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Originally Posted by joe
i thought stevie looked and sounded phenomenal. i even thought "dreams" wasn't boring. i don't know if it's the combination of the haircut and outfits, or her energy level, but if it was the last time i ever see them or her, i'd be happy. she definately kicked it up a lot last night. i could tell as soon as she came out. lindsey did seem more subdued. he still pulled out the punches like last year, but just seemed preoccupied.
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The dropping of "Silver Springs" has tilted the scales way over into Lindseyland... Now there is a solid fifteen-minute stretch between "I'm So Afraid" and "Tusk" where Stevie twirls in for the occasional harmony and then vanishes away or hides in the shadows- it's almost like she is barely there. They really need to bring back SS or some other Stevie song as a counterpoint to all of the beat-heavy songs at the end of the set!
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Originally Posted by joe
she looked much more classy than last year. no sign of "black dress"!!! i have ZERO complaints about her wardrobe. i liked the black duster coat thing with the pink salmon design. it's basically the one she wore for the '98 "stand back" Leno or Letterman performance. the thing she brought out for "don't stop" looked pretty much like the one she wore in the Red Rocks video during "outside the rain/dreams". i totally forgot to look for the boots during "sara". i did notice the ones she wore at the end.
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I know I will be thrashed for this, but I thought the new accessories were kind of tacky. She looked like a little mannequin in a vintage store that was buried under too many layers of non-matching Victorian garments. I know each piece individually would have been quite stunning, put all together it looked like a big mess. I was wondering what her stylist must have been thinking to let her go on stage like that! I did like the new hairstyle, even though it seemed a tad too bleached and over-extensioned. But the wispy/frizzy curly bangs reminded me of her "Wild Heart" look. Of course this was probably inadvertent since the weather was probably wreaking havoc on the hair!
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what else....oh, "stand back" had to be one of the best ones i've seen in years. i know everyone says that but, it really kicked ass. oh, for some reason, "say you will" sounded like it was in a higher key. did they change the key for this leg? i'll have to check the bootlegs.
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Yes, I noticed the same thing about "Say You Will!" I think it works better in the higher key (just like I liked the higher key for the live version of "Destiny Rules" before it was dropped), but the choruses sounded even more munchkiny unfortunately. I suspect the "munchkins" are coming from the keyboard rather than a live singing munchkin. ;-)
I also thought it was a great show, and even a downright bizarre show. The three new songs, which ard kind of oddball choices, have a surprising impact on the show as a whole. "Red Rover" especially sounds even more left-of-center in the stripped-down live version. And "I Know I'm Not Wrong" works so well live that one wonders why it was never performed in concert before.