Review of The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996) by Stephen C — 19 Nov 2012
Originally made in 1968 but shelved by the Rolling Stones themselves this rock concert movie is a real time capsule which contains several good performances and one outstanding one.
The bands come together as the Stones compere the performances including John Lennons Supergroup The Dirty Mac with ErIc Clapton ,Keith Richards and Lennon performing Yer Blues and then Yoko turns up and screams her head off and I had to put my fingers in my ears as it waslowly doing my head in.
The Stones of course get to perform and their numbers inlcude Jagger at his very best on Sympathy for the Devil and other numbers.
Brian Jones is clearly on another planet during the performance and its a shame to see a once great talent a bloated and shaking mess.
But all that is topped by and outstanding performance by The Who performing Pete Townsends mini opera A quick one.
Keith Moon is simply brilliant and the rest of the band excel as they blow everyone else away including the star act.
A good concert film then but skip Yokos wailing and Turn The Who up to 11 .
This review of The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996) was written by Stephen C on 19 Nov 2012.
The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus has generally received very positive reviews.
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