'98 Stand Back Performance on Leno

[Angel69]

Originally Posted by jrpjr

listen..i love stevie to death...unconditionally...but lets face it..if she went on american idol to audition...as an unknown...she wouldnt make it beyond the first round...

Well lets face it.....how many 62 year olds audition for American Idol. Now if the show was on in say 1974 she would most def be up there. I would like to hear Pia or any of them for that matter in 37 years.

[Sahara]

That Leno performance rocks my socks. Isn't it a cracking tempo? The Dance / Enchanted is always the era that rekindles my love for this woman and her music when I've been away for a bit

[MacwoodFleet]

That's the best live version I've heard or seen. Her voice might have changed, or Stevie's afraid to have a wild heart anymore?

I'm uploading Stevie's great soundboard set from SYW tour in Buffalo, nearly 8 years ago. You can check the new demo song request thread in a few minutes. I can note the changes since then, but Stevie's still a phenom in my opinion.

[ShangriLaTroubl]

Not the same voice as 1998, but this 2005 Today Show performance is one of my favorite Stand Backs.




The best part of this video starts at 2:00. I love seeing the band all rocking out together at 2:05 with Stevie doing an old school dance..LOVE it (if you pay attention Carlos and Stevie are kind of doing similar feet movements during this part as well! lol)

[StevieRox81]

I'm trying to watch some of my favorite Stevie performances on YouTube and am noticing sooooo many have been blocked! Does anyone have this 98 Leno appearance as a file they could please share?!

[egg cream]

I just went looking for it and found this:

[Uh, okay, I have no idea how to embed YT videos here, so here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozMeofmd5cs ]

I was at that show, and I remember thinking "Stand Back" was the low point. And now I can't imagine babygirl pulling off a performance anywhere near as good as that. I remember when the older folks on RMASN would talk about how they missed the Stevie of the '70s or '80s that they fell in love with, and I would sit there smugly thinking, "Get with the program, old-timers! You're so stuck in the past!" But God, I miss the Stevie of the '90s.