San Francisco - 2nd show!

[elle]

Originally Posted by David

Thanks for the videos, Elle and others. I can't get over how enjoyable everything is, especially the never-before-heard numbers from Go Insane and Out of the Cradle. The band is successfully replicating the lustrous sheen of the studio tracks every time out of the gate. I think Lindsey has this year's band fine tuned the way the 1993 band was fine tuned—every line and every piece of filigree are there and in balance with their surroundings. It's an orchestrative triumph. I'm sorry I missed the team play live at the Orpheum in Los Angeles. I wish the anthology had been held until after the tour—then it could have included many of these live performances. Both the spareness and the rococo luxuriance are perfectly complementary in these theaters with their excellent sound systems. This is the way to hear live music, as far as I'm concerned, not being packed in at the sports arena with 18,000 drunkards staggering and bellowing like Animal House. Fleetwood Mac is forced to crank up the gain on everything they do when they play a sports arena, which turns most of the show into sound sludge. In a theater, the Buckingham crew can create a much, much wider dynamic range, from hushed to ear-splitting and everything in between, as the song dictates. That's the beauty of an "intimate" venue.

The only thing I don't understand is why the people in the videos aren't dancing. Such beautifully proportioned live shows make it clearer than ever just what good dance music Lindsey Buckingham creates. These songs get down. This is propulsive folk-funk to make George Clinton throw his four-on-the-floor. Lindsey's got the mothership connection.

oh so glad you are checking them out!

check Atlanta thread for snippets of dancing. with these shows it seems to be completely dependent on the venue and the city / crowd. some venues don't allow people to get up and dance or to record, even take photos. other venues can't care less. so far Portland was ok (although many people were yelling at us to sit down), but Chicago, DC and Atlanta were the shows to be at. in Chicago and DC the whole orchestra was up on their feet the whole show. it was fantastic!

and - i finally got to meet jbrownsjr in person!! he came out to DC show and we had a fantastic time together with our whole international LB-following crew!

i've been going to LB solo / Mac / BuckVie tours, multiple dates since april 2011, and this tour is by far the best. setlist and the pacing and the sound - the sound!! - are all fantastic. i can't wait to go to another show. Slow Dancing, In Our Own Time and I Must Go are my favorites, the start with Don't Look Down and Go Insane is just thumping right of the gate, and then again the encore of Turn It On - Rodeo - Treason is just sublime!