No Smoking In Glasgow

I have probably heard around twenty-five shows from the Bigger Bang tour in bootleg form now. This is one of the better ones for some reason. It is soundboard quality, no crowd noise, great balance. But what really attracted me was the great version of Sway.


The RS messageboards were going a bit nuts when the band unleashed Sway during the last tour and I was excited to hear it too. I have one other version from the Stateside tour, but the Glasgow version is superior due to the bigger guitar sound that I think the song needs. It has more swing in this version.

I know that my Rolling Stones writing output has been sporadic at best throughout 2008. I never followed up on Shine A Light, but it was an amazing experience I should have written about. I really felt like I had seen the band after the film was over. I saw at the Imax as I imagine it was meant to be seen and I wish I had gone back.

At the same time, the film made me a bit sad. Although the band always tries hard to come across as very "now" it felt a bit like a swan song for their live act. I always feel like this inbetween tours when it seems impossible that the beast could come back to life, but I wonder if it will really happen again or if I will see it when it does. I hope so.