How did you feel the first time you saw The Dance?

macko814 · #1 04-05-2003, 03:20 PM

Watching The Dance for the first time in a while, all I could think about is how all your diehard fans must have been reacting/feeling hearing these songs revamped live for the first time in forever. And the Silver Springs performance?

I'd love to know how you guys felt.

tuigirl · #2 04-05-2003, 03:32 PM

ok..well first time I saw the Dance I had at that point, only ever seen FM on the Rumours cover back in 1977!!! So, in 1997 I had NO idea who the individual members were...but I do remember thinking that I enjoyed the concert/music immensly(?)
Since then of course, I've done my homework

and haven't looked back!!

LilyRose · #3 04-05-2003, 03:33 PM

Well, "The Dance" is what got me started on Fleetwood Mac. So, it's definately something that I hold dear to my heart. Especially that "Silver Springs" performance.
Although, I have to say that I didn't really understand what it was all about at first. It actually kind of annoyed me that MTV had these "old people" on instead of something I would have rather watched at the time (being 16 yrs old).
Stevie and Lindsey have become my favorites, but at first glance I thought Christine was the coolest. I didn't really like Stevie at all. I still someimes think that Christine is a little cooler than Stevie.

Shortly after that I got on the internet and looked up all sorts of info on the band, found the Ledge, and was forever entranced and fascinated by these people. People who I really don't know, but feel as though I do.

Susie
P.S. I really didn't mean to make this a history of how I started liking the Mac

BlueGrass · #4 04-05-2003, 03:49 PM

When I first saw The Dance I was like, "O I didn't know that," and "I know this song" and "Is That Really him?"

lol

FiercestCalmSea · #5 04-05-2003, 03:49 PM

Honest to god first impression:"Who the hell are these people on MTV"? LOL. I was flipping channels and stopped when i heard the piano intro to Rhiannon..cause i am a sucker for piano...and i sat there and watched these random people...and i knew alot of thier songs and it was freakin me out.I eventually found out who they were..and that this was that Stevie Nicks chic that my mom had been trying to tell me about when she told me that SP and Hole has ruined her songs,lol...and of course..the rest is history

wondergirl9847 · #6 04-05-2003, 04:21 PM

I JUST watched The Dance this morning to get myself kinda psyched up for the concert!!

Anyways...when I FIRST saw the concert, I sat in awe of Lindsey. I mean, mouth agape, eyes bulging outta my head....stunned.

The man entranced me with his guitar playing and how awesome he sounded...such raw emotion and power in his vocals!! I saw him do ISA and RIGHT THEN, it became my new favorite #1 song of all time!! Big Love and Go Insane just floored me as well...I mean...good GRAVY, how does one get their HANDS to go THAT FAST!!!!! LOL Stevie doing GDW also was just AWESOME....I saw how her sheer presense on stage was enough to make her die hard fans do what I do when I see Lindsey...she's mezmerizing!! I love that version of SYLM, it's better than the White Album version, IMO...love that banjo!!

Something that makes me REALLY smile is how Lindsey seems to REALLY be enjoying the concert and I love his interaction with Christine and Stevie....the hug after Landslide, his smiles at Christine are ALWAYS so cute and sweet too!!

DownOnRodeo · #7 04-05-2003, 06:18 PM

Yes, for me watching the Dance was like "Meet Lindsey Buckingham", for someone who ddin't know much about the band at that point.

estranged4life · #8 04-05-2003, 06:59 PM

I saw "the Dance" I was impressed with the sound of the band. The music sounded very tight and very much rehearsed...

But for some reason Stevie's vocals sounded flat to me, As did Christine's vocals. Lindsey's vocals however sounded fine but his guitar playing is what really impressed me (ie-"I'm So Afraid") the most.

Btw-I never saw it broadcast on "Empty-Vee" (aka MTV), My first viewing of it was on PBS...lol...Brian J.

Johnny Stew · #9 04-05-2003, 07:32 PM

By 1997, I had been a fan of Fleetwood Mac for about 11 years.
Well, a "die-hard, collecting everything I could afford and/or get my hands on" kinda fan for that amount of time... but I had always loved their songs as far back as I can remember.

When Lindsey left the band in '87, I had little hope of him ever returning... and then when Stevie followed in 1991, I pretty much figured the 'Rumours'-era lineup would never record together again.

Then in December of '96, i read a blurb on the Nicks Fix that Lindsey, Stevie, Christine, John and Mick, were considering reuniting for the 20th anniversary of 'Rumours.'
I figured I better not get myself too excited, as it would most likely fall apart before it even got off the ground.

But, as we all know, it DID happen.
And in early '97 the original Ledge was born, and many of us enthusiastically chattered back and forth about the band's history, etc., and about our excitement for the upcoming reunion.

So when MTV finally debuted 'The Dance,' I was more than primed for the Return Of The Mac... and the concert itself was nothing short of magical for me.

Everything I loved about Fleetwood Mac was all present and accounted for... those sublime harmonies... the passionate and intense performances... the onstage drama and chemistry.
I loved every minute of it, and I couldn't believe I was actually watching something I had all but given up hope of ever seeing, just a couple years prior.

'The Dance' was everything I could have hoped for (and more), and to this day, I never get tired of watching that concert.

EnchantedStorms · #10 04-05-2003, 07:52 PM

I had always liked FM/Stevie...grew up listening to them. But didn't start becoming a fanatic until about a year before the Dance. I remember when I heard they were reuniting...I was freaking out. And then when the Dance aired, I started out laying in the floor watching it, but when the Chain started, I sat up, goose bumps running up and down my arms. I was just awestruck. And Silver Springs...wow...just blew my away. I remember my husband, who liked *some* of their music but knew none of the history, was watching it with me and when Stevie turned to Lindsey and gripped that microphone, lol, he goes, "Damn, those two got something going on."

I think I'm gonna watch it tonight, lol. It's been awhile.

~Angela~

gldstwmn · #11 04-05-2003, 07:55 PM

Seeing the Dance gave me hope...hope that had been lacking in my life for a while. I almost fell out of the chair when I heard the opening notes to Silver Springs. I thought if these people can get it together and do this, then certainly a mere mortal like yourself can get your **** together and go on. That whole time was a huge turning point in my life.

bucklind17 · #12 04-05-2003, 08:09 PM

The Dance was what got me started on the band. They were VH1 Artist's of the Month and VH1 was constantly airing all of these video clips and the specials and The Dance. I remember falling in love with "Bleed to Love Her" first. I bought the CD hoping this song would be included, and then realized that I knew almost every other song on there from growing up with the radio on. I told myself I only would need this CD, since it was a nice mix of older hits and new tunes. Little did I know how much I would later acquire!

So The Dance is special for me for letting me see how great this band is and giving me some great music to love. I was also an angsty high schooler at the time, so it also gave me some inspirational words to relate to and scribble all over my notebooks. Discovering The Dance meant discovering the band, and they soon became the best thing in a pretty crazy and messy time in my life.

darklinensuit · #13 04-05-2003, 08:30 PM

I had been a fan for years & was living in Austin at the time. The night TD premiered on MTV a radio station was giving tickets to the concert anywhere in the country, to be preceded by the premiere of the boadcast, all at a bar downtown. THe place was packed & I got one of the few tables. (Annoyed that my two friends arrived late, so I almost lost the table.) Of course I had goosebumps during the broadcast & loved the new songs. Silver Springs was quite anticipated. People around me were NOT diehard fans. They were saying things like "Stevie looks so good. She must be FORTY by now" and "I wonder if they'll tour?" Applause broke out at the end, & the DJs took the mike to give away Tshirts and the tickets. They said they'd ask trivia questions & thequickest hands up would win the tickets. My friends were patting me on the back. However, the fates were not smiling at me. The questions were so EASY: What year did the band release their first album w/Stevie & Lindsey? Who in the band was John McVie married to? Believe it or not, some people were called on & didn't have a clue. Some were given time to think, then guessed, and then were given the prizewhen they guessed right. It was a painful experience for any true fan, as you can imagine. So to sum up, loved the concert, hated part of the night.
- Jake

macmar71 · #14 04-05-2003, 10:28 PM

I was happy to see the united Fleetwood Mac since I fell in love with their music back in Mirage times but never did get to see them (the original Rumours line-up) until the Dance.
The one thing that kind of shadowed my moment and kept me from really 100% enjoying it was that my grandmother passed away the day that MTV aired the special and tickets for the show went on sale that weekend and the show was a month later so it all happened so quickly and I was not in the greatest of moods. I am in a better frame of mind and know that I will be relishing every moment of this Mac fest!

Sorcerer386 · #15 04-06-2003, 12:07 AM

I'm yet another child of The Dance experience. Until The Dance, I was kind of in limbo with the music world. I didn't really care about it because I thought a lot of it was garbage (as I STILL do, but I've found there are better things too). Grunge completely ruined any joy I had in music. When I saw the show, or parts as my parents were watching and I think I was doing homework and would stop here and there to listen, I thought they're good. Then my friend's parents BOUGHT the video, and I watched it there a few times, and it was there I learned that Dreams and Gypsy were NOT Stevie solo songs, lol. Then it was around Christmas and my mom was CONSTANTLY playing The Dance cd, and one by one the songs sucked me in. I still remember that I could never remember what the title to Dreams was...I'd always have to look. Then I got GH for Christmas, and that was it. I too liked Christine most when The Dance was fresh and new to me, but then Stevie's bewitching ways pulled me in. Definitely a defining time for my life.