Live Say You Love Me-Stevie Off Key?

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

Has anyone else noticed that Stevie's harmony on Say You Love Me from the Live album is, erm, a bit off? It's the part: "when the lovin' starts and the lights go down/and there's not another living soul around/you woo me until the sun comes up and you say that you love me" that sounds off key to me. Has anyone else noticed this, or am I becoming hard of hearing now that I've turned 30? Perhaps it's the live recording, but Lindsey's and Chris's harmonies blend beautifully and Stevie's voice is just stuck out there like a sore thumb--no blend. Any thoughts?

The worst flat harmonies are on Mirage Tour DVD on the song Blue Letter...
Lindsey looks like he wants to kill her. Talk about shooting daggers! I love how competetive they are on The Chain..it is just riviting & quite shocking seeing them trying to outsing eachother..Stevie wins by the way.....

[UndoingTheLaces]

You know, music today is so drenched in filters and processors, you only hear a little of Brittany Speres and all these new singers' voices, the rest is all filters. I actually like hearing mistakes in music. It reminds me that I'm listening to real people.

[MacMan]

I don't mind the so called "off key Stevie" on this tune...or any tune. It was always a quality that I loved about her singing. You could pick her out of a crowd - especially on a live track.

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by amber

Maybe she's right, and Linds and Chris are wrong. *snicker*

That's a nice spin, but, look, no

Re the comment about Chris being off: I don't think Chris is off, I think she and Lindsey sound good. Stevie sounds like she's singing a completely different song altogether! Where is her ear monitor?!

Re the comment about "outsinging" on The Chain from Mirage: you're right! It's like they are battling to death to see who can sing over who...and yes, Stevie wins. When Lindsey tries to forcefully sing he just sounds froggy and looks like he's having some kind of palsy attack. And further, that make-up he's wearing in Mirage makes me want to run screaming from the room. As Sahara put it, it's "spinetingling!"

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by MacMan

I don't mind the so called "off key Stevie" on this tune...or any tune. It was always a quality that I loved about her singing. You could pick her out of a crowd - especially on a live track.

Well sure, but she's supposed to be harmonizing here, and furthermore, that was their signature- beautiful 3-part harmony. Anyway, there's no blend on this song where there should be blend and it bugs.

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by Ghost_Tracker

Give a good listen to "Outside the Rain" in the US Festival some time.

I'm there. Boy, her U.S. festival performances were just a downright comedy of errors weren't they? We love you Stevie!

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

I'm there. Boy, her U.S. festival performances were just a downright comedy of errors weren't they? We love you Stevie!

Yes, but she looked good.

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by jannieC

Yes, but she looked good.

I swear, you and David..."as long as she looked hot nothing else matters"

[David]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

I'm there. Boy, her U.S. festival performances were just a downright comedy of errors weren't they? We love you Stevie!

No way! She was dynomite at the US Festivals!

Also, fyi for non-Californians: my pal Debbie used to call it the U.S. Festival, too, but it isn't---it's the "US" Festival, pronounced like the pronoun (It was "Unite US in Song")

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by David

No way! She was dynomite at the US Festivals!

Also, fyi for non-Californians: my pal Debbie used to call it the U.S. Festival, too, but it isn't---it's the "US" Festival, pronounced like the pronoun (It was "Unite US in Song")

And it seems like I knew that and posted U.S. anyway. Why? I blame lack of caffeine...

And if by "dynomite" you mean "high-as-a-kite" then you are correct sir! Oh, and the description "comedy of errors" is meant in a good way, you know kind of like a left-handed compliment?

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

I swear, you and David..."as long as she looked hot nothing else matters"

LOL I was being sarcastic- I mean, she *did* look good, but boy did she ever sound horrible. Worst performaces, ever, IMO.

[Richard B]

I always thought she was flat, but not necessarily off key. But hell if I can sing.

[foxyluva]

Stevie is off key, no questions asked have you noticed on the Live 1980 album also that near the end of Rhiannon, Stevie goes so loud into the microphone that there is some major screeching going on

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by foxyluva

Stevie is off key, no questions asked have you noticed on the Live 1980 album also that near the end of Rhiannon, Stevie goes so loud into the microphone that there is some major screeching going on

I'll have to check it out. As I recall, most of that performance is really f*cking loud. That's one of the reasons it's my favorite track on the album, I love raucous Stevie .

[Brwn_eyes0511]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

I love raucous Stevie .

I do too! But her vocal chords did not!