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08-12-2011, 11:49 PM
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Did she actually say that into the microphone and to the crowd? About it being rude? Wow....How embarrassing!
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08-12-2011, 11:51 PM
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08-12-2011, 11:56 PM
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This makes me wonder . . . I keep thinking of when FM security came out from behind the barrier and told me to put my camera away and didn't say anything to any of the other 500 people with cameras. Maybe they thought I was filming. At any rate, if you don't have a flash going, she shouldn't let it distract her. Michele
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08-13-2011, 01:08 AM
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One of them got up in front of Stevie's mic waving her hands during Secret Love so her friend could get a picture of her, I guess?! I can see how it would be very distracting. I wasn't paying attention to them enough to know if they were filming but I think Stevie is totally justified in asking them to stop. And If I was distracted in the next section, I can only imagine how it was for her. I have never seen Stevie angry like that and I have to admit, I kinda liked it. Don't mess with Stevie and her show! The show was awesome but the crowd was pitiful. For Annabel Lee and Ghosts Are Gone, my friend and I who were in the front row  were the only ones standing up in the front section AT ALL ! Everytime we looked back no one else was standing.. The crowd only stood for the "hits". I was disgusted that no one showed any appreciation for the new songs. I loved the smiles my friend and I got from Stevie and Waddy though who truly seemed to enjoy us dancing and singing I truly hope no more of the new songs get dropped as the tour progresses for everyone who hasn't seen them live.. They were awesome! I was able to get the setlist from a roadie and got a double hand grab from Stevie during the Edge walk. She also spoke to me when she grabbed my hands but I couldn't hear what she said  That almost made up for the crowd's lack of enthusiasm but there is really nothing more upsetting to me than seeing our girl sing her heart out with such passion performing those incredible new songs with zero praise from the crowd. I just don't get it. Why pay $250 to go see a concert just to sit all night especially during a rocker like Ghosts !? Last edited by Fever Dance; 08-13-2011 at 01:12 AM..
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08-13-2011, 01:32 AM
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08-13-2011, 01:35 AM
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Why pay $250 to go see a concert just to sit all night especially during a rocker like Ghosts !?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Because some people are idiots!
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08-13-2011, 01:36 AM
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08-13-2011, 01:38 AM
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um...wow...
I hope the CWP show crowd is better tonight than the way you all are decribing
 
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08-13-2011, 02:00 AM
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08-13-2011, 03:36 AM
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Although I have said Landslide should come back and am glad that it did, I do not think it should have been at the expense of a new song, particularly the title track and name of the tour. She said she'd do anything to get these new songs heard and now she drops one already? Hmmm... In Your Dreams should definitely be the first encore with Landslide at the end or even Has Anyone Ever - either one but not Love Is. Love Is should be before Edge. She did a 16 song set at the Wiltern so Landslide should be back without sacrificing anything. Again, hmmm... Although if she were to add back an IYD track let is be New Orleans. Then I'm ok with her dropping IYD lolol
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08-13-2011, 03:43 AM
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08-13-2011, 05:10 AM
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I’ll try to be coherent, though I’m simultaneously tired & hyper from a zillion ice coffees & sugar foods from IHOP after the show, & I need to take out my contacts soon…Not to mention I'm on the inevitable post-concert-Stevie-high…
This was (I think) my 18th Stevie concert, counting Mac shows. My last four before this, I had front-row seats. Tonight I went with my friend Shellie for the 3rd time in a row. Last time we were front row center in Dallas but (supposedly at Lindsey’s request) security let 12 rows up to the stage from the start of the show & we almost lost our spots at the stage. This time I bought Row C by phone because I did not want to gamble that better seats would come up, & I figured if several rows might go up anyway, what do I have to lose. According to the online map of the venue, our seats tonight would be 2nd row, but the Ticketmaster woman insisted they were 3rd row (made sense, considering this was C!). Either way, the map made clear that these two end seats stuck out at an angle, with no seats in front of us, so if we had to rush the stage, we might not have to hurt/maim anyone. Always thinking of others, I am. The venue at Grand Prairie is indeed interesting. Once there, we realized that Row A is only in the very center section (of 5 sections). So in our section (next one from center), we were 2nd row (since 1st row is B), but because no seats were in front of us, and our seats were angled, we were as close to the stage as the Row A people of the center section. Score! Nice surprise. Happy dance. Happy text message to Livia. Let the heavenly chorus of Street Angels sing. This venue has the lowest stage I’ve ever seen at an indoor venue for a Stevie show – about hip-high. As a result, Stevie’s mic was pretty far back from the edge of the stage. The stage was easily climb-able, & perhaps this is why nobody was allowed up to the stage until Edge. Air conditioning was on high, meaning I was fine, but the TX natives around me were freezing their Lone Star assets off for the first time in all this miserable summer. Shellie got a margarita for sixteen freakin’ bucks (now we know how they afford the a/c bill). Glad I’m not a drinker. I am, however, a pee-er, so in fairness I will note my appreciation of the clean & spacious men’s restroom. The official camera people kept filming while standing or kneeling right in front of us (I mean in our ticket section, not the men’s restroom of the last paragraph, just to be clear), which was a bit obnoxious. Hopefully this will not be a problem for people attending other shows. The camera people seemed to want to film Lori & Sharon especially from low angles, and given the two singers’ As many fans have experienced, normally in the front-pit we can’t hear our own voices for all the noise from the speakers up by the stage, but tonight the volume was not loud at all. Lori and Sharon were almost completely inaudible, at least where we were seated. I could see their mouths moving but heard nothing at all of their vocals during most songs. That was a first for me; if anything, the traditional complaint has been that they sometimes drown out Stevie. Lori turned around to correct the sound people during almost every song, and Stevie did at least once as well. Could not tell if they were part of the solution or the problem. Sound for the whole band was especially off during much of “Annabel Lee” and part of GDW. Security was probably the tightest I have ever seen at a show, & I’ve seen some doozies. Yes, the pit crowd seemed shockingly tame, but at least part of that seemed to be the result of security pouncing on people to sit or put down their cameras. It was almost comical, with people sitting upright at attention, like they were being graded, at least in the first rows. Now a lengthy moment for some petty venting that will have little interest to anybody but me, but I'll indulge anyway. Blame IHOP. As always, I made a point to talk with security before the show to see if & when we might be permitted to get to the stage. They knew nothing about the Edgewalk & whatever, but kindly offered to let us be the 1st to know once anybody was allowed up. Awesome. Then our security people switched spots with another security person, who sat right next to me. She was pretty militant about her job, she soon made clear. I used my camera phone only discretely & sneakily, sort of like that uptight woman in the film Trading Places who sprays perfume on the guy next to her at the police station while pretending to be doing nothing. When Edge was about to start, this security woman told us (when I asked) that we would be allowed up only AFTER this song. The song started, the other sections (to our left) immediately piled up at the stage, and we ran up. Right away, she pulled us back. I argued with her, holding my temper despite the fact that our area (the right third) of the stage was completely empty, while the other side was full of fans. She insisted that SHE made the rules for HER section & that other security staff people were responsible for THEIR sections. I was furious – why would I pay for those seats if I could not participate in the walk – and why leave that whole part of the stage empty when others who paid what we paid were getting favorable treatment, just because they had lucked out with more docile security people? She & I went back & forth like this several times, with me attempting to be nice while conveying the absurdity of this situation & explaining that the Edgewalk is something Stevie always does to connect with her fans - in other words, it was not just an attempt by me to get close to a rock star who wanted fans kept at a distance. Finally giving up on banging my head against this wall of a human being, I walked back to Shellie & told her that we would rush the stage once Stevie got to our area for the walk – even if it meant we’d get thrown out before “Love Is”. To add insult to injury, an audience member came from the far left side, stood at our part of the stage, & turned to us with a big grin. Great, now we were losing our own ground to people who were defecting from the lenient security areas. For those minutes I did not enjoy Edge & kept saying to Shellie how angry I was – I could understand if the policy were consistent, but this was bull. When the actual Edgewalk started, a few people from our section rushed up. We followed, hesitantly, and looked to our dear security person for approval (Stevie was way at the other end & we did not want to get pulled away too soon – our plan had been to rush at the exact moment Stevie was near us). The security woman now just stared off into the crowd, pretending not to see anything that was happening. Smart move, if a little late. Long story less-long, I got to grasp hands with Stevie again, thank her, & tell her I loved her. (How original. Sue me. My mood had gone from very dark to gleeful in a flash.) This was the first time where I felt that she lingered for a moment to make eye contact with me, so that was a special moment. I also got a smile from Lori (yes, I noticed her face, even if the camera guys apparently did not). Stevie has definitely lost weight. For those who care, she wore those black boots with the heels throughout the night & I did not notice her having any problems with the dread falling leg warmers. At the end of “Stand Back”, she announced that she has had the red shawl since 1976. Yeah, Stevie fans will applaud anything. As I have mentioned here in the past, I am a weirdo magnet, especially if not only at Stevie shows. During the opening act, one interesting woman was screaming from several rows back that she loves Michael Grimm. For reasons we may never fathom, our security guy (this was before they switched) let her come up, stand right against my side, & scream (almost in my ear!) at the stage between songs that she loves him & is his biggest fan & even voted for him to win on “America’s Got Talent”. (Yes, she apparently thought she was the deciding vote for this national show. Clearly I was in the presence of greatness.) Michael stopped, looked at her, & then said nothing – just went on to play another song.  At the end of his set she made her way back to the front (like I said, security was unreasonably strict only for most of us) & tried to demand that the crew get her an autograph from him because she voted for him on AGT. Fail.At the end of Stevie’ set, another woman, right next to me, demanded one of the song lists from the crew. Rather than take no for an answer, she called the crew names & then laughingly said that she had cancer (so that she could get a list), smirking at me & Shellie. WTH is wrong with people? Stevie’s comments about hating the picture-taking came right after she made a point to welcome a guy who had arrived in a wheelchair for that section. She wanted to make sure he was “comfy,” & that the rest of us in the audience were, too. She then said that she wanted the people right there to stop holding cameras up at her while she’s singing because this “throws her off” the words to her songs. She explained how it’s like being filmed while unwrapping gifts on your birthday or something to that effect. Some people clapped. Then she made an awkward transition to “Sorcerer” by saying that this is now how she feels, tired, thirsty, & miserable. After “Stand Back”, Stevie referred to terrible winds last night at Sturgis. She said she was sure the whole stage would fall over & blow away. Later, after “Rhiannon”, she said she now realizes she kind of misses performing with all the wind from last night. Now a few thoughts about some of the songs… Stand Back – I am NOT sick of this as the opener. SO much better than OTR or SDMHA or “Enchanted”. Secret Love – Unless I missed it, she did not do most of the annoying mime moves. Thank you, whoever has been reading the Ledge & redirecting her in this department. Rhiannon – I can’t specify what’s different about the mix this time, but it sounded far better tonight than on the last few tours. Leather and Lace – Decent. The voice teacher sounds a little like George Michael, I think. Then again, the sound was not great, so maybe he sounds like Tiny Tim? Stevie said his mom was in the audience. Landslide – Gave the old intro about her dad thinking the song is about him. During the song they played family photos & clips from the “Sometimes It’s a Bitch” video. Love Is – I’ve never been a fan of the song, but she sang it beautifully tonight. Moonlight – Much better live than I expected. Vocal sounded more nuanced & less hoarse than at the Wiltern or Red Rocks, if Youtube gives any indication. Soldier’s Angel – This blew everybody away. THE song of the tour. One of the best live vocals I have ever heard from her. She really gave it her all. Lindsey's absence hurt the song not a bit. I’ll be shocked & disappointed if she drops this one from her set. The screen showed photos of soldiers’ graves & coffins draped with the American flag. Afterwards, she asked fans to donate at least five bucks to USO or another charity to help soldiers. That’s it for now. Thanks for a fun night, Stevie. Your voice alone was worth the price of admission tonight. Your beauty & charm make up for the aggravation of crazy security. - Jake
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08-13-2011, 05:17 AM
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- Jake
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“The hair went from perm to growing out perm to really bad growing out perm to almost straight to good straight to long straight to beautiful straight to a lot of work straight back to the perm.”
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08-13-2011, 05:29 AM
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 - Jake
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“The hair went from perm to growing out perm to really bad growing out perm to almost straight to good straight to long straight to beautiful straight to a lot of work straight back to the perm.”
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08-13-2011, 07:45 AM
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She said this?? After lambasting Brittney Spears in an interview, when the reporter mentioned that Brittney complained to the audience about her back or knee pain? I believe Stevie's exact words were "You do not tell the audience about your dumbass problems!!" In any case this doesn't bode well for her next show, which is tonight? Yikes! I hope she doesn't get sick before she comes to NY.
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