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Originally Posted by Rickypt
That's why if I go to this Oct. 14th gig, I'm not going to have any expectations other than seeing Stevie in a small-ish venue with other fans.
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But shouldn't this really be the only realistic expectation we should have as fans? Not to pick on your or anything (your post just sparked this) but I don't get this, "we're entitled to x or y from Stevie as fans and especially if we're paying good $$$ for it." I mean, Stevie is a musician she is not beholden to anyone. If we enjoy her music, that should really be enough to satisfy us, not getting a lock of her golden hair or a hug or a kiss, or whatever it is that people want. This is kind of a spin-off of what Jyqm was talking about with the commodification aspect of this whole thing. Frankly, it creeps me out. I think it would be cool to see her in a smallish venue in an intimate setting a la the VH-1 Storytellers episode, but I just don't think coercing Stevie to do this by waving a lot of cash in her face will really garner an authentic performance from her. It would be another thing if SHE instigated something like this for her fans, then I would feel a little warmer and fuzzier inside about the whole thing; it would be more special and meaningful. But Stevie for hire doesn't do it for me. That's cool I guess if she agrees to it and does it and everyone has a blast, but it just seems weird, I dunno. And like Deanna said, 300 (or whatever) rabid Stevie fans frothing at the mouth over "touching" Stevie or getting her autograph or taking part in a possible meet and greet with her is really not an attractive imagined visual for me
