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Originally Posted by David
Yeah it was for a bunch of things like Don Kirshner's Rock Concert & Casey Kasem's Top 10 & other stuff like that.
We need the video of that whole song: the uncut "Sara" because they cut out a third of the song for the film. (Fleetwood Mac never cut it in performance.) You can at least hear the whole performance on the 11.06.79 soundboard.
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Interestingly enough, they used some of that cut footage as filler in the final piece. As an editor, I notice shots that don't quite sync up. One example is the shot during the final verse "but if you build your house then call me home..." Lindsey is walking toward Christine who is looking toward the stage. As a new close-up fades in on the 2 of them from behind, you can tell they're both singing the chorus, "sara." Another good example, the clip after the piano intro that starts with the close-up of Mick and then zooming out to a full shot of the entire stage is actually the footage before "Hold on, the night is coming..." If you sync up the actual audio to these parts, you can get it to work. I did this in my complete boredom, yet curiousity, years ago.
Out of all the performances I've ever heard of that song, that one is still the best. There are others that come close (Japan, Cleveland). But she just seemed to melt into that song. Most likely, fueled for the cameras and the newness of the song.
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Originally Posted by Alexbt
It's a great performance... oddly enough, this is also the performance of Sara used on Fleetwood Mac Live, but Stevie overdubbed much of the vocals, and Lindsay and Chris dubbed in the "Ahhhhs" and "Sara" stuff that they weren't doing live for some reason....
I think the video version is interesting because Lindsay's mic sounds like it's off... or just on some quiet reverb or something... It blares on the soundboard though. 
I'm always sad to hear the SYW tour versions of this because she doesn't hold out the end like she does on the video. |
On the FM Live version, you can actually hear the "ghost" of the original vocal at certain quiet parts.
I like the version on the video with the reverbed Lindsey mic. They must have done that in postproduction. It was a nice touch.