GDW at The Dance

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by SandyMac

Eh, I guess you are right, but I just don't care for that song. (Temp. One I mean)

I don't like it either, but Sweet Girl is not exactly a favorite for that matter. The 2 gals scared me with their 1997 offerings. Thought the mojo was gone. Even so, I think Temporary One is a good song for the funeral post in another program though. I have used some of the words in a funeral program: "The river goes on and on, and the sea that divides us is a temporary one, and the bridge will bring us back together."

GDW is not my favorite Stevie song, but I do think that it remains fresh in concerts to this day in a way that Dreams and Rhiannon have not, for me.

Michele

[jmn3]

[QUOTE=blackroses;744344]I would really like to have a good live version from the Rumours, Tusk, or Mirage era, but it doesn't seem to exist.QUOTE]

Well, I think I am correct in saying that GDW was not played on Tusk or the Mirage Tours, so you won't find any of those. It was played on the Rumours Tour, as well as the Tango/Shake the Cage, Behind the Mask, Dance, and SYW tours. I would agree with the comment that was made that the Dance version might well be the best live version of the song that I have heard from any era. That Manchester 1990 version ("take your silver springs and dig your grave") is probably a close second - hated most of Stevie's performances on that tour, but that one has always been one I enjoyed.

[blackroses]

Originally Posted by bucklind17

There are a handful of FM versions of GDW from the Rumours tour, I believe. I downloaded one of the shows up for grabs over at on the Rumours forum, Philly 1977,

Here is the thread with the Rumours tour shows! http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=33701

Thanks bucklind. I have a couple of those shows, and GDW is not included, so I gave up, because I figured they were probably doing the same set list for the entire tour. And of course, I only downloaded soundboards. I usually don't like the audio quality of the others, so I haven't tried Philly. I guess I should download a few more. I think they may have done GDW for at least one of the Japan shows, but I don't know about the audio quality of those.

Originally Posted by jmn3

Well, I think I am correct in saying that GDW was not played on Tusk or the Mirage Tours, so you won't find any of those. It was played on the Rumours Tour

I sort of figured they probably never did it on the Tusk or Mirage tour. I was just grasping at straws.

I would agree with the comment that was made that the Dance version might well be the best live version of the song that I have heard from any era.

I still favor the Bob Welch Live version by a long shot, which included several of the FM members. Maybe it's not pure FM, but it's fabulous. It was done around 1981, I think, so it's sort of like a between Tusk and Mirage tour version. As much as I love FM, I lived it back in the day, and I have a harder time accepting their current sound. I still love them just as much, but it's just not the same for me. I still crave the original sound.