Excellent quality Bethlehem, PA 1990 Farewell conert

[Mr Scarrott]

Far too much of this is just painful to watch. I flit some song to song and just can't buy into it. I'm glad I didn't see them on this tour or the previous one. To have an absent Lindsey and a barely-present Stevie is just too much. Christine can't really hide this mess. Appalling as some of her later behaviour may have been, I'm so glad Nicks recovered from this period.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by Mr Scarrott

To have an absent Lindsey and a barely-present Stevie is just too much. Christine can't really hide this mess. Appalling as some of her later behaviour may have been, I'm so glad Nicks recovered from this period.

That's why I loved the reunion in 1997. Stevie came back from that sickly absence. She looked beautiful and her performance was stunning. Lindsey looked more than happy to be back in the band. Even though it wasn't a perfect reunion, cause Christine didn't looked so enthusiastic, she performed very good anyway. And there was no new album with the Rumours lineup. But anyway The Dance was a beautiful reunion.

[Mr Scarrott]

Originally Posted by Villavic

That's why I loved the reunion in 1997. Stevie came back from that sickly absence. She looked beautiful and her performance was stunning. Lindsey looked more than happy to be back in the band. Even though it wasn't a perfect reunion, cause Christine didn't looked so enthusiastic, she performed very good anyway. And there was no new album with the Rumours lineup. But anyway The Dance was a beautiful reunion.

That was what was great about the 2014/15 tour, wasn't it, that Christine was clearly having a ball. To be fair to Stevie, whatever issues she had with Lindsey, she tended to mask them on stage (although them being so far part probably helped- I remember thinking that the one time they slapped hands, during GYOW must have been negotiatied by committees of lawyers).

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by Mr Scarrott

(although them being so far part probably helped- I remember thinking that the one time they slapped hands, during GYOW must have been negotiatied by committees of lawyers).

Though that has nothing to do with the 2004 shows, I remembered Tusk in the Live in Boston video. I never understood why they decided to include that scene. Although they end up hugging, I think those fist gestures were too much. If it was a trick just to make people comment and remember (again) the whole story of those two, it was a very cheap resource.

[David]

Good camera on this video. Brings back sound memories that are pretty good, but the visual clues make me depressed. You can see just where the band’s strengths were in 1990. But it felt like such a long-drawn-out aftermath for the whole band. I got depressed that year because their work couldn’t help looking pretty vacuous after the peaks they had reached. You’re not supposed to experience your favorite band by getting depressed over the passage of time.

When I went to see them again in 1994, in a clubhouse by a boat dock out in the middle of Bumfeck, Nowhere, I fell into a funk again. It was an unreal final chapter. Fleetwood Mac’s a pretty strange band — if you collected all the years from 1967 on where they had a unified and fiery dedication to their art, I don’t think you’d have much more than five years.

Let’s see, on the video I like “Everywhere” and the opening number and “Go Your Own Way” and certainly some of the blues songs, which cover a lot of ground from rock and roll to slow blues. They’re all excellent technicians and obviously thoroughly rehearsed (maybe over-rehearsed, with some of the spontaneity leaked out).

[aleuzzi]

Ok, lots of things to note here.

1–They don’t sound bad at all. The musicianship is pretty strong. Consider the core trio of Fleetwood and the McVies during “Love is Dangerous.” The way the keyboards work in tandem with the rhythm is classic FM. Parts of the song sound a lot like a live recording I have of “Child of Mine”! Vito is a great player.

2–Both women are in very strong voice. I noticed that, per usual, Stevie perks up during Stand Back, but she’s honestly quite solid throughout. Christine sounds great! And her vocal fills on “World Turning” and “Everywhere” are the most extroverted I’ve heard her live. She’s delivering a lot there.

3–The band sounds like a very good cover bar band on “Stop Messing Around.”

4–Billy leaves no real impression (negative or positive) on me here.

5–Despite so many of the parts working together, I see what so many of you have already noted, a clear lack of a coherent identity. On its best days and in its best lineups, FM already sounded eclectic, all over the map. But, visually and aurally, Lindsey’s obvious chemistry with each of the other four made it work. Vito’s technically a more polished and versatile player. But Lindsey’s energy and commitment to the music is irreplaceable.

6–That moment when a male fan tries to grab Stevie was bizarre, even terrifying. That she kept going without missing a beat was impressive. Was that a common thing—for fans to jump on stage and seize hold of her?

[DownOnRodeo]

My take -- it's an excellent show, but it's too much talent and too many styles. Comes across more as a revue at times.