Let's Spend the Night Together (1982)

Let’s Spend the Night Together: Directed by Hal Ashby. With Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman. The Rolling Stones’ shows in Tempe, Arizona and East Rutherford, New Jersey during their 1981 US tour.

“By 1981 the Stones were beginning to struggle under the weight of their own legacy, and it shows in u0026quot;Letu0026#39;s Spend the Night Togetheru0026quot;. The first three numbers–u0026#39;Under My Thumbu0026#39;, the title song, and u0026#39;Shatteredu0026#39;–are terrific, but the set soon descends into mediocrity. Part of the problem was that the band tried to cram way too many songs into a ninety-minute performance, which resulted in sped-up versions with no melody or musical texture. The other problem was that they had played this material too many times; what you see and hear in u0026quot;Letu0026#39;s Spend…u0026quot; is a great band simply going through the motions. The rest of the set ranges from decent (u0026#39;Let It Bleedu0026#39;) to embarrassingly bad (u0026#39;Miss Youu0026#39;) to somewhere in between (u0026#39;Start Me Upu0026#39;). You might want to see this if youu0026#39;re a Stones fanatic, but itu0026#39;s not a must. Interestingly, the live album recorded during this tour (u0026quot;Still Lifeu0026quot;) is far better than the concert film itself–better versions of the songs were chosen, and the sound is immaculate. u0026quot;Still Lifeu0026quot; is, in fact, my favorite Rolling Stones live album.”