Why in 1975?

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Kelly

. . . When they cut for a commercial, I remember thinking that LB was really angry but La Nicks kept whispering in his ear.

She can have that calming effect on him can't she!!!!!!!!

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I am ENRAPTURED listening to the Sat. Vegas boot of "If Anyone Falls" and it is as STUNNING as I remembered it.

It's on constant repeat while I am driving in the car. It's my favorite part of the boot.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

It's on constant repeat while I am driving in the car. It's my favorite part of the boot.

Remember when we were sitting there and the a capella part at the end came off sooooooooooo great - I STILL get chills listening to it.

Her voice sounds sooo good in it - she sounds a lot like it is 1983 again

[ontheEdgeof17]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Remember when we were sitting there and the a capella part at the end came off sooooooooooo great - I STILL get chills listening to it.

Her voice sounds sooo good in it - she sounds a lot like it is 1983 again

Gawd.

best.version.ever

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

Gawd.

best.version.ever

It is. I love it!

[David]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

It is. I love it!

You guys convinced me to download & listen, so I did.

I ... didn't think it was the best ever ... er ...

But that's what makes the world go round, right?!

[ontheEdgeof17]

Originally Posted by David

You guys convinced me to download & listen, so I did.

I ... didn't think it was the best ever ... er ...

But that's what makes the world go round, right?!

I dramatize. It's good stuff, but I still like the album cut better.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I dramatize. It's good stuff, but I still like the album cut better.

It's good, but nowhere near as good as some of the '83 versions. She sung it with gusto back then.

[ontheEdgeof17]

Originally Posted by dissention

It's good, but nowhere near as good as some of the '83 versions. She sung it with gusto back then.

Could you imagine it during the RAL tour? Ho****! She would have brought the house down with her antics during that song. It would have been a kick ass encore opener!

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by David

You guys convinced me to download & listen, so I did.

I ... didn't think it was the best ever ... er ...

But that's what makes the world go round, right?!

True. It was a lot more peppy than anything I'd seen in a while, though. And not trying to sound like a cliche' but you had to be there...

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I dramatize. It's good stuff, but I still like the album cut better.

I love how she ad libbed a little - you had to be there - I thought she might levitate a la the WH tour while singing it - and the a capella live - OY - that is why I love her live.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by dissention

It's good, but nowhere near as good as some of the '83 versions. She sung it with gusto back then.

It wasn't so much that as she came out in a purple velvet cape and as someone has said before, her every move was filled with drama. This was her first real full tour. Unfortunately, it was 1984 ans she was out with Joe Walsh, one of the most notorious partiers of all time. And being that it was the wild 80's, she indulged in that. No one even thought twice about that, in fact, they expected it. More power to her. Vocally, she was not that strong, she had her moments though. She sang in a soft voice but her stage presence was very dramatic. It was just her presence. Watch the Landover boot and you'll get what I mean. Do you ever remember seeing her on Solid Gold doing Stand Back? That pretty much says it all. Stevie played the part of the consummate rock star during those years and rightfully so.

[strandinthewind]

I have to say that other than the SNL and Solid Gold performances, I do not like the other vocals I have heard from that tour, though she was the dramatic one.

[David]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

Vocally, she was not that strong, she had her moments though. She sang in a soft voice

We all hear so differently. When she sang "Stand Back" at the Forum that year, I never heard such a powerful vocal from her at any other time. Even the L.A. Times critic who reviewed the show (who was decidedly negative about her in general) said that she "whipped things up into a truly impressive, tremulous frenzy." I've never seen the whole arena get so excited about "Stand Back" as that night -- much more so than all the other Stevie solo & Fleetwood tours. And then "How Still My Love" started & oh my God! The whole place was floored.

[David]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I have to say that other than the SNL and Solid Gold performances, I do not like the other vocals I have heard from that tour, though she was the dramatic one.

then you're lucky, strand, because there isn't much high-quality stuff to listen to from that year.

But your "Stevie Nicks" is definitely different from my "Stevie Nicks"! More fans nowadays love the "Aunt Stevie" thing going on than the sultry chick of yore ... all these different Stevies wafting around, generation after generation.