1 million Stones fans cant be wrong

1 million people with horrible musical taste gather in one area.

they certaintly aren't hip anymore but if they were in their twenties, lived in brooklyn, and cut their bangs you would probably dig

they certaintly aren't hip anymore but if they were in their twenties, lived in brooklyn, and cut their bangs you would probably dig

hardly.

How are the Stones bad music. Dude get a clue.

hey everyone, Beav's an idiot!

yes, and they said that wasn't the biggest concert there -- rod stewart had a show at copacabana beach with 3.5 million. ha! stones are a billion times cooler than rod... except in brazil.

what is wrong with rod?

Rod Stewart's concert was on New Years Eve, when about 4 million people are spread all over Copacabana to celebrate and see the fireworks. It is like that every single year, with or without Rod Stewart.

The Stones are way more popular than Rod in Brazil... and that's why 1.2 million people were there just to see them.

As somebody who now tries to keep attendance down to venues of 1000 capacity or less, and won't attend arenas or stadiums to see anyone short of Pink Floyd's reunion, the idea of 1 million people gathered together for anything makes me shudder. Who cares how good they sounded? If you are 2373 rows back, are you even there really? Then again, if you already want to spend time with this many people on your beach vacation I guess having live Rolling Stones in the background makes sense on some level...

Imagine yourself barefoot in the sand, 25 degrees celsius by the beach at night, jumping jack flashin with another one million people glad to do so, just singing every single lyric along.
Its still sounds better than paying 50 to see them in a stadium or in some coolest club where people judge you by the coolness of what you re wearing ...
There's a major diference.
I think in Rio they celebrate rock. Music.
I think here they kinda appreciatte it. or else since everyone is way too cool to celebrate anything or is too busy taking pictures so they can reafirm the experience the next days to all the readers of their blogs.
And birdboy, have you ever been into a concert this big ? it doesnt matter if youre 2373 rows back. As long as you can hear the music together.

I have been to concerts in Central Park with several hundred thousand attending. Yes, I had fun. Yes, it was 15 years ago when I was younger and more patient with such experiences. Since I have discovered the newer artists in the smaller venues I just don't have the stomach anymore to attend large-setting shows.

Maybe getting older makes me more wary of huge crowds, I don't know; but I have felt a more intimate connection with the artists and the music in the great small- and midsize venues New York has to offer. After going to several of these it is very hard to go back. Bigger than the Beacon and I'm not going, period. But I do respect that those attending could have had a great time and I am happy for them. Anyone appreciating live music is a good thing.

This came up over on the Big Takeover blog. Somebody from Brazil mentioned that most big concerts there are normally too expensive for most music fans to afford. I remember him saying that for the U2 concert, for example, the ticket cost (when compared to a normal person's wages there) was equivalent to a similar concert costing around $500 in the US. That probably explains why so many people there turned out for a free Rolling Stones gig.

the stones are the good shit. that last album was actually decent. if a trendy "new" band had put it out the media would have swooned. it just happens that the stones are old men.

Mark,

I am Brazilian (from Rio), and I can tell you that such US x Brazil ticket costs comparison is nonsense. There are so many economic and cultural aspects involved that one can't just use a simple currency conversion and minimum wages equivalency as a comparison.

What happened in Rio was just a huge free event (with plenty advertising) in a big city that doesn't have as many concerts (it was just the 3rd Stones concert down there) as NY, London or Paris, for example. That's why over 1 million people attended.

As for U2, both of their concerts (yesterday's and today's) in Brazil were sold out in a couple of hours. There were 75,000 tickets available for each night.

I actually like the last album quite a bit. They can thank White Stripes for reminding them how good they once were and kicking them into putting down some old-school material.

But the idea of seeing them live at this point does not appeal to me at all, for my above-mentioned reasons. The time to see the stones was 1964. Like the time to see Arctic Monkeys and Snow Patrol and Ted Leo and Eels etc etc etc is now.

Wrinkly old cogers.

Wrinkly old cogers.

amauri - oh that is better. the article i read failed to mention that it was new years eve... it just said rod stewart had the biggest concert w/ 3.5 million. that's a relief!

Thanks for the clarification, amauri. My recollection was a bit off...what I was referring to was a BBC article which said the ticket prices for the recent U2 concert in Brazil were about 2/3 the monthly minimum wage. This percentage would be the equivalent of about $552 in the US.

you are right about that, Mark. But the monthly minimum wage is really low in Brazil, making it pretty much impossible to anyone to survive with so little money - especially in big cities like Rio or Sao Paulo. That's why I said one has to consider other aspects when doing such comparisons.

What if it wasn't Mick Jagger or Keith Richard cavorting on the stage? What if the Stones employed doubles? Wouldn't that be a hoot. Who could tell the difference anyway.

What if it wasn't Mick Jagger or Keith Richard cavorting on the stage? What if the Stones employed doubles? Wouldn't that be a hoot. Who could tell the difference anyway.

Have you seen this before? It's a number guessing game: http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/guessthenumber.html. I guessed 11341, and it got it right! Pretty neat.

my sister is in there somewhere! =D

not too bad
nice!! i can't express how much I love IT, oh yeah, the nation are pretty good too.