I Can't Wait concert video!

[UndoingTheLaces]

Okay, the quality is crap because it's being filmed from an old video off of a TV by someone holding a webcam who's obviously standing on roller skates, but it's so worth watching if only for the little arm dance thingy Stevie does during the little tinkly keyboard part after the guitar solo (and don't you dare say you don't know what I'm talking about). She doesn't do the hand roll showing off her cleavage like she does in the video but she does do the part right before that where she spreads her arms out and then brings her hands together. And when I watched this for the first time I kept thinking all the way through, "this is so horribly filmed that I have to turn it off but I have to wait to see if she does the little arm dance.... oh yay!!! she did, she did do the little arm dance!!!"





And while we're on the subject of audience fan filmed bootlegs, the sole reason I was able to watch Cloverfield and remain unaffected while all my friends got motion sickness is from the hours of bootleg concert videos I've watched over the years.

[jannieC]

Originally Posted by UndoingTheLaces

but it's so worth watching if only for the little arm dance thingy Stevie does during the little tinkly keyboard part after the guitar solo (and don't you dare say you don't know what I'm talking about).

Those of us that were part of that era know *exactly* what you're talking about. Some of us even practiced those moves in front of mirrors.

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by jannieC

Those of us that were part of that era know *exactly* what you're talking about. Some of us even practiced those moves in front of mirrors.

i totally did this!!!~
& i was at this exact show, 4th row, she was fabulous!!!~

on edit, my dad died the previous year & he had told my mom who he hadn't spoken to in years that if stevie toured for this record that my mom better promise to take me to a show~ a year later i was spending the night w/ my friend & we always had the radio on when we slept~ i heard a concert announcement for stevie while i was sleeping & woke up & thought i was only dreaming of it~ about an hour after i woke up, the radio station announced the stevie concert again~ i about passed out~ it was scheduled for 2 days prior to the year marking of my dad's passing~
i always hold in my heart, my dad as my guardian angel had something to do w/ that date~
i was a senior & highschool, my mom & my best friend went w/ me & it was something i will never forget~ it was my 1st "edge walk" where i got to shake her hand & i gave her a shawl that she wore for a song after her next clothing change~
was a most magical nite, i will never, never forget it~

[jannieC]

^^^^That's a great story. My dad also died in 1985 (I was 17) so I associate a lot of the music from RAL with that time. Stevie got me through a lot.

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by jannieC

^^^^That's a great story. My dad also died in 1985 (I was 17) so I associate a lot of the music from RAL with that time. Stevie got me through a lot.

awwww, me too, i was 16, wow we're close to the same age~ i'll be 40 this year~
the RAL era has a special place in my heart, glad yet sad because of death, to see it touched someone else in the same way~

[Matthew]

It´s really amazing, love it, all her movements are awesome. I wish I would be there... but in fact I wouldn´t be 18 now...

Is there any quality video of I can´t wait live? It´s one of my most favourite Stevie´s song, why it was performed only in ´86? It´s a loss.

[David]

Originally Posted by Matthew

Is there any quality video of I can´t wait live? It´s one of my most favourite Stevie´s song, why it was performed only in ´86? It´s a loss.

In her factually oblivious way, Stevie addresses this question in her commentary on the video.

[Bella Figura]

isn't she technically vogueing at that point??? another example of Stevie not getting the credit for being a trailblazer...take that Madonna...

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by Matthew

It´s really amazing, love it, all her movements are awesome. I wish I would be there... but in fact I wouldn´t be 18 now...

Is there any quality video of I can´t wait live? It´s one of my most favourite Stevie´s song, why it was performed only in ´86? It´s a loss.

I know! it's such a shame. it's such an amazing song. I love it every time I perform it.

[AliceLover]

Whoever ripped this to youtube should be ashamed of themselves. It looks like they videotaped their TV while playing the Iowa 86 DVD (NOT NEBRASKA AS IT SAYS). Go to veoh and get the better version. This one sucks.

[GODDESS6]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

Whoever ripped this to youtube should be ashamed of themselves. It looks like they videotaped their TV while playing the Iowa 86 DVD (NOT NEBRASKA AS IT SAYS). Go to veoh and get the better version. This one sucks.

weren't the iowa & ne shows on the same bootleg, sorta blended?~ i have been trying to get a copy of this for years~

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by GODDESS6

weren't the iowa & ne shows on the same bootleg, sorta blended?~ i have been trying to get a copy of this for years~

Yeah sort of. On most ciruclating copies the DVD starts out with the first 3 songs from the Nebraska show (GDW, OTR, and Dreams). Then Iowa kicks in with the complete concert. Most of Iowa is on Veoh.com. Search the USER PriestofNothing and then look through his videos. Most of the Iowa show is on there.

[petep9000]

She's claimed that this song "didn't work' live. I beg to differ. What 'doesn't work' anymore is the energy level required to pull it off on stage. This song won't work as a drone...

Even if she can't get to the place anymore where she can effectively perform this song, at least some homage to it would be nice...like using it a pre-show warm up tune (instead of 'Bootylicious' or the 'Dreams' remix)

[priestofnothing]

Originally Posted by petep9000

She's claimed that this song "didn't work' live. I beg to differ. What 'doesn't work' anymore is the energy level required to pull it off on stage. This song won't work as a drone...

Even if she can't get to the place anymore where she can effectively perform this song, at least some homage to it would be nice...like using it a pre-show warm up tune (instead of 'Bootylicious' or the 'Dreams' remix)

I agree. I got my hopes up so much when I went to the original Vegas shows in 2005 and they opened with the video of Stevie walking in the white skirt (at the end of the I Can't Wait video). She talked up doing new songs and putting up videos on the Caesar's screens in the Jim Ladd interview. I always thought this would be a killer opening song and get the audience up and jumping. I was disappointed obviously, but I was pleased that BATB returned.

I think another reason Stevie thinks it doesn't work - is - even though she pretty much performs on "auto-pilot" these days, there is a lot of pre-programmed music on this track, synthesizers and stuff. I don't know the technical ins-and-outs of it, but there seems little to no room for improvisation or leeway for Stevie to get off track. I know with live musicians like Waddy and the girls on backup they "just play until I start singing" like she says in the Largo WH show. With programmed music, she's got to sing when the programmed track plays or miss the line completely. There are several boots where she says "that's a hard one to play" after finishing this song.

I was surprised she even attempted I Can't Wait on this tour given the state she was in at the time, although it was a hit single at the time so I suppose she felt she "had to" do it.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by jannieC

Those of us that were part of that era know *exactly* what you're talking about. Some of us even practiced those moves in front of mirrors.

Some of us did this last week.