Before we start saying FM is past their prime...

[misterbug]

i've been listening to the 1983 concert mp3's being posted at cuckinhamnicks.net. i have to say, the 15 or so songs i've downloaded so far have been pretty hit or miss. for instance, i'm not that impressed with 'hold me' or 'dreams'. but other bootlegs of the mirage tour rock! so, before we all start slinging about wild accusations that they've lost it for good, i think we should wait and see how the actual tour goes.

also, i think the fairly uninspired performances on the today & tonight shows may relate to the audiences. i would guess a performer gets much more 'into it' when singing at big packed (i hope) stadiums than being either out in the freezing cold or in a tv studio with poor acoustics and an audience bored to death by an army cook or the world's least amusing comedian.

about those pour acoustics, somebody posted in another thread that the sound guy was screwing around and making things sound bad. when stevie & lindsey harmonized a cappella at the end of SYW, i was quite impressed, i thought it sounded really great (maybe all the other musicians had confused the sound guy).