Denver, Colorado June 1, 2013 Pepsi Center

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by Lindsfan

And you may be shocked to know that I actually defended your girl online (YouTube) not too long ago, when she got jumped for saying "thank you Montreal" when she was in Vancouver. We're not all bad, ya know

I am!

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by rockalilcutie25

and ill say it ppl go to mac concerts for Stevie Nicks, get over it Lindsey fans! Jeremy...

Certainly some do, but if everyone did, then Stevie would sell just as many tickets solo as FM does. She does not.

Michele

[wheart]

Originally Posted by secret love

I'm worried. Haven't looked at the videos Viv posted yet but I have been listening to the performances from other FM Live 2013 concerts posted on YouTube. I don't know if anyone else is thinking it but I sure am...I'm afraid that maybe Stevie can't sing. At least not consistently well. She certainly isn't performing as well as she did a decade ago on the Say You Will Tour. Not just vocally but also physically - the energy that was there, the carefree dancing...it has gone. Don't want to be a killjoy but part of me says she's slowly losing the extreme talent she once had. As a Stevie fan it's quite disheartening, particularly given that she doesn't play an instrument - her voice is all she has.

I hope they record a concert from the 2013 tour and some new studio Fleetwood Mac material penned by Stevie before she completely loses it. Am sure Auto Tune was used quite frequently on In Your Dreams...

And now I sound petty and unappreciative/selfish but just wanted to share these thoughts and see if anyone else was feeling it...so, are you?

Stevie sounded great and her energy level was up there when I saw them in Philly and NY but that was the very beginning of the tour. Things may have changed since then but from the video's I've watched, she seems fine. I try not to compare Stevie's current performances to those of ten years ago. Obviously she (like all of us) was ten years younger and naturally more energetic.

[vivfox]

Go Your Own Way by Bill Yannek




Gold Dust Woman by Bill Yanneck




Never Going Back Again by Bill Yanneck

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by michelej1

By Ray Mark Rinaldi Posted June 2, 2013, 9:35 am MT
http://blogs.denverpost.com/artmosph...eethoven/9893/

[there's a picture of someone dressed like Christine in the article, which is something you don't see often]

Fleetwood Mac goes on and on in Denver, kinda like Beethoven

If you compared the crowd that was downtown this Saturday night to see Fleetwood Mac with the crowd downtown last Saturday night to hear the Colorado Symphony, you wouldn’t find that much difference.

Both audiences were up there in terms of age, mostly old enough to have grandchildren, and overwhelmingly caucasian, maybe 90 percent, if you can actually guess those things by looking.

The Pepsi Center folks drank more alcohol, and didn’t turn off their phones, and the orchestra attendees were way better-dressed and polite enough not to shout “We love you Stevie Nicks” while the singer was actually trying to perform. But the two sets shared one key element: enthusiasm. The ovations were made standing in both houses and that basic human need to be sated by very familiar music – whether guitar-driven or violin-driven — was never in doubt.

Who would have thought 35 years after the band started playing, people would still be interested in hearing Fleetwood Mac. Or that the musicians, rich, adored and legacy secured, would still be interested in playing.

But there it was Saturday at Pepsi, the house visibly sold out, the players up there rocking out, in earnest, and in appealing way that went way beyond nostalgia. They’re still very talented pop stars, attractive, energized, envied. If classical music isn’t selling the way it was a few decades ago, don’t blame Beethoven. Blame rock ‘n’ roll for not giving up its hold on fans, for staying competitive for those concert dollars even when everyone, on stage and off, is old enough to retire.

That was especially true with Fleetwood Mac. Who played 22 songs for 2 hours and 41 minutes, with all but two of them from their vast catalog of hits. The band stayed in there, delivering pretty much all of the quirky and sure personality they are known for.

Lead guitarist Lindsey Buckhingham, 63, but with the lean body of a 30-year-old and a Hollywood tan, pulled off heroic solos, particularly on “Looking Out for Love.” Drummer Mick Fleetwood, 65, shouted, sweated and banged the night away. He held the stage, just by himself, for maybe 10 long minutes around “World Turning” during the extended encore.

Stevie Nicks, 65 last Sunday, worked her tambourine, and those scarves and gold chains tied to her microphone, and her lacey shawls and finger-less gloves and threw her guttural voice out like a rock star. After three decades of performing “Gold Dust Woman” and “Dreams,” the routine is down. She stills does her famous spinning moves on cue, (though just 14 careful turns Saturday eve), but she chooses her earthier moments like a pro and goes for it. She remains amazing to watch on stage.

Fleetwood Mac concerts used to be rowdier, more drugs, more screams, more dancing. Back in the day, half the women showed up in gauzy, Stevie Nicks drag. Last night, there were only a few gals rocking the high boots and bandanas, though it was good to see them.

But like a night at the orchestra, it all seemed unfailingly appropriate. The show started on time and the sound was at a reasonable level. The between-song chatter was about the importance of family. There were lots of sentimental tales of the band in its early days. It was kinda nice.

Some people would see that as the death of rock ‘n’ roll, no anger, no danger, no cigarette lighters, no youthful vibe, really. But rock has always taken its real strength from its humanity; its naturalness, rather than its costume-driven rawness. Natural, three decades in, isn’t as loud, and not as much beer gets spilled in the floor, but it has its own sort of enthusiasm, and it goes on and on and on.

Be sure to check out the Denver Post’s pop music website, Reverb, where you’ll find more reviews, and photos, of local concerts.

Someone needs to get the stick out of their ass and do their homework. Looking Out For Love indeed...

[vivfox]

Sister's of the Moon by Bill Yanneck

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by McTrouble

Just like West Side Story on here!

Riff: Now move in and shake hands.
Bernardo: For what?
Riff: Well, that's the way it's done, buddy boy.
Bernardo: More gracious living. Everyone of you hates everyone of us, and we *hate* you right back.

Well maybe not as strong as that but.......

"There's a place for us..."

[vivfox]

Sara by Bill Yanneck




Big Love by Bill Yanneck




Not That Funny by Bill Yanneck

[vivfox]

Tusk by Bill Yanneck




World Turning by Don Funk

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Certainly some do, but if everyone did, then Stevie would sell just as many tickets solo as FM does. She does not.
Michele

Amen to that sister, brother, sister, brother. In the words of Rodney King, "Can't we all just get along?"

[michelej1]

Fleetwood Mac at the Pepsi Center, 6-1-13 (photos, review)
By Matt Miller | June 3rd, 2013 | 3 comments

http://www.heyreverb.com/blog/2013/0...-review/69846/

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham held hands as they walked onto stage at the Pepsi Center on Saturday night. Here is a relationship in flux for decades — one that has inspired some of Fleetwood Mac’s most memorable works of heartbreak and romanticism — and it may finally be in a comfortable place. What followed was a reflective and ambitious two and a half hour set from the nearly complete “Rumors” lineup of Nicks, Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie.

Whereas a few years ago Nicks and Buckingham could barely make eye contact on stage, Saturday night the two fondly shared anecdotes about writing love poems and joining the band as they played through many of Fleetwood Mac’s biggest hits. And while they had seemingly made amends on stage, musically they can be best talked about as individuals.

Like someone in his 20s — right down to the skinny jeans and v-neck — Buckingham shouldered the charisma of the entire band. He ended “The Chain” with a flying kick, busted out a tapping guitar solo on “Gypsy” and played an interlude on his own half way through the set. Accompanied by only his likeness reflected on a rectangular sheet that had dropped from the ceiling, Buckingham performed an acoustic version of “Big Love.” Where the original is marred with ‘80s synth and drum tracks, on Saturday Buckingham’s fiery guitar picking nailed both the rhythm and lead guitar of the song.

For Nicks, her moments came when her vocals could stay clear of Buckingham’s. While a bit more nasally in 2013, her voice still has its power when she stays in a comfortable range. On the many songs that end with a Nicks afterward, she sustained her haunting melodies for a few bars as if it were the 1970s. Sultry as ever on the smoky “Dreams” and full of soul on “Gold Dust Woman,” she embodied her witch-like persona, though her dancing was confined to a single spot.

When it came time for her to perform “Landslide,” the song took on new meaning given the reflective tone of the night. Written in Aspen decades ago, Nicks prefaced the song by telling the nearly sold out Pepsi Center about a picture from her childhood that showed seven generations of Colorado women in her family. Husky and beautiful, “Landslide” became less of an internalization of struggle, and more of a lesson for her many Colorado relatives in the crowd.

Throughout the night, Fleetwood played his usual role as the backbone of the band. During the second encore, he pounded out a nearly 5 minute drum solo, showcasing his chops even at 65.

With all the great individual performances aside, and the banter like lifelong friends, Fleetwood Mac couldn’t click early in the set as a group, most notably between their trademark vocal harmonies. The choruses of “Dreams” and “Rhiannon” had some jagged edges, the tempos were sleepy and it was clear that these were musicians who had spent time at odds and apart.

But these missteps couldn’t overshadow the sense of calm in the band. And it seemed only right that Fleetwood Mac truly connected on “Go Your Own Way,” the song that ended the main set. The vocals between Nicks and Buckingham finally fit together as they sang about their failing romance.

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[vivfox]

Goodnight Speeches from Stevie and Mick by metalchick24

[elle]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Like someone in his 20s — right down to the skinny jeans and v-neck — Buckingham shouldered the charisma of the entire band. He ended “The Chain” with a flying kick, busted out a tapping guitar solo on “Gypsy” and played an interlude on his own half way through the set. Accompanied by only his likeness reflected on a rectangular sheet that had dropped from the ceiling, Buckingham performed an acoustic version of “Big Love.” Where the original is marred with ‘80s synth and drum tracks, on Saturday Buckingham’s fiery guitar picking nailed both the rhythm and lead guitar of the song.

now he's like someone in his 20s... few days ago he had a body of a lean 30 year old! our Lindsey is appearing younger and younger by the day - how great is that?!

[vivfox]

Don't Stop by Eric P




Landslide this version contains the entire Denver Landslide dedication by Eric P

[vivfox]

Rhiannon by Janice Torres