Do you think Stevie....

skcin · #1 06-26-2005, 06:59 PM

...has been reading the message boards? One of them? All of them? Or that Karen or Chris or someone reads them & tell her about what we talk about?

I mean, for years we've been complaining that we would rather hear an upbeat song to close a show rather than HAEWAFY. Now, after ending every tour (with the exception of Timespace) with it since its release, we get SYWBAR&RS and Been a Long Time.

For years we complained that INTK is OK, but we'd rather hear another cover. We get SYWBAR&RS w/ Don & Circle Dance & now Been a Long Time. Yeah, I know that INTK is back in, but still - it was out for those 10 shows for the first time in 24 years.

For years we've been bitching about the black dress. Now she's started busting out more capes & PANTS. PANTS for God's sake. For basically the first time on stage in 30 years.

The hair - "I wish she would put it up, like in the Sara video." Now hair is up some of the time. And curly at times.

I'm not saying she reads what we write & says "oh, well I'd better do this then." She's a big girl, she makes her own choices. But it just seems too coincidental that so many things are happening like many of us were hoping they would.

Anyone agree? Think I'm an idiot? Anything?

littlecricket2 · #2 06-26-2005, 07:03 PM

I don't know...I think a lot of it is coincidental, because I don't think any artist, if they're really still a developing artist, would want to remain stagnant and keep absolutely everything the same, you know? And also, who knows? Maybe the reason we're Stevie fans is because we share similar sensibilities with her.

ontheEdgeof17 · #3 06-26-2005, 07:04 PM

Stevie said last night that she doesn't do computers. I wouldn't doubt it a bit that someone reads her stuff that we express on boards....Cory is my pick of the litter for this job.

equeen102289 · #4 06-26-2005, 07:05 PM

I don't believe Stevie herself, gets on the message boards and reads..but it I wouldn't doubt it that someone close to her does, and might mention a few things here and there.
Stevie really does care about her fans...and I mean, only the diehard one's usually post...pay all their money to go see her...and bladi bladi blah-so I think she would take into consideration what we have to say.
Maybe I'm wrong...but that's just my opinion.

GardenStateGirlie · #5 06-26-2005, 07:05 PM

Yes. I believe so.

AliceLover · #6 06-26-2005, 07:06 PM

Also, I remember tons of fans saying they wanted sara and we got it. She didn't just say oh lets do sara. There was definitley some modivation there. And I think it was us. Also we know Taku reads.

amber · #7 06-26-2005, 07:07 PM

I never thought so at all, until about 3-4 weeks ago. Then I started thinking about it a lot for a few days. And there has been some coincidences. Plus, like you say, probably everyone else she knows does. So, I think she may have gotten some inkling, at least, recently.
Um...Pants?! Yeah. That's right.

skcin · #8 06-26-2005, 07:11 PM

Yeah, I know things change, people evolve. But to do things differently for the first time in 30 years, or the first time in 4 or 5 tours

? I'm so glad that she's made some changes for whatever reason, but I can't help but think we may have a teeny-tiny bit of influence.

glitter_fades · #9 06-26-2005, 08:27 PM

I think not.

PROOF: Should we still be seeing the Frankenboks?

GardenStateGirlie · #10 06-26-2005, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by glitter_fades

PROOF: Would we still be seeing the Frankenboks?

They're orthopedic!!

glitter_fades · #11 06-26-2005, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

They're orthopedic!!

You'd think with her dough she could afford some hot designer ortho peds that are more flattering than those Herman Munster rejects.

gldstwmn · #12 06-26-2005, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by skcin

...has been reading the message boards? One of them? All of them? Or that Karen or Chris or someone reads them & tell her about what we talk about?

I mean, for years we've been complaining that we would rather hear an upbeat song to close a show rather than HAEWAFY. Now, after ending every tour (with the exception of Timespace) with it since its release, we get SYWBAR&RS and Been a Long Time.

For years we complained that INTK is OK, but we'd rather hear another cover. We get SYWBAR&RS w/ Don & Circle Dance & now Been a Long Time. Yeah, I know that INTK is back in, but still - it was out for those 10 shows for the first time in 24 years.

For years we've been bitching about the black dress. Now she's started busting out more capes & PANTS. PANTS for God's sake. For basically the first time on stage in 30 years.

The hair - "I wish she would put it up, like in the Sara video." Now hair is up some of the time. And curly at times.

I'm not saying she reads what we write & says "oh, well I'd better do this then." She's a big girl, she makes her own choices. But it just seems too coincidental that so many things are happening like many of us were hoping they would.

Anyone agree? Think I'm an idiot? Anything?

I'm glad you brought this up. I was just thinking about this earlier today.
I absolutely think that someone is reading the boards because we certainly seem to have gotten what we wanted/talked about lately.
Now, with that said, STEVIE, DROP A FEW WORN OUT NUMBERS FROM YOUR SET AND REPLACE THEM WITH SONGS FROM THE WILD HEART and I wouldn't mind hearing Angel or Bella Donna again.
That is all.

Nixxxed · #13 06-26-2005, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I'm glad you brought this up. I was just thinking about this earlier today.
I absolutely think that someone is reading the boards because we certainly seem to have gotten what we wanted/talked about lately.
Now, with that said, STEVIE, DROP A FEW WORN OUT NUMBERS FROM YOUR SET AND REPLACE THEM WITH SONGS FROM THE WILD HEART and I wouldn't mind hearing Angel or Bella Donna again.
That is all.

Amen!

And I would die, DIE I say if she did one of those play-the-album-from-beginning-to-end concerts for Bella Donna or The Wild Heart.

(but only if Roy Bittan were there...)

gldstwmn · #14 06-26-2005, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Nixxxed

Amen!

And I would die, DIE I say if she did one of those play-the-album-from-beginning-to-end concerts for Bella Donna or The Wild Heart.

(but only if Roy Bittan were there...)

Consider for a moment opening with...SABLE ON BLONDE. It would actually segue nicely into Dreams if she still wanted to do it that way.
Drop I Need To Know for Nothing Ever Changes, Angel, Bella Donna or some other song not done before (I think she could still do Long Way To Go justice).

Nixxxed · #15 06-26-2005, 10:13 PM

*swoon*

I would also love to hear Nothing Ever Changes open the show.

But my all-time fantasy opener would be Crying in the Night -- just the thought of those guitar chords breaking the lights-just-went-down crowd noise gives me shivers.

I'd also love to hear a Rooms on Fire/Fire Burning medley - but have no idea how they would work it out.