Listening to Stevie Constantly
 

Ever since I booked my trip to Vegas I can not stop listening to Stevie.
Is is just me or is anyone else doing this?
Mac stuff,solo stuff,demos,bootlegs.
Whatever I have over here I have listened to numerous times in the last few weeks.
As a matter of fact I have The Wild Heart on right now.
I must be cracking up.
21 more days.

i'm like that even without a concert to look forward to ;)

it was definitely 'worse' during the tour, though. now i've got all of the dance-ish 80s songs playing, ramping up for NOTS...

It's funny you should mention the 80's dancy songs.
I have a friend that insists on playing these tunes every time,not that there is anything wrong with them,just not my faves.
I try to explain that the reason for these songs is because that's the craze that was going on in the mid 80's,club music was it.I hated it.

I am really sort of envious of the idea of you "seeing Stevie in person for the first time". That happened for me two decades ago but I remember the feeling like it was yesterday. The very first time I saw her was as she was standing on the side of the stage watching Joe Walsh do his set during her WH tour. I literally started crying. She was much different back then, so it was a much different type experience but it never fails to be enchanting. I would make every effort to try to be in the first couple of rows because there is NOTHING like seeing her up that close. She has this way of looking right through you and if you are lucky enough to make eye contact with her, I promise, your stomach will be in your throat. The Edge walk..if she does it, is so exciting and I never tire of trying to touch her hand. She always seems to be warm and genuine as she is doing that walk and I hope you get to experience it. After seeing her live dozens of times, she brought me to tears again when I saw her at the first SYW show I went too. There is just something about her that evokes a flood of emotion in me. (Lindey can do it too but in a different way..sexy sexy man)
Plus being down close like that gives you the opportunity to watch every little thing she does, how many times she takes a drink between songs, you can check her out changing her clothes..well shawls..you can see her chitchatting with Cory perhaps..who I believe will be along this summer. There are alot of little things that crazy fans like us would enjoy that you cannot always see from up or far back. I would try my damndest to get the first five rows and stand at the stage.

PJ Harvey kicks. <3. That is all.

Useless tidbit...

I saw Gwen on the Brit Awards yesterday afternoon on BBC America (I had to tune in because Franz Ferdinand performed :p ) and while I don't like her solo album very much, she kicked ****ing ass during that performance. The song she did escapes me, but she rawked.

Sweeeeeeeeet. Can't remember song? Darn! I think Gwen is generally a really good live performer. :D How was Frnz?

It was the one with all the crazy Japanese girls. When she won the award for best international female artist, she dragged up all the girls with her. :laugh: If you can find a video of it online, grab it. :nod:

Franz was fab, per usual. I literally cannot wait for the new album, the waiting is driving me batty. They performed last week at a benefit show and played a whole slew of new songs from it, but no one bootlegged it, dammit. They're doing some show on Virgin Radio UK at the end of the month and supposed to do some new songs, I'm pumped for that.

There are so many good albums coming out, I can't keep up.

Ha, those girls are in all her songs, dear. At least the ones i've seen performed.... :D When's Frnz new album supposed to drop?
Hirajuku! :wavey: :laugh:

You just have to be there right away and buy them, I think. You really, really, really, should try to be in front. It's totally different. Oh, and all the tickets I've won off the radio were lawn. :(

Brokers, my dear.

I couldn't have said it better myself.
The closest I ever got was at Madison Square Garden,Say You Will.
I was directly on the side of the stage,where Stevie would go,left side,when taking a break.
I saw her assistants tending to her,fixing her hair,giving her a drink,the whole 9 yards.
Late in the show i gave her one of the standard "We Love You Stevie!" and she smiled at us,blew me away.Didn't wave or blow a kiss or anything just a smile.

I got good seats using the "waiting till the last minute and then checking ticketmaster like a madwoman" method. I've only tried it once, and pulled up 4th row for Champaign, and ended up right in front of Stevie's mic, touching the stage, all night. :D I know of alot of people who have had good luck with the waiting method.