Orlando

crystal baller · #1 04-18-2009, 08:39 AM

This is on ticketmaster right now, 7th row! Sec 4 starts at F.

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Livia · #2 04-21-2009, 10:18 AM

music_blog/2009/04/fleetwood-mac-concert-review-orlando-amway-arena.html

When it comes to nostalgia, Fleetwood Mac’s "Unleashed" tour occupies the same neighborhood as the Eagles latest reunion trek.

Like the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac reliably delivered a boatload of vintage hits in a generous 2 hours and 20 minutes on Monday at Amway Arena.

Unleashed, however, implies a sense of abandon and risk that Fleetwood Mac doesn’t reach that often. Instead, band members Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and John McVie offer a combination of precision and pacing.

It’s a decent trade.

With keyboardist Christine McVie now retired from the band, it was pretty much the Buckingham-Nicks show. Although the duo harmonizes as well as ever on the signature songs, it was hard for longtime fans not to miss the sweetness of McVie’s voice in the mix. A trio of backing vocalists and two additional musicians added texture to the hits.

And there wasn’t any shortage of them: "The Chain," "Dreams" "Gypsy," "Rhiannon," "Second Hand News," "Say You Love Me," "Go Your Own Way." Hearing them again, for those of a certain age, is as much a reminder of a bygone radio era as the band’s formidable catalog.

At age 60 (!), Nicks is still a mystical presence, even if she mostly stands in silhouette with her beaded capes instead of doing those spins.

Buckingham, at the same age, remains an under-appreciated guitarist capable of intricate acoustic picking and fiery rock-star heroics.

His creative abuse of an electric guitar in "I’m So Afraid" and other solos offered the best justification for that "unleashed" title.

Nicks and Buckingham were pretty chatty, too. She introduced "Gypsy" by explaining that "there are many meanings to a song, not just one." He aptly described "Second Hand News" as a song that dealt with the band’s fractious personal relationships "with a lot of humor, a lot of optimism and certainly a lot of aggression."

In a rare departure from the familiar arrangements, the band offered slight twist on "Never Going Back Again," slowing it down into a moodier ballad.

The Nicks-Buckingham chemistry ignited sparks in that song, a lovely version of "Landslide" and in "Sara," when she gently rested her head on his shoulder.

At such moments, when it was evident how much of the band’s history was tied up in the music, nostalgia just wasn’t enough to cover it.

A few more thoughts on Fleetwood Mac at Amway...
posted by JimAbbott on Apr 21, 2009 11:52:01 AM

1.) The band did an admirable job of filling the place. Except for a few pockets of empty seats in the back of the lower bowl, it was pretty much packed. Don't want to shatter anyone's illusions, but this was an older crowd. Some people on the floor looked to be in the Engelbert demographic. Was that '70s really that long ago?

2.) This crowd still knows how to party. Reason? Occasional scent of marijuana floating in the air in my lower-bowl section. You don't catch a whiff of that too often at arena concerts anymore.

3.) On a personal note: After a tough week, I was particularly happy to see my favorite ticket-taker, Earline, at the door. "You are very special and very handsome," she told me, just like always. Yeah, she says it to everyone, but it's still nice to hear.

4.) In the realm of how music lodges in your head: "Landslide" never fails to remind me of a girl I used to know a long time ago, an eternal pleasant memory that makes it a sentimental favorite. I know it's not so much the song, but the girl. On the flip side, my friend at the show with me HATES the song, because she also has a memory attached -- a bad one. So there you go.

BTFLCHLD · #3 04-21-2009, 12:19 PM

landslide...tusk partial

Musicman408 · #4 04-21-2009, 12:47 PM

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landslide...tusk partial

hmmm Lindsey's back to the old outfit.

michelej1 · #5 04-21-2009, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Musicman408

hmmm Lindsey's back to the old outfit.

Poor devil. The suitcase with his regular costume in it must have gotten lost in transit that one night and so he had to make due with what he had, like a beggar off the street. To think of all those people who didn't get to see the red/orange t-shirt

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Michele

Musicman408 · #6 04-21-2009, 01:50 PM

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Poor devil. The suitcase with his regular costume in it must have gotten lost in transit that one night and so he had to make due with what he had, like a beggar off the street. To think of all those people who didn't get to see the red/orange t-shirt

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Michele

I wasn't saying that because I was mad- It was just a curious observation I made, making the Columbus show perhaps all the more special.

wheart · #7 04-21-2009, 02:26 PM

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I wasn't saying that because I was mad- It was just a curious observation I made, making the Columbus show perhaps all the more special.

so he only wore the "new outfit" for one show? I thought he was stylin' in it. Perhaps it was those disgusting, highly visible sweat stains that made him reconsider.

ShangriLaTroubl · #8 04-21-2009, 02:34 PM

It looked like he was wearing the red shirt with a sport coat instead of leather jacket last night. Wasn't he wearing the leather jacket in the beginning of the tour?

wheart · #9 04-21-2009, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ShangriLaTroubl

It looked like he was wearing the red shirt with a sport coat instead of leather jacket last night. Wasn't he wearing the leather jacket in the beginning of the tour?

yup, he's been wearing the black leather jacket and red tee combo

DavidMn · #10 04-21-2009, 02:38 PM

SO are those of us that went to Columbus going ot be the only ones that got to see the grey suit?

WildHeart69 · #11 04-21-2009, 02:38 PM

yeah it was leather every night til after Philly. this is also in the ohio thread discussion

michelej1 · #12 04-21-2009, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Musicman408

I wasn't saying that because I was mad- It was just a curious observation I made, making the Columbus show perhaps all the more special.

No, I know you weren't mad.

You know Stevie's dresses cost a lot of money, so I can see why she wouldn't have a lot of them, but for the life of me I don't understand why the men don't change clothes more.

Michele

Livia · #13 04-21-2009, 03:39 PM

Maybe LB buys his tees in bulk?

Musicman408 · #14 04-21-2009, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidMn

SO are those of us that went to Columbus going ot be the only ones that got to see the grey suit?

I'm wondering the same thing D!

BTFLCHLD · #15 04-21-2009, 04:24 PM

no doubt the waredrobe assistant took one look at the sweat stains on the grey jacket and about died; no amount of cleaning, wet/dry or otherwise, is going to remove sweat rings from that type of material. While I do prefer a skin drenched wet Lindsey...hehe...the wetness displayed on his jacket during the show? not so much. I do prefer the black jacket on red...I was not completely thrilled with the light grey, particularly when worn over his faded stretch-to-XL tshirt.

Personally, I love to see Lindsey in just super snug t-shirt/jeans or nothing at all