Stevie Nicks on Vh1 Storytellers August 27

[hs421139]

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Show: VH1 Storytellers
Episode: (#032) Stevie Nicks
Network: (VH1C) VH1 Classic
Date: Friday - August 27, 2004
Time: 09:00 pm - 10:00 pm ET


Featured Artists
Stevie Nicks
About: (#032) Stevie Nicks
Stevie Nicks performs: "Dreams", "Landslide", "Stand Back", "Rhiannon", "After The Glitter Fades", "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You" and "Edge Of Seventeen".
About VH1 Storytellers
VH1 Storytellers presents a wide variety of musicians in the kind of intimate setting that can't be found at a concert, getting behind the public image to reveal another side of the artists as they tell the real stories behind rock's most memorable songs with wit, humor, emotion and honesty.
About VH1C: VH1 Classic
Launched in May 2000, VH1 Classic is a 24-hour network that presents music videos, concerts and music specials featuring classic rock, soul and pop artists from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Featured artists include The Stones, Tina Turner, Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, The Who, Stevie Wonder, The Police and many more.


Tina

[ryan8472]

I wish I had VH1 Classic...

[SpyNote]

I never understood why this concert was never released on DVD. It was right on the heels of the box set, which went gold (exceeding everyone's expectations). I'm sure this concert could have sold equally as well. Seems like it was a missed opportunity.

Did anyone here attend the taping? Did she perform the entire set, or just an abbreviated one?

[Livia]

I'm not sure about the set list - but I remember someone who used to post here, or maybe still does, was the one who asked her about the Blue Lamp!

[amber]

Originally Posted by Livia

I'm not sure about the set list - but I remember someone who used to post here, or maybe still does, was the one who asked her about the Blue Lamp!

Omigod, I have that on tape and i totally remember who you're talking about! I want to know who it is if he posts here!
Amber

[ontheEdgeof17]

Originally Posted by SpyNote

Did she perform the entire set, or just an abbreviated one?

There's an unedited bootleg of the taping. It has each song that was aired (sung twice), Gold Dust Woman, Sleeping Angel, Rose Garden, Garbo, and the Sara snippet. The unedited question session is also included.


-Curt

[AliceLover]

I have this tape and its a classic. You get to hear some gems.

After the Glitter Fades- Really nice to hear something off Bella Donna

Stand Back- SHE IS GROOVIN

Rhiannon- DOes it on piano.

Incredible performance

Jimmy

[ShamHy89]

I saw it for the first time last night. I loved the intimate setting and she seemed so laid back. Everything she performed was wonderful, and I even liked the piano Rhiannon, though I thought she could've ventured a bit. She sat and repeated the same phase in the same octave a hundred times. You still have to give her credit...it was her first time. HAEWAFY was beautiful too with the story included.

My one question is, what did she have on her forehead? Some kind of glitter?

Shamus

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

There's an unedited bootleg of the taping. It has each song that was aired (sung twice), Gold Dust Woman, Sleeping Angel, Rose Garden, Garbo, and the Sara snippet. The unedited question session is also included.


-Curt

This sounds amazing but is hard to find. Would anyone be willing to sell/trade a copy of the unedited Storytellers?

[Straightback]

So it's been a while since anyone's talked about "Storytellers."

I happened to recently get "Billy Idol Storytellers," which I didn't even know was on DVD, and really liked it. It included 8 songs that never made the version broadcast on TV, so all in all it was about 1 hour forty-some minutes. Really good performance.

It reminded me I had Stevie's broadcast version which I recorded on VHS (oh the VCR days) and transferred to DVD and I pulled it out tonight and gave it a watch. First thing that struck me was how good she was voice-wise. Aside from the piano version of "Rhiannon" (which I've never cared for...neither here or on the "Enchanted" box set), she was at the top of her game. Never was a huge fan of HAEWAFY, but I definitely dug the "Storytellers" version. Secondly, I chuckled out loud when she tells the audience how she's going to ease into the whole talking thing about her songs, as though it was something she never really did and wasn't used to, which I found funny considering how the "talking thing" these days has become such a grating, eye-rolling experience. But for "Storytellers" she was actually quite engaging and, dare I say, she had a genuineness (humor, even) that in my opinion has sadly faded from her.

Like others have previously mentioned, I can't understand why this was never released commercially, both as a DVD and CD. The performance happened on the heels of Fleetwood Mac's huge resurgence with "The Dance." You'd think a DVD/CD release would be no-brainer. And it's not like VH1 wasn't releasing other "Storyteller" performances (DVDs include matchbox twenty, Alicia Keys, Dixie Chicks; CDs include Meatloaf and Ringo Starr). Makes no sense to me. I see mention of a bootleg version, but I've yet to find it. But I can't help but wonder, after watching Billy Idol's, what songs would have been included on a DVD had it been released that didn't air on TV. Does anyone know what the full set list was?

Anyway, as someone whose fandom for Stevie has sadly waned somewhat in recent years like many other posters on this forum, it was nice to go back and experience this show and feel a little bit of that thing that made me at one time such an ardent fan of hers.

[no_spoken_word]

Originally Posted by SpyNote

I never understood why this concert was never released on DVD. It was right on the heels of the box set, which went gold (exceeding everyone's expectations). I'm sure this concert could have sold equally as well. Seems like it was a missed opportunity.

You never know... Sarah McLachlan's Storytellers came out on DVD earlier this year, and it was recorded in 1997!

[skelekey]

Anyone happen to tape the showing last night? I totally forgot it was Friday and thought it was Saturday. I'd love to send a blank vid for a copy. I would like to convert it to DVD for my own purpose and possibly to share in the community.

Thanks a mill,
Josh