I haven't watched THE DANCE in several years, and I went out and bought the DVD last night to replace my old VHS copy.
I can't say how much I enjoyed the DVD, and it was nice to get reaquainted with THE DANCE, which truly was a phenomenal performace. The new songs all fit nicely with the classics, and quite impressively I might add. (Why wasn't "Sweet Girl" ever put to tape???)
I wish "Gypsy" had been left off the set list and replaced with something like "Seven Wonders" or even "Sara", which could have been done just especially for the filming of the concert. ("Gypsy" continues to fall flat for me in a live setting, then and now...the only highlight being Lindsey's excellent guitar work at the end.) I wouldn't have minded hearing "Never Going Back Again" done here as well as something like "Second Hand News", after all, they were celebrating the 20th Anniversary of RUMOURS.
THE DANCE truly outperforms the Eagles' HELL FREEZES OVER. The Eagles phoned it in for that performance, as cold and heartless as anything I've seen done by a music group. What does everyone else think?
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