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Originally Posted by Nathan
Hmm. I'll have to go back and listen to the Pittsburgh show. I do know that the night before that, 6/27, in Philadelphia, there was nothing 'phoned in' about it. Seriously, one of her best, and others have expressed that opinion, as well.
Of course, I have seen the Fargo show, and "dazed" is not an adjective that comes to mind for me. I seem to recall Sara and Gypsy from that show, and BATB, and my recollection is that she was engaged and present during those. We are talking about the Fargo show, though, and the quality of that is pretty low, as are the variety of angles. Perhaps you have a superior copy.
Frequently disappearing from the stage, to me, does not equate to phoning it in as much as it does to getting 'tuned up.' The WH tour was basically a nonstop party, and SN has said as much in interviews.
You may be right about him meaning the HBO or US Festival shows, rather than going to see it in-person. This is something someone should ask him, if/when he does any future meet and greets. I was too nervous when I met him a few years ago to ask anything substantive, lol.
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You are right about Philly. She is on fire. My guess is she and Joe stayed up all night and maybe she was ill for the next night in Pittsburgh. She sounded not great. Even though the recording is bad you can still tell something is wrong. She says after GDW, nothing can make me fell better than I did just 10 minutes ago. What does that mean? She is ill? She got bad news? Kim served her divorce papers? Who knows. She stops the concert at some point to rearrange floor speakers by herself.
If you don't think she looks dazed in Largo then we have a difference of opinion. Look at her introduction to Leather and Lace. She expresses her band's concern that she disappeared backstage and relates herself to a captain of a ship. You can see that her face is numb and she is high as a kite which is why that professionally shot show never saw the light of day. Wild Heart shows were hit or miss like the RAL tour. Its been a consensus here that the first part of the tour was not great.