Let's grade the CV tour

[Rickypt]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I think that tour and the Enchanted tour were total gifts. I mean Sleeping Angel in the original key

Oh yes, Enchanted tour a total gift. For sure.

[JazmenFlowers]

^^^
amen.

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by Rickypt

Agreed!



I'm forever curious whom she is trying to keep happy with songs like Enchanted, I Need To Know, and Rock and Roll. This is where I stop thinking she's trying to please everyone and I start thinking she is either fearful, lazy, unimaginative, clueless, or some other adjective I hate applying to her.

The casual fans certainly don't come hoping to hear these songs and I'd wager that the majority of us hardcores don't either.

That IS the gray area. Maybe they are songs she either likes to perform -
OR doesn't have to sound real pretty on the vocals.
oh..and yes..she is lazy - that is a given.

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by Rickypt

Oh yes, Enchanted tour a total gift. For sure.

Enchanted was that rare golden opportunity.
Too bad there were not more. Of course it is up to her.

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by BlackWidow

and yes..she is lazy - that is a given.

hold up now. don't make me kick your ass. call me wyndchylde all you like, but Mama Nicks is far from lazy. don't get it twisted.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

She gets a B for effort. She still soldiers on, albeit, sometimes on autopilot.

She gets an A for appearance. Hello, boots, anyone?

She gets an F for the setlist.

She gets a B for singing. She sounded great live, but sounded terrible on her TV appearances.

The band gets an A-. I missed Taku, but Lenny is pretty great in his own right, and I'm so, so, so glad that she finally ditched that hack Brett Tuggle. Waddy rocks harder than ever!

FINAL GRADE: B

What he said. Seriously, that's almost what I was thinking word for word.

Originally Posted by Rickypt

Oh yes, Enchanted tour a total gift. For sure.

We must also remember that it was almost 10 years ago. Stevie was 50 - a hell of a big difference from there to almost 60. Bitch must be exhausted.

[LiamMcConville]

I gave her an A just becuase of how amazing her vocals were at the first Greek Theatre show I was at. I saw her in Vegas two months before, and her vocals weren't even comparable. Especially Dreams. She held the note in "What you haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad..." instead of "oooooohh what you had..."

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by skcin

What he said. Seriously, that's almost what I was thinking word for word.



We must also remember that it was almost 10 years ago. Stevie was 50 - a hell of a big difference from there to almost 60. Bitch must be exhausted.

Yeah but cmon, she could have AT LEAST thrown Whole Lotta Trouble in there. It was rehearsed.

[Hawkeye]

Stevie's set is tired for sure. But there's atleast a small eedeeming quality for pretty much every tired song, Sorcerer was on her newest release and is always great live. I Need To Know and Rock and Roll really rock. Dreams and Rhiannon are her all time biggest songs. Her dad is dead so there's Landslide for eternity now. How Still My Love is currently her best song live and is actually somewhat new to this set. The one song with no redeeming qualities is Enchanted. It's really the extremely ugly stepchild song that nobody likes but Stevie. Her whole set is kind of tired, but this is the only song that is really a no brainer to be dropped.

[Rickypt]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

Her whole set is kind of tired, but this is the only song that is really a no brainer to be dropped.

No, I Need To Know and Rock and Roll are also no brainers. It's not about "rocking", it's about honoring the woman's work and career. Neither of these songs do that. They are just fast paced songs that she thinks will keep us from going to buy beer.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

Yeah but cmon, she could have AT LEAST thrown Whole Lotta Trouble in there. It was rehearsed.

I wasn't defending the setlist - I thought it sucked too. My comments were referring to her appearance, energy & vocals.

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by skcin

I wasn't defending the setlist - I thought it sucked too. My comments were referring to her appearance, energy & vocals.

Whoops, I misread that one.

Her appearance and vocals were really great. But even with that, it was like "well this stinks". I guess it was worse for me because Stand Back and If Anyone Falls were done in the first 15 minutes of the show. Then it was a long wait to How Still My Love.

I thought her energy was better on the GD tour myself. Stand Back, Gold Dust Woman, Rhiannon, Edge of Seventeen, and even Rock and Roll were a lot better on that tour IMO.

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

hold up now. don't make me kick your ass. call me wyndchylde all you like, but Mama Nicks is far from lazy. don't get it twisted.

apples,oranges.