The best "... like never before"
 

Christine used to end Songbird with "Thank you XXXXXXX.... like never before!"

What was the best/most beautiful Songbird ending you remember? I suggest this as a poll since we have famous endings in The Dance, Mirage Tour Video and Tango in the night tour video. I love a lot the Tango one when she thanks San Francisco.

But my fave of course is when I was at the only one concert I've ever been. NYC November 1997 (Tksgiving). Not only because I was there, but because when she thanks New York, her voice kinf of broke a little, like hiding a crying. It was very emotional.

Cleveland's Oh Daddy, (minus the beginning audio problem), and Songbird had a lump in my throat... it was like she was singing it for the last time...

It was beautiful.. 1997(nov) Gund Arena, now... Quicken Loans Arena Oh brother!!

I went with the Tango dvd...

"Thank you San Francisco, god bless you! Liiiiike never befoooore.... " :nod:

:( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

I voted for The Dance because it's the one I'm most familiar with. I saw them live here in 1997 & I have lots of faves from that era.

awwwww :shrug:

The Dance. Uber-sweet.

EDIT: Wow! First post ever on the Christine board! Woow!

Welcome to Chris land! :wavey:

Meaning it was sweet cause it was her last tour, damn it! And I DIDNT GET TO SEE HER!

:( :( :( :(

I voted for the Tango tour...since I was at both shows and it was just before Christmas...and she sang it so sweetly.

Plus anytime that song is sung in the Bay Area...I think of her recording the original version at Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, CA.

Wouldn't you have loved to be there? ....sigh....

It would have been nice to be there...although I was a wee little child. I would have also enjoyed hanging out at the Record Plant in Sausalito during those Rumours studio sessions.

Thanks! :thumbsup: It's a bit scary to be here to be perfectly honest.... ¬,¬

I like the one from her solo show. "Merry Christmas everybody, good night!"
And I can't remember what show it's from (might be one of her solo ones), where she goes "Drive home safely!"

:thumbsup: So cute. I love just about every performance of Songbird, to be honest. I have one from Chicago '80 that is just absolutely amazing. Not just the ending; the entire song is just spot-on, the acoustics in that venue were amazing. And as much as I like the Dance version, the one on the Rumours DVD is just.. wow.

Here's the Chicago one: http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1...G0CZX00YFG8FIZ

ARE YOU F*CKIN' KIDDING ME?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!

I LOVE CHRISTINE! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Marry Anne...do you have this!!?!?!?!?!?!? PLEASE POST!

We don't bite!

If you can survive over there on the Stevie ledge...I PROMISE you can make it here! :laugh:

.....Hard.

You are now known as The Eye again. :laugh:

And why is that? :lol: Because It's the truth...we all know how things roll over there in Stevie land.

Very nice. What the heck is John saying at the end of that? I hear him saying L and S's names, but everything else, I'm clueless.

-Lis

"We really enjoyed it"? I think. I can't hear him very well over the audience.

Drive home safely...:lol:

This is my new favorite quote ever!

That is _funny_. What was she thinking?!

I voted for the Dance version for the poll, but I could have voted for any "Songbird" ever. I think she hit it just right every time. I've never heard a bad one. Other favorites are the very first one in 1977 Nashville, 1980 Atlanta, the Mirage video, the Rumours Classic Album DVD & of course the seven live "Songbirds" that I saw in person over the years.

I'm thinking that maybe she forgot what town they were in...so she just came up with something off the top of her head!

I LOVE YOU CHRIS!

:xoxo: :xoxo: :lol:

She did that alot during the Rumours, Tusk & Mirage tours.

Ha, yes, I thought the same thing! I can't remember if she mentioned the town or not... It might've been the one from Jackson, where she had to ask where she was. Lemme check.

Yes, I have the 1980 Chicago bootleg. I can't quite understand what John is saying, but I definitely can hear what Lindsey is saying.:lol:

Yes, that's the Jackson show. She was very mixed up there at the end. The show was in an amusement park, Great Adventure. At first she thought that was the name of the town, but the audience let her know that she was in JACKSON. She thought that Great Adventure was a funny name for a town. :lol:

Hehe...YES I can hear Lindsey loud and clear!

But thats not the one I'm talking about posting...I'm talking about one where she says "Drive home safely..."

:lol:

And where oh WHERE does she have to ASK what town they are in?!?!?

:lol:

Can someone please post this?

:lol:

There are many bootlegs where she says "Drive Home Safely". I'll try to find one this weekend & post it.



That would be the Jackson show.

:lol: Woman cracks me up. I just listened to my copy, though, and I didn't hear the "drive home..." thing. ??

If somebody hasn't posted it by tomorrow, I'll post it. I have dial-up, so it takes me a bit of time to upload it. Actually, both "Don't Stop" & "Songbird" should be posted. She talks quite a lot before both songs. She was very confused.:lol:

Here it is: http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2...71U3Z725THXTPA
I don't think I have "Don't Stop", so I'll leave that one to Mary Anne!

Thank you soo much!

That was funny :lol:

But what "tragic event" was she speaking of, before starting the song? :confused:

I've come to this thread late but I agree with MacFan57. I think Chris pulled "Songbird" off perfectly almost every time she sang it. The only version I haven't liked was the one at the end of the Tusk Tour doc, where she's a bit out of tune. LOVE the one at the end of the Japan show in 77. The Dance version, however, is, I feel, a true trumph: she sounds better than ever there.

Browneyes, I agree "Drive home safely" is fabulously campy. It reminds me of those "thank yous" and "Oh your wonderfuls" Dionne Warwick used to insert in between verses of her songs.

Here's "Don't Stop" from 1984 Jackson. Listen to what she says when she introduces the song.:lol: That's a funny name for a town....I'm really intelligent aren't I?....:lol: :lol: There was an accident in the amusement park sometime before this show. By the way, there were several people killed in a Haunted House fire. That's the tragedy that she's referring to.

http://s38.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1...J3S9XG6OMBGJ1T

Here's "Songbird" from 1980 Atlanta. Listen closely to her little speech just before she sings.:lol: By the way, this bootleg is a soundboard & is of fantastic sound quality.

http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3...L0IT5MXMIYGX79

:lol: :lol: Oh my God!! She's so cool! I can't believe she'd just come out with that at the end of a song like _Songbird_. It's so sweet and sort of sad, and then... *shakes head* You ROCK, Christine!!

And I voted for The Dance, because it was like she was saying "Goodbye" for real, it was so sad...

Well, mine would be fron the 10-8-1997 show at Target Center in Minneapolis. At the end she says "Have a great winter, a great Christmas, and a great life." Still tears me uup to this day when I listen to it.