Opening Night Pictures/Videos/Reviews - Page 19

bethelblues · #**271** 10-01-2014, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by redtulip

The floating Lindsey head was the highlight of the show for me. I need the Lindsey head singing along for the whole show.

Was floating head Lindsey as bad a lipsyncher as real Lindsey?

secondhandchain · #**272** 10-01-2014, 11:47 PM

Seven Wonders sounded amazing. She sings it better then the original. Not so over the top.
Chris sounded great! She sure was missed.

bethelblues · #**273** 10-01-2014, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by michelej1

I am so partial to Over My Head that I don't think I've heard a dull version of it. I can't imagine one is feasible. Oh Daddy is another story. I'm thrilled that wasn't in the setlist or I would have been complaining mightily.

Michele

I'm a huge fan of Oh Daddy, but the live version doesn't quite capture the complex studio recording. As I said about Over My Head, I'm glad they did it and that we have that video. I loved listening to it and how delightful Christine looked at the end. But I wasn't there, so I'm not sure I would have liked the change in pace. Something tells me Mick was an advocate for it and Gypsy---he just loves his little set and coming to front and center. Maybe it's both Over My Head and Gypsy that doesn't work?

Agreed on what was said for Sisters of the Moon. This is just ridiculous. Where is the management? They need to see how they used to play that song...I don't know who to blame. Singing over the instrumental refrain = cringeworthy. Just ending. Not rocking it and going for a more intense guitar sound. Dear band, watch Mirage, watch Tusk tour, watch Tusk Tour rehearsals...all on YouTube...or listen to recordings from the tours, I don't care. I just feel the effort wasn't put into the arrangement. Why the heck bring it out then? At least they did Beautiful Child right--that was a huge success, in my opinion. Why it hasn't reappeared beats me, it's an extraordinary song.

secondhandchain · #**274** 10-01-2014, 11:58 PM

Wow I can't say it enough how freaking great they sound. Just wow. Stevie is hitting notes I haven't heard in a while. On Second News she did the high parts so beautifully. Is it me or does her voice sound fuller, better?

SpyNote · #**275** 10-02-2014, 12:32 AM

I'm trying to transcribe the spoken parts of the concert. What does Christine say here?

"I'd just like to say a couple of words. First of all, thanks everybody, for being here tonight. Also, I'd like to thank John, Mick, Stevie, and Lindsey for giving me this chance to be treading on this stage with ???? after all these years. It's a dream come true, and it's a chance you don't get often in life. So, I think that's enough. Mick..."

michelej1 · #**276** 10-02-2014, 02:36 AM

[Here Jon Bream summarizes his review, which has already been posted in this thread]

Star Tribune, October 1, 2014

http://www.startribune.com/entertain...277709231.html

Lindsey Buckingham wasn’t as manic as usual. Stevie Nicks sang better than usual (clearer, less croaky and able to reach more high notes). The rhythmic section was as terrific as usual. And Christine McVie was back to her old steady, radiant self on keyboards and vocals. All of that was explained in my review of Fleetwood Mac’s tour-opening concert Tuesday at Target Center.

Nicks didn’t do her dervish dancing much, just as couple of spins on “Rhiannon” and on seven or eight spins in sloooo-moooootion during “Gypsy.” Even if she wasn’t very witchy, she seemed in good spirits. Buckingham was wired but less physically all over the stage, though at the end of his vocal numbers he either blurted out a satisfying “arrrrrggggh” or stomped animatedly in place.

Yes, as Mick Fleetwood said: “Fer sure, the Mac is back.”

Here is Fleetwood Mac’s set list from Tuesday:

Chain/You Make Lovin Fun/ Dreams/ Second Hand News/ Rhiannon/ Everywhere/ I Know I’m Not Wrong/ Tusk/ Sisters of the Moon/ Say You Love Me/ Seven Wonders/ acoustic set: Big Love/ Landslide/ Never Going Back/ full band: Over My Head/ Gypsy/ Little Lies/ Gold Dust/ I’m So Afraid/ Go Your Own Way ENCORE: World Turning/ Don’t Stop/ Silver Springs/ Songbird

MoonSister75 · #**277** 10-02-2014, 04:13 AM

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Originally Posted by SpyNote

I'm trying to transcribe the spoken parts of the concert. What does Christine say here?

"I'd just like to say a couple of words. First of all, thanks everybody, for being here tonight. Also, I'd like to thank John, Mick, Stevie, and Lindsey for giving me this chance to be treading on this stage with ???? after all these years. It's a dream come true, and it's a chance you don't get often in life. So, I think that's enough. Mick..."

treading on this stage with these guys again after all these years

Wdm6789 · #**278** 10-02-2014, 05:22 AM

Is there going to be a new thread for the show tonight?

I still can't get over how awesome it would be if they took out Over My Head and Silver Springs and put in Hold Me, Sara, and Blue Letter. Brown Eyes would be good too to give Christine a song for the Tusk section. It would make the show pop so much more. Blue Letter would be awesome in the encore section. They're doing almost the same set as The Dance. I hope the band realized they need to bump up the set after opening night. The only surprises are Little Lies and Seven Wonders.

SadAngel86 · #**279** 10-02-2014, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by redtulip

The floating Lindsey head was the highlight of the show for me. I need the Lindsey head singing along for the whole show.

I need to get a picture of that at the show tonight. Sounds hilarious.

wheart · #**280** 10-02-2014, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by bethelblues

I'm a huge fan of Oh Daddy, but the live version doesn't quite capture the complex studio recording. As I said about Over My Head, I'm glad they did it and that we have that video. I loved listening to it and how delightful Christine looked at the end. But I wasn't there, so I'm not sure I would have liked the change in pace. Something tells me Mick was an advocate for it and Gypsy---he just loves his little set and coming to front and center. Maybe it's both Over My Head and Gypsy that doesn't work?

Agreed on what was said for Sisters of the Moon. This is just ridiculous. Where is the management? They need to see how they used to play that song...I don't know who to blame. Singing over the instrumental refrain = cringeworthy. Just ending. Not rocking it and going for a more intense guitar sound. Dear band, watch Mirage, watch Tusk tour, watch Tusk Tour rehearsals...all on YouTube...or listen to recordings from the tours, I don't care. I just feel the effort wasn't put into the arrangement. Why the heck bring it out then? At least they did Beautiful Child right--that was a huge success, in my opinion. Why it hasn't reappeared beats me, it's an extraordinary song.

I so agree with you regarding SOTM. It's a watered down mess. BC would be awesome to hear again live. As I recall, it went over very well with the audiences. It's funny, fans clamored for years to hear SOTM live and now it's like ok, you can put it away again. Strictly my opinion, of course.

Steviegirl · #**281** 10-02-2014, 10:27 AM

I'm so glad to see that this is the consensus re: SOTM. I can't stand it, and, to me, it's the highlight of the Mirage show. This version--and the one from last year is like a horrible muzak version. I love Stevie so much, but she didn't seem very energized in Minneapolis. YMMV.

I just cried when I saw Christine begin YMLF. She looks and sounds wonderful.

elle · #**282** 10-02-2014, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Steviegirl

I'm so glad to see that this is the consensus re: SOTM. I can't stand it, and, to me, it's the highlight of the Mirage show. This version--and the one from last year is like a horrible muzak version. I love Stevie so much, but she didn't seem very energized in Minneapolis. YMMV.

I just cried when I saw Christine begin YMLF. She looks and sounds wonderful.

Not everyone! Although it is a pale shadow of 1982 and the album version, SOTM is still realistically miles better thsn today's versions of rhiannon or dreams. So I don't mind it being in the set at all. SOTM is a great song but I hope the screaming guitar part somehow comes back. Of course, it won't cause LB is tired of hearing he's hogging SN spotlight.

bethelblues · #**283** 10-02-2014, 01:23 PM

Or, to play devil's advocate, Lindsey's tired of Stevie getting all the attention and acclaim and doesn't want the song to reach its full potential.

Stevie could also be the one who wants to keep it mellow, for whatever reason.

I agree Sisters was nice in that it was something different in the set. But in no way does it sound close to Rhiannon. The video clip of Rhiannon was fantastic....Stevie sounded great, the song sounded great, Christine sounded great on the harmonies. The arrangement is way more complete than Sisters of the Moon, even when that song too pales next to Stevie's 70s live performances. Also, you may not agree, but the band sounds damn good on Dreams. It's irritating that Sisters has become just another slow song for Stevie when it used to be a real rocker, something really special. Now that all her other songs are must-dos except for probably Gypsy (not counting Seven Wonders since it's new), it's the odd one out.

UnwindedDreams · #**284** 10-02-2014, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by elle

Not everyone! Although it is a pale shadow of 1982 and the album version, SOTM is still realistically miles better thsn today's versions of rhiannon or dreams. So I don't mind it being in the set at all. SOTM is a great song but I hope the screaming guitar part somehow comes back. Of course, it won't cause LB is tired of hearing he's hogging SN spotlight.

Who tells LB he's hogging SN's spotlight? He told her to tone her stage look down for SYW tour so she wore a sweater.
Lindsey gets the spotlight in Mac shows. Stevie definitely has more energy in her shows. I think she lets Lindsey have most of the spotlight. Shes got to have her own spotlight moments in FM shows too cause people want to see her dance and twirl!

wheart · #**285** 10-02-2014, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by elle

Not everyone! Although it is a pale shadow of 1982 and the album version, SOTM is still realistically miles better thsn today's versions of rhiannon or dreams. So I don't mind it being in the set at all. SOTM is a great song but I hope the screaming guitar part somehow comes back. Of course, it won't cause LB is tired of hearing he's hogging SN spotlight.

That's why the Mirage version kicks ass. Stevie and Lindsey played off each other and it was amazing. If one is letting the other one "have the spotlight" it results in a boring performance. They both need to start hogging the spotlight simultaneously and stop being so polite and respectful. It is a rock show after all. We all know their egos are still intact.