Stevie Nicks Soundstage: Reactions and Thoughts On The Show

[wolfontherun]

Part One

Good News: She looks incredible. Crash was awesome. She sounds better then she has in some time. Her voice bounces over the lyrics and there is a very playful exuberance in her phrasing, you can tell that she really likes this song.

HSML was also good and sexy and so was Rock n Roll.

Bad News: On all of her own songs up until HSML she sounds very uninspired, understandable she must be sick of singing these same songs now for 30 years.

Her voice sounds very thin and more nasaly and there really is no depth left to it.

She tries on Sara to muster up some energy but falls flat. She should take her own advice on Sara "it just doesn't work live". It did with FM during Tusk but she has never duplicated that energy and nuance.

Did I say she looks great!!!!!

[wolfontherun]

[QUOTE=estranged4life;764029]Well, Sure sounds like Stevie was singing with STEVIE as it blasted through my 5.1 system - WAS NOT one of the background singers either....Doubt it was a guide vocal (Stevie SEEMS more together mentally than Ozzy & his guide vocal tracks in concert) but it was very obvious to my ears

It was a good performance, Great - Dont think so...

I'm not nut-swinging or fan-boying on that one!


Also it is seems, not seams friend! (Dont think I was being a smartass to you, k
QUOTE]

OOOPs was in a hury, for the record I do know the difference, but the spelling nazies are always appreciated for their obsessive need to correct. Anyway spelling never was my strong point but making sense is unlike your reply which is incoherent.

Nothing personal MMMM K?

[Mad4stevie]

My God, this is PHENOMENAL!

She has so much energy and really seems on top of her game.

The Stand Back kick was SO high. Sara was beautiful, as was How Still My Love. Crash was great - I love this song because she really looks like she loves it. She oozes sex appeal on this song and her eyes sparkle!

Fall from Grace was rockin', but it still isn't one of my favs. I had no idea this was "the meanest song" she had ever written - LOL - I thought Planets held that distinctive title. There was fire shooting from her eyes during this song, however, so that was pretty good.

I can do without "Rock and Roll". That kick at the beginning was hideous!

Can't wait for part #2!!

[strandinthewind]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I enoyed those.

I think this will serve as a coda to stellar career with such highs. Mind you, I do not want her to retire, but this is one hell of a way to go out if she takes that notion.

What fukcing woman!

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by Mad4stevie

. . . I thought Planets held that distinctive title. There was fire shooting from her eyes during this song, however, so that was pretty good . . . .

She has been saying FFG is the meanest song for awhile. I think she has referred to POTU as the angriest song. I suppose the difference belongs to her.

I have not seen the SS version, but I cannot wait to and even though FFG is not my fav.

[michelej1]

Just saw the show and I was surprised to find that that gal actually has a certain appeal!

It seems to me that when she walked out for Stand Back she emerged more slowly than she does at regular concerts. I like the the faster pace better, the purposeful stride. Actually, I want her to burst onto the stage, like she came through the wall in the I Can't Wait video. That's my dream.

The boots and tights certainly give her figure a more elongated look than the full skirts do. The flare at the hip, falling from the fitted top, gave her just a lovely waistline and very sleek look. When it came out, I had someone look at the FM Soundstage and they commented on her Reeboks and how dowdy they made the ensemble look. I sure wish they could see her now!

Had to guffaw when she said writing 3 songs every 2 years is just not enough for her! She used present tense.

Also, although she was talking about Bella Donna, she used the present tense in saying that "no one got broken up. "Everyone's all right." If I'd known she said this back then, that would be a clear indication to me that she was acknowledging then that she was still going to be doing something with FM. There was never any fear of her never touring again, unless someone drops dead.

I thought Sara was great. I also loved what she said about Joe complaining that FM only added it to the SYW setlist after their Soundstage had been filmed. That's a complaint that we had and it's fun to know that other people think just like we do.

Now, I thought her mod outfit was too contemporary for Sara. For that one, I want to see her draped in smoke and clouds, floating on the wind. But all you have to do is close your eyes to make that happen. Crazy, crazy . . . Can you speak a little louder. So beautiful.

So, I'm disappointed when she says that behind all the anger and meannness in Fall From Grace there's a tiny bit of love. I sure hope there's more than just a "tiny" bit. Indeed, if there weren't more, then the anger and meanness wouldn't exist.

So, she assures us that although she wants to, she is never gonna play How Still My Love for us on the piano. Yeah, applause. Here in Los Angeles we just sent a man to jail for life, for causing a train wreck. Stevie doesn't need to spark one. HSML is just a beautiful performance all the way through, but it gets really hot when she starts the "Me that's talking to you. . . " chant. Just sinfully good.

Goodness, I have to say that Crash sounds fantastic. I saw it in February and it got on my nerves. But this performance was delicious. A surprise.

As for Rock and Roll, I try to tell myself that since I don't have to look at that horrific BATB costume any longer, I don't have to spend the end of her shows in a coma. I've been liberated. But really, as long as Rock and Roll stays in the set, the tyranny continues. I try to take things day by day and remain strong, but I'm really afraid this cover is going to be my destruction.

I hate that the broadcast was broken up into 2 parts. I'm really in the mood for EO17 tonight, but I guess anticipation is a good thing.

When they promoted the DVD they said it had "bonus material not seen in this broadcast."

Look forward to next week.

Michele

[baboles]

Fall From Grace just ended...I loved it!!! HSML is starting! Sounds good so far.

Stevie has sounded great so far! And she looks great!

[StreetAngel86]

i just started flicking through youtube to catch some of the songs
watching How Still My Love first up

all i can say is
holy sh!t she looks fkn MARVELLOUS!

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Just saw the show and I was surprised to find that that gal actually has a certain appeal! . . . .

Is this your way of saying you were wrong

Seriously, I have often said that in my life, when I have thought she was washed up/whatever -- she has always come back and thrilled me way beyond expectation. The SA tour, The Dance, The Gold Dust Tour, and this are notable examples. So, I never really count her out.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Is this your way of saying you were wrong

Seriously, I have often said that in my life, when I have thought she was washed up/whatever -- she has always come back and thrilled me way beyond expectation. The SA tour, The Dance, The Gold Dust Tour, and this are notable examples. So, I never really count her out.

Actually, I've never thought she was washed up and this Soundstage didn't tell me anything new about her good or bad. I certainly can't say I was 'thrilled beyond my wildest expectations.' My opinion about her is pretty static. I just said she had a certain appeal in the same way I say, "Gee, I never realized it before, but Fleetwood Mac seems to have some sort of, um, I don't know chemistry or something. Not sure."

I forgot to say that I had to laugh at her "undoing the laces" of what seemed to be a petticoat in one sentence, while holding what seemed to be a cell phone to her ear the next. Somehow, those images just don't go together. A woman who wears laces that tie at the back like that, probably shouldn't be firing up her Nokia. Too bad Marcell Marceau wasn't around to mime for her.

Michele

[Musicman408]

Originally Posted by StreetAngel86

i just started flicking through youtube to catch some of the songs
watching How Still My Love first up

all i can say is
holy sh!t she looks fkn MARVELLOUS!

She really did, din't she? I remember thinking the same thing when she came out.

[kathy1]

i watched it this morning and i thought it was great.

[wildheart048]

I just watched it this morning, too, and I think it was an amazing show!!! Yay!
She looked fanfreakintastic and I liked the song choices...mixed it up a bit...although I think there are going to be a lot of slow songs in the next set? Perhaps they should have mixed a couple more in (since obviously they weren't played in order anyway) But what was played was awesome...my favorite moment came during 'Sara' ... the first time she sings "...when you build your house..." then the greatest expression! "...Call me..." LOVED IT! Actually loved the whole performance of the song...

and, I know this isn't the popular opinion, but I absolutely loved "Crash" ...

[galestreet]

Love it, love it, love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by michelej1

. . . I forgot to say that I had to laugh at her "undoing the laces" of what seemed to be a petticoat in one sentence, while holding what seemed to be a cell phone to her ear the next. Somehow, those images just don't go together. A woman who wears laces that tie at the back like that, probably shouldn't be firing up her Nokia. Too bad Marcell Marceau wasn't around to mime for her . . . .

I cannot find where she seems to be holding a cell phone next to her ear in Sara. What's the time marker in the clips posted?