"24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vault" album discussion episode of Phonogenics 101

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

That's a good point. She does more Fleetwood Mac songs than songs off of one Stevie album. I.E. she does Wild Heart, If Anyone Falls, Enchanted and Stand Back but for FM songs she does six!

Yep, exactly. She’s so locked in to the same set. I’ll give her some credit for pulling something obscure out like I Sing For the Things but if she’s going to devote 6 slots to FM, pull out something different. Sisters, Angel, That’s Alright, Seven Wonders, would all be preferable to Gypsy or the dull fest Rhiannon has been for decades.

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by jmn3

Yep, exactly. She’s so locked in to the same set. I’ll give her some credit for pulling something obscure out like I Sing For the Things but if she’s going to devote 6 slots to FM, pull out something different. Sisters, Angel, That’s Alright, Seven Wonders, would all be preferable to Gypsy or the dull fest Rhiannon has been for decades.

Yes and Angel was on the White Winged Dove Tour Video/cd as well as her 2019 anthology. Around the time of her Crystal Visions The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks, she said she was rehearsing Silver Springs.

She definitely deserves kudos for bringing in an old never played song in her set this year. But of all the songs from Rock a Little...that one?! Imperial Hotel, Go Ahead Lily, If I Were You, The Nightmare. And also Trouble in Shangri-La only gets Fall From Grace, which I guess was chosen as a message to Lindsey this tour.

[BrownEyedGirl26]

[QUOTE=jmn3;1284173]Yep, exactly. She’s so locked in to the same set. I’ll give her some credit for pulling something obscure out like I Sing For the Things but if she’s going to devote 6 slots to FM, pull out something different. Sisters, Angel, That’s Alright, Seven Wonders, would all be preferable to Gypsy or the dull fest Rhiannon has been for decades.[/QUOTE

Personally, I think Stevie's Rosebud 'Rhiannon' performance is hard to top.

It would be great if she could play this on the overheard screen/s instead of singing it now!

[HomerMcvie]

[QUOTE=BrownEyedGirl26;1284292]

Originally Posted by jmn3

Yep, exactly. She’s so locked in to the same set. I’ll give her some credit for pulling something obscure out like I Sing For the Things but if she’s going to devote 6 slots to FM, pull out something different. Sisters, Angel, That’s Alright, Seven Wonders, would all be preferable to Gypsy or the dull fest Rhiannon has been for decades.[/QUOTE

Personally, I think Stevie's Rosebud 'Rhiannon' performance is hard to top.

It would be great if she could play this on the overheard screen/s instead of singing it now!

Wouldn't that just highlight the fact that she has a two note range now? Seriously, not being mean... it would show the audience what they could've had, 45 years ago... and here's what we're left with.

[UnwindedDreams]

[QUOTE=BrownEyedGirl26;1284292]

Originally Posted by jmn3

Yep, exactly. She’s so locked in to the same set. I’ll give her some credit for pulling something obscure out like I Sing For the Things but if she’s going to devote 6 slots to FM, pull out something different. Sisters, Angel, That’s Alright, Seven Wonders, would all be preferable to Gypsy or the dull fest Rhiannon has been for decades.[/QUOTE

Personally, I think Stevie's Rosebud 'Rhiannon' performance is hard to top.

It would be great if she could play this on the overheard screen/s instead of singing it now!

I've posted this thought before but I think this Crystal Visions Tour Rhiannon is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sgV5iqtlL0

As far as screen footage, I was shocked to see the Gypsy video playing on the screen behind Stevie on this current tour, especially the cheek to cheek dancing after the personnel change.

[BigAl84]

I think it's only a treat for fans that want perhaps, cleaner versions of demos that have been circulating for decades. IMO, the album doesn't really offer anything beyond that. It's pretty evident that she instructed the team of Nashville studio musicians to stick very closely to her original demos. Vocally, it's definitely an all time low.

[bombaysaffires]

[QUOTE=UnwindedDreams;1284294]

Originally Posted by BrownEyedGirl26

I've posted this thought before but I think this Crystal Visions Tour Rhiannon is great
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sgV5iqtlL0

As far as screen footage, I was shocked to see the Gypsy video playing on the screen behind Stevie on this current tour, especially the cheek to cheek dancing after the personnel change.

compared to.... now? Sure.
Otherwise....for me, at least, it's..... I was spoiled by 70s Rhiannon. Which is sadly part of why her voice is so shot now. But it was great while it lasted.
But that's what makes her fandom so great

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by BigAl84

I think it's only a treat for fans that want perhaps, cleaner versions of demos that have been circulating for decades. IMO, the album doesn't really offer anything beyond that. It's pretty evident that she instructed the team of Nashville studio musicians to stick very closely to her original demos. Vocally, it's definitely an all time low.

I agree.

To me, I sense she doesn't have confidence in these songs. Look at the setlist for her 24 Karat Gold Tour, she did 3 songs off the 24 Karat Gold Album. Then look at the In Your Dreams Tour setlist: 7 songs from the album and Cheaper Than Free and New Orleans at special shows like Wiltern and the AARP Member concert.

Fast forward 8+ years from 24 Karat Gold and she doesn't play any songs from it in concert.

[UnwindedDreams]

[QUOTE=bombaysaffires;1284299]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

compared to.... now? Sure.
Otherwise....for me, at least, it's..... I was spoiled by 70s Rhiannon. Which is sadly part of why her voice is so shot now. But it was great while it lasted.
But that's what makes her fandom so great

Rhiannon today should be dropped. I think the Crystal Visions Tour Rhiannon actually had her sing higher to close out the end whereas today she just shouts "to the sky" today and goes back down.

But I think she could swap in great FM songs in place of Rhiannon, Dreams, Gyspsy, and Landslide. Angel, Silver Springs, Beautiful Child, Crystal. But could her band do them justice? Waddy playing the SS solo

[sue]

[QUOTE=UnwindedDreams;1284301]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

Rhiannon today should be dropped. I think the Crystal Visions Tour Rhiannon actually had her sing higher to close out the end whereas today she just shouts "to the sky" today and goes back down.

But I think she could swap in great FM songs in place of Rhiannon, Dreams, Gyspsy, and Landslide. Angel, Silver Springs, Beautiful Child, Crystal. But could her band do them justice? Waddy playing the SS solo

She does shout, and sound harsh when she sings..her vocal coach should teach her to use her diaphragm more and quieten her voice down.
She would then look after her voice.

But crikey what do I know she’s the multi millionaire singer..

[Jondalar]

I do like this album.

[mitzo]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

I do like this album.

I like it too. It's all Stevie, indulgent, whacky, touching, real. For the first time, really. At the age of 66.

[UnwindedDreams]

Why the completely different tracklistings?

[BigAl84]

Oh god no...not a Waddified arrangement of Silver Springs. He's an amazing guitarist and his style was perfect for folks like Warren Zevon etc, but his style has never been a a good match for any of Lindsey's work.

Back to 24k Gold...what she did to Twisted and My Heart is a damn travesty.

[David]

Originally Posted by UnwindedDreams

Rhiannon today should be dropped.

It’s not exactly Janis Joplin anymore, right? But it’s not even a particularly good ballad anymore. It’s not much of anything these days — maybe a bathroom break.

But I think she could swap in great FM songs in place of Rhiannon, Dreams, Gyspsy, and Landslide. Angel, Silver Springs, Beautiful Child, Crystal. But could her band do them justice? Waddy playing the SS solo

He would butcher it. But he’s been butchering “Dreams” for forty years and everybody’s used to it, so we’d probably get used to a degenerate “Silver Springs.” That poor song got kicked around in 1976, so it seems inevitable that it would still get kicked around today.