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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

No offense, but the major flaw in that argument is... if Stevie isn't worried about the fact that she's lowered the key on every other song she sings on stage, why would she worry about lowering it on any of the others? It's not like she's desperately hiding the fact that her voice has changed over the years. All she has to do is open her mouth, and anyone who isn't completely deaf can hear that.
Hell, by that logic, she'd be better off sticking only to songs she's recorded over the past 15 years, since they're already in her lower register and the difference between the live performance and the studio recording wouldn't be so noticeable.

Here's a question for everyone... since the point was made about how low she sings "Stop Draggin'" now... would you rather she sing your favorite rarely-played/never-before-played song in a markedly lower key or not at all?

That's not asked in a snarky way, it's an honest question.

For example, if she sings "Storms" but has to lower it to a range that's not as demanding on her voice night after night, would it still be cool to hear, or would it diminish enjoyment of the song? How about "I Can't Wait" slowed down a little and sung deeper?

There are songs that she can still sing in the original key. Beautiful Child and BATB are two examples. I think she could still pull off Storms in the original key. There are a whole list of them. She could still sing Bella Donna, Angel and pretty much anything from Street Angel. We can pretty much forget about hearing anything from Rock A Little with the exception of HAEWAFY. She could still sing Desert Angel, I think. So there you go.