Originally Posted by David

Of the shows I saw & all the shows I've heard from 1991, I'd say that Irvine Meadows was the best night vocally for Stevie. But most of the other shows were embarrassments: Dallas, Wantagh, Holmdel, the pro-shot video from Mountain View, the show at the Whiskey, etc. And that band of hers that year . . . God help. They had all the personality & finesse of a runaway train with tin cans tied to the caboose. The band comprised the worst elements of AOR muscle rock like Heart & Poison -- loud, vapid & shlocky. And Stevie herself -- flat, toneless gabbling, dressed like a female impersonator's idea of Mae West (someone I know once said she dressed like an African-American woman going to Sunday church in Biloxi in 1955).

I call it Stevie's NASCAR year.

Originally Posted by David

Of the shows I saw & all the shows I've heard from 1991, I'd say that Irvine Meadows was the best night vocally for Stevie. But most of the other shows were embarrassments: Dallas, Wantagh, Holmdel, the pro-shot video from Mountain View, the show at the Whiskey, etc. And that band of hers that year . . . God help. They had all the personality & finesse of a runaway train with tin cans tied to the caboose. The band comprised the worst elements of AOR muscle rock like Heart & Poison -- loud, vapid & shlocky. And Stevie herself -- flat, toneless gabbling, dressed like a female impersonator's idea of Mae West (someone I know once said she dressed like an African-American woman going to Sunday church in Biloxi in 1955).

I call it Stevie's NASCAR year.

Originally Posted by AliceLover

DAVID!!!

Dallas and Holmdel are cirrculating????????????????????
Id love to get my hands on those.

Originally Posted by dissention

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I totally agree.

But you should have seen her at the Boston show. ;) I was expecting her to just fall over and die from boredom. Quite possibly the worst I've ever seen her. She sang as if she was snoring simultaneously. She kept looking over to the side as if she was trying to get a look at the clock to see if it was time to go back to bed yet. I got the audio boot for it a few months ago finally and it had a pre-show interview with her where she was really energetic and talkative (only like five minutes before she was to go onstage). Whatever happened in those five minutes, I guess I'll never know.

Originally Posted by AliceLover

David are you serious? The most ive seen is about 8 shows on major trade pages. Do you have any info on Other Side of the Mirror shows that you could give me. I do kno a good number of them were recorded.

Originally Posted by David

And Stevie herself -- flat, toneless gabbling, dressed like a female impersonator's idea of Mae West (someone I know once said she dressed like an African-American woman going to Sunday church in Biloxi in 1955).

I call it Stevie's NASCAR year.

Originally Posted by sparky

I hate to break it to you, but that end part is all a studio overdub.

Originally Posted by The Tower

What the f**k was up with those hair extensions that she had paper-clipped to her temples?!?!

With all the yanking and pulling and caressing she did with those thangs, I'm surprised they didn't fall off!

Originally Posted by David

I'm the wrong guy to ask about tapes from these years, but there are a lot of them out there. There's even some video, like the 1991 Jones Beach show & the 1989 Los Angeles show at the Greek Theatre. I think there's even some video of the 1989 Toronto show with "Talk to Me" or "Juliet," as well as the video from the Cal Expo show in Sacramento (I skipped a graduate seminar to attend that concert -- in retrospect, I should have gone to class). Plus, there is audio from some of the 1989 European dates, including Paris (the Paris show I remember because it's a good clear recording with plenty of treble & bass). You probably already have the two pro-shot videos -- 1989 & 1991 -- both shot at Shoreline Amphitheatre.

Originally Posted by AliP

Sorry to bring this thread out of retirement, but I was just reading the BN board where someone was asking about a live performance of Rhiannon where she screams "Is that what you want from me" or something to that effect. I guess Mick talked about it in his book. Forgive me if this was already discussed in another thread, but I've already searched the threads for about an hour looking for it. So anyway...does anyone know what performance this is from?

Originally Posted by David

That's just a vocal vamp that she threw in a bunch of Rhiannons on the last month of the 1980 tour. If you can find any of those August shows (Mobile soundboard, Hollywood Bowl #1 or #2, Lakeland, Tucson, Birmingham, Atlanta, Oklahoma City, etc.), you'll hear Stevie sing "Is that what you want?" in a couple of different ways. The best sound quality recording is the Mobile soundboard. Tiff posted it a few months ago.

Mick makes it sound as if it happened once, but Stevie did it for weeks.