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#1 10-12-2005, 10:22 PM

Wildest RAL? This is somethign that I'm just so curious about, which show was the caziest...any ideas?

David · #2 10-13-2005, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by iamovercome

Wildest RAL? This is somethign that I'm just so curious about, which show was the caziest...any ideas?

What do you mean by wildest?

There were lots of Wild Heart shows that were marked by incessant giggling, pyrotechnic singing, nonstop yapping, & heedless body-flinging (as amber puts it):

Pittsburgh - June 26
Hartford - July 3
East Troy - July 30
Dallas - Sept 5
New York - Sept 12 & 13
Irvine - Sept 24
Los Angeles - Oct 2
Tulsa - Nov 12

Nicksluvver · #3 10-13-2005, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by David

What do you mean by wildest?

There were lots of Wild Heart shows that were marked by incessant giggling, pyrotechnic singing, nonstop yapping, & heedless body-flinging (as amber puts it):

Pittsburgh - June 26
Hartford - July 3
East Troy - July 30
Dallas - Sept 5
New York - Sept 12 & 13
Irvine - Sept 24
Los Angeles - Oct 2
Tulsa - Nov 12

My fave WH show has to be when Elaine comes on stage!

DashingDan · #4 10-13-2005, 10:29 AM

I was too young and naive to understand the real reason why, during the legato Beauty and the Beast, she was twisting and spinning her hands and wrists at about 150 mph. I just thought it looked cool.

#5 10-13-2005, 11:04 AM

I do really love the Alpine Valley RAL show...it seems that night was more cocaine induced, rather than alcohol on account of how energetic she sounded...cloaks and daggers, though, i think was alcohol induced. Didnt someone say a few years ago that in stevie's little cup she used to keep by her mike (you can see it in the Iowa RAL DVD) was whiskey?

Nicksluvver · #6 10-13-2005, 11:08 AM

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I do really love the Alpine Valley RAL show...it seems that night was more cocaine induced, rather than alcohol on account of how energetic she sounded...cloaks and daggers, though, i think was alcohol induced. Didnt someone say a few years ago that in stevie's little cup she used to keep by her mike (you can see it in the Iowa RAL DVD) was whiskey?

Not sure if it was whiskey or brandy that I heard. I know in the early FM tours and Belladonna tours backstage, she said she drank alot of wine and champange.

#7 10-13-2005, 11:11 AM

yeah, she did say that at least when she was in the studio she always kept a little bottle of brandy with her.

ELIUD · #8 10-13-2005, 11:12 AM

I was at the first night of the tour in Houston at the Summit. She fell through the stage during her Edge of Seventeen walk. A seam between the panels that make up the stage must have been weak and it just opened up underneath her. All we could see of her after she dropped was her white satin shawl her arms and the top of her head. Her guards ran over to her and helped her out immediately. After the song ended she went to the mike and asked the audience "Did you see that? I fell through the stage!". We were all "duh, yeah we were kinda watching you at the time."

Another time, in Dallas at during the Other Side of the Mirror tour, I had second row center seating. During her second number, a GIANT BLACK CRICKET flew at her from behind and landed on her big puffy blonde hairdo. It couldn't have been more obvious to us in the front and I'm sure most of us at the Starplex as well. It stayed there roaming around gingerly on her head. A girl next to me who was stoned outta her head was climbing on her chair pointing desparately to the big black cricket hoping she could save her some embarrassment. Stevie acknowledge the young stoner with a smile and a nod but didn't not notice the cricket at all. I thought it would be so much worse for her to realize it was there while singing and hoped it would just leave as suddenly as it appeared. But it stayed for the duration of the song and when Stevie walked backstage to change into another outfit it was still roaming around her head. This is when I realized the goddess was human and I prayed that cricket met a painful and messy death underneath the weight of a six-inch platform heel.

#9 10-13-2005, 11:15 AM

didn't she fall at the red rocks show as well? during the interlude (i guess) after the first chorus, stevie is head banging pretty fierce and then it goes all digital and looks like she's in slow motion and dancing...is this where she fell?

Raeven Skye · #10 10-13-2005, 02:05 PM

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didn't she fall at the red rocks show as well? during the interlude (i guess) after the first chorus, stevie is head banging pretty fierce and then it goes all digital and looks like she's in slow motion and dancing...is this where she fell?

I understand that there's video somewhere of her falling off the stage, but I've never seen it. Anybody have it?

AliP · #11 10-13-2005, 02:16 PM

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Another time, in Dallas at during the Other Side of the Mirror tour, I had second row center seating. During her second number, a GIANT BLACK CRICKET flew at her from behind and landed on her big puffy blonde hairdo. It couldn't have been more obvious to us in the front and I'm sure most of us at the Starplex as well. It stayed there roaming around gingerly on her head. A girl next to me who was stoned outta her head was climbing on her chair pointing desparately to the big black cricket hoping she could save her some embarrassment. Stevie acknowledge the young stoner with a smile and a nod but didn't not notice the cricket at all. I thought it would be so much worse for her to realize it was there while singing and hoped it would just leave as suddenly as it appeared. But it stayed for the duration of the song and when Stevie walked backstage to change into another outfit it was still roaming around her head. This is when I realized the goddess was human and I prayed that cricket met a painful and messy death underneath the weight of a six-inch platform heel.

LOL!!! That is the funniest thing I have ever read.

I can't even imagine, I hate bugs.

#12 10-13-2005, 03:05 PM

a video of her falling off the stage?!?!? that would be intense

Raeven Skye · #13 10-13-2005, 03:11 PM

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a video of her falling off the stage?!?!? that would be intense

I'd always heard rumors of such, and then at this summer's show, I heard it was included in the clips she was showing on the screen behind her. My husband saw it, but I missed it again!

UndoingTheLaces · #14 10-13-2005, 04:28 PM

ELIUD, you are never to go to another Stevie show again! God only knows what will happen next time!!!

danax6 · #15 10-13-2005, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ELIUD

Another time, in Dallas at during the Other Side of the Mirror tour, I had second row center seating. During her second number, a GIANT BLACK CRICKET flew at her from behind and landed on her big puffy blonde hairdo. It couldn't have been more obvious to us in the front and I'm sure most of us at the Starplex as well. It stayed there roaming around gingerly on her head. A girl next to me who was stoned outta her head was climbing on her chair pointing desparately to the big black cricket hoping she could save her some embarrassment. Stevie acknowledge the young stoner with a smile and a nod but didn't not notice the cricket at all. I thought it would be so much worse for her to realize it was there while singing and hoped it would just leave as suddenly as it appeared. But it stayed for the duration of the song and when Stevie walked backstage to change into another outfit it was still roaming around her head. This is when I realized the goddess was human and I prayed that cricket met a painful and messy death underneath the weight of a six-inch platform heel.

OMG! This had me laughing for nearly 10 mins. In fact, I am still snickering.

Poor Stevie. But I guess if I was the cricket, I would have prefered Stevie's head also.