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Originally Posted by louielouie2000
This. It’s like the substance has been zapped from the band. The Chain is a song about passion, anger, and stubborn determination- this rendition had none of those emotions. The only word to describe it was just sad. Deeply sad.
Gypsy was less unfortunate to me. Like others have said, it’s never translated to the stage well, and Stevie never seems to have been able to nail the vocal, even back in the early ‘80s. I think her adjusting the vocal here was smart- made it much less cringeworthy. I still find it horribly sad this was the song Stevie purposely chose to sing, though. Of any of her FM songs, Gypsy is the one most closely associated with her musical relationship with Lindsey. It’s the song of hers he was most proud to help develop, and it’s the one song Stevie chose to perform for the new line up’s world debut. No wonder she was grinning the entire time... she stabbed Lindsey in the back and just keeps twisting the blade.
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My exact thoughts on Gypsy. I honestly thought it wasn’t even going to be played on this tour. They’ve left on off 1 or 2 tours in the last 20 years with Lindsey. Gypsy along with Sara are the 2 Stevie songs that show off Lindsey’s production heinous on her songs and they just have a uniquely Lindsey vibe. Not only is it making the set, they’re playing it on TV?