just as good as they ever were!

The last time I went to a really, really big stadium concert was in 1982, at Bristol City's Ashton Gate stadium, and that, too, was the Rolling Stones.  This time they were in the Rose Bowl, in Pasadena - the last concert they played here was in 1994; they first played LA 55 years ago.  Tonight, they played ten of the same songs that they did in Bristol (I just found the old set list on line) and a whole lot of other old favorites as well; they were amazing.  I'll state the obvious: for a bunch of guys in their 70s to still have all that raw energy, talent, and fun is phenomenal (Keith Richards in particular was grinning away; Mick was still strutting and mincing and lunging as much as ever; Charlie Watts reminded me weirdly of Joe Biden, but I think that's accidental).  They had aged much, much better than most of their audience.  The lights/projection was terrific, as well, and the whole show ended with fireworks.  When that happened in Bristol, there was such an outcry from the neighbors that Bristol City refused to have a rock concert in their grounds ever again ...