Stevie Nicks Ohio State Fair 1994

[BirdInFlight]

A couple of shows from those eras stand out as really great. Live at the Greek from '89 is an awesome OSOTM show. She flat out tears the place apart and has one of my fave OTR versions ever. The Timespace show from Philly is great, too. A spirited IAF and a rockin' Rhiannon, amongst others.

But that's about it.

[upontheventura]

LOL. Well I just joined this board so I don't want to be too negative. The 2001 shows weren't nearly as energetic as the Enchanted shows. That i'll say. And the RAL shows. Musically, that was my favorite tour. Vocally, Stevie was all over the map. But she had passion in her voice.

[wheart]

Originally Posted by BirdInFlight

A couple of shows from those eras stand out as really great. Live at the Greek from '89 is an awesome OSOTM show. She flat out tears the place apart and has one of my fave OTR versions ever. The Timespace show from Philly is great, too. A spirited IAF and a rockin' Rhiannon, amongst others.

But that's about it.

I agree about the Philly '91 show. I was there and got to meet her after the show but even beyond that, it was a great performance. The crowd was very much into it! I think the pro shot '89 show in San Jose was one of the better shows from that tour. Looking at Stevie now, those shows are quite different but they still hold a certain charm for me.

[Nightbirdjel]

Originally Posted by David

So I want to know what happened to all those thousands of Stevie Nicks fans who absolutely raved about those tours at the time they were occurring? You couldn't open a fan magazine in those days without reading dozens of purple-prosed raves of some show in 1989, 1990 or 1991. "Stevie looks & sounds her best ever" was the repeating refrain.

Did those people all die?

Nope, I'm still here!
I have a vinyl Westwood One radio show from the OSM tour that I believe to be phenomenal. The version of GDW on that record is the best solo version I've ever heard. I'm only speaking strictly for myself though, and realize not everyone will agree (ok, practically no one!). I saw her on that tour and yeah, she was a little hefty but her voice was fine, to me. But then again, I'm one of those unconditional kooks that could find brilliance in her farting into a microphone! (*Puts asbestos suit on for the incoming flames*)

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Nightbirdjel

Nope, I'm still here!
I have a vinyl Westwood One radio show from the OSM tour that I believe to be phenomenal. The version of GDW on that record is the best solo version I've ever heard. I'm only speaking strictly for myself though, and realize not everyone will agree (ok, practically no one!). I saw her on that tour and yeah, she was a little hefty but her voice was fine, to me. But then again, I'm one of those unconditional kooks that could find brilliance in her farting into a microphone! (*Puts asbestos suit on for the incoming flames*)

I saw her in Houston for the OSM tour - she was high as a kite and moved only a little. I remember thinking she was singing okay - in fact fine or great in some areas - but she looked so wasted I was very nervous for her and worried she might pull a Bette M. in The Rose. Thank goodness she cleaned up her act.

As an aside, I remember trying to rush the stage as I had done for the RAL tour and not being able to do so because I was too late and too far up But, I got within like ten rows so I guess that is better than nothing

Finally, I thought her voice was much worse on the TITN tour. And, while I love her, CM's voice was not good on that tour as well. I have trouble listening to those boots and rarely do because of that - well that and I did not care for Billy and Rick's voices in the blend, though I like them on their own and recognize each has a lot of talent. The TITN tour was just not that great for me

Interestingly, La Nicks and CM both regained their voices with a vengence for The Dance; actually, Stevie had hervoice for SA, but no one or at least few would look past the weight - sad, very true.

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by wheart

I agree about the Philly '91 show. I was there and got to meet her after the show but even beyond that, it was a great performance. The crowd was very much into it! I think the pro shot '89 show in San Jose was one of the better shows from that tour. Looking at Stevie now, those shows are quite different but they still hold a certain charm for me.

I do like the San Jose 89 vid a lot but I think there are even better performances from that tour. Rotterdam, Holland November 24th 1989 is great both in quality and performance. I will Say the same for the Paris, France Bootleg.

As for the TS tour. I think that the Philly show is great. Great in performance. I think the best show from that tour is 8-17-91 at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. She really put on an excellent performace and it is my favorite bootleg from the Timespace tour.

Compare the Jones BEach 7-23-91 vid and the San Jose 89 vid and tell me which one she dances more on. She is like a boulder on the 91 vid.

[wheart]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

I do like the San Jose 89 vid a lot but I think there are even better performances from that tour. Rotterdam, Holland November 24th 1989 is great both in quality and performance. I will Say the same for the Paris, France Bootleg.

As for the TS tour. I think that the Philly show is great. Great in performance. I think the best show from that tour is 8-17-91 at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. She really put on an excellent performace and it is my favorite bootleg from the Timespace tour.

Compare the Jones BEach 7-23-91 vid and the San Jose 89 vid and tell me which one she dances more on. She is like a boulder on the 91 vid.

I don't believe I've ever seen the TS show at the Greek Theater...Damn, I thought I've seen them all. I think the San Jose show is far better than than the pro shot Concord show (8/15). Though I believe it's intentional, she sings the last verse of OTR twice and then sings the first verse at the end. Bizarre...but she does look great on this tour

[skcin]

The Ohio 94 show is one of my favorite boots ever. I listen to it often.

[catinthedark]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

Actually you share the opinion of most people. Despite the album it was for, The Street Angel tour was quite possibly Stevie's best ever. And OSOTM and Timespace are pretty much without much dissent her worst tours.

Best evah?

Go catch her these days, man. She's blowing away her entire past solo touring career.

[stevierocks87]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I saw her in Houston for the OSM tour - she was high as a kite and moved only a little. I remember thinking she was singing okay - in fact fine or great in some areas - but she looked so wasted I was very nervous for her and worried she might pull a Bette M. in The Rose. Thank goodness she cleaned up her act.

I was actually just listening to this boot today (I didn't know you were there Jason-cool!). I, for one, LOVE it- although I've only heard the audio and haven't actually seen her on this tour. OTR is the one of the best versions I've heard, and my absolute guiltiest pleasure is the live version of "Alice". LOVE it! And "Stand Back" is boring or lifeless at all. Maybe this show was the exception rather than the rule

adam

[jwd]

Originally Posted by catinthedark

Go catch her these days, man. She's blowing away her entire past solo touring career.

From what I'm hearing of all the boots of these recent shows, and now the remix version of "Dreams", I think you may be right! I am so psyched for the show in Cincinnati coming up. And to boot, the BEST seats I've ever had for any Mac or Stevie show yet. I'm gonna be one helluva happy camper on June 28th!

[David]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

I guess I am the opposite. i think the RAL shows are unlistenable. She slurs, screams, and talks through all the songs. Ad-Libs keys, misses her que's on when to come into songs. I feel bad for her when I watch this tour, she was on sooo much cocane.

It's rock & roll, Jimmy.

Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Sly Stone, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Jimi Hendrix, Rickie Lee Jones, Johnny Rotten, David Bowie, Peter Green, Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, Stevie Nicks . . . virtually all the great sexual personae in rock were neurotic, wild, often bombed, living on the edge, pushing envelopes, leaping over the artistic milestones of their predecessors. They were like the great poets of the critique of Enlightenment that permeated Romanticism -- Morrison & Lennon & Bowie & Nicks are the Shelley & Keats of our time. Their achievements last, generation after generation.

To want your great rock stars to be neat, tidy, sane & sugarcoated is to want lounge performers.

As for 89 tour, I think Houston, Rotterdam and Paris are all listenable.

Speaking of lounge performers . . . .

[jwd]

Originally Posted by David

It's rock & roll, Jimmy.

Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Sly Stone, Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Jimi Hendrix, Rickie Lee Jones, Johnny Rotten, David Bowie, Peter Green, Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, Stevie Nicks . . . virtually all the great sexual personae in rock were neurotic, wild, often bombed, living on the edge, pushing envelopes, leaping over the artistic milestones of their predecessors. They were like the great poets of the critique of Enlightenment that permeated Romanticism -- Morrison & Lennon & Bowie & Nicks are the Shelley & Keats of our time. Their achievements last, generation after generation.

To want your great rock stars to be neat, tidy, sane & sugarcoated is to want lounge performers.

Right on!

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by jwd

From what I'm hearing of all the boots of these recent shows, and now the remix version of "Dreams", I think you may be right! I am so psyched for the show in Cincinnati coming up. And to boot, the BEST seats I've ever had for any Mac or Stevie show yet. I'm gonna be one helluva happy camper on June 28th!

If I have said it once I have said it a million times, starting in Vegas, this tour has the energy of WH and a little of RAL, yet she is sober compared to those. I think it is GREAT that she is still rockin'

[David]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

As for the TS tour. I think that the Philly show is great. Great in performance. I think the best show from that tour is 8-17-91 at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. She really put on an excellent performace and it is my favorite bootleg from the Timespace tour.

I saw her at Concord Pavilion & she absolutely sucked. She was toneless & off key all night, had none of her previously so captivating vibrato or commitment, her band was ear-splittingly assaultive, like a headbanger band, & everybody -- Stevie most of all -- was dressed in really stupid shmata.

Not a thing had changed a few nights later at Shoreline. I sat through these awful, awful shows in extreme agitation & disconsolation: "Where has my Stevie Nicks gone?" I asked myself ten-thousand times. "What is this blank creature -- this automaton -- in her stead?"