie on the big screen, and I loved it... what a party in that place! Anyway, I never got to see them live until '89, and later. However, I ended up working at the same recording studio as a college intern in 1990... what a great experience, and what a super cool place, and still running to this day. Anyway, I never write reviews, but this time period was near and dear to my heart as a kid, and I'll never forget the experiences associated with it.

The Rolling Stones at this concert recording have been playing for a long time. They are successful and known around the world. They are stage smart and well tuned into their audience's desire to have a great time. Mick is dancing and singing his soul and heart out. Keith is laid back and powerful as in past concerts and as he knows he will be in the future.

Charlie's bald spot shines in this performance and seems never to be seen again on film. I think Charlie drives the music with a style that everyone depends on, the fans and the band. Ronnie Wood keeps the life on the stage and at one time is running around with Mick on stage and is funny as hell. With two keyboard players the sound is incredible and is right for the time period. Most of the Sax playing is done by a guy I have never really seen playing with the Stones (he's really good). Bobby Keys is seen playing later in the film. Bobby is my man when it comes to Sax.

This is a great play for a Rolling Stones collection of concerts and I have a good collection of their DVD concerts. If you want something you can call your friends over to have a great time, this is the piece. Don't be expecting big lights and back up singers. Just expect great tunes that you love and know. Your neighbors will want to know why there was all that loud screaming last night.

I'm a 40 year fan and I love em.

I was looking at I tunes for the Stones and seen this for $10 and thought damn!
I knew waaaay back when the album "Still life" came out that they were making a film from the same 1981 tour. I never heard anything about it until i came across this on I Tunes.
You get a very good concert film. To see in daylight Tempe, AZ Stadium filled up is amazing and only a handful of bands can pull that off. I wish the concert had more talking inbetween songs, it just goes from one song into another. Very enjoybale to watch!

The release is more or less pretty similar to the Brazilian Edition, yes the colors were equalized to make them more vivid, add some sharpness, and period, honestly quality wise, I was expecting something that will blow me away, and that was not the case, I'm talking of the production, the concert...well we all know the material pretty well...Another remark, stop using this crappy recycled plastic "Green Planet Earth" crappy cases with huge holes, these offer the minimal protection to the media, specially if you order the items alone...After watching the job done in Gimme Shelter from the 16mm film, and the one the guys did for the Kids Are Alright from a used film copy found in a basement, this is nothing to write home about...