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APerfectLie
11-10-2009, 04:07 AM
I was reading this review of the last show they did on Nov 6 and this part caught my eye:
As if things couldn't get any better, Lindsey had just blown us all away with 'Big Love' and Stevie came out of the shadows to do her intro to 'Landslide' - but there was something suddenly very different about her, and her eyes seemed full of tears. Then she let the cat out of the bag - "CHRISTINE MCVIE IS HERE WITH US TONITE" - the whole arena erupted! She then gave a very warm and heartfelt tribute to Chris and said that she wanted this to be a moment of joy and not sadness, but that she missed Chris every day, thought about her every day, and said that she was the most fun lady ever to be around. By the time she dedicated 'Landslide' to Chris, the audience were half in tears, as was Stevie herself, who then went on to deliver such a powerful performance of the song that Lindsey noticeably nodded his head vigorously afterwards in sheer admiration. The audience went wild!
Does anyone have any video of this?!
Gypsy-Rhiannon
11-10-2009, 04:30 AM
I was reading this review of the last show they did on Nov 6 and this part caught my eye:
As if things couldn't get any better, Lindsey had just blown us all away with 'Big Love' and Stevie came out of the shadows to do her intro to 'Landslide' - but there was something suddenly very different about her, and her eyes seemed full of tears. Then she let the cat out of the bag - "CHRISTINE MCVIE IS HERE WITH US TONITE" - the whole arena erupted! She then gave a very warm and heartfelt tribute to Chris and said that she wanted this to be a moment of joy and not sadness, but that she missed Chris every day, thought about her every day, and said that she was the most fun lady ever to be around. By the time she dedicated 'Landslide' to Chris, the audience were half in tears, as was Stevie herself, who then went on to deliver such a powerful performance of the song that Lindsey noticeably nodded his head vigorously afterwards in sheer admiration. The audience went wild!
Does anyone have any video of this?!
Nothing has surfaced yet. Mind you I don't think she let any cat out of the bag. From what I recall Lindsey had already menioned CHris being there
michelej1
11-10-2009, 12:41 PM
I was reading this review of the last show they did on Nov 6 and this part caught my eye:
As if things couldn't get any better, Lindsey had just blown us all away with 'Big Love' and Stevie came out of the shadows to do her intro to 'Landslide' - but there was something suddenly very different about her, and her eyes seemed full of tears. Then she let the cat out of the bag - "CHRISTINE MCVIE IS HERE WITH US TONITE" - the whole arena erupted! She then gave a very warm and heartfelt tribute to Chris and said that she wanted this to be a moment of joy and not sadness, but that she missed Chris every day, thought about her every day, and said that she was the most fun lady ever to be around. By the time she dedicated 'Landslide' to Chris, the audience were half in tears, as was Stevie herself, who then went on to deliver such a powerful performance of the song that Lindsey noticeably nodded his head vigorously afterwards in sheer admiration. The audience went wild!
Does anyone have any video of this?!
I saw one of Landslide, but without the dedication. I wanted to see a video that would show me Lindsey. Friday, I could see that Stevie's eyes had tears in them when they began the song, but my view of Lindsey was obscured. I couldn't see his face. I just know that he walked away very quickly after the song was over and I wanted to see if he appeared to be moved.
Michele
mylittledemon
11-10-2009, 02:38 PM
This chick got some awesome videos from that show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DD9YRa4hpk
Gypsy-Rhiannon
11-10-2009, 02:46 PM
This chick got some awesome videos from that show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DD9YRa4hpk
She was right behind me
There are more videos on he Wembley last night thread in the rumours section
mylittledemon
11-10-2009, 02:51 PM
Here are more:
http://www.youtube.com/user/R0CKAH0L1C
Her recording of "Gold Dust Woman" is awesomesauce.
jbrownsjr
11-10-2009, 04:37 PM
Nobody got the dedication??? :(
PutTheBlameOnMe
11-11-2009, 11:07 AM
(Hello! Newbie here :) )
I am absolutely kicking myself for not filming Stevie's dedication!
Personally, my brain didn't click to get my camera out and film it as I was completely surprised by it!
It was such a lovely and heartfelt dedication that I think the whole audience was with Stevie at that moment in time.
APerfectLie
11-11-2009, 06:54 PM
(Hello! Newbie here :) )
I am absolutely kicking myself for not filming Stevie's dedication!
Personally, my brain didn't click to get my camera out and film it as I was completely surprised by it!
It was such a lovely and heartfelt dedication that I think the whole audience was with Stevie at that moment in time.
Apparently! It seems as if nobody got it :(
Or they are keeping it to themselves!
I would kill to see it.
HejiraNYC
11-11-2009, 07:46 PM
(Hello! Newbie here :) )
I am absolutely kicking myself for not filming Stevie's dedication!
Personally, my brain didn't click to get my camera out and film it as I was completely surprised by it!
It was such a lovely and heartfelt dedication that I think the whole audience was with Stevie at that moment in time.
I don't blame you for not filming it. Some nights the dedication is really special... but often times it's just... perfunctory. I think it was the second Dublin show where she just came on and said "this song is for you, because everybody needs a song dedication every now and then." :rolleyes:
michelej1
11-11-2009, 08:32 PM
I don't blame you for not filming it. Some nights the dedication is really special... but often times it's just... perfunctory. I think it was the second Dublin show where she just came on and said "this song is for you, because everybody needs a song dedication every now and then." :rolleyes:
Once Lindsey said that Christine was in the audience, I knew the Landslide dedication would be for her, but I didn't film it because I've become spoiled and lazy, with everyone else filming stuff and putting it on Youtube. I knew someone else would do it. I guess it's thinking like that which will end in the world's destruction!:sorry:
Michele
LikeAMagnet
11-12-2009, 02:31 PM
And she couldn't even spring for one chorus of Don't Stop? :p
Spikey
11-12-2009, 03:20 PM
I wonder when the last time she sang a FM song (publically) was.
Musicman408
11-12-2009, 03:31 PM
I wonder when the last time she sang a FM song (publically) was.
Last show from The Dance tour, which i think was in Landover
nailatixela
11-12-2009, 03:43 PM
Last show from The Dance tour, which i think was in Landover
I think it was the R&R Hall of Fame songs that they did.
Anyway, I'd love to see just one picture of Christine from this night.
CADreaming
11-12-2009, 06:35 PM
And she couldn't even spring for one chorus of Don't Stop? :p
Seriously. I was thinking about this and if it was me - I think I would have to just sneak up behind Brett, tap him on the shoulder and be like 'get outta my way' when they were doing Don't Stop. I wouldn't bother to ask, I would just have to do it to see the reactions from the Buckingham Nicks... :thumbsup:
BigAl84
11-12-2009, 07:47 PM
Actually...i'm showing my age here but if I recall...the final performances were as follows, in this order:
1.) last night of the dance tour
2.) RR Hall of Fame
3.) Grammys
4.) Brit Awards 98
I could be wrong....
michelej1
11-12-2009, 07:48 PM
Seriously. I was thinking about this and if it was me - I think I would have to just sneak up behind Brett, tap him on the shoulder and be like 'get outta my way' when they were doing Don't Stop. I wouldn't bother to ask, I would just have to do it to see the reactions from the Buckingham Nicks... :thumbsup:
I understand stage fright, but . . . if she didn't sing, if she just played a little something would there be that much to be scared about? She is causing me emotional upset.
Michele
Gypsy-Rhiannon
11-12-2009, 07:50 PM
I always thought the Brit Awards was her final appearance with FM
LikeAMagnet
11-12-2009, 08:09 PM
Seriously. I was thinking about this and if it was me - I think I would have to just sneak up behind Brett, tap him on the shoulder and be like 'get outta my way' when they were doing Don't Stop. I wouldn't bother to ask, I would just have to do it to see the reactions from the Buckingham Nicks... :thumbsup:
Oh absolutely!
Although, no, on second thought, if that did actually happen, and I did not witness it, especially after seriously toying with the notion of heading over to London after the nothing-less-than spectacular Dublin show, I would cry bitterly.. alot.. for a good month.
I would then proceed to nag certain Ledgies who will remain nameless about how they talked me out of my London plan and make them cry bitterly.. etc..
So, my point is, thank God Christine didn't take the keys.. :laugh:
EveryHour
11-15-2009, 01:18 PM
Wow. Lindsey has really added a lot more creepy guitar work to the performance of GDW recently. Sounds great!
ragrsrocalot
11-15-2009, 01:50 PM
Wow. Lindsey has really added a lot more creepy guitar work to the performance of GDW recently. Sounds great!
I totally agree.
Has someone actually SEEN Christine at Wembley?
Anna
Gailh
11-19-2009, 11:37 AM
Has someone actually SEEN Christine at Wembley?
Anna
I thought I did on the 31st Oct out by the mixing desk but as Stevie didn't dedicate Landslide to her I must have been mistaken.
Landslide was dedicated to her on the 6th Nov and BBC Radio 2 said she was by the mixing desk on that night
Gail
I wonder what she looks like nowadays...
Anna
Spikey
11-19-2009, 01:30 PM
I wonder what she looks like nowadays...
Anna
If the rest of them are anything to by, the same as ever except slightly older. Maybe a little heftier, on that English sherry?
- Spike
Meowi
11-19-2009, 02:31 PM
I wonder what she looks like nowadays...
Anna
There hasnt been any thing like interviews and pictures since her 2004 album. She has basically gone of the radar. But there is something different looking about her on the cover of ITMT - strange.
Meowi
What exactly do you mean, Meowi? I'm interested...
Anna
Gailh
11-19-2009, 02:39 PM
There hasnt been any thing like interviews and pictures since her 2004 album. She has basically gone of the radar. But there is something different looking about her on the cover of ITMT - strange.
Meowi
It's the well known Photoshop Diet. Lose 10lbs and 20 years overnight!
Gail
equeen102289
11-19-2009, 03:07 PM
This chick got some awesome videos from that show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DD9YRa4hpk
That performance of Landslide is one of the best I've heard in a long time!
TrueFaith77
11-19-2009, 03:53 PM
Maybe I'm wrong, but Christine looked rather face-lifted in The Dance. I think after she quit the Mac, she stopped and, consequently, is looking very very very wrinkly.
Gailh
11-19-2009, 04:53 PM
Maybe I'm wrong, but Christine looked rather face-lifted in The Dance. I think after she quit the Mac, she stopped and, consequently, is looking very very very wrinkly.
When did you last see a picture of her? the last one I saw was taken in 2006
http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/335047
I think she looks Ok. She was 63 at the time.
Anyway a few wrinkles never hurt anyone. they show a bit of character
Gail
aleuzzi
11-19-2009, 10:23 PM
When did you last see a picture of her? the last one I saw was taken in 2006
http://www.bmi.com/news/entry/335047
I think she looks Ok. She was 63 at the time.
Anyway a few wrinkles never hurt anyone. they show a bit of character
Gail
My guess is she is pretty thin now, as she has been for the last 18 years or so. (She was never fat but she used to be fuller figured.) If her untouched face on the Two-Sticks-and-a-Drum doc is anything to go by, she probably has a lot of wrinkles, looks her age and yet is still very distinguished and appealing.
michelej1
11-20-2009, 01:16 AM
There hasnt been any thing like interviews and pictures since her 2004 album. She has basically gone of the radar. But there is something different looking about her on the cover of ITMT - strange.
Meowi
Yeah, I was worried about the imposter that took over her body for the ITMT cover, but fortunately when I saw video of her when she was promoting the album, she looked great and natural. There was none of that Joan Rivers stuff going on, which I had feared might happen.
Yes, she did look face-lifty for the Dance video and again was replaced by a strange looking woman for the cover of that album and for the publicity photos -- like the sword fight -- they did too. But I'm glad when we actually do get to see her face, she still looks like herself and hasn't gone overboard with the plastic surgery, botox, etc. Well -- as of 2006 she hadn't.
Michele
Meowi
11-20-2009, 04:42 AM
What exactly do you mean, Meowi? I'm interested...
Anna
It just doesn't look the the Christine McVie that we all know. In my opinion, from her early days to The Dance - shes looks the same, wrinkles and hairstyles an exception. But then, I looked at ITMT and thought, no way.
Now, it could just be her smile - look I dont know... :shrug:
I havn't heard anything about her in ages! no pictures no interviews :distress:
Meowi
Gailh
11-20-2009, 05:41 AM
It just doesn't look the the Christine McVie that we all know. In my opinion, from her early days to The Dance - shes looks the same, wrinkles and hairstyles an exception. But then, I looked at ITMT and thought, no way.
Now, it could just be her smile - look I dont know... :shrug:
I havn't heard anything about her in ages! no pictures no interviews :distress:
Meowi
I thought the cover picture for ITM was bizarre. Nice picture but who was it? Yet the other pictures were really nice much more natural. I think the cover picture was photoshopped to death.
Gail
Meowi
11-20-2009, 05:59 AM
I thought the cover picture for ITM was bizarre. Nice picture but who was it? Yet the other pictures were really nice much more natural. I think the cover picture was photoshopped to death.
Gail
Thats exactly what I thought! Its so bright aswell! :lol:
Yes, she did look face-lifty for the Dance video and again was replaced by a strange looking woman for the cover of that album and for the publicity photos -- like the sword fight -- they did too. But I'm glad when we actually do get to see her face, she still looks like herself and hasn't gone overboard with the plastic surgery, botox, etc. Well -- as of 2006 she hadn't.
Michele
When I bought the cd, I actually thought Bonnie Tyler ("It's a Heartache" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" fame) joined the band...
jbrownsjr
11-20-2009, 12:55 PM
When I bought the cd, I actually thought Bonnie Tyler ("It's a Heartache" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" fame) joined the band...
wow.. :eek:
Gailh
11-20-2009, 01:14 PM
When I bought the cd, I actually thought Bonnie Tyler ("It's a Heartache" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" fame) joined the band...
There's a classic misheard lyric for It's a Heartache - it's a hard egg :laugh:
Gail
HejiraNYC
11-20-2009, 01:53 PM
When I bought the cd, I actually thought Bonnie Tyler ("It's a Heartache" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" fame) joined the band...
Actually, come to think of it, I kind of fancy the notion of Bonnie Tyler in Fleetwood Mac- would have definitely been a better fit than Bekka Bramlett :eek: ! I could definitely see her turning the shizz out of songs that Stevie wouldn't touch these days- "Sister Honey," "Sisters of the Moon," "Angel," etc. Granted, she's not really a songwriter, but that's what Jim Steinman is for.
SteveMacD
11-20-2009, 03:03 PM
Actually, come to think of it, I kind of fancy the notion of Bonnie Tyler in Fleetwood Mac- would have definitely been a better fit than Bekka Bramlett :eek:
How so? I seriously couldn't hear Bonnie Tyler sounding better with Dave Mason and especially Billy Burnette than Bekka Bramlett. Bekka's voice blended beautifully with both. It felt right, if not like Fleetwood Mac. And, frankly, Bekka only did one Stevie song regularly and we've still not heard the end of it. I can't imagine the Chiffonheads would've taken too kindly to anybody, even Bonnie Tyler, singing a Stevie song.
Meowi
11-20-2009, 04:06 PM
When I bought the cd, I actually thought Bonnie Tyler ("It's a Heartache" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" fame) joined the band...
That is not her! I am serious
In an ITM interview about the name of the album, she said it was private.
I worked it out: In the meantime I have ad NO surgery
Meowi
HejiraNYC
11-20-2009, 04:12 PM
How so? I seriously couldn't hear Bonnie Tyler sounding better with Dave Mason and especially Billy Burnette than Bekka Bramlett. Bekka's voice blended beautifully with both. It felt right, if not like Fleetwood Mac. And, frankly, Bekka only did one Stevie song regularly and we've still not heard the end of it. I can't imagine the Chiffonheads would've taken too kindly to anybody, even Bonnie Tyler, singing a Stevie song.
I think the main issue that "chiffonheads" had with Bekka standing in Stevie's shoes (and you can't deny that was her intended role) was that she was such a chirpy, nondescript lightweight who pretty much sounded like anybody oversinging on a TV talent show. It was a bit of a slap in the face to Stevie. Sure, Bonnie Tyler would have pissed off some chiffonheads as well. But at least Bonnie has gravitas and an unmistakeable singing style full of raw power and emotion. Bonnie was/is the real deal. Bekka was/is a wannabe.
HejiraNYC
11-20-2009, 04:18 PM
That is not her! I am serious
In an ITM interview about the name of the album, she said it was private.
I worked it out: In the meantime I have ad NO surgery
Meowi
In Christine's performance of "Songbird" on the Making of Rumours DVD, you could totally see the scar running between her ear and her cheek- a telltale sign of a facelift. And in the interview segments, Grandma's face does. not. move. :eek: And if you compare the photos from the Time CD booklet with any of the Dance-era pictures, you can see that, for The Dance, either she is in a perennial state of surprise, or she has magically morphed into a Korean woman.
Meowi
11-20-2009, 04:22 PM
In Christine's performance of "Songbird" on the Making of Rumours DVD, you could totally see the scar running between her ear and her cheek- a telltale sign of a facelift. And in the interview segments, Grandma's face does. not. move. :eek: And if you compare the photos from the Time CD booklet with any of the Dance-era pictures, you can see that, for The Dance, either she is in a perennial state of surprise, or she has magically morphed into a Korean woman.
Is that vid on youtube?
Ulpian
11-21-2009, 12:03 AM
Is that vid on youtube?
This is an absolutely vulgar subject. I dread to think what Christine would say if she saw this thread. And I do wonder whether the other members of the band (Stevie notwithstanding) would be the focus of such a discussion...
Meowi
11-21-2009, 05:02 AM
This is an absolutely vulgar subject. I dread to think what Christine would say if she saw this thread. And I do wonder whether the other members of the band (Stevie notwithstanding) would be the focus of such a discussion...
True, its none of our buisness :thumbsup:
Let's get back on topic - it's now a couple of weeks since the Wembley concert that Christine attended - has anyone received any new snippets? Like are there any photos of the night, did anyone see her?
Anyone tracked down a video of the Landslide dedication yet? That would be wonderful to watch. A friend of mine from here in Melbourne was in London that night and I was trying to convince him to go, but he didn't unfortunately.
I think it's so sweet that Chris went to the show and I hope she genuinely enjoyed herself.
Meowi
11-21-2009, 05:45 PM
I really hoped they rocked her socks that night!
GO CHRISTINE! :)
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