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speculation

dancrimson — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:20:59 GMT

Here's something I thought would make a good topic: who would you picture, from the period of '68, to have been a good act to feature in the RNR Circus?

I could easily picture someone like Neil Young. Especially if he would have done "Sugar Mountain"; hey, why not? Buffalo Springfield did open for the Stones at the Hollywood Bowl in '66...

It's also been mentioned in several sources--including Pete Townshend himself has supported this--that the Small Faces originally wanted to be a part of this movie. According to Townshend, however, "Rod Stewart backed out 'cuz he wasn't too keen on it." I find this statement to be somewhat inaccurate and here's why: 1. "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake" had just been released and was in the top spot of the charts for a couple of weeks; 2. in every account that I've read, Steve Marriott didn't leave the Small Faces until after their disastrous Royal Albert Hall show on New Year's Eve of 1968; 3. Rod Stewart and Ron Wood didn't join up with the Faces until the summer of '69, after the Jeff Beck Group had split. Anyway, that would've been cool if the Small Faces had appeared performing "Tin Soldier" or "Don't Burst My Bubble" or "Lazy Sunday"!

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I keep forgetting his name..

Anni — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:03:47 GMT

but I just watched The Concert for Bangledesh ,and there he was!You know it's that guitarist from Taj Mahal's band..Ed something?I'd like to know where else his special groove can be found?Anyway I think far too little has been said of the Taj performance which smoked,especialy in the bonus DVD clips,sizzle!

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Strange&beautiful

Anni — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:51:25 GMT

The other night I went to the beach,and danced in the sand listening to The Pipes Of Pan.On one cut you can actualy hear Brian chanting "hooo!"(a call to Allah).Now that's cool!

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Brian Jones Tiles For sale...

superamanda — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 18:45:14 GMT

http://home.earthlink.net/~hobhead/brianstiles.htm

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A Quick One While He's Away

SailorVive — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:07:46 GMT

In my opinion "the best" song ever done by The Who, and they out-did the Rolling Stones, maybe it should have been called "The Who's Rock & Roll Circus"???

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hello

cosmic — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:58:14 GMT

im feeling a bit new boy-ish. (at an AA meeting)
me names' cosmic

..an.. i love the rock n roll circus.

thankyou

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Newbie!

dancrimson — Sun, 29 May 2005 05:46:26 GMT

Evenin' all! I'm new, just wanted to say, I love Rock'n'Roll Circus; in my mind, it's one of the best rock movies never released.

My fave scene is the Dirty Mac doing Yer Blues. I mean, come on, Winston Legthy, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Mitch Mitchell? They certainly didn't do wrong. I wasn't disappointed.

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The Afternoon I met the Ghost of Brian Jones Part 0ne

superamanda — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 06:53:56 GMT

I'm not going to tell you where it is. It's one of the most beautiful , least traveled parts of ancient English forest and I would like to see it stay that way. I had to search for days to get directions and a travel plan there so if I can do it you can too. My mom asked me before I left the States on my first journey to the UK in 1997 not to visit Cotchford Farm. That if I was going on even the slightest negative , scary rock dead rock star hunt that it would be disrespectful. Plus I had been having dreams of tall figures in dark cloaks coming out of the woods ala a bad Led Zepplin video . Mainly she was worried about me in a foreign country doing wacky things. But mama thats where the fun is quoth the Boss.
I do not believe in ghosts and I really am a bit of an agnostic. My parents embraced many Eastern religions and at the same time gave me freedom of thought so I shirked the afterlife growing up despite knowing about the Tibetian Bardot and numerolgy etc etc. Don't get me wrong my mum's practicing of Zen Buddhism for nearly forty years is admirable, I just think many kids like to rebel.
And rebel I did. . The Bank Holiday weekend on the South Coast had seen me befriend Dan Hardie, a Gay skinhead, who took me to all the fun boy haunts in Brighton, Kent and Hove. We strolled at night under the promenade in near darkness when suddenly the sounds of Chuck Berry's 'No Particular Place To Go' was heard from a small cafe/dance spot where Teds and their gals danced into the late hours. The weekend was magical. Dan did not want me to leave for what sounded to him like a dodgy adventure but as I was alreday falling in love with him it was time to depart.
The veil of shadow and overcast weather descended once I arrived in Tunbridge Wells , the city nearest to where Brian Jones' Estate lay.People were distant, I was given a nice room in a basement of a BnB that did not lock quite right. With a rapist on the prowl in the nearby walk according to the daily papers I did not sleep well. HELLO magazines with updates on kids and folks connected ironically to The Stones, kept me company. By the next evening I was esconced in a B/B on the edge of the forest near Cotchford farm. The BnB was run by a married duo who had seen all four daughters become riding champions. Paddocks were everywhere and so were horses. Why was I here he asked "To see Pooh Stix Bridge and The Hundred Acre Wood and the house at Pooh Corner"
I was told the latter was a 'private estate' and that 'they will probably shoot you' if you trespass. I recalled this last bit months later. Nothing could stop me.
Why was it so important to me to see where Brian Jones died? The Rolling Stones had been the band of my puberty/early teenage years. The Beatles had been earlier and after The Stones would come the Who who remain the most important and influential artists in my life. I loved them all simultaneously from about age 9 or so. But because The Stones affected my in the most dramatic way at the most morphing time, I made a pact with myself to never forget that crazy, sexually free/Robert Johnsonsey deal with the devil vibe long after I had left them for The Who and the outer reaches of rock. I still have them in my blood as a performer very deeply, I just feel more effectual and commanding when I sing The Who's music. To sing the Stones songs I prefer is to get really sexually intimate with an audience. I can still get sexy doing the Who but I have that other undefinable facet they alone have as well as the deep voodoo.
So I was paying my respects. I knew how important Brian Jones had been in that trail blazing legacy and that he was truly the first modern media rock star. He had retired to a house that also resonated deeply in my heart 'The House at Pooh Corner' a distant second to Potter's Lake District (the world's most beautiful place). and as I made my way through the beautiful clearings and meadows I hoped to feel the good spiritual prescence as opposed to the creepy tabloid rumors of murderous workers and apathetic glamorous deserters.
My lush forest path lead to one beautiful clearing or home after the other. It not only looked EXACTLY like Shepherd's illustrations but it also looked like the Disney animation as well. I found the bridge eventually. Rebulit with a historical marker and there I stayed for a time. The wind was quiet and then I started up the road after the bridge. The homes were larger now but still no House of Pooh.
I am Tigger. It is a done deal , determined in one of those previous lifes I don't believe in. Tigger just bushwacks on his own and asks questions later. He is so lovable/loving and so demonstative with that love. I started to feel really happy and the sun was back out as it had been since I arrived in England. One house proved a just another home as I strolled closer. I came upon a path by what looked like the front of some kind of large property and made my way into the bluebells. Like the lampost in Narnia I saw what looked like the first marker of my journey; large brick couch. A bit mossy but inviting . What greeted me next was a pile of rusted old wheel barrows. Could those killer builders have used these? I thought
Then almost at once there it was on my right-the swimming pool- kind of creepy and crusty looking. 'Yuck!' I thought to myself. I would cover it up with bricks or fill it in with dirt and make a garden out of it. So much starkness emanated from the water..it just looked wrong. and the closer I crept the more I realized there was a spirit nearby. Furthur up the path, standing at the crossroads. I quietly crept back to the path and made my way deeper into the estate. i could not turn back now or to rephrase that , the negativity would not be turning me back. i felt that a spirit wanted me to keep exploring and that the spirit did not want me to care about or spend time around the scary swimming pool.
I came to a large clearing a few minutes later and it was then that I saw the ones in my dreams 'those cloaked in black.'
To be continued...

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Wyman's take

Unsilent — Thu, 25 Aug 2005 20:09:23 GMT

Reading his coffee-table book "Rolling With The Stones", he says the RARC "Was not our finest hour."

Maybe not, but I'm damn glad they put it together, just the same, as a snapshot of a bygone era. *smile*

I also think it's aged better than some might think.

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A.N. Other

dancrimson — Mon, 30 May 2005 04:58:12 GMT

You know, I really like Taj Mahal's performance. Very energetic. He's one of my fave blues singers and whenever I hear him sing, I get a shiver.

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DVD Version

Unsilent — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:41:43 GMT

I don't have it yet, but I found it on sale at Borders when I was down in Austin for SXSW this past weekend ... I needed a drool bucket, for sure, when I saw it. *grin*

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Jethro Tull

SailorVive — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:00:35 GMT

The 1st one of our delights is the fantastic....Jethroooooo-TULL! HAHA any band introduced by a circus midget rocks! When I first layed eyes on this band, I couldn't help but laugh at Ian Anderson's flamingo-like movments and crossed-eyes. To tell you the truth I didn't know what to think...other than he is an awesome flute player, and has a wicked fro. A great way to kick off the Circus.

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Circus Freaks

SailorVive — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 03:05:21 GMT

Was it just me....or were the trapeze artists REALLY old, it looked like they were about to die at any moment.

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