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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew
No, "Rhiannon" isn't exactly the goosebump-inducing scorcher it used to be, but I think Stevie's fashioned it into a really intense slow-burner, that perfectly suits her current voice and deportment.
For me, it doesn't lack energy or passion... it's just a different reading on it.
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So well said! "Slow-burner" indeed it has become and I have no problem with that. Rhiannon is continually evolving. Yes, Stevie used to
really rip into this one. But the semi-ironic thing about everyone complaining about the current (and other mellower) version is that they're more like the way the song began and the original recorded version anyway. So I don't see why it has to be deemed "lesser". Also, one cannot necessarily put it down to age, because she did it mellow on the Bella Donna Tour...no "all the same", etc. It's unfair to act like this song died in live performance after the RAL Tour (or for some of you, it may be as early as Tusk or Mirage). It continued to
evolve after that...it has never really been the same on
any tour, including in more recent years. The TimeSpace version (which I think was great), was different from the Street Angel version, which is different from the SYW version. I do wonder, though, if Stevie is in fact tired of performing a lot of her songs...it's impossible to not notice that she seems to perk up when she is singing something that she hasn't done much (Beautiful Child or accompanying someone else, for example. I recently saw the AHI '00 video for the first time, and she seemed
much more excited while singing with Chris Issak and Sheryl than during her own songs. She really laid into the "acoustic set" on the Enchanted Tour, too...she really seemed to be enjoying herself. It makes me feel
really bad that she felt the need to announce "the acoustic set is officially
over" at every show...like she had to apologize for doing it.
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06-05-2004, 03:53 PM
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