Isn't It Midnight, Live
 

Hi all.

I've been listening to Tango these past two days non stop...First time in years.

Anyway, I remember now how much I love Isn't it Midnight. I was wondering--and I don't want to be too pushy--if anyone has any live MP3s of it? The one from the Tango tour is good; and I'd love to have one from the Dance.

I'd be much obliged.

Here's "Isn't It Midnight" from Fresno on the Tango tour. They never did this song on the Dance tour.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/91txl7

Live in Las Vegas, December 4th 1987 http://www.sendspace.com/file/ndeldc

They should have. They should have dumped that crap ass version of SYLM and thrown Little Lies in there. Im sorry, Christines song from the Dance Tour were totally half-assed, except Everywhere. Even You Make Loving Fun was shortened. Why did they pick 'Over My head' for the DVD, that one is such a snooze. They had so many other choices (not counting the pre SNL stuff) - Hold Me, Love in Store, Little Lies, Isn't it Midnight, Save Me, Skies the Limit...grrrrr.

I agree about putting in songs of hers from either Mirage or Tango - and NOT Everywhere. I really never cared for that cheesy doctor's office song of hers! Seriously. Especially live. However, I'm glad they did OMH at least for the video but they could've funked it up a bit like they used to. I don't think YMLF was shortened. I think it's the same as the record but us fans are so used to the live versions containing that extra 2nd verse ("don't break the spell...") and accompanying extended bridge.

I've been listening to Mirage lately and thought that Love in Store would've been great to hear on the Dance as well as Little Lies or Isn't it Midnight.

Oh well...

I really like Everywhere live. Im glad they did it.

As for YMLF, I like in the old days (even with Rick and Billy) they switched it up and has that little instrumental part in the middle.

SO what did she do....

Everywhere
Temporary One
Say You Love Me (sorry, I need those keyboards)
You Make Loving Fun
Over My Head
Dont Stop
Oh Daddy (tour)

blechh

Oh, wow, I thought they had. One of my friends saw them in Buffalo, NY and raved about how good Isn't It Midnight was. LOL. Perhaps my friend was on drugs?

I always thought so, too. They could have rock that up a bit like they did on the Mirage tour and it would have made a great show piece. I didn't understand why the band chose to strip back the arrrangement on OVM when they'd been doing high energy versions of it for years. It was as if they were trying to copy the album version.

Thanks, Sahara!

From the Tango DVD http://www.sendspace.com/file/2mh16n

No problemo! :thumbsup:

The live version of Isn't It Midnight has always seemed much better compared to the studio version. The lack of Stevie on the Tango version is quite obvious when listening to the live one. Plus live seems to rock out a bit more. :)

That is true, she brings so much more to it. Though Christine's voice on the live versions I've heard has always sound a little strained, a bit less clear than on the studio version. So I'm not sure which I prefer...

I agree with you about Say You Love Me, although I don't dislike the Dance version. I always want Christine keyboards, always. But, I LOVE the Dance tour version of Oh Daddy. That was my favorite live version of that song ever! On the tour, I think they should have got ridden of the two Buckingham/Nicks solo songs(Go Insane & Stand Back) & added a few Christine songs like Brown Eyes or Hold Me or Little Lies.

as much as i love her i have to agree that Chris's songs on the Dance were pretty weak. it was definitely Buckingham Nicks version II. her songs were there to simply make the reunion complete. but it was clear that she had no interest in doing anything new or interesting. definitely phoned-in performances. the trade off was that everyone got to hear how great Stevie's voice had become and lindsey's "big love" was a new thing for most people (those of us who hadn't gone to his Out of the Cradle Shows)

Wow, I couldn't disagree more. While she wasn't breaking any new ground with the song selection, all of her songs were well performed and impeccably arranged. I think the banjo-version of SYLM worked quite well--a charming interlude. And YMLF rocked the house. Her voice was flawless in that context and I didn't see her as phoning things in.

I totally agree with you.
I don't care if I ever hear "Stand Back" again. I would have LOVED to have heard "Brown Eyes" live...that would have been incredible.

rbs

Isn't it Midnight Manchester UK 8-25-1990
 

Here is another version from 1990 (with Billy & Rick) and it sounds a bit jazzier or revved up.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/86yws2

Why, thank you, Tee Dee!

I think sometimes Fleetwood Mac were inclined to put the songwriters in their specific boxes:

Lindsey could do the harder, edgier stuff, Stevie had the mystical songs and Christine did the pop ballads.

all of them are perfectly capable of getting out of those boxes - Isn't it Midnight shows that Christine can rock.

Say you Will shows that Stevie can do a pop song and Say Goodbye showed that Lindsey does have a gentler side.

NO doubt if they tour again without a new album they'll revert to type.

Gail

PS thanks to eveybody who posted these different versions of Isn't it Midnight

I thought that Chris' dance songs all sucked execpt YMLF and her new song.
SYLM was horrific. They should have dont IIM on the dance tour, along with Hold Me [im still wondering why they didnt do that one...hell it did better than gypsy on the charts :rolleyes: ] I liked the OMH from the Live CD, this one as said, was just missing something. Everywhere sounded wierd with Stevie in it...

I like the IIM from Tango ALOT better than from the Tango DVD [I saw it on youtube], I do like the addition of Stevies vocal to it, but just the arrangement was crappy!

Brown Eyes Live Irvine 10-18-1982
 

Did somebody say...Brown Eyes live?


http://www.sendspace.com/file/okd4vp


(Don't 'cha just love technology?)

Yes, even on the DVD, I abolutely love this song live. :nod: Wish they would have done it on the Dance.

Yes, but I hear Gypsy almost once a week on the radio, to this date. I don't think Ive ever heard Hold me on the radio. ;)

I've heard "Hold Me" on the radio a zillion times. I just heard it in the grocery store about a week or two ago.

I've got Hold Me live from 1982 and 1990 - and I don't much care for the Live versions.

Mick stated somewhere (in his book?) that Chris wrote it for/about Dennis Wilson....anybody got a "yea" or a "nay" on Mick's comment?

(Or was that the little voice in Mick's head talking for him....?)

There is a 1990 live version of Hold Me? I did not know that. I would appreciate you or someone posting it!!!!!!

I think its a misprint. If not, it must have been a one off type of deal.

Searching youtube for live versions of IIM - I found this rather bizarre thing - but kudos to them for doing something!



Be sure and check out the outtakes :eek:

Oh My Life.
I thought this was just a dream?
*listens* Nice!! :thumbsup:

Honk My Hooter! I never knew they did Brown Eyes live. It's awesome.

No way - the Mac only did Hold Me on the Mirage Tour. I don't get it either, it's a great song and was a major hit. Would have loved to have seen them do it during The Dance or Lindsey doing it solo on the SYW Tour. I think I would have rather had them do Hold Me instead of Don't Stop.

They did it on the Mirage and the Tango tours. In my opinion anyway, I always thought it was one of the few songs that were more enjoyable on the Rick/Billy tours than they were with the previous Lindsey tours.

I'd have to agree only because I really like the "I Loved Another Woman" guitar introduction that went straight to Brown Eyes. :thumbsup:

I totally agree - that makes those versions great...awesome how those two songs just flow together.

Absolutely. I also love Everywhere from that tour. I think it was decently horrible on the Dance tour. I really loved Stevie singing "I want to be with you EVERywhere..."

True, some GREAT Christine songs on the Tango and BTM tours....Everywhere, Isn't it Midnight, Little Lies, Brown Eyes...but then there are those songs that, while Billy and Rick get credit for doing a good job, I just could never warm up to their versions...in particular, the "big guns," The Chain and Go Your Own Way. Both of these songs seemed to just lose all of their punch. As a matter of fact, The Chain has never been the same since then, even with Lindsey in '97 and '03-'04. Both songs were so emotional on the Mirage Tour and then were so blah after that. Go Your Own Way seemed to have come back to life but The Chain has, in my opinion, remained subpar ever since.

I completely agree. The Mirage tour was in credible for The Chain and GYOW. The Chain I think has lost its punch because there really isn't that tention anymore, so really the song is just "lyrics that speak the emotion of another time." I loved GYOW on the Mirage tour because Stevie really stole the show by wailing the end "AHHHHHH YOU CAN CALL IT UNDER, THE LONELY, AH THE LONELY, THE LONELY DAYYYYYYYYY..."

Mirage GYOW was perfection, raw emotion - Lindsey's awesome "BABY I'd GIVE YOU MY WORLD" and "OPEN UP", Stevie's Woah's and ahh's, and Christine's subtle lyrical foundation in the background were just incredible together. I always hated the way Billy sang that song. Rick's playing was technically fine, but I found the last solo in particular to be uninspired and boring. It was too anthem-like...which is fine for some bands and some songs, but not an emotionally charged song like GYOW.

I respect Rick a lot. He's a decent guitarist and unfortunetly didn't really go anywhere in his career. However, I think Billy sucks miserably. I don't believe they should've performed any Lindsey song, just like I don't believe Stevie should sing Landslide unless she's has a strong connection with whoever's playing the guitar.