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Originally Posted by PenguinHead
Great points, Blue Denim! At the very least Stand Back can stand back in the middle, beginning and end of this tour, in favor of a new song. Despite the "energy" factor many cite as a justification for it to stay in the set, somehow Fleetwood Mac shows were just fine long before Stand Back ever existed. No one is going to miss it.
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Stevie might miss it. She wants her share of songs in the set that bring that kind of reaction. She had
Rhiannon in the old days, but that exorcism
Rhiannon cost her long term and it's not the same triumph today when it's performed. So, now the song she has that makes people leap up at the opening note and still has them fanning themselves after it's over are
Stand Back and GDW. Solo, she also has Edge too, but with FM she doesn't have the equivalent. I think she likes keeping a hot dance number in her selections.
She has other songs that the audience might also like.
Seven Wonders might get enhanced attention after AHS, especially. But to keep a balance in the songs we get from her, so there's an even representation of soft, sultry, fast and loud, I think
Stand Back is the only thing that works. The old SOTM would work too, but not the version we got on the last tour.
There's
Landslide on one side of the scale, causing the audience to sway in unison. What's on the other? Aside from Edge, I don't think she has another song that can be her
Don't Stop or
GYOW.
I wouldn't care if
Stand Back wasn't in the setlist. But I understand the needs that keep the band from dropping it. Michele