US Festival performance appreciation - Page 4

WildInTheWind · #46 10-15-2005, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Dreammms

Yeah, those are great. I also love the Girl Scout line.

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The girl scout line is hilarious!!

I love the US Festival. Stevie is so ditzy and funny in it. I can't decide whether I like Landover or US Festival better. They are both so good!

equeen102289 · #47 10-15-2005, 04:24 PM

I love the US Festival. Not because Stevie's vocals are amazing..cause frankly, I don't think her voice was that on, that night, but her whole performance makes up for it. How Still My Love is the highlight IMO. She gets so into it. Gypsy would be great if Sharon didn't mess up the highnote like some mentioned. And Stevie's wild antics during Edge of Seventeen are hilarious. My favorite quote: "If you ever you feel like you don't matter, let me tell you something. To me, you're the only thing in this whole world that matters."

Serendipity · #48 10-15-2005, 04:29 PM

Chalk me up to those who've never seen it, never heard it! Depressed now, I hear so much about this and I so wish I could see it. Ok, done whining now.

~Nicki

WildInTheWind · #49 10-15-2005, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by equeen102289

I love the US Festival. Not because Stevie's vocals are amazing..cause frankly, I don't think her voice was that on, that night, but her whole performance makes up for it. How Still My Love is the highlight IMO. She gets so into it. Gypsy would be great if Sharon didn't mess up the highnote like some mentioned. And Stevie's wild antics during Edge of Seventeen are hilarious. My favorite quote: "If you ever you feel like you don't matter, let me tell you something. To me, you're the only thing in this whole world that matters."

How Still My Love is the highlight for me, too. It's one of my favorite versions.

Nixxxed · #50 10-15-2005, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghost_Tracker

Waah????

Sorry - I left off the first part of that. She ends SB, then says "You could be standin' in...!" then what I typed earlier.

ryan8472 · #51 10-15-2005, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by WildInTheWind

The girl scout line is hilarious!!

I love the US Festival. Stevie is so ditzy and funny in it. I can't decide whether I like Landover or US Festival better. They are both so good!

Ah...Landover. Another highly quotable show.

desertangel · #52 10-16-2005, 03:57 AM

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Originally Posted by The Tower

She would have definitely been a sore thumb on Friday's show with Flock of Seagulls, Wall of Voodoo, and Oingo Boingo. Eh, what do I know.

I didn't have a clue about being up in the front. I thought where I was sitting was fine. The music was SO LOUD!!! People were seriously packed in the front half of the lawn. We had scoped out a little area with an ice chest, banana chairs, and blankets.

I had a pair of lemon chiffon yellow Op cord shorts that were REALLY short. I wore them on Stevie day and, with the grass super trashed, there was dust and dirt everywhere. By the time Stevie performed after dusk, my lemon yellow shorts were now almost black from the dirt.

Ah-ha!! I was there on Oingo Boingo day. I was SOOO the Alt-Rock-Head in the early 80s... wouldn't listen to anything but KROQ... The Cure, English Beat, Flock, etc. I was 24 at the time. Drove my b/f, his brother and their friend in my first car, a 1969 Chevy Impala, which got a blow out in the fast lane of the freeway going there. That was fun. We spent the night in it... it was that big. We got way stoned in the campground. The porta-toliets stunk like crazy. By the time we got in, the ampitheater was filled about halfway up so we sat on what was left of the grass. It was hotter than he*l. Souvenier spray water bottles were $5 each. The people in the little town of Devore, the ones at the gas station and little market, looked like they didn't know what hit 'em but were happy with all the business. Yea, so they brought water cannons in and were soaking people down in the audience. If someone walked by and squirted you with their water bottle you thanked them for it... that's how hot it was. I remember seeing the dust about shoulder high in front of the stage. We didn't bother to go down there for that reason. The Clash was the closing act for the Alt Rock day. Before they came on, (it was nighttime) a helicopter hovered over with a big neon green spaceship tethered from a wire. Then an alien came on the big screen by the stage and made some sort of speech.

Tower, have you found that message board for people who went to the US Festivals?

Also, there are several DVDs for sale of both US Festivals and the Cal Jam shows here:

www.rockshowvideos.com

I haven't gotten one yet, don't know what I've been waiting for, but from the sounds of it... better get one soon cuz the US Stevie show sure sounds good!

Laura

Wldhrt315 · #53 10-16-2005, 10:19 AM

Oh wow, I didn't know about that website, Laura. If they have full shows then the full '82 FM performance should be available. I have been dieing to get a full show copy of that.

Has anyone purchased yet?

WildInTheWind · #54 10-16-2005, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Wldhrt315

Oh wow, I didn't know about that website, Laura. If they have full shows then the full '82 FM performance should be available. I have been dieing to get a full show copy of that.

Has anyone purchased yet?

I traded with that guy for the DVD of the upgraded copy3 of the US Festival and the Cal Jam that are now circulating. He has the audio for the FM US Festival, but not the video. Unless he got it recently.

WildInTheWind · #55 10-16-2005, 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by ryan8472

Ah...Landover. Another highly quotable show.

Isn't that the one were she says something about having a garage sale? chiffon, chiffon, chiffon.

David · #56 10-16-2005, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by WildInTheWind

I traded with that guy for the DVD of the upgraded copy3 of the US Festival and the Cal Jam that are now circulating. He has the audio for the FM US Festival, but not the video. Unless he got it recently.

Right. That guy doesn't have the full video performance. But some of the other acts have full videos out there -- that's what I mean by the renewed interest in both US Festivals & things surfacing.

I believe it's only a matter of time before the whole FM video gets torrented or sold on DVD-R. It'll pop up. I went to both US Festivals & they were both hot, dirty, scummy festivals. Fleetwood Mac had about 75,000 people hang around for their show, which was the night before everyone had to get back to work or school. Stevie played to more people but that was because they were hanging around for Bowie, who hadn't toured for a long time & was really the talk of that festival. However, Stevie oddly enough really won over a lot of the audience; people in the crowd said she was "passionate." One guy said that, vocally, she "bit off more than she could chew."

David · #57 10-16-2005, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by WildInTheWind

He has the audio for the FM US Festival, but not the video. Unless he got it recently.

There's an audience tape of the audio, plus there's a soundboard of about half of the set. As with all soundboard half-shows, it would be nice to have the other half.

MacFans · #58 10-16-2005, 02:13 PM

Wow. There are some longtime fans in here. This is the place to come for great stories. I love the Stevie from back then when she was on everything but her feet. Like talking to someone in the middle of a song. I would pay to see her do that now. Or for her to say something completely crazy. I'm glad she's not still doing all the drugs but something made her put on kick ass shows back then. This is the best quote, "If you ever you feel like you don't matter, let me tell you something. To me, you're the only thing in this whole world that matters." It really made me smile. We need something in our signature so I think this one is it. I envy you for getting to see those shows and that time in her life. We saw a few Say You Will shows and she was really awesome but they are very different from some of the videos and dvds I have from like 20 years ago. I wish everything wasn't so rehearsed now.

(Lindsey)

JazmenFlowers · #59 10-16-2005, 05:58 PM

so, I've finally downloaded it - after 3 days and need some advice on converting to some format I can view. It looks like they are BUP, IFO and VOB file extensions? Help.

DZgirlie · #60 10-16-2005, 10:16 PM

I had to talk about this..because it's just my favorite show. Her face just shines from the first song, until she leaves the stage. There are so many little quotes that are priceless, " I will hand deliver it...We will...Sorta like girl scout cookies" The band introductions, when she jumps up on the drum kit and does her litte dance to the beginning drums of S.B. She's energetic, dancing, bouncing, and it seems that after every song, she loses a piece of clothing. Like six layers at the first song, and then by the end, it's the leotard, skirt, and boots. And her big grin. By far...my favorite Stevie... Totally wish I were there. Wasn't born yet, but you all have some great stories to share...