A concert film taken from two Rolling Stones concerts during their 1972 North American tour.A concert film taken from two Rolling Stones concerts during their 1972 North American tour.A concert film taken from two Rolling Stones concerts during their 1972 North American tour.
Mick Jagger
- Self (Vocals, Harp)
- (as The Rolling Stones)
Keith Richards
- Self (Vocals, Guitar)
- (as The Rolling Stones)
Mick Taylor
- Self (Guitar)
- (as The Rolling Stones)
Charlie Watts
- Self (Drums)
- (as The Rolling Stones)
Bill Wyman
- Self (Bass)
- (as The Rolling Stones)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilmed at the Dallas and Houston, Texas. In both cities the band performed twice and all four performances were filmed. For the movie, the best camera angles from each song are spliced together. This accounts for the changes in costume during several songs.
- ConnectionsFeatured in 25x5: The Continuing Adventures of the Rolling Stones (1989)
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Talking' 'bout the midnight rambler
The Stones at their amphetamine-and-heroin-fueled best, tearing through half of "Exile On Main Street" and selected other favorites on the Texas leg of their infamous 1972 tour. With their sound fleshed out by sax, trumpet and piano, and their musicianship raised by the addition of virtuoso blues man Mick Taylor, "Ladies and Gentlemen" offers definitive versions of "Love In Vain", "Sweet Virginia", "Jumping Jack Flash" and other Stones classics.
Taylor's remarkable slide guitar playing on "Love In Vain" convincingly mimics harmonica and train whistle to great effect. A couple of tunes don't quite work: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" in particular is too slow (drummer Charlie Watts could never master its shuffling rhythm and the Stones' producer Jimmy Miller actually plays on the record) while Taylor seems out of his comfort zone on his solo. But on "Midnight Rambler" - for years the centerpiece of Stones shows - the whole band returns to form with a blistering 11+ minute mix of Robert Johnson and Jack The Ripper. The widely-bootlegged Brussels '73 show might be a better performance of "Rambler", but here the visuals of Mick Jagger's showmanship before he became a self-parody carry the day.
The camera most often sets its sights on Jagger (indeed the film could've been accurately titled "Ladies And Gentlemen: Mick Jagger and Seven Other Blokes"), though you get glimpses of Keith Richards playing band leader and Watts having a smashing good time pounding his skins. No playing to the camera, and no silly crowd shots. All in all, LAGTRS shows a band at the top their game - both believing all the hype and committing themselves to going to an even higher level.
Taylor's remarkable slide guitar playing on "Love In Vain" convincingly mimics harmonica and train whistle to great effect. A couple of tunes don't quite work: "You Can't Always Get What You Want" in particular is too slow (drummer Charlie Watts could never master its shuffling rhythm and the Stones' producer Jimmy Miller actually plays on the record) while Taylor seems out of his comfort zone on his solo. But on "Midnight Rambler" - for years the centerpiece of Stones shows - the whole band returns to form with a blistering 11+ minute mix of Robert Johnson and Jack The Ripper. The widely-bootlegged Brussels '73 show might be a better performance of "Rambler", but here the visuals of Mick Jagger's showmanship before he became a self-parody carry the day.
The camera most often sets its sights on Jagger (indeed the film could've been accurately titled "Ladies And Gentlemen: Mick Jagger and Seven Other Blokes"), though you get glimpses of Keith Richards playing band leader and Watts having a smashing good time pounding his skins. No playing to the camera, and no silly crowd shots. All in all, LAGTRS shows a band at the top their game - both believing all the hype and committing themselves to going to an even higher level.
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- charlesheld
- Sep 16, 2010
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- Дамы и господа: The Rolling Stones
- Filming locations
- Tarrant County Convention Center - Fort Worth, Texas, USA(concert venue)
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- Gross worldwide
- $70,287
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By what name was Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones (1973) officially released in Canada in English?
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