Almost ten years since The Dance.....

[UndoingTheLaces]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

I know. Now when I watch SS from The Dance I don't get the same goosebumps at the "Never get away, never get away, NEEEEEEEEVER GET AWAAAY" part because I know the "chemistry" going on between them was just for show; it was put on. When I first saw that Dance performance ( and I do mean THE FIRST time I ever saw it) I was totally verklempt. I thought, "wow, look at all that raw emotion going on between those two, they will never get over each other!" What I didn't know is that I was right but not in the way I had thought I was. They'll never get over each other alright...never get over being thorns in each other's sides! Back then I thought there was way more poignancy and sentimentalism between Stevie and Lindsey in that SS performance and now knowing what I know about "the act" they put on for the fans, it looks like it was mostly an act .

You know, I have to disagree with you there. Sure, a lot of what goes on during a stage show is made to play to the audience, and Stevie even said about Say You Will that she wrote songs about Lindsay and the band because that's why people like Fleetwood Mac so much, the drama between them all (okay, not in those words, but that's what I got out of it). But I'll tell you, having been a singer in a band before, when you write about something that is
very emotional to you, you can't help but feel that emotion every time you sing that. I have songs about a person whom I was very much in love with. Things didn't work out and over the years I've been able to bring closure to the episode of my life. I remember our friendship fondly now, but don't pine for him like I used to, yet, whenever I sing one of those songs, just for the few minutes I'm lost in it, I'm that same emotionally broken 24 year old who's desperately in love with someone I will never have, and it tears me apart. It's an amazing experience, almost like time travel. Once it's over I can take a deep breath and come back to the present, but no matter how many times I sing one of those songs, I'm totally there. So maybe I'm wrong, but it's not hard for me to believe that when Stevie sings Silver Springs, and she looks at Lindsay on the stage, that there a part of her that's transported back to the days when she wrote the song, the first times she sang it, when it was left off of Rumors and the fact that he's still there, all these years later and when she sings "you'll never get away" and he's still there, there's feelings are there.

[BTFLCHLD]

10 years ago today there was so much chit going on in my life that I had no idea there was even a record! Much less a tour! Shame on me

[paleshadow]

Originally Posted by Villavic

S.Springs, oh remember that look between S&L?? Of course later when they repeated the scene during the tour it wasn't big deal, just emotive, but that first one was really thrilling!!

I was thinking the same thing. In fact, I saw a few shows on that tour and they were carbon copies of the televised version more or less.

Originally Posted by Villavic

I didn't like T.One nor MLDemon.

Neither did I.

[gypsysoul]

Undoing the laces - I think you explain it very well in your post.

I would just add that even for a 'mere performance' a person would have to dredge up some genuine emotion for it to be convincing.

Many fans and reviewers have said they have been truly moved by the performances of certain songs at a variety of concerts. Since LB and SN are not the world's best actors judging by their videos I can only assume that there is real emotion when they sing particular songs even if some gestures are repeated night after night and seem staged.

[skcin]

I really don't think the emotion we saw during Silver Springs on The Dance DVD was all for show. Stevie has said that during rehearsals and the first night, it just wasn't quite "it" - I have to think they were all a bit nervous, it had been a long time & they had all gone through so much by this point. But that last night they recorded was magic & it all poured out - the joy, the pain (the sunshine, the rain...)

Now - repeating that moment at every show on the tour? Yeah, definitely playing it up. Of course, they knew that the fans SAW this moment on The Dance & would want to see it at their show, so they did it.


I still adore The Dance. Absolutely. I will never tire of it. I will never stop getting goosebumps during GDW. I will never not smile when the marching band shows up for Don't Stop. I will never not tear up when I see Silver Springs and Landslide. I will never stop singing along with all of these songs, and I will never stop making the movements & the facial expressions along with them when I watch.

[goldustsongbird]

Originally Posted by macfan 57

It's definitely Christine's cool, English reserve...

Mary Anne, when did you make that Chris site?! I love it! I hadn't seen those particular BTM shots or the Rumours (?) one with just her and John. Cute.

[macfan 57]

Originally Posted by goldustsongbird

Mary Anne, when did you make that Chris site?! I love it! I hadn't seen those particular BTM shots or the Rumours (?) one with just her and John. Cute.

Thanks. ...about a month or so ago. When I switched from dial-up to DSL, Verizon included in my subscription, webspace in which to construct a website. It didn't cost me anything extra, so I just played around with it a little. It's mostly for when I trade, but I just couldn't resist adding a photo gallery. You are right about those 2 pictures; they were never posted in the picture thread in the Chris forum. I LOVE that BTM picture, especially.

[bikerchic]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

I know. Now when I watch SS from The Dance I don't get the same goosebumps at the "Never get away, never get away, NEEEEEEEEVER GET AWAAAY" part because I know the "chemistry" going on between them was just for show; it was put on. When I first saw that Dance performance ( and I do mean THE FIRST time I ever saw it) I was totally verklempt. I thought, "wow, look at all that raw emotion going on between those two, they will never get over each other!" What I didn't know is that I was right but not in the way I had thought I was. They'll never get over each other alright...never get over being thorns in each other's sides! Back then I thought there was way more poignancy and sentimentalism between Stevie and Lindsey in that SS performance and now knowing what I know about "the act" they put on for the fans, it looks like it was mostly an act .

I have to disagree. Whenever I watch SS (from any performance) I think back to the 70's and all the years of termoil and I can feel the raw emotion and all the years of their "love hate" relationship coming to a head in SS (read my signature ).

I can't believe how many of you guy's became fans from The Dance, that is awesome!

A couple of highlites for me (there are too many to name them all):

The look Stevie and Mick give each other during Say You Love Me, when they're all at the front of the stage and they slow the camera down, Mick just looks so happy. Oh yeah, John McVie on vocals

During GDW and Stevie's Home yell, Micks face in the background. Priceless. It's like, YES, she nailed it!

Hell, I just like it cause Stevie's got her boots on!

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by skcin

I really don't think the emotion we saw during Silver Springs on The Dance DVD was all for show. Stevie has said that during rehearsals and the first night, it just wasn't quite "it" - I have to think they were all a bit nervous, it had been a long time & they had all gone through so much by this point. But that last night they recorded was magic & it all poured out - the joy, the pain (the sunshine, the rain...)

Maybe. I wonder though if they knew that THAT was going to be the performance that was going to make the video If so, I'm sure Stevie (and Lindsey too) played it up for the camera. I just don't buy that there was anything other than a dramatic performance for the sake of the audience and the cameras (for posterity's) between them during that song, but hey I could be wrong (I hope I am!). Stevie's comments in the past couple of months have pretty much put the nail in the coffin of any possibility of romantic sparks between those two now or then. I think I have lost every ounce of shipperdom mentality that ever could have possibly inhabited my brain at this point . I mean, maybe there was something there---anger, frustration, resentment, maybe a little bittersweet poignancy, but I don't buy that they were "back in love again" as Stevie has put it. I think she says that kind of stuff for the fans.

[David]

I notice that most of you who've listed your favorite aspects of The Dance mostly list stuff like looks among the members or glances between two ex-lovers or laughs or chuckles or sly winks & nods ... i.e., nothing that's actually musical.

Is everybody just stuck on the pretty romance? doesn't anyone have anything to say about something so mundane as ... oh ... how they played the songs?

if I had never see The Dance but had only read fans' "reviews," I'd be inclined to conclude that there was no actual concert--merely some sort of strange little one-act skit, or some sort of sexy pantomime.

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by David

Is everybody just stuck on the pretty romance? doesn't anyone have anything to say about something so mundane as ... oh ... how they played the songs?

Stevie sure bangs one helluva a tamborine

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

Stevie sure bangs one helluva a tamborine

AND - if you notice, the streamers change colors in almost every song due to poor editing

[Lala]

Originally Posted by David

if I had never see The Dance but had only read fans' "reviews," I'd be inclined to conclude that there was no actual concert--merely some sort of strange little one-act skit, or some sort of sexy pantomime.

What?! You mean, Fleetwood Mac plays music?

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by BTFLCHLD

10 years ago today there was so much chit going on in my life that I had no idea there was even a record! Much less a tour! Shame on me

We all have those times in our lives.

[Karlie]

Whoa, I can't believe it was almost ten years ago! It seems like just yesterday! I was only 7 years old, though... but a huge FM fan nonetheless.