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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie
Well, what DOES she do as well as she did then? Hmmmm, lessee......(and I'm trying to be honest, not mean)....
She was the hottest looking chick in Rock.......she sang with her ALL(doing her best Janis that she could muster), she danced and performed like a mad woman. Face it, either she did it TOO well back then, or she's lame in comparison now. One, or the other. Okay, maybe both. She set her own bar too high.
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It was never the dancing or twirling or running around the stage or tambourine bashing that impressed me... it was the way Stevie, with that oddball voice, could hold an audience in the palm of her hand, even when she was standing completely still.
So, for me, she's far from lame compared to "the good ol' days."
In fact, the "manic Stevie" was fun in its time, and I miss that version on occasion, but I prefer the mature Earth Mother version of today.
When I want to watch Stevie in concert, I reach for 'The Dance' or 'Live In Boston' or something from the 'Enchanted' tour (I don't have much in the way of 'Shangri-La' bootleg videos), when I could just as easily reach for any number of other bootleg concerts I have from the '70s and '80s.
Either way, I don't see what that has to do with her weight, or why her weight has to be a topic of conversation in all reviews.
Tony stated that she sounded pretty great for the most part, and he didn't seem to have a problem with the way she avoided some of the notes in various songs... in fact he seemed sufficiently pleased by the way she used her lower register.
So rag on the dress, rag on the Herman Munster shoes, rag on her mobility issues (which WE know were caused by a hip injury and fatigue from menopause, but even "diehards" seemed pretty unforgiving of that, so I can't expect a casual fan to be any more forgiving)... but no woman needs to be referred to as a "fat little Java."
Whether she used to be a sex symbol or not.
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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie
And I'm not trying to toot my Chris horn here, but she sings BETTER than she did 30 years ago. Who else can make THAT claim?
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Christine DOES sound better than she did 30 years ago. Without a doubt.
But aside from a few moments/songs here and there, I tend to think Stevie does, too. Which, of course, is totally subjective.