I know. It's like real life, because it IS their real life. I can give you exact years for milestones like births, deaths, anniversaries, a move, or a new job. But that's about it. If you asked me when I stopped working with Frank, even though I remember everything, the goodbye party, where it was held, even what I wore, I probably would not give you an accurate YEAR for that event.

Of course, since Stevie's life takes place in a public forum, she could easily look it up, but why would she even care? It's good enough for her if we remember SOTM and want it. And if I was alone with her and could say, "hey lady, remember how Lindsey rested his head on your back that time?" and I could see by a twinkle in her eye that she had some vague inkling of what I was talking about, that would be good enough for me. :laugh:

Michele

i haven't seen their previous tours and shows but this show is definitely NOT toned down. it's all "up" and everybody on the stage seems to be happy and celebrating to be there. :thumbsup:

for chiffs, Stevie seemed much more relaxed and happier the second show than the first (not that i watched her much but even i noticed... :D).

EDIT: that said, yeah Lindsey is not jazzing up various guitar parts as of yet, like he did during European etc legs of UL, especially on SN's songs. i'm hoping that's b/c tour is just starting and everybody is trying to make sure everybody else is comfortable on stage?

In an article released before the tour started she said something to the effect, "maybe we'll do sisters of the moon, we haven't done that since the 80s." I'm sure of it. Also, who cares. She's well aware of the Mirage performance, fans ask her about it all the time...even Jim Ladd has recently. She has even acknowledged that performance recently, can't remember if it was a fan or an article.

She's aware.

haha oh gosh, i was in a rush to leave for the IYD doc this afternoon. but let's pass this off as my own innovation..Viv Fix is now a *thing*!!! ;)

Good points PenguinHead and Michele..
Not only are years irrelevant to try to bring up..but the clothes have a more memorable place in their (Stevie's) mind. Gotta love em'. That's why we're all here right?!

Just ask Stevie about the progression of Lindsey's hair and I'm sure her memory will fail no longer.

True - but she claims she found two old demos on YouTube which lead to recording them recently. ;)



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I've always been a stickler for dates. Besides, Stevie seems to group it all together, which is understandable when you live out of a suitcase. But, let's be honest, the last 30 years didn't happen in the late '70's. That being said, it doesn't matter to me if she wants to believe they didn't perform SOTM in the 80's. I'll play.

Stevie herself is a stickler for dates and numbers. She loves to give them, but she's usually wrong. And I don't know why she likes to say it so much. I'd be content to generalize, but she's always going, "Oh yes, we were there for EIGHT days from 3:00 p.m. to 12:56 a.m." I'm not sure why she likes to be so specific like that, but it's highly amusing.

Michele

Hahaha! You're right! I love that nonsense. :D

The Sad Angel and Without You from PA that I saw posted on Facebook were just marvelous!

More videos
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You guys are awesome with the videos. It's makes the pain of not making it to Philly just a little less painful. Could have had 19th row aisle hours before show.

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As far as toning down on SOTM & other songs well ..SOTM Always one of my favorites. Yeah it lacks the energy ( like everything else) of 30 + years ago BUT, They STILL do it BETTER than anyone else .
If any of us lived the life they did a year or two off on facts would be the least of our problems.
What does kill me with some older artist is no one working these tours has the intelligence or guts to remind these famous iconic artist on fact checks. It would be so easy. Paul McCartney is another prime example.

I think people need to take a big fat chill pill about these dates. Does anyone here remember their daily schedules from 1982? Remember, these people do not obsess about their past tours like the rest of us do. It was a job for them. Also, the Mirage tour was only, like, a month in duration. Given all of the tours and ingested substances from the past 30 years, it doesn't surprise me in the least that they have their dates screwed up.

I agree that they are busy living their lives and not memorizing dates. And I agree this is a tempest in a teapot-- not a big, earth-shattering data point.

That said, I think the issue is more that once Stevie put it out there that they hadn't done the song since the late 70s, it's clear that she became aware that other people (fans, whoever) believe they did the song into 80s. So when Stevie comes out onstage after that and says something like "we believe (gesturing to the whole band) that we last did this song in the late 70s" it seems at least to indicate that she's aware that other people don't agree with that assessment. And how would she be aware of that? To be aware that maybe *other* people don't agree it was the late 70s indicates that *someone* on her team follows fan discussions somewhere (this board or elsewhere) and has made her aware of what the chatter is among her fans, and that people are saying no, it was done in the 80s also. (she seemed aware at one point not long ago, for instance, that fans were on here talking about her red cape, and said onstage at one point that she knew about those discussions). *That* would be the point you would think someone would go hmmm, you think it's this, the fans are all abuzz that it's something else, you know what, let's check it out to see. I wouldn't expect Stevie to be spot-on with her dates prior to that.

Again, none of this is earth-shattering, and in her life it's a "so what" moment.

That was awesome. Thanks, Daniel.

And thanks to Vivfox.

Seems Stevie is getting into it a little more :)

Did anyone else notice this?

I noticed it on several songs. It wouldn't be this way if Chris was still with them.

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