Hollywood, Fl Review
 

I'm experiencing a post Stevie high and wanted to share some of the highlights from last night's show with everyone. First off, I've never heard Stevie sound so good, vocally she was at the top of her game. I didn't read any reviews of Bilox's show so I would be surprised IF there were any changes to the set list. I was thrilled to hear her open with Outside the Rain as I love this song and never really cared for Stand Back as an opener. The set list was the same as Biloxi, but the order was different from the lists I've seen posted. This was my first time hearing Crash and I must say I really liked it. When she introduced her Bob Seger cover, I couldn't beleive she was doing ANOTHER cover but it really rocked!! Perfect song for Stevie and I had never heard that song before. I must say I think Stevie could do a full show of cover songs and be quite content. Still of the Night was superb. She let out this wail midsong that shook the rafters! Amazing. Though I'm tired of Gold Dust Woman, it sounded great last night, especially the intro. Very powerful. Edge was also amazing. Everyone was totally into it and you could feel the energy of the entire crowd just move with that song. I was expecting Beauty and the Beast to be the final encore so Has Anyone Ever Written was a nice surprise. This song was without a doubt the best song of the night. Stevie came out in her white Edge dress and gorgeous ivory tux jacket. The video imagery of the troops behind her brought me to tears. She ended the song with "I thought that there was a connection", something she hasn't done in quite a while. It was pure magic.

did she do the edge walk? She wasn't able in biloxi

Stevie Nicks' visions still crystal clear in concert
 

Posted on Sun, Jun. 08, 2008
BY HOWARD COHEN
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Stevie Nicks proved 60 is the new 30, as the rock legend nearly sold out Hard Rock Live near Hollywood Saturday night -- just a year or so after her last appearance at the 5,000-plus seat venue -- with a hit-packed, lively set that found her in good voice and reinforced her stature as a rock and roll original.

Nicks might not move on stage with the gale force drive she tapped into in the Bicentennial year but who, aside from Mick Jagger, still can? Nicks is probably the only performer who can earn a standing ovation for merely twirling on stage, as she did during her third number, Stand Back. But given her familiar songs to draw upon, from a solo career and from her ongoing Fleetwood Mac catalog, and a distinctive voice that's grown richer over time, Nicks plays to full houses because she can. Saturday, she didn't take that blessing for granted. She sounded engaged, delivered all the expected favorites such as Dreams, Stand Back and Rhiannon with clarity and purpose, offered a rarely performed album cut (a mesmerizing How Still My Love, from 1981's Bella Donna) and threw in a few remakes.

Her audience ranged from a 10-year-old who was enjoying her first concert with her mom, to some overheated dude in the rafters who couldn't stop yelling, ''I love you Stevie!'' for most of the 105-minute show.

Still others were here to share memories (and we could hear some of their stories because South Florida audiences just can't watch an event without providing a running commentary of their own): There's the first car they drove when, on its AM radio, they heard Nicks sing Rhiannon 33 years ago. Or the time they had big hair in the '80s when Nicks initially sang about a life lived on the Edge of Seventeen.

None of these fans' recollections were quite as musical or endearing as the star's own tales from the stage. In introducing If Anyone Falls, Nicks, whose band features sister-in-law Lori Perry Nicks on harmonies, told how she wrote the 1983 hit after one of her single friends tossed out a hopeful line, ``if anyone falls in love I hope it's one of us.''

''I thought that was such a good phrase I went home and wrote that song,'' Nicks said. Sorcerer, she explained, came about in the interim between the commercial failure of her duo album with ex-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham in 1973 and the pair's joining of Fleetwood Mac on New Year's Eve 1975. A tender Landslide movingly featured a video montage of her father Jess Nicks who died in 2005.

There weren't any major surprises in Nicks' set list. She's opened many of her solo tours with Outside the Rain since her first in 1981 and it was in lead position again. A convincing cover of Led Zeppelin's Rock and Roll is now a regular encore. Of the two new additions -- Bob Seger's rollicking Face the Promise and Dave Matthews' acoustic Crash -- only the latter cover proved ill-advised despite Nicks' insistence she could sing a male song. She can. But her otherwise exceptional band, led by veteran guitarist/musical director Waddy Wachtel, ran ramshod over its slight melody. When Nicks charitably introduced Crash by saying 'it's the most fun I've had in 10 years,' our first thought was that she needs to get out more.

The uninspired computer-generated effects on a video screen also disappointed but some new tweaks, like a brief electronic keyboard pulse in the bridge of the rocker Fall From Grace, kept her music fresh and stylish. Overall, Nicks delivered a crowd pleaser that sets her up well for her next challenge: a proposed 2009 tour with Fleetwood Mac.

http://www.miamiherald.com/234/story/562572.html

Sort of. She moved down the stage quickly and shook a few hands but it was not proper Edge walk by any means. I think the the front row may have been too far from the stage?? I thought for a second that there was going to be a Gold Dust walk. During Gold Dust Woman people started to rush the stage for no apparent reason. It was bizarre. Security quickly put an end to that.

Ew. Bill Gamelson left a response to the Howard Cohen review.

I was just about to post that!!! This guy needs to seriously seek some help immediately and stop posting. He should also stop stalking Stevie fans Myspace pages (hint hint).

As for the show, I'm going to write this review. Now I will say this, my fandom is no longer what it used to be. Anyone who has been on these boards long enough will know that before I had no issues what-so-ever about traveling to see multiple Stevie shows. However the unchanging setlist was really getting to me. Last night, however, I actually left extremely 100% impressed and reinvigorated in my love for Stevie. As stated above, the setlist was basically the same as Biloxi...

Outside the Rain/Dreams
Stand Back
If Anyone falls
Crash
Rhiannon
Sorcerer
Face the Promise
Gold Dust Woman
Fall From Grace
Landslide
How Still My Love
Edge of Seventeen
Rock and Roll
HAEWAFY

Face the Promise rocked!!!! I was quite pessimistic about hearing a new cover in the set, but this one was great! Stevie was totally getting into it!

Some other tidbits...

Stevie complained and accused Waddy during the band intros of sabotaging the night by tangling her mic strands!! LMAO!! At some point during the night Stevie had tangled the strands all up in a bunch so she couldn't run her fingers through them. Every time she'd pick up the strands, up would follow this big old bunch of knotted strands! It was pretty funny and quite amusing how "annoyed" she was by it.

Im loving these new upper-register notes she seems to be trying to hit. The whole night I kept on looking at my friend and saying, "where in he hell did THAT note come from?!"

Overall it was a great night, and I also agree with Howard Cohen's review that this sets the bar high for FM 2009. I hope she delivers the way she delivered last night!

Seems if anything these days, Stevie is more vocally in control than she ever has been. :thumbsup:


Stevie's actually sold me on Bob Seger's Face The Promise cd. If she can't push her own music on this tour, at least she's selling her fellow rockers' stuff! :angel:

Chills, I can't wait.

A lot of emotions going on last night. Glad you had a good time! Thanks for the review!

:thumbsup: I picked out my favorite parts. Good review!

ARRGHH I AM GETTING EXCITED!!! My show is next week, and we leave tomorrow, so things are getting pretty serious. ha ha ha. Honestly I can't wait, and I have noticed some high notes. There used to be this vid of If Anyone Falls on youtube from later this year where she does a whole line with a high note, but I think the video was taken down as I can no longer find it....

But yeah, I am very excited!!

Much Love,
Ethan

Too funny. Wouldn't you love to see the "to do" list for the crew. I can guarantee that the task of untangling Stevie's mic strands figures prominently on the checklist.

Michele

Why is that your "favorite part"? Because it's inaccurate?

See, you try to outfox me & you will never succeed. I am smarter than the year is long.

It was just ONE of my favorite parts. It's true, I boldfaced it to get your attention. And hey, it worked! :laugh: Would you say it's accurate enough that it is performed infrequently enough that lifelong fans like myself and this reviewer have never or rarely seen it? If you think about it, the song was only performed regularly on tour in the 80s(20 YRS AGO) and the last year or so.

I'm smart enough to know that I could never do that. You're just zany enough to make it fun to banter back and forth with is all. I truly admire your vast knowledge of Stevie and the Mac. Most, if not all, pale in comparison. It's more a difference of opinion, as are most things discussed on this board. :wavey:

David my friend, dont give this terrorist the attention he so desperately craves. The best way to deal with these creeps is to ignore them completely.:nod:

You are absolutely right, I feel.

People on the Chain forum are beginning to say that I'm beyond zany, & that I've moved into the realm of "disturbing." I hope this isn't true but I fear it might be. Plus, Strand is terrifying me, too. He fills my PM inbox with anti-Beethoven screeds. This makes my blood boil & fills my heart with rage. But he's still fun.

I love tweaking people. Michele, who runs this place now, knows me from waaaay back, & I used to tweak her nose on other forums. She would get so exasperated that she'd black out or something. :(
I just hope they stop talking about me negatively on the other forum. That's so embarrassing.

I've actually only ever been on one other forum -- well, one other FM forum -- and you weren't really there. But it is nice to meet you.

Michele

-- the sublime



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For the record --




and - my personal fav. (of many)

This review is a little on the harsh side... but kinda funny at the same time. Click the link to leave comments if you like.

Stevie Nicks
Saturday, June 7
Hard Rock Live

Crossfade-Browardpalmbeach.com

Better than: Watching Stevie Nicks 10 years from now.

The body of Stevie Nicks turned 60 last month. Her voice has been 60 for a while.
Maybe it was all that coke in the '70s, or maybe it was that her vocal cords weren’t durable enough to handle her preferred mode of singing. I suspect it was the latter — Stevie’s always cited Janis Joplin as a prime influence, but she never had Janis’s chainsaw pipes, nor the dubious good fortune to die at 27. In the '70s, Stevie Nicks performed like a blues shouter even while her recorded output highlighted a voice better suited to witchy balledeering, and even back then her fans worshiped her primarily as a crone in the making.

She’s not in-the-making anymore — now she really is a crone, and her fans love her for it. They went genuinely ape**** at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino last night, with the first twelve rows erupting into near-moshing when guitarist Wally Wachtel ended a long solo by segueing into “Edge of Seventeen." The Hard Rock isn’t known for volatile crowds, and the reactions down front were more intensely physical than anything Aerosmith ever got in the same venue. Nicks fans are passionate people.

They’re also, I might add, exactly the same demo you might have seen at a Hillary Clinton rally a few short months ago. They are overwhelmingly white, female, and middle-aged, with a few old hippies tossed in for grit. There’s plenty of lesbians and skinny young white girls who can’t dance, but are willing to try. I counted four blacks in the auditorium. All of these people are madly in love with a white, 60-year-old woman with a sometimes-grating voice and a history of relationship trouble. Their devotion is so intense that, when fully demonstrated, it looks a little creepy.

In the case of the Nicks fans, you can understand why. Despite the shocking limitations of her vocal range — which I’m pretty sure doesn’t even span an octave anymore — Nicks’ performance is surprisingly muscular. Heartfelt too, which is even weirder (how a singer can stay attached to a song like “Gold Dust Woman,” which implores you to “Rock on ancient woman/follow those who pale in your shadow,” is anybody’s guess). Since Stevie’s touring in support of a greatest hits package (Crystal Visions), her current show sticks mostly to the lollipops that even non-Nicksians can dig, but she never sounds tired of the material. Last night, she seemed most engaged when tearing into the most obvious of chestnuts, like a huge, raucous version of “Stand Back” or the long slow build of “Rhiannon,” which she brought to an acceptably molten climax (she’s been fiddling with the end of that song since 1975, and only now has she finally gotten it right). She only seriously faltered when she tried doing something new, like a version of Zep’s “Rock’n’Roll” which was a whole helluvalot more staid than the original, or a version of Dave Matthews’ “Crash Into You” that made you appreciate Dave’s charms as a singer.
The set was under two hours but felt a little longer, probably because Stevie kept darting backstage to change bits of her costume. Since all of her costumes were pretty much identical, it’s hard to say why she bothered. If I were her, I would have used that time to do something about my boots. Stevie Nicks’ footwear looks like some kind of medieval torture device, equipped with huge, cruel heels that force her to do the entire show en pointe. This may be the reason Stevie refused to move around the stage during the show. Not once did she come over to our section, off to the side of stage left. She remained glued to the five feet around her monitors at center stage, and though she seemed mobile enough in that circumscribed little area, it would have been nice to see her up close — especially since those of us at the sides of the arena couldn’t see the video screen mounted behind the drummer (I assume that’s where it was mounted — like I said, I couldn’t see it). We were starved for visual stimulation, but Stevie didn’t care.

The long-time Stevie fan sitting next to me noticed this, and complained about it. She also noted that Stevie should stay the hell away from Dave Matthews songs, and commented on the unfortunate state of Stevie’s vocal cords. Even so, she said she “loved the concert” and thought it was “wonderful.” This is what it means to be a fan of Stevie Nicks, or even Hillary Clinton: it’s not the execution that matters, but the gusto of the attempt.

--Brandon K. Thorp

I must say, I'm impressed. I'd never have guessed in a million yrs that you even knew what that was. So I expect you'll want to print out this intermediate-level arrangement from my Hal Leonard sheet book & run to a piano with it.

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Now what were we talking about? Ah, yes, Stevie Nicks. Thanks for posting the Palm Beach review, MacMan. That's a hoot. :laugh:

not even in a million year :cool:

AS for the last Stvie review - whatever. He ssems more disgusted with the fans vehemence than her is with Nicks.

Actually, it is a really funny review and when you think of it, the fact that he said in his insulting way that Stevie was still really into her songs is a compliment.

This rather surprises me. I guess my perception of what the "Hard Rock" is really like is all wrong. I've always avoided the Hard Rock in Vegas because I thought it was something raucous and I may have been completely wrong.

Michele

I always avoided eating out at the Hard Rock in Phoenix because the one time I ate there they blasted the music so loud in the restaurant the waitress couldn't even hear me place my order. I had to scream it to her. And whenever I'd drive past there and people would open the door, even from the road I could hear that loud ass music. This was when it's location was on Camelback Road.

What is HAEWAFY? Sorry I am a little slow....

Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You?

Michele

Hey David..

I'm on the Chain forum and don't recall you being on there.. Do you go by "David" there? Or is there another name you use? There's only one person on there who always says that "Stevie is milking us"..:rolleyes: and other than that person, I think everyone is awesome there! LOL..

He obviously doesn't get it and to call Stevie a crone is just way over the top and plain stupid. I did a little research on this "critic" and came across his myspace page.

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm...endID=16241821

I found this part hilarious and totally explains his idiotic review of Stevie. It was listed under his networking box.

"I have whored my services to theatre troupes; to newspapers; to anthologies and to newsletters. Pay me well and I will supply any species of slop you desire."

Says it all! :D

Gulf Coasting Live

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs....306130004/1075

06/13/2008


HOLLYWOOD, FLA. — Her blond hair waving and her costumes flowing — and oftentimes spinning — Stevie Nicks mesmerized a sellout crowd of 5,000 fans with her mystical blend of classic rock.

Nicks, who celebrated her 60th birthday May 26, opened at the Hard Rock Live venue with “Outside the Rain” as she launched into an hour and 50 minutes’ worth of songs.

Nicks covered a mix of her own material and that of the band that made her famous in the 1970s — Fleetwood Mac.

But she also put her own spin on the works of others, playing the Dave Matthews Band song “Crash,” a Bob Seger cover and Led Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll,” the first song of the encore.

Performing with nine others on stage, Nicks took to the center, flanked by a guitarist, a rhythm guitarist, bass player, drummer, percussionist (he banged on African-style drums among other instruments), a keyboardist, piano player and three background vocalists, including her sister-in-law.

The two drummers came in handy, teaming for a drum duet that energized the crowd before being rejoined by Nicks and the rest of the band for the final song of the set — and her best song — “Edge of Seventeen.”

As the drummers showed off their skills, Backstage, Nicks changed into a white gown. When she came out and turned around and stretched out her arms, her back to the crowd, her arms resembled wings. She transformed herself into the image of a white-winged dove.

“Stand Back,” and “How Still My Love,” were included in her set along with Fleetwood Mac’s “Rhiannon,” “Gold Dust Woman,” and “Landslide,” the latter of which she dedicated to her late father, with snapshots of her and her dad flashing on the big screen behind her.

The emotional moment drew a standing ovation, as did the final song of the evening, “Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You,” a song she dedicated to injured U.S. troops who were stationed overseas.