Mohegan Review

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Incredible show!!!! Easily the best show I've ever seen of Stevie's!! She looks great, she sounds great. She looks and sounds better now than she has in years. I don't know if every show is like this but she was firing on all pistons tonight. She was funny, she was talkative, she seemed to be having a lot of fun up there, as a result the crowd did too. After "I Need To Know" she began to intro the next song and stopped and said "Wow, I'm worn out from that last song!!" One of my favorite moments (and please don't tell me this is the same at every show) but she dedicated "Landslide" to "everyone here tonight, and all of your families and especially to all of your fathers." After the song she got a long standing ovation. She appeared to be taken off guard by the reaction. She said nothing, just stood there then finally said "Thank you......my dad is certainly with us tonight." and she began to tear up. She fanned herself with her hands and paused again and said "Well my dad would have said 'Stevie get on with show!' so I'm going to get on with the show!!" It was a really cool moment.
Vanessa Carlton opened. What was funny was she received no intro she just walked out and began to play. After her first song she introduced herself. She got a great reaction from the crowd so much so that towards the end of her set she said that this show was her favorite so far on the tour. I can't say that I was a fan of hers, but she is very cute and her set was fairly enjoyable.
Since 1986 I've seen Stevie a total of eight times. Tonight's show was easily the best I've seen of hers. Unlike past tours she didn't appear to be going thru the motions, she seemed to be having a lot of fun tonight. She was hitting her marks with deadly precision. The crowd was also really great too, the only time I saw people up walking around was during "Sorcerer" which I thought was really strong on stage. IN fact all of the arrangements in this set are really strong. As much as I loved it, if I had to pick out something that didn't click, it would be "How Still My Love" which I thought was incredible (finally got to hear it live!) but it seems to screw with the pacing of the show. That's my only nitpick complaint of the show.
What can I say, I had a complete blast at the show, I won $75 in the casino before the show too. People have complained about the set list, which I didn't think was bad at all. Stevie's energy and overall performance more than made up for the "problems" with the set. Stevie impressed the hell out of me tonight. I can't say enough how f**king awesome the show was. By the end of the show, I was dripping with sweat and exhausted.