If You Could Pick Two Songs...

[LiamMcConville]

That have never been performed live to add into Stevie's set, what would they be?


That's Alright
If I Were You

[michelle2677]

well, this is provided she could actually pull it off.


1. wild heart (has she done that?)

2. cathouse blues

[LiamMcConville]

well, this is provided she could actually pull it off.


1. wild heart (has she done that?)

2. cathouse blues

No. :(

And I've neever heard Cathouse Blues. :)

[Livvy]

1. The Highwayman
2. And, if we are counting demos, I really like She Loves Him Still and Forsaken Love/Mistaken Love.

I totally second michelle2677's choice of Wild Heart and Cathouse Blues also though.

[michelle2677]

cathouse blues (bass/vocal)

http://www.mediafire.com/?4mzzd3bsdn9


and "no" what? she couldn't do it, or no to wild heart?

[LiamMcConville]

h/o coming up

No, no! I haven't listened to it on purpose bee, I don't listen to demo's! :lol:

[GavinBrown]

Wild Heart
and
Ooh My Love

[michelle2677]

No, no! I haven't listened to it on purpose bee, I don't listen to demo's! :lol:

eh? okay. suit yourself :confused: :confused: :laugh:

[LiamMcConville]

eh? okay. suit yourself :confused: :confused: :laugh:

:laugh: Oh, I'll suit myself alright!

[petep9000]

Ooh, My Love
Affairs of The Heart

[michelle2677]

:laugh: Oh, I'll suit myself alright!



probably for a really long time, too :laugh:

[LiamMcConville]

probably for a really long time, too :laugh:

MY MOM SAYS I'M A VERY HANDSOME YOUNG MAN! :woohoo:



:distress:

[dnightshade]

Bella Donna and The Highway Man.

I'd also love to see her do Straight Back w the Mac (had to throw that one in).

[steviefan99]

i know she has done this song but I have never had the opprotunity to hear Silver Springs live. My fav :(

[shackin'up]

storms
storms

[steviefan99]

Why doesnt stevie ever do Gypsy solo????????????? or has she?:confused:

[michelle2677]

Why doesnt stevie ever do Gypsy solo????????????? or has she?:confused:

no no nooooo :distress: this is all wrong.

i just can't imagine it without lindsey. :sorry:

[steviefan99]

At this point i'll take whatever i can get! their not getting any younger.....

[jannieC]

Kind of Woman
Doing the Best I Can

She's never done either of those, right?

[Hawkeye]

1. Outside the Rain
2. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You

[Villavic]

no no nooooo :distress: this is all wrong.

i just can't imagine it without lindsey. :sorry:

I agree, Gypsy is too "Fleetwood Mac sound"

my choice would be mac songs anyway

Affairs of the heart
Storms

[danax6]

Bella Donna and The Highway Man.
Bella Donna's been done live.

Why doesnt stevie ever do Gypsy solo????????????? or has she?:confused:Wild Heart tour.

1. Outside the Rain
2. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For YouFunny.

Storms
Wild Heart

[kato]

Doing The Best I Can

[jannieC]

Kind of Woman
Doing the Best I Can

She's never done either of those, right?

On edit, Kind of Woman would be really boring live, I'm sure. I just love the song. I'm quoting myself. :shocked:

[michelle2677]

On edit, Kind of Woman would be really boring live, I'm sure. I just love the song. I'm quoting myself. :shocked:

idk. i thought that how still my love woulda been boring live, buuuuttt :eek: :cool:

[strandinthewind]

storms
storms

I think with LB on acoustic and CM playing a grand piano -- the song would soar - - much like BC did on the SYW tour.

I would like to hear her sing:

Imperial Hotel
Highwayman

[blackroses]

Storms
Straight Back

I think Mirror, Mirror would be really interesting live, but the chances of that happening are probably zero. So, are we including demos? Forest Of The Black Roses and Three Birds Of Rhiannon would also be really nice, but I'm not sure how good those would be live, especially with her current voice.

[Phoenix]

Wild Heart
and
Ooh My Love

U BEAT ME TOO IT!:p
ooh my love, and
WILD HEART! but a moore stripped down version like this!!!!!

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Just stevie and the girls. like the leather and lace from the bella donna tour.

[David]

Violet & Blue
Inspiration

[Nikolaj]

Nothing Evvvver Changes, and Listen to the Rain

any2thatrock, please. Rock on (and out) these last months before turnin 60!
Then rock some more, after.

or
Violet and Blue and Long Way To Go

[darklinensuit]

I would like to hear her sing:

Imperial Hotel
Highwayman

You read my mind, you stinker.;)
So to be original I think I'll throw in Battle of the Dragon.:cool:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

1. Outside the Rain
2. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You

:lol: But Dreams would be so much fresher.

- Jake

[blackroses]

So to be original I think I'll throw in Battle of the Dragon.:cool:

- Jake :D I was going to say Battle Of The Dragon too, but figured she had probably already done it live at some point. No? Never? Not even for the troops or something? :shrug:

[Hawkeye]

OK, My real answer is:

1. Nightbird
2. Kind of Woman (replacing Landslide)

[blackroses]

OK, My real answer is:

1. Nightbird
2. Kind of Woman (replacing Landslide)She's done Nightbird live before. ;)

[softsilverchain]

She's done Nightbird live before. ;)

Does anyone have the live Nightbird to post?????

[blackroses]

Why doesnt stevie ever do Gypsy solo????????????? or has she?:confused:That's actually been done live solo several times...more than just the Wild Heart tour.

[blackroses]

Does anyone have the live Nightbird to post?????Here's one live, but it's TV and not concert:

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The only other live version I know of was performed on Saturday Night Live, but I think the above one is better. I don't know if she's ever done it in concert, but I'm sure someone here will know. If not, then she definitely should have. I can't imagine why she wouldn't have, but stranger things have happened. If anyone has an audio of the above live version, please post it. It's really beautiful. I like it better than the album version.

[steviefan99]

AWESOME VIDEO! thanks :)

[Matthew]

Definitely
Freedom
Sometimes It´s a Bitch:) That would be so cool!!!

[dnightshade]

Bella Donna's been done live.
Wild Heart tour.

Funny.

Storms
Wild Heart
Has it? Damn ~ I think that would be a killer song live. Anyone have a copy of this song live they can download.

Then I'd have to add as my 2nd choice Some Become Strangers. I always liked that song.

[AliceLover]

Solo set: Alice and Talk to Me
Fleetwood Mac Set: Running Through the Garden and Affairs of the Heart

[Nixxxed]

no no nooooo :distress: this is all wrong.

i just can't imagine it without lindsey. :sorry:

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[darklinensuit]

Solo set: Alice and Talk to Me
Fleetwood Mac Set: Running Through the Garden

These three have been done live (albeit too briefly in the case of RTTG).

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

:D I was going to say Battle Of The Dragon too, but figured she had probably already done it live at some point. No? Never? Not even for the troops or something? :shrug:

Not even for her Yorkies if they marched along in combat boots, to my knowledge.:shrug:;)

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

no no nooooo :distress: this is all wrong.

i just can't imagine it without lindsey. :sorry:

Actually my favorite version is the one with Tom where she keeps singing "It was my night." I think the tempo on this version would work better live than the recent ones.

- Jake

[AliceLover]

These three have been done live (albeit too briefly in the case of RTTG).

- Jake

Ahhh I read his message too quickly.

Ooh my Love and Long Way to go are my other two choices.

[nightbird28]

If You Ever Did Believe
The Nightmare

[michelle2677]

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of course you had to post one where she was crying and wiped a tear away :mad: no fair!! :laugh:

eh..other than that point...i still don't get it :shrug: I prefer it with the mac.

[softsilverchain]

Here's one live, but it's TV and not concert:

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The only other live version I know of was performed on Saturday Night Live, but I think the above one is better. I don't know if she's ever done it in concert, but I'm sure someone here will know. If not, then she definitely should have. I can't imagine why she wouldn't have, but stranger things have happened. If anyone has an audio of the above live version, please post it. It's really beautiful. I like it better than the album version.



OMG!!!!!! this is incredible. thanks so much for posting.

[wolfontherun]

Without a doubt

Sable on Blonde but only with Mick on drums

and

Storms

[michelej1]

Love Is and EFO

Michele

[buckymcnix]

I don't wanna know -
and
Races are Run
with
Without You as an alternate :o

so i was watching the gypsy clips above and started checking out the other videos by the users etc . . . i came accross the "gold dust woman" from a bob welch show where christine and mick and stevie join bob. It's a pretty cool version cos it's a unique group playing it - but the real thing that struck me was at the very end, stevie says "they never let me do gold dust woman".

which is funny to me for two reasons:
1. It's such a warhorse it's hard to imagine there was a time when it wasn't in the set? :laugh:

2. I also think that bringing up band issues (such as what "they" let her sing) while she is a guest on someone else's stage is an interesting piece of tact on her part. The fact that some of those "They"s she refers to, are also guests and happen to have just played a killer version of her song, leaves me scratching my head more.

[Stew_Matthews]

If you were my love (the best thing she never recorded)

Love Is (the best thing she recorded)

[LiamMcConville]

so i was watching the gypsy clips above and started checking out the other videos by the users etc . . . i came accross the "gold dust woman" from a bob welch show where christine and mick and stevie join bob. It's a pretty cool version cos it's a unique group playing it - but the real thing that struck me was at the very end, stevie says "they never let me do gold dust woman".

which is funny to me for two reasons:
1. It's such a warhorse it's hard to imagine there was a time when it wasn't in the set? :laugh:

2. I also think that bringing up band issues (such as what "they" let her sing) while she is a guest on someone else's stage is an interesting piece of tact on her part. The fact that some of those "They"s she refers to, are also guests and happen to have just played a killer version of her song, leaves me scratching my head more.

Actually, she says "They never let me play GDW this long, it's so much fun. Thank you all." I think she was being playful, didn't have any snarky intentions.

[JbbyStew86]

Bella Donna and The Highway Man.

I'd also love to see her do Straight Back w the Mac (had to throw that one in).

Bella Donna is fantastic live. She did it during the Wild Winged Dove tour in '81. I found a copy of it on a blog and here it is:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/o6j4jz

The Highwayman would be real great, but my two picks would be "If I Were You" and "Fireflies" only this time in front of an audience. (The one on the live album was a soundcheck recording)

[Chrislit18]

I know she did Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind during the SA tour in 91...but she should do it now anyways!!

And probably Wild Heart. I doubt she could pull that off with her current range, so instead I'll say It's Only Love...my favourite song off of TSIL of course.

[strandinthewind]

. . . Love Is (the best thing she recorded)

The demo of Love Is is so haunting and beautiful. The TISL version, to me, sounds contrived. I would LOVE to hear Love Is done with just her and a piano -- possibly her on the piano.

[LiamMcConville]

The demo of Love Is is so haunting and beautiful. The TISL version, to me, sounds contrived. I would LOVE to hear Love Is done with just her and a piano -- possibly her on the piano.

Naked, while Christine tittles away on the keys...

[petep9000]

The demo of Love Is is so haunting and beautiful. The TISL version, to me, sounds contrived. I would LOVE to hear Love Is done with just her and a piano -- possibly her on the piano.

I don't like when Stevie plays piano. It sounds so wonky. I wish she played better.

I love 'Love Is' though, I thought the music and lyrics on TISL were very good.

"Do I know you cannot stay? I know...all about love..."

[Livvy]

Does anyone have a piano demo of Love Is to post? I love that song, but I've never heard a demo of it .

[strandinthewind]

Here is the paino demo I have -- I think it is the only one out there.

I think her voice is far from perfect, but the vulnerability in it is striking to me.

http://download.yousendit.com/2AFAB7372ED72862

[michelej1]

2. I also think that bringing up band issues (such as what "they" let her sing) while she is a guest on someone else's stage is an interesting piece of tact on her part. The fact that some of those "They"s she refers to, are also guests and happen to have just played a killer version of her song, leaves me scratching my head more.

The way she introduced Beautiful Child during the SYW tour made me think that she must have wanted to sing it in the past and "they" wouldn't let her. She introduced it like someone finally gave her permission.

Michele

[Livvy]

Here is the paino demo I have -- I think it is the only one out there.

I think her voice is far from perfect, but the vulnerability in it is striking to me.

http://download.yousendit.com/2AFAB7372ED72862

Thank you for taking the time to post this :).

[blackroses]

i came accross the "gold dust woman" from a bob welch show where christine and mick and stevie join bob. It's a pretty cool version cos it's a unique group playing it - but the real thing that struck me was at the very end, stevie said "they never let me do gold dust woman"My very favorite version of the song!!! That mix of people performed it awesomely together. She definitely says, "They never let me do Gold Dust Woman that long". The ending is cut off in that video, so you can't hear her full sentence. I've been dying for an audio of that. It's on Bob Welch's album called Live At The Roxy (or something like that), but I can't find anywhere that has individual song downloads, and I don't want the whole album.

which is funny to me for two reasons:
1. It's such a warhorse it's hard to imagine there was a time when it wasn't in the set? :laughIt doesn't seem like FM performed it very often, for some reason...at least not as often as other songs, but I could be wrong. :shrug: Early on, she seemed to have performed it a lot in her solo acts.

2. I also think that bringing up band issues (such as what "they" let her sing) while she is a guest on someone else's stage is an interesting piece of tact on her part. The fact that some of those "They"s she refers to, are also guests and happen to have just played a killer version of her song, leaves me scratching my head more.Do you mean good tact or bad tact? If it's the latter, she sometimes came off with odd comments on stage in those days. Being heavily on coke probably didn't make tact one of her strong qualities. In that performance, she seemed excited that she was given the time to get fully into the song, and blurted that statement out in her excitement. I don't think she meant any harm by it...at least not that time ;)

[Hawkeye]

She's done Nightbird live before. ;)


Nightbird's never been done at a concert, just twice for TV performances.

[blackroses]

Nightbird's never been done at a concert, just twice for TV performances.I suspected that. And she does it so beautifully live too. The only reason I can figure why she would not have put it into her concert sets is because it is about her best friend's death, and maybe she didn't want the emotional burden of performing it regularly.

[blackroses]

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[gldstwmn]

Here is the paino demo I have -- I think it is the only one out there.

I think her voice is far from perfect, but the vulnerability in it is striking to me.

http://download.yousendit.com/2AFAB7372ED72862

Plus the "Love is what you believe it is" line should have made the finished song.

[dnightshade]

Bella Donna is fantastic live. She did it during the Wild Winged Dove tour in '81. I found a copy of it on a blog and here it is:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/o6j4jz

The Highwayman would be real great, but my two picks would be "If I Were You" and "Fireflies" only this time in front of an audience. (The one on the live album was a soundcheck recording)

Thank you for the linke. I couldn't open it, however. But I appreicate it. At least I know it's out there.

[JazmenFlowers]

Storms
Wild Heart

close third: Straight Back

[strandinthewind]

Plus the "Love is what you believe it is" line should have made the finished song.

For the life of me, I will NEVER get why she cuts lines from her songs. She did it for Fall From Grace, Gypsy, Sara, SOTM, etc. I think it is the guys doing it. I say this because she has consistently referred to this being the case. And - some idiot cut the extra and beautiful:

You smile
and you make me feel good inside
it's a feeling
and it's so hard to hide

from Songbird - not to mention the lovely and IMO inspirational musical bridge that went with it.

Here it is:

http://download.yousendit.com/E5A00C3C20408EDD

[strandinthewind]

. . .

close third: Straight Back

I am unsure if you have this - Straight Back from the Mirage rehearsals:

http://download.yousendit.com/45DFC9DF2D722D56

Also - since I am in a yousendit frenzy, here is Fleetwood Mac jamming on EO17 during the Mirage rehearsals. Interetingly, if that is LB playing the lead guitar, I guess he must have heard BD by then.

http://download.yousendit.com/D0E8029A313DCDB4

[David]

I don't like that version of Gypsy. She left the stage before the song even finished. I've always thought that entire concert was fairly bad. She was stumbling around, acting disoriented....a wreck. I know she was experiencing lots problems at that time, so from that perspective, it's almost like a personal glimpse into her psyche, watching her struggle with her turmoil while performing, but the songs were not the best. However, she managed to pull off a very haunting and emotional Beauty And The Beast. I've always wondered which concert this was. Does anyone know? Was it part of the Wild Heart tour? It was professionally filmed, so there should be a good audio of it somewhere.It's the Capitol Centre gig in Landover mid stride on the first leg of the Wild Heart tour. It's emblematic of the tour. If this isn't your thing, chances are good you wouldn't like other recordings from the tour. This wasn't a momentary aberration; this was "Stevie Nicks" at that time.

[David]

Interetingly, if that is LB playing the lead guitar, I guess he must have heard BD by then.Or the radio.

[Nixxxed]

I don't like that version of Gypsy. She left the stage before the song even finished. I've always thought that entire concert was fairly bad. She was stumbling around, acting disoriented....a wreck.

And she was also smiling, laughing, playing with stuffed animals, singing ad-libs, dancing around, and being playful with the girls. Why would her leaving the stage a little early during a song cause you to dislike a performance? Those shawls aren't gonna change themselves. ( ;) :laugh: )

I know she was experiencing lots problems at that time, so from that perspective, it's almost like a personal glimpse into her psyche, watching her struggle with her turmoil while performing, but the songs were not the best. However, she managed to pull off a very haunting and emotional Beauty And The Beast.

I agree - BATB was haunting and emotional. There wasn't a dry eye in the house. It was also the song before Gypsy. You can't see the crowd in the video, but trust me - after the mid-set BATB buzzkill - everyone in the place is up, dancing, and hugging their friends.

I've always wondered which concert this was. Does anyone know? Was it part of the Wild Heart tour? It was professionally filmed, so there should be a good audio of it somewhere.

http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showpost.php?p=736881&postcount=152

It's the Capitol Centre gig in Landover mid stride on the first leg of the Wild Heart tour. It's emblematic of the tour. If this isn't your thing, chances are good you wouldn't like other recordings from the tour. This wasn't a momentary aberration; this was "Stevie Nicks" at that time.

I agree. And it's such a shame that people are so focused on Stevie that they forget to notice that the people onstage are actually having a good time despite all the troubles everyone is watching to see manifest themselves.

Sharon and Lori are in-tune and not too loud, Waddy is happily chugging the band along, Benmont's fabulous light touch on the countermelody (?) is keeping the whole thing in the air, and ROY F*ING BITTAN is pounding his fingers to bloody splintered nubs playing Lindsey's ending guitar part on the piano. That last thing alone was worth the price of admission. Which, by the way, was $13. :D
___________

Oh, and I realized I never answered this thread's question. My dream:

Show opener: Crying in the Night
Show closer: Nothing Ever Changes

[blackroses]

And she was also smiling, laughing, playing with stuffed animals, singing ad-libs, dancing around, and being playful with the girls. Why would her leaving the stage a little early during a song cause you to dislike a performance? Those shawls aren't gonna change themselves. ( ;) :laugh: )Leaving the stage was not why I didn't like it. I didn't say that. I just mentioned it. I'm sure it's not the first time she has left the stage early. Yes, I've also seen all the playfulness you mentioned. I liked the concert because I thought it was interesting, but I did not think it was the best she has ever done some of the songs, not that that matters. She doesn't have to do things perfectly for me to like her. In fact, I don't even expect that, but I don't always like every song, every time. I loved Beauty And The Beast.

http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showpost.php?p=736881&postcount=152Thanks for the link!

[skcin]

Straight Back from the Mirage rehearsals still gtives me chills. Awesome live, just awesome. "Straight back! Baby, straight back! Straight! Back! NOW!!!" Love it.

OK, anyway. My picks are:

Trouble in Shangri-La
Storms

[AliceLover]

Leaving the stage was not why I didn't like it. I didn't say that. I just mentioned it. I'm sure it's not the first time she has left the stage early. Yes, I've also seen all the playfulness you mentioned. I liked the concert because I thought it was interesting, but I did not think it was the best she has ever done some of the songs, not that that matters. She doesn't have to do things perfectly for me to like her. In fact, I don't even expect that, but I don't always like every song, every time. I loved Beauty And The Beast.

Thanks for the link!

Did you notice that after she sings the bridge to Gypsy she has to wipe a tear away? I think she started to think about Robin and her death. She started changing some words around too at the end. Great performance, IMO.

[LiamMcConville]

Straight Back from the Mirage rehearsals still gtives me chills. Awesome live, just awesome. "Straight back! Baby, straight back! Straight! Back! NOW!!!" Love it.



My favorite part is when Christine counts everybody down to where the song "starts over." I don't know what that's called in song structure, but that's what I'm calling it. :lol:

Did you notice that after she sings the bridge to Gypsy she has to wipe a tear away? I think she started to think about Robin and her death. She started changing some words around too at the end. Great performance, IMO.

I remember you saying that you hated the Wild Heart arrangement of the song?

[AliceLover]

My favorite part is when Christine counts everybody down to where the song "starts over." I don't know what that's called in song structure, but that's what I'm calling it. :lol:



I remember you saying that you hated the Wild Heart arrangement of the song?

Ehh, it has definitely grown on me. I like the guitar licks Waddy adds to the song. Vocal wise, Mirage is my favorite, but I hate the arrangement of it on the Mirage vid. Gypsy is my favorite Stevie song, it just doesn't translate well live IMO.

[strandinthewind]

Or the radio.

Visions of LB ripping the radio out of his dashboard and tossing it with spite over some cliff on the highway :laugh:

[buckymcnix]

Actually, she says "They never let me play GDW this long, it's so much fun. Thank you all." I think she was being playful, didn't have any snarky intentions.

My very favorite version of the song!!! That mix of people performed it awesomely together. She definitely says, "They never let me do Gold Dust Woman that long". The ending is cut off in that video, so you can't hear her full sentence.

thanks you guys, and I agree that it changes her statement from what I thought she was saying. I still think my question of her tact still stands though. :)
I think phrasing it the way she did, "They never let me . . ." gives this image of her being controlled by the rest of the band. Or that she has suggested that they play GDW for a longer time and was told "NO". She could have said, "we never play it that long in fleetwood mac, that was fun" or something without the dig.




I've been dying for an audio of that. It's on Bob Welch's album called Live At The Roxy
this is where they call stevie "Madame X" right?


Do you mean good tact or bad tact? If it's the latter, she sometimes came off with odd comments on stage in those days. Being heavily on coke probably didn't make tact one of her strong qualities. In that performance, she seemed excited that she was given the time to get fully into the song, and blurted that statement out in her excitement. I don't think she meant any harm by it...at least not that time ;)

maybe instead of tact I would say that she had a lapse in taste. :lol:

Yes she was excited and full of blow so I will cut her some slack. But it seems that this was how she rolled with her public statements. I can't think of another good example right off though (no, i am not full of blow:wavey::]) Actually Michele gave us an example from the say you will tour.


The way she introduced Beautiful Child during the SYW tour made me think that she must have wanted to sing it in the past and "they" wouldn't let her. She introduced it like someone finally gave her permission.

Michele

right - she could have said "i wanted to do this song for many years, but the time just wasn't right. Now it is." or in someway that doesn't seem to be poking at the same people she is on stage with. lol

but then again, maybe she is just playing up the "conflict" in the band because it's what people expect at a fleetwood mac show.

[David]

thanks you guys, and I agree that it changes her statement from what I thought she was saying. I still think my question of her tact still stands though. :)
I think phrasing it the way she did, "They never let me . . ." gives this image of her being controlled by the rest of the band. Or that she has suggested that they play GDW for a longer time and was told "NO". She could have said, "we never play it that long in fleetwood mac, that was fun" or something without the dig.It was just one of those goofy Stevie comments. It had no bearing on the past; Fleetwood Mac hadn't even played GDW on its most recent tour. It hadn't played GDW since 1978, & when it did so then, the song was loooooooong -- in fact, longer on average than it was with Welch & Friends. Besides, what does length have to do with anything, Stevie? Size doesn't matter. You sang more scat in 1978 than you did in 1981 with Welch & Friends.

this is where they call stevie "Madame X" right?Yes, Stevie was billed that way in the L.A. Times in the ad for the concert. Not many people knew she'd be a guest at the gig. The Roxy is a small club & can't squeeze in even a tenth of Stevie's audience in those days.

[wolfontherun]

Ehh, it has definitely grown on me. I like the guitar licks Waddy adds to the song. Vocal wise, Mirage is my favorite, but I hate the arrangement of it on the Mirage vid. Gypsy is my favorite Stevie song, it just doesn't translate well live IMO.

Wait!!! What????? Waddy played on the Mirage version? What Mirage vid are you talking about. Are there bootlegs of the song from her solo?

[eric51078]

If You Ever Did Believe, Some Become Strangers

[JbbyStew86]

If You Ever Did Believe, Some Become Strangers

Ohh, I like the Some Become Strangers pick, I have to second that one!

[AliceLover]

Wait!!! What????? Waddy played on the Mirage version? What Mirage vid are you talking about. Are there bootlegs of the song from her solo?

I was talking about the video of Gypsy posted earlier in this thread. It was a version from her Wild Heart tour. I was explaining to Liam that this version has grown on me. I was referring to the Mirage video as a version that was good vocal wise, but not innstrumentally.