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?