Bad News: No Best-of Cd

[Street Angel]

Originally Posted by TheWILDheart

An oldies act is someone who is no longer around anymore and who are remembered for the "classics".

My definition of an oldies act is slightly different. It's someone who's relying on the old hits only and touring endlessly with them - without even making the smallest effort to come up with something new. That's why I personally wouldn't put the Rolling Stones, Tina Turner or Paul McCartney into that category. Of course people go to their concerts to hear the big hits, but at least they always have new material to offer and they tour on the back of that *new* material. I'm sorry to say that Stevie currently isn't in that group. She doesn't have to put out an album every year (no one does that anymore anyway) but she doesn't even introduce ONE new song on her seemingly endless tours which have taken place over the last couple of years in the US.
Hell, even Paul "I'll play Hey Jude yet another time" McCartney took the opportunity at Glastonbury Festival to introduce a new song from his latest album way before it was released to give the audience something else but only the hits and also to test the audience's reaction to the track.

Oh and her US tours are another point - of course she's touring only there with her collection of old material, that's where the big money is. In Europe she'd probably be forced to play in small clubs with a setlist and ticket prices like that. That's why she never shows up here anyway. As much as I love Stevie's music, but these days she seems to be an oldies act indeed - just because she doesn't have to play in front of supermarkets and fairs (unlike other oldies acts) doesn't make it any better. Let's say she's an oldies act deluxe (because of the crowds she admittedly still draws)

Stevie should take a look at someone like Marianne Faithfull. A 60-year-old woman who's gone to hell and back and is not even thinking about looking back musically and personally all the time. She's moving forward - that's artistic integrity in my opinion.

But like I said, this is MY understanding of an oldies act. Playing all the hits in your show is one thing, touring endlessly with them and apparently not even bothering to give the fans something new for the expensive tickets they've paid is another thing. But that's everyone's personal decision.