OZ Article and Pic - Page 7

cliffdweller · #91 10-31-2005, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

My stylist Hilda needs to attack homegirl with her thinning shears. It needs a few inches lopped off and it needs to be thinned out like Marlon Brando post Streetcar.

So true, so true. Stevie needs a good razor cut. I'd love to design a new hairstyle for her.

Jessica Leigh · #92 10-31-2005, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sparky

Totally OFF TOPIC.

It's 90 degrees in Los Angeles. The sky is clear blue. The sun is bright. I am slathered in sunscreen and I am going swimming.

Eat your heart out, East Coasters.

i was just thinking the same thing an hour ago while sitting in my backyard, looking at my palm trees and enjoying the heat... then i had to go inside cause my t shirt was too warm for me

danax6 · #93 10-31-2005, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by sparky

Totally OFF TOPIC.

It's 90 degrees in Los Angeles. The sky is clear blue. The sun is bright. I am slathered in sunscreen and I am going swimming.

Eat your heart out, East Coasters.

Well, it was 75 degrees here today. In Europe. In -almost- November. Last time that happened was in 1936.

strandinthewind · #94 10-31-2005, 05:50 PM

I was a beautiful day and weekend in Hotlanta. Sadly, I think I am coming down with the flu as my throat is sore.

Livia · #95 10-31-2005, 05:52 PM

We've been having gorgeous weather lately - a thunderstorm rolled through today, but I think it will be clear the rest of the evening.

The Tower · #96 10-31-2005, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I don't consider myself complacent... I'm just not unreasonable in my expectations

Since when has demanding fresh material been unreasonable expections??

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or interested in ****ting all over everything the woman does

Holy Exaggeration, Batman! Same old story from you Brian- I make a comment about how lazy she's getting and now I'm ****ting all over EVERYTHING she does. I guess you missed my "Long Way To Go" Appreciation Thread.

Just because Stevie can do no wrong as far as you are concerned does not mean that others would prefer her to strive for greatness.

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Stevie's touring Australia solo for the first time in 20 years, and she'll be performing a half dozen songs with a full orchestra backing... that's something out of the ordinary and worth being excited about.

It will only be out of the ordinary if she's does some fresh material and puts some OOMPH into the vocals. Otherwise it will be very ordinary.

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I haven't noticed any of the Australian fans pissing or moaning.

I wouldn't think they would. However, I did notice some of the Aussie's pissing and moaning about the Vegas performances- as well they should have. If I lived in Australia, I would have been torn between spending a lot of money and missing a potential "lifetime moment". Same thing for me- I was seriously considering laying out the cash to go and make a trip out of it with Gay Mardi Gras and all. However, after reading the "five or six songs" routine, I can imagine that it will not be worth it. Let's see....

"Dreams"
"Rhiannon"
"Gold Dust Woman"
"Landslide"
"Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You?"
"Stand Back"

instead of

"Crystal"
"Trouble In Shangri-La"
"Ooh, My Love"
"Kind of Woman"
"Battle of the Dragon"
"Storms"

All six of those songs are perfectly within her vocal ability these days- and would be phenomenal with a full orchestra. She could make the MSO songs magical and fresh and then leave her standard rock stuff for the nine-piece band. Heart was able to pull off the strings/woodwinds thing on The Road Home and they also pulled out some great stuff that hadn't be performed to death. Why Stevie can't give her fans just a little bit this, I'll never understand.

The Tower · #97 10-31-2005, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I was a beautiful day and weekend in Hotlanta. Sadly, I think I am coming down with the flu as my throat is sore.

Is your sore throat from the flu or from your night out on Saturday???

strandinthewind · #98 10-31-2005, 05:58 PM

^^^^

With all due respect, she has not toured Australia solo in decades - so for her to haul out without the hits would go over like a lead baloon no matter how much I want to hear something different.

strandinthewind · #99 10-31-2005, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by The Tower

Is your sore throat from the flu or from your night out on Saturday???

Yes, my tonsils are inflamed and have required medication in the form of a large red pill, that goes nicely with my small yellow and small white ones. Mamma is gonna be in a fog in about 20 minutes

The Tower · #**100** 10-31-2005, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

^^^^

With all due respect, she has not toured Australia solo in decades - so for her to haul out without the hits would go over like a lead baloon no matter how much I want to hear something different.

Which is why I said this:

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Originally Posted by The Tower

She could make the MSO songs magical and fresh and then leave her standard rock stuff for the nine-piece band.

She should make the MSO songs special for everyone and rock out on the hits for the Aussies- I wouldn't have a problem with that. I went Vegas and spent some cash and the setlist was tired, but it was all worth it for "Beauty and the Beast".

Ghost_Tracker · #**101** 10-31-2005, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Bless your heart, you must stop making me laugh like this. First it was the "GOD WARRIOR!!!" and now this. You silly thang.

God, people should print this stuff out
and USE it some where lol . . . .
a BAR or . . . SOME-place!

FREE for the TAKING !

SapphireSister · #**102** 10-31-2005, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by EnchantedSLN

I think it's cute! It's a candid photo of her in her hotel room, not the cover of next month's Vogue

. Consider too that the main light source is coming from an adjacent window, and one made of obscured glass at that. Not really optimal conditions for an early morning photoshoot.

I think the "eye thing" is just a combo of shadows, cake-y makeup, and a little wrinkle or two made worse than it actually is by sharpening of the photo for publication (kinda like the Condi Rice pic people were in an uproar about. Except that Ms. Rice is a lizard-hag to begin with.)

Thanks for that Tiff (great points!) but even with all of these things taken into consideration the picture is still god-awful. I cringed when I saw it. She is so much prettier than this. You know what thought, so what? It's a bad picture, I could think of worse things.

Johnny Stew · #**103** 10-31-2005, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by The Tower

Since when has demanding fresh material been unreasonable expections??

I think it's unreasonable when you and I and everyone here knows it's not going to happen, and yet you still demand it.

Every time Stevie tours, the same old tired complaints about her "same old tired" setlist crop up.
The irony isn't lost on me as you guys endlessly repeat yourselves complaining about Stevie endlessly repeating herself.

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Originally Posted by The Tower

I make a comment about how lazy she's getting and now I'm ****ting all over EVERYTHING she does. I guess you missed my "Long Way To Go" Appreciation Thread.

I was referring to tours and performances.... which, aside from one or two songs in the setlist, you tend to consistently complain about.
Funny thing... "Long Way To Go" isn't really a favorite of mine. Go figure.

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Originally Posted by The Tower

Just because Stevie can do no wrong as far as you are concerned does not mean that others would prefer her to strive for greatness.

Again, I've never said that every little thing Stevie does knocks my socks off. You only assume that because I don't waste my time whine-bagging about it.

And for the record, yes, I would love it if Stevie pulled out more rare songs and put together a setlist that would blow us all away (and shut a few people up in the process

), but I'm not going to complain every. single. time. she doesn't.

At any rate, I'm not taking this little debate seriously... just fun to give you guys a hard time once in a while.

Jyqm · #**104** 10-31-2005, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

^^^^

With all due respect, she has not toured Australia solo in decades - so for her to haul out without the hits would go over like a lead baloon no matter how much I want to hear something different.

Bull ****. Stevie supposedly has such devoted fans all over the world, I think they'll be able to handle a concert in which Stevie doesn't hold their hands like children as she walks them through every one of her warhorses.

Why is it that the people who carp on others for wishing Stevie/FM would mix up her/their setlists always take that wish to mean, "They shouldn't play any hits whatsoever"? For the hundredth time, this is not an all-or-nothing proposition. Stevie plays between fifteen and twenty songs a night, there's no reason half of those can't be "rarities."

If she went out on stage and performed "Dreams," "Rhiannon," "Stand Back," "Edge of Seventeen" and "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," and the rest were all b-sides and long-forgotten album tracks, I can't imagine that anybody would leave feeling disappointed that she didn't do "Outside The Rain" or "Enchanted."

And again, take a look at the Enchanted tour "acoustic set" for evidence that Stevie can do this and fans are appreciative of it.

The Tower · #**105** 10-31-2005, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I think it's unreasonable when you and I and everyone here knows it's not going to happen, and yet you still demand it.

It's not even close to unreasonable. It's perfectly within reason. Stevie's just too lazy and scared.

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Every time Stevie tours, the same old tired complaints about her "same old tired" setlist crop up.
The irony isn't lost on me as you guys endlessly repeat yourselves complaining about Stevie endlessly repeating herself.

Meh. I would rather stay vigilant and hope for something then sit back and say "Yippee!!!".

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I was referring to tours and performances....

Thanks for the clarification...

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which, aside from one or two songs in the setlist, you tend to consistently complain about.

Damn right I do. If she would mix it up a little bit and release a new album every once in awhile I wouldn't be complaining at all.

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Funny thing... "Long Way To Go" isn't really a favorite of mine. Go figure.

Eh, I can't expect everyone to have good taste.

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Again, I've never said that every little thing Stevie does knocks my socks off. You only assume that because I don't waste my time whine-bagging about it.

As opposed to wasting your time flying to the rescue anytime you feel Stevie's honor has been slighted.