Shine a Light Reviews

• Smashing!!!!!!! Scorcese & Stones: A Perfect Match

  
  By A280GY5UVUS2QH on 2008-04-02
  Set List:
  
  1) Jumpin' Jack Flash
  2) Shattered
  3) She Was Hot
  4) All Down the Line
  5) Loving Cup (w/ Jack White)
  6) As Tears Go By
  7) Some Girls
  8) Just My Imagination
  9) Faraway Eyes
  10) Champagne and Reefer (w/ Buddy Guy)
  11) Tumbling Dice
  12) You Got the Silver
  13) Connection
  14) Sympathy for the Devil
  15) Live With Me (w/ Christina Aguilera)
  16) Start Me Up
  17) Brown Sugar
  18) Satisfaction
  
  Though the actual track 'Shine a Light' from Exile on Main Street is not played during the (film version of this) set, it is an excellent title for this rock documentary as Martin Scorcese is shining a light so to speak on the Stones themselves, and this light shines mighty bright and mighty close. But Scorcese is not as invasive as you might expect. And this documentary/concert film does not feel like an expose as much as a celebration of a band that still has some kick left in it. Instead of being overly reverent and even elegaic (as perhaps he was in The Last Waltz) Scorcese, takes a lighthearted & lighthanded approach. The first thing that Scorcese documents is the planning of the show itself and the miscommunications that took place between what the Stones wanted (a big venue) and what Martin wanted (an intimate one); miscommunications that could have been avoided had the band been available to actually meet face to face with Scorcese, but these and other miscommunications are treated more as running jokes than as genuine problems. Another running joke is that meticulous detail man Martin Scorcese (perhaps the only living director with a fame that rivals the Stones own) wants to know ahead of time what the set list will be or at least what the first song will be so that he can plan his first shot, but the Stones keep it a secret until seconds before the show begins. Its funny even though no one really thinks for a second that with his arsenal of cameras on and off stage there is any chance that Martin Scorcese will not get the exact shots he wants. But even while having some laughs with the band (at the bands and at his own expense), Scorcese is excellent at capturing what an immense task it is working with a band that is not used to surrendering control nor opening up on camera (and Scorcese inserts several old interviews into the concert footage to document Mick's ability to dodge questions with charm and Keith's utter refusal to play the q & a game at all). The irony is that the Stones have been public figures for over four decades now but we really still don't know them very well. Scorcese does a very good job at remedying this situation by peeling back the Stones mystique and allowing us to see the real personalities behind the public performances. As with his Dylan documentary, he does this by going though the immense Stones Interviews archive and coming up with some very rare interview footage (much of it from Asian and European tv programs). We get to hear the notoriously reticent Charlie discussing an alternative career as a painter, and Ron Wood discussing Keith and how he is nothing like his public image, "Keith's a very decent and very moral guy". The interviews are culled from all phases of their career and are very brief and very selectively inserted between the live songs. Most of them are humorous and/or ironic. Notably absent: any mention of Brian Jones or Mick Taylor or Bill Wyman.
  
  No doubt there will be Stones fans who wish that Scorcese had teamed up with the '72 or '76 or '78 Stones, when the band was a bit more like Scorcese's screen outlaws, but better late than never.
  
  For Stones fans the thrill (and it is immediate and lasts the entire show) is having the feeling of being onstage with the Stones. Jack White, Buddy Guy, and Christina Aguilera all do guest stints onstage but we as audience members feel like we are onstage as well and this is the truly brilliant thing about this film. The cameras are so close that we actually get to see the band play (and see who plays which guitar lines) and hear the between song banter between band members. Scorcese allows us to affirm or reaffirm that Mick is without a doubt the leader of this band and his relentless energy and seductive charms seem to wow his bandmates as much as they wow the crowd. Micks age shows in the close-ups but his real instruments, his voice & his body, seem completely immune from the ravages of time. Keith, at times, seems a bit lost (as when Christinsa Aguilera steps onstage) and he misses chords in a few places, but Scorcese's intimate style really serves Richards well. He is an intensely likable guy who loves what he does and still seems to feel adorably awkward when he takes center stage to sing "You Got the Silver" & "Connection." He is in many ways Mick's opposite. The chemistry of the band and especially the chemistry that exists between the Glimmer Twins is the thing that continues to fascinate and continues to evade documentation.
  
  The show is intense and intimate and revealing. The guest appearances are well chosen. And the ending (which I will not reveal) is perfect.
  
  Note on the soundtrack: The 2 cd edition of the Shine a Light soundtrack will contain four bonus tracks ("Paint it Black", "Little T & A", "I'm Free", & "Shine a Light").
  
  

• Mick and Martin

  
  By A3EE0H0NWQ9QVL on 2008-04-29
  Going to see a concert nowadays takes all one's resources. Ticket prices often go up to three digits, and most likely the best view is watching the band perform on a video screen. Sometimes people (myself included) are willing to travel long distances to see one's favorite acts perform onstage. Getting to see the biggest bands, like Paul McCartney, U2, and The Dave Matthews Band is difficult at best. Ironically, the cost of a ticket to see The Rolling Stones play in Martin Scorsese's documentary/concert film 'Shine a Light' is about the same as it would cost to see a live concert when many of their featured songs were popular. It ain't like it used to be.
  
  However, the sheer power and able musicianship haven't gone stale nor retro, so the film is a real treat for those of us who have all but given up on seeing them in person.
  
  It is a testament to Scorsese's directing abilities that the prologue, the intermittent vintage vignettes, and the conclusion are uncluttered. We get our introduction to the band and the various methods of setting up the stage, the play lists, and the operating procedures of the filming. Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese go at the logistics in a way that has tension, but never garners animosity or loses affection for the project. In many ways, it is a labor of love for both sides, but it is Scorsese who seems the most piqued by the end.
  
  On stage it becomes a celebration. There's no arguing these guys are dedicated. After an exuberant rendition of "All Down the Line," an early song, Charlie Watts looks directly into the camera and with a few facial gestures lets us know without pretense how demanding it is to be one of the nimblest drummers of one of the most celebrated rock bands ever. Equally flexible is a slender Mick Jagger who still struts his stuff as well as ever. Rising to the occasion is the guitar interplay of Ron Wood and Keith Richards, whose camaraderie outmatches Keith and Mick.
  
  There's good will and good vibes all around that never seem forced. The concerts draw from San Bernadetto and New York City, and the former concert is a benefit for The Bill Clinton Foundation. Near the end of the introduction, we get the former President, his senator wife, Hillary, and several relatives who get a chance to meet and have pictures taken with the band. On stage, they've never seemed happier. The energy has always been there, but the warmth between the band members seldom has seemed more cohesive. This concert shows them having fun, almost like they've taken themselves too seriously in the past. Never has Mick Jagger seemed so willing to share the stage. There are moments that Keith is front and center with Mick off of the venue. Then, Mick gets almost deferential with guest guitarist, Buddy Guy, and singers Jeff White III and Christine Aguilar. Even the back up members in the brass section, the dancer-singers, and the other musicians get the spotlight. As Keith says in a fairly recent interview, "I don't THINK when I'm up there. All I can do is feel," and more simply, "We love what we do." (Yet, I couldn't help but notice Mick stop in the middle of the stage while he was singing "Jumping Jack Flash" as he was in the sites of a pretty fan's picture cell phone. Some things never change.)
  
  After a huge catalog that forty-five active years can garner, they bring a lot during their vintage performances. The play list? Well, there will always be a bone to pick, but what makes the "light shine through" is their ability to play any song and make it really rock. I was surprised, for instance, by the number of songs they drew from `Some Girls,' which happened to be my first Stones' album, but while I don't think it's their best selection, I loved what they did with it in concert. Besides several tracks from `Some Girls,' they take highlights across the board, but showcase variety in their repertoire. "Jumpin' Jack Flash, as an opener, "Tumbling Dice," "Brown Sugar," and "Start Me Up" are The Stones playing big, but, then, "Far Away Eyes" is a sample country serving that is contrasted with blues numbers like "I'm Free". Acoustically, they play just fine with "You Got the Silver" and "As Tears Go By".
  
  For a concert movie, they still know how to show everybody a good time. They are vintage rockers: smooth, seasoned, but still with a kick after all these years.
  
  

• OH... MY... GOD!

  
  By A1KY6YNK2D63MU on 2008-04-07
  Well, I saw it on opening night (in IMAX - I wasn't aware that it IS being shown in "regular" theaters, as well), and am still stunned and euphoric. It was better than my wildest dreams, one of the few movies that actually lives up to the trailer, and is now one of my five fave movies of ANY kind, all-time.
  
  Musically:
  The band may be sounding better than ever: Charlie, God bless `im, is nearly flawless, and his kit sounds incredible. Ronnie plays better lead than I've EVER heard him play, from Faces through all of the tours & albums he's done as a Stone. Keith's soulful feel always amazes, and he sings stronger than in some time. Darryl J. is SO locked in with Charlie. Lisa & Bernard sound gorgeous (and she LOOKS that way, too). In a rehearsal scene, I learned that Chuck is the de facto musical director (Damn him; he's had my dream gig for WAY too long!) - he kills, too. The horns are spot-on, as well, from the bluesy arrangements to the precision parts they play on "All Down the Line." Mick may have done the best live singing of his life - his tone is true to what he's sounded like on recordings, which has not always been the case in concert... ditto with pitch, phrasing and interpretation. Needless to say, he's still the most riveting front man in rock n' roll. Perhaps the most pervasive thing: Everyone on stage seems to be having the greatest, most fulfilling time of their lives, and they are performing as if those lives depended on it.
  
  Technically:
  God bless Marty Scorsese, too - he loves the music & presence of the Stones enough to LEAVE THEM THE F*** ALONE! This is a jaw-droppingly good film, from shooting to mixing & editing. Speaking of the mix (concert segments done by the great Bob Clearmountain), from a surround standpoint, it is astounding, at least in IMAX. I was happily blown away by this technique: Whomever is on camera, their instrument/voice is up front in the mix for the duration of that shot - PERFECTION! Between Scorcese's visual choices and Clearmountain's audio ones, I truly felt as if I had the best seat ever at a Stones concert. ONE GRIPE: I could have used more of Darryl's bass, and at times, Chuck's keyboards.
  
  Guest spots:
  Jack White: Okay. He's got the right idea.
  
  Christina A: She, on the other hand, doesn't. She wails too much, especially for a GUEST. Great pipes - seems to me like she doesn't know when NOT to use them. Note Keith's reaction as she leaves the stage.
  
  Buddy Guy: Try to take your eyes off of his - I dare you! Scorcese couldn't. A brilliant moment in time.
  
  Viscerally:
  My legs never stopped moving to the beat, at times, I shut my eyes and let my body sway, out of sheer tranquility. Ever since we left the theater (after midnight last Friday), I have felt more inspired as a musician; I've been writing more than I have in months. These are the effects the Stones' concerts have always had on me - as I wrote to 40 of my closest friends, "Go. Go to the soonest showtime that you can possibly make."
  
  

• Wish it was great, but...

  
  By AAVM3XU5DAGOJ on 2008-04-08
  Most of the reviews I see here are positive......and I cannot believe it. I was very excited to see this film. Legends, you know....
  
  I always hate when something of quality becomes a caricature of itself. Being what they "are supposed to be", perhaps in this case. What would make an amazing rock band care so little about being amazing, and just rest on the idea of "if we just show up, and plug in, they will applaud."
  
  This is what was captured on this film.
  
  This is more disappointing than Vegas Elvis. At least Elvis shined, even at the end, and even with the understanding that he was a "Vegas act".
  
  Would Tom Waits turn into this? Would Neil Young? Would Leonard Cohen?... Even if they could? Bowie almost did with "Glass Spider", but he quickly bailed, thank god.
  
  Keith, Mick, & Ronnie actually are bad in this performance. Charlie is great. Daryl is great also. Scorcese brought nothing to the table, in my opinion.
  
  I truly wish I had seen something special. I have great respect for their career. Perhaps more than they do...
  
  
  
  

• Best Stones Movie Ever!

  
  By A1O13WPL7RKI6O on 2008-04-06
  A must see on IMAX. Jaw dropping from every angle--sound, cinematography, song selection, etc. etc. Not only the best stones movies ever, the best concert video. Scorcese did himself proud. This movie should win several academy awards. Go see it now!
  
  
• It's only the Rolling Stones but I like it, like it, yes I do
  By A3HYXT5BLIPTVZ on 2008-06-25
  "Shine a Light" captures the Stones at the end of a long tour and even longer career. I saw them in Vegas about a week before this concert, and they were at their best. Mick Jagger's father had just passed. It's a great concert. I also saw this film the day it opened. I've seen the Stones four times, since the 69 tour, and all of their DVD's and/or movies.
  Don't believe all these film school losers reviewing the film or wannabe rockers putting down the Stones because they're old. Imagine film school students without credits putting down Martin Scorsese! The guest stars, Christina, Buddy Guy, Jack White, rock. One might wonder why they should buy "Shine a Light" as they already own Stone's DVD's, a fair question. This film features songs from "Some Girls", the best Stone's album for 30 years: "Some Girls" (but without the lyrics about black girls who just want to get..."; "Just My Imagination"; "Faraway Eyes" (country song with hillbilly humor); and "Shattered". Christina and Mick make the best Stone's duet since Tina Turner and Mick mixed it up for "Live Aid" on the "Let it Bleed" album classic, "Live with Me". Buddy Guy gives the movie a party rousing "Champagne & Reefer", an old Muddy Water's song. How appropriate, as the Stones took their name from a Muddy Water's song. Never before on DVD have we seen the Stones perform Keith's song, "Connection", a very old song from the sixtie's "Between the Buttons" album. Classics from "Exile on Main Street" also spice up the film: "All Down the Line"' "Loving Cup" (Jack White); "Tumbling Dice"; and "Shine a Light". Two of my favorite old Stone's songs from the 60's are here: "I'm Free" and "As Tears Go By" from the "december's children" album. Never before have we seen the Stone's play the 80's classic, "She Was Hot". Beyond that their big hits, the standards, are all included: "Start Me Up"; "Brown Sugar"; "Paint it Black"; "Satisfaction"; "Little T&A"; and "Jumpin Jack Flash".
  No, Mick doesn't jump as high or shout as loud as he did back in 1981, at his peak. But he still projects more energy onstage than most singers half of his age. Time may no longer be on the side of the Stones, but I am. I've been a Stones' fan since the 60's, and I see no reason to stop. The Stones roll with style, power, and flair. It's only the Rolling Stones, but I like it, like it, yes I do. Reading some one these reviews, you'd think the Stones came out onstage on walkers and couldn't play their instruments. Nothing is further from the truth.
  
  
• The Rolling Stones, Martin Scorsese, And Many Others Work Together To Shine A Light
  By A2VK365XEVCYC8 on 2008-04-07
  If you know enough about The Stones that you're reading reviews to see if you should see this movie, then the answer is, "Yes, you should see this movie."
  
  If you don't know much about The Stones, this movie will show you more about what all the fuss is about.
  
  Watching Mick Jagger is amazing (and exhausting). Most teenagers could not exert themselves as he does most nights.
  
  Watching this film, you get the impression that if Rock n' Roll hadn't already existed when Mick came along, he would have willed and forced it into creation.
  
  You get the impression that if Rock n' Roll wouldn't last until tomorrow unless we found a hamster able to run on a wheel all through the night, Mick would volunteer to be the hamster.
  
  I think the movie clearly shows what it means for all members of a band to be necessary to create a band's chemistry.
  
  We see the band members transform from fairly quiet and unassuming boys (with clips of interviews from the 1960s) into coordinated and widely heard protesters (still with their boyish grins and boyish charms) through their combined musical creations and performances.
  
  We're reminded that Rock n' Roll used to be considered dangerous because it discussed sexually explicit topics with teenagers and anyone else listening in.
  
  We're persuaded that The Stones' version of Rock n' Roll isn't just a style of music or a certain rhythm and tempo, but rather it is an extension of a coordinated force of wills.
  
  I do have some critiques about the film, which lead me to give it only 4 out of 5 stars, but life's short and my critiques are not important, and you're probably not reading this review to hear about one critic's ideas about how to make a better concert movie. I'm still waiting for a truly great Rock n' Roll concert movie, and unfortunately, this movie, like many others, falls just short.
  
  The Stones do great performances of many of their famous songs, from "Start Me Up" to "Satisfaction" to "Brown Sugar" to "Sympathy for the Devil" to "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and many more. I particularly loved their performance of their 1978 song "Far Away Eyes" and their cover of The Temptations' "Just My Imagination."
  
  The movie and The Stones' lives suggest it takes regular hard work, rare chemistry, and a driving will to artfully publish our dissatisfactions if you want to shine the lights of Rock n' Roll.
  
  
• BEST FILM EXPERIENCE OF THE YEAR
  By A32F8FBGFJ2X7M on 2008-06-09
  SIMPLY PUT, I LOVED THIS FILM AND ITS SOUNDTRACK!!!! You can not treat yourself to a better experience than this! From the opening introductory vignettes to the dazzling ending, I was just mesmerized. I'm not the world's biggest Rolling Stones fan, though I am a fan of their music (not so much their lifestyles), and I have never been able to see them live, but this has to be the next best thing! I was completely wowed by the stunning visual angles used in this movie, and felt that the soundtrack was an incredible overview of an amazing career. I saw the movie four times, including in two different IMAX theatres and each time saw and heard new things!
  
  The Rolling Stones are quite an amazing group of people and watching their chemistry onstage was just awesome. I've seen a lot of rock concerts up close, and this one compares most favorably! What charisma these guys have, even in their sixties!!!! Everyone knows their musical and songwriting talent which spans decades, but watching this birds-eye view of their performing skills will knock you out. Every member of this group seems to have such a unique and interesting performance personality, and their intriguing on stage relationships with each other only add to the excitement. Buddy Guy, Jack White and Christina Aguilera were also amazing, each in his or her own right, providing clever and unusual foils for Mick jagger and Keith Richards. I will never forget the trancelike expression on Buddy Guy's face as he traded guitar exchanges with Keith and vocal lines with Mick. Even Keith Richards was clearly moved, as he gave Guy the guitar he had just finished playing at the end of the song. Maybe my favorite moment though, was the explosive introduction of Mick Jagger into the theatre during the introduction to Sympathy for the Devil. Gives me goosebumps thinking about it!
  
  Even the backing members of this band were a true joy to watch and hear. Each an accomplished musician/vocalist, they added a depth and range to this experience that I don't think I've ever seen in a live performance before. Even if it is too late to catch this masterpiece in IMAX, see it on the big screen if you can. See it more than once if you can!!!! You will be amazed at the details you may have missed the first time around. I think I am first in line for the DVD and will watch it many, many times.
  
  
• It's almost like seeing them live.
  By A284WUQS94AQ7A on 2008-09-22
  Martin Scorsese directed the Rolling Stones in this magnificent recent concert footage.
  
  It's amazing that the Stones are still playing and agile after years of the rock-and-roll lifestyle. I hope I can bounce around like that when I'm in my 60s! Keith Richards even seemed "alive". To me you could clearly see how Johnny Depp patterned his pirate character (Pirates of the Carribean) after Richards when you watch this.
  
  Some of the film shows a benefit concert hosted by President Clinton, who seemed so excited and happy to introduce the Stones on stage.
  
  It's much cheaper than seeing them on stage. But, there's nothing like seeing the greatest rock-n-roll band live. My husband wouldn't take me to see them recently here in the 'Vegas area (but then again, he doesn't like my music). I, however, managed to see the Stones a few years ago---and all I could say was it was money well spent.
  
  Buy this and turn up the volume. It plays great on a big screen with a great sound system.
  
  
  
  
• Sucking in the '00's
  By A2ZX6GW8WL5AG3 on 2008-04-04
  Have you seen the "Bodies Exhibition" that has been touring museums all over America? Its an interesting concept, real human cadavers (minus the skin)posed in various positions, shooting baskets, conducting orchestras- doing things dead bodies don't do.
  Well if you add some bland remakes of some great Stone songs to these lifeless skeletors, you have an idea what Martin Scorceses zoom lens on the Rolling Stones looks like in this film.
  
  There's several Rolling Stones movies. Two are really good- "Ladies and Gentleman:the Rolling Sones" (curiously unavilable on DVD) and "Gimme Shelter", the others hardly mentionable. Unfortunately, "Shine a Light" falls into this latter category. Age isn't the worst thing about the Stones in 2008. It's scary how creviced their mugs are today and jokes about their withered flesh are hard to resist. The worst thing about the Stones is they have clearly lost their edge as the bad boys of rock and roll and instead of rocking out their energy with raw, ballsy versions of the tunes we all love, they fortify their stage band with quality session men and other ringers and play some versions of songs that I find absolutley bizarre. "Shattered" in particular was a great studio masterpiece, complete with a beat that smelled rock,punk and maybe a little disco all in one and a guitar solo/bridge with Ron Wood pedal steel guitar that was very imaginative and ahead of its time. "Shine a Light's version of this great tune starts with a mutated and unrecognizable guitar riff and and worsens with a Jagger vocal that defies the original cadence and rhythm. Bizarre, sloppy and bad.
  Also know that Keith apparently only rarely contributes backup vocals, handing duties over to a trio of backup vocalists. Keith does sing lead on two vanity numbers "You Got the Silver" and "Connection", completely wasted efforts. Keiths vocals never were really good, but at least the effort was appreciated. The Stones also waste our time with songs like "Start Me Up" (which I'm sure is not a fave of true fans at all), "She Was Hot" and a cover version of "Just My Imagination" that sounded far better on vinyl. Put this all together with a self-censored take of "Some Girls" and you don't have much of a rock concert. It's more like one of those Hall of Fame Induction shows where the music takes a back seat to celebrating the fact the performer is just alive.
  
  Suprisingly I really like the guest apparences, something which is usually contrived and lame. Buddy Guy didn't bring a lot of notes to the stage but plays them with taste and soul. Jack White enjoys doing a better Mick than Mick on "Loving Cup" and Christina Aguilera (who I never knew could sing) lets go with some great belting on "Live With Me". Keith does show some life with his axe, but Ron Wood seems to grab the zestier leads, and though he is no Mick Taylor, he proves a competent guitarist.
  
  I hope the Stones did this for the music and not for the money, because I am sure not buying it.Scorcese is a great director, the Stones were a great band, but at this stage all has been done, what's the point? I know they don't NEED the money, but apparently they do WANT the money. IF you want good Stones, go elsewhere.
  
  
  
  
• "SHINE A LIGHT" Movie Review by Michael Elliano
  By A1FGOU69XQIU9V on 2008-04-29
  Nothing is sadder than watching a band you love die on stage but that's what happens. Jagger has his swagger and stage presense but fails to deliver in his voice. As if each song was rewritten the flow and ebb of band just isn't there. Keith barely plays guitar at all on most of the songs and Ron Wood seems to be carrying the tune. Keith is done and as a guitarist I could see it in his eyes and expressions to the fans as if he was trying to apologize. In the last scene he is actually on his knees hugging his guitar in a look of exhaustion and sadness. I actually felt for the guy. I could go on but I choose not to. I know I never want to see that movie again because in my eyes it is slow torture watching them fall apart. I choose to remember the best. And if you think I am being cruel, I love the Stones, but did not want to see them this way. The director should never have released this. I had more fun watching the Beatles Let it Be because in the end they did put out something good in Get Back. Sorry guys, but this was a major dissapointment.
  
  
• Great music but terrible footage
  By A3IONOAE8EKJH1 on 2008-05-09
  The Rolling Stones are one of the greatest bands of all time and Martin Scorsese is one of the greatest directors of all time. For those two reasons, this film should have been fantastic. Well, at least the sound was fantastic, but why were the cameras on Jagger 95% of the time? Okay, if they were on him 50% of the time I might have been okay with it, but there weren't enough shots of Keith and barely any shots of Ronnie and Charlie. Plus, there were almost no shots of the rest of the musicians. A band is much more than it's lead singer, and the Rolling Stones are much more than Mick Jagger. At least Keith, Ronnie, and Charlie should get a sufficient amount of camera time. It's especially frustrating when Keith and Ronnie are playing riffs or solos and the camera is focused on Mick. I would expect more from Scorsese and I think most others would too. The highlight of the movie for me was "As Tears Go By" and the old interview footage. It was also great to LISTEN TO songs such as "Shattered" and "All Down The Line," but almost every single performance could have been filmed better. Four Flicks in my opinion is so much better and their are so many more shots of Keith, Charlie, Ronnie, and the rest of the musicians. Scorsese should have gone through some of the Stones archives to find older concert footage from the late sixties and throughout the seventies. I swear that so many of these bands need to release DVDs like the LED ZEPPELIN DVD, the BEATLES ANTHOLOGY, THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT, and TOM PETTY'S: RUNNIN' DOWN A DREAM. The Stones should really think about going through their archives as a treat for their fans who weren't around to see them in the late 60s and 70s. Anyway, if you are a Stones' fan and don't care about the camera focused almost entirely on Jagger, then you will love this film. However, if you require many shots showing Keith, Ronnie, Charlie, and the rest of the musicians playing their instruments, I think you may want to take a pass.
  
  
• Scorsese and the Stones
  By ACTEAPEPGDV8G on 2008-05-07
  This movie was ten times better than I thought it would be. From the opening number, Martin Scorsese makes the Stones appear as what they truly are - the best live rock band of the last 50 years. The sound quality is superb, the camera action is magnificent, and the band shows no signs of slowing down. Mick Jagger moves just as good as he did back in the Sixties and Seventies. See this film while it's still in theaters - it's unbelievable!
  
  
• You Might Be Dissapointed
  By A1K5K5K3F01210 on 2008-08-05
  I love the Stones and have since before I first saw them in concert (day 2 at Anaheim Stadium in the late '70's during the Some Girls tour). Although I look forward to each album...even the many many many lives ones, and concert performances, I was expecting more from the Scorsese film.
  Let me say first...the Stones are great - they do their thing, they perform good (Jagger's voice is a bit strained, but not horribly so), and they look great.
  Now the problem. If there were not so many live performance dvd/cds out there this would be great, instead it comes out like just another. What muddles this is the expectation that comes from this being a Scorsese film. Those of us who remember/love The Last Waltz, realize what a special film that was...beyond just a concert, it got into the heart of a band, and was a snapshot of the period, as well as a celebration. Shine a Light though is none of this...mostly concert film, enough hodge podge back stage stuff to call it a documentary, it just sits there. Again, its strongest point is the concert, and this would have been stronger if not "just another one from the Stones."
  Well worth a renting...glad I did.
  
  
• The Living Embodiment of the Spirit of Rock and Roll !
  By A1COYZSZP13T6J on 2008-04-14
  Just saw the movie in IMAX. What an amazing and phenomenal experience ! So much energy, so much joy, such incredibly vibrant music. Anyone who thinks they are too old, is missing the point. Yes they are scary looking, but their music, performance and soul has aged perfectly. Like fine wine that only gets better the older it gets.
  
  As I watched them I felt I was watching the living embodiment of the spirit of Rock & Roll. Forget the Plastic Four and any other recent contenders, they can't hold a candle to the Stones.
  
  What came across was their enjoyment of the music, the audience and each other. They were having fun, and as simply the best at what they do. They have such musical depth, as well as talent and skill: jazz, blues, country, as well as rock. You could listen and watch forever.
  
  The film was done so well. The concert footage was exciting, and made you feel that you were there. You were also up close with the band. The sound was great, the movie brought the concert into the movie theater.
  
  The movie was mostly focused on the concert in NYC, but there were also clips of past concerts, TV appearances and interviews. It was so funny and it brought out their sly wit and wry outlook very well. The clips were seamlessly integrated and complemented their musical presence. Great job Marty !
  
  Even though I have just seen it, I want to go again, and I can't wait for the DVD. Hopefully it will have all kinds of background goodies. Oh, and I can't wait for the Stones to hit the road again. If you get a chance, go to see them in concert. Its the best show you will ever see (and Marty has captured it).
  
  My only complaint is that they waited until the end to use the song, Shine A Light, it was played over the start of the credits. But it stopped in the middle of the song. Boo. It should have kept playing until it was done (the credits were long enough).
  
  
• Please see this on the big screen while you can!
  By A7B0HF4SRI60K on 2008-04-03
  WOW, I saw 'Shine' in a theatre in a small Bavarian town the other day (Apr. 1st.). We were all blown away. See this on the big screen first. When you can't do that anymore, buy the DVD, as I will. It's simply a fun film!
  
  
• Rolling with the boys
  By A2R4EDE53JKMKS on 2008-04-05
  Shine a Light is a great movie. The Stones are great on the stage. Far Away Eyes, Just My Imagination, She Was Hot, As Tears Go By.... all wonderful versions.
  I will watch the movie many many many times.
  
  Rolling with the Stones!!!
  
  
• Stones as boomer nostalgia....
  By A267FPQY7KQ11S on 2008-08-18
  ...with no visible baby boomers in the audience!
  
  Not bad, but there are problems with this film:
  
  1. Not a single song more recent than 1983, in spite of the fact that the Stones have released 5 albums since then. As someone who became a fan of the band while in high school in the 80s, I've always seen them as a still-working band and creative entity, not as a nostalgia act. How many live versions of "Satisfaction" do we need?
  
  2. Fooling with mix levels; so that if I'm looking at Keith Richards his guitar suddenly jumps out of the mix and becomes louder, then fades back into the band when the camera cuts away. Lame. As if to tell viewers, "see, this guy plays the sound you're hearing now!" The height of this lameness is when you see someone in the audience hold up a camera (probably a digital camera) and the filmmakers have actually OVERDUBBED the sound of a vintage camera shutter being clicked...as if you could hear that over the band at full volume.
  
  3. Audience seems to be stocked with young model-types, not real fans.
  
  4. Offers nothing new that other recent Stones concert videos have not already provided. 4 Flicks is better than this in every way...and more honest.
  
  5. Not enough long, lingering close-ups of the lovely Lisa Fischer.
  
  Overall the Rolling Stones sell themselves short and Martin Scorsese seems to be stuck in the 70s
  
  
• great film
  By A16M9VHZK331KH on 2008-04-05
  great film in imax and those who think stones are too old well ' got more energy then any band today i hope i can move that good when i get in my 60's
  
  
• Rolling Stones Know How To Rock n' Roll
  By A2Q3SY6QWWT0M on 2008-06-08
  WOW, it gets your blood rushing. Seeing Shine A Light provides you a front row seat at a Rolling Stones concert along with a back stage pass at the same time. Even a bit of a historic view of the Stones! The camera work is amazing. The Rolling Stones know how to Rock n' Roll like no other band on earth. They take Rock n' Roll they have done over the past 40 years and perform it in a way that allows it to be relevant Rock in 2008. It is primal and strong. Shine A Light even has country and of course, some great Blues. Buddy Giles number with the Stones, "Champaign and Refer", is amazing. Mick moves and rocks and Keith shows how he is a caring pirate. Ronnie is amazing and of course, the Stones drumming is constant and on track with Charlie. I'm 55 years old and the Stones start is up for me and my kids. AMAZING. Open your mind, remember your youth, enjoy good music and Rock out with your front row seats to a Stones concert by watching Shine A Light.
  
  
• EXCELLENT, EVEN IF NOT IN IMAX
  By A2L9MHID6EFDTA on 2008-07-29
  Shine A Light was also released in IMAX in the theaters. I saw it that way. It was the greatest movie experience ever. (Better than the Stones other IMAX film, At The Max.)
  
  If you did not see Shine A Light in an IMAX theater, then the DVD will be AWESOME for you. If you did see it before in IMAX you may be as not blown away.
  
  Either way it is great. AND great behind the scenes footage and 4 extra songs.
  
  The Rolling Stones are the Greatest Band In The World!!!
  
  
• Nostalgia.
  By A3UPYGJKZ0XTU4 on 2008-07-31
  "Shine the Light" is a concert film of The Rolling Stones at New York's Beacon Theater October 29 and November 1, 2006, directed by Martin Scorsese. It starts off with some footage of planning the documentary and chatting with celebrity guests, including the Clintons, pre-show. After 12 minutes of that, The Stones launch into "Jumpin' Jack Flash". They perform 19 songs, including 3 with guest artists Jack White, Buddy Guy, and Christina Aguilera. The camera is usually on stage but sometimes behind or in front of the audience, always taking care never to focus on any particular audience member. Archival interview footage of The Rolling Stones from the 1960s until recently is intercut with the concert footage.
  
  The selection of interview footage is curious. It follows the band's responses to the same tired old questions over the years, questions about controversy, success, fame, drugs, longevity. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Wood have always had the same matter-of-fact answers. Scorsese is trying to make a point. Point taken. But...
  
  The Rolling Stones are not very exciting in concert anymore. Jagger and Watts are lively, and they all seem to be enjoying themselves. But these men lack the sexual energy, taunting rebelliousness, and bad boy demeanor that made them interesting to watch. They're old. Their influence and relevance belong to a bygone era. "Shine a Light" drives that home. I was bored. Almost by necessity, the theme is The Rolling Stone's longevity. I am as much in awe of the stamina and continued success of these 4 sexagenarians as anyone. But where Scorsese's 1978 film of The Band's farewell concert "The Last Waltz" was richly textured and featured musicians near their peak, "Shine a Light" documents a show without cultural significance by musicians well past their prime, and it shows.
  
  The DVD (Paramount 2008): There are 4 bonus songs and a "Supplemental Featurette" (15 min) on the disc. The featurette is in the same style as the film, with archival interviews intercut with new footage, but it focuses on rehearsals for the concerts and includes some short conversations with the musicians. Subtitles are available for the film in English, Spanish, and French. Song lyrics are not subtitled.
  
  
• Couldn't Get No Satisfaction
  By A29UAZI6GULGNI on 2008-08-01
  I saw the Stones live in Edmonton, Alberta in 1994. I was lucky enough to be in the 23rd row. What a blast. The next time I saw them was on this DVD. Boy, has the music suffered. My daughter asked me why all the songs sounded the same. Sympathy for the Devil had Mick trying to do the "who who" vocals and they came out more as "whee whee". Well, and what can you say about Keith? He tried hard and came up short.The numerous closeups did't help either. Mick tried continuously to bring up the level of the crowd to that wonderful point when the band and audience become one organic whole, and he almost succeeded with Brown Sugar. But then it died.
  
  I can't accept a music DVD with poor sound and that's what this one had. Poor, very poor. Poor to the point that I had to strain to indentify the songs. I'd like to blame it on the DVD producer but they had all the technology there to capture what the band pumped out. So what happened?
  
  The audience at a rock concert is suppose to get into the music, to sing the lyrics at the top of their lungs, to sweat and be tranformed. This audience was more frightened about getting run over by the umpteen moving cameras that had usurped the good seats in the front row.Stuffing a lot of young, beautiful people in the front row didn't help one bit either. Their reaction to the music looked, and probably was just a show.
  
  Save your money and buy U2's Rattle and Hum.
  
  
  
  
• I admit it; I'm still a fan of the Rolling Stones!
  By AQQLWCMRNDFGI on 2008-08-13
  This is a fascinating "live concert" movie. Martin Scorsese, who also directed The Band's "The Last Waltz," does a nice job of simply capturing the spirit of this concert. There is a gritty reality to this concert and ancillary material; it is clear to all viewers that the Rolling Stones have lived a long time, as their age shows on their faces. The fact that they can still rock and roll is truly amazing.
  
  There are some welcome guests on this DVD--Jack White, Christine Aguilera, and, most welcome of all, the legendary Buddy Guy. There are also the keyboard players and horn section, featuring golden oldie Stones' partners, such as Bobby Keys. And, of course, Darryl Jones, who is the bass player. But it's the four Stones, three of whom have been around since the very beginning, that make this concert work. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Charlie Watts are still rocking in their mid-60s; Ronnie Wood, relative newcomer, keeps up with them nicely.
  
  The DVD opens with grainy black and white footage of Scorsese and the Stones discussing the movie. Scorsese wants to begin nailing down details, and the Stones don't even give him the playlist until just before the concert and its recording take place at "The Beacon," a fairly intimate setting. The Stones, in short, only appear grudgingly to cooperate with Scorsese.
  
  The concert is recorded in color, with guests such as Bill and Hillary Clinton. Interspersed throughout the movie are old interviews with the Rolling Stones over time, providing some sense of who they are as individuals.
  
  Maybe the best way to proceed is simply to note a sampling of songs and provide my impression of what I observed and heard. The concert begins, in classic fashion, with one of the glorious rockers of all time--"Jumping Jack Flash." Mick looks old, his voice does not have the range of his youth, but he can still sing a compelling version of this song. Keith Richards' guitar licks, Ronnie Wood's playing, Charlie Watts' drumming (sounds like a series of controlled explosions), Darryl Jones solid bass work all blend well together. It is stunning to see the energy and even pleasure that the old timers have playing this iconic song. The cameras do a nice job of capturing this and other songs.
  
  "Shattered." One of my favorites (I like to juxtapose this with another song about New York City--"Hot Stuff"; the tone and atmospherics are so different!). Jagger can still prance around with high energy.
  
  "Some Girls." Toned down for the concert! Mick Jagger joins Ronnie and Keith on guitar and it looks like they're enjoying the moment.
  
  "Champagne and Reefer," an old Chicago blues song. Buddy Guy, the great blues player, joins the Stones. His guitar work is spare but powerful. It's fun to watch him exchange licks with Keith and Ronnie; it's also fun to listen to his singing, joining Jagger on vocals. Mick's harmonica work adds a nice element, too.
  
  Other cool performances abound (other reviewers list the actual songs played, so I won't duplicate). Some random thoughts. The audience spontaneously singing "woo woo" during "Sympathy for the Devil"; interactions of the backup singers with Jagger on several songs; the group's version of one of the Temptations' greatest works, "Just My Imagination."
  
  And, one final brace of songs--"Brown Sugar." The guitars start this off with the great guitar sound and riff. Jagger joins in with the lyrics speaking of slavery in the old South, with lines like "Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields" and people being "sold in a market down in New Orleans." Then, finally, "Satisfaction." As soon as the listener hears the fuzz tone, you know that Keith is going to kick this song off. Over forty years after its release, this rocker sounds as great as when it first came out, although the singers' voices are not as youthful as then and although their faces are deeply lined with evidence of the years that have passed.
  
  The extras are nice, but I never pay much attention to those on DVDs. Scorsese has nicely captured a Stones' concert and the group's spirit. They can still be cantankerous, but they can also still rock. All in all, a fine DVD.
  
  
  
  
  
• Ho-hum....
  By A31KXTOQNTWUVM on 2008-04-30
  No matter what the other reviewers would have you think, this is NOT "Gimme Shelter Mach II." Scorsese directed it - big deal. Christina whats'er-name and some fat kid named "Jack" attempt to duet w/ Mick on "Live With Me," and "Loving Cup." It's more embarrassing than Cheryl Crow's performance (I certainly misused that noun there) of "Honky Tonk Women" from that HBO special thing. And why, oh WHY did they have to completely ruin the dad-blamed "mood" by trotting out the greatest embarrassment in American history, the Clintons? But so I won't be totally negative: it IS nice hearing "She Was Hot" live, and that duet with Buddy Guy, "Champagne & Reefer" almost completely makes up for the rest of the shortcomings of this...thing. Yes, I'll purchase it when it becomes available, because I have a 30+ DVD collection (mostly legitimate) of Stones' performances since Brian, but...well, to be honest, a quote from Ian Hunter is appropriate here: "Rock and Roll's a loser's game, it mesmerizes, and I can't explain..." July 29, 2008 "further elaboration:" OK, as I said, I'm a "completionist," so I bought this today @ Wally World. A couple of extra songs - whoop: I mean, Leavell leading them into "Undercover Of The Night?" Be serious! What next, "Free Bird?" Believe me folks (and I know a couple of y'all are listening), there are so many bootlegs of this very same tour (WITHOUT the clintonz, Fat Jack, or Blondy) where the songs are performed so much better, plus you don't expect to have some Scorsese/Mafia goon suddenly appear and demand that the Stones "play Miss You." or something... Still, I reckon my Wife will be ecstatic now, because I have all the Stones' DVDs anyone could EVER want or need, and I can spend my allowance on other things.
  
  
• Scorcese and the Stones
  By A3Q1GB17EH17UD on 2008-07-29
  "Shine a Light"
  
  Scorsese and the Stones
  
  Amos Lassen
  
  Martin Scorcese gives us the rock documentary "Shine a Light" and he shines a light on the Rolling Stones. He celebrates the greatest rock and roll band with a light-handed approach.
  Mick Jagger appears to be the messiah of rock and roll and watching this film makes one wonder if there was rock and roll before Jagger. Yet as important as Jagger is to the Rolling Stones, we also see and learn that all of the members of a band are necessary to create music.
  "Shine a Light" pulls you in from the first frame and does not let you go until the credits finish rolling. The Stones, as individuals, are amazing people. Their chemistry is brilliant they are charismatic. Their songwriting talents are legendary but it is their ability to perform is what makes them so special. Each of the guys has some special performance ability and when they are together it is pure excitement.
  It is not often that you see this kind of joy and emotion in a concert film and watching the Stones today is watching the history of rock and roll. They may be in their 60's and do not look as they once did but like fine wine they have aged wonderfully.
  You can't help but feel how much they love what they do. They love their audience and they love each other and they look like they are having a "helluva" goof time.
  Scorcese's skill in filmmaking is another factor to make this film so goof. His prologue is brilliant and the movie is not laden with unnecessary footage. Everything fits and is on film for a purpose. There is tension between Jagger and Scorcese but the entire project reflects love--love for each other, love for the music, love for the audience and love for the world we live in.
  The Stones have been making music for 45 years now and they seem as fresh as if they just began. They know how to show the audience how to have fun and that is what life is all about.
  
  
  
• Nothing wrong with nostalgia
  By A3RTSTW772S26C on 2008-08-04
  If you are a Stones fan, then just buy it and enjoy; the negative reviewers miss the point. Towards the end of a long and fantastic career it's all about the band having fun; for the viewer its all about watching them experience that joy. And if you feel the need to quibble about the price or production values, then you shouldn't be buying such a DVD in the first place. The BluRay looks wonderful and the concert is nice and 'up close'. One of the most interesting aspects is watching how MJ tries to control the band with a raised eyebrow or nod here and there, or moving to gently push KR back to center when he goes 'off the plot'. It beats me why anyone would quibble on little details that aren't relevant to the central theme - its a celebration of one of the world's true entertainment super-groups. Relax.
  
  
• Not a blindingly bright light but a multifaceted ray
  By A34W59GPOUKU8L on 2008-08-04
  The film portion of Shine a Light (documentary style old interview clips et.) is woven nicely into the surprisingly theatrical set of live music. The guest spots are hit and miss, Buddy Guy steals the entire show, and walks away with Keith's guitar in the process. Martin Scorcese "character" director gets his personality into more than just the lens this time and is a character in the film at the beginning at least. The music hums along and it takes awhile to get going but by the middle of this set when Mick starts to really perform (Far Away Eyes) that this film turns into a truly theatrical and cinematic experience. At moments a true rock show that encompasses a gargantuan career on both sides of the camera, it might not be lightning in a bottle but its some kind of thunder in a jar at the very least. Recommended & worth owning
  
  
• FIVE FACETS OF MUSIC AND AGE
  By A3U6W8IHJ32Z0L on 2008-08-05
  To my mind Simon Collier's review ("Nothing Wrong with Nostalgia," 3 Aug 2008) has it exactly right. Five additional points are worth noting, however, corresponding to the five paragraphs that follow.
  
  THEIR AGE MAY BE UNIMPORTANT... To the extent that the Rolling Stones can finally place their music in the rock tradition inspired by the great Delta, Chicago, and Electric Bluesmen, as they do by including Buddy Guy in this concert, for example, they should be able to perform indefinitely without appearing ridiculous from age. Certainly, their work has had a basis in the Blues greats (Robert Johnson and Mississippi Fred McDowell, among others) from the very beginning, with excursions into everything from psychedelia to reggae. But it's especially important for them to reinforce the Blues connection at this late point, I think. There's no such thing as a 60-year old pop star, at least not without snickering in the aisles, but many of the old Bluesmen played marvelously at well past that age, in some cases dying while still musically active or quitting only when health substantially intervened. Among them, I'm thinking of Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Mississippi John Hurt, McDowell, Son House, R.L. Burnside, and Willie Dixon, all of whom worked to the very end without appearing especially well-preserved. The Blues is a musical form that's almost independent of age, since you can't retire from something that's a part of your soul, as it was for these musicians, and as it seems to be for the Stones. Indeed, this music wears especially well with the performers' age when the material deals with hard times of one sort or another, as so much of it does, of course. Watts, Richards, and Wood playing "You've Got the Silver" certainly fits in this category for me, for example.
  
  ...BECAUSE OF HOW THE ROLLING STONES HAVE EVOLVED. For the Stones to take a place as rock descendants of the Blues greats, it's important that artists like Guy, the "reigning king of Chicago Blues" and a Blues stylist of historic proportions, take their work seriously. This can't be in doubt, judging from the sheer joy that's apparent when he jams with them on Waters' "Champagne and Reefer." For me this cut is the high-point of the show, since the Stones' claim on musical longevity, as opposed to rock stardom, proceeds from the respect of Guy and his contemporaries, as well as from their relation to Waters and the beginnings of Electric Blues in Chicago, and thence ultimately to Johnson and the foundations of the music in the juke joints of the Delta. Fantastic though it might have been for supercilious interviewers of those smooth-faced boys in the '60s to imagine, at some point in their journey, the Rolling Stones finally did make the transition from rock celebrities with all of the attendant spectacle to musicians of considerable talent--not at all necessarily the same thing--as any careful look at their body of work suggests. It can be easy to underestimate the talent, given that the spectacle has never entirely gone away, but it is foolish to do so. Richards, in particular, has always made the difficult look all-too-easy. (I love his acoustic interpretation in the bonus footage of what I infer from the credits is Grieg's "Arietta.") Wood likewise does so with, if anything, greater elegance and understatement. It's only fairly recently that I've been able to get beyond being distracted by details of their lives to appreciate Wood and especially Richards as musicians, but particularly for the way that their playing interacts. That is, I've finally concluded that Richards' description of their interaction as "the ancient art of weaving" is more than just hype. In this instance the passage of time has unambiguously served the good--audiences can indeed mature, as well as performers.
  
  "SHINE A LIGHT" IS FIRST-RATE, HIGHLY DEVELOPED MUSIC... With the technology at-hand I was able to review over the last weekend all of the Stones' live recordings, both "vertically" (i.e., chronologically by concert date) and "horizontally" (i.e., grouped by track). I can now say that to my mind "Shine a Light" is the Stones' best live performance by a wide margin, based on its coherence, consistency, and maturity. Frankly, this surprised me, since my recollection of "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out," for example, was that you could smell the sweat and electricity, and I thus expected it to be the better concert recording. Rather, I found that the songs on "Shine a Light" are far more polished and developed, which is not surprising in retrospect, given their natural progression over the band's long career and the Stones' addition of brass and back-up vocals to their line-up. Specifically, I don't have the feeling that I'm listening to precursors or works-in-progress, which is definitely the feeling I now get from "Ya-Ya's." (For just one example, listen to "Jumpin' Jack Flash" from each album and compare. The differences are stark, even though both renditions are opening songs, introduction and all, from live shows of ostensibly the same band. The earlier "Jack" sounds tinny and shallow to my ear, relative to the later. If it is true that "Ya-Ya's" underwent substantial overdubbing of its guitar portions, as I understand is true, my point is obviously made with even more force.) The new album easily merits five stars; some greater number would not be unreasonable. There are neither duds nor fillers here, and every track shows sophisticated musical evolution. One price of that successful evolution is gray hair on performers, literally and otherwise, which can therefore be acknowledged without apology.
  
  ...IN A PROFESSIONALLY CRAFTED VEHICLE BORN OF LONG EXPERIENCE. For me the message of the DVD is that the Rolling Stones define the concept of superb concert rock. "Shine a Light" is the movie that all those other bands would try to make, if only they had the Stones' talent and compositions to draw upon, and, of course, if they could get a director of Scorsese's caliber to give them so much as a glance. Another thing that becomes abundantly clear from the film is the extraordinary professionalism of the band, but especially of Jagger, in putting together a concert. Details are approached with a level of care seen in military operations, and great thought is given to audience perceptions and to what they might find most appealing. (Indeed, my understanding is that the set-list was delayed in reaching Scorsese because it didn't become final until the audience was in the theater and Jagger had gotten a feel for its mood and characteristics.) At a stage in their career when indifference and perhaps even cynicism would be understandable, if not excusable, the Stones work mightily, both offstage and on, to produce a great show.
  
  AND EVERYONE'S HAVING A GREAT TIME--THAT'S WHAT IMPORTANT! "Shine a Light" shows a band obviously pleased with their capabilities playing to a packed house of obviously delighted concertgoers. And as long as the Rolling Stones can continue to deliver this situation very much in the now, details like their age, how they compare with their prior selves, and, yes, even the departure of Mick Taylor--still monotonously lamented by minds pathetically trapped 30-and-more years gone--are all ultimately of little importance.
  
  
• fascinating. brief unplugged segment the best part.
  By A1EWJYUF4AXIGO on 2008-08-13
  I enjoyed the film. I myself would have cut some of the songs in the first quarter or third of this 2 hour film, and I would have cut some of the flashback interviews, but as you know, I did not direct or edit this movie.
  
  But I REALLY enjoyed a brief segment toward the end of the Special Feature 'Featurette' which was acoustic, unplugged, Charlie on brushes for 3 or 4 instrumentals. I liked this brief acoustic segment because it seemed like a more appropriate, honest kind of music that these musicians were enjoying. At their age, a softer groove is more honest, compared to their last hoo-rah as the hard rocking Stones. They gave given us pretty much all the rock we'll ever need, now please give us more of that gentle roots thing, with the dobro and the brushes and the slide guitar.
  
  I rented Shine a Light, won't buy it. It was fascinating to see the concert from this perspective.
  
  And now, four sentences about Mick Jagger's "Woo woo's" on SFTD. They were suprisingly lame. I was like, "what note is that". Also, as someone said, it did not sound like "woo woo". Also it was a kind of falsetto tone that is comical.
  
  By comparison, I did buy Four Flicks and have watched it about 3 or 4 times. I would buy an Unplugged DVD, that would be cool, it wouldn't have to ROCK, it could simmer. Do that please. Thanks.
  
  

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