Live 1989

[BLY]

I was listening to a live show from Stevie’s OSOTM tour and her voice was amazing. She was much more focused vocally then she was on her last solo tour. She really hit all the high notes and had a great set list.

[greendaze5]

True - her voice was a lot better on the 1989 tour. No growling and no doing weird things with her voice as in the 'RAL' concerts.

But the trade-off was that physically she was a zombie onstage because of the klonopin. I saw 4 of the shows, and at each one, she basically just stood at the mic with a blank stare. And then she would disappear backstage to change after EACH and EVERY song. :distress:

Adn she barely said a word, except to do band intros. She definitely was no Chatterbox-Stevie like she was on the 24K Gold tour!

She only came to life during 'Stand Back' and 'Whole Lotta Trouble'.

[soul_drifter333]

I was listening to a live show from Stevie’s OSOTM tour and her voice was amazing. She was much more focused vocally then she was on her last solo tour. She really hit all the high notes and had a great set list.

The radio show from Texas is really good, even songs like Alice that I didn't care for on the album sounded really nice live with the delay. I believe she did Rooms on Fire also.

[BLY]

True - her voice was a lot better on the 1989 tour. No growling and no doing weird things with her voice as in the 'RAL' concerts.

But the trade-off was that physically she was a zombie onstage because of the klonopin. I saw 4 of the shows, and at each one, she basically just stood at the mic with a blank stare. And then she would disappear backstage to change after EACH and EVERY song. :distress:

Adn she barely said a word, except to do band intros. She definitely was no Chatterbox-Stevie like she was on the 24K Gold tour!

She only came to life during 'Stand Back' and 'Whole Lotta Trouble'.




I’m just happy I was there to see all those live shows.

[Macfan4life]

True - her voice was a lot better on the 1989 tour. No growling and no doing weird things with her voice as in the 'RAL' concerts.

But the trade-off was that physically she was a zombie onstage because of the klonopin. I saw 4 of the shows, and at each one, she basically just stood at the mic with a blank stare. And then she would disappear backstage to change after EACH and EVERY song. :distress:

Adn she barely said a word, except to do band intros. She definitely was no Chatterbox-Stevie like she was on the 24K Gold tour!

She only came to life during 'Stand Back' and 'Whole Lotta Trouble'.
You hit the nail on the head with this post. Yes her voice was so much better than RAL but of all the Stevie tours I saw, TOSOTM was my least favorite. And this is coming from someone who thought the album was fairly good. The show I saw was the blank stare all night and never chatted with the audience except for band intros (just as you said). There is a thread on this site about the OSOTM tour stories and most reviews were horrible. They basically said the Hooters as the opening act was the highlight of the show. Besides being like a zombie, her setlist was so emotionless and each song was basically the same tempo and mood as the others. Of course Edge and Stand Back were the exception. My hometown paper even put in their review with asking her reps why she never moved on stage. Her reps told the paper that she recently broke her foot and was favoring it. It also said the same thing that she tried to turn up the heat a few times with Stand Back and Whole Lotta Trouble but otherwise her set fell flat. IMHO her set was so in need of Stop Draggin and Talk To Me (as much as I hate the song) as just mood changing songs. Talk to Me was dropped after Canada which was really early. Something rocky and peppy was so needed. I thought it was so strange she did not perform Rhiannon most nights. The 1989 version of Gold Dust Woman is nails on a chalkboard for me. OMG 80's cheezy keyboards and a funky percussion beat. But worst of all were the robotic "Oh yeah's" almost after each line. "Dig your grave.......oh yeah" "Pray hard baby" "oh yeah" OMG it was horrible. OMG. Even worse was the keyboardist singing Two Kinds of Love. Wow was he over singing his parts almost like auditioning for American Idol. Totally ruined the song and I actually like the album cut.

[sleepless child]

For me the worse part was the percussionist (I can't remember his name) and Sharon and Lori dancing across the stage during the Edge intro. It was so un Fleetwood Mac and Stevie. Very pop, not Rock n Roll at all.

I hated it. I also didn't like her costumes or her hair. It was teased to high heaven. And the shoulder pads. Lord. I thought it was because she wanted to camoflauge her weight gain. But I think she was going for the 80's pop look and sound. My least favorite tour.

[BLY]

For me the worse part was the percussionist (I can't remember his name) and Sharon and Lori dancing across the stage during the Edge intro. It was so un Fleetwood Mac and Stevie. Very pop, not Rock n Roll at all.

I hated it. I also didn't like her costumes or her hair. It was teased to high heaven. And the shoulder pads. Lord. I thought it was because she wanted to camoflauge her weight gain. But I think she was going for the 80's pop look and sound. My least favorite tour.

Agree not the best “look” but she sounded great.😎

[greendaze5]

For me the worse part was the percussionist (I can't remember his name) and Sharon and Lori dancing across the stage during the Edge intro. It was so un Fleetwood Mac and Stevie. Very pop, not Rock n Roll at all.

I hated it. I also didn't like her costumes or her hair. It was teased to high heaven. And the shoulder pads. Lord. I thought it was because she wanted to camoflauge her weight gain. But I think she was going for the 80's pop look and sound. My least favorite tour.

Peter Michael (Nicole Ritchie's biological father) was the percussionist.

Oh yes, the 1989 hair! It looked like big white cotton candy under the lights! :laugh:

And those ugly little hats! Plus the giant crosses and bustiers! :(

On the other hand, the tourbook was very nice from this tour. Nicely designed with good photos. Then went downhill later after her no-talent brother Christopher took over. :distress:

[HomerMcvie]

But worst of all were the robotic "Oh yeah's" almost after each line. "Dig your grave.......oh yeah" "Pray hard baby" "oh yeah" OMG it was horrible. OMG.

When I used to host FM weekend pool parties at my house, the one thing I'd ride all the $tevie fans(most were- and it was always FM videos late night, after a day of drinking in the water) about was about HOW $HE'D ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE THE LAST WORD. NO MATTER who's singing, $he has to follow their last word with SOMETHING. "Oh yeah"....."CHAAAAAIIIIINNNNNN, YEAH".

$he ALWAYS has to have the last word. LOOK AT MEEEEEE!!!!!!;)

[secondhandchain]

When I used to host FM weekend pool parties at my house, the one thing I'd ride all the $tevie fans(most were- and it was always FM videos late night, after a day of drinking in the water) about was about HOW $HE'D ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE THE LAST WORD. NO MATTER who's singing, $he has to follow their last word with SOMETHING. "Oh yeah"....."CHAAAAAIIIIINNNNNN, YEAH".

$he ALWAYS has to have the last word. LOOK AT MEEEEEE!!!!!!;)

Wait a second go back. FM weekend pool parties??? :laugh::laugh:

[Macfan4life]

Wait a second go back. FM weekend pool parties??? :laugh::laugh:
Yes they were a blast while they lasted. Homer twirled in his beach towel and speedo pretending to be Stevie.
Great times ;)

Poet, Priest of nothing
the parties were legend

[HomerMcvie]

Wait a second go back. FM weekend pool parties??? :laugh::laugh:

:lol::lol::lol:
Yes. About a decade ago, several(5) of us figured out that we only lived about 1-2 hours from each other. I got invited to a little party from a Ledgie in Indy(about an hour away from my town). I went, and we all hit it off, and as fate would have it, ~I~ actually live halfway between 5 of them(Indy for 2, and the Indiana-Kentucky line for 3 others). And I have a fairly big house with an inground pool, so we began having a couple FM party weekends every summer at my house.

They eventually ended about 5 years ago. There was some (NON EXISTENT) drama that somebody dreamed up, and they left the party early that weekend. So I was upset - that someone was upset with me, over something that never happened(I got an apology some time later for it). I just basically stopped offering to host after that(I was also downsizing my life - I'd been living a "rock star" life for about 5 years, and I was growing tired of it).

But they were a LOT of fun. I'd set a small P.A. system(I do audio for bands) up in the gazebo by my pool, and we'd JAM FM all weekend long, testing our livers and ability to stay on a float while inebriated!

[HomerMcvie]

Yes they were a blast while they lasted. Homer twirled in his beach towel and speedo pretending to be Stevie.
Great times ;)

Poet, Priest of nothing
the parties were legend

Yes. Homer twirling in a beach towel, with my hairs up in a Tusk bun, doing my Edge walk on the pool's edge. Quite stunning!!!!

I actually mocked $tevie most of the weekend, and they GOT my humor, without getting their panties in a wad.

[cbBen]

Most FM thing ever for FM pool parties to end due to petty drama.

[HomerMcvie]

Most FM thing ever for FM pool parties to end due to petty drama.

Tru dat!!! And we were all very close, too. But I don't do drama, so when it began, I just backed off and the parties ended. I still love those friends, though. We last got together for the second show of the BuckVie tour in Nashville.

Believe it or not, they were all hardcore Ledgies, with thousands of posts. We all left here(if I remember correctly) during the Great Ledge Implosion of 2007. We all went on to other FM sites. I was gone for 3 years I think, then came back. They never did...

[secondhandchain]

Tru dat!!! And we were all very close, too. But I don't do drama, so when it began, I just backed off and the parties ended. I still love those friends, though. We last got together for the second show of the BuckVie tour in Nashville.

Believe it or not, they were all hardcore Ledgies, with thousands of posts. We all left here(if I remember correctly) during the Great Ledge Implosion of 2007. We all went on to other FM sites. I was gone for 3 years I think, then came back. They never did...

Ok for a second I though you were having FM pool parties and inviting regular friends. My friends would have given me really big side eye. :laugh:

Too bad... I play guitar and sing pretty good harmony!

I can only imagine what the drama was about. Also how did I miss the ledge implosion of 2007? I'm sure it had something to do with Tambourine B/witch fans.

BTW you should have one now and I can bring my Covid (going on 4th week) and we can have a FM/Covid party! Folks this virus is real and NOT fun trust me, I know. Stay safe!

[HomerMcvie]

Ok for a second I though you were having FM pool parties and inviting regular friends. My friends would have given me really big side eye. :laugh:

Too bad... I play guitar and sing pretty good harmony!

I can only imagine what the drama was about. Also how did I miss the ledge implosion of 2007? I'm sure it had something to do with Tambourine B/witch fans.

BTW you should have one now and I can bring my Covid (going on 4th week) and we can have a FM/Covid party! Folks this virus is real and NOT fun trust me, I know. Stay safe!

I would NEVER invite regular people to a FM party! :p They were all Ledgies(the Ledge was hopping back then - you almost couldn't keep up with the number of posts). When a group of us realized how close we actually lived, we decided to meet up. My friend in Indy has a daughter who was like 8 at the time. She was horrified that her Mom was inviting some strange man from the internet to their house. Within 15 minutes, she was sitting beside me on the couch. Because I'm scary!(yeah, I know many of you think I'm Satan. I'm just a sarcastic bastard)

The Ledge Implosion? There was a kid from KY on here, who would start like 20 THREADS per day(when similar threads already existed). He would catch grief daily from many people....he didn't care. People were complaining left and right about him... Well, back then we had a "Super Moderator". The Super put up a sticky note telling us all that "the kid" could post whatever he liked, and if we didn't like it, we could basically take a hike. We also had an underground board back then, too(originally one called Horsemanity[inside joke, that I no longer remember], until I spy was detected, and that board was closed, followed by another call board called Homanity). Plotting and mass sarcasm took place there. Photoshops of the kid's avatar and the like. Anyway, for whatever reason, thirty some of us were asked to make a pic of a horse's rear end(nothing gross - just the tail and hips) our avatar here. About 35 of us did it, and all but a couple of us were temporarily banned for a week. The bans were lifted a day or so later, and we received an apology, but the damage was done. Many people left and didn't come back(I stayed gone for 3 years). The Ledge really had several cliques back then, and really, IMO, it never got back to that level of intensity. By then Facebook was taking over people's time, and the traffic here never got back to what it once was.

The Covid's - I know. I'm good friends with a big country's star's crew. They played two shows last week, then the drummer tested positive. And I was hanging out for 3 straight days with the guitar tech for 3 days following those shows. He's nervous that he got it, and I'm nervous that he gave it to me! I'm going to try and get tested tomorrow...

[secondhandchain]

I would NEVER invite regular people to a FM party! :p They were all Ledgies(the Ledge was hopping back then - you almost couldn't keep up with the number of posts). When a group of us realized how close we actually lived, we decided to meet up. My friend in Indy has a daughter who was like 8 at the time. She was horrified that her Mom was inviting some strange man from the internet to their house. Within 15 minutes, she was sitting beside me on the couch. Because I'm scary!(yeah, I know many of you think I'm Satan. I'm just a sarcastic bastard)

The Ledge Implosion? There was a kid from KY on here, who would start like 20 THREADS per day(when similar threads already existed). He would catch grief daily from many people....he didn't care. People were complaining left and right about him... Well, back then we had a "Super Moderator". The Super put up a sticky note telling us all that "the kid" could post whatever he liked, and if we didn't like it, we could basically take a hike. We also had an underground board back then, too(originally one called Horsemanity[inside joke, that I no longer remember], until I spy was detected, and that board was closed, followed by another call board called Homanity). Plotting and mass sarcasm took place there. Photoshops of the kid's avatar and the like. Anyway, for whatever reason, thirty some of us were asked to make a pic of a horse's rear end(nothing gross - just the tail and hips) our avatar here. About 35 of us did it, and all but a couple of us were temporarily banned for a week. The bans were lifted a day or so later, and we received an apology, but the damage was done. Many people left and didn't come back(I stayed gone for 3 years). The Ledge really had several cliques back then, and really, IMO, it never got back to that level of intensity. By then Facebook was taking over people's time, and the traffic here never got back to what it once was.

The Covid's - I know. I'm good friends with a big country's star's crew. They played two shows last week, then the drummer tested positive. And I was hanging out for 3 straight days with the guitar tech for 3 days following those shows. He's nervous that he got it, and I'm nervous that he gave it to me! I'm going to try and get tested tomorrow...

Wow juicy stuff. In regards to the Covid, the friend who gave it to me had it way worse then me. Trouble breathing, chest pains etc... Another friend of his who either gave it to him or visa versa was in the hospital and they didn't think he was going to make it. Mine long (3 weeks and counting) but fairly mild. It's not a hoax folks. WEAR THE DAMN MASK.

[HomerMcvie]

Wow juicy stuff. In regards to the Covid, the friend who gave it to me had it way worse then me. Trouble breathing, chest pains etc... Another friend of his who either gave it to him or visa versa was in the hospital and they didn't think he was going to make it. Mine long (3 weeks and counting) but fairly mild. It's not a hoax folks. WEAR THE DAMN MASK.
It's crazy how some people are asymptomatic, and yet it kills some people.

My ex had it for 21 days, before going 3 days without a fever(doctor said it wasn't over until 3 days of no symptoms had passed). Mostly just a fever and aches, with slight breathing trouble. I dropped off groceries every 2-4 days(opened door and set them just inside the door, and RAN). I'm really nervous that my Nashville roadie friend might have given it to me, although it's been since last Thursday that we hung out, and I'm still fine(with fingers crossed). I hope your symptoms are over soon!

[Macfan4life]

It's crazy how some people are asymptomatic, and yet it kills some people.

My ex had it for 21 days, before going 3 days without a fever(doctor said it wasn't over until 3 days of no symptoms had passed). Mostly just a fever and aches, with slight breathing trouble. I dropped off groceries every 2-4 days(opened door and set them just inside the door, and RAN). I'm really nervous that my Nashville roadie friend might have given it to me, although it's been since last Thursday that we hung out, and I'm still fine(with fingers crossed). I hope your symptoms are over soon!
Yes so true. Its sort of scary. My friend tested positive with no symptoms except a lack of smell. Her daughter was bragging about some new perfume and asked her mom to smell. She could not smell it which made her go get a test. The mother tested positive but has no fever, sore throat, etc. Luckily the dad and kids are ok for now but someone walking around like that can infect so many people. If it was not for her daughter asking mom to smell her new perfume, she could have infected so many people.

[HomerMcvie]

Yes so true. Its sort of scary. My friend tested positive with no symptoms except a lack of smell. Her daughter was bragging about some new perfume and asked her mom to smell. She could not smell it which made her go get a test. The mother tested positive but has no fever, sore throat, etc. Luckily the dad and kids are ok for now but someone walking around like that can infect so many people. If it was not for her daughter asking mom to smell her new perfume, she could have infected so many people.

I know. And my 21 day friend and I had been hanging out about 3 times a week, having dinner and racing Mario Kart. Sitting 3 feet apart. HOW did I not get it? Or am I Typhoid Ma.......Corona Carl?

[Macfan4life]

I know. And my 21 day friend and I had been hanging out about 3 times a week, having dinner and racing Mario Kart. Sitting 3 feet apart. HOW did I not get it? Or am I Typhoid Ma.......Corona Carl?
I have a crazier story. A friend of mine has a young daughter who works at a restaurant. One day she came down with a fever so they isolated her and took her to a doctor. The doctor took blood and tested for Covid antibodies (not a true Covid test). The test came back negative. A few days later the fever went away and she discovered co-workers at the restaurant were sick with Covid. Her fever came back so her parents isolated her again but then the fever went away. They took her for an official Covid test which was negative. They were happy until a few days later her fever came back and she went for another Covid test which came back positive. Of course the family believes she had Covid the entire time but had no antibodies and had a false negative. Its some crazy s**t.

[HomerMcvie]

I have a crazier story. A friend of mine has a young daughter who works at a restaurant. One day she came down with a fever so they isolated her and took her to a doctor. The doctor took blood and tested for Covid antibodies (not a true Covid test). The test came back negative. A few days later the fever went away and she discovered co-workers at the restaurant were sick with Covid. Her fever came back so her parents isolated her again but then the fever went away. They took her for an official Covid test which was negative. They were happy until a few days later her fever came back and she went for another Covid test which came back positive. Of course the family believes she had Covid the entire time but had no antibodies and had a false negative. Its some crazy s**t.

Sure sounds like she had it. Until we get a vaccine, we be f*cked.

[secondhandchain]

I have a crazier story. A friend of mine has a young daughter who works at a restaurant. One day she came down with a fever so they isolated her and took her to a doctor. The doctor took blood and tested for Covid antibodies (not a true Covid test). The test came back negative. A few days later the fever went away and she discovered co-workers at the restaurant were sick with Covid. Her fever came back so her parents isolated her again but then the fever went away. They took her for an official Covid test which was negative. They were happy until a few days later her fever came back and she went for another Covid test which came back positive. Of course the family believes she had Covid the entire time but had no antibodies and had a false negative. Its some crazy s**t.

You don't get antibodies until you've fought if off I think. I have tested positve 3 times in a row now though for the last 10 days I only have a loss of sense of taste and smell. Food tastes like cardboard. Sweet taste is starting to come back and very strong Liquer, so...... hahaha

[secondhandchain]

I know. And my 21 day friend and I had been hanging out about 3 times a week, having dinner and racing Mario Kart. Sitting 3 feet apart. HOW did I not get it? Or am I Typhoid Ma.......Corona Carl?

The night I got symptoms I was with a friend and he didn't get it, we were both shocked.

[HomerMcvie]

You don't get antibodies until you've fought if off I think. I have tested positve 3 times in a row now though for the last 10 days I only have a loss of sense of taste and smell. Food tastes like cardboard. Sweet taste is starting to come back and very strong Liquer, so...... hahaha

As long as you can still enjoy a good stiff drink, all is not lost!!!:angel::lol::angel::lol::angel:

I'm having a bourbon on the rocks, with a beer chaser right now!