Stevie and John interview (1987)

[Macfan4life]

This is wonderful and I never saw this before. This Tango era interview had Chris and Lindsey on the same couch interviewed and now it's Stevie and John. Stevie looks beautiful here almost off her Seven Wonders video. But gurl that dress is wearing you. Those puffy shoulders and the dress up to the chin makes her look like a villian from Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. Its the most ridiculous dress I have ever seen her in. But in 1987 that electric blue and puffy shoulders were all the rave. Look how long her nails are. Early 1987 and peak 80s fashion. The sad part is Stevie's eyes. You can see she is tranquilized and it makes you want to scream. The way Stevie sways back and forth during the interview is a sign of impairment. The most famous scene from these interviews is Stevie and Lindsey on the couch. She has an identical black dress on. It must of been buy one get one free. Gotta love the 80s. So glam.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvVDFa9rNE8

[Villavic]

And it's the same couch of the interview of Stevie, Mick and Rick I shared in other thread. I wonder how many artists have sat on it. They should interview it; I know that couch has a lot of stories to tell.

And yes, the dress looks funny, if not ridiculous, but it's the 80s fashion. It didn't remind me the characters you mention, but the extravaganza style that Alexis and Krystle sometimes used. Now we may say they often went too far, too.

[sue]

I don’t mind the dress, it sort a of suits her..especially the colour.
She can hardly keep her eyes open, poor woman.
Is the tranquilliser causing the slight body swaying…maybe.

I think John looks cool in that laid back way of his.

[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by sue

I don’t mind the dress, it sort a of suits her..especially the colour.
She can hardly keep her eyes open, poor woman.
Is the tranquilliser causing the slight body swaying…maybe.

I think John looks cool in that laid back way of his.

80s fashions were awful but I've seen worse than this dress lol.

And john was totally smoking hot around this time. I have this interview on audio tape but have never seen the video.

--Lis

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

80s fashions were awful but I've seen worse than this dress lol.

And john was totally smoking hot around this time. I have this interview on audio tape but have never seen the video.

--Lis

Stevie wore some wild s**t around this time in early 1987. She had this blue dress and an identical black dress that she wore during this same interview project. I suppose she could not decide between black and blue and someone decided to wear both. But maybe she or someone saw how ridiculous the dress looked and she changed to black. Her Big Love dress with all of the musical notes on it was very 80s too. They are so 80s glam and I remember how happy it was during this time. A FM album after 5 years and MTV was gearing up and the tour. It sort of all came crashing down in a few months. You can see they all just came off shooting those 3 videos because the all look so similar to how they were in the videos.

[Villavic]

This was 1981 but it doesn't look so 80s.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by Penguin Emeritus

80s fashions were awful but I've seen worse than this dress lol.

And john was totally smoking hot around this time. I have this interview on audio tape but have never seen the video.

--Lis

Since this thread had an analytical tone about fashion, I must say I liked that Chris gypsy look. Must be from the 70s.

But that dark haircut, and also the dress, is that really Christine? It's from a fan group post so it must be her. What year or tour is that? The 80s were unique, it had many extravaganza moments.

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[Penguin Emeritus]

Originally Posted by Villavic

Since this thread had an analytical tone about fashion, I must say I liked that Chris gypsy look. Must be from the 70s.

But that dark haircut, and also the dress, is that really Christine? It's from a fan group post so it must be her. What year or tour is that? The 80s were unique, it had many extravaganza moments.

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Yeah that's definitely her.. I'd say 76? That was more the gypsy look era. The early 80s got "heavier" sort of styles, not so much long skirts and loose tops anymore.. at least from where I lived and what I remember.

--Lis

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by Villavic

Since this thread had an analytical tone about fashion, I must say I liked that Chris gypsy look. Must be from the 70s.

But that dark haircut, and also the dress, is that really Christine? It's from a fan group post so it must be her. What year or tour is that? The 80s were unique, it had many extravaganza moments.

//www.facebook.com/share/p/1BoaZv84RH/

I think her hair looks darker here because her head is in the shadows and she's got the dark background behind her. Her natural hair color tended toward a dirty blonde. She lightened it often throughout the years. Sometimes she let it go darker for a while. I loved love loved her longer and fuller hair in the Tango era and the video for...was it Everywhere where they were mulling around a farm/barn kind of space? (Lindsey in his riding boots and eraser hair). Her hair was GORGEOUS then. After she rejoined and got that clip out of her hair and went lighter and fuller with extensions and stuff she was STUNNING.

She had the hippy/gypsy look of the times in the early 70s before Stevie ever came along.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

The sad part is Stevie's eyes. You can see she is tranquilized and it makes you want to scream. The way Stevie sways back and forth during the interview is a sign of impairment.

The sad part is that she fell into that because of a doctor's prescription, to avoid the temptation to relapse into coke use, or so I read. It seems that the swaying is in time with her breathing, or maybe just my impression. But she answered fine, I mean I've seen people with the effects of clonazepam, and believe me, it's much worse. Also my friend from LA who saw the Mac in late 1987 told me that she performed very bad, like a zombie, barely reacting.

I wonder if she had seen a different doctor while/after recovering from cocaine addiction, who could have assured her of a healthier rehab, how different the story would have been. Like a butterfly effect since 1987? Probably many of the things that happened would have happened anyway. But others wouldn't have.

[BrownEyedGirl26]

Originally Posted by Villavic

The sad part is that she fell into that because of a doctor's prescription, to avoid the temptation to relapse into coke use, or so I read. It seems that the swaying is in time with her breathing, or maybe just my impression. But she answered fine, I mean I've seen people with the effects of clonazepam, and believe me, it's much worse. Also my friend from LA who saw the Mac in late 1987 told me that she performed very bad, like a zombie, barely reacting.

I wonder if she had seen a different doctor while/after recovering from cocaine addiction, who could have assured her of a healthier rehab, how different the story would have been. Like a butterfly effect since 1987? Probably many of the things that happened would have happened anyway. But others wouldn't have.

Physiatrists have a lot to answer for, when they prescribe drugs like Klonopin that have bad side effects.