Talk about catching lightning in a bottle. When they hit the stage in Texas for this concert, The Rolling Stones didn’t surround themselves with a lot of showy stage sets or pyrotechnics. They didn’t have host of backup musicians playing behind them. It was just the band and a batch of new songs from their latest release. Ten minutes into it, you realize that’s all they needed. The year 1978 was a proving ground for The Rolling Stones, who were feeling the pressure of becoming passé as the punk rock movement came along, so there’s a fierceness to the band’s playing in the show that reminds you how good they could be when they wanted to be. The extras showing them playing on Saturday Night Life are a bit redundant, and the sketch of Jagger being interviewed by Dan Aykroyd as Tom Snider is embarrassing, but the 2011 interview Jagger gives about the show, and the band in 1978, is illuminating.
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