The BEST 'How Still My Love'....
 

is Weedsport, NY 1986.

Any thoughts?

yes.. a few ;)

Well. What are they?

it was the only song on that tour that she ad-libbed and it actually sounded "good"... i hated, for example, what she did to "I Can't Wait" and "Stand Back"... but "How Still" was perfection... and of course the "Go On, get out" part was superb... from all of the RAL shows i have heard and actually payed attention to, the Weedsport show was one of the best.............

I disagree. (Imagine that!)

I don't even think Weedsport is the best How Still from that tour, Curtis.

I love it!

"I really like to know...who is the man for me?"


GO ON! GET AWAY! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!

"In the still, in the still, in the still, in the still, in the still, in the still, in the still, in the still... ONE MORE TIME, baby!" That always cracks me up. But it's so in-the-moment, I love it. :p

Great topic Curtis! You know I fell in love with this song only after hearing it on boots, not on the album. There are so many I wouldn't know where to start. I guess my first would be HBO uncut where she says "This is my favorite song, it's called In the Still of the Night" *swoon*

Next favorite Las Vegas Saturday 5-14-05 because it was my first Stevie solo show and I ran up to the stage and was basically looking up her nose and this was a complete surprise to me she was doing this song. One of the best moments of my life!! (not to mention how she sexed it up ooh yeah).

HSML is her sexiest song ever and probably a top 5 live song.

I think I have this on cd, Ill have to go check it out.

The Vegas versions sucked royally to me. Why, you ask? Because they were anti-climactic. She'd get to the bridge and sing "My lonely..."

Um, you're lonely what, Stevie? "My lonely OOOOOOOOOOOONNNE!"

Agreed. I love the song but without that, it really didn't do much for me.

Same with Fall From grace, the whole song builds to the end then she goes low on that note. Yuck. Glad she included the song from TISL but, it was sort of a let down.

I really liked theVegas versions in May :nod:

I thought they were kind of bland. :cool:

Two 'How Still My Love' performances come to mind instantly for me- i think my favorite was a 1994 'Street Angel' show near Boston, Mass at a place that used to be called Great Woods- the atmosphere was very intense, i was in the 5th row, and on the last 'this is me talking to you' the entire stage and all lights everwhere went completely dark and her voice just pierced into the night... that one song really made the whole concert for me.
The other 'How Still' most memorable for me is the 1983 US Festival; out in the desert somewhere in California. It was vividly mesmerizing to watch and listen to her do this song , which I wasn't expecting to hear. i think it holds up very well on the US Festival tapes, yet to see and hear it during a time when she was at a career zenith was quite extraordinary. That night she also did a fantastic 'Angel' and in those days it was really something to see Stevie live, because her live performances (for me) always far surpassed her studio recordings and there were quite a lot of surprising' i never thought she'd sing that song, but she did!' moments, that disappeared sometime right after 'Rock A Little'.....

To each their own :D