Now that the first leg is over- Tour Comparisons

[Hawkeye]

Now that many of us have seen shows and others have been watching YouTube, I think we can start comparing The Unleashed Tour to recent Mac and Solo tours. I mean the specific songs. I think it makes sense to compare from The Dance onward, what I consider the "modern mac era" but you can mention before that, especiall for songs that haven't been played in 20 plus years. Just put your favorite tour for the specific song, you can add some comments after, but its not necassary. My overly descriptive self will but you dont all have to.

Monday Morning- It wasn't until I started doing this thread that I realized how long its been since this was played. To put it into perspective it's been 27 years since we got SOTM but 29 since Monday Morning. So maybe we just need to wait until 2011 for SOTM. But about MM, I think I like these Unleased versions better then the ones from the rumours or tusk tours. There are no huge differences but Lindseys new more energetic delivery on just about everything makes the difference here.

Also Im going to compare Storms to Beautifuls Child. Same spot in the set, same concept (each were Stevie Tusk Ballads that we've all adored for years and always assumed neither would ever be played live)

The Chain- Unleased, there's really no difference between this and SYW and I would've said the dance except for the way they sound on the ending "Chain Keep Us Together" and Stevie's doing the little mini scream after the chourus

Dreams- Unleashed, doesn't matter all versions are rather boring, but the band sounds best on this tour with the stripped down sound

Gypsy- Say You Will, in 2003 the song has this warm sounding feel to it that it didn't have 97 or now.

Go Insane- Gift of Screws, Unleashed is basically just as awseome but i just can't get over that image of brett playing piano with one hand and guitar in the other for lindsey's solo tour.

Rhiannon- All modern Rhiannons are basically the same for me, I always really manage to love it while Im there and then watching them later they all pretty much range from eh to ok to decent to that was better then normal to good. I'm gonna give the edge to the most recent version I saw in rochester.

Tusk- Say You Will I miss all the antics and I don't like the new slower beginning

Second Hand News- Unleashed only because his energy just keeps getting better

Sara- Say You Will, I don't like this song live ever but its way better in Fleetwood Mac and I'm never one to care about clothes but I'll give SYW the edge for the red shawl.

Big Love- All The Same All the Same All the Same Big Love but in a good way

Landslide- Unleashed for the vocals and it just being Stevie no backup but Crystal Visions for the background and still better vocals then any previous version until Unleashed

Never Going Back Again- Unleashed

Storms vs Beautiful Child- STORMS. Not even close. I was equally excited to hear both. In fact before the Say You Will Tour if you'd asked me if i could only get one song played of the two I'd pick BC, and while BC was Great, it doesn't even touch how awseome Storms is.

Say You Love Me- The Dance All of them standing in a line like that and oh maybe the song being sung in a non comical way

Gold Dust Woman- UNLEASHED! Baby Baby Baby Baby You Can't give a **** about that ending. a couple months ago I said Soundstage was the best GDW but now its this one. Obviously it has to be about Stevie's voice first for the song to work but everything is just clicking this year. Mick's drumming so noticeable, Lindsey's harmony on the chorus and the Stevie/John moment that I didn't get to fully appreciate until seeing it from the angle on the MSG 3/19 video on Youtube.

Oh Well- The song has always sounded great to me, but this is the first tour that it doesn't seem like an obligation for Lindsey to be playing it, he's actually feeling it and enjoying it and thats what pushed Unleashed to being the best "LIndsey" Oh Well ever.

Im So Afraid- Unleashed The GOS was a great new arrangement for the song but the rythm section was blah, so as i said in my rochester review adding Mick and John to the solo arrangement was like the perfect ISA storm. And Stevie's harmony worked better in this new arrangement.

Stand Back- SAY YOU WILL but the unleashed tour is way better then the last three years of solo shows.

Go Your Own Way- Unleashed

Silver Springs- UNLEASHED, No competition. I can already see what I'm gonna read though. Its way better then the Say You Will tour and almost as good as the dance but nothing can touch the dance cause i just love that stevie turns and sings to lindsey and moves towrds him and screams to him that he'll never get away blah blah blah, It's better this tour!