(Cinci Review) For Stevie Nicks, nostalgia is a good thing

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I don't think that qualifies as a hit. It was off a hit album, but the singles themselves weren't really hits. Especially not on the scale of anything from the white FM album through RAL.

What was the break out single that catapulted that release to #1 then?

[henryscutter]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

To be fair, most casual fans probably couldn't name anything Stevie has done since the mid 80s.

Yes that's true there were a lot of clueless fans at the shows I went to , but just because a song was'nt top of the charts does'nt make it insignificant

[AliceLover]

I think Rooms on Fire could be named. On all the boots I listen to the crowd always goes wild for the song. Even in 2000 when she did the millenium shows, it sounds like a lot of people know it. To me ROF was her last big one.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

What was the break out single that catapulted that release to #1 then?

Sorry, but that really had NOTHING to do with it. I saw the song maybe twice on MTV before "The Dance" was aired. "The Dance" was HEAVILY promoted on MTV as well as Clear Channel radio stations. It was broadcasted on both TV and radio simultaneously. It was an event that was bigger than any song.

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Sorry, but that really had NOTHING to do with it. I saw the song maybe twice on MTV before "The Dance" was aired. "The Dance" was HEAVILY promoted on MTV as well as Clear Channel radio stations. It was broadcasted on both TV and radio simultaneously. It was an event that was bigger than any song.

I must have seen the chain and silver springs 1000000 times before the dance aired. By the time it actually aired I knew everything that was coming for those two songs. Then the night it aired the radio stations played it and then showed it on MTV. It was HUGE. Then after the event they played the whole cd on the radio. I agree this event was bigger than any song.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Sorry, but that really had NOTHING to do with it. I saw the song maybe twice on MTV before "The Dance" was aired. "The Dance" was HEAVILY promoted on MTV as well as Clear Channel radio stations. It was broadcasted on both TV and radio simultaneously. It was an event that was bigger than any song.

We'll just have to agree to disagree then.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Who took those pictures? Helen Keller? Out of a half dozen pictures, they could only produce one where Stevie's eyes aren't closed?

Maybe Stevie was channelling Don.

[trackaghost]

I've never even heard of this Silver Springs song of which you speak.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

I've never even heard of this Silver Springs song of which you speak.

It's a cute little ditty. You should check it out some time.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I don't think that qualifies as a hit. It was off a hit album, but the singles themselves weren't really hits. Especially not on the scale of anything from the white FM album through RAL.

Well, many know The Dance version of Landslide over the FM FM version, but it was a rehash so . . . .

Also, despite the awkward expressions, she looks sooooo thin and great in those pics compared to the last few years.

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

To be fair, most casual fans probably couldn't name anything Stevie has done since the mid 80s.

Exactly my point in a recent post.

Though it would be nice if a reviewer knew (or would mention) that POTU hit #1 on a chart.

- Jake

[Rickypt]

Here is a little better review from another Cincinnati paper.

http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs....506290344/1005

The shawls and capes were flying. She had her patented sashays and twirly dance in fine form, too.

It was a night for vintage Stevie Nicks as the original witchy woman worked her magic at Riverbend Music Center on Tuesday for nearly 10,000 fans.

Nicks, 57, was in her best vocal form in years with her trademark nasal, gravely voice soaring on classics spanning her solo career and tunes from her Fleetwood Mac days.

The night continued what has so far unintentionally been Riverbend's summer of nostalgia following recent shows from classic rockers Tom Petty, John Mellencamp and John Fogarty.

Like those memory lane sets, Nicks, too, gave fans what they came for and also showed why she is one of rock's great female icons willing to both revel in her past and show she is a spirited contemporary singer.

Perhaps the night's centerpiece was a refreshing version of her classic "Landslide." Nicks didn't mind both parodying and saluting her past with the song's poignant refrain of "Well, I've been afraid of changin'. And I'm getting older" sung to a video of clips showing Nicks as a young, sensual rock vixen, a reminder of her often tortured and storied personal legacy. Nicks even briefly turned and smiled knowingly at her younger self in the video as she sang the tune.

And there were plenty of Nicks' famed costume changes. During some not always inspiring percussion and guitar solos, she managed to go from her basic black low cut flowing gown to a sparkly black dress, a black gold patterned look, sequined black and she topped off the black motif with a shiny gold shawl during her elegant and searing version of "Gold Dust Woman."

Nicks surrounded herself with great musicians in her seven-piece band anchored by legendary session guitarist Waddy Wachtel and two female back-up singers.

Overall, Nicks was as at ease as she has ever been with the audience - one could say at peace - running through plenty of Fleetwood Mac covers, which she has rarely done on solo tours.

There were searing versions of "Rhiannon," "Dreams" and a rollicking "Stand Back." And her recent material wasn't ignored either - such as a raved up version of "Fall from Grace," a tune from her last solo album, "Trouble in Shangri-La."

Nicks chose her covers well with a moving version of Bonnie Raitt's "Circle Dance," written for Raitt's late father, and Tom Petty's "I Need to Know."

And just when you think you know all Stevie Nicks' musical moods, she surprises you as if she's a feisty bar band chick singer and it's late at night and last call. She began her encore set with a rowdy version of Led Zeppelin's "Rock 'n' Roll."

Vanessa Carlton opened the evening with her too squeaky voice and gushing perhaps too much at how cool it was that Stevie Nicks chose her as an opener for this leg of the tour (Unfortunately, Cincinnati just missed the 10 dates that Don Henley was Nicks' opener).

Carlton is a solid songwriter and performer giving moving versions of her hit "A Thousand Miles" and the more intricate "White Houses." But her piano playing was better than her singing and she ought to really thank Nicks for letting her bring a luscious grand piano on stage as an opening act.

[Livia]

How can you "cover" a song you wrote? LOL

Also, I thought she dropped INTK and replaced it with Landslide. Other than those two bothersome remarks, yeah, nice review.

[thepoetinmyhear]

So, why do they say I Need to Know what done? Was that reporter at a different show? and "rarely done on solo tours"? It was a nice review, glad they enjoyed the show, but there is so much misinformation, I wonder if the reporter left early and just assumed the setlist didn't change.

[David]

Originally Posted by Rickypt

Here is a little better review from another Cincinnati paper.

http://news.cincypost.com/apps/pbcs....506290344/1005

The shawls and capes were flying. She had her patented sashays and twirly dance in fine form, too.

Imagine a Bob Dylan review opening this way. It's insulting!