Which performance of SOTM is better - Tusk or Mirage??

[wondergirl9847]

Originally posted by Mad4stevie
I would like to know how to make these avatars in the first place - movement or no movement!

You save the picture on your hard drive, and bring it up in a picture program (I use MGI Photo Suite 8.1) then shrink the photo to 50 x 50. That's what I did to that Stevie photo, but for some reason, I can't get it to move. LOL

Anyone know?

[cliffdweller]

Originally posted by darklinensuit
I'll go with Mirage, too. Not just the ranting in tongues & panty spin at the end, but also that super-witchy shot of Stevie in the blue lighting with the wild hair, tapping away.

Exactly! That blue lighting, frizzed out hair and tapping just sets the tone for what's to come. The suspense just puts you on the edge of your seat.

So I vote for the Mirage SOTM, probably my favorite all time Stevie performance.

[David]

Originally posted by cliffdweller
So I vote for the Mirage SOTM, probably my favorite all time Stevie performance.

I used to love the '82 one but now I love the '79 one. The older one was shot on film & the newer one on video, & I like the satiny look of the film stock a lot more. The video is too metallic & the lights too glary.

[Livia]

Mirage is cool, but I HATE that they edited it, one minute she's all normal, then BAM.....wild, witchy hair and that EDIT. GRR!! Ya gotta love the Mirage "speaking in tongues" part.

I don't think that's editing - she leaves the stage during LB's guitar solo - and poofed her hair out- put on more lipstick and probably did a line too *heh*. The lighting makes her hair look poofier than it really is....

I prefer the Mirage one for the look - I think Stevie never looked better than during this period - and the "speaking in tongues."

[strandinthewind]

The Tusk recording has it all - an academic vocally superior performace, passion, audience interaction, singing away from the mic., hand raising and the spot light coming on, that cool cloak with the hood, etc. So, I think this one wins from an academic point of view.

Yet, the passion (phew!!!!!!), bizarre if not strained and shrieking vocal, and the drugged out cow bell sequence in the Mirage one are something to behold! Did I forget to mention my fav. part - the panty revealing spin where she almost falls over!!!!!!

[Mad4stevie]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
The Tusk recording has it all - an academic vocally superior performace, passion, audience interaction, singing away from the mic., hand raising and the spot light coming on, that cool cloak with the hood, etc. So, I think this one wins from an academic point of view.

Yet, the passion (phew!!!!!!), bizarre if not strained and shrieking vocal, and the drugged out cow bell sequence in the Mirage one are something to behold! Did I forget to mention my fav. part - the panty revealing spin where she almost falls over!!!!!!

You know, what I wonder about during the "speaking in tongues" part is at what point does the rest of the band (if they do at all) hear this and say "what the hell?".

Sure, the band digs it when she does her "exorcism" Rhiannon, but at this point, you would think that would at least cross Christine's mind that , "Hey, Stevie, you a just a little too crazy".

[go6car]

Both are like cake and ice cream. I can never decide.

I do love the shot in the Tusk documentry when Stevie throws her fist in the air, then the camera pulls back and the whole audience follows suit.

go6car


(PS: I am still totally cracking up over DarkLinenSuit's bouncing Stevie every time I read a post...... )

[seteca]

Definitely the '82 version. For many reasons, but a few specific ones come to mind...

Lindsey singing "Some call her....etc etc".......hair-raising!!

That chorus-drenched guitar tone is so chilling during the verses and solos, and awesomely powerful during the chorus!

And of course.....Stevie going nuts with the vocals at the end...speaking in tongues...whatever you want to call it....it's fantastic!!

(Besides....the cloak 'n hood in the '79 version freaks me the hell out!....lol!)

first of all, the cloak n hood thing you guys are talking about is the same thing in both concerts....as a matter of fact, it's also the same (although different chiffon) as during the Bella Donna concert during "Rhiannon"...it's not an official "hood" as it is just her chiffon scarf pinned to her hair....i think it just looks like a hood in the Tusk concert cause her hair was bushier....

anyway my favorite performance is from the Tusk Documentary but i'm going to list my favorite parts from both:

Tusk:
-Stevie banging the cowbell during the first verse with that stare into the audience
-"she called....to meeeeeee, yeahhhhhhh" and the wayt she just turns away from the mic to put the cowbell on Mick's drum platform.
-hurrying to the mic at the second verse and almost missing her cue
-the hand gesture during "cannot for love nor money"
-"ooh....know my name...yeah!!!!"
- the shot of Lindsey throwing his head back during the "some call her sisters of the moon" verses as he looks at the audience
-Lindseys guitar solos rock!
-Stevie, during the last verse, raising and preparing the mic for her explosive ending
-Stevie raising her arm straight above her with the audience going wild and standing on their feet during the finale.
-Stevie walking around the stage mouthing "would you be mine, would you be mine, would you be mine?"
-"it's only you, it's you, it's you, it's you!"
-Stevie dropping to a kneeling position and then graciously rising with her hands together and taking a bow....classic!

ok now Mirage:
-the middle part when she comes crawling out from the side of the stage like a spider and starts the cowbell thing
-the ending "speaking in tongues"
-the "sister.....brother.....sister.....brother.....oooh of the....moon and you say no baby!!!"
-Lindsey leaning on Stevie towards the end of the song

i think the editing on the Mirage concert sucked during this song especially cause one minute she had this wild look and then the next minute her hair was combed down and she was more subdued. Didn't she realize that she should look the same for both nights since they were filming? i guess not. no big deal....only us anal retentive fans would notice!!!

[WednesdaysChild]

Originally posted by joe

-the hand gesture during "cannot for love nor money"

Sorry, but it's "CARED not for love nor money"

[rhiannon1119]

As great as both of them are, I am quite partial to the Mirage version. I really just love everything about that performance.

Michelle

Originally posted by WednesdaysChild
Sorry, but it's "CARED not for love nor money"

Don't be sorry cause you're right!!!

[WednesdaysChild]

I JUST found the 78 version on my computer and dont know how it got there (LOL) but anyway...who is singing harmony with her during the OOOOOHHHHH's? Not Christine??

[mylittledemon]

Yeah the Mirage version is better but its a bad, bad edit. There's that point when Mick hits the snare twice and then Stevie goes..."So we make our choices..." That's a real bad edit.

At any rate...the Mirage version is much more "coked up" as I like to call it. Lindsey and Stevie have that repoire going at the end, and his guitar outro solo is incredible.

[Mad4stevie]

Originally posted by mylittledemon
Yeah the Mirage version is better but its a bad, bad edit. There's that point when Mick hits the snare twice and then Stevie goes..."So we make our choices..." That's a real bad edit.

At any rate...the Mirage version is much more "coked up" as I like to call it. Lindsey and Stevie have that repoire going at the end, and his guitar outro solo is incredible.

Yes. The editing at the end sucks. Especially since the vibe Stevie had going at the point was so cool. It was anything BUT a smooth transition!

The funny thing is that the cowbell that Stevie is using for some reason reminded me of that SNL cowbell skit with Will Farrell playing the cowbell. As they said in the skit, "I have a fever and the only prescription is MORE COWBELL". Too funny!!