Listen to this Edge of 17!!!

[dissention]

My tour ratings:

1983 ~ The Wild Heart Tour: Stevie was very good during this tour. She interacted with the audience a lot and her vocals, for the most part, were great. Towards the end of the tour, though, you could tell the tour was taking a toll on her voice; still fab though. She was very energetic during this tour. (A)

1986 ~ The Rock A Little Tour: Raw rock 'n roll. Stevie left her inhibitions at the door and did crazy stuff every night. She didn't follow a script and just did whatever she pleased. During "I Can't Wait" she did all the moves from the video. She wailed during every song, but it contributed to the atmosphere. (B+)

1989 ~ The OSOTM Tour: Just plain boring. You wait for her to kick it into gear and she never does. She sleepwalks through it and gives emotionless performances. HAEWAFY was good, though. The rockers were weird because the music rocked, but her vocals were so slow and plodding. GDW had a new freaky arrangment and her slooooooowly enunciated vocals didn't complement it. (C-)

1991 ~ Timespace (Whole Lotta Trouble): Another boring tour. The costumes were...odd. They were, like, vinyl dusters. This was the tour that got her into hot water with the IRS about her costumes. It seemed like there were good nights and very bad nights on this tour. Edge of 17 was fabulous at every show but the other songs were yucky. Too much cheesy keyboards and synthesizers on all the songs. She didn't look like she was enjoying it. SDMHA was fun though. I have a video where she shoves the male singer away from the mic after the chorus. Literally pushes him away. Like Elaine on Seinfeld. (C+)

1994 ~ Street Angel Tour: FABULOUS. One of her very best tours. Every performance seemed to be awesome. Her vocals were POWERFUL. She performed the worst songs from the album, but that was okay because she put so much poassion and effort into the every song. Outside the Rain, Edge of 17, and Stand Back were stand-outs; they were great. (A+)

1998 ~ Enchanted Tour: Another fabulous tour. The set-list was GREAT; the best ever. She put everything she had into the songs and she looked like she was having a blast, all smiles. Edge of 17 had some amazing wails, GDW was full-on amazing, and the acoustic set was a dream come true. I can't say a bad thing about it. (A+)

2001 ~ Trouble In Shangri-La Tour: Great set-list, very weak and thin vocals. I don't know what happened to her voice, but it was incredibly weak throughout most of the tour. After she got sick, it took her about a good month and a half to recover, but when she did, the shows were awesome. But most of the tour was very weak, like I said. She performed tons of TISL songs, which was great. The stage was awesome, too, it really set the mood for the shows. (B+)

Just my opinions!

[Hawkeye]

Thank you so much everyone, especially dissention.

[David]

Originally posted by dissention
My tour ratings: [snip]

I think I'd rate her tours like this:

1981: B+
1983: A+
1986: A
1989: D
1991: F
1994: B
1998: C
1999/2000: D
2001: D

[dissention]

Originally posted by David
1991: F
1994: B
1998: C
1999/2000: D
2001: D

I agree with the Timespace assessment, but SA only getting a B?! Enchanted getting a C?!?!?!?!?!?! LOL

Why would you give the tours those ratings? I'm being serious, I'd love to hear your takes on them

[cliffdweller]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
All I can say is she barely sings at all on Rhiannon and EO17. She sort of talks it and then screams out made up lyrics, incoherently at times. Although I have always loved her and saw concerts in this era, I really did not like this era for Stevie; she has also unfavorably commented on the quality of her singing during this period. I think most of this just is not singing. Instead, she mostly is not carrying a tune and shows little to no vocal discipline. I think this was just not presenting a show worthy of her talent. This mostly incoherent scream fest/train wreck just cannot favorably compare the vocal quality of her singing today no matter how boring she is now in comparison to then.

On the bright side, she is mostly on key when she is singing.

Thank goodness she got off the drugs!!!!!!

Yes, thank goodness. She sounds high as a kite in this performance--coked out to the nth degree. I wonder if she spit up pea soup while her head spun during the demonic caterwalling in the middle of the song.

[Sorcerer386]

While I agree OSOTM and Timespace were Stevie's two worst tours, they do have their moments. The whole lotta trouble tour was a bit odd because there were songs that Stevie really seemed to get into, like Talk to Me, SDMHA, If Anyone Falls, Edge of 17, and even a little bit of Rhiannon. Then there were songs she just seemed bored with, like Dreams (although I can imagine why), Beauty and the Beast, Whole Lotta Trouble (why I don't know -- such an energetic song), and LAHGTP whenever she did it. Like I said, the OSOTM tour just had too many lower tempo songs...which you can't expect her to do much in them. But, I absolutely love the fan twirl before Alice, and I love the Whole Lotta Trouble performances during this tour.