Clinton Foundation Celebration (12:00 video)

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by jannieC

Yes! I was nervous for her doing Don't Stop, but she made it all work. I admire her too, Betsy.

I have to admit that I cringed a couple of times when her voice gave out, but I still give her an A for effort. She pulled it off without twisting around the melody or lowering the key; it's not an easy song to sing.

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

I have to admit that I cringed a couple of times when her voice gave out, but I still give her an A for effort. She pulled it off without twisting around the melody or lowering the key; it's not an easy song to sing.

Yes, the A is definitely for effort. That had to be scary for her to sing that song without the band. I had the volume down kind of low (at work) when I watched- will give it another go later. I could tell she was struggling at certain points.

[HejiraNYC]

Stevie starts at around 3:45. Oh, and I didn't know Mick Fleetwood was in the audience! It was so cool for Bill Clinton to give him a shout-out.

[Machu]

She looked fantastic! Her hair was cool and I like the feather.

She sounded nice as well although I'm not sure how I feel about "Don't Stop" solo. I definately agree with 'A for effort' though. It's better than I had expected since that song isn't really in her range.

[mikephxaz]

someone recently asked in a thread...when Stevie became a legend...she continued to seal the deal that night!

[Tango]

Lady Jane has a positive write up on the Clinton gathering that goes along with her pictures: (you can see a bunch of photos, including some recent shots of Joni Mitchell)

http://www.janefonda.com/category/my-blog


(if you can't find it, go to janefonda.com and check out her blog: The Clinton Weekend)

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by Tango

Lady Jane has a positive write up on the Clinton gathering that goes along with her pictures: (you can see a bunch of photos, including some recent shots of Joni Mitchell)

http://www.janefonda.com/category/my-blog


(if you can't find it, go to janefonda.com and check out her blog: The Clinton Weekend)

Wow... I realize Joni is pushing 70, but she has really crossed over that line into granny-dom. Obviously she has never come within 10 feet of a syringe containing botox, fillers or collagen. And it looks like she is developing osteroporosis. Poor thing. I know her health has been dodgy throughout her life (not exactly helped by decades of chain smoking, no doubt), and it appears that it has aged her quite prematurely. I guess it was foolish of me to hope for just one more studio album from Joni, but she looks too frail to paint, let alone pick up a guitar and futz with the tunings.

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Yowza!
Looks like someone took
a random photo of old ladies
waiting in line for the buffet at
one of the casinos.

[henryscutter]

Can you repost Dont Stop? It wont play

[Janis_no1]

Yeah guys, i agree, Stevie was SMILING and pushing her notes and just getting into the landslide and dreams songs. Some enerygy, some ZEST! Nice to hear, GREAT to see... lets hope she has left just a little for AUSTRALIA!

[Jondalar]

Did she get herself invited to that? He said she wrote him a note.

[elle]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

Did she get herself invited to that? He said she wrote him a note.

he invited fleetwood mac, but lindsey couldn't do it since he has like 7 shows in 8 days overlapping the days this was going on. so stevie offered to do it instead of the whole band.

[rhiannon22]

Loved that performance! Go Stevie!!

[Lee]

Man, I missed it. I started watching the concert, but it started so late & I got tired & went to bed. I'll have to watch the video when I get home (I'm @ work right now). I had no idea that she was going to be there.

Lee

[LilyRose]

That's the first performance of Dreams I've been into in a long, long time.

I want a pic of Stevie, Bonnie & Joni together!