Stevie's Top 5 Fiercest Moments
 

I thought it would be interesting to see everyone's opinions of Stevie's fiercest moments. Those moments where she just ruled the stage with such passion and...welll.... fierceness!

My Top 5 Fierce Moments from Stevie:

1) 'Stand Back' on Solid Gold - Everything about this performance screams fierce! Ohhhh how I love her shuffling to the microphone before the lyrics begin! She sings the Hell out of the song and I love her dancing with Brad! Her red outfit was sooo gorgeous!

2) 'Gold and Braid' from HBO - Here we get to see a super confident Stevie shaking her ass off, looking sexy, and having so much fun with her tambourine! Let's not forget those high kicks either!

3) 'Sister of the Moon' from the 1982 - Stevie looks so angry and I love it! The crazy gibberish seals the fierce deal! Definitely one of the best performances from that show.

4) 'Rhiannon' from 1977 Japan show - Those twirls! I love the dead look in her eyes and her hoarse voice belting out the last verses!

5) 'Gold Dust Woman' 1981 with Bob Welch - Stevie knows she's hot and works that stage!

Good picks..and no coincidence that the last of them chronologically is 1983..

Those would totally be mine as well, at the moment I'm so obsessed with Gold and Braid from HBO.
I'm gonna try and think up some different ones, might take a while :D

True. Most of Stevie's fierce moments are from her early days. But I would put Silver Springs from The Dance out there, too. It's a different kind of fierce, but it has my vote.

I love all of the above choices, just adding Edge of Seventeen HBO concert, to that list:D

Good grief, yes. Especially when you consider how many completely new fans were initially hooked by that performance. :nod:

I love the OP's list. I'd maybe substitute the GDW from Japan and put in Rosebud Rhiannon instead of Gold and Braid. Or maybe make it a Top 10!

I would like to add:

Rosebud Rhiannon
Mirage concert tour vid Rhiannon

Those are my favorite "Rhiannon"s.

I agree with the others mentioned but in my mind...
Silver Springs The Dance
Gold and Braid HBO
Sister of the Moon Fleetwood Mac HBO Mirage
Edge of Seventeen Live at RedRocks
And I thought her SoundStage DVD was beautiful...Sara

Not for nothing, but I think her performance of "Edge of 17" on America's Got Talent a few months ago ranks somewhere up there. It was the kind of performance that made me remember why I succumbed to fandom all those years ago.

Soldier's Angel at Sturgis in the wind was pretty freakin' awesome. It was like she was commanding nature or something.

Totally agree. Was about to post this too :)

Gold and Braid from Woodstock 1998!!! The Woodstock show isn't mentioned much around here which surprises me. I love the fact that she continued with her set even though it was raining off and on all day, and it was hot and muggy and her hair was damp and frizzy. She still looks pretty heavy but she's wearing a short sleeve something or other and you can see her arms (hey, that's rare). She appears very confident and comfortable. She sang and danced her heart out and seemed fierce at times and over emotional at times as well. It's just a great show!!!
The videos on youtube are pretty bad but you get the idea (I would love love love to see better footage!). HAEWAFY made me cry. So emotional... I love her..all of her...through the good and bad, thick and thin, frizzy hair and all.

Oh wait...what was the topic?? Haha. Sorry yall, just having a (much needed) moment!!

Silver Springs - The Dance (1997)

I thought it was pretty well known that all the performances on Solid Gold were lip synced

I thought that performances on Solid Gold usually were, but Stevie's... didn't they keep singing at the end, without any accompaniment or anything? Or was that a different performance?

The 98 Woodstock show was amazing from start to finish. She put so much into every song, and seemed very happy and confident. I thought GDW and Rhiannon were particularly awesome!

A couple others:

Fall From Grace from the Blockbuster awards 2001 with Sheryl Crow; she hits the high note and the performance overall is intense
Angel from HBO special
Blue Denim from Letterman 1994 (the ending)
Twisted from Boston 1996

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I would add the Gold Dust Woman performance from that Sheryl Crow and Friends special back in the late 90s or whenever it was. It was pretty fierce in my opinion.

I was just about to say that. That was AWESOME.

Ditto.

That was epic.

Jamie

They usually were but Stevie's weren't. I don't know how many other performers actually performed live but Stevie did. I think the backing track might have been pre-recorded though. I don't remember.

The backing tracks were definitely pre-recorded, but the vocals were 100% live. The only other performer I saw singing live on Solid Gold was Deborah Harry, and she was actually the guest host for the entire hour. She did a very off-pitch rendition of "The Tide Is High." :eek:

Have to agree with Gold and Braid, Sisters of the Moon and that GDW with Bob Welch. Have to agree with Silver Springs from the Dance.

So many considerations including IMO, her performance of Ebony Eyes with Bob Welch at Cal Jam.

Can ballads be fierce too?
If so, what about BATB with the orchestra in Melbourne in '06?
Also, Landslide with Lindsey on Letterman in '98.

Love that video. She is the absolute quintessence of the '70s SoCal rock-chick-goddess there.

Rhiannon from the Midnight Special '76.
Silver Springs from the Dance '97
Sisters of the Moon from the Mirage Concert Video '82
Landslide duet from the Voice '11
Outside The Rain from Live at Red Rocks '86
I Need to Know from the HBO concert '81

I love these performances! -Mark

That would top my list of fiercest moments. It was epic!

All my life I've never seen a woman taken by the wind like Stevie did.

I agree with all that are listed . I would add the sweet darling version of Dreams from the 1981 hbo special....its very sexy...

What about that one song she did with Buckingham Nicks in Tuscaloosa/Birmingham in '75? In fact, a few of those feature her just growling & wailing superbly.

Gold Dust Woman from The Dance. She nailed the scream, and how she sang "shadoww, she's a draagoonn!" gave me chills. Still does.

All that have been mentioned plus I would add performing Hotel California with Don Henley on the Two Voices Tour.

Stand Back Solid Gold - the red
HBO specail Gold N Braid - the tambo
SOTM Mirage - just frakkin amazing
1981 Rhiannon Live - wow
Most of Woodstock 1996 live - so raw and emotional

Sturgis - she called on the wind. mind blowing

Night 2 Sunday @Fillmore 2011 (both were amazingly awesome):

Moonlight -

She sang it very much like the album version and looked stunning in red. She was totally feeling the song and made sure we did too. Chiffon flying. Bat wings whipping around like crazy. Mystical beauty. She was sooo into the moment and the presence/ghosts of all the past performers. I was left speechless. She sang the verses softly and let out a bone chilling wail at the end. Such a sight to see!!!

EO17:
Sweaty, poofy hair. Head banging. Smiles galore. Feathers in her hair. White dress. Threw the mic stand back a couple of times. Rocked the hell out of that song. One of the best times of my life :)

This is one reason why I love Stevie so much. She was fierce in her "prime" and is still fierce decades later. Great thread!

SOTM from the Tusk doc, especially when she raises her hand & the crowd goes nuts

Rhiannon Rosebud, especially when she freaks

Gold and Braid from the HBO special, especially when she kicks and when she does the thing with her shoulders while she’s singing near the end

GDW from Rumours Tour Japan, even if she is wearing all of her poodles and Yorkies on top of her head

Stand Back from RAL Red Rocks concert vid – I know everybody makes fun of the dance sequence with Brad, but I like the whole performance

Runner-up:
Ebony Eyes at Cal Jam with Bob Welch – Who else could command attention like that with just a tambourine? (I’d almost include Mirage Tour Vid's Eyes of the World for the same reason, but there she’s commanding attention by shaking more than the tambourine. Are we counting the viewer's passion or just Stevie's? ;) )

- Jake

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How about the Beauty and the Beast performance from that first and second night at The Coliseum in Vegas. Mind blowing...

Viv - I don't know of this! I haven't seen or heard anything :eek:
so i'm on youtube... currently and listening to the only thing i can find on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXl2hASxco0

Would love a vid.. but got to take what we can. I had seen though her sining a song called 4 minute, or hour or something, and she sang the hell out of that song. Stevie sometimes seems to sing harder, take more vocal risks out of her normal register when she duets, like on Tom Petty's tour as well.

OMg John, i just watched that then on youtube... i hadn't seen this either! Oh what a great saturday night... what 6 minutes can do huh. That was just f a n t a s t i c. Thanks for mentioning it! LOVED IT! :xoxo:

There used to be a video on Youtube of them singing it, and it was indeed really awesome. I think copyright claims and whatnot got the video removed a little while ago. Such a shame.

It is clear to me that this thread now needs to become a DVD of the Best of Stevie in concert. We cannot limit this to 5. But this would one killer DVD spanning her entire career and leave no doubt that she is the Queen of Rock n Roll. I need help with the best live version of Rhiannon. I think someone above said 1981 so we will go with that.


Rhiannon 1981
Gold n Braid - Bella Donna Tour/HBO Special
Standback - Solid Gold (if only for it being on Solid Gold :))
SOTM - Mirage 1982
Ebony Eyes - Cal Jam
Gold Dust Woman - with Bob Welch (I love Dance version too)
Silver Springs - The Dance
Edge of 17 - Crystal Visions version with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

Nice to throw some duets. I loved Hotel California. Must also be something from tour with Tom Petty. That acoustic version of Insider was amazing (although I love the version from Pack up the Plantation). But nice to have some duets and those from 2000s!

I also love the live version of Landslide from the 1980 Live record. That one remains my favorite live version all these years later.

And it needs Sara. I feel that the live version in the red dress that was (hideously) shortened for the video might be an amazing performance to include.

Go Your Own Way from Mirage. I think this is the one where she ends the song with "you can call it, another, another lone-ly daaaaaaaayyyyyy. Gets me everytime.

I think a DVD like this could be killer.

Oh yes! Totally forgot about that one!

When the RAL period came about, there was definitely a decline in Stevie's fierce confidence.

RAL Highlights

"I Can't Wait" Music Video: I feel that Stevie was having a lot of fun with those stairs and the dance routines. And plus...the song is fierce to begin with!

"Stand Back" at Red Rocks: I do love this one. I love when she comes marching out with the spotlight following her. I especially enjoy the dance with Brad! :)