Wryly funny things Stevie has said onstage while slightly stoned

[bikerchic]

Originally Posted by EveryHour

That was the US Fest '83:

"She's yours for $10,000!"

That's it! Thank you.

1986 Iowa....

"if i ever decide to go back to school.........maybe i'll go here."

[Nikolaj]

Some of my favorite Stevie-isms were at the US Festival in '83, she was very buzzed-funny that night: "Sharon Celani- she's yours for $25,000"--
"over there, mr. cameraman from we-don't-know where"-- "don't tell me to take a right off the freeway, I'll turn left", pointing with the wrong arms as she says it, "you'll be the only 75,000 people who know the story behind 'stand back'-- "from the new abum the wild heart which we will be delivering personally to your door like girl scout cookies"--
when trying to talk about a "Scarlett O'Hara moment" she fuzzes up the pronounciation making it more like 'ohearye'-- she misses the cue to sing after the bridge of 'stop draggin' as mr cameraman catches her with a wine glass in her hand and she runs back to the microphone, and near the end of the song with Waddy she yanks hard on his hair (sounding awesome, the best SDMHA to me) and as the band plays the ending of Stop Draggin she walks over to either Sharon or Lori and lifts up the billowy edges of her skirt, laughing. During a stellar 'How Still My Love' she reverses the sequence of 2 lines, and makes arrow motions with her hands, like 'i just sung those lines backwards'-- and it worked fine!
Also coming to mind was a radio broadcast of a RAL concert a couple years later, where in a loud, slurred Valley Girl dialect she yells "I'm SOOOO HAPPY THAT YOU STAYYYYED!"---

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by Nikolaj

when trying to talk about a "Scarlett O'Hara moment" she fuzzes up the pronounciation making it more like 'ohearye'--

That US Festival concert was just too freakin' cool. She was having fun... she was loopy... she poured her heart into every song.
One of my favorites.

But... I don't think she mispronounced "O'Hara"... to me it sounded like she was going for a little Southern accent there (or "they-ah" ).

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by AliP

Buffalo, NY 7/2/83 ~ "Not to be like Lindsey and cut off your applause"

Buffalo, NY 7/2/83 ~ (after introducing Sara and saying it's about everyone she's ever met before someone in the audience yells "David Bowie!" Stevie says "I met him and he didn't have anything to say to me." Then she sings "Wait a minute David" at the beginning of Sara. LOL.


Indianapolis, IN 7/27/83 ~ Somebody gives Stevie a stuffed bear and she keeps singing to the bear "Well did you see her, well yes you did. Did you see that bear? Can she play? Well, yes she can!" (I think that is what she is saying ??)


Ames, IA 11/23/83 ~ "I love this city, but I don't really know where I am! I know I'm in Des Moines! I love the air!"

NY, NY 8/5/86 ~ She tells everyone that she and Lori are planning on becoming Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders after the tour. (can't remember the exact quote)

these are absolutely hilarious!!!~

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by Nikolaj

Some of my favorite Stevie-isms were at the US Festival in '83, she was very buzzed-funny that night: "Sharon Celani- she's yours for $25,000"--
"over there, mr. cameraman from we-don't-know where"-- "don't tell me to take a right off the freeway, I'll turn left", pointing with the wrong arms as she says it, "you'll be the only 75,000 people who know the story behind 'stand back'-- "from the new abum the wild heart which we will be delivering personally to your door like girl scout cookies"--
when trying to talk about a "Scarlett O'Hara moment" she fuzzes up the pronounciation making it more like 'ohearye'-- she misses the cue to sing after the bridge of 'stop draggin' as mr cameraman catches her with a wine glass in her hand and she runs back to the microphone, and near the end of the song with Waddy she yanks hard on his hair (sounding awesome, the best SDMHA to me) and as the band plays the ending of Stop Draggin she walks over to either Sharon or Lori and lifts up the billowy edges of her skirt, laughing. During a stellar 'How Still My Love' she reverses the sequence of 2 lines, and makes arrow motions with her hands, like 'i just sung those lines backwards'-- and it worked fine!
Also coming to mind was a radio broadcast of a RAL concert a couple years later, where in a loud, slurred Valley Girl dialect she yells "I'm SOOOO HAPPY THAT YOU STAYYYYED!"---

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~sooooooooo funny!!! ~

[ShangriLaTroubl]

Originally Posted by Nikolaj

Also coming to mind was a radio broadcast of a RAL concert a couple years later, where in a loud, slurred Valley Girl dialect she yells "I'm SOOOO HAPPY THAT YOU STAYYYYED!"---

Ohhh yes I LOVE that one..I had it on mp3 somewhere..cant find it now


I love from 1994..some show..cant remember which during the band intros shes talking in all these diff. accents :

"introducing the band " (she says in a russian accent) "im from russia tonight.." and calls all the band members, "so and so from FRANCE...BONJOUR" and does all the accents with them "from scandenavia..yea!" it's great

Chris

[EveryHour]

Originally Posted by Nikolaj

"over there, mr. cameraman from we-don't-know where"--

My intent is not to nitpick, but what she actually said is just that little bit funnier so I had to bring it up...

After introducing:

"Sharon Celani, dark hair"

and

"Miss Loretta Perry, from Texas"

then it's

"and Mr. Film Camera, from we don't know where"

[sparky]

Originally Posted by Sorcerer386

"As the fairy tale goes, in the story of the beauty and the beast, you cannot look upon the beast, until you can look upon the beast with love, because it bums him out completely and then it kills him."

THIS IS MY FAVORITE.

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by Nikolaj

"from the new abum the wild heart which we will be delivering personally to your door like girl scout cookies"--

A dream come true!! Too bad she was kidding.

[MACFAN]

"we're talking chiffon.....chiffon.....and more chiffon....."

[Hawkeye]

not onstage but while working on Kind of Woman she says "we're all really from Spain, I'm sure of it"

[Nixxxed]

This was NOT THAT FUNNY at the time, but after almost 20 years, it's hilarious (at least to me):

I was at opening night of the Rock A Little tour at the Houston Summit, when Stevie fell off the stage into the side (unused) audio pit. It wasn't the first time she'd stumbled that night -- she almost tripped over her monitor during a GDW twirl, and almost fell into the front row after the first few songs leaning down to grab a bouquet of roses from a fan. This really surly older bodyguard would run out to center stage and grab her around the waist, which kept her from involuntarily crowd surfing.

Towards the end of the show, Stevie went to the far right-hand side of the stage and was waving to people in the lower sections, and someone held out some flowers with a teddy bear. Stevie reached for it, and fell off the stage into the pit. I was in a floor section, and all we saw was Stevie reaching out from the stage, and then a blur of black chiffon and blonde hair, and she was gone. All kinds of crew members rushed to the pit, and after several tries finally pulled her back onstage.

Once standing onstage, she rushed directly to her mike and gushingly apologized for the mishap, saying (approximately):

"I couldn't see the pit! It was so dark over there that I fell in. And then my guys tried to pull me out, but they shoved the soundboard into me instead. THEY WERE SQUASHING MEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

Then she laughed, composed herself, and the band went straight into the next song. Of course, I heard about her entering Betty Ford about a year later and thought about the incident. I'm just so glad she wasn't hurt!! Concert stages are a good 4 feet tall, and when you add in the height of the platforms... Guess all the chiffon broke her fall!!!

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by Nixxxed

Once standing onstage, she rushed directly to her mike and gushingly apologized for the mishap, saying (approximately):

"I couldn't see the pit! It was so dark over there that I fell in. And then my guys tried to pull me out, but they shoved the soundboard into me instead. THEY WERE SQUASHING MEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

Then she laughed, composed herself, and the band went straight into the next song. Of course, I heard about her entering Betty Ford about a year later and thought about the incident. I'm just so glad she wasn't hurt!! Concert stages are a good 4 feet tall, and when you add in the height of the platforms... Guess all the chiffon broke her fall!!!

Whoa! I'm glad she didn't hurt herself.

[jbrownsjr]

1980 Tusk tour "She said Buffalo thank you so much!!!"

The rest of us were in Cleveland.

Christine and John were laughing their asses off by the keyboards and LB was smiling at Stevie like "um hon we're in Cleveland". Mick didn't seem to notice.