See my whole point is that Stevie got it into her head back in 1976 that she could ONLY do songs the crowd already knew. This was because Fleetwood Mac toured at the very end of '76 and did songs from the then unreleased album "Rumours". The crowds didn't know the songs and just kind of sat there. Stevie then said "that's when we realized you can't throw new things at people because they will hate it until the album has been out awhile and they know the songs." What Stevie failed to realize is that in 1976 there were Mac fans who were still wanting to hear "Oh Well" and "Hypnotized" and all the other Peter Green or Bob Welch era stuff, they weren't ready to accept this skinny blonde chick up there. But Stevie (and Fleetwood Mac) have stuck with that thought process ever since.
People like Billy Joel and Elton John have been touring for years and have nothing new, but yet they change the set list each tour, hell they change them slightly each SHOW! Stevie will tour and then say how much fun she has doing new things, but she won't change her own set. Stevie's not being played on the radio anymore, so anyone who goes is already aware of her songs. She can still do the hits, but throw in maybe four never done live before songs!!!
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