Too much of everything

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

The Rolling Stones Circus is amazing. You can tell the party that was going on in the background, because it is so full of energy. From the start, all of these terrific musicians lined up in crazy clothing, walking around with instruments, to the last "goodnightly song", with a whole audience and all the musicians swaying back and forth, it is terrific. I can hardly even pinpoint the best performances. The Who's is definitely up there. The performance is great musically as well as in terms of the overall thing--basically everyone (besides Entwistle) going wild. The Dirty Mac is really interesting as well, to see this medley of famous people playing with each other--not in their own respective groups. I didn't originally buy this because of the Rolling Stones, more for John Lennon, the Who and the basic idea. But seeing and hearing them got me to listen to several of their albums...Pete Townsend is right about Mick Jaggers energy...he certainly keeps it alive at 2am in the morning after 2 days of insanity. Basically, this is just a beautiful and amazing show. Something like it could never happen again for many reasons, but at least we can watch it. It's so alive and crazy, and though I wouldn't really know, I like to think that it does sum up part of an era. A great one at that. Wish I could have been in the audience...

This circus-based rock show starts with Jethro Tull and The Who, moves through Dirty Mac (Lennon and Yoko, Clapton, etc.), Taj Mahal, and Marianne Faithful, and ends up with the Rolling Stones themselves. Some acrobats and other acts along the way add to the sense of spaced-out-ness and general oddity.The performances range from great (the Stones set culminating with 'Sympathy for the Devil'; the Who with 'A Quick One'; Jethro Tull - featuring a young Tony Iommi - with 'Song for Jeffrey') to embarrassing (Yoko's wailing). The mood is chaotic and more than a little amateur, but this gives the show a certain amount of interest and charm.The only colour footage of the original Stones line-up? Some crazy costumes here and colour clashes but good to see them together in their heyday, even if Brian Jones does seem a bit out of it.Overall, enjoyable.

This was one great special, but it was sad to see the man who was the original visionary of the Stones, Brian Jones, and the pitiful shell he had become. It was pretty much known that it was the end for him as a member of the band and this can be seen as his last hurrah. You also can see the changes the Stones had undergone from their beginnings as a group that covered songs by American blues greats to the juggernaut that was the Jagger/Richards songwriting team. It was also interesting to see The Who as they were in the middle of their transition from being the icons of the mods to the hard rock force they would be a few months later. Roger Daltry hadn't gone all the way with the look he was famous for, the fringed shirt and long curly blonde hair, and Pete Townsend had not yet gotten his white boiler suit. And as many people have commented, The Who blew the Mick and the boys off the stage that night.

Wow. Wasn't that a party. An "intimate" show in a circus tent with the bad boys. I don't know why Mick felt the stones' performance was weaker than the other acts, I mean, The Who were the best of the bunch, but it doesn't get any better than the version of "No Expectations" contained herein. A time capsule in the best sense of the word, all the acts were great- from Tull's wicked opener to The Dirty Mac's "Yer Blues". If only Barnum & Bailey could do it as good.....Let's Drink To The Good Hearted People...