Stand Back from SNL

[David]

Originally Posted by jwd

Damn, that was AWESOME! That's how the song should be performed! Like night and day comparing it to how Stevie sung it on Ellen.

Hi, there! welcome back!
I'm surprised to hear you say this because I thought you preferred the more mature, softer, "wiser" performer to the old quivery emotionalism.

"Stand Back" went from synth rock in 1983 (& maybe 1986) to techno rock with Fleetwood Mac. The switch never felt right to me. The latter rendition always felt too manic or rushed or something. The song does have a straightaway 4/4 grandeur that gets lost in its techno incarnation, where it just tumbles out all at a single dynamic. In 1983, the rendition grew in intensity, storylike, to the final shouts, which were the climaxes after the rising action.