Les
06-23-2004, 02:42 AM
I'm not so good at the song by song thing, so I'll try to remember some different things. But yeah, as the title says - stage climber! And the stage climber climbed the stage during Beautiful Child of all songs. More on that momentarily.
Due to being the recipient of charity, I did the little backstage tour thingie before the show. We walked passed (not through) the dressing rooms. Jana & Sharon share a room. Stevie has her own, which was labeled "Make Up" instead of "Stevie" in a terribly clever attempt to throw us off (nevermind the visible satin pillows and lace, wink, wink). Mick, John & Lindsey share a room. Nothing fancy in their room, except Mick's bright red shoes were sitting out waiting for him. Unless John isn't voting Republican this year, I think someone in the band or someone in the entourage is having a bit of fun at John's expense. There was a "John Kerry for President" sticker stuck to John's case in the dressing room.
We were walked through the wardrobe lady's area. Two racks of wardrobe were out being pressed and otherwise looked after. One rack was devoted to Stevie's shawls, which thoroughly thrilled a couple of girls on the tour. Gasps were heard. A bit of close inspection followed, but not too much touching allowed. The other rack had all of the clothes for the boys in the band -- shirts for Lindsey, John and Mick, as well as Mick's stage knickers. In case you were wondering, Lindsey does indeed have more than just one white shirt. There were several identical white shirts hanging up labeled LB. There were a couple of hawaiian shirts there too. John's I presume.
Let's see...we learned that LB comes in and eats dinner most nights with the crew. We also learned that Brett Tuggle's son was there for the show tonight. We did get a glimpse of the little areas Mick and Stevie change in when they leave stage for certain songs. Stevie's was mostly empty. I don't mean to embarass Mick, but there were two boxes of Gas-X sitting out on his table. As they were so visible, I almost wonder if they were placed there for a bit of laugh at Mick's expense. Mick also had a Snickers bar awaiting him on the table.
The show was fun, and very good, as always. All seemed to be in pretty good spirits. I had third row on Stevie's side, but a nice security guy let me slip up to the front pretty quickly. I really enjoyed the new additions to this leg, especially I Know I'm Not Wrong and Red Rover. Mick's solo was extraordinarily long.
During Tusk Lindsey did not assault John in his usual fashion. He approach John and started to put his arm around him and John geared up waiting for the smothering he usually takes. But Lindsey stopped. He stepped back, took a look at John and instead put both arms out at first as if awaiting a hug. John looked up, almost puzzled. Then Lindsey began a short, slightly seductive hula-type dance for John, which cracked John up more than anything else I've seen at any of these shows.
Okay yeah, so the stage climber. They were maybe a bit more than halfway through Beautiful Child when a very large man just hoists himself onto the stage. It took security a minute to respond. I would suspect they don't expect this song to be one that sends people scampering on stage, so there was a bit of delay before Mr. Climber was removed. He jumped up from the front, right in front of Lindsey. Once there, he stood between Lindsey and Stevie and smiled and opened his arms and sang along. Neither Stevie nor Lindsey jumped back or anything in response to him being there. Lindsey kept playing without pause, but did turn and smile at him with that wry, "yeah, so, uh, you're on stage, huh?" kind of look. Stevie kept singing, not missing a beat. Mr. Climber leaned toward Stevie and put one arm around her. Still no real reaction from her. Then he leaned over to Lindsey and started to put his arm around Lindsey, which is when security nabbed him. Mr. Climber grabbed onto Lindsey for a second as he was being yanked off stage, which kind of pulled Lindsey back for a moment, but Lindsey again, just smiled. Hehe.
As we got our last glimpse of Mr. Climber disappearing off the back of the stage, Stevie reached her last few "I wish that you were mine" lines. As she sang them, she put her arm out around the imaginary figure of Mr. Climber, just as he had done to her a few seconds earlier. She smiled very big, Lindsey started laughing and the crowd laughed and cheered. Lindsey continued laughing clear through the start of the next song. But as Stevie thanked the crowd after BC ended, she joked, "I could have sworn there was just a ghost behind me." She also added that he actually had a gentle touch and it almost felt like he was part of the band. Laughter and cheers followed.
Good times. :D
Due to being the recipient of charity, I did the little backstage tour thingie before the show. We walked passed (not through) the dressing rooms. Jana & Sharon share a room. Stevie has her own, which was labeled "Make Up" instead of "Stevie" in a terribly clever attempt to throw us off (nevermind the visible satin pillows and lace, wink, wink). Mick, John & Lindsey share a room. Nothing fancy in their room, except Mick's bright red shoes were sitting out waiting for him. Unless John isn't voting Republican this year, I think someone in the band or someone in the entourage is having a bit of fun at John's expense. There was a "John Kerry for President" sticker stuck to John's case in the dressing room.
We were walked through the wardrobe lady's area. Two racks of wardrobe were out being pressed and otherwise looked after. One rack was devoted to Stevie's shawls, which thoroughly thrilled a couple of girls on the tour. Gasps were heard. A bit of close inspection followed, but not too much touching allowed. The other rack had all of the clothes for the boys in the band -- shirts for Lindsey, John and Mick, as well as Mick's stage knickers. In case you were wondering, Lindsey does indeed have more than just one white shirt. There were several identical white shirts hanging up labeled LB. There were a couple of hawaiian shirts there too. John's I presume.
Let's see...we learned that LB comes in and eats dinner most nights with the crew. We also learned that Brett Tuggle's son was there for the show tonight. We did get a glimpse of the little areas Mick and Stevie change in when they leave stage for certain songs. Stevie's was mostly empty. I don't mean to embarass Mick, but there were two boxes of Gas-X sitting out on his table. As they were so visible, I almost wonder if they were placed there for a bit of laugh at Mick's expense. Mick also had a Snickers bar awaiting him on the table.
The show was fun, and very good, as always. All seemed to be in pretty good spirits. I had third row on Stevie's side, but a nice security guy let me slip up to the front pretty quickly. I really enjoyed the new additions to this leg, especially I Know I'm Not Wrong and Red Rover. Mick's solo was extraordinarily long.
During Tusk Lindsey did not assault John in his usual fashion. He approach John and started to put his arm around him and John geared up waiting for the smothering he usually takes. But Lindsey stopped. He stepped back, took a look at John and instead put both arms out at first as if awaiting a hug. John looked up, almost puzzled. Then Lindsey began a short, slightly seductive hula-type dance for John, which cracked John up more than anything else I've seen at any of these shows.
Okay yeah, so the stage climber. They were maybe a bit more than halfway through Beautiful Child when a very large man just hoists himself onto the stage. It took security a minute to respond. I would suspect they don't expect this song to be one that sends people scampering on stage, so there was a bit of delay before Mr. Climber was removed. He jumped up from the front, right in front of Lindsey. Once there, he stood between Lindsey and Stevie and smiled and opened his arms and sang along. Neither Stevie nor Lindsey jumped back or anything in response to him being there. Lindsey kept playing without pause, but did turn and smile at him with that wry, "yeah, so, uh, you're on stage, huh?" kind of look. Stevie kept singing, not missing a beat. Mr. Climber leaned toward Stevie and put one arm around her. Still no real reaction from her. Then he leaned over to Lindsey and started to put his arm around Lindsey, which is when security nabbed him. Mr. Climber grabbed onto Lindsey for a second as he was being yanked off stage, which kind of pulled Lindsey back for a moment, but Lindsey again, just smiled. Hehe.
As we got our last glimpse of Mr. Climber disappearing off the back of the stage, Stevie reached her last few "I wish that you were mine" lines. As she sang them, she put her arm out around the imaginary figure of Mr. Climber, just as he had done to her a few seconds earlier. She smiled very big, Lindsey started laughing and the crowd laughed and cheered. Lindsey continued laughing clear through the start of the next song. But as Stevie thanked the crowd after BC ended, she joked, "I could have sworn there was just a ghost behind me." She also added that he actually had a gentle touch and it almost felt like he was part of the band. Laughter and cheers followed.
Good times. :D