Don't Forget the Motor City!

How could someone my age ever complain about a chance to hear the Rolling Stones? Three of the boys have reached the 60s and drummer Charlie Watts is 58, but they can still crank it up, albeit not to the same intensity as they did in their prime. Who can? (Is Keith Richards looking younger, by the way?) No problem ever hearing Satisfaction. Here's one minor beef. If the NFL Powers-That-Be had to have the Stones perform over some Detroit Motown group, why couldn't the Stones have shown some deference to the Motor City by leading off their three-song mini set with the classic, Dancing in the Streets, which they actually recorded twenty some years ago with David Bowie. Their start-up choice, the tired Start Me Up, sounded like it got stuck in second gear after a minute or so of warming up in the driveway. I dunno. Maybe the Stones really needed that warm-up before cranking out Rough Justice and Satisfaction? For those of you who don't know the Motown tune I've alluded to, here's a snippet of the fun that hit the airwaves in 1964 , "It doesn't matter what you wear/ Just as long as you are there/ So come one, every guy, grab a girl/ Everywhere around the world/ They'll be dancing in the streets." Fun.