{"id":40451,"date":"2024-01-01T03:00:38","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T08:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=40451"},"modified":"2023-12-03T15:49:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T20:49:12","slug":"the-rolling-stones-rock-and-roll-circus-1968","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/01\/the-rolling-stones-rock-and-roll-circus-1968\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1968)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Rolling Stones \u201cRock and Roll Circus\u201d is quite the rock and roll bonanza that was been hindered by egos. The idea of an all star Rock and Roll show is great, and the idea for the concert involved a circus aesthetic and a mix of other artists that would culminate into an extended set by the Stones, who\u2019d not only open the show but close it. The show, conceived by Mick Jagger as a way to promote the Stones’ album Beggars Banquet, was shot on December 11th, 1968 – and into the morning of December 12th but never hit the airwaves, oddly. It was shelved for decades by the Stones, only to appear on VHS and Laserdisc, remaining the obscure gem for such a long time that we didn\u2019t get to see it until 1996.<\/p>\n

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The apparent reason why the movie never went out to more viewers was because of vanity. Apparently Mick Jagger was so angry at The Who and felt as if they upstaged everyone on the show including the Stones. Although some have said Mick Jagger shelved the movie out of respect for Brian Jones, the former rumor seems to make so much more sense. Although The Who don\u2019t really do much that upstages the Stones, they\u2019re a hell of a lot more energetic than the Stones who, throughout the entire concert, look lifeless and laconic. The \u201cRock and Roll Circus\u201d is a mixed bag of performances and the Stones do a damn good, unlike some of the performers here.<\/p>\n

Among the line up there\u2019s Jethro Tull doing an energetic performance of \u201cSong for Jeffrey\u201d which is powered by Ian Anderson\u2019s fluting skills. They\u2019re followed by the admittedly show stopping performance of The Who who perform \u201cA Quick One While He\u2019s Away.\u201d It\u2019s probably the best performance of the whole line up. We then get Tah Mahal performing \u201cAin\u2019t That A lot of Love,\u201d followed by Marianna Faithful who belts out \u201cSomething Better.\u201d She\u2019s probably the least energetic performance as she remains stationary throughout her set. The worst is The Dirty Mac, the super group of John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Mitch Mitchell and Ivry Gitlis who perform to the screeching sounds of Yoko Ono on vocals. If there\u2019s one set you can skip, it\u2019s this one.<\/p>\n

Finally there\u2019s the Rolling Stones, all of whom belt out some of their all time classics including \u201cJumping Jack Flash,\u201d \u201cParachute Woman,\u201d \u201cNo Expectations,\u201d \u201cYou Can\u2019t Always Get What You Want,\u201d \u201cSympathy for the Devil,\u201d and finally \u201cSalt of the Earth,\u201d which they close the whole show on. For 1968 this concert is a great idea that not only manages to entertain the audience but bring in interest in the Stones\u2019 newest album. Whether or not The Who steals the show is subjective, but it\u2019s a worthwhile concert deserving of an audience, if only because it\u2019s a great piece of rock and roll history.<\/p>\n

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The Rolling Stones \u201cRock and Roll Circus\u201d is quite the rock and roll bonanza that was been hindered by egos. The idea of an all star Rock and Roll show is great, and the idea for the concert involved a circus aesthetic and a mix of other artists that would culminate into an extended set […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1572],"tags":[228,292,698,766,866],"class_list":["post-40451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","category-rockandrollny","tag-concert","tag-documentary","tag-music","tag-performance","tag-rock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40453,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40451\/revisions\/40453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}