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Live Performance Battle: Gold Dust Woman
Favorite performance? Likes/ Dislikes?
Japan 1977: Solo/ In Concert: Solo/ 1981/ Bob Welch: Solo/ 1983/ US Festival: Tango: The Dance: Solo/ 1999/ Sheryl Crow: 2004/ Boston: Solo/ 2008/ Chicago: Solo/ 2013/ Dave Grohl/ Sound City Players: Or other not listed? |
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Wembley 2009 -
........ including guitar humping
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This is an odd one, because Stevie has been seriously ripping up Gold Dust Woman of late.
I love the musical arrangement on the Bella Donna tour version. The more fast paced drums on the chorus are brilliant and I love the way it all builds up. Her vocals on and passion on the recent Sound City versions have been INCREDIBLE. Same with soundstage, and I love the whole "baby, you should see me now" improv. However, I think for obvious reasons, I have to go with the Bob Welch and friends performance. |
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GDW is one of the few songs that gets better over the years, regardless of whom she sings it with. Bob Welch-great show, TITN-a new version, The Dance-it gets better, yet, Soundstage-almost flawless, 2009-WOW, Sound City-almost perfection. Hell, even the 1994 version with Bekka and the Mac is Really good. This all makes me rethink that GDW is one of the best, versatile songs Stevie has ever written. A song that can be played some 35+ years later, and still sound fresh and relevant, regardless of who the singer and players are. That is a high mark of a great composer. |
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I meant it as a good thing
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"Gold Dust Woman" is a fantastic live song. (It's been better than "Rhiannon" live for years.) The '77 Japan version is great- I love Stevie's performance here (really sexy) - and that hair!!! The Welch one is wonderful too. And of course, The Dance version...she was like the hippie chick from yesteryear here. Back when I had the Dance on VHS(!), I used to rewind her wail over and over. And I love "shaaadow, she's a draagon!"
And recently, she's been killing it with the Sound City players....the most energized we've seen in a long time. |
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GDW is BY FAR my favorite SN song and i think it's also hands down her best FM song all together... it is also one of the rare SN songs that i love. i hope i get to hear it live.
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I love the Japan video, she looks out of it and yet still completely stunning, and the random footage of Japan add to creepy vibe of the song.
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“Remember, in the grand scheme of things, what we do for a living is not very important. After all, we’re not curing cancer here.” - John McVie http://goldduststevie.tumblr.com/ |
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Tim that video is fantastic, thank you! Definitely the best version of the shows this year, and one of the best ever for sure---such a great band!!!!
I guess I am most loyal to The Dance version- that UNREAL possessed yell- wild Stevie was back! Me and my mom always said what a mistake it was that it wasn't put on the CD. I also love the 81 version- that beautiful blue shawl, the way she twirls in, great vocal, and of course she looks absolutely beautiful. Soundstage is technically pretty perfect, but I find the versions this year more raw and edgy.
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"and the woman may be awestruck and the woman may truely care, but the woman is so tired...so the woman disappears...come in out of the darkness, bella donna....my soul"- Stevie Nicks, "Bella Donna" ---In memory of my mom, Donna Jean (Jeannie) Allen Commins, 1957-2008- My Bella Donna. |
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One with Bob Welch is always going to be my favourite, those wails!
I always like to think of the amazing 1997 one as a reaction to Bekka singing it (I like that version too) sorta Stevie's way of reminding everyone who's song it is.
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Japan '77
Bob Welch The Second One oh hell... they're all good
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Music gives you the strength to keep moving. Music inspires you. Inspired people don't stay down. -Stevie Nicks |
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Wembley 2009.
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Thank you -I couldn't believe how jazzed up this version was. Not sure whether it was the same during US leg.
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My favorite part is how much she belts kingDOMMM UP FOR SAAAAAAAALE. And she still did that at least in rochester early on on the tour. But by England Lindsey's guitar improvisions reached new hights. I'm glad you mentioned this first. People tend to bring up soundstage and very recently the Dave grohl versions for great modern day GDWs but for me the entire unleashed tour was the best so far and wembley just happens to be a great quality late in the tour example.
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