On the Playlist 20MAR2019…
The Rolling Stones and "Beggars Banquet" on the playlist today. Been a while since I have heard Sympathy for the Devil so decided to put it on and crank it. My kids sort of like this song but also roll their eyes when I put it on and crank it. When they were younger, and still believed dad was cool, they used to beat box along with me on the rhythm when I played this in the car. I think this may be one of their better albums and Sympathy for the Devil is arguably one of their better songs.
Now for my Rolling Stones story... I had a colleague at work, Bill, when I was in North Carolina who had an extra ticket to their concert at Duke University. It was free but the catches were two-fold, it wasn't a great seat and I would have to “baby sit” his 14 year old son as he had better seats elsewhere. He also suggested we tail-gate beforehand so I was in since this was shortly after I moved to North Carolina and I was keen to experience tail-gating. We showed up at about 10 in the morning for the evening concert and proceeded to hang out most of the day. The party got going later in the afternoon when the BBQ showed up. Finally show time came around and we packed up the party and moved to the stadium. We got to our seats and not only were they not great they were terrible. There was a set of steps and railings directly in front of us so we couldn't see anything and furthermore there was constant traffic of people going back and forth. I was a bit bummed by it all but an afternoon of "several" beers and some good BBQ and I wasn't going to make a big deal of it. A couple minutes before the show started someone official came up to us and asked to see our tickets. Once they had verified we had tickets and were in the correct seats, they apologized for the terrible seats and asked us to follow them. We were led down onto the floor to a couple seats that were on the aisle three rows from the stage. Bill's son and I were both pretty happy with this turn of events as we had better seats than Bill and the rest of our group. We lasted about 10 seconds after the concert started and were up standing on our seats and had an amazing time at the concert with the band no more than 15 feet away from us. Main recollection other than the great time we had was how old the band members looked - very old and haggered! I guess that is what the rock and roll lifestyle will do to a person. And that is my Rolling Stones story.
The Rolling Stones - Beggars Banquet