Is Stevie Back?
 

She was totally rockin' on the Petty tour, and at the MJF. Is the real Stevie finally back?

She has definatley had her moments latley.:nod:

I submit she rocked the entire time on the Gold Dust tour - starting with the Vegas shows.

I think she was intentionally subdued in the SYW tour because she is part of a band, etc. - and she pretty much has said things that are dispositive of this - plus she hurt her hip and was in menopause (her musical :D )

I also think she tried to rock on the TISL tour, but 9/11 and her failing voice prevented that.

Finally, on the Enchanted tour, she flat out rocked.

So, I think only the SYW shows were the subdued ones.

Totally agree

I think she decided to be more subdued for SYW from her conservative rhiannon dress to her stage presents. SYW was an exception the rule for whatever reason.

I think we know the reason:laugh: but I am NOT opening up THAT can of worms.

For the GDW Aus tour she didn't rock out, well i should say that is really dwarfs in comparision to the voice and energy on the Tom Petty tour.

Also really wanting to hear some more of this MJF!!! So far my ears have only been privlidged to a very basic recording.... and i need more! more! lol

[QUOTE=Phoenix]I think we know the reason:laugh: but I am NOT opening up THAT can of worms.[/QUOTE

;) yeah....

Yes, let's all blame Lindsey. He's a big ogre, he deserves to be stoned for what he continues to put Stevie through. Poor thing.

http://www.scoutscan.com/ogre.jpg

Did anyone actually see the TISL tour? ;) Girlfriend was blah as Hell. I am sure she was great at some shows but overall, she was uninspired. This was before 9/11 too. Fans will say "it was her bronchitis/pneumonia" or 9/11...maybe she had issues at the beginning of the SYW tour? Menopause, messed up hip, asthma..who knows? Blaming Lindsey is a scapegoat, she rocked the last leg of the SYW tour. The Melbourne boot is blah city...sorry but Lindsey wasn't there "forcing her to be demure". Puhleeze. :distress: (Just like he did not force her to wear that stupid cardigan...she chooses her wardrobe...once again, he is the scapegoat. She knew fans hated it, so she tossed the blame off on him :nod: )

She definitely rocked at the Hartford, CT and Mansfield, MA shows on the TISL tour (both were at the beginning of July). Sheryl was at both of those shows, too. But on all the other shows that I've seen on dvd from the TISL tour, she was subdued, like you describe.

She's baccccccccccccccccccccccccccckkkkk (blows out vocal cords) in the saddle again!

I am unsure La Nicks wore the granny sweater because LB held her down and froced her to do it. I think she chose it because (1) she like like, which she says she did and (2) when she is with FM since likew 1987, she is conscious of the fact that though she may be the most popular member, she is, as she readily notes and has noted for years, not the star - so she chooses to tone it down a little. She also said that LB has expressed dismay at her flamboyant nature, so I see nothing wrong with her bending a little to allay his fears, etc. But, that is not the same as LB making her do something :shrug:

Also, her vocals on Rock and Roll were stellar as were her vocals on Circle Dance and, hold onto your hat., B&B. So, IMO she rocked on the Gold Dust tour.

I was just gonna say, "so what was her excuse on the TISL tour?"

In 2001, she wore exactly the same thing every night, & what she wore wasn't terribly eye-catching, to say the least (except for the Mad Hatter top hat with the feathers).

I realize this is sort of a novel approach for fans, but why don't we examine Stevie's actual statement or statements?

The only one I ever read was indicating an almost rhetorical question that Buckingham asked her at some point in rehearsal--something like, "Do you need to be so flamboyant?" or whatever. What exactly did she say he said?

And are there other statements she made about this? In the old days, she said that the rest of the band probably looked at her in her bat wings as a little kooky, but never suggested the idea that she dressed to please them. (Besides, look at my sig picture & you'll see Chris dressed up like Stevie.)

Fans' thinking is incoherent. If Lindsey had demanded she look like a frump, how on earth would he have backed up such a demand? By withholding her salary? By knocking her over the hood of his car? By pulling his jacket up over his head in a grotesque imitation of her Rhiannon dance? By writing another "Go Your Own Way" about her cheating ways? :rolleyes:

In a fairly recent interview - La Nicks said that she consciously tones it down for FM shows because LB said that her stage clothes are too much. So, she said she went out and got that little black cardigan she wore on the SYW tour. She also refered to the cardigan as fabulous. I cannot find the exact quote, but that is gist of it.

In the end, I think she is doing what everyone in a long term relationship with a group of people does - she compromises a little for the good of the band :shrug: