Stevie will be on The Ellen DeGeneres Show 1/13/10

[sorcerer999]

Originally Posted by Edgeof27

it was absolutley amazing to see Stevie, Waddy, Jimmy, Lenny, Al, Carlos, Ricky, Sharon, &, Lois, blast us with an awesome version of Stand Back,

Lois???

[mylittledemon]

saw her performance... not bad... why didnt she perform the new song?

[Garbo]

Agreed she soooo could've played SL.. the studio cut has been unleashed on youtube anyways! But I like this version of Stand Back better than the one she/FM have been doing for the last decade or so. I wish they would sample the synths/sequencer straight from the record live instead of that droning sound. Oh well, this new version sounds a bit truer to the LP cut.

[Edgeof27]

Originally Posted by sorcerer999

Lois???

oops, the oxy is kickin in ....

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

She's "used to being around english people"?? I thought that was a wierd comment, like they are a different breed or something.

It's like, "I'm used to being around Vampires"


Jamie

And Canadians are all very demonstrative and given to PDA. Every time she's on the beach in Santa Monica, she sees Canadians running around holding hands.

Michele

[LiamMcConville]

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[carrie721]

you're welcome.

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by michelej1

And Canadians are all very demonstrative and given to PDA. Every time she's on the beach in Santa Monica, she sees Canadians running around holding hands.

Michele

It's why she loves Canada!

[bluefox4000]

Originally Posted by Meowi

I will say, Stevie looked and sounded fantastic.
There was none of that nasal sound in her voice.

That's what pleased me the most. I have hope for the album now.

Mick

[David]

"Secret Love" really sounds good. It isn't stilted & frenetic, like Prussians at play. There is a willowy vibrato in her voice. It isn't the most sonically adventurous track we've ever heard, but it doesn't make any of us cringe because of datedness or inaptness. It has a nice chug-a-lug quality that will grab radio programmers & listeners. It will be a hit!!!

Her rendition on ELLEN was not good at all. She sounded awful: toneless, flat, harsh. She reminded me of her Timespace tour performances.

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by David

"Secret Love" really sounds good. It isn't stilted & frenetic, like Prussians at play. There is a willowy vibrato in her voice. It isn't the most sonically adventurous track we've ever heard, but it doesn't make any of us cringe because of datedness or inaptness. It has a nice chug-a-lug quality that will grab radio programmers & listeners. It will be a hit!!!

Her rendition on ELLEN was not good at all. She sounded awful: toneless, flat, harsh. She reminded me of her Timespace tour performances.

David, do you think her voice is just unsalvageable for live performances at this point?

[mitzo]

I feel Stevie's voice has changed so that she is remarkable at the ballads like never before, but struggles with the rockers. Having said that, Stand Back has always, to my ears, been a miserable hot mess live, and the Ellen performance was another example of how ill-suited the song is to live performance and Stevie's 21st century vocal chops. Just my opinion, but she also seems to fight her way through a lot of her louder tunes live, sounding just hoarse, winded, and bellowing aimlessly.

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by David

"Secret Love" really sounds good. It isn't stilted & frenetic, like Prussians at play. There is a willowy vibrato in her voice. It isn't the most sonically adventurous track we've ever heard, but it doesn't make any of us cringe because of datedness or inaptness. It has a nice chug-a-lug quality that will grab radio programmers & listeners. It will be a hit!!!

Her rendition on ELLEN was not good at all. She sounded awful: toneless, flat, harsh. She reminded me of her Timespace tour performances.

Thank you for the reality check. I thought she sounded horrible on Ellen. I partially suspect that she was screaming into the mic because she couldn't hear herself properly. Also, I think she was trying too hard to put out flair- waving her hands around, dancing in place, etc. It's such a contrast with the Solid Gold performance that's still up on YouTube somewhere, in which she truly conveys the understated passion of the song- with her big, sad eyes and pout and her only intermittent outbursts of movement. That Solid Gold performance is such a thing of beauty!

On the positive side, she looked fantastic.

[Sahara]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Thank you for the reality check. I thought she sounded horrible on Ellen.

I didn't think her voice was super on Ellen, but it picked up towards the end and she definitely made up for it in energy and sass!

[BellaDonna93]

Awesome performance and interview It's so great to see her doing all these things, new interviews, tour, album Soo great!