Everything Red Rocks
 

It's been snowing here in North Carolina for the past 12 hours and I've been snuggled up in my blanket watching the Red Rocks DVD. For some reason, the snowy weather and a hot cup of cocoa really make this DVD more enjoyable. So...let's discuss it in explicit detail. Is there anyone on this forum who had a chance to see this specific show?

What I Like:

-I love the atmosphere!

-The band sounds great!

-The hair! The hair! THE HAIR!

-Releasing of the doves moment where Stevie turns into the 'bird whisperer' and translates for the dove! "She loves you! She told me!" lol

-When Stevie says, "This is serious."

-The part in "No Spoken Word" when Stevie sings, "I don't know how to learn from the pages of a AKLJAKSSJDDKASLJDFKSDHH BOOK!"

-The dance break in the middle of "Stand Back!"

-When she gets crazy at the end of "Edge of Seventeen."

-The 'edge' walk.

What I hate:

-The close-ups! Stevie looks beautiful, but they don't even match the hairstyle or the vibe of the performance! They are just thrown in!

-The cheesy choreography that the back-up singers were doing the entire show!

-The re-dubbed vocals! UGHHH! I want the original vocals! Although there are moments when the original vocals are heard. Anyone have a good copy of the original show?

-The show is way too short on the DVD! It's over as soon as you start the darn thing!

-EDITING! Who edited this? Absolutely horrible editing!

You probably don't know that until about 1995 when Lightyear re-released this it had been out of print to the general public for YEARS! But in '95 I finally got ahold of it through mail order and bought the VHS which was 30.00. Later when the DVD came along I bought that too. I first remember watching this show on HBO as a teen in 1987 or '88.

Well I'm glad it's on DVD for everyone to enjoy now, even if it's one big beautiful disaster. It's a shame that nobody has released the 1981 show on DVD!

And that just added to my frustration all those years I asked around at stores and video stores about Red Rocks and it's unavailability but they always had In Concert stocked from 1982-83 grrrrrr! :mad:

I can totally understand where you're coming from!

ohhhh! I also love it when she she screams "Well take your violet and blue mornings with you!" at the end of "I Need to Know."

This video project should have been scrapped. It should have never been released to the public. The same for the Tango Live DVD. All because Stevie wanted to be remembered in the long run as a thin woman. Perhaps they would have been enjoyable if we were allowed to see the actual shows. Instead we got chopped and screwed performances.

Are you rerally enjoying this DVD Brett???

Well, last year, when I first received the Red Rocks DVD I was extremely disappointed when I found out about the re-dubbed vocals. I noticed the close-up shots right from the start. I've come to terms with it though. I do enjoy the Red Rocks show, but it could've been better if they left a lot of it alone. I have a feeling Stevie went in and was like, "I look horrible! I sound horrible! We are going to re-do this show right here in the studio!" Someone should have said, "Stevie, leave it alone!" I know her vocals weren't the best during this tour, but they were soooo raw, crazy, and filled with emotion! Isn't that what we all love about the RAL era? I do!

As for the Tango DVD, well...I can't even stomach it.

Fans will always like or dislike something about Stevie or The Mac on the fan boards. I don't even pay attention to it anymore. I like what I've always liked or disliked about them. It doesn't matter if others feel the same.

:blob1::blob1::blob1:i love this dvd concert for the train wreck that it is..we usually pop it in after a few cocktails and point out all the fabulousness! Stevie was at her worst but thats what makes it so wonderful! Especially 'Edge' ...when she flips out!:blob1::blob1::blob1:

Someone make me the Red Rocks black coat. I love it.

hahaha! It's flippin' awesome!

oh...and the guy in the red hawaiian shirt and the chic with the crazy hair next to him ...:shocked:

I was just thinking of that! hahaha! Epic!

Stevie needs to start giving us some more behind-the-scenes backstage footage of her taped commercial concerts, like before. Even a few precious moments meant so much allowing us to peek at what goes on.