MSG 6/11/09 Roll Call/Reviews

[john214x]

who's going? Anyone have extra tickets...waitin on ticketmaster for better seats.

[DavidMn]

I'm not going to this one, but I went in March, and it was definitely a place you could tell had alot of history behind it. Hope everyone has a great time!

[TrueFaith77]

I haven't gotten my tix yet either! lol

[SNicksed]

Me neither. :o I hope they have enough left for all of us. :laugh: My train leaves Albany at 3:30pm. Cannot wait!!! :blob1:

[Steviefan49]

I hope everyone going tonight has a BLAST!!! It's going to be fantastic!! I can't wait to hear about the kids singing Landslide for Sound check, and am PRAYING that they add that to the set tonight!:thumbsup:

[SNicksed]

They are there!!! Go get Them!!

[gldstwmn]

I hope the kids get to sing before the audience. If not, I hope a YouTube video of their performance is posted. They are so darling.

[SNicksed]

How did everyone do?? I got FRONT ROW @ MADISON SQUARE GARDEN :] Section 3!!! I hope there are Ledgies up there with me. :nod:

[Gypsy]

Section 1, Row H, Seat 2
(2:11pm EST)

[john214x]

should have link for pics up tomorrow..Row C off ticketmaster just before

[Amlyn]

Back from tonight's show and it was fantastic!!! This was my 4th show this tour, but my first on the floor, 7th row directly in front of Lindsey in fact!

Anyway, I won't go into too many specifics, most of the same stuff that we all know and love. Here's a few other notes of interest that you guys may appreciate.

At the end of I Know I'm Not Wrong, Stevie had her back turned to the audience and appeared to be talking to John. Lindsey finished up his piece and the stage went dark and everyone (on stage) was waiting for Stevie to walk up to the mike to do the Gypsy intro. Well, she was in her own little world and completely oblivious to the fact that she was supposed to be at the mike, so Lindsey had to shuffle over and tell her she was up. She had the funniest look on her face and when she got up to the mike she said, "When you get to be 61 years old, sometimes you forget!" It was a cute moment.

Lindsey dedicated Big Love to Kristen and Will who were somewhere in the audience to my right as Lindsey pointed out. He then went into the longest intro to Big Love I've heard yet. Seriously, like 3 minutes long. We were joking that Stevie asked him to drag it out so she had more time for her wardrobe change.

Stevie dedicated Landslide to PS 22 and Mr. B. She started talking about how they were there earlier in the day and she made them all come up on stage so they can start to realize that dreams are attainable (something like that -- i'm paraphrasing.) Then she went into this story about how when she wrote Landslide she played it for Lindsey and he started tinkering around on the guitar playing it back to her and she was so amazed at how wonderful it was and how great a guitar player he was that she had to run to anther room because she started crying over how much it moved her. Again, paraphrasing slightly here -- but something close to that. I'm guessing she gave us that memory because she said when the kids performed Landslide for her today, she just started crying. I'm probably not remembering it verbatim, but hopefully someone has video of it.

Silver Springs was in!! It wasn't the best i've seen this tour, but I was thrilled Stevie went for it.

Well, those are the quick and dirty highlights from my vantage point. I do have some pics and I'll try to post some if others don't get to do it beforehand.

Oh, just a little pet peeve that I want to share to see if anyone else has experienced it. Why do people bring their YOUNG children (under 10!) to a concert that is in the evening during the week? And after an hour they were passed out on the seats. And these are the 200 bucks a pop seats. Just wondering what others thought about that.

[Regina]

This has to be quick because I need to get up early tomorrow.
I had a crappy day and I was so NOT looking forward to the concert. I thought...eh, last time at MSG was just not good for me, dawg, so ...(I'm loopy when I'm tired).

Anyway, after my stupid bus did not arrive and I had to race to the Garden to meet my buddies Torri and blackcat (sorry I missed you Keith), I actually entered the Garden. I used my chair as a coat rack, essentially, and planted myself at the stage. I had front row and was going to plant myself near my seat, but I thought--eh, I'll go for the gusto and move if they want me to. I planted myself between Lindsey and Stevie's mics. No one said a word. So, that's where I stayed. And I was very lucky. I had Pattie to my right and a lovely lady who I didn't know to my left. Both of them were great to stand with, really into the show and nice and quiet (except for the occassional scream--which I did a fair amount of, too).

Anyhow, the last two shows I went to--Lindsey was the total star. Stevie was better (much) in Philly than MSG I, but Lindsey was still the one who was giving his all and Stevie was probably at about 80% last time. Not tonight. She was GREAT. I was so proud of her. I think she has to know, on some level, that when we step into one of these places, we WANT her to succeed. And to have fun. And, when the third or fourth song came and she actually stepped closer to the edge of the stage than I had seen her at any previous concerts, and when she was smiling and ad-libbing stories--I knew this was going to be special.

There was not one song that she messed up on. There was not one song of hers that wasn't absolutely wonderful. Being between the mics is a tennis match because you kind of want to see what the other one is doing while one of them is singing. But, there were moments when I couldn't take my eyes off Stevie. She did a fabulous GDW--best one I've heard in ages. Did a lot of rather low "running in the shadows," "still in the shadows" "Moving in the shadows," before doing her Twyla Tharp dying swan-on-cocaine interpretative piece (heehee).

Silver Springs was back and awe-inspiring. LOVED it.

Storms was great. The harmony on "not all the prayers in the world could save us" was just beautiful and they both hung onto the notes for all they were worth.

And, during Sara, she sang the line "I'll go anywhere, ask me and I'll be there..." (I think I messed that up a little) directly to Lindsey. I have been so used to no contact that it was very obvious this time.

The Gypsy intro was very long, giving a list of people they worked with...how she joined a group she didn't know Lindsey was part of, went two blocks to rehearse in Lindsey's house--which she didn't know was Lindsey's house, etc, etc. (all very cute) and then (rather jarringly) said "and that's what this song is about. That time, The Velvet Underground, back to the floor-with Lindsey in my bed..." (and yeah, I know she's been saying it for a while, but it's the first time I heard it--and in those particular words so it was...odd).

Then, she dedicated Landslide to PS 22's choir (who were "too young" to be there tonight) but sang Landslide to her. And there she told Lindsey she was going to tell a story and she didn't know if he knew this (and he shook his head) but when she played Landslide for Lindsey for the first time, and she doesn't play the guitar very well, and she'd play something and he'd play it back, and he played beautifully, and after they were done, she went in another room and cried at how beautiful it was. And, tonight, after hearing this choir, she burst into tears, too. So, she dedicated it to them and to Madison Square Garden and all the performers who performed in the hallowed halls, and all those to come. It was very sweet and very touching.

And, to sum up Stevie's part--I want her fingerless leather and sparkly gloves. I seriously want them. I think I would take them to work with me and do all my stuff with those things on. Who cares if I'm not a rock star. I'd have rock star gloves.

Stevie was wearing the frankenbots with these leather leg warmer type things that made them look like long boots. Lindsey did not wear a necklace (stop the presses!)
He dedicated Big Love to Kristen and Will who were "out there--somewhere" and who he loves very much.

He was a maniac, as usual. An absolute, brilliant maniac.

My only fault with him--the Big Love speech. Dear Lord--it's grown to 45 minutes! No wonder I had to run for my bus back home. Blah-blah-blah-redemption--loss of something or other--destruction of the western world--reconciliation--plague, pestilence, yada, yada. Geez, Louise. Just sing the damned thing already!

Uh...He came over many times to the area right above my head and nearly dripped on me. It's always exciting to see Lindsey sweat. Mick--not so much. Lindsey--bring it on.

John was in a good mood. Made a snipping motion with his fingers when Mick was twirling his balls--and that put me in a good mood. Actually, by song 4, I think all my troubles from this week disappeared.

And I'm forgetting a few Lindsey things. Oh, he was fiddling with the amp nobs when Mick was introducing him as their mentor, their something or other and Lindsey mock-looked up and said, "me?" when he was finally introduced.

And during Oh, Well, when the line "when I talk to God..." he looked way up and said, "hello." It was funny.

Oh, and Stevie forgot to do the Gypsy intro for a few moments. Lindsey walked up to her, told her and she sheepishly went to the mic and said she's 61 and forgets a few things ocassionally.

I think that's about it. It was a great, great show. I know I gave up my AC show---but, this was a very nice way to end the Unleashed tour, for me.

I'm very proud of all of them tonight.

[bucklind17]

Absolutely amazing! I somehow ended up in the front, to the right of Lindsey's mic, in that spot between monitors where he often takes his solos. It was like heaven! The show itself was amazing, it's such a different story when you're in the front, in it with them. I couldn't see Stevie often because the monitors blocked her a lot, but I did my best to catch her when I could. Made sure to watch "Silver Springs", especially! Other than that, got a LOT of Lindsey moments. I think one of my favorite parts of being in his section is "Stand Back", he's so fun during that number, just singing along, getting us going, being silly. Loved it! I'll never get over him soloing literally towering over me. I had a few tastes of that during his solo tour but this was an entirely different story. The simple fact that I had to move my fingers so he wouldn't stomp on them is mindboggling to me! I'll be posting a few pics in a few!

[john214x]

show was great..it seemed like security wasnt even up in front of the 1st row where we were all crowded..gona put pics up tonight and probably video tomorrow..stevie was hitting all her notes tonight and seemed like they put extra effort in knowing they were at The Garden.

[bucklind17]

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[bucklind17]

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Ok, I absolutely love this shot! Lindsey, just hanging out, watching Mick solo.

[blemelin]

They came out of the starting gate with flames coming out of their nostrils. The only very very very minor pause was just before Gypsy, when Stevie forgot to begin her new introduction to the song, but she made up for it. Her intro to Landslide was incredibly heartfelt... someone help me here... I went to the men's room for a minute and when I came back she was telling a tale of some 50 children who sang Landslide to them just that afternoon and it made her burst into tears. She spoke directly to Lindsey at that point and said, "I don't know if you remember when I gave you that cassette..." (her demo for Landslide) "I was just 27 years old and I couldn't play guitar very well... and I gave the tape to Lindsey Buckingham, who can play anything... and he played it back to me and it made me run into the other room and burst into tears. And this afternoon, when those kids sang Landslide to me here in Madison Square Garden, it made me burst into tears again. So tonight, I dedicate this to those 50 children and all of you who have come back to the garden tonight..." then she sang Landslide.

They were incendiary tonight.

[bucklind17]

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Fiddlin' with the knobs, oh perfectionist.

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[strandinthewind]

Yes, they were!

I put my review in the other thread, but I just wanted to say you are totally correct!

[GavinBrown]

when did stevie start wearing one black glove? haha..."ps-gdw was amazzzzing tonight!

[bucklind17]

when did stevie start wearing one black glove? haha..."ps-gdw was amazzzzing tonight!

GDW was OFF the HOOK! So intense.

[john214x]

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[strandinthewind]

Well, it was a great concert. FM as a whole was on and working as a well oiled machined. They are best when they work as a group. Tonight, the sum was FAR greater than the number of parts.

I was on the front row at LB's feet. We totally interacted. He walked up to me TWICE and let me play his guitar. He was on fire tonight and his playing was great.

La Nicks also was on fire. I loved her vocals, esp. on GDW. She was out of the world on "DRAGON!"

In the end, when they shine, they are a supernova even at their age.

As an aside, The Garden looked maybe half full. But, that certainly did not stop them for putting on a great show.

Finally, it was great seeing my old and new ledgie friends. TrueFaith77, I kept looking over at you dancing and screaming. You were having the time of your life!!!!!

Also, who was the blonde girl who hugged me after the concert?

[bucklind17]

Little bit of video from tonight. Didn't take much else since I don't like distracting myself from actually watching for too long, oops.

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[Tango]

PS 22, Landslide, Stevie Nicks and Madison Square Garden get mentioned on Nightline:

http://www.ps22chorus.blogspot.com/


It had to be a poignant moment for Stevie--her song, her words have reached a whole new generation, and they will probably never forget meeting her. That's pretty amazing! The Nightline piece clearly demonstrates the importance of music in schools across America, and our need to support the arts and these children.

[SNicksed]

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[SNicksed]

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[SNicksed]

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[WelshWitchPMD]

Bucklind and Snicked your photos are awesome! Thanks for sharing.
Mine look like crap compared.

[Skyveris]

Terrific pictures! Thanks for sharing.

-Matt

[ontheEdgeof17]

same ****, different day.

glad you all had fun. :wavey:

[Keith]

I think the most fascinating city in the world, and yes, I've been to London and Paris. :-)

Seriously, got in town around 3 p.m. (cold and rainy and had to go buy a light jacket), and headed down to the East Village just to wander. When you walk around New York City, you see all of humanity.. Amazing place.

Great great show! Much better than the terrific Baltimore show the night before - and many thanks to Stevie for that. She was dynamite tonight, folks. truly amazing.

I scored a sec. 4, row A seat yesterday morning and headed up to the Garden... when I got to my seat, no one was sitting in my row as they were all at the stage.. I just wandered over and found my space for the evening - that would change with movement, but I was on Stevie's side.. and liking it. Torri showed up and just blended in.. there was like no security... pretty much if you were on the floor you could have made it up to the stage at the start of the show.. Good vibe all around.. After the loud drunk guys at the Baltimore show.. i have to say most folks around me were great and getting into the band.. like a concert should be.. Great NYC audience..

Hats off to the blonde (who was being very playful with Brett throughout the show) who met Sandra Bernhard in the ladies room.. She came running back with her beer and her cell phone.. and sure enough, a picture of her and Sandra.. She was ecstatic.. and a good dancer.. And could see why Brett was playing back..

Gold Dust Woman, to me, has replaced “Rhiannon” as her signature song on stage (if she even has one). This song has blossomed into her “highlight” moment. The way the band, especially Lindsey, are playing it,, and the ending.. Regina got it right - before doing her Twyla Tharp dying swan-on-cocaine interpretative piece. She had me hypnotized.

And I love where she is with “Storms” now.. And how the crowd really listens.. This could be easily a distraction songs for folks, but all I could sense is everyone listening to Stevie sing this beauty.. Like storm clouds brewing..

The show began and ended way too soon, but worth the trip up to NY. Bought the overpriced tambourine (penguin version) and ran into Torri and the Cat after the show and talked a bit.

Torri and I found a sports bar around the corner and watched the last quarter and o/t of the Lakers-Magic game.. Sorry Orlando, it’s over. You ain’t winning 3 straight against these Lakers.. And you will have to go back to LA. You guys had that game and blew it..

We headed back to her hotel room and I started listening to the “boot”.. sounds good. As I left to go the train station it started down pouring, so I went into the nearest bar I could find to have a night cap - ordered my red wine, listened to the jukebox that was playing some classic rock, and watched this lady - who called herself “the black woman from L.A” hop on the bar and start doing some, um, interesting things.. hmmmm. Only in New York.. Finished my wine, ran in the rain to the station, and came back home…

What a time. Thanks New York. You never disappoint.

[strandinthewind]

I'd appreciate it if someone would post the cideo of GDW from the show :cool:

[Erin]

The Gypsy intro was very long, giving a list of people they worked with...how she joined a group she didn't know Lindsey was part of, went two blocks to rehearse in Lindsey's house--which she didn't know was Lindsey's house, etc, etc. (all very cute) and then (rather jarringly) said "and that's what this song is about. That time, The Velvet Underground, back to the floor-with Lindsey in my bed..." (and yeah, I know she's been saying it for a while, but it's the first time I heard it--and in those particular words so it was...odd).


In Milwaukee we got the Janis Joplin/Jimi Hendrix speech. Nothing about Lindsey and the bed. I find it odd she would say stuff like that when his kids are in the audience.

[WelshWitchPMD]

^^^ I will once I get back home.

[michelej1]

Oh, you guys are killing me the way you describe the intros to Gypsy and Landslide. I have to see them.

Great reviews. I am glad the show went so well.


Michele

[michelej1]

Bucklind and Snicksed you got some beautiful pictures and the angles just have the most incredible, artistic effect.

Bucklind I laughed at the thought of your moving your fingers so that Lindsey didn't step on them. It's very strange for it to go from them being people on a record or in a magazine article to having someone's boot right next to your head, close enough where you're not just reacting to them, but they're reacting to you too, reading your expression, responding to your gestures. It's kind of mindboggling.

Michele

[michelej1]

And, during Sara, she sang the line "I'll go anywhere, ask me and I'll be there..." (I think I messed that up a little) directly to Lindsey. I have been so used to no contact that it was very obvious this time.

The Gypsy intro was very long, giving a list of people they worked with...how she joined a group she didn't know Lindsey was part of, went two blocks to rehearse in Lindsey's house--which she didn't know was Lindsey's house, etc, etc. (all very cute) and then (rather jarringly) said "and that's what this song is about. That time, The Velvet Underground, back to the floor-with Lindsey in my bed..." (and yeah, I know she's been saying it for a while, but it's the first time I heard it--and in those particular words so it was...odd).

Then, she dedicated Landslide to PS 22's choir (who were "too young" to be there tonight) but sang Landslide to her. And there she told Lindsey she was going to tell a story and she didn't know if he knew this (and he shook his head) but when she played Landslide for Lindsey for the first time, and she doesn't play the guitar very well, and she'd play something and he'd play it back, and he played beautifully, and after they were done, she went in another room and cried at how beautiful it was. And, tonight, after hearing this choir, she burst into tears, too. So, she dedicated it to them and to Madison Square Garden and all the performers who performed in the hallowed halls, and all those to come. It was very sweet and very touching.

I loved your review Regina, although I felt tortured, because I wanted to see some of those moments. Good heavens.

"Back to the floor with Lindsey in my bed." Well, gee . . . all righty then:laugh:.

Lindsey may not have remembered her reaction to Landslide, but he probably remembered she wasn't a very good guitar player!

Yes, their thing with Sara really gets to me, especially when I think of the interviews where Stevie talks about having been willing to give up her career, for Joe Walsh, for instance. And because they aren't turning their mic to each other all the time (as they did with Say Goodbye last time), the moments when they do are quite special.

My only fault with him--the Big Love speech. Dear Lord--it's grown to 45 minutes! No wonder I had to run for my bus back home. Blah-blah-blah-redemption--loss of something or other--destruction of the western world--reconciliation--plague, pestilence, yada, yada. Geez, Louise. Just sing the damned thing already!


Yes, he's psychotic. It's not that I even want him to stop. I just want to understand the mentality of someone who needs to do that. What is going on inside of him that he feels compelled? I'm sure he's read a couple of reviews saying how tedious it is, so why is the speech actually getting longer? I'm not asking why he gives a speech. I'm asking why is he extending it? I'm afraid for you people in Europe. By the time Lindsey gets there your very lives may be in danger. Stock up on water and food rations.

Ah, so what is up with him not wearing his necklace. I'm imagining some big drama going on. Maybe Kristen yanked it off of him and threw it across the room, in a fit of pique just before he took the stage.

Thanks for all the details.

Michele

[TrueFaith77]

I have such a bad memory! So I can't remember the many examples, but what made last night so special are these two qualities:

1. The band is playing like a band! Correction: like THE mf'ing band. Watching these four people really make music TOGETHER is perhaps the world's most beautiful spectacle (other than the new Julian Hernandez film which I saw earlier that day, but that's ANOTHER story). There was more vocal harmonizing, there was more improvisation, there was more palpable joy, there was more of Stevie singing TO Lindsey. There was love. If you ask me, it's time to get into the studio and put some of that magic down on record.

2. Stevie and Lindsey were hams, and it was wonderful. Stevie's Lindsey-in-the-bed story, both of them making jokes about their age, various pantomimes of being tired or not being surprised to be loved and adored by the crowd or bandmembers. But it was the change in the songs that really galvanized their hamminess, their show-offiness. Throughout I kept exclaiming over Lindsey's playing: "I've never heard THAT before" -- he really seemed to improvising these amazing new flourishes to reinvigorate the songs. And as for Stevie: I've never seen Stevie do "Gypsy" like this -- it was playful, zesty, and moving. She changed a line in Silver Springs and did it purposely -- she was very forceful in saying: "And did you say that YOU love HER." And more: StrandInTheWind and I shared a moment over Stevie's kicka** wail during Gold Dust Woman. She was on fire. And Mick and John were too. . . btw, the band finally has mastered "Storms" and, now, Mick's playing is just so beautiful, especially at the end with the cymbals.

ETA: And Lindsey was a super ham on Never Going Back Again, which now has an extended intro I've never heard before... it was gorgeous... and then his singing of the song is just so over the top now. But, vocally, very lovely, all his little flourishes. And "Oh Well" is becoming a vaudeville routine. And I ain't complaining!

Great show. I got second row seats and snuck up in front of the stage. Where I stepped on way too many toes. Apologies.

[TrueFaith77]

Yes, he's psychotic. It's not that I even want him to stop. I just want to understand the mentality of someone who needs to do that. What is going on inside of him that he feels compelled? I'm sure he's read a couple of reviews saying how tedious it is, so why is the speech actually getting longer? I'm not asking why he gives a speech. I'm asking why is he extending it? I'm afraid for you people in Europe. By the time Lindsey gets there your very lives may be in danger. Stock up on water and food rations.


Psychotic and incomprehensible! He broke down the significance of "Big Love" in two parts, and then he kept referring back: "So with the first part..." "And as for the second part..." "Going back to the first part..." etc. I was like: Huh? People really only care about the second part, so leave it at that. The audience got really annoyed. He totally lost everybody, but then his virtuoso playing on that song sucks them all back in.

[TrueFaith77]

P.S. - Am I crazy or did Stevie NOT do the "Never get away! Never get away!" part this time?

[Amlyn]

P.S. - Am I crazy or did Stevie NOT do the "Never get away! Never get away!" part this time?


No, you aren't crazy. I noticed that too as she was singing those lines! I figured that was the tradeoff for her singing it last night since she didn't do it the night before.

[SNicksed]

Throughout I kept exclaiming over Lindsey's playing: "I've never heard THAT before" -- he really seemed to improvising these amazing new flourishes to reinvigorate the songs.

What about that AMAZING riff in the middle of GDW? I don't think he had done that before. Stevie was staring at him like "Wow!" I think he would have kept going if she didn't start the next line. It was before the second verse, "Rock on ancient Queen.."

And the ending was just phenomenal, although I was really concerned that she was going to fall over. lol. :laugh: Seriously.

You'll all see what I mean when Pattie posts the vid. :nod:

[TrueFaith77]

What about that AMAZING riff in the middle of GDW? I don't think he had done that before. Stevie was staring at him like "Wow!" I think he would have kept going if she didn't start the next line. It was before the second verse, "Rock on ancient Queen.."


Yes! That is precisely one of those moments to which I was referring. THEY NEED TO GET MAKING SOME MUSIC TOGETHER RIGHT NOW!! grr.

[MacMan]

Fleetwood Mac at Madison Square Garden: Backstage Pass
by Michele Romero
Entertainment Weekly (http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/06/backstage-pass-fleetwood-mac.html)

Fleetwood Mac's Rumours was the very first album I heard as a kid that made me lust for music and obsessively watch the dust collect on the record needle as it picked sound up out of those waxed grooves. Therefore, I have loved this band forever.

Last night, the famously tumultuous group, who have reformed (minus Christine McVie) for a greatest hits tour called "Unleashed," did just that at Madison Square Garden, and I was lucky enough to be tenth-row center on the floor.

I was mesmerized watching guitarist Lindsey Buckingham's fingers pick out notes on songs that everyone knows by heart ("Dreams," "Landslide," "Tusk," "Go Your Own Way") but also just crying my eyes out with gratitude watching this virtuoso working so hard right in front of me that I could see him wince in pain and grab his back to quell a spasm after every few songs (the dude is almost 60).

Stevie, in contrast -- all wrapped in her cocoon of black and maroon scarves -- could just effortlessly mouth the words "Sara" or "Gypsy" into the mic and melt ice. She is the only person in the universe with that voice and I'm grateful she and Lindsey met up in High School back in 1965, as Stevie reminded the crowd while sharing an impassioned lesson in Fleetwood Mac history. Also? This band opened for Janis Joplin and played on the same stage as Jimi Hendrix in San Francisco.

Mick Fleetwood is still sporting those little dangling fabric balls on his trousers, a la the Rumours album cover, which made me wonder if he just wears them all the time (awkward meeting new people like that) and he pounded that drum kit all night like he was made out of Viagra.

I ended up backstage with Stevie Nicks (connections!) at the end of the show and petted her dogs, including an elderly Yorkie who barked at us as if we were in his dressing room and we should get out now. Scarves hung about the space, and I spied boxes of blonde hair color peeking out of a drawer in an equipment case that said "Stevie" in pink spray-painted letters. I was too shy to say hello but wish I had said thank you. So, thank you, Stevie!

What was the first record that started your love of music -- you know, the one you played 1000 times until it broke and you had to get a new one? Was Rumours one of them?

[strandinthewind]

In Milwaukee we got the Janis Joplin/Jimi Hendrix speech. Nothing about Lindsey and the bed. I find it odd she would say stuff like that when his kids are in the audience.

The truth hurts :shrug:

[Erin]

^^
But the fam wasn't in Milwaukee, go figure.:laugh: You guys got the boots back it appears for at least some of the time!

[strandinthewind]

. . . He totally lost everybody, but then his virtuoso playing on that song sucks them all back in.

I know - then La Nicks looked at LB during the Landslide speech and apologized for it taking so long - I was like "he's gonna say something about a long speech?" :laugh:

Also - that moment when he walked right past us to the corner of the stage and just sat there after some song - Big Love maybe. If was delightfully odd!

Finally, who was Stevie saying "COME ON UP" to when Mich was talking at the very end? It was some person she kept waving to off stage and to our right (LB's left) -- La Nicks said it like five times and with exaggerated movements. It was cute.

Interestingly, I loved watching Sharon, Jana, and Lori. I was singing Lori's harmony part on Sara and she totally saw me, acknowledged it, and laughed.

What a night!

Finally, I looked for you to grab you and put you in front of me when LB walked directly up to me and let me play his guitar (TWICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no less :laugh: ) But, everyone was pushing me.

P.S. How's about that WAY drunk/high blonde chick :eek:

[strandinthewind]

^^
But the fam wasn't in Milwaukee, go figure.:laugh: You guys got the boots back it appears for at least some of the time!

I know - but whatareyagonnado :cool:

Yes, the boots were VERY welcome as they make her look less dumpy. But, if the boks are to be, they are to be. I'd rather have that than an immobile La Nicks with a puss on.

[thatgirlwasme]

I'll never get over him soloing literally towering over me. I had a few tastes of that during his solo tour but this was an entirely different story. The simple fact that I had to move my fingers so he wouldn't stomp on them is mindboggling to me!

I know, right? I had the same experience in Milwaukee. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I was so close to them--once in a lifetime experience that I hope to have again. I'm glad the MSG show was good--I was sad for the Baltimore folks that missed out on Silver Springs. Bummer!

A

[john214x]

In case anyone missed my pics I have them at kodakgallery.com cause i couldn't just post each one for some reason..try the link if not than use my username..and whoever was buying my beers up front with the blonde hair..throw me a message.

username:[email protected]
Password: stevie
http://www.kodakgallery.com/AlbumMenu.jsp?

[michelej1]

In case anyone missed my pics I have them at kodakgallery.com cause i couldn't just post each one for some reason..try the link if not than use my username..and whoever was buying my beers up front with the blonde hair..throw me a message.



Thanks for that John, you really got some close shots. Michele

[john214x]

no problem..i'll have some video up in a little while..bit shaky trying to manage beer and camera

[michelej1]

..bit shaky trying to manage beer and camera


Great way to test your priorities. Michele

[john214x]

ha standing near stage..put one beer on the ground nd got kicked over..from there out no beer left my hand

[john214x]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyOTW61N55M&feature=channel_page

[john214x]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TYpx1tHewY&feature=channel_page

[Amlyn]

http://s709.photobucket.com/albums/ww95/Amlyn75/Fleetwood%20Mac%20MSG%206-11-09/?albumview=slideshow

I am not sure what happened to the settings on my camera, but the second half are more grainy and blurry.

Enjoy!

[john214x]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA6mmD9tgbE&feature=channel_page

[SNicksed]

no problem..i'll have some video up in a little while..bit shaky trying to manage beer and camera

Thanks for sharing the video and the pics. They are GREAT! Please tell me you have Gold Dust Woman on vid?? :woohoo:

[john214x]

can't help ya with GDW..i got couple 'stand back' clips to post and end of silver springs..GDW was a great version that nigh though

[john214x]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lwS-ftzeXk

[john214x]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS8yqdTVlUQ

[belladonnadream]

Back from tonight's show and it was fantastic!!! This was my 4th show this tour, but my first on the floor, 7th row directly in front of Lindsey in fact!

Anyway, I won't go into too many specifics, most of the same stuff that we all know and love. Here's a few other notes of interest that you guys may appreciate.

At the end of I Know I'm Not Wrong, Stevie had her back turned to the audience and appeared to be talking to John. Lindsey finished up his piece and the stage went dark and everyone (on stage) was waiting for Stevie to walk up to the mike to do the Gypsy intro. Well, she was in her own little world and completely oblivious to the fact that she was supposed to be at the mike, so Lindsey had to shuffle over and tell her she was up. She had the funniest look on her face and when she got up to the mike she said, "When you get to be 61 years old, sometimes you forget!" It was a cute moment.

Lindsey dedicated Big Love to Kristen and Will who were somewhere in the audience to my right as Lindsey pointed out. He then went into the longest intro to Big Love I've heard yet. Seriously, like 3 minutes long. We were joking that Stevie asked him to drag it out so she had more time for her wardrobe change.

Stevie dedicated Landslide to PS 22 and Mr. B. She started talking about how they were there earlier in the day and she made them all come up on stage so they can start to realize that dreams are attainable (something like that -- i'm paraphrasing.) Then she went into this story about how when she wrote Landslide she played it for Lindsey and he started tinkering around on the guitar playing it back to her and she was so amazed at how wonderful it was and how great a guitar player he was that she had to run to anther room because she started crying over how much it moved her. Again, paraphrasing slightly here -- but something close to that. I'm guessing she gave us that memory because she said when the kids performed Landslide for her today, she just started crying. I'm probably not remembering it verbatim, but hopefully someone has video of it.

Silver Springs was in!! It wasn't the best i've seen this tour, but I was thrilled Stevie went for it.

Well, those are the quick and dirty highlights from my vantage point. I do have some pics and I'll try to post some if others don't get to do it beforehand.

Oh, just a little pet peeve that I want to share to see if anyone else has experienced it. Why do people bring their YOUNG children (under 10!) to a concert that is in the evening during the week? And after an hour they were passed out on the seats. And these are the 200 bucks a pop seats. Just wondering what others thought about that.


OMG I was off to Lindsey's side loge 71 and was like only 4or 5 rows up and I saw the soundboard and someone standing there with 2 girls..I wonder if that was her...Neh..I think his older is older than what these 2 girls looked like ..and one had brown hair I think and his 2 are still blondies right? well here's a link to my Stand Back...great twirl and show off of the white shawl under her SB cape.....

I might have caught a few of you in the first row rocking out!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9JH5Ow-m08

Here's Mick's solo with audience reaction and the group huddle I could see Stevie's face from my side and for the Sara hug...Being on the side had some advantages!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIZqUsihjz0

[belladonnadream]

P.S. - Am I crazy or did Stevie NOT do the "Never get away! Never get away!" part this time?

I got the end specifically of SS and I still have to upload it..I don't remember her doing it either

[belladonnadream]

Thanks for sharing the video and the pics. They are GREAT! Please tell me you have Gold Dust Woman on vid?? :woohoo:
I do..its gonna take 4 hours for me to upload it though..don't know why it takes so long on Utube but I got the whole song...

Here's some of my pics...http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/FotoFlexer_Photo-5.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/FotoFlexer_Photo-12.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/FotoFlexer_Photo-13.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/FotoFlexer_Photo-14.jpg

[strandinthewind]

^^^

Thanks for posting those. I see a few friends totally rocking out in front of La Nicks!!!!

Your seat usually is my fav. because it is unobnstructed and you can sit if you want.

Also, weren't those people the ones La Nicks was motioning and mouthing "come on up" to at the very end when Mick was talking and La Nicks was standing off to the side in front of where Lori, et al, were.

[strandinthewind]

Thanks to the poster!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's Storms - which I thought was fantastic

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and Sara - note the high oooooo's at around 30 sec.

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Thanks again John!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS - did you get GDW?

[belladonnadream]

Thanks to the poster!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's Storms - which I thought was fantastic

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and Sara - note the high oooooo's at around 30 sec.

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Thanks again John!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS - did you get GDW?


I'm uploading mine now!

[belladonnadream]

^^^

Thanks for posting those. I see a few friends totally rocking out in front of La Nicks!!!!

Your seat usually is my fav. because it is unobnstructed and you can sit if you want.

Also, weren't those people the ones La Nicks was motioning and mouthing "come on up" to at the very end when Mick was talking and La Nicks was standing off to the side in front of where Lori, et al, were.
Yes at the end?.. I was over a little farther than that ...loge 71 but I was trying to get a good pic of that..I think I got 1 of her doing that...she seemed to ham it up over there cause she knew a few of us were really screaming her name at the end there and she threw her arm up in the rock on pose right after she was motioning to come up..but from my point of view it looked like she was motioning to the little kids by the sound board...

[strandinthewind]

^^^

It could have been the kids. But, I could not see because there were speakers in the way. I someone got that on tape.

[Keith]

I might have caught a few of you in the first row rocking out!!!!!



You caught me - I'm the guy with the burgandy Redskins cap on right to the left of the microphone streamers.. with the silly grin on my face.. bobbing to the beat. It was cool seeing a few other faces I shared the concert with.. thanks much.. cool stuff!!!

[WelshWitchPMD]

I am in the process of converting GDW to ipod use so that I can upload it to Utube. I should hopefully have it all up by 2PM. I got the last 6 and half minutes of it and the first part of it starts with LB.

[Steviefan49]

PS 22, Landslide, Stevie Nicks and Madison Square Garden get mentioned on Nightline:

http://www.ps22chorus.blogspot.com/


It had to be a poignant moment for Stevie--her song, her words have reached a whole new generation, and they will probably never forget meeting her. That's pretty amazing! The Nightline piece clearly demonstrates the importance of music in schools across America, and our need to support the arts and these children.

I loved this.. thank you SO much for sharing! I sure wish someone would have taken video of them singing for Stevie, as I would have loved to see Stevie's face.. It brought tears to my eyes for sure, so I can only imagine Stevie.. LOL
:xoxo:

[strandinthewind]

I am in the process of converting GDW to ipod use so that I can upload it to Utube. I should hopefully have it all up by 2PM. I got the last 6 and half minutes of it and the first part of it starts with LB.

HURRY UP WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:D

[Tango]

From the PS22 Chorus website:

Friday, June 12, 2009
Meeting Stevie at MSG


After having her breath taken away by the PS22 Chorus "Landslide" video, Stevie Nicks and the rest of Fleetwood Mac had us down to Madison Square Garden on Thursday for a musical rendezvous! She took the time to shake hands and hug (Elijah even got a kiss, the happy boy!) every single member of the chorus when she greeted us. She told the kids about the first time she saw their video of "Landslide," and how it brought her to tears.

Stevie went on to say how watching the PS22 Chorus version of "Landslide" on the internet took her back to when she was first starting her career in music, in her late twenties. ("I know that seems incredibly old to you guys," she joked.) She told the chorus how she wrote "Landslide" and put it on a little dinky tape recorder and then gave it to guitarist Lindsay Buckingham. And he would shape it into something completely beautiful. Her message to the kids was that a completely humble beginning led her to where she is now, playing at Madison Square Garden, one of the biggest stadiums in the world. And now the kids' humble beginning has brought them there too. She was repeatedly telling the kids that anything is possible, and all their dreams can come true.

Ms. Nicks also spoke about what it was like to be a woman in a male dominated music industry. She revealed her strength, saying, "I never allowed myself to be treated like a second class citizen." The kids were really taken with her and obviously inspired. And they ALL loved the way she smelled, and told her so! It was adorable.

Then the PS22 Chorus took the stage at Madison Square Garden, with Stevie Nicks as an audience. You could see the sheer delight all over her face as the kids did an utterly gorgeous version of "Landslide," including a one-line intro from another Fleetwood Mac song, "Silver Springs," as a little surprise.

Stevie burst on to the stage after the kids were finished and expressed her enthusiasm for the performance. I wish I could remember all the amazing things she said, but one quote that I am sure of, as it was the last thing she said to the kids after they sang (I had it written down):


"I will never forget it, and being in your presence.... as long as I live."


After that, the band took the stage for their soundcheck which the kids got to watch! They sounded incredible, and it was just an unforgettable thrill to be exchanging these private performances. After the band left the stage, the kids were taken to a back room of MSG to eat dinner with the crew and band, where on the way we ran into drummer Mick Fleetwood and the previously mentioned Lindsay Buckingham, who both had some very kind words about the kids as well! When all was said and done, the kids left the arena with Fleetwood Mac T-shirts and an experience of a lifetime....

Later on, when the band took the stage for the actual performance, Stevie dedicated "Landslide" to the kids, and spoke about how she watched them on Nightline the night before. Here is an account from the kind person who let me know about it: "She came out and dedicated the song to them. Said how lucky she was to be able to hear them perform for her earlier in the day and how proud and touched she was by their total involvement in their performance."

MIND-BLOWING!!!!
-----------

[Tango]

The Nightline Show Stevie spoke of: (there's a short advertisement first)

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=7810258

[strandinthewind]

^^^

I often think about how fulfilling that must be to La Nicks. These kids and their Mr. B. are inspirational. And, their inspiration was her song. Her song has made them better, shown them something bright in their perhaps dark world, and maybe made them better than they were. I know people around here think she is a self obsessed c*nt. But, I think this, and the myraid of other things she does (like the ipods) shows they are dead wrong.

[michelej1]

..but from my point of view it looked like she was motioning to the little kids by the sound board...

Were there a lot of kids at the soundboard? How many do you think? Maybe they were some of the PS22 children, perhaps.

Michele

[strandinthewind]

Were there a lot of kids at the soundboard? How many do you think? Maybe they were some of the PS22 children, perhaps.

Michele

They could have been. But, La Nicks said they left because they were in the fifth grade and had to go to bed. But, there could have been a few that stayed. There were two kids under 10 on the front row next to me. But, I believe they left before the concert was over because the kids were tired. Note - I was at the stage, so they could have just gone back to their seats.

[john214x]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W1i5V_apAA

[WelshWitchPMD]

Here it is finally, Gold Dust Woman from MSG. I didn't think it would take half my life to upload.
Hope to have the pics up later.
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[WelshWitchPMD]

^^^ Youtube compression makes Stevie look like she has some skin disease. The original video is pretty much crystal clear. I could try to upload the original file but that might take forever.

[ShangriLaTroubl]

What is UP with the one-glove thing, is she Michael? :shrug:

I DO love the thing she does in the end with Mick though, it looks cool.

[Erin]

^^^ Youtube compression makes Stevie look like she has some skin disease. The original video is pretty much crystal clear. I could try to upload the original file but that might take forever.

It looks pretty good to me.:shrug:

[WelshWitchPMD]

A few of my MSG photos. Nothing special.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070203FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070206FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070214FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070247FIX.jpg

[WelshWitchPMD]

A few more

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070271FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070279FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070286FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070307FIX.jpg

[WelshWitchPMD]

Some last ones.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070313FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070315FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070320FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070324FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070334FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070355FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070356FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070370FIX.jpg

[WelshWitchPMD]

Forgot one.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070236FIX.jpg

[belladonnadream]

Were there a lot of kids at the soundboard? How many do you think? Maybe they were some of the PS22 children, perhaps.

Michele No...there was like a lady with I think light brown hair up in a clip and 2 girls maybe aged 6-9 or so..I think one girl had brown hair and the other had blond..I just saw them from the back and couldn't see them that well...

[Glittermoondust]

A few of my MSG photos. Nothing special.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070214FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070247FIX.jpg

Patti your pics are great-- what are you talking about??? :rolleyes: I especially like the 2 above--thanks for posting!!! :D

[WelshWitchPMD]

Patti your pics are great-- what are you talking about??? :rolleyes: I especially like the 2 above--thanks for posting!!! :D

Thanks but they just don't come out that clear. I need a new camera.

[belladonnadream]

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/FotoFlexer_Photo-16.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/FotoFlexer_Photo-17.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/FotoFlexer_Photo-18.jpg

[WelshWitchPMD]

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/FotoFlexer_Photo-18.jpg

Aww, this one is so darn cute. I love it.

[belladonnadream]

Aww, this one is so darn cute. I love it.
yeah I think that's my favorite too...

[TrueFaith77]

RE: "Storms" Is it just me or does Lindsey sing: "SHE was singing" rather than "He"?

[belladonnadream]

Okay..I've spent (2) 4 hour segments of my time trying to upload my GDW video to youtube which is really cool cause its a different angle and a little farther ( full Lenth) of Stevie and it won't upload..keeps saying unknown error occured or something like that. does anyone know what may be going on?:shrug:

[Enchanted_Stevi]

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/FotoFlexer_Photo-18.jpg

:laugh: OMG who stands like that!! So cute

[GODDESS6]

Thanks but they just don't come out that clear. I need a new camera.

i need a new camera too, after my omaha show & taking 115 pic to only sit & look that half of them totally blew my dog~ i was sad~ but pattie you're photos rock as always & as always i love ya for sharing them!!!~

[Glittermoondust]

Don't get me started on cameras!! LOL!! I keep getting new ones and they are never good enough..... someone once told me it isn't the camera it's the picture taker and I'm starting to believe them!! ha ha But yes Patti your pictures are always great!! :wavey:

[MacMan]

Okay..I've spent (2) 4 hour segments of my time trying to upload my GDW video to youtube which is really cool cause its a different angle and a little farther ( full Lenth) of Stevie and it won't upload..keeps saying unknown error occured or something like that. does anyone know what may be going on?:shrug:

What video type are you trying to upload?

[WelshWitchPMD]

Don't get me started on cameras!! LOL!! I keep getting new ones and they are never good enough..... someone once told me it isn't the camera it's the picture taker and I'm starting to believe them!! ha ha But yes Patti your pictures are always great!! :wavey:

LOL but my camera is old. 2006 mind you. I can't use any larger than a 2gb card. :(Any camera suggestions?

[Glittermoondust]

LOL but my camera is old. 2006 mind you. I can't use any larger than a 2gb card. :(Any camera suggestions?

My last one was a Canon and I'm already wanting to upgrade!! LOL!! And I just bought it in March.... I have to see how it goes at a few others shows this Summer and let you know..... it is the same one Alicia has but her pics are always soooo much better than mine :nod:

[WelshWitchPMD]

My last one was a Canon and I'm already wanting to upgrade!! LOL!! And I just bought it in March.... I have to see how it goes at a few others shows this Summer and let you know..... it is the same one Alicia has but her pics are always soooo much better than mine :nod:

What model? I love canons but yet I don't own one.

[GODDESS6]

Don't get me started on cameras!! LOL!! I keep getting new ones and they are never good enough..... someone once told me it isn't the camera it's the picture taker and I'm starting to believe them!! ha ha But yes Patti your pictures are always great!! :wavey:
my hubby is the one who gets to go to school programs & stuff, most all of my son's pics that the hubs took at these functions, you can't even make out my son~ he always was blaming hisself~ most all of my pics are crystal clear~ but not at the mac, ever~ i thought i was standing so still to only have taken a blurred pic of stevie's chin~ urgh!!!~ my camera is a sony from like '04, it is so time to upgrade~ i am thinking it's wasn't him or me, it's the slow ass camera~

i have seen better pics from people phones than what i took:confused:

i do have to say tho, i saw the mac in '04 in sioux city~ i was front row in front of stevie & this time i took one of those disposable digital cameras & the pics look stellar~ who would have thunk it?~

[Glittermoondust]

my hubby is the one who gets to go to school programs & stuff, most all of my son's pics that the hubs took at these functions, you can't even make out my son~ he always was blaming hisself~ most all of my pics are crystal clear~ but not at the mac, ever~ i thought i was standing so still to only have taken a blurred pic of stevie's chin~ urgh!!!~ my camera is a sony from like '04, it is so time to upgrade~ i am thinking it's wasn't him or me, it's the slow ass camera~

i have seen better pics from people phones than what i took:confused:

i do have to say tho, i saw the mac in '04 in sioux city~ i was front row in front of stevie & this time i took one of those disposable digital cameras & the pics look stellar~ who would have thunk it?~

Okay so maybe it is the camera.... but the picture taker is part of it too!! LOL!! I am shaky as heck so I know what part of my problem is..... Alicia must have nerves of steel is all I can say!! I rarely see a blurry pic from her ;)

[belladonnadream]

What video type are you trying to upload?
I have no clue! Lol! It was on my SD card and I got it onto my computer and it says MOV with 5 numbers after it...its like 600MB or something like that...the Stand Back one and Micks solo were the same but 334 MB and they uploaded just fine? You don't think its too long or something do you?

[MacMan]

I have no clue! Lol! It was on my SD card and I got it onto my computer and it says MOV with 5 numbers after it...its like 600MB or something like that...the Stand Back one and Micks solo were the same but 334 MB and they uploaded just fine? You don't think its too long or something do you?

There is a 10 minute length limit for youtube vids. If it's not longer then 10 minutes it should work, it's a big file and would just take longer to upload and for youtube to convert. You might want to convert that movie, which is a quick time mov file to a smaller version, or convert it to an .avi file. Do you have any video conversion software to do that?

[belladonnadream]

There is a 10 minute length limit for youtube vids. If it's not longer then 10 minutes it should work, it's a big file and would just take longer to upload and for youtube to convert. You might want to convert that movie, which is a quick time mov file to a smaller version, or convert it to an .avi file. Do you have any video conversion software to do that?
I don't think so..I'm not too great with all the technilogical stuff out there and I have no hubby here to help!Lol! I have quicktime player but that's all I know.... I really have no clue how to convert anything!

[belladonnadream]

Here's the link to my end clip of SS from MSG...It was cute cause Lindsey had a HUUUUGE response for GYOW...and I thought he was going to have a heart attack...and at the end of this clip you see Stevie look over at lindsey and smile/ smirk when the crowd cheers..Kinda as if to say ...ha! Look at that..they liked that just as much...:nod:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxK-42qOIms

[GODDESS6]

Here's the link to my end clip of SS from MSG...It was cute cause Lindsey had a HUUUUGE response for GYOW...and I thought he was going to have a heart attack...and at the end of this clip you see Stevie look over at lindsey and smile/ smirk when the crowd cheers..Kinda as if to say ...ha! Look at that..they liked that just as much...:nod:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxK-42qOIms

thanx for posting~ i don't generally consider myself a shipper~ but the interaction between the 2, is just so sweet to me~ you can still see a love & fondness between them, even if it isn't romantic as it was~ it is just awesome to witness the sweetness that stevie & lindsey have for ea other even after all the tribulations & the the years that have gone by~

[john214x]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1W1i5V_apAA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arjxgSibGiU

[JeannieKartis]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/SNicksed/FM%20MSG%206-11-09/Picture005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/SNicksed/FM%20MSG%206-11-09/Picture093.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/SNicksed/FM%20MSG%206-11-09/Picture104.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v21/SNicksed/FM%20MSG%206-11-09/Picture102.jpg

ooh love the 2nd one....

[JeannieKartis]

A few of my MSG photos. Nothing special.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070203FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070206FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070214FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070247FIX.jpg

those are great patty!

[JeannieKartis]

A few more

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070271FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070279FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070286FIX.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070307FIX.jpg

Awesome! thanks for posting...

[JeannieKartis]

Forgot one.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v482/WelshWitchPMD/Fleetwood%20Mac%20at%20MSG%20061109/P1070236FIX.jpg

that is gorgeous and the one with lindsey's leg up is very cool!

[JeannieKartis]

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/FotoFlexer_Photo-16.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/FotoFlexer_Photo-17.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/FotoFlexer_Photo-18.jpg

that last one is very cute!

[BTFLCHLD]

sara
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[Drummergrl]

sara
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That's my fav of hers, and so beautifully done here, thanks.

[Gypsy]

Before I get to the title of my post, I just wanted to thank every one for the amazing photos and videos that y'all took...they're great!

I got food poisoning the night before the concert, so I felt really weak, but I dragged myself down to MSG anyway, although I didn't have a ticket yet.
My boyfriend sensibly tried to dissuade me from going, but I had to go.
I would drag my carcass to see Fleetwood Mac if it were my last dying act.

I kept hitting the box office to see what opened up (last time at MSG, my friend and I scored 10th row about 2 hours before the show), but nothing came through.
Long story short, I got in for free, because a really nice guy and his wife had a corporate box seat halfway up on Lindsey's side, and two of his clients didn't show up, so he decided to give the tix away to two lucky people for free.
(Thanks, Anthony!) :wavey:

Sometimes the Almighty Ones, in their wisdom, know what's best for you, even if you don't. The box seat was a blessing...I was so weak, that even if I got front row, I wouldn't have been able to stand for long, so it was good to be able to just sit and enjoy the show until FM healed me about a third of the way through, and I got my strength back.

I have to say, it was one of the best Mac shows I've ever been to. They had an awesome time, and so did we.

An odd note: Did anyone else notice this?
During one the rocking-out songs at the end (I forget which, it might have been GYOW or Don't Stop), I noticed a half-dozen people or more on the floor, on Stevie's side, stage right.
Even seen those googly alien-antennas you can slip on your head for Halloween?
Well, all these people were wearing what looked like dragon or lobster headbands....they were red, with giant googly eyes sticking straight out from the top. They were all bopping their heads in unison. Stevie had to look to her right, down on the floor, to see them. When she did, they all smiled and waved.

She turned away, and they started removing the headbands. One woman collected all of them, and the people started disappearing backstage. It was then I realized they were all FM crew!

I think it was a great/ funny prank... did anyone else catch this?

[CADreaming]

An odd note: Did anyone else notice this?
During one the rocking-out songs at the end (I forget which, it might have been GYOW or Don't Stop), I noticed a half-dozen people or more on the floor, on Stevie's side, stage right.
Even seen those googly alien-antennas you can slip on your head for Halloween?
Well, all these people were wearing what looked like dragon or lobster headbands....they were red, with giant googly eyes sticking straight out from the top. They were all bopping their heads in unison. Stevie had to look to her right, down on the floor, to see them. When she did, they all smiled and waved.

She turned away, and they started removing the headbands. One woman collected all of them, and the people started disappearing backstage. It was then I realized they were all FM crew!

I think it was a great/ funny prank... did anyone else catch this?

It sounds like Cory Buckingham's antics. She had all the crew wearing afros at the Atlanta show during GYOW and Stevie shook her head at them.

[michelej1]

I got food poisoning the night before the concert, so I felt really weak, but I dragged myself down to MSG anyway, although I didn't have a ticket yet.
My boyfriend sensibly tried to dissuade me from going, but I had to go.
I would drag my carcass to see Fleetwood Mac if it were my last dying act.


Oh, what amazing dedication. I'm glad it turned out so well.

I recall I was sick all day before one of the SYW shows in England. Then I took a taxi to the venue, but the streets were so congested that the driver couldn't get down the road. I had to get out and walk the last 2 miles. Let's just say I am glad that Imodium works:laugh:.

Michele

[vivfox]

Jun 12, 2009, 05:46 PM | by Michele Romero


Fleetwood Mac's Rumours was the very first album I heard as a kid that made me lust for music and obsessively watch the dust collect on the record needle as it picked sound up out of those waxed grooves. Therefore, I have loved this band forever.

Last night, the famously tumultuous group, who have reformed (minus Christine McVie) for a greatest hits tour called "Unleashed," did just that at Madison Square Garden, and I was lucky enough to be tenth-row center on the floor.

I was mesmerized watching guitarist Lindsey Buckingham's fingers pick out notes on songs that everyone knows by heart ("Dreams," "Landslide," "Tusk," "Go Your Own Way") but also just crying my eyes out with gratitude watching this virtuoso working so hard right in front of me that I could see him wince in pain and grab his back to quell a spasm after every few songs (the dude is almost 60).

Stevie, in contrast -- all wrapped in her cocoon of black and maroon scarves -- could just effortlessly mouth the words "Sara" or "Gypsy" into the mic and melt ice. She is the only person in the universe with that voice and I'm grateful she and Lindsey met up in High School back in 1965, as Stevie reminded the crowd while sharing an impassioned lesson in Fleetwood Mac history. Also? This band opened for Janis Joplin and played on the same stage as Jimi Hendrix in San Francisco.

Mick Fleetwood is still sporting those little dangling fabric balls on his trousers, a la the Rumours album cover, which made me wonder if he just wears them all the time (awkward meeting new people like that) and he pounded that drum kit all night like he was made out of Viagra.

I ended up backstage with Stevie Nicks (connections!) at the end of the show and petted her dogs, including an elderly Yorkie who barked at us as if we were in his dressing room and we should get out now. Scarves hung about the space, and I spied boxes of blonde hair color peeking out of a drawer in an equipment case that said "Stevie" in pink spray-painted letters. I was too shy to say hello but wish I had said thank you. So, thank you, Stevie!

What was the first record that started your love of music -- you know, the one you played 1000 times until it broke and you had to get a new one? Was Rumours one of them?
http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/06/backstage-pass-fleetwood-mac.html

[vivfox]

The kids who impressed Stevie.

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[belladonnadream]

Here it is finally, Gold Dust Woman from MSG. I didn't think it would take half my life to upload.
Hope to have the pics up later.
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screaming all the "Thank you's and get it girl"! Though I did throw a couple woos in...


http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/music/watch/v18646264JFfaywtPGOLD DUST WOMAN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 6/11/09

[belladonnadream]

You caught me - I'm the guy with the burgandy Redskins cap on right to the left of the microphone streamers.. with the silly grin on my face.. bobbing to the beat. It was cool seeing a few other faces I shared the concert with.. thanks much.. cool stuff!!! Awesome!!!

[Amlyn]

While we are still at it, here's the 2nd half of Big Love from MSG.


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[Regina]

Nice videos.
Although, you know, Big Love just doesn't seem the same without the 42 minute intro;-)