Stones or Hackey Sacks?

Jodi rallied the Colli clan and myself to the Rolling Stones/Metallica concert at SBC Park on Tuesday night. Here is my take on the night:

• The Crowd: I think it was very hard for the individual to represent both Metallica and the RS. The Metallica fan is typically a dude in with long strait hair, shaved on the sides, wearing acid wash jeans and a black faded Metallica shirt from 1993. The typical Rolling Stones fan is a man or woman in their 40's/50's dressing like they are in their 20's. My point being, the Metallica fans looked so cool head banging in their uniform, but suddenly looked like a Nascar fan at the Kentucky Derby once the RS came on. On the other hand the RS fans looked like yuppies who walked into a biker bar during Metallica, but fit right in once Mick got on stage.
• The Stones: Mick Jagger is amazing. They played a video they made in the 80's while they were performing that song on stage. Mick moves and dances just as much as he did 25 years ago. This man is a living rock icon, and I feel blessed to have seen him. Keith Richards, Keith, Keith, Keith....how are you still with us? Keith is like the performing skeleton from that Grateful Dead video. As Jodi says, "He looks like a Hacky Sac." I have respect for the Stones in that way, they haven't gone the plastic surgery route. They are the opposite of what Smokey Robinson did to himself. There is no doubt Keith is one of the greatest guitar players of all time, he makes it look effortless. It was however very obvious why he never had a solo career. Keith sang two songs which where rough. He kept holding up his guitar with one hand while singing almost as to say "give me a break, this is my real talent." He also had this sinister grin on his face the whole time which i interpreted as "look people, drop as much acid as I did and see if your lips still function." In summary it's amazing these guys still rock like they do.