Gypsy-Rhiannon
06-28-2003, 01:48 AM
I'm posting this on behalf of *Lisa Anne* - also known online as littlecricket. It's a great review and I thought you would all like to read it :)
The review:
Ok folks, this is gonna be LONG so I'll try to break it up into sections
so you can skip stuff if you need to.
INTRO: Ok, so this is my review of the Thursday night Chicago show.
I had just scored a single front row seat the day before and made up
my mind that I would skip a six-hour class (I lied to my prof about
being sick--bad Lisa!), and BOY, am I glad I did!!! What a night!!! :-D
PRE-SHOW STUFF: May I just say that Chicago area traffic sucks major
ass? Doh, I just did. Seriously, once I got near Mannheim, it was like,
10 minutes to drive one block. So I get to the Ramada INN at about
5:30 instead of 5 like I originally planned, but all is well because most of
the Mick's chatboard people I was supposed to meet with were already
there, ready to welcome fellow Mac fans with open arms, :-). We had a great
time sitting and talking and taking some pics for nearly an hour, and
then I decided to head over to Chili's to try to meet the Enchanted
folk, :-).
Now, here's where it gets amusing: I hadn't checked my e-mail since
about 1 or 2 in the afternoon, so I didn't have anyone's physical
description. In fact, I had absolutely nothing to go on to indicate where
people were sitting or what name they were under. I also wasn't sure,
given the traffic, that everyone actually arrived when they said they
would. So I get to Chili's at about 6:30, give or take, and the place is
just PACKED with harried pre-concert people. The hosts are telling
everyone that there is a 45-minute wait. I look around and think, how
am I gonna find everyone? Are they even here?! So I asked the hosts
if there is anyone there under the name "Glenn" or "Mike" or even
"Enchanted," but they don't write down names, they just give out
those little doohickies (sp? LOL) that light up when your table's ready.
So they don't have a clue. So finally, I ask them for a blank sheet of
paper and they give me one of their old host sheets. I sat down,
grabbed my Sharpie, and wrote "ENCHANTED? WAVE!" in big letters.
I then proceed to walk around the restaurant holding my makeshift
sign over my head. (I am laughing so hard as I type this). I didn't
succeed in finding anyone, but I did succeed in getting a lot of curious,
semi-interested stares and in making an ass out of myself in general, LOL!
I heard one patron nearby say, "Ok, I have no idea what's going on here."
So eventually I just kinda gave up and decided to grab something to go at
the nearby Steak 'n' Shake, because I was getting pretty hungry. I felt
bad for the staff there because they were pretty swamped too.
Well, I'm sorry I didn't get to meet any Enchanted folk! I'm looking
forward to reading your reviews though and finding out where the
heck y'all were! ;-)
JUST BEFORE THE SHOW: Ok, so I proceed to the venue after eating
a steakburger and downing some water in my car (this was actually a
vast improvement over the dinner Yancy and I had in Grand Rapids--
anything beats venue food). I get my ticket at Will Call and stand in
line, clutching it in my hot little hand, and converse the whole time with
two girls who basically talk about having to pee so bad they can't stand
it the whole time they're in line, LOL. Once inside the venue, we end
up all going to the bathroom together in typical female fashion.
THE SHOW: AHH! :-D So I take my seat in the front row, even further
to the left than Stevie's mike, and I start taking out my Buckingham Nicks
album and my Fritz photo, one of which I will try to get signed. A guy
sitting a couple of seats down from me notices my Fritz photo and strikes
up a conversation. Well, turns out he's on a message board called Wild
Hearts and used to be on the Ledge, and he's a long-time, diehard
Stevie and Mac fan (his name is Greg). Well, Greg and I became instant
concert buddies. He was incredibly sweet and fun and we shared in each
others' joy and excitement the whole night!
So the Chain starts and everyone goes nuts! The whole venue is on their
feet and remains so for nearly the entire duration of the show! Security
was *incredibly* cool, and let us move RIGHT UP TO THE STAGE, from
the second the band came out until the show was over!!! I ended up
standing right between a couple of speakers where I had an excellent
view of Stevie the whole time, although I sometimes had to stand on
tiptoe to see Lindsey (over another speaker), and I had to peer around
the other speaker to see Brett and what-not. Also, I left my purse and
my bag that had my stuff to get signed at my seat, and a security guard
grabbed it for safe-keeping, :-). 'Course, my Sharpie, my B/N album, and
my Fritz photo were with me sitting on the platform between the two
speakers right beneath the stage.
By now, everyone has read tons of reviews so I will list what seemed
different to me about this show, or just highlights in general:
--When Stevie introduced "Say You Will," she didn't sound as odd as she
sometimes does, when she emphasizes, "EXCEPT...(long, dramatic pause),
it's the SONG 'Say You Will,'" as if that's a very important distinction,
LOL.
She just said "This is a song from our new album, "Say You Will," and it's
the song "Say You Will," like a normal person. I loved that! LOL It
sounded
great, as most of their songs did, although the sound was a bit distorted
for
me since I was so close (not that I minded, LOL).
--I love in the song "Come" when the second verse starts, "Think of me..."
and the bass drum kicks in "BOOM chickBOOM," when the song is still slow
and is building up to the chorus. It sounds so awesome! The people who
don't have the new album yet just don't know what they're in for, do they?
;-)
--Stevie milked the ends of "Rhiannon" and "Silver Springs" moreso than
she did in Grand Rapids and MUCH more than she did on opening night in
Columbus (I wasn't at Columbus but I heard she wasn't nearly as animated
there from another fan who was at Columbus). I can't exactly explain what-
all she did, but there were more high notes and there seemed to be more
intensity. I was close enough to see the muscles in Stevie's face start to
shake at the end of Rhiannon like you can see happening on the Dance
video! Wow!
--Stevie did more vocal embellishments on "Gold Dust Woman" too. At the
climax where she sings, "And go hooooooooooooooome...ahhhhh," she sang
several "aaaahs" and really held them out. I was like, "whoa, go Stevie!"
--I have to reiterate that "Beautiful Child" is my absolute favorite song on
this
tour. Even though the sound on a lot of the other songs was distorted for
me, "Beautiful Child" sounded just perfect. I just got this incredible
feeling
during that song last night. I felt so lucky to be there listening to her
singing
that song, when I never thought she would do that one live. I looked up
at the video monitor at one point and imagined what it would be like if they
released a video of this tour and we could have a live version of "BC" to
keep.
It was just overwhelming--I hope they release a video!!!
--Ooh, I almost forgot. Stevie's "Landslide" dedication: "Tonight I want
to
dedicate this song to my friend Steve, who's here with us. Steve, remember
when we were 15-and-a-half? And I wrote my first song. So I'm dedicating
this song to Steve because if it weren't for him, I might not have started
writing songs. So Steve, this is for you." And thus begins "Landslide."
Wow!
So I guess Steve is the one who dumped Stevie and she wrote "I've Loved
and I've Lost" for him?! Wow! Oh, and "Landslide" sounded great as usual.
There was a big pause after the last "snow-covered hills" and the place went
bonkers as usual, :-). Stevie did not react to the applause as much as she
did
in Grand Rapids though when she put her hands on her hips, which was just
priceless. This time she and Lindsey just waited a little bit and went
right into
the end of the song. They put their arms around each other again and Stevie
got a little squeeze and kiss on the forehead, per usual.
--Lindsey dedicated "Big Love" to his brother Jeff, also in the audience.
He
said, "if it weren't for him, I probably wouldn't be here," and then started
right
in on "Big Love," which was of course, amazing.
--During "Tusk," it was amusing seeing Lindsey bang against John but I
almost
think I was *too* close watching Lindsey follow Stevie and go up to her,
because the whole process just looked a bit clumsy to me. They circled each
other a little, and then he finally went up to her and bumped her a couple
times, and then it looked like they were trying to twirl each other or
something
and it just wasn't quite working, LOL. It was funny though. I got a little
worried
that Stevie was gonna trip on Lindsey's wire (that was connected to his
guitar)
though. I think even Lindsey got concerned for a second as he was walking
back over to his spot...he was watching that wire and Stevie's feet and for
a
second he got an "oh no," or "careful" look on his face, but it was
cool--Stevie
stepped over it, :-).
--Ok, the first MAJOR highlight for me..."Go Your Own Way." Lindsey did his
approach-the-crowd-and-let-everyone-touch-my-guitar thing on *both* sides
of the stage. When he came over to our side, he was crouched *right* in
front of me and I shyly plucked a couple of his guitar strings and finally
got up
the nerve to put my hand on his knee!!! AHHHHHHH!!! I also noticed some
sweat flying off of his face and into the crowd. Ooh, I got me some Lindsey
sweat! LOL! Oh, but I was terrified for some brief moments because he
stood
right on the ledge where I had my B/N album, my Sharpie, and my Fritz photo,
and I was SO AFRAID that he was gonna slip on one of the items!!! At one
point
he did step on the edge of the B/N album but he maintained his footing the
whole time. And I will never wipe off that B/N cover again!!! LOL!
--The second MAJOR highlight...at the beginning of the first encore (World
Turning and Don't Stop), I decided to take my chances, grabbed my Fritz
photo
and the Sharpie, and made my way to Lindsey's side of the stage. No one
seemed to mind that I was standing over there even though I clearly didn't
belong there. I didn't shove my way in front of anyone and I said "excuse
me"
a lot so I guess it pays to be polite. Also, there was a girl in front of
me with
the "Law and Order" album and I tapped her on the shoulder during "World
Turning" and said, "Are you wanting to get that signed?" She said "yeah,"
and
I said "you should try now!" because Lindsey was sitting off to the side
nearby.
So we all held up our stuff and Lindsey looked over at us and nodded, but
stayed put. Well, after "Don't Stop," he made his way over to us and
started
signing! :-D The girl in front of me got her album signed, and all the
girls in
front of me were nice enough to pass up my Fritz photo and Sharpie to
Lindsey. I watched him look at it when the photo made it into his hands,
and
he kind of took a second to recognize what it was; then he looked up, made
eye contact with me, nodded, signed it and gave it back. Never got the
Sharpie back though--ask me if I care, LOL.
LINDSEY SIGNED MY BLACK AND WHITE FRITZ PHOTO!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!
Then, as Stevie made her way over to him as they were exiting the stage,
Lindsey said something to her and motioned back toward our group. Stevie
got
an "oh, really? Huh" look on her face and nodded as they were leaving the
stage.
I made my way back to my original seat, where I showed my newly signed photo
to Greg and everyone else who asked about it. I hadn't realized that other
fans
were watching me, but I was getting congratulated right and left for having
had
my picture signed! I was on cloud nine! I also realized that Stevie took
Greg's
rose that he bought before the show to give to her, :-). Then, Greg
confirmed
my suspicions: He had been watching Lindsey's mouth when he was talking
to Stevie (I hadn't had the right vantage point from the other side of the
stage),
and Lindsey was telling Stevie, "someone had a Fritz picture." He actually
said it
twice because Stevie didn't hear him the first time! Wow!
--The THIRD major highlight: Stevie came out in her pink shawl to sing
"Goodbye
Baby," which was lovely, and I looked around in awe because it appeared that
not a single soul had started leaving yet! At other concerts, there's
always a few
people who leave after the first encore or whatever, but the place looked
just
as packed and was just as wild as it had been the whole time! It was
awesome.
After "Goodbye Baby" when more lights came on, I held up my Fritz photo so
that
Stevie could see it, since I knew she knew about it. I wasn't looking to
get it
signed by Stevie, since she really hasn't been signing anything. I just
wanted to
see if she would acknowledge the photo or even look my way. Well, she saw
the
photo, pointed, and mouthed "Long time ago!" as she was walking toward the
center of the stage to take bows! I nearly shat myself at this point.
Seriously.
I turned to Greg and said, "OH MY GOD DID YOU SEE THAT?! SHE SAID 'LONG
TIME AGO!!!' SHE SAW MY PICTURE AND POINTED AND SAID 'LONG TIME
AGO!!!' OMIGOD!" Greg just looked at me and said, "Wooooooow. That is
so major. Congratulations," in total earnestness. Thanks for humoring me,
Greg.
Meanwhile, the people behind me were looking at me and cracking up.
Apparently I'm fairly amusing when I'm a complete and total spaz.
Anyway, the band took their bows and Stevie was basically walking around and
waving and saying thank you and I think she even went to front row center
and shook a couple of people's hands. Mick came to the mic and thanked us
and told us to take care of each other, etc. Still, no one was leaving and
the
cheering was unreal. I suspect some people were even hoping for a THIRD
encore.
But the band exited and the lights came up. Ahhh, what a concert.
WINDING DOWN: As I was leaving, I talked to some people who had been over
near the other side of the stage when Lindsey was signing our stuff, and one
girl took down my e-mail address because she thinks she got a picture of
Lindsey
signing my photo. Random people were
still congratulating me on getting my photo signed. Mac fans are
incredible, what
can I say?
Getting out of the venue was a mess because there had been a robbery down
the
street and part of the street was blocked off! Yancy (my boyfriend) told me
about
it this morning--he and his friends were watching the news last night and
thought,
"Wow, Lisa's gonna have a helluva time getting out of there." Apparently,
someone
robbed a liquor store or something for 20 bucks and returned later to try to
rob it
for more money. By then, the police were there waiting and they ended up
shooting
him!!! :-O So anyway, various streets were blocked off and I ended up
parking at
Target and then walking back to the Ramada to meet the Mick's Chatboard
people
for the after-concert get-together (there were even more people then than
there were before the concert). We had a great time just sitting and
talking
about the concert, and anything else that came to mind, :-).
Well, I guess that's pretty much it--I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but
if you
even got *this* far you're probably not dying to hear much more, LOL. I had
an
absolutely amazing time and I don't know if I'll ever be able to top that
concert
experience. I hope the rest of you have/had an equally great time at your
shows!
Thanks for reading,
*Lisa Anne*
Pip
The review:
Ok folks, this is gonna be LONG so I'll try to break it up into sections
so you can skip stuff if you need to.
INTRO: Ok, so this is my review of the Thursday night Chicago show.
I had just scored a single front row seat the day before and made up
my mind that I would skip a six-hour class (I lied to my prof about
being sick--bad Lisa!), and BOY, am I glad I did!!! What a night!!! :-D
PRE-SHOW STUFF: May I just say that Chicago area traffic sucks major
ass? Doh, I just did. Seriously, once I got near Mannheim, it was like,
10 minutes to drive one block. So I get to the Ramada INN at about
5:30 instead of 5 like I originally planned, but all is well because most of
the Mick's chatboard people I was supposed to meet with were already
there, ready to welcome fellow Mac fans with open arms, :-). We had a great
time sitting and talking and taking some pics for nearly an hour, and
then I decided to head over to Chili's to try to meet the Enchanted
folk, :-).
Now, here's where it gets amusing: I hadn't checked my e-mail since
about 1 or 2 in the afternoon, so I didn't have anyone's physical
description. In fact, I had absolutely nothing to go on to indicate where
people were sitting or what name they were under. I also wasn't sure,
given the traffic, that everyone actually arrived when they said they
would. So I get to Chili's at about 6:30, give or take, and the place is
just PACKED with harried pre-concert people. The hosts are telling
everyone that there is a 45-minute wait. I look around and think, how
am I gonna find everyone? Are they even here?! So I asked the hosts
if there is anyone there under the name "Glenn" or "Mike" or even
"Enchanted," but they don't write down names, they just give out
those little doohickies (sp? LOL) that light up when your table's ready.
So they don't have a clue. So finally, I ask them for a blank sheet of
paper and they give me one of their old host sheets. I sat down,
grabbed my Sharpie, and wrote "ENCHANTED? WAVE!" in big letters.
I then proceed to walk around the restaurant holding my makeshift
sign over my head. (I am laughing so hard as I type this). I didn't
succeed in finding anyone, but I did succeed in getting a lot of curious,
semi-interested stares and in making an ass out of myself in general, LOL!
I heard one patron nearby say, "Ok, I have no idea what's going on here."
So eventually I just kinda gave up and decided to grab something to go at
the nearby Steak 'n' Shake, because I was getting pretty hungry. I felt
bad for the staff there because they were pretty swamped too.
Well, I'm sorry I didn't get to meet any Enchanted folk! I'm looking
forward to reading your reviews though and finding out where the
heck y'all were! ;-)
JUST BEFORE THE SHOW: Ok, so I proceed to the venue after eating
a steakburger and downing some water in my car (this was actually a
vast improvement over the dinner Yancy and I had in Grand Rapids--
anything beats venue food). I get my ticket at Will Call and stand in
line, clutching it in my hot little hand, and converse the whole time with
two girls who basically talk about having to pee so bad they can't stand
it the whole time they're in line, LOL. Once inside the venue, we end
up all going to the bathroom together in typical female fashion.
THE SHOW: AHH! :-D So I take my seat in the front row, even further
to the left than Stevie's mike, and I start taking out my Buckingham Nicks
album and my Fritz photo, one of which I will try to get signed. A guy
sitting a couple of seats down from me notices my Fritz photo and strikes
up a conversation. Well, turns out he's on a message board called Wild
Hearts and used to be on the Ledge, and he's a long-time, diehard
Stevie and Mac fan (his name is Greg). Well, Greg and I became instant
concert buddies. He was incredibly sweet and fun and we shared in each
others' joy and excitement the whole night!
So the Chain starts and everyone goes nuts! The whole venue is on their
feet and remains so for nearly the entire duration of the show! Security
was *incredibly* cool, and let us move RIGHT UP TO THE STAGE, from
the second the band came out until the show was over!!! I ended up
standing right between a couple of speakers where I had an excellent
view of Stevie the whole time, although I sometimes had to stand on
tiptoe to see Lindsey (over another speaker), and I had to peer around
the other speaker to see Brett and what-not. Also, I left my purse and
my bag that had my stuff to get signed at my seat, and a security guard
grabbed it for safe-keeping, :-). 'Course, my Sharpie, my B/N album, and
my Fritz photo were with me sitting on the platform between the two
speakers right beneath the stage.
By now, everyone has read tons of reviews so I will list what seemed
different to me about this show, or just highlights in general:
--When Stevie introduced "Say You Will," she didn't sound as odd as she
sometimes does, when she emphasizes, "EXCEPT...(long, dramatic pause),
it's the SONG 'Say You Will,'" as if that's a very important distinction,
LOL.
She just said "This is a song from our new album, "Say You Will," and it's
the song "Say You Will," like a normal person. I loved that! LOL It
sounded
great, as most of their songs did, although the sound was a bit distorted
for
me since I was so close (not that I minded, LOL).
--I love in the song "Come" when the second verse starts, "Think of me..."
and the bass drum kicks in "BOOM chickBOOM," when the song is still slow
and is building up to the chorus. It sounds so awesome! The people who
don't have the new album yet just don't know what they're in for, do they?
;-)
--Stevie milked the ends of "Rhiannon" and "Silver Springs" moreso than
she did in Grand Rapids and MUCH more than she did on opening night in
Columbus (I wasn't at Columbus but I heard she wasn't nearly as animated
there from another fan who was at Columbus). I can't exactly explain what-
all she did, but there were more high notes and there seemed to be more
intensity. I was close enough to see the muscles in Stevie's face start to
shake at the end of Rhiannon like you can see happening on the Dance
video! Wow!
--Stevie did more vocal embellishments on "Gold Dust Woman" too. At the
climax where she sings, "And go hooooooooooooooome...ahhhhh," she sang
several "aaaahs" and really held them out. I was like, "whoa, go Stevie!"
--I have to reiterate that "Beautiful Child" is my absolute favorite song on
this
tour. Even though the sound on a lot of the other songs was distorted for
me, "Beautiful Child" sounded just perfect. I just got this incredible
feeling
during that song last night. I felt so lucky to be there listening to her
singing
that song, when I never thought she would do that one live. I looked up
at the video monitor at one point and imagined what it would be like if they
released a video of this tour and we could have a live version of "BC" to
keep.
It was just overwhelming--I hope they release a video!!!
--Ooh, I almost forgot. Stevie's "Landslide" dedication: "Tonight I want
to
dedicate this song to my friend Steve, who's here with us. Steve, remember
when we were 15-and-a-half? And I wrote my first song. So I'm dedicating
this song to Steve because if it weren't for him, I might not have started
writing songs. So Steve, this is for you." And thus begins "Landslide."
Wow!
So I guess Steve is the one who dumped Stevie and she wrote "I've Loved
and I've Lost" for him?! Wow! Oh, and "Landslide" sounded great as usual.
There was a big pause after the last "snow-covered hills" and the place went
bonkers as usual, :-). Stevie did not react to the applause as much as she
did
in Grand Rapids though when she put her hands on her hips, which was just
priceless. This time she and Lindsey just waited a little bit and went
right into
the end of the song. They put their arms around each other again and Stevie
got a little squeeze and kiss on the forehead, per usual.
--Lindsey dedicated "Big Love" to his brother Jeff, also in the audience.
He
said, "if it weren't for him, I probably wouldn't be here," and then started
right
in on "Big Love," which was of course, amazing.
--During "Tusk," it was amusing seeing Lindsey bang against John but I
almost
think I was *too* close watching Lindsey follow Stevie and go up to her,
because the whole process just looked a bit clumsy to me. They circled each
other a little, and then he finally went up to her and bumped her a couple
times, and then it looked like they were trying to twirl each other or
something
and it just wasn't quite working, LOL. It was funny though. I got a little
worried
that Stevie was gonna trip on Lindsey's wire (that was connected to his
guitar)
though. I think even Lindsey got concerned for a second as he was walking
back over to his spot...he was watching that wire and Stevie's feet and for
a
second he got an "oh no," or "careful" look on his face, but it was
cool--Stevie
stepped over it, :-).
--Ok, the first MAJOR highlight for me..."Go Your Own Way." Lindsey did his
approach-the-crowd-and-let-everyone-touch-my-guitar thing on *both* sides
of the stage. When he came over to our side, he was crouched *right* in
front of me and I shyly plucked a couple of his guitar strings and finally
got up
the nerve to put my hand on his knee!!! AHHHHHHH!!! I also noticed some
sweat flying off of his face and into the crowd. Ooh, I got me some Lindsey
sweat! LOL! Oh, but I was terrified for some brief moments because he
stood
right on the ledge where I had my B/N album, my Sharpie, and my Fritz photo,
and I was SO AFRAID that he was gonna slip on one of the items!!! At one
point
he did step on the edge of the B/N album but he maintained his footing the
whole time. And I will never wipe off that B/N cover again!!! LOL!
--The second MAJOR highlight...at the beginning of the first encore (World
Turning and Don't Stop), I decided to take my chances, grabbed my Fritz
photo
and the Sharpie, and made my way to Lindsey's side of the stage. No one
seemed to mind that I was standing over there even though I clearly didn't
belong there. I didn't shove my way in front of anyone and I said "excuse
me"
a lot so I guess it pays to be polite. Also, there was a girl in front of
me with
the "Law and Order" album and I tapped her on the shoulder during "World
Turning" and said, "Are you wanting to get that signed?" She said "yeah,"
and
I said "you should try now!" because Lindsey was sitting off to the side
nearby.
So we all held up our stuff and Lindsey looked over at us and nodded, but
stayed put. Well, after "Don't Stop," he made his way over to us and
started
signing! :-D The girl in front of me got her album signed, and all the
girls in
front of me were nice enough to pass up my Fritz photo and Sharpie to
Lindsey. I watched him look at it when the photo made it into his hands,
and
he kind of took a second to recognize what it was; then he looked up, made
eye contact with me, nodded, signed it and gave it back. Never got the
Sharpie back though--ask me if I care, LOL.
LINDSEY SIGNED MY BLACK AND WHITE FRITZ PHOTO!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!
Then, as Stevie made her way over to him as they were exiting the stage,
Lindsey said something to her and motioned back toward our group. Stevie
got
an "oh, really? Huh" look on her face and nodded as they were leaving the
stage.
I made my way back to my original seat, where I showed my newly signed photo
to Greg and everyone else who asked about it. I hadn't realized that other
fans
were watching me, but I was getting congratulated right and left for having
had
my picture signed! I was on cloud nine! I also realized that Stevie took
Greg's
rose that he bought before the show to give to her, :-). Then, Greg
confirmed
my suspicions: He had been watching Lindsey's mouth when he was talking
to Stevie (I hadn't had the right vantage point from the other side of the
stage),
and Lindsey was telling Stevie, "someone had a Fritz picture." He actually
said it
twice because Stevie didn't hear him the first time! Wow!
--The THIRD major highlight: Stevie came out in her pink shawl to sing
"Goodbye
Baby," which was lovely, and I looked around in awe because it appeared that
not a single soul had started leaving yet! At other concerts, there's
always a few
people who leave after the first encore or whatever, but the place looked
just
as packed and was just as wild as it had been the whole time! It was
awesome.
After "Goodbye Baby" when more lights came on, I held up my Fritz photo so
that
Stevie could see it, since I knew she knew about it. I wasn't looking to
get it
signed by Stevie, since she really hasn't been signing anything. I just
wanted to
see if she would acknowledge the photo or even look my way. Well, she saw
the
photo, pointed, and mouthed "Long time ago!" as she was walking toward the
center of the stage to take bows! I nearly shat myself at this point.
Seriously.
I turned to Greg and said, "OH MY GOD DID YOU SEE THAT?! SHE SAID 'LONG
TIME AGO!!!' SHE SAW MY PICTURE AND POINTED AND SAID 'LONG TIME
AGO!!!' OMIGOD!" Greg just looked at me and said, "Wooooooow. That is
so major. Congratulations," in total earnestness. Thanks for humoring me,
Greg.
Meanwhile, the people behind me were looking at me and cracking up.
Apparently I'm fairly amusing when I'm a complete and total spaz.
Anyway, the band took their bows and Stevie was basically walking around and
waving and saying thank you and I think she even went to front row center
and shook a couple of people's hands. Mick came to the mic and thanked us
and told us to take care of each other, etc. Still, no one was leaving and
the
cheering was unreal. I suspect some people were even hoping for a THIRD
encore.
But the band exited and the lights came up. Ahhh, what a concert.
WINDING DOWN: As I was leaving, I talked to some people who had been over
near the other side of the stage when Lindsey was signing our stuff, and one
girl took down my e-mail address because she thinks she got a picture of
Lindsey
signing my photo. Random people were
still congratulating me on getting my photo signed. Mac fans are
incredible, what
can I say?
Getting out of the venue was a mess because there had been a robbery down
the
street and part of the street was blocked off! Yancy (my boyfriend) told me
about
it this morning--he and his friends were watching the news last night and
thought,
"Wow, Lisa's gonna have a helluva time getting out of there." Apparently,
someone
robbed a liquor store or something for 20 bucks and returned later to try to
rob it
for more money. By then, the police were there waiting and they ended up
shooting
him!!! :-O So anyway, various streets were blocked off and I ended up
parking at
Target and then walking back to the Ramada to meet the Mick's Chatboard
people
for the after-concert get-together (there were even more people then than
there were before the concert). We had a great time just sitting and
talking
about the concert, and anything else that came to mind, :-).
Well, I guess that's pretty much it--I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but
if you
even got *this* far you're probably not dying to hear much more, LOL. I had
an
absolutely amazing time and I don't know if I'll ever be able to top that
concert
experience. I hope the rest of you have/had an equally great time at your
shows!
Thanks for reading,
*Lisa Anne*
Pip