Straight Back
 

Forget gypsy or sara or sisters. I know many want a few changes to the current setlist. but listen to this gem from the Mirage tour rehearsals. This would be so good live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpbWVVbJdWE

And how about the extended version. Oh you Mirage haters weep!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPjaQAzXh8c

Here's take 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pye...WI0IQQAho0TUeg

Great tune...should have been included in the 1982 setlist, but it likely would've been redundant with Sisters of the Moon. And if we didn't have Sisters in that setlist, we wouldn't have the famous 'tongues' version of the song which every performance before and after will always be compared to!

This is my favourite version: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/48zw..._Back_Demo.mp3

It's a pity that one of my favourite songs may never be performed on stage.

Take 2 sounds more like a raw studio demo than a live performance. The backing vocals by Lindsey and Christine sound too good and polished to be live. The first one though, sounds like a tour rehearsal.

I've always loved Straight Back. I'm loving the tour rehearsal even more.

One of Stevie's worst FM tracks.

Completely disagree. It's one of my favourites, and the vocal is outstanding.

I always found it odd that Stevie only did 1 new song in the Mirage set, compared with 2 on the Rumours Tour and 3 on the Tusk tour. It seemed that 82/83 was the start of Stevie's phobia of adding deep cuts and shaking up the setlist.

One of my favorite stevie songs. Straight Back is one song I listen to regularly from Mirage.

[QUOTE=Macfan4life;1150145]Forget gypsy or sara or sisters. I know many want a few changes to the current setlist. but listen to this gem from the Mirage tour rehearsals. This would be so good live.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpbWVVbJdWE

I'd take that. Is it me or does it almost have a reggae slant to it?

Well damn. That sounds really good. Straight Back should have made it on the set list. Book of Love should have also.

"Straight Back" is in my top 10 most played songs in iTunes. It was one of those songs that didn't immediately jump out and catch my attention but once it did I couldn't get enough. I like everything about it. I also think it would be great live now.

I love the mysticism of it. The production definitely makes this song. Love it.

That's alright would have been amazing live also.

"Straight Back" is probably my least favorite song on Mirage and one of Stevie's worst FM songs. It just meanders and never takes off in any way. However, it does top "When I See You Again."