LB song lists - solo and mac

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by elle

also, seems that in some of these songs Richard just co-wrote the lyrics...

good question... no idea. do they even live in the same city these days?

I think Richard lives in Vegas now. Seems like I remember during the SYW tour reading a Vegas review that they dedicated a song to him and mentioned he was getting married.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

I think Richard lives in Vegas now. Seems like I remember during the SYW tour reading a Vegas review that they dedicated a song to him and mentioned he was getting married.

These are my reviews from the Luxor in 2007. Richard was at both shows.
http://www.fmlegacy.com/main.html

Richard Dashut in the house!

I hadn’t read any reviews from the 2nd leg of Lindsey’s tour and no news is good news right? So, I went to the concert hoping that maybe something might have been added from OOTC. No such luck.

The setlist was the same as last year, with Save Me a Place and Bleed to Love Her as the closing songs. Lindsey is still in fine voice and hasn't lost an ounce of the energy exhibited in earlier shows. Little has changed since the other shows I reviewed. I think Go Insane and ISA may have even been more stirring tonight than usual.

The more interviews I’ve been reading, the more I realize how unhappy Lindsey was with the OOTC tour. That’s something I’d never known about all these years. I’d always realized he’d lost money on the tour, but I didn’t suspect that so many of the venues themselves seem to provide a disappointing memory for him. Well, only time will tell, but this tour around Lindsey seems really happy with the set, the venues and the reception he's been getting. To show it, he came out smiling from the beginning.

During the first shows, he started the opening songs looking very serious. Just a few months ago, during Not Too Late, Lindsey almost reminded me of a classical performer, concentrating only on the technique, focused intently on his strings. But tonight, he came out smiling and looking somehow lighthearted from the beginning. The mood of the opening notes was quiet, but his spirit seemed to be soaring even early on.

As he changed guitars, I saw that Ray Lindsey was no longer there as his assistant.

As the night heated up and the songs got more raucous, Lindsey responded to the men and the women yelling cat calls at him. They said, “we love you. You’re so sexy. You’re the man.” He cocked his head, laughed, raised an eyebrow in mock surprise. Acknowledging some of the amorous solicitations, Neale said, “What happens in Vegas . . .”

When people scream that they love Lindsey, Neale wonders, “What’s not to love?” Indeed.

The new songs had the normal introductions. For UTS Lindsey said it was written for someone who he has known a long time, who seemed to be having trouble moving from step A to step B. He said that he thinks everything you need to advance is inside of you, “under the skin.”

I noticed that he was playful on Tusk, stretching and repeating lyrics, “just tell me that you love me. Telllll me.”

He is more playful still on Holiday Road, when he gets to the woof, woof parts and chants, “Bark like a dog” into the mic several times, urging, “bark for me. Bark for me.” I don’t know. It’s starting to sound somewhat illicit. Afterwards, he asks, “Did we gain or lose dignity?”

Before he introduced the band, he pointed out that he had collaborators on Holiday Road who are in the audience tonight. Richard Dashut and Steve Ross. He has them stand up. He said they’d gone a long way together [all told, Lindsey lived with Richard longer than he’d lived with Stevie] and he hadn’t seen them in a long time. He’s thrilled that they’re there and he chides them, “It’s your fault I’m up here.”

Man, it makes me feel teary because I feel I know Richard. Many of the Fleetwood Mac comrades are anonymous to us fans, but I’ve seen so much footage of Richard that I consider him one of the gang. I miss him. I think of the pie fight footage and of the song “Ricky” very often and always with fondness. Warner Bros. seems to be insisting that Lindsey have a producer on his next album. Well who better than Richard, assuming they're still on warm terms. They certainly both looked more than friendly tonight.

Lindsey goes on to introduce the band. He asks Neale if he’s ok. He says that Neale seems to have been having trouble all night and wonders, “Have you been imbibing?” When he introduces Taku, he doesn’t say anything about either keeping or losing him for the rest of the tour as he was doing last year. So, I suppose Taku’s continued presence is a done deal.

Before introducing Brett, he goes over to him and they exchange whispers. From the other side Neale says, “oh no. This can’t be good.” Lindsey seems to be asking Brett whether he has permission to say something or not. I don’t know what Brett’s answer is, but Lindsey then wonders if he should give the audience Brett’s room number. He makes a few jokes about Brett’s love life and Brett says, “Lindsey you’re using your outside voice. You’re going to get me in trouble.”

When it’s time for the encore, Lindsey and Neale confer as if Lindsey doesn’t know what he’s going to do next. Oh brother, who are they kidding? Lindsey asks Neale to speak up. So Neale squeaks, “Save me, save me” sounding a little like the insect with a man’s head in the movie, “The Fly.” That’s the band’s cue to regroup to perform SMAP.

As the band bows together and the others prepare to leave the stage, Brett gestures that there will be one more song, leaving Lindsey alone for Bleed to Love Her.

When the show started, they told us not to approach the stage. However at the end of I’m So Afraid, one woman went up to stand in front of Lindsey. After that, dozens got out of their seats and crowded in front of the stage. The Luxor security staff seemed to consist of only 2 people: a timid woman and an elderly man. They made no effort to shepherd people back to their seats. I did notice that at this concert and all of the others I’ve attended, the one thing they do like to crack down is the photos. Even at the end of the show, when security generally becomes lax, they still come up to people and tell them to put their cameras away. I wonder if this is a restriction that Lindsey’s people like to enforce, since I don’t see it done quite this way at other concerts. Usually, they start off telling you no cameras, but during the last half hour of the event, no one cares too much anymore.

Ah well, even though I miss a lot of photo opportunities myself, I know there’s always someone on the internet who has captured Lindsey in all of his glory. That will be something to hold on to when this long-awaited Lindsey odyssey comes to its end.

http://www.fmlegacy.com/main.html [excerpted]

Lindsey introduces Richard Dashut and Steve Ross in the audience again tonight. He asks them to stand and they are farther back than they were on Friday. Lindsey says, “I see you got the cheap seats tonight.” He points out that they were his co-conspirators on Holiday Road. Curran is right about Richard being a link to FM’s history. I think of him all the way back when long before Mick made that fateful New Year’s Eve call, all the way back when Stevie wanted to record bird sounds in the park.

After prompting from Neale, Lindsey announces to Richard that the "calamari in the wallet" thing didn't go over too well and explains that it is an inside joke.

Of Taku Lindsey says that he started as a percussionist, but they’ve asked him to do things that he’s never done before. Taku makes the “woof woof” sound as an example of something he hadn’t done before joining their band. Lindsey says, “that’s just the beginning. That’s just scratching the surface.”

As Lindsey introduces Brett, Brett starts banging the piano with his elbow (something he used to do during Don’t Stop, an antic which I don’t particularly like). Lindsey says, “Didn’t Dave Clark used to do that?” Then, he and Brett start bantering back and forth and Lindsey declares that Brett has made Lindsey lose his pace. Now that they are off the subject at hand, he turns back to Neale and says, “Do you have anything else to say?” Neale says, “I like Stephen King, walks on the beach and sunsets.”

Lindsey turns back to Brett and finishes introducing him. He muses that Brett will probably announce his room number later that evening. Brett says that they have been up for 3 straight days and wants clarification that what happens in Vegas really does stay in Vegas.

Then, as Brett espouses about how wonderful it is to work with Lindsey, Lindsey walks behind him and lays on the floor behind a pair of speakers. Brett explains that Lindsey hates that part of the show and lures him back out. Lindsey says that he hid because he just can’t stand to take a compliment. Oh please! Brett wasn’t introducing Lindsey when the tour started. He began doing it in the middle of the tour and keeps it up to this day. I can only assume that Lindsey forces Brett to praise him, as a condition of Brett’s continued employment.

The encores are SMAP and BTLH. One woman at the foot of the stage asks Lindsey to sing something else and he responds, “We can’t do that tonight. But we’ll do it during the next leg of the tour. Do you promise you’ll be there?” I didn’t hear the lady’s answer, but I promise that I’ll be there!

Leaving Las Vegas . . .

[CADreaming]

^Thanks, Michele. That was great!

Poll suggestions

LB instrumentals:

Stephanie
Django
Teen Beat - (Dashut co-write)
This Nearly Was Mine (Hammerstein II and Rodgers)


And, then there are the "introductions" - instrumental:

Instrumental Introduction to Don't Look Down
Instrumental Introduction to This Is the Time

And spoken:
Spoken Introduction to Surrender the Rain
Poem Recitation/Introduction to Go Insane live ("Sardonic Poem")


I may have forgotten some instrumentals.

[elle]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

^Thanks, Michele. That was great!

Poll suggestions

LB instrumentals:

Stephanie
Django
Teen Beat - (Dashut co-write)
This Nearly Was Mine (Hammerstein II and Rodgers)


And, then there are the "introductions" - instrumental:

Instrumental Introduction to Don't Look Down
Instrumental Introduction to This Is the Time

And spoken:
Spoken Introduction to Surrender the Rain
Poem Recitation/Introduction to Go Insane live ("Sardonic Poem")


I may have forgotten some instrumentals.

yes, i loved reading your old review, Michele.


CAD - that's exactly what Lindsfan and i were kicking around, except Teen Beat didn't occur to us, and we were trying to figure out whether instrumental intros should also be supplemented by spoken intros.

so you have 8 there... was there another spoken intro on OOTC? for some reason i keep thinking there was... and those are all instrumental intros there?

after we kick around this idea a bit to make sure we have all these various intros and instrumentals, do you feel like making this one too, CAD? all together one poll, instrumentals & intros, i guess?

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by elle

yes, i loved reading your old review, Michele.


CAD - that's exactly what Lindsfan and i were kicking around, except Teen Beat didn't occur to us, and we were trying to figure out whether instrumental intros should also be supplemented by spoken intros.

so you have 8 there... was there another spoken intro on OOTC? for some reason i keep thinking there was... and those are all instrumental intros there?

after we kick around this idea a bit to make sure we have all these various intros and instrumentals, do you feel like making this one too, CAD? all together one poll, instrumentals & intros, i guess?

Sure, I can make it. Any additions? I'm not too sold on including the spoken intros in the same poll as instrumentals but it's a shame to leave them out too unless there are more considerations.

[elle]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

Sure, I can make it. Any additions? I'm not too sold on including the spoken intros in the same poll as instrumentals but it's a shame to leave them out too unless there are more considerations.

great!!

i can't think of any others so instrumentals and intros (spoken or instrumental) poll would be:

Instrumental Introduction To Don't Look Down
Instrumental Introduction To This Is the Time
Spoken Introduction To Surrender the Rain
Spoken Introduction To Go Insane / Sardonic Poem
This Nearly Was Mine
Django
Stephanie
Teen Beat

[lbfan]

Originally Posted by elle

great!!

i can't think of any others so instrumentals and intros (spoken or instrumental) poll would be:

Instrumental Introduction To Don't Look Down
Instrumental Introduction To This Is the Time
Spoken Introduction To Surrender the Rain
Spoken Introduction To Go Insane / Sardonic Poem
This Nearly Was Mine
Django
Stephanie
Teen Beat

It would be difficult to include in a poll, but there are some gems in LB's live work. The most recent being a new intro to NGBA on Songs from the Small Machine (SWS Tour). Perhaps my favorite is his intro to Not That Funny from the Dance tour. I also like the upbeat Intro to Over My Head (FM Live album, Tusk Tour). The intro to Oh Daddy on the Tusk tour is great as well (Tusk tour, St. Louis bootleg). While the intros to Go Your Own Way are similar, I prefer the guitar work on the FM Live in Boston from the SYW tour ("fat" sounding guitar work). I am sure that there others. It is interesting that the song Tusk came out these live jam sessions.