Stand Back- TimeSpace Era

[ragrsrocalot]

I love this video of Stevie on Arsenio performing Standback. I have not seen it for years until recently. What always gets me is how happy, playful and into this performance she really is. I love it. It's difficult to believe that this was during the Timespace era too.
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[StreetAngel95]

i love it too!!!! and her hair - stunning! I love her little dances and everything! And you can hear the crowd screaming for her - "STAND BACK!"

she must have absolutely loved this performance!

[ragrsrocalot]

i love it too!!!! and her hair - stunning! I love her little dances and everything! And you can hear the crowd screaming for her - "STAND BACK!"

she must have absolutely loved this performance!

Yeah, love the energy. She was connected and it showed.

[rocknalittle]

Yes, I have always loved this one too! (although I love them all, lol)

[petep9000]

and this was the debut of Long Silky Straight Hair Parted on the Side with Bangs (LSSHPOTSWB)

[StreetAngel95]

and this was the debut of Long Silky Straight Hair Parted on the Side with Bangs (LSSHPOTSWB)

yep, haven't seen much change since then except the crimped Street Angel look and when she experimented with a middle part during "Say You Will"

but i like it, classy

LOL LSSHPOTSWB

[Nikolaj]

Years ago, someone here on The Ledge who knew for sure, said that the hair in the Arsenio 'Stand Back' is completely a wig. Had proof of some sort. I think it was a great look for her.
It's not 'me' who knows for sure that it's a wig, but someone knew, and it was accepted as being true. Real hair or wig, it looks nice.

[StreetAngel95]

Great now im looking back at it and thinking, "yep total wig" awww i was so excited! LOL

[Nikolaj]

It's cool, though, that she looked good in it, if it was a wig, and she doesn't seem to do it a lot, unlike some stars who do nothing but wear wigs that generally are so fake looking that they take on a clown-like appearance and somehow look very aged, despite cosmetic surgery.
So, I think Stevie did it right-Stevie still looked like Stevie, but it was a nice, softer look for her. You're right, it was 'Timespace' era, and she also sang 'Love's A Hard Game To Play' in a different dress, and perhaps a different wig, I can't remember. But it's on YouTube which is easier than going through all the dozens of VHS Nicks footage I collected for decades.
(Don't hide behind whoever's Hair...)...on the 'Unleashed' tour concert I saw in Connecticut in 2009, I took a men's room break and then waited up in an aisle in the 'bad seats' section for a song to end before walking back down to the floor seat I had- I didn't notice the following at all from down front, but from half-way up the theater, I could see the top of Stevie's head, which was brilliantly lit in gold- and starting from the crown of her head, it definitely, definitely, looked like she had extensions sewn into her own hair down the length of it all, it was a completely different texture and didn't look real. But it looked pretty.
She was 60, it might make sense that she had some fake hair added so she wouldn't have to spend an hour with blow-dryers and styling products. This was only my opinion, I don't think anyone else during the entire tour mentioned that Stevie had any fake hair mixed in with her own silky-straight. It's not a putdown,she looked beautiful, and of course, I could be wrong.
But, I've never seen the top of any human's head have such perfectly filled-out hair of another texture mixed in with what was her own hair. I won't swear by it if others insist that the hair was all Stevie's own, but I gotta say, from my vantage point, she was partially 'Weevie Nicks'.... And so what. She mostly sounded excellent*, and she looked really good.
*Her performance of 'Gypsy' was...bad.**
(** in my opinion, in case anyone else loved it!)

[AnthonyMI]

Weavie Nicks. Love it.

[mikebise]

I just love this version! Especially the end where Stevie WAILS: "Heeeyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!"

It was so incredible to see this on TV back in November 1991.

"Heeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[ragrsrocalot]

I just love this version! Especially the end where Stevie WAILS: "Heeeyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!"

It was so incredible to see this on TV back in November 1991.

"Heeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Yes I agree. I used to watch Arsenio all the time, but this was totally exciting.

[Sahara]

It's ages since I've seen this -- but it's a really great performance of the song, even more so considering it's Timespace era. That spinning at the beginning is a really wonderful moment. Thanks for posting!