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

[deltablues2]

If only Stevie would come out of hiding and appear and perform on TV more often. Heaven!

[wheart]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

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.

I totally agree with you. She did look amazing but that performance was dreadful...I thought the 2007 performance on Ellen was a million times better all the way around from voice to energy level to commitment. I still can't believe she actually did that song again! Geeez. And to make matters worse, I watched the show with someone I'm dating who was/is a fan from back in the day so this was my opportunity to reintroduce him to the "modern" Stevie. I felt almost embarrassed, wanting to explain that she usually performs a lot better than that.

[David]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

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

Well, I mean for me I would say unfortunately that's the case. But look at all the others who adore that sound. We all have different ears.

And who knows what might happen? It was only a couple of years after the ugly-sounding Timespace tour that Stevie demonstrated the richness & vibrato of the 1994 tour.

She seems to run out of breath a lot while she's singing live (where you have to force projection a lot more than singing in a studio). She pushes all the air out of her lungs & is then forced to continue holding a note, which gives it that strident, harsh sound--very flat & without tone.

As one ages, too, one breathes more shallowly. The muscles of one's diaphragm lose strength & elasticity. If I were Stevie's vocal coach, I'd say, "Sing however you want, but let's work on increasing core strength, building whatever abdominal muscles we can still build at your age."

[Sahara]

Originally Posted by David

As one ages, too, one breathes more shallowly. The muscles of one's diaphragm lose strength & elasticity. If I were Stevie's vocal coach, I'd say, "Sing however you want, but let's work on increasing core strength, building whatever abdominal muscles we can still build at your age."

Here comes a stupid question: does Stevie have a vocal coach?

[mitzo]

As far as the running out of breath is concerned, she is strapped into a tight corset...

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by David

Well, I mean for me I would say unfortunately that's the case. But look at all the others who adore that sound. We all have different ears.

And who knows what might happen? It was only a couple of years after the ugly-sounding Timespace tour that Stevie demonstrated the richness & vibrato of the 1994 tour.

She seems to run out of breath a lot while she's singing live (where you have to force projection a lot more than singing in a studio). She pushes all the air out of her lungs & is then forced to continue holding a note, which gives it that strident, harsh sound--very flat & without tone.

As one ages, too, one breathes more shallowly. The muscles of one's diaphragm lose strength & elasticity. If I were Stevie's vocal coach, I'd say, "Sing however you want, but let's work on increasing core strength, building whatever abdominal muscles we can still build at your age."

Interesting. To my ears she's either "lost" some of what made her voice unique or she picks and chooses when to use it. For instance, I hear "it" again in this new single and I also heard it on "Say Goodbye". But, I don't hear it often.

Originally Posted by petep9000

Winded, yes. Hoarse and bellowing? Wrong decade.

Please skip to the 03:39 point for a hoarse bellow. Which sounds delicious to me.

Ok, I do like that but it does sound like she was stripping her chords.

Originally Posted by Sahara

Here comes a stupid question: does Stevie have a vocal coach?

I always thought her vocal coach is Steve Real - since The Dance?

Originally Posted by mitzo

As far as the running out of breath is concerned, she is strapped into a tight corset...

Very good point!

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by Sahara

Here comes a stupid question: does Stevie have a vocal coach?

Tommy Flanagan.
Miley Cyrus uses him
too.

[wheart]

Originally Posted by David

As one ages, too, one breathes more shallowly. The muscles of one's diaphragm lose strength & elasticity. If I were Stevie's vocal coach, I'd say, "Sing however you want, but let's work on increasing core strength, building whatever abdominal muscles we can still build at your age."

Have you considered applying for the job? I think Stevie needs you!

[Chain of Chains]

Originally Posted by GypsyNikita

Oh no that didn't post right! Well here's the link to all my GIFs >>>

http://s803.photobucket.com/albums/y...cpZZ3QQtppZZ20

Feel free to use them! I loove them too!

Hi GypsyNikita,

Long time Stevie fan here. Would love to see you gif page (pretty please ), but it's asking me for a password. Am I doing something wrong?

Much Thanks!

[amoscascott]

When did Stevie switch vocal coaches? I always thought that Steve Real was her vocal coach and has been since the Dance tour.

[fringed n fab]

Originally Posted by amoscascott

When did Stevie switch vocal coaches? I always thought that Steve Real was her vocal coach and has been since the Dance tour.

I know it may have wreaked havoc on her vocal chords but I much prefer wild and crazy vocals Stevie, over her confined and restrained vocals today. Sometimes you just gotta bust loose.

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by fringed n fab

I know it may have wreaked havoc on her vocal chords but I much prefer wild and crazy vocals Stevie, over her confined and restrained vocals today. Sometimes you just gotta bust loose.

I have to say, I agree. However, women's voices are generally at their peak in their thirties and after that range diminishes and lowers. So if Stevie were a normal person who aged, that might have something to do with it too

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by amoscascott

When did Stevie switch vocal coaches? I always thought that Steve Real was her vocal coach and has been since the Dance tour.

She didn't change as far as I know...the above was a joke.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by fringed n fab

I know it may have wreaked havoc on her vocal chords but I much prefer wild and crazy vocals Stevie, over her confined and restrained vocals today. Sometimes you just gotta bust loose.

I agree with that point to some degree. But she was such a hot mess on the Rock a Little tour. I was at her show in Boston - the first time seeing her live. I was so dissapointed in her performance -- her vocal mannerisms ran rough-shod over the songs to the point they were barely recognizable. Her pacing was all off, and no one could understand what the hell she was saying when she talked to the audience - she was in another world. I thought, " I know she is better than this."

The performance of "Stand Back" posted here pretty much sums up how she, in a spastic coked-out dillerium, delivered all of her songs. Look how she competely fu*ked up the lyrics! Instead of singing the second stanza of the second verse, she forgets it and goes right into the chorus, while the band, lock-stepped in the arrangement, plays on. She attempts to recover, but has completely lost her place. I wonder what her band members must thought of her condition at this point.

[mitzo]

She even fell off the stage somewhere on the RAL tour.