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Originally posted by Mike B
I agree, Randy. While I'm not surprised it's there, since so many people want to hear it, I'm not exactly happy to see it on the setlist. For me, The Dance tour was all about Silver Springs. It was like the entire show built up to that one song. Then, a million emotions were released in an eruption that lead to the last few songs in the set.
I knew they wouldn't be able to top that with the new tour. And I don't really think they are trying to give it the same emotional impact. I think they just kinda put it in because it was a success in '97. I've read a few reviews where Stevie seems to be punching it up a little, but yeah, without Chris and without the "oomph" from The Dance, I'd just as soon they left it out and let the song breath a while.
Maybe they could have subbed "I Don't Want To Know" for it. 
Mike B.
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I hear ya, I was afraid that SS was going to fall flat without Christine and especially without that emotional "tension" between Stevie and Lindsey just having reunited and working together again; before the "beginning of their closure" and all. However, I thought they did a fantastic job live without these factors and I was totally entranced in Stevie's performance. I guess we should just all be resigned to the fact that SS will never again be performed the way it was during The Dance, I mean all the factors that made it a dramatic masterpiece are not in line anymore.
