What a night: the gigs that changed music history
It's true that with the advent of Spotify and Youtube, we have access to any song we want, any time we want it. But there are some things that, until now, you could not bottle; some performances that just don't translate through tiny tinny headphones on the Central line at 7am.
The atmosphere of a gig, the combined energy of the room, the infinitesimal nuances only those stood beside the player's strumming fingers could hear. The nights people fell in love, set fires, smashed their lives to pieces.
Finally, we can bring the organic sound of live music in our own homes like never before. Feel the air tremble once again. Sense the anticipation as musicians take their first, deep breaths before a song. Close your eyes and feel the earth move, hear the sweat drip and experience the world change. These are the gigs that changed history.
Ah... Mick, Keith, Charlie, Brian and Bill: these pretty boys were loosening hips and unbuckling belts at the vanguard of the sexual revolution. Their dark 'n' stormy blues, androgynous eroticism and 'vulgar, obstinate and hostile' behaviour was a timely, addictive cocktail.
This tour captured, dripping with unbridled sexuality, gave us the lads at the height of their power. Imagine the horror on mothers' faces as their little darlings got loose to Can't You Hear Me Knocking.
