2009 tour: Aren't you glad Christine retired from touring?

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Nothing will top "The Dance" DVD, for me. I would love to see Christine back onstage and in the studio. While I still love the Mac, without her, the band chemistry has changed and become something else.

Hey demon... did you like the Mirage tour that originally aired on HBO... ? I loved that show...

Stevie leaves during Not that Funny, Christine plays an upright (Stage right) on the other side of stage... then she leaves to refill her champagne glass... Lindsey sparks up... John comes out of the dark corner to breath it in.... Mick is out of his mind the whole show... Stevie performs an exorcism on herself during Sisters of the Moon, Christine closes with Songbird....They rip away at Blue Letter with a great jam at the end.. I'm So Afraid is jammed as a Quartet, guitar, organ, bass, drums... (CM and LB) do vocals...

Now I would pay a lot of money to see that show!!!! And it would be to see all 5 of them... Not just SN or LB... all 5 of them...

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Hey demon... did you like the Mirage tour that originally aired on HBO... ? I loved that show...

Stevie leaves during Not that Funny, Christine plays an upright (Stage right) on the other side of stage... then she leaves to refill her champagne glass... Lindsey sparks up... John comes out of the dark corner to breath it in.... Mick is out of his mind the whole show... Stevie performs an exorcism on herself during Sisters of the Moon, Christine closes with Songbird....They rip away at Blue Letter with a great jam at the end.. I'm So Afraid is jammed as a Quartet, guitar, organ, bass, drums... (CM and LB) do vocals...

Now I would pay a lot of money to see that show!!!! And it would be to see all 5 of them... Not just SN or LB... all 5 of them...

Yes, the Mirage tour show is awesome. Not as good as the Dance, in my opinion though. The SOUND on the Dance is just better. I like the rawness of the HBO special...but that concert seems like it's edited strangely and it's missing 5 or 6 songs.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Yes, the Mirage tour show is awesome. Not as good as the Dance, in my opinion though. The SOUND on the Dance is just better. I like the rawness of the HBO special...but that concert seems like it's edited strangely and it's missing 5 or 6 songs.

It does have some funny edits... they left a lot of songs out... Hold Me, Second Hand News off the top of my head...

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

It does have some funny edits... they left a lot of songs out... Hold Me, Second Hand News off the top of my head...

Dreams, Sara, Oh Well, Never Going Back Again, Landslide, (edit: and Brown Eyes) I believe, plus the two you mentioned, were all left out versus what was played.

It's really a shame this video isn't remastered and released again on DVD with the entire concert in the correct running order. At this point I think a lot of people are pretty much hearing it from the same source (those Brazil DVD's which are just sourced from a VHS tape) which isn't really that great to begin with. Just seems to me that it would be a simple thing to do to make some quick cash for the band (ahem, Mick...).

I love the Mirage Tour but I agree, the Dance really is amazing. Listening to Go Your Own Way right now and it's just incredible what a kick ass live album that was. I can't believe it's going to be 12 years old this year. I was a senior in high school while the tour was going on and I am as much a fan of the entire Dance Album/DVD now as I was then. If only they could have perfected Little Lies during rehearsals and did that in concert - that was my very first Mac song that I just loved at 7 years old. Tango was one of the first tapes I ever owned as a kid as I just loved that song so much.