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Originally Posted by Macfan4life
I have a different take. I think she did it when she fell into her fantasy world of being a big rock star. It would have been cool to do 1981-1989. But she had new material then to perform on stage. When her music career dried up and it was only concerts, performing Led Zeppelin made her feel cool and a rock queen. She did it for her not as a tribute to Zeppelin. When Heart did it all through the 80s it was their encore and tribute. It was not about them. She really wanted to be that rock star. If you recall that 1990 interview where she says she still gets knocked out in disbelief when a Fleetwood Mac song gets played between Led Zeppelin and The Who. Most of her crowd tolerates the song but its not their favorite. But its Stevie pretending she is the queen of rock. I bet Waddy talked her into it. He was the one that also twisted her arm into doing Crying In The Night on the 24k Gold Tour (her words from the stage).
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Spot on. She does Rock n Roll and Free Falling because they are guaranteed to go over with a big splash with the audience. Big showstoppers and she gets all the applause. The Free Falling thing is really gross at this point, she’s using it as the musical equivalent to a comedian using cheap jokes for easy laughs. She’s only interested in getting the arena rock audience response and her ego cannot handle people going to the bathroom during Blue Denim.
It’s ironic that she’s so quick to teather herself to other artists yet loves to preach that her solo success was built entirely on her own and she didn’t need anyone else’s help. It’s only a matter of time before circle dance and crash make a comeback!