House of Blues first night 09/17/1994

Macfan4life · #1 12-27-2018, 08:42 PM

Very good concert from Stevie. This concert or the second night was eventually redubbed and really helped me in my life in 1996 when I recorded them it from the radio.
I moved a lot in 1994 and never saw this tour unfortunately. Stevie is depressed and for the House of Blues she drops Maybe Love will change your mind and Docklands. Included is a kick ass version of Rooms on Fire, Stand Back, Blue Denim, and Edge of 17. I don't remember Has anyone ever written anyone for you being included in the second night. The Chain was the encore that night right?
Waddy joins her on stage for I Need To Know. BTW, a killer Talk To Me is on this tour! Also this is the first solo tour that Rhiannon is included in the set and not the encore. I like when she introduces Sara Fleetwood and starts singing Sara.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6rcWtMq1bk

petep9000 · #2 12-27-2018, 09:27 PM

I liked her vocals on this tour. In some places she sounds like her old self, almost RAL sometimes. Big change from the drecky vocals she did on the OSOTM and Timespace tours. Heck, even the TITN tour featured a Stevie that was way off. This was a return to form, and I liked the stage design too.

cbBen · #3 12-27-2018, 10:13 PM

Thanks, I've been wanting this.

cbBen · #4 12-28-2018, 02:45 AM

Good show. I'm surprised she doesn't do "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" but I don't particularly miss it. "I Need To Know" is short and sweet. She should do "The Chain" more. Rick Vito rips it up on "Blue Denim." This is the end of her smoking period, and the end of her being somewhat wild with her delivery. She sings much more carefully starting with The Dance.

For those interested, I've divided the show into individual song tracks. I omitted the band introductions. I divided "Rooms On Fire" into two tracks:
the keyboard intro (similar to one of Lindsey's intros on Out Of The Cradle), and the song itself.

Link to show with 14 separate song tracks: https://wetransfer.com/downloads/56c...8090309/f54a6a

Setlist: https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/stevi...3db08c5.html):

Stevie's introduction to "Destiny": "This next song was written in 1973. I had moved already to Los Angeles with Lindsey, and I went up to San Francisco, and I met somebody, and I almost didn't come back. But I did. It was a very big decision, as it was to change my life – and so this song is called 'Destiny.'"

cbBen · #5 12-31-2018, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by cbBen

This is the end of her smoking period, and the end of her being somewhat wild with her delivery. She sings much more carefully starting with The Dance.

She's a little wild and unpredictable with her singing on "Garbo" at Woodstock '98: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lT0gVF5Jo0

Is there a circulating soundboard recording, or pro-shot video, of a 2001 show?

gldstwmn · #6 01-02-2019, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by cbBen

She's a little wild and unpredictable with her singing on "Garbo" at Woodstock '98: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lT0gVF5Jo0

Is there a circulating soundboard recording, or pro-shot video, of a 2001 show?

There are I think four songs from the KFOG Chritimas show. Fall From Grace at The Blockbuster Awards is a good one. I don't think there's a complete show though. She had a lot of sound issues on that tour.

Macfan4life · #7 12-28-2018, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by petep9000

I liked her vocals on this tour. In some places she sounds like her old self, almost RAL sometimes. Big change from the drecky vocals she did on the OSOTM and Timespace tours. Heck, even the TITN tour featured a Stevie that was way off. This was a return to form, and I liked the stage design too.

You hate OSOTM and Street Angel album and hair so you were not allowed to listen

petep9000 · #8 12-28-2018, 07:14 AM

Well I have news for you, honey-bunny. I love the SA album. I’m one of the few people here who doesn’t rag on it. I was perfectly happy when it came out, from track list to singles to album art to the tour.

Macfan4life · #9 12-28-2018, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by petep9000

Well I have news for you, honey-bunny. I love the SA album. I’m one of the few people here who doesn’t rag on it. I was perfectly happy when it came out, from track list to singles to album art to the tour.

Oh wow. We agree on something. I really like (most of) Street Angel.

Macfan4life · #10 12-28-2018, 09:55 AM

The reason why I mentioned this concert recording helped me in my life was because it was so high energy. I was in training for a very physical job that required peak fitness. This concert I recorded from the radio on a cassette tape. Yes, I said cassette tape because in 1997 my stereo still had a cassette player on it. So I would put this cassette in my Walkman and run outside and on the treadmill for months and months. If you listen to this concert, its very very upbeat and almost fast. Stand Back is a full cardio work out as well as Edge of 17. Even outside the rain is played faster than other tours. You can really get your heart pumping.

I was not aware the concert was touched and parts re-recorded for radio so the radio version is a little different at times (than this version here). Stevie flubs the lyrics to Rooms on Fire here but she always flubs the lyrics to Rooms on Fire. The radio edit version she nails every word and verse of Rooms on Fire. I was like.....WOW that rehab stint did wonders because she has never nailed the song in concert before. LOL Now I prefer the unscripted natural live version here.

cbBen · #11 12-28-2018, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by petep9000

Well I have news for you, honey-bunny. I love the SA album. I’m one of the few people here who doesn’t rag on it. I was perfectly happy when it came out, from track list to singles to album art to the tour.

I edited it down to nine songs and think it's not bad. Don't know how she managed to record such a weak version of such a good song in "Rose Garden," but in any case I included it:

1. Blue Denim
2. Street Angel
3. Docklands
4. Listen To The Rain
5. Destiny
6. Unconditional Love
7. Rose Garden
8. Just Like A Woman
9. Kick It

Macfan4life · #12 12-28-2018, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by cbBen

I edited it down to nine songs and think it's not bad. Don't know how she managed to record such a weak version of such a good song in "Rose Garden," but in any case I included it:

1. Blue Denim
2. Street Angel
3. Docklands
4. Listen To The Rain
5. Destiny
6. Unconditional Love
7. Rose Garden
8. Just Like A Woman
9. Kick It

For some reason the biggest complaints from SA is that Stevie sings the words laundromat and chimpanzee. Crazy reasons.

If you strip away all of the vocals on SA, each track is very good musically. This is what is missing in TISRL. If you strip away the vocals on that album you are left with very lightweight music that almost sounds like a demo.

TheWILDheart · #13 01-12-2019, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by cbBen

I edited it down

I did the same, though mine is quite different to yours. I always listen to this edit of SA and absolutely love it:

1. Blue Denim (single remix)
2. Greta
3. Street Angel
4. Listen To The Rain
5. Destiny
6. Love Is Like A River
7. Rose Garden
8. Inspiration
9. Maybe Love (single remix)
10. Kick It
11. God's Garden

I always found the single remixes of both BD and ML packed way more of a punch than the album mixes.

gldstwmn · #14 01-02-2019, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by petep9000

Well I have news for you, honey-bunny. I love the SA album. I’m one of the few people here who doesn’t rag on it. I was perfectly happy when it came out, from track list to singles to album art to the tour.

I think Street Angel is very underrated. There are so many good songs on it. I wish she would add some of those to her set.