Stevie's Most Rockin Performance

[strandinthewind]

Of the Commercially available, I think it is without exception, Gold and Braid from the BD concert. I was watching it again (THANKS GLITTER) and she just gets up on it and rides it to the end. I mean she flat out dances the mashed potatoe (her version) at the end. The energy of that is awe inspiring to me.

I think a very close second is SOTM from the Mirage video.

Third - Rosebud Rhiannon, which is STUNNING!

Honorable mention to Blue Denim from Letterman and the Janis inspired scream at the end.

Silver Springs from The Dance is one of my fav.'s but that is not really a rocker.

Anyway, let's hear your fav.'s :cool:

[amber]

:laugh: Before I read what you said, just the title, I was like "I sure like that belladonna double shot of G&B and I Need to Know! :D
I basically agree with you.
SOTM Mirage (also, Chain Mirage really, really, really gets me, but that's with Linds, so. but still)
Yep, Rosebud...
I really enjoy Japan GDW, the caterwauliness of it. OWOAAOWOWOWOAAAOWOWOWOWOAAAOWWOWOWOWOW!!!

[ontheEdgeof17]

Honorable mention to Blue Denim from Letterman and the Janis inspired scream at the end.



What's the big deal about this scream? It lasted a second.

[Tusk!]

Although it is not on video, Rhiannon live from the Rumours tour and the first Fleetwood Mac tour in 1975 rocked the hardest. Her nightly performanances probably helped ruin her vocal cords for years. You could not even count the number of twirls, there were so many!Of the Commercially available, I think it is without exception, Gold and Braid from the BD concert. I was watching it again (THANKS GLITTER) and she just gets up on it and rides it to the end. I mean she flat out dances the mashed potatoe (her version) at the end. The energy of that is awe inspiring to me.

I think a very close second is SOTM from the Mirage video.

Third - Rosebud Rhiannon, which is STUNNING!

Honorable mention to Blue Denim from Letterman and the Janis inspired scream at the end.

Silver Springs from The Dance is one of my fav.'s but that is not really a rocker.

Anyway, let's hear your fav.'s :cool:

[strandinthewind]

What's the big deal about this scream? It lasted a second.

It was her most animated moment since RAL - it took me by surprise after TOSOTM tour.

[LiquidBlue5000]

Of the Commercially available, I think it is without exception, Gold and Braid from the BD concert. I was watching it again (THANKS GLITTER) and she just gets up on it and rides it to the end. I mean she flat out dances the mashed potatoe (her version) at the end. The energy of that is awe inspiring to me.

I think a very close second is SOTM from the Mirage video.

Third - Rosebud Rhiannon, which is STUNNING!

Honorable mention to Blue Denim from Letterman and the Janis inspired scream at the end.

Silver Springs from The Dance is one of my fav.'s but that is not really a rocker.

Anyway, let's hear your fav.'s :cool:


I would say SOTM from Mirage was THE Stevie Nicks performance of a lifetime... I would also say "Gold Dust Woman" from the Dance is up there...

[strandinthewind]

I would say SOTM from Mirage was THE Stevie Nicks performance of a lifetime... I would also say "Gold Dust Woman" from the Dance is up there...

I LOVE GDW from The Dance, but it did not want to make me get up and dance like GOld and Braid. But, it was FAB. and that scream and the sort of collapse at the end - SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEBUS

[amber]

I LOVE GDW from The Dance, but it did not want to make me get up and dance like GOld and Braid. But, it was FAB. and that scream and the sort of collapse at the end - SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEBUS
For some reason Rhiannon dance really gets to me. The yelling 'dreams unwind' part, of course. It's very sensual, somehow. To me, anyway. GDW, too.

[Livia]

The entire US Festival performance! :p I love the comedy between songs!

[strandinthewind]

The entire US Festival performance! :p I love the comedy between songs!

When she jumped onto that speaker (or whatever it was) at the end of Stand Back :eek:

[gldstwmn]

Edge Of Seventeen from VH1's Storytellers

[ShangriLaTroubl]

Love's a hard game to play - Arsenio Hall 1991

or

Silent Night Top of the Pops 1988


HAHHA JK!


I have a few real ones : Fall From Grace Blockbuster Awards 01, Rhiannon Rosebud, Gold Dust Woman the dance

Chris

[strandinthewind]

Edge Of Seventeen from VH1's Storytellers

I LOVE that one - esp. the "hauntingly hauntingly familiar" :eek:

[ShangriLaTroubl]

I LOVE that one - esp. the "hauntingly hauntingly familiar" :eek:


I think her scream/growl from that version was the best I've heard also

Chris

[Dreammms]

Love's a hard game to play - Arsenio Hall 1991

or

Silent Night Top of the Pops 1988


HAHHA JK!

Chris


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[GypsySorcerer]

Gold Dust Woman from the Dance is my favorite. :nod: So sexy, raw, and powerful.

Edit - Need to add Rhiannon from the Midnight Special.

[Dreammms]

Gold and Braid and Sara from BD show are my favorites. For some reason every time I watch Sara from BD I cry.

Also want to add Stand Back from SYW Live In Boston. Love the energy.

[dissention]

Gold Dust Woman from the Dance is my favorite. :nod: So sexy, raw, and powerful.

Further proof that we were separated at birth. :p

That's my favorite, too, along with Stand Back from Letterman in '98 (the one with the hideous eye makeup) and Rhiannon from the Mirage video.

[GypsySorcerer]

Further proof that we were separated at birth. :p




My love for The Aviator notwithstanding. :xoxo:

[LiquidBlue5000]

Further proof that we were separated at birth. :p

That's my favorite, too, along with Stand Back from Letterman in '98 (the one with the hideous eye makeup) and Rhiannon from the Mirage video.

she looked hot that night.. very youthful.. very pretty.. very fresh...

[dissention]

My love for The Aviator notwithstanding. :xoxo:

Ugh, even Jude Law's fine ass couldn't save that stinkbomb. :p :xoxo:

[Johnny Stew]

That's my favorite, too, along with Stand Back from Letterman in '98 (the one with the hideous eye makeup)....I don't recall her doing "Stand Back" on Letterman's show. Wasn't it Leno's?
I remember how short her bangs were... like someone tried to even them up, and kept cutting and cutting. Was a great "Stand Back" though.

Going by the criteria of what gets me up on my feet, I would have to pick "Gold And Braid" as my favorite "rockin'" performance.

[amber]

Going by the criteria of what gets me up on my feet, I would have to pick "Gold And Braid" as my favorite "rockin'" performance.

Sing It, Brothah!! :nod: Omigod, the tamborine throw alone sends me into waves of ecstasy.... :p

[Moony]

Sing It, Brothah!! :nod: Omigod, the tamborine throw alone sends me into waves of ecstasy.... :p
:nod: I love the little thing she does where she bends down and does that booty shake....omg I can't get enough of that performance! I d/l a clip of it somewhere and I watch it all the time.

SOTM from the mirage video cracks me up

[amber]

:nod: I love the little thing she does where she bends down and does that booty shake....omg I can't get enough of that performance! I d/l a clip of it somewhere and I watch it all the time.

SOTM from the mirage video cracks me up
That's totally another best part. Get way down there, GIRL! :thumbsup:

[LiquidBlue5000]

I don't recall her doing "Stand Back" on Letterman's show. Wasn't it Leno's?
I remember how short her bangs were... like someone tried to even them up, and kept cutting and cutting. Was a great "Stand Back" though.

Going by the criteria of what gets me up on my feet, I would have to pick "Gold And Braid" as my favorite "rockin'" performance.

Yup, it was Leno :nod:

[Mageboy25]

Any version of Stand Back rocks with me. To me it most rocks at a Fleetwood Mac show because its so unexpected. The Nashville crowd went ape shiit last summer when they all realized what the song was. Stevie's spinning in place at the brigde made them all scream again. The vocal of Stevie's Stand Back from the Tango Concert video kicks major ass too, even though she just stands at the mike stand(thank you klonopin).

We can all thank cocaine for the kickass BD Golden Braid/I Need To Know!!!!

[Kelly]

Every time Stevie tells that "blob" story when describing what the klonopin did to her, I think of that Tango dvd. My apologies to those who like it..she does look great..but her energy level and committment to the performance are at an all time low. She literally does not move away from the mic.....the only thing I like about the entire dvd is her mini skirt.

back to the topic...favorite rocking performance.
GDW from the Dance. I love the wild eyes and how she just let go.
SoTM and The Chain...mirage
Stand Back...storytellers...love the grinding with Carlos.

BTW...I thought she looked smoking hot throughout Enchanged...Leno included. She was simply gorgeous every time I saw her. My husband, who thinks she is ok but prefers younger Stevie..thinks she is hot as Hell on Storytellers. I do like the jewel thing she did on her head back then too.

[xxxmx]

okay, definitely Braid from the HBO concert.

but, just to add it though it doesn't necessarily 'rock' - Rhiannon from the Dance. it may be the most beautiful. when she's singing 'take me like the wind child, take me with the sky... take me now' she pulls her hand up to her face and is just more knockout gorgeous at that moment than any other moment in time.

[Mad4stevie]

SOTM from Mirage Video and Tusk Documentary (she rocks that one!)

[GypsySorcerer]

BTW...I thought she looked smoking hot throughout Enchanged...Leno included. She was simply gorgeous every time I saw her. My husband, who thinks she is ok but prefers younger Stevie..thinks she is hot as Hell on Storytellers. I do like the jewel thing she did on her head back then too.

I completely agree. She looked beautiful on Storytellers. :nod:

[strandinthewind]

I completely agree. She looked beautiful on Storytellers. :nod:

esp. in that red thing she wore for AGF. SB cetainly rocked then as well. That high kick :eek:

[Livia]

Angel from the Tusk Doc! :thumbsup:

[blinker12]

esp. in that red thing she wore for AGF. SB cetainly rocked then as well. That high kick :eek:

I love that red dress... she should wear it more often! And it was a killer version of the song, too -- probably my favorite. Benmont's piano was gorgeous, and Stevie sang beautifully. Not exactly "rocking," though. ;)
I think my choices for that designation have all already been mentioned.

[The Tower]

SOTM from the Tusk Documentary (she rocks that one!)
Hell yeah!! One of my favorites of all time. When she does the

"of the moon! YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

and thrusts her hand to the sky ..... :] The wave of the audience leaping to their feet and screaming is amazing.

[amber]

Angel from the Tusk Doc! :thumbsup:
I forgot this is my other favorite performance. :nod: She's so...rockin cute in that one! And that dance, on those heels! And of course, I have to do the hand motions whenever I watch it. "That girl was me!!!" And the fist in the air at the end for "Trackaghost, (fist raised) THROUGHTHEFOOOOOG!!!"

[dissention]

Yup, it was Leno :nod:

Are you positive? I'm gonna get my tape out. :laugh:

Yup, it was Leno. Never noticed the bangs, surprisingly. Yikes.

[wondergirl9847]

Hell yeah!! One of my favorites of all time. When she does the

"of the moon! YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

and thrusts her hand to the sky ..... :] The wave of the audience leaping to their feet and screaming is amazing.

That gives me chills just to read your post!! I adore that version! When the lights go up and BAM, the energy level goes all to hell!! Love it! I need to listen to that one today. :nod:

The version she did of Edge at the Concert for the Environment gives me chills too because she's totally possessed during the scream. Listen to it, possessed, I say. :shocked:

I haven't watched any Stevie videos I have in a long time, so I can't comment on Gold and Braid. Perhaps I'll watch that video today. I dunno.

Also, agree with SOTM Mirage video...the gibberish and energy. When Lindsey lays his head on her back....GREATNESS!

[strandinthewind]

Hell yeah!! One of my favorites of all time. When she does the

"of the moon! YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

and thrusts her hand to the sky ..... :] The wave of the audience leaping to their feet and screaming is amazing.

and then the "would you be my would you be my would you be my" that she mouths away from the mic. I LOVE this version!!!!!

[strandinthewind]

I forgot this is my other favorite performance. :nod: She's so...rockin cute in that one! And that dance, on those heels! And of course, I have to do the hand motions whenever I watch it. "That girl was me!!!" And the fist in the air at the end for "Trackaghost, (fist raised) THROUGHTHEFOOOOOG!!!"

I love it for that and the tittie flapping at the end - she nearly blackens and eye :eek:

[Dreammms]

I love it for that and the tittie flapping at the end - she nearly blackens and eye :eek:

:laugh: i just put it on and you are right

[strandinthewind]

:laugh: i just put it on and you are right

her booooobs a flailing - she was your siiiisssster of the moon :eek:


AND - do not even get me started on my fav., which is the panty revealing listing spin at the end of the gibberish in SOTM in the Mirage concert :eek:

LOVE IT

[Dreammms]

her booooobs a flailing - she was your siiiisssster of the moon :eek:


AND - do not even get me started on my fav., which is the panty revealing listing spin at the end of the gibberish in SOTM in the Mirage concert :eek:

LOVE IT

:lol: :lol: :lol: yeah i love it too! very hot!

[Dark Angel]

Rhiannon (Rosebud & Midnight Special) - both amazing perfromances
Gold Dust Woman & Rhiannon (Japan 1977)
Angel and SOTM (Tusk documentary)
Gold And Braid (In Concert) - (I *love* this one!)
SOTM & Rhiannon (Mirage concert)

[amber]

I love it for that and the tittie flapping at the end - she nearly blackens and eye :eek:
That's right! :laugh: :laugh: They're new, and she's showing them off!!!

[skcin]

Rosebud Rhiannon gives me chills to this day. :nod:

Edge of 17 from Live in Concert or Storytellers

Gold and Braid from Live in Concert

Angel from Tusk Doc

SOTM from Mirage In Concert

Silver Springs & GDW from The Dance

Stand Back from LIB

Fall From Grace from pretty much any TISL show, but esp. the Billboard Awards

I'll add Straight Back from the Mirage Tour rehearsal boot - oh how I wish there was video of this. :nod:

[ontheEdgeof17]

Rosebud Rhiannon gives me chills to this day. :nod:

Edge of 17 from Live in Concert or Storytellers

Gold and Braid from Live in Concert

Angel from Tusk Doc

SOTM from Mirage In Concert

Silver Springs & GDW from The Dance

Stand Back from LIB

Fall From Grace from pretty much any TISL show, but esp. the Billboard Awards

I'll add Straight Back from the Mirage Tour rehearsal boot - oh how I wish there was video of this. :nod:


:eek: That's the best list so far. I. love. it.

[jannieC]

Where can I find the Gold and Braid video? Haven't seen it. :(

[David]

The version she did of Edge at the Concert for the Environment gives me chills too because she's totally possessed during the scream. Listen to it, possessed, I say. :shocked:You need to check out some audience tapes from that year: Los Angeles 7-18-86, Jones Beach 6-08-86 & Madison Square Garden 8-05-86.

[David]

Where can I find the Gold and Braid video? Haven't seen it. :(http://snipurl.com/eagp

[skcin]

:eek: That's the best list so far. I. love. it.


And I? Love YOU! :xoxo:

Can't wait to meet you in Vegas. You are going to make it, aren't you dahling? :o

[AliceLover]

I love sisters of the moon from that Mirage rehearsal with Thats Alright. She is smoking hot on this one. Her vocals are incredible. If you can track it down get it! Or if youu can't get it PM me and ill send it to you.

Anyway, Stand Back from storytellers has always been awesome to me. I loved her jumping up and down and then the kick at the end. Too bad sharon just stares into space and looks like shes gunna fall asleep.

I Need to Know from Red Rocks is a favorite rocker of mine as well.



Jimmy

[Sugar]

Rhiannon--LA Forum--August, 1977

[SuzeQuze]

Hell yeah!! One of my favorites of all time. When she does the

"of the moon! YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

and thrusts her hand to the sky ..... :] The wave of the audience leaping to their feet and screaming is amazing.

:chills: That moment is amazing. She has so much POWER right then. :nod:

I love what everyone else loves and it makes me want to bust out my tapes!

[SuzeQuze]

http://snipurl.com/eagp

Jeez, that's expensive now! I guess it's out of print, what a shame. Time for a DVD!

[cliffdweller]

Nothing gives me chills like "Silver Springs" from the Dance vid. It rocks in a powerful, dramatic, semi-understated kind of way.

SOTM from Mirage--Yes!

Rosebud Rhiannon

Belladonna GOB, I Need to Know, and EO17

Just about any "Stand Back" performance

I also like Stevie's contribution on "The Chain" from Mirage. She was on fire!

[Rickypt]

AND - do not even get me started on my fav., which is the panty revealing listing spin at the end of the gibberish in SOTM in the Mirage concert :eek:

LOVE IT

I think I've watched that scene about a million times. What a great -- albeit coked out out her mind --moment. I've spent so much time trying to figure out exactly what she was shouting into the mic.

And who can deny the drama of Stevie walking gingerly to the edge of the stage following the spin, in tears...mouthing "and you say...no" to the front row. Everyone was acting like it was some kind of meaningful moment...I did too, being only 12 years old and not knowing yet what a drug crash was. :]

[David]

I think I've watched that scene about a million times. What a great -- albeit coked out out her mind --moment. I've spent so much time trying to figure out exactly what she was shouting into the mic.

And who can deny the drama of Stevie walking gingerly to the edge of the stage following the spin, in tears...mouthing "and you say...no" to the front row. Everyone was acting like it was some kind of meaningful moment...I did too, being only 12 years old and not knowing yet what a drug crash was. :]Nothing personal, but I think I'm going to form a club called Stevie Fans Who Don't Think All Her Great Performances Are Drug-Induced!

[Rickypt]

Nothing personal, but I think I'm going to form a club called Stevie Fans Who Don't Think All Her Great Performances Are Drug-Induced!

I could easily join your club. The thread title is about her most rocking performances, which I do think come from the drug years. But her *best*performances are from recent years, Silver Springs and Gold Dust Woman/Dance..Fall From Grace/Blockbuster Awards...Storytellers, etc.

[Rickypt]

Oh, I think I read your post incorrectly. Are you saying you don't think these performances like SOTM and Gold and Braid are enhanced by her coke use?

[skcin]

Oh, I think I read your post incorrectly. Are you saying you don't think these performances like SOTM and Gold and Braid are enhanced by her coke use?

I think what David's trying to say is that many people make a blanket statement that all of Stevie's performances during that era must have been so good because she must have been so high at the time. It sometimes takes away from the fact that she's a talented songwriter & awesome live performer.

It's all in fun to me, though. And David, please correct me if I'm wrong. :wavey:

[Rickypt]

Thanks. I don't really make that blanket statement, although I am pretty convinced that she was high when performing Mirage SOTM.

[David]

I think what David's trying to say is that many people make a blanket statement that all of Stevie's performances during that era must have been so good because she must have been so high at the time. It sometimes takes away from the fact that she's a talented songwriter & awesome live performer.yes! That is what I mean.

Being high doesn't make you good. It just makes you high. I am in a band of nontalents, & when we get high to perform, we don't get better. We just get higher. You could give us all the coke in the world, & you still isn't gonna see a performance out of us like the performance Stevie gave of 'How Still My Love' in Los Angeles way back in October 1983. That's her best performance of all time, & it came from her.

[David]

Thanks. I don't really make that blanket statement, although I am pretty convinced that she was high when performing Mirage SOTM.I would guess your conviction is not only shared by most of us fans but also totally accurate. Rock stars did drugs in those days, including Fleetwood Mac.

If you want to join my club, membership is free but you have to know how to buy & prepare wild chinook salmon.

[amber]

I would guess your conviction is not only shared by most of us fans but also totally accurate. Rock stars did drugs in those days, including Fleetwood Mac.

If you want to join my club, membership is free but you have to know how to buy & prepare wild chinook salmon.
What about the club "Stevie fans who don't give a flying rat's a** if all her best performances are drug induced, but don't think they are anyways?"
I had salmon last night. :)

[golddustwoman77]

Here are the most ROCKIN performances to me:
(1) "Stand Back" on Saturday Night Live where Flip Wilson introduced her as "a rockin roll, beauty queen." (2) "Rhiannon" on Midnight Special. (3) Angel from the Tusk Documentary and (4) Even though, it isn't actually rockin, but "Silver Springs" from The Dance.

[Rickypt]

yes! That is what I mean.

Being high doesn't make you good. It just makes you high. I am in a band of nontalents, & when we get high to perform, we don't get better. We just get higher. You could give us all the coke in the world, & you still isn't gonna see a performance out of us like the performance Stevie gave of 'How Still My Love' in Los Angeles way back in October 1983. That's her best performance of all time, & it came from her.

Got it, good points. :thumbsup:

[LeighB04]

OK, so I'm new to the whole collecting Mac and Nicks stuff thing, so if somebody could clue me in, I'll buy you a drink in Vegas...
Where would I get the US Festival and Bella Donna concerts mentioned earlier in this thread? I have the official vids and DVD's, but have never seen either of those two. Help?

[LiquidBlue5000]

OK, so I'm new to the whole collecting Mac and Nicks stuff thing, so if somebody could clue me in, I'll buy you a drink in Vegas...
Where would I get the US Festival and Bella Donna concerts mentioned earlier in this thread? I have the official vids and DVD's, but have never seen either of those two. Help?

oh gawd, where to begin? :rolleyes:

[LeighB04]

oh gawd, where to begin? :rolleyes:

Exactly! Several of the trading sites don't trade anymore, and it's really time consuming to know which are the best to get when you find one that WILL trade. Perhaps some enterprising fan will set up the definitive site one day.
I've been wanting to do a radio special (for a public radio station - no money involved) on the Mac history, and looking for interviews, sound bites and live stuff (whether sound or video) that I could use is daunting.

[amber]

OK, so I'm new to the whole collecting Mac and Nicks stuff thing, so if somebody could clue me in, I'll buy you a drink in Vegas...
Where would I get the US Festival and Bella Donna concerts mentioned earlier in this thread? I have the official vids and DVD's, but have never seen either of those two. Help?
Brian J, (estranged4Life) on this board, I believe has extensive trade materials.

[LiquidBlue5000]

Brian J, (estranged4Life) on this board, I believe has extensive trade materials.

I have extensive trade materials as well, but i haven't traded in forever and a day... perhaps during and after this new tour, i'll feel motivated again.. ;)

[gldstwmn]

Exactly! Several of the trading sites don't trade anymore, and it's really time consuming to know which are the best to get when you find one that WILL trade. Perhaps some enterprising fan will set up the definitive site one day.
I've been wanting to do a radio special (for a public radio station - no money involved) on the Mac history, and looking for interviews, sound bites and live stuff (whether sound or video) that I could use is daunting.

This is a good source:http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-browse.php?search=%2BFleetwood+Mac&cat=0

[Kelly]

If you want to trade for the US Festival and the HBO concert on dvd..PM me. I probably won't be able to get it done until after Vegas though...My brain is completely preoccupied with the fact that I will be there in 4 - 5 days. I am so excited! BTW...the Behind the Musics and the Tusk doc on dvd are excellent sources as well..although you might have those already.

[LeighB04]

If you want to trade for the US Festival and the HBO concert on dvd..PM me. I probably won't be able to get it done until after Vegas though...My brain is completely preoccupied with the fact that I will be there in 4 - 5 days. I am so excited! BTW...the Behind the Musics and the Tusk doc on dvd are excellent sources as well..although you might have those already.

Thanks for the offer - those are two shows I've heard a lot about and would love to see them! I have the Tusk documentary, but no Behind The Music. Please let me know how to go about this, and no problem waiting til after the show!

[petep9000]

Hi David,
so do you think that Stevie's coke years yielded some of best performances, based on the example you cited? I mean, 1983 was probably the apex of her coke-mania right? Have you ever heard a HSML from the post RAL period onwards that ever came near this?


yes! That is what I mean.

Being high doesn't make you good. It just makes you high. I am in a band of nontalents, & when we get high to perform, we don't get better. We just get higher. You could give us all the coke in the world, & you still isn't gonna see a performance out of us like the performance Stevie gave of 'How Still My Love' in Los Angeles way back in October 1983. That's her best performance of all time, & it came from her.

[David]

Hi David,
so do you think that Stevie's coke years yielded some of best performances, based on the example you cited? I mean, 1983 was probably the apex of her coke-mania right?Hi, Pete! What's cookin'? I never talk about Stevie's alleged "coke" years because I just don't think it made all that big a difference. whenever I saw her -- like at the US Fest or at Irvine Meadows -- coke wasn't an issue. Revisionistic history is fashionable, however, so you hear lots of people talk about how allegedly "stoned" she was in the years before she went to Betty Ford.

[petep9000]

True, people definatley have a tendency to 'remember' things much differently than perhaps they really were. For example, the legendary stage-falls of the RAL tour. Some say it happened once, some say it happened often, some say it happened never, etc. So it just goes to show you.
But anyway, to what then do you owe the all-out energy and conviction that Stevie gave to her performances pre-1987? When have you seen post-Klonopin Stevie come close to her old performing self? I'd say perhaps 'The Dance' tour? I think you have mentioned the 'Street Angel' tour, at least vocally. Any specific songs? I'm blanking out on that tour although I did catch her Jones Beach stop that summer, was she still doing the big satin Kirstie Alley robes with shoulder pads look?

Hi, Pete! What's cookin'? I never talk about Stevie's alleged "coke" years because I just don't think it made all that big a difference. whenever I saw her -- like at the US Fest or at Irvine Meadows -- coke wasn't an issue. Revisionistic history is fashionable, however, so you hear lots of people talk about how allegedly "stoned" she was in the years before she went to Betty Ford.

[Hawkeye]

yes! That is what I mean.

Being high doesn't make you good. It just makes you high. I am in a band of nontalents, & when we get high to perform, we don't get better. We just get higher. You could give us all the coke in the world, & you still isn't gonna see a performance out of us like the performance Stevie gave of 'How Still My Love' in Los Angeles way back in October 1983. That's her best performance of all time, & it came from her.

is this performance you speak of in circulation.