Midnight Special 1975 [Archive]

David

05-01-2006, 05:10 PM

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jwd

05-01-2006, 05:27 PM

Cool shots! :thumbsup:

BTFLCHLD

05-01-2006, 05:28 PM

lovely screencaps :]
thanks david!

amber

05-01-2006, 05:51 PM

I love those/her so much.

goldie

05-01-2006, 06:20 PM

awesome, David! Thanks!!!!

JazmenFlowers

05-01-2006, 06:48 PM

that last one is now my wallpaper...for a while

thanks!!!

SapphireSister

05-01-2006, 06:55 PM

What's Midnight Special?

GarboSpeaks!

05-01-2006, 10:45 PM

What's Midnight Special?

OH HONEY!?!?!?!?!!?!? No you did-ent. Must get her MS. What the hell. There outta be a law that you rule supreme on this board, and have NOT SEEN MIDNIGHT SPECIAL!:eek: :lol: :shocked:

Lala

05-01-2006, 11:34 PM

What's Midnight Special?

It's only one of the best live version of Rhiannon out there! I'd post it for you if I knew a good place.

jwd

05-02-2006, 01:35 AM

LET THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL SHINE ITS EVER LOVIN' LIGHT ON YOU! Sorry, I was temporarily possessed by the spirit of Wolfman Jack. :angel:

amber

05-02-2006, 02:27 AM

OH HONEY!?!?!?!?!!?!? No you did-ent. Must get her MS. What the hell. There outta be a law that you rule supreme on this board, and have NOT SEEN MIDNIGHT SPECIAL!:eek: :lol: :shocked:
Yeah, I just kept quiet on the board until I'd seen it...:laugh:
Wait, I have the performances on my computer...I wonder if I could usendit? How do you post videos?

amber

05-02-2006, 03:03 AM

gldstwmn

05-02-2006, 09:27 AM

LET THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL SHINE ITS EVER LOVIN' LIGHT ON YOU! Sorry, I was temporarily possessed by the spirit of Wolfman Jack. :angel:

And Creedence...

David

05-02-2006, 10:44 AM

chiliD

05-02-2006, 10:49 AM

And Creedence...

Via Huddie Ledbetter (who WROTE "Midnight Special")

jwd

05-02-2006, 02:32 PM

All I can say is the moon was full, my body became very hairy, and I started to howl. I KNOW WHO POSSESSED ME LAST NIGHT! :]

BTFLCHLD

05-02-2006, 03:02 PM

All I can say is the moon was full, my body became very hairy, and I started to howl. I KNOW WHO POSSESSED ME LAST NIGHT! :]

:o you said youd never tell :]

jwd

05-02-2006, 03:14 PM

:o you said youd never tell :]

:o I know, I lost control.......:wavey:

JWS

05-02-2006, 05:57 PM

This should be Rhiannon from midnight special. If you really haven't seen it (which seems unlikely) you might die from the awesomeness. One of my favorite things about it is the cute double take smiles Lindsey throws at Stevie around 2:24 ish. Heartbreakingly adorable.
And her teeth are awesome here. They should've had their own song. :laugh:

http://s55.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3F4UO81U41QR712O9H77GHU2EI

Thanks for posting this. I'm finally at a computer that could play it. I had to laugh...Stevie is like undergoing an self exorcism at the end. She so reminds me of Joplin.

Midnight Special was a great rock concert show for its time. One of the very few TV shows featuring rock performances...every Saturday night at midnight. Imagine, you could actually watch a rock show on television. What a novel idea. This was way before MTV or VH1 so no music videos, DVD's or VHS.

Lala

05-02-2006, 06:58 PM

One of my favorite things about it is the cute double take smiles Lindsey throws at Stevie around 2:24 ish. Heartbreakingly adorable.

I love that part! Could anyone get me a screen cap of it? I tried once, but it didn't seem to work.

goldustsongbird

05-02-2006, 07:08 PM

I love that part! Could anyone get me a screen cap of it? I tried once, but it didn't seem to work.

This?

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/373/midnightrh7zi.png

Lala

05-02-2006, 07:57 PM

This?

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/373/midnightrh7zi.png

I feel really picky right now...but I don't think that's it.

It's during the first chorus. 1:42 in. I guess it's not the one Amber was talking about.

goldustsongbird

05-02-2006, 08:07 PM

I feel really picky right now...but I don't think that's it.

It's during the first chorus. 1:42 in. I guess it's not the one Amber was talking about.

Ohh, was it the eye-roll, OMGWTF?! look? That was the one I thought you meant in the first place...

ETA:
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/4826/midnighrhghgjf7zn.th.png (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=midnighrhghgjf7zn.png)
??

Lala

05-02-2006, 08:10 PM

Ohh, was it the eye-roll, OMGWTF?! look? That was the one I thought you meant in the first place...

I don't think it's an eye-roll. He looks...gleeful. I love it.

Lala

05-03-2006, 10:11 AM

ETA:
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/4826/midnighrhghgjf7zn.th.png (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=midnighrhghgjf7zn.png)
??

Yeah that's it. Thanks

David

05-03-2006, 11:45 AM

strandinthewind

05-03-2006, 11:47 AM

cliffdweller

05-03-2006, 01:27 PM

Of course, we are assuming any of them could see a foot in front of them in that era :laugh:

We all know Stevie couldn't. Still can't, blind as a bat that one.

SapphireSister

05-03-2006, 01:53 PM

This should be Rhiannon from midnight special. If you really haven't seen it (which seems unlikely) you might die from the awesomeness. One of my favorite things about it is the cute double take smiles Lindsey throws at Stevie around 2:24 ish. Heartbreakingly adorable.
And her teeth are awesome here. They should've had their own song. :laugh:

http://s55.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3F4UO81U41QR712O9H77GHU2EI

Thank you so much Amber, I will watch this when I get home tonight :xoxo:. And geeze people, why don't you just go ahead and crucify me and burn me at the stake for not having heard of this before because it's true, I had never heard of or seen Midnight special before this thread, like OMG! :o
P.S. still love you guys :)

GarboSpeaks!

05-03-2006, 01:57 PM

And geeze people, why don't you just go ahead and crucify me and burn me at the stake for not having heard of this before because it's true, I had never heard of or seen Midnight special before this thread, like OMG!

UH, hello Linds...had you not checked last week's schedule? I totally had this planned for THursday...say around 5???? :lol:

:p
ALK

David

05-03-2006, 02:13 PM

Thank you so much Amber, I will watch this when I get home tonight :xoxo:. And geeze people, why don't you just go ahead and crucify me and burn me at the stake for not having heard of this before because it's true, I had never heard of or seen Midnight special before this thread, like OMG! :o
P.S. still love you guys :)Saphy, you'll be interested in knowing that the band also performed "Why," "Over My Head" & "World Turning" on Midnight Special at this time. Those performances were also broadcast on TV.

strandinthewind

05-03-2006, 02:14 PM

Saphy, you'll be interested in knowing that the band also performed "Why," "Over My Head" & "World Turning" on Midnight Special at this time. Those performances were also broadcast on TV.

Does anyone have these, particularly "Why?"

David

05-03-2006, 02:18 PM

Does anyone have these, particularly "Why?"
I think many of us have low-generational copies on VHS tape. Unfortunately with "Why" & "Over My Head," those two performances were not broadcast on VH1 several years ago when that channel was showing old Midnight Special shows. So with "Rhiannon" & "World Turning" we had the opportunity to upgrade, but the other two are in bad shape in people's collections.

And now of course you can buy Rhiannon in 5.1 sound on DVD, remastered, through the Midnight Special affiliates with the link I posted earlier.

edit: I have computer files (like windows media or something) of both Why & Over My Head. If i send them to someone, maybe they can be uploaded to YouTube.

SapphireSister

05-03-2006, 02:58 PM

UH, hello Linds...had you not checked last week's schedule? I totally had this planned for THursday...say around 5???? :lol:

:p
ALK

I didn't get the f*cking memo! ;)

SapphireSister

05-03-2006, 03:00 PM

amber

05-03-2006, 03:04 PM

Thank you David, for the "dignified" response :p. Good to know!
Oh, Sapph - "Why" is incredible, it makes me weep, the harmony takes my breath away. Do you want that one, too? I have them all on my 'puter.
Edit - Strand, I have all those. You want me to post when I get home?

SapphireSister

05-03-2006, 03:05 PM

Now you can actually buy your very own official DVD copy of "Rhiannon" on the Midnight Special here:

http://www.midnightspecial.com/

It's only $9.95 plus shipping & handling!

We still need to accurately date this performance. I say somewhere around December 1975 to February 1976.
Check out that image of Bowie they have up there! He looks, um, pretty :confused:. I would love to see his performance of Space Oddity. Bowie rocks!

amber

05-03-2006, 03:09 PM

We all know Stevie couldn't. Still can't, blind as a bat that one.
Stevie had lasik a few years back. Crowed about how awesome it was to actually be able to see the audience. :woohoo:

SapphireSister

05-03-2006, 04:31 PM

Oh, Sapph - "Why" is incredible, it makes me weep, the harmony takes my breath away. Do you want that one, too? I have them all on my 'puter.

Yes, please post! And since I'm so into the masochism today (drum roll), what's "Why"? I've never heard of it, sesly :lol: (so I'm not a huge FM fan, always Stevie first, sue me).

amber

05-03-2006, 04:38 PM

Yes, please post! And since I'm so into the masochism today (drum roll), what's "Why"? I've never heard of it, sesly :lol: (so I'm not a huge FM fan, always Stevie first, sue me).

I just got really into it a bit ago. Stevie is in it, her floating head harmony is massive. It's a beautiful Christine song.
"Why did you give up. Why is it all wrong. Why don't you love me. Why don't you just be strong." or something like that. It's gorgeous.

amber

05-03-2006, 07:13 PM

Here's "Why"
http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3KPCM3BMYFMI62JDMAI2J1JSMS

Here's "World Turning"
http://beta.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=0771AA3A155C5174

Here's "Over My Head"
http://beta.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=0445D03831250017

Jyqm

05-03-2006, 07:36 PM

Yes, please post! And since I'm so into the masochism today (drum roll), what's "Why"? I've never heard of it, sesly :lol: (so I'm not a huge FM fan, always Stevie first, sue me).

"Why" is a Christine McVie composition. It's the last track on the Mystery To Me album and was played often on the 1975 tour.

I gotta say I've never felt that the live performances of this song with Lindsey have been able to live up to the beauty of the studio track (this is one of very few instances where I don't really care for Stevie's harmonies, either), although the Midnight Special performance sounds a lot better to me than the "live in the studio" rehearsal performance. (Thanks for the link, amber!)

Here's the studio track, for those who (once again, shamefully) don't yet own Mystery To Me:

http://download.yousendit.com/089B60B9376433EA

SapphireSister

05-03-2006, 09:59 PM

amber

05-03-2006, 10:21 PM

I just watched Rhiannon and my God Stevie looks like a baby, not a day over 17 and her teeth are so perfect! I'm not used to seeing her at this time period, I'm an 80's freak! My only complaint is that I really wish they hadn't been zooming in on Chris' hands during the breakdown when Stevie was probably dancing and twirling. Who wants to see hands on a piano when Stevie is dancing?
Well, probably some people do. I love that piano part, myself, I always miss it on all the other Rhiannons. But i would rather see Stevie woozing around. But it's only fair to show the whole band.

SapphireSister

05-03-2006, 10:29 PM

Well, probably some people do. I love that piano part, myself, I always miss it on all the other Rhiannons. But i would rather see Stevie woozing around. But it's only fair to show the whole band.
You're right, it's only fair to show the rest of the band but the truth is I would be perfectly contented if the camera stayed on Stevie the whole time :nod:. Of course that goes for every show where Stevie is on the stage. Even during Lindsey's songs on the SYW tour my eyes never came off Stevie (even if she was at the side of the stage simply standing there). I'm such a chiffonhead!
Thanks again for posting these Amber :)

Lala

05-04-2006, 12:02 AM

newsflash: sometimes when Lindsey appears to be looking over at stevie, he's actually looking at chris. stevie at her mic is often in his line-of-sight to chris. Musicians have to occasionally look at one another for technical reasons, in addition to looking at what they themselves are doing.

Shhh...you're ruining the mystique!

I gotta say I've never felt that the live performances of this song with Lindsey have been able to live up to the beauty of the studio track (this is one of very few instances where I don't really care for Stevie's harmonies, either), although the Midnight Special performance sounds a lot better to me than the "live in the studio" rehearsal performance. (Thanks for the link, amber!)

Perhaps you've heard this Rumours Rehersal version, but I wanted to post it. Probably my favorite bootleg version, if only for the guitar at the beginning. Beautiful.

http://beta.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=74D1DE55766C59A6

David

05-04-2006, 12:09 AM

Well, probably some people do. I love that piano part, myself, I always miss it on all the other Rhiannons. But i would rather see Stevie woozing around.I would too, surprisingly enough. There's no reason to see Christine play her vamp; hearing it is enough. But Stevie is doing a splendid witch dance & that's what we should have seen.

somewhere if I can find it I have some video file of fleetwood mac performing at day on the green in May 1977 & you can see stevie's witch dance during rhiannon. In those days, of course, it was cool. I remember her black widow's weeds flapping in the breeze at the outdoor show in santa barbara on the rumours tour. She knew just how to move. Nowadays, it's ridiculous--some lumbering, slow, ungainly twirls--& that's if anything's there at all.

so really as much footage from the '75-'82 witch dances is essential for any stevie nicks fan (except people like joe).

Janis_no1

05-04-2006, 12:12 AM

And her teeth are awesome here. They should've had their own song. :laugh:

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:laugh: very funny Amber! I haven't read this thread, but saw your post and had to laugh!!

Janis_no1

05-04-2006, 12:14 AM

Shhh...you're ruining the mystique!

Perhaps you've heard this Rumours Rehersal version, but I wanted to post it. Probably my favorite bootleg version, if only for the guitar at the beginning. Beautiful.

http://beta.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=74D1DE55766C59A6

Sarah... you send it has it listed as "why" is that right??:confused:

amber

05-04-2006, 12:16 AM

so really as much footage from the '75-'82 witch dances is essential for any stevie nicks fan (except people like joe).
The most essential of all being the Japan GDW witch dancing and otherworldly yowling combo, including the rarely seen dramatic Fall to the Floor Finale.

Janis_no1

05-04-2006, 12:17 AM

lol: i've got the tusk tour and mirage tour rhiannon yet somehow not the rumours tour.... seems fishy as i know i should have it....

Janis_no1

05-04-2006, 12:18 AM

The most essential of all being the Japan GDW witch dancing and otherworldly yowling combo, including the rarely seen dramatic Fall to the Floor Finale.

yeah i saw that... and hated it. Too dramatic for me.

amber

05-04-2006, 12:20 AM

yeah i saw that... and hated it. Too dramatic for me.
Ah, well, it hated you too, I'm sure. In fact, perhaps she was yowling at you!
I think Lala posted "Why" because we were all commenting on "Why", including Lala herself in that post.

Janis_no1

05-04-2006, 12:33 AM

Ah, well, it hated you too, I'm sure. In fact, perhaps she was yowling at you!
I think Lala posted "Why" because we were all commenting on "Why", including Lala herself in that post.

oh ok i thought lala was uploading the rhiannon for someone to see.

And though stevie has what she has descried as some form of foresight, i wasn't even born till a few years later! I was all excited to see this Japan show and was so over the moon when i got it included in some dvd's a kind generous ledgie sent me, i kinda get embarresed when i see the umm how do i say it :confused: different more emphasised performances, or when stevie's really out of it.

jwd

05-04-2006, 12:35 AM

Here's "Why"
http://s46.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3...62JDMAI2J1JSMS

Here's "World Turning"
http://beta.yousendit.com/transfer.p...71AA3A155C5174

Here's "Over My Head"
http://beta.yousendit.com/transfer.p...45D03831250017

Thanks Amber. That was sweet. I hadn't seen "Why" and "Over My Head", since probably when they were broadcast or rebroadcast? on the Midnight Special. I didn't even have a vcr at the time. I know I specifically bought my first vcr to watch the Tusk Documentary around '79. I was able to get "Rhiannon" and "World Turning" as they popped up on tv sometime after. That's an excellent version of "Why" with those BN harmonies kicking in at the end.

amber

05-04-2006, 12:41 AM

Thanks Amber. That was sweet. I hadn't seen "Why" and "Over My Head", since probably when they were broadcast or rebroadcast? on the Midnight Special. I didn't even have a vcr at the time. I know I specifically bought my first vcr to watch the Tusk Documentary around '79. I was able to get "Rhiannon" and "World Turning" as they popped up on tv sometime after. That's an excellent version of "Why" with those BN harmonies kicking in at the end.
I'm so glad! :woohoo: :wavey:
I was happy about these, too, as they are much clearer than ones on VHS that I had.

jwd

05-04-2006, 12:51 AM

I was happy about these, too, as they are much clearer than ones on VHS that I had.

Oh yeah, those are excellent. Very nice. :cool:

Lala

05-04-2006, 01:48 AM

I think Lala posted "Why" because we were all commenting on "Why", including Lala herself in that post.

Exactly :nod:

Jyqm

05-04-2006, 05:27 AM

lol: i've got the tusk tour and mirage tour rhiannon yet somehow not the rumours tour.... seems fishy as i know i should have it....

Do you just mean video? Because we've all got audio of a Rumours tour "Rhiannon" on the Live album.

Jyqm

05-04-2006, 05:31 AM

Perhaps you've heard this Rumours Rehersal version, but I wanted to post it. Probably my favorite bootleg version, if only for the guitar at the beginning. Beautiful.

http://beta.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=74D1DE55766C59A6

Thanks, I actually hadn't heard this! I do like the more understated guitar intro compared to Lindsey's earlier intros for this song, although one of the reason no live tracks live up to the studio version for me is that I can never get enough of Bob Weston's stunning intro. This really is a great performance, though.

Brwn_eyes0511

05-04-2006, 05:47 AM

Does anyone have these, particularly "Why?"

It's on youtube Jason.. I uploaded it a while back

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Brwn_eyes0511

05-04-2006, 05:50 AM

Who wants to see hands on a piano when Stevie is dancing?

:wavey: .........

strandinthewind

05-04-2006, 09:52 AM

. . . Edit - Strand, I have all those. You want me to post when I get home?

Yes please :angel:

strandinthewind

05-04-2006, 10:03 AM

Thanks to all who uploaded!!!!!!!!

SortaSavageLike

05-04-2006, 10:48 AM

360-degree rotating crotch shot. Yeah, that's more than I ever needed to see in my lifetime. :laugh:

SapphireSister

05-04-2006, 11:35 AM

The most essential of all being the Japan GDW witch dancing and otherworldly yowling combo, including the rarely seen dramatic Fall to the Floor Finale.
Do you have the video of this? I think I have it maybe somewhere on a compilation VHS but it would be a nightmare to try and find it. If you have it could you please post a link? I have to see this! (how can anything possibly be too dramatic? Nothing is too dramatic for me!)

SapphireSister

05-04-2006, 11:37 AM

:wavey: .........
Oh right, I forgot about the Christine fans here in the Stevie forum, my bad ;)

amber

05-04-2006, 02:49 PM

Do you have the video of this? I think I have it maybe somewhere on a compilation VHS but it would be a nightmare to try and find it. If you have it could you please post a link? I have to see this! (how can anything possibly be too dramatic? Nothing is too dramatic for me!)
I think I only have it on VHS, but I'll double check.

goldustsongbird

05-04-2006, 06:37 PM

:wavey: .........
Me too, especially if they're HER hands!

Lala

05-05-2006, 10:37 AM

Thanks, I actually hadn't heard this! I do like the more understated guitar intro compared to Lindsey's earlier intros for this song, although one of the reason no live tracks live up to the studio version for me is that I can never get enough of Bob Weston's stunning intro. This really is a great performance, though.

Wow really? It's exciting when I feel like I actually know something on this board amung all of the million-post, tour history memorized, massive bootleg collector, know-it-all's (Don't get me wrong, I love you all. You know all the answers to my questions).

I mean, of course, the studio version of Why is amazing. I do love this particular one, as I said before. I haven't heard another performance with this particular intro solo, which is disapointing. I wish I had one that was of nicer quality.

Jyqm

05-05-2006, 11:05 AM

Wow really? It's exciting when I feel like I actually know something on this board amung all of the million-post, tour history memorized, massive bootleg collector, know-it-all's (Don't get me wrong, I love you all. You know all the answers to my questions).

I'm just a know-it-all, not a tour history memorizer or massive bootleg collector! There's a lot of bootleg stuff that I haven't heard.

I never really care for most Fleetwood Mac bootlegs. Rumours era, that is - there's not really any need for me to collect any Green era bootlegs with all the officially released stuff out there, and there's hardly anything out there at all from the Welch years. The only Fleetwood Mac bootlegs I've got on my computer/iPod right now are "Live in the Studio 1975" and the Memphis Mirage concert. I had the Tusk tour rehearsals, the Baton Rouge 1978 show, and the Buffalo Say You Will show, but I ended up deleting them because I just didn't really like them and never listened to them (sound quality wasn't that great on any of them, either). I might end up deleting the Mirage concert soon, too. The 1975 studio concert is a keeper, though.