The Rolling Stones "No Security"
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"No Security" is the Rolling Stones 1997/1998 live album compilation from yet another enduring large scale world tour. A tour certainly worthy of a souvenir of live performances. This release follows in the footsteps of "Stripped" not only in the sequence of live releases, but also because it lacks many of the great old "Hot Rocks" songs that we have all come to know very well over the years. In other ways it is also similar to "Still Life" with the reuse of certain live performances from commercially broadcast segments of the tour, which for me is a bit of a disappointment (if you collect videos you have several of the songs already). The unusual selection of tracks indicates that this CD was released the Stones fan in mind, unlike "Flashpoint" and even "Love You Live" that seem directly targeted at the mass market.
"No Security"
Virgin Records
Intro 0:50/You Got Me Rocking 3:26/Gimme Shelter 6:22/Flip The Switch 4:12/Memory Motel 6:06/Corinna 4:17/Saint Of Me 5:26/Waiting On A Friend 5:02/Sister Morphine 6:16/Live With Me 3:55/Respectable 3:36/Thief In The Night 5:37/The Last Time 4:47/Out Of Control 7:59
1) Sound Effects Introduction
2) You Got Me Rocking (3:28): A great opener and a natural choice that would work well in a live performance setting. Richards is in the right channel playing the main riff, and laying down precision chops as the song progresses. Richards also takes the first solo and lays out the Chuck Berry style double stops. Ron is in the left channel mixed down on slide guitar. He plays the second slide solo in the song after Jagger calls out for him a couple of times. A rocking version of the song and somehow more vital than versions heard on the 1994/1995 "Voodoo Lounge" Tour that marked its debut in The Rolling Stones arsenal of music.
Played On Other Tours:
1994 US Tour
1995 European Tour
1997 US Tour
1998 European Tour
Issued on Other Commercial Live Releases:
"Rolling Stones Live Voodoo Lounge Tour 94/95" Video, Giants Stadium, August 14,1994
"Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge" Video, Miami, Nov. 25, 1994
Vocal Markers: Jagger
"Come on baby" at 1:20 just before the first guitar solo.
"Ronnie" at 2:23 "Ronnie" at 2:27 just before the second guitar solo.
"Whoo" during the second guitar solo.
Song Source Show:
Amsterdam Arena, Netherlands, July 6, 1998. "You Got Me Rocking...this one". Jagger's lead vocal markers are all present except for the "Whoo" during the second solo. The second solo _might_ be an overdub for this reason alone. Jagger's "Come you all" heard on the audience recording is also edited out of the closing seconds of the song.
3) Gimme Shelter (6:11): There is subtle hint of tremolo in the guitar opening with Lisa Fischer adding dimension to this classic track from the 1969 "Let It Bleed" release. The song has evolved over the years into an arrangement that has been consistent ever since Jagger's 1988 Australia/Asian solo tour. Notice the prominent piano soloing at the outro section of the song.
Played On Other Tours:
1969 US Tour
1970 European Tour (Played at Malmo, Sweden, August 30, 1970)
1972 US Tour
1973 European Tour
1975 Tour Of The Americas
1989 US Tour
1990 European Tour
1997 US Tour
1998 European Tour
Issued on Other Commercial Live Releases:
"Stripped" on Virgin Records
"Wild Horses" CD Single
"Saint Of Me" CD Single
"Gimme Shelter" Move/Video (Edited)
"Rolling Stones: Voodoo Lounge" Video, Miami, Nov. 25, 1994
"The Rolling Stones Bridges To Babylon 1998: Live In Concert" Video
Vocal Markers: Jagger
"Yeah, whoo alright" from 2:04 to 2:07
"Alright baby" at 2:09
"Go get 'em baby yeah, head 'em on down, head 'em on down" starting at 2:32
... Just before Lisa cuts into the Merry Clayton piece of the song
"Oh yeah" at 3:59
"Oh yeah" at 4:11 just before Woody begins to flutter-pick the 2nd solo.
Song Source Show:
MTV "10 Spot" Capitol Theater, Port Chester, New York, October 25, 1997. Lisa Fischer's piece at the very beginning of the song is overdubbed. Jagger's vocal is the original live performance.
4) Flip The Switch (4:12): The first of four "Bridges To Babylon" contributions to this new collection of live tracks that brings us up-to-date in the anthology of live Rolling Stones performances. The distinctive opening riff and the Watts onslaught comes through effectively in the live sets. This is the first indication that the "new songs" will have no problem whatsoever in holding-up to the Stones staples that surround them.
Played On Tours:
1997 US Tour
1998 South American & European Tour
Issued on Other Commercial Live Releases:
"The Rolling Stones Bridges To Babylon 1998: Live In Concert" Video
Vocal Markers: Jagger
"Come on" ... a flip the switch (Keith solos) at 1:57
At the end of Keith's solo "Yeah" at 2:22
"Come on" yeah a flip the switch at 3:21
Song Source Show:
Amsterdam Arena, Netherlands, July 6, 1998
We're going to have a little guest spot here. We do one called Memory Motel...
5) Memory Motel (5:54): With Dave Mathews...and let's not forget Keith Richards brilliantly covering the pieces that are perfectly delivered on the studio version.
She got a mind of her own
And she use it mighty fine...
Mathews adds a dry gruff vocal to the track, and quite honestly I would be more than satisfied with a soulful Jagger/Richards duet of this "modern era" ballad. Mathew's brings a popular contemporary name to the mix of band members and possibly adds more "cross-over" records sales from a marketing perspective. Maybe the focus should be on Jagger's vocal which is very well done on this particular version of the track.
Played On Tours:
1994 US Tour
1997 US Tour
1998 European Tour
Vocal Markers: Jagger
"Ah yes it has, Ok here we go, I tell you now" at 4:14 before the "Your just a memory" lines
"Sing it to me" at 4:40 before the Sha la la la's
Song Source Show:
Amsterdam Arena, Netherlands, July 5, 1998
So I want to introduce you to our next guest, (Rock 'n Roll Circus story/words edited out) Taj Mahal...
6) Corinna (3:55): Blues soul sung with a guy who dates back to the Stones 1968, Rock 'n Roll Circus. The October '98 issue of "Ice" magazine has reported that a version of this song that Taj performed at the "Circus" which was not released on the soundtrack will appear on a new boxed set titled "In Progress & Motion". Jagger conjures-up his best classic nasal drawl for the vocal.
Well I love you honey
Honey tell the world, baby tell the world I do
Honey tell the world, baby tell the world I do
Note that this is a different composition than the traditional folk song Corrinna Corrinna performed by Delta Blues artists such as Mississippi John Hurt:
I left Corrinna, way across the sea
Lord I left Corrinna, way across the sea
She didn't write me no letters
She don't care for me
Oh Corrine, why you been so long
Oh Corrinna, why you been so long ...
Vocal Markers: Jagger
"Alright" at 1:31 just before Richards' solo in the right channel.
"Alright" at 2:31 just before Taj's "Got a bird what a whistle..." section
Song Source Show:
TWA Dome, St. Louis, Missouri, December 12, 1997. Jagger's vocal is the original live performance.
Thank you very much, thank you very kindly, Christ...
Loud crowd chanting as only South American audiences are capable of providing. Incredible sound, the Stones should use more audience background from South American shows for the responsive and energized crowds...they always deliver. Now I do have to qualify this a bit with a comment that the German crowd at Bremen '98 literally has to be stopped by Jagger as he begins to "lose control" of the audience after they continue to sing for minutes after the end of the song!
7) Saint of Me (5:17) : A popular live track that transformed itself into a crowd chant as the tour progressed to South American and European legs. Very reminiscent of the same level of crowd participation heard on You Can't Always Get What You Want from the September, 1977 release "Love You Live".
Played On Tours:
1997 US Tour
1998 South American & European Tour
Issued on Other Commercial Live Releases:
"The Rolling Stones Bridges To Babylon 1998: Live In Concert" Video
Vocal Markers:
I said a yes . . . "come ya'all" at :54
I thought I saw a teardrop falling from his eye..."oh, yes I did" at 2:32
"Come ya'all" at 3:09
"Come on sugar" at 3:11
Song Source Show:
River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 4, 1998
Thank you very much, thank you ... (and the crowd continues to chant)
8) Waiting On A Friend (4:52): A nice follow-on to Saint of Me as the CD song list moves in to the slower song selections. This easy going little samba sparkles with the inclusion of Josh Redman's saxophone playing.
Played On Tours:
1981 US Tour
1997 US Tour
1998 European Tour
Issued on Other Commercial Live Releases:
"Let's Spend The Night Together" Video
"The Rolling Stones Bridges To Babylon 1998: Live In Concert" Video
Vocal Markers:
I need someone to protect... "oooh yeah" at 2:51
Song Source Show:
TWA Dome, St. Louis, Missouri, December 12, 1997. Jagger's vocal marker is present on the live Pay Per View broadcast version source of this song.
9) Sister Morphine (6:04): This was really a surprise to hear played live for the first time on the 1997 US Tour. This is also another rare occasion where we get to hear Wood and Richards play off each other with Wood seeming much more confident with his role on slide guitar. Ry Cooder played slide at the 1968 session where this song was first recorded by the band. The track was to remain in the "can" until the 1971 release of "Sticky Fingers".
Played On Tours:
1997 US Tour
1998 European Tour
Vocal Markers:
Why does the doctor have no face? "I tell ya" at 2:05
At the outro section:
Stain red..."come on now" at 4:56
"Yeah...come on Sister Morphine...ahhh" at 5:26
"Yeah", "Oh yeah" at 5:31 & 5:35
"Oh yeah" at 5:39
Song Source Show:
Amsterdam Arena, Netherlands, July 6, 1998. The reverb present in the ArenA adds dramatically to the eerie audience effect of this song. Something that is lost in the confines of soundboard wire on the official release. All of Jagger's vocal markers are present in the audience source. The lead vocal is "live".
10) Live With Me (3:55): The CD set list picks-up here with the classic rocker from 1969's "Let It Bleed" LP. Ironically, this recent performance is much truer to the original production than the November 28, 1969 (2nd show) Madison Square Garden rendition found on "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!".
Played On Tours:
1969 US Tour
1970 European Tour
1971 UK Farewell Tour
1973 Winter Tour (Ingelwood, Forum, January 18, 1973)
1995 South American, Japan, & European Tours
1997 US Tour
1998 South America & European Tour
Issued on Other Commercial Live Releases:
"Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!" September, 1970 on London, Decca, & Abkco
"Wild Horses" CD Single for "Stripped" (Virgin Benelux Edition)
Vocal Markers:
"Yeah" just before the opening vocal at :17
Don't you want to live with me? "oh yes" at 1:38 followed by saxophone solo
In between the sheets "yeah...come on" at 3:01 & 3:03 respectively
Closing verse:
"Yeah" come on now baby we could build a home for three 3:27
Song Source Show:
Amsterdam Arena, Netherlands, July 1, 1998
11) Respectable (3:09): The "Some Girls" classic played on the 1978 US Tour and still sounding vital some 20 years later. The Rolling Stones answer to the then emerging punk phenomenon. The Stones are still selling out stadiums, punk rock on the other hand has become well, "modern rock". Sounds watered down to me. Woody and Keith can still lay down the "weave". One of the rare occasions where this is evident these days.
Played On Tours:
1978 US Tour
1997 US Tour
1998 South American & European Tour
Vocal Markers:
Get out of my life don't come back "alright" at 1:11 followed by a Keith solo
"Come on" at 2:09 at the end of Woody's solo in the left channel. This means Jagger has heard enough of the soloing. Solos always stop when he says "come on".
Song Source Show:
Amsterdam Arena, Netherlands, July 5, 1998
How you doing?
Hey it's great to be back, it's great to be here, it's great to be anywhere, you know, hah ?
Anyway, new song old story...a this is called Thief in the Night
12) Thief In The Night (5:37): Check out the silky groove at the opening of the song. Keith is on for this one and hits the mark for the vocal, which has wavered a bit in live performances. A new horn arrangement is in place since the song was performed outside of the States which added a new feel to the song.
Played On Tours:
1997 US Tour
1998 South American & European Tour
Vocal Markers:
I know where you place is "yeah, yeah" at :49
I found out where he keeps you "yeah yeah" at 2:29
Just check under your pillow baby "yeah yeah" at 2:39
Ahh...you'll get the message, see you at your window, "honey honey" at 2:49
Song Source Show:
Zeppelinfield, Nurnberg, June 13, 1998. Richards' vocal as well as the spoken words are the original live performance.
13) The Last Time (4:19): The 1965 Stones classic revived and restored for live performances on the 1997/1998 tour. The song swings with Ronnie playing the lead riff and Richards providing the fills. Richards unleashes an inspired solo which is the highlight of this particular live version. Thirty three years since it first hit the airwaves and this number still works in a song set that has it surrounded by "Bridges To Babylon" tracks.
Played On Tours:
1965 US Tour
1965 European Tour
1966 European Tour
1966 US Tour
1967 European Tour
1997 US Tour
1998 European Tour
Issued on Other Commercial Live Releases:
"got LIVE if you want it!" December 9, 1966 on London & Abkco
Vocal Markers:
Oh no, oh no "Yeah come on down" at 1:43 followed by Richards' solo
Last time baby, I see you no more "All right come on" at 3:36
"Come on" at 3:57
"Yeah" thank you very much, thank you at 4:06
Song Source Show:
TWA Dome, St. Louis, Missouri, December 12, 1997. Jagger's vocal is the original live performance. Background vocals from Chaplin (left) and Richards (right) are mixed way down.
14) Out of Control (7:57): I never would have picked it, but this track works for me as a closer to this 67 minute mini-Stones show. The song seems to be a Jagger favorite as indicated by his on-stage antics and attentive vocal delivery. The keyboard provides a "smoky" setting for the opening lyric and the crowd clapping adds suspense as the song switches from slower to up-tempo sections. The song shifts gears for good and we are treated to Richards' big "brown sound" that I first noticed in the performance on the VH1 fashion awards where Richards attempts to educate the current scene of "grunge rockers". Ronnie adds the wah-wah effect and Jagger wails on the harp.
Played On Other Tours:
1997 US Tour
1998 South American & European Tour
Issued on Other Commercial Live Releases:
Out Of Control - US Promotional CD "Don Was Live Remix"
"The Rolling Stones Bridges To Babylon 1998: Live In Concert" Video
Vocal Markers:
Now I'm out, yes out, of control "Oh yes I am" at 1:37
As they point me to my final destination "yeah-sa" at 2:33
Now I'm out, yes out, of control "All right we can work something out" at 4:39
Song Source Show:
River Plate Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina, April 4, 1998
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll - Oakland Stadium, California, November 14, 1997
Bitch - Rose Garden Arena, Portland, Oregon, January 30, 1998
Dead Flowers (with Sheryl Crow) - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 30, 1997
Paint It Black - Stade de France, Paris, France, July 25, 1998
Under My Thumb - Oakland Stadium, California, November 15, 1997
Low Down - Madison Square Garden, New York, January 14, 1998
You Don't Have To Mean It - Weserstadion, Bremen, Germany, September 2, 1998
Crazy Mama - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 30, 1997
Little Red Rooster - Madison Square Garden, New York, January 14, 1998
Factory Girl - Giants Stadium, New Jersey, October 16, 1997
Like A Rolling Stone - MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 22, 1997
Love Is Strong - Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, Germany, June 26, 1998
19th Nervous Breakdown - Charlotte, North Carolina, October 10, 1997
She's A Rainbow - Chicago, Illinois, September 25, 1997
Might As Well Get Juiced - Madison Square Garden, New York, January 17, 1998
Street Fighting Man - Compaq Center, Houston, Texas, February 12, 1998
Dates and venues listed just for reference. Many good performances of most of these songs can be heard at your favorite locale!
The latest in a line of musical "documents" marking the continuous evolution of the Greatest Rock 'n Roll Band in the World. An evolution that took a very distinctive turn after the solo outings of both Jagger and Richards. The musical production is very slick these days and relies heavily on the back-up singers, horn section, and keyboards. Notice how Chuck Leavell counts-in on all the songs. The present incarnation of music that embodies the Rolling Stones is the product of Jagger's solo outings from the late Eighties where he began his association with Bernard Fowler for one, and developed the concept of trying to get the live arrangements to sound closer to the studio versions rather than relying on the guitar players to improvise and take the music into new and different directions. As for Richards we see an increased confidence in his segment of the show having carried the weight of front-man for the X-pensive Winos. This release is the latest time capsule that represents the culmination of musical influences, experiences, and most importantly what the Stones consider to be their most significant live performances today.
Now, the ultimate test of any live recording from The Rolling Stones:
Are these live versions stronger than the studio takes of the same songs?
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