Exactly, how many times was "I Can't Wait" performed live?
 

I know of the following '86 performances:

-Dallas, TX (opening night of the tour)
-an Iowa date
-Long Beach

Any others, friends?

Thanks!

I'm 99% sure she played it during the RAL Bay Area tour date (I think it was at the Shoreline).

Kevin

Lexington, Ky
 

She performed it at Rupp Arena in Lexington, KY during the RAL tour in '86!

She came in late during the second verse... but it was a smokin' performance...

I know she describes I Can't Wait as "disastrous" to perform live, but I don't see where that impression came from, given the audio available. I'd like her to bring it back into the set, actually. It's much more suited to her modern voice than, say, Stand Back, which she often renders completely tuneless by shout-singing. I think she'd pull it off well and it'd be a great dose of energy to the set.

I believe she sang it at every RAL Tour date. I don't think she skipped it once

I agree with this. Plus it was a single and you know Stevie loves to perform new radio singles in concert.

Thanks friends.

I've also heard the same thing, Dex. All of the live audio sounds awesome to me. She even vogue-danced, and the crowd went completely wild! "I Can't Wait" would be a great addition!

The few videos that I've watched on YouTube, Stevie sounded great and the energy was incredible!

Who knows -- she did bring "Sisters Of The Moon" back (and I thought pigs would fly first). Maybe, just maybe, she will bring "I Can' Wait" back some day ... and while she's at it, have Dave Grohl produce her next album so she can still Rock A Little.
:nod:

I agree .She performed it at all RAL shows.


I would love to here her sing it now on tour.

I love 80's synth pop music.

I got the 12 inch single somewhere here.

I can vouch that she performed it at both the Costa Mesa and San Diego show as I attended both..I did not think that it translated well live.:shrug:

I can't wait to hear it live again either...
 

I've read in other posts that she said she always had difficulty performing it live... and others have said her timing was off, but needless to say, It's a Rockin' song.

Maybe one day it will be reborn.

I Can't Wait sounded just fine to most audience members. For years she complained that the song SARA did not translate well to the stage. I disagree. It doesn't sound as good as it could with her solo band but with FM it truly shines.

I agree.

Rick Moratta had to follow the tempo, not lead it. That alone made it stick out like a sore thumb during the set. I saw the RAL tour 3 times, and she lost her place 2 out of the 3 show's I saw. It moved around the set at least once, so I don't think neither she nor waddy knew where it should be placed. Also, by the end of the tour she was speaking the "How do I love you...'s"; they're a bit up there, and she wasn't doing too well singing her H's and oohs with that hole in her nose and coke-numbed vocal chords from the big rail she just inhaled at the last costume change. (she claims that post-hole diagnosis she could only do "a little bit" throughout that tour. However, I remember her hands fluttering and shaking SO much during a particular performance of 'beauty and the beast" that even my naive 19 year old self knew what was up). She needed a LOT to get that jacked-up at that point in her life...she wasn't doing no girl-sized bumps on show nights. Also I didn't think her voice fit comfortably in the song...on the record as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySDgWajPyPE

I just watched this version and I agree, with the right reworking of the tune (add some Waddy guitar influence and tambo by Stevie) this song Could work!

In this clip Stevie stands (almost comatose) in the clip as if not knowing what to do. Well, if she couldn't dance around crazy 30 years ago....what could she do with it now? Hmmm....mb Rock the (pop) up a bit? I say keep the synthesizers(with a more updated rock vibe) and explore it until it becomes a show-stopper. The new tour could be "Rock A Lot".

Vocals in this vid seems on par given the amount of "recreationals" that were used in full-force at this time. Also, I love the early (4year prior) vogueing that (Madonna re-created later) in the clip. This song could become the next FFG, GAG, or even an Upbeat (not overdone) Stand Back. Although I would Never want her to drop that for this song.

Someone else mention the placing of the song??? Yes I agree with you and Stevie. Where Could it fit in her current (and redundant) setlist? Allow me to rework her opening....

I Can't Wait
(thunder/showers intralude)
Outside The Rain (or even the very Eurthymics-esque Everybody Loves You) (because this song Reminds me of Here Comes The Rain Again)
OR even You May Be the One (for that matter) ;)
Dreams....
and so on

with that thought I can almost hear/see a whole concert featuring Stewart and Nicks with throw-backs to BOTH their eighties roots. Stevie likes to do So many covers, why not a few of the Eurythmics and other EIGHTIES (Prince, hehe) influenced artistists? Has she comepletely forgotten about Belinda Carlisle, Phil Collins, and Marilynn Martin? :laugh:

{raises hand} I was also at the Pacific Amphitheatre show in Costa Mesa...she definitely played it there.

If I recall correctly, it was the last song of what was kind of a "first set" (it was sort of break for her), after "I Can't Wait", Waddy then did an extended guitar solo (he was the only band member on stage) that EVENTUALLY led into "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"; as band members came back out one at a time. She was gone much longer than anyone expected, Waddy kept looking backstage to see if she was coming out...she wasn't, so he extended his solo even longer.

That "first set" was nearly FLAWLESS...just incredible...then it seemed like "I Can't Wait" was the turning point and the "second set" she was wobbling around, nearly falling off the front of the stage a couple of times...forgetting where to come in at some point in almost every song that set...slurring nearly incoherently in between songs. Both my buddy I went with & I thought we saw Stevie Nicks' final show...we both were expecting to read her Obit in the newpaper the next morning.

The live clips of ICW that I have heard are all better than I would have expected, though not without some "off" sounding moments. I think the biggest problem is that they tried to replicate the LP version too literally, including that obviously canned "How will I love you..." intro. They could have tried an intro based on the more straightforward intro from the 45 version and gone with a more organic arrangement throughout using mostly live instruments, augmented with selected synthesizer elements to retain some of the feel of the studio version. This approach would have been much more practical.

I agree with the above posts that, given the right arrangement, ICW would be a great song to resurrect for her concert set and would work well with her current voice. Actually, given her frequent statements about new and/or obscure songs not getting a good reaction in concert, it's puzzling why she hasn't put long-dropped hits like ICW back into her setlist. Other ones that come to mind are ROF, "Nightbird", TTM, ATGF...these would get a favorable response from both casual and diehard fans.