05-21-2009, 12:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-12-2018, 08:11 AM by Drunk Monk.)
@ Oracle 5/20/9
I haven't felt this way I feel
Since many a year ago
Prior to this show, FM canceled 4 gigs, 2 in Calgary, WA & Sacto. I think they just played Oaktown because they knew they could get a decent doc thru RM. To cover for Christie's absence, they used 3 of Stevie's backup singers, a guitarist and a keyboardist. And they still fell short. I used to not care for Christie's honey dulcimer singing, but FM was a gestalt of L.A. coke-soaked break-up 70's sound and C's counterpoint to Lindsay's wacked out guitar approaches, Stevie's trashed party-gypsy voice and the powerhouse Mick and John, who put the Fleetwood and Mac in FM. The did a tour a few years back where the replaced Lindsay with two young guitarists and I can't really say which was worse. FM is a five-piece and any more or less just kills it. My ol' gal Stevie has probably burned out all the cartilage in her nose now and on top of some plastic surgery, it's changed her voice to be slightly nasal. She doesn't move like before at all, but she still commands a crowd of imitators, as well as centerstage. Of course, hearing her again brought back so many memories - Sara, Gold Dust, Stand Back (I think the only non-FM tune). She totally got me with Storms. Lindsay has defaulted to being extremely hammy, but can still jam it out in the end, proving himself in a sizzling Oh Well. Mick is still insane, looking a lot like Dumbledore, perhaps even better than Harris or Gambon since he embodies that madness more like the book character. He banged out this amazing solo for World Turning. John needed to be louder in the mix. He still plays like a purring cougar. The mix was off at first, way too tinny, but the eventually recovered. FM spent too much time talking about their songs when introducing them. They should have just played. No need to talk about it. Just play. After the soulful Storms, they went into Say You Love Me, with S and L trying to carry C's lead and it was such a buzzkill, I had to exit the auditorium. But still, the band is legendary and they still retain their chops, if not some portion of their glory.
Did you hear they just covered that Smashing Pumpkins song?
RM was mellow and I was trippin' on being the eldest there in terms of years spent volunteering. The next up was nearly half a decade less, and there were only three of us with more than a decade under our belts. With the Dead last week, Star Trek this week, and then this, I've been sucked into some nostalgic time warp. At one point, I was with a crew of new vols and started thinking that I was just like old Spock in the new Star Trek, seeing RM reimagined and rebooted, with a new generation.
I haven't felt this way I feel
Since many a year ago
Prior to this show, FM canceled 4 gigs, 2 in Calgary, WA & Sacto. I think they just played Oaktown because they knew they could get a decent doc thru RM. To cover for Christie's absence, they used 3 of Stevie's backup singers, a guitarist and a keyboardist. And they still fell short. I used to not care for Christie's honey dulcimer singing, but FM was a gestalt of L.A. coke-soaked break-up 70's sound and C's counterpoint to Lindsay's wacked out guitar approaches, Stevie's trashed party-gypsy voice and the powerhouse Mick and John, who put the Fleetwood and Mac in FM. The did a tour a few years back where the replaced Lindsay with two young guitarists and I can't really say which was worse. FM is a five-piece and any more or less just kills it. My ol' gal Stevie has probably burned out all the cartilage in her nose now and on top of some plastic surgery, it's changed her voice to be slightly nasal. She doesn't move like before at all, but she still commands a crowd of imitators, as well as centerstage. Of course, hearing her again brought back so many memories - Sara, Gold Dust, Stand Back (I think the only non-FM tune). She totally got me with Storms. Lindsay has defaulted to being extremely hammy, but can still jam it out in the end, proving himself in a sizzling Oh Well. Mick is still insane, looking a lot like Dumbledore, perhaps even better than Harris or Gambon since he embodies that madness more like the book character. He banged out this amazing solo for World Turning. John needed to be louder in the mix. He still plays like a purring cougar. The mix was off at first, way too tinny, but the eventually recovered. FM spent too much time talking about their songs when introducing them. They should have just played. No need to talk about it. Just play. After the soulful Storms, they went into Say You Love Me, with S and L trying to carry C's lead and it was such a buzzkill, I had to exit the auditorium. But still, the band is legendary and they still retain their chops, if not some portion of their glory.
Did you hear they just covered that Smashing Pumpkins song?
RM was mellow and I was trippin' on being the eldest there in terms of years spent volunteering. The next up was nearly half a decade less, and there were only three of us with more than a decade under our belts. With the Dead last week, Star Trek this week, and then this, I've been sucked into some nostalgic time warp. At one point, I was with a crew of new vols and started thinking that I was just like old Spock in the new Star Trek, seeing RM reimagined and rebooted, with a new generation.
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