"Long Way To Go" Appreciation Thread

[The Tower]

Holy macaroni.... TOSOTM has been in my car CD player for the last three weeks and I'm too lazy to change it. Good thing, though. The perfect salve for nazzty LA traffic hatred is a good ol' dose of "Long Way To Go".

She is pissed on this song. Her vocal is fantastic- killer. Absolutely killer. My favorite things about this song:

1) Stevie plays tambourine and is rocking the joint.

2) The second verse- "High in my life"

3) ALL of the second verse (!!!)

and the best part of all

4) The vocal comeback after the guitar solo (!!!!!!!!!) Stevie as background vocalist to Stevie as lead vocal is such a great concept. Her background vocal on this line is so freeeeeking high and she rips that mo-fo.

"Can I be of any help TO YOU?!?!?!?!?
Help me, help her, help him, too BAY-BEH!!!!"

Yes, friends- "Long Way To Go" is the perfect rage-ohol for this rage-oholic...

Why the hell she never did this one live is beyond me.

[ontheEdgeof17]

I made a "I'm fukcing pissed...and here's a song about it" Stevie Mix. LWTG is the first song on it. It's a great opener.....

[The Tower]

I made a "I'm fukcing pissed...and here's a song about it" Stevie Mix. LWTG is the first song on it. It's a great opener.....
Of course, you also had to stick "Nothing Ever Changes" on that sucker, right?

[ontheEdgeof17]

Of course, you also had to stick "Nothing Ever Changes" on that sucker, right?

Here's the set list....it flows nicely


1. Long Way To Go
2. EFO
3. Planets of the Universe (extended version)
4. Smile At You
5. Kind of Woman
6. Silver Springs (Rumours Reissue)
7. Stop Dragging
8. Nothing Ever Changes
9. Freedom
10. Love Is Like A River
11. Fall From Grace
12. Edge of 17 (eh. it's angry in spots)

[sparky]

4) The vocal comeback after the guitar solo (!!!!!!!!!) Stevie as background vocalist to Stevie as lead vocal is such a great concept.


No one sings backup for Stevie better than Stevie. That is the main reason I love Blue Denim so much. Well, that and the guitar lick.

Major props to this song.

I play it when I am mad and sing the shit out of it.

I just wish it had one more verse. And I love love love the long remix of it. The guitar work is outta this world. Michael Landau if my memory serves me correctly.

[strandinthewind]

and she nears but not to that A

[The Tower]

and she nears but not to that A
What are you talking about, Boozey??? :laugh: :laugh:

[strandinthewind]

What are you talking about, Boozey??? :laugh: :laugh:

Her voice is very very high on that - does she go over A in middle C?

[GypsySorcerer]

and she nears but not to that A
:confused:

I had to read that three times before I comprehended it. :laugh:

And yes, LWTG is ace.

[strandinthewind]

:confused:

I had to read that three times before I comprehended it. :laugh:

And yes, LWTG is ace.

I am glad SOMEONE with intelligence gets my reference :xoxo: :xoxo:

[JazmenFlowers]

LWTG is probably my favorite song, next to Ooh My Love, on TOSOTM.

[The Tower]

Her voice is very very high on that - does she go over A in middle C?
The background part of "Can I be of any help" is Bb above middle C and the "to you!!" is an octave above middle C :shocked:

Which is sooo outta control, cuz the top of my chest voice vocal range is C# an octave above middle C. But, the problem is that it is very difficult to sing the vowels from "to you" and hold those high notes consecutively. It's quite the vocal feat, which is why this song so fukcing kicks ass.... :nod:

[strandinthewind]

The background part of "Can I be of any help" is Bb above middle C and the "to you!!" is an octave above middle C :shocked:

Which is sooo outta control, cuz the top of my chest voice vocal range is C# an octave above middle C. But, the problem is that it is very difficult to sing the vowels from "to you" and hold those high notes consecutively. It's quite the vocal feat, which is why this song so fukcing kicks ass.... :nod:

I my youth I could with my chest voice go way up in Mezzo and in falsetto soprano was no prob. Now, I am a baritone with no difficulty and can do tenor if I behave the week before. Such is the life of a rock and roller while the heart breaks!!!

But, her vocal on that is OUTRAGEOUS considering the time in her life

[Neal]

I love everything TOSOTM, and this one's no exception. Definitely top 3 for me.

[The Tower]

LWTG is probably my favorite song, next to Ooh My Love, on TOSOTM.
I love everything TOSOTM, and this one's no exception. Definitely top 3 for me.

Absolutely. The Great Triumverate of TOSOTM...

"Long Way to Go" = pissed

"Ooh My Love" = wistful magical beauty

"Doing the Best That I Can" = despair

TOSOTM is still my favorite Stevie album, despite the "Cry Wolf" and "Two Kinds of Love".

[amber]

Holy macaroni.... TOSOTM has been in my car CD player for the last three weeks and I'm too lazy to change it. Good thing, though. The perfect salve for nazzty LA traffic hatred is a good ol' dose of "Long Way To Go".

She is pissed on this song. Her vocal is fantastic- killer. Absolutely killer. My favorite things about this song:

1) Stevie plays tambourine and is rocking the joint.

2) The second verse- "High in my life"

3) ALL of the second verse (!!!)

and the best part of all

4) The vocal comeback after the guitar solo (!!!!!!!!!) Stevie as background vocalist to Stevie as lead vocal is such a great concept. Her background vocal on this line is so freeeeeking high and she rips that mo-fo.

"Can I be of any help TO YOU?!?!?!?!?
Help me, help her, help him, too BAY-BEH!!!!"

Yes, friends- "Long Way To Go" is the perfect rage-ohol for this rage-oholic...

Why the hell she never did this one live is beyond me.


I feel the same, but maybe even more. And I have been dying for her to do it live every since I thought of it, and I'm still dying for her to do it live. Dying. She could kick the shit out of this song.
I love it. It's been on a lot lately, along with the "vocal only" recording of it. I love screaming "AWELLICOULDOIT! OHICANMAKEITONEMORETIME!"

[rbs3676]

And I love love love the long remix of it. The guitar work is outta this world. Michael Landau if my memory serves me correctly.

I'm with you, Sparky. The remix is FABULOUS. The extra attention they gave to her vocals and the backing vocals make this song soar.
A stand-out on the under-rated TOSOTM...a true gem of a release! :nod:

rbs

[SapphireSister]

I like it a lot but I'm not as huge of a fan as some of you are. I do however think the extended version/remix is amazing. I could dance to this for hours! Love the synth intro. Please download if you haven't heard it. It made me look at this song in a whole new light and appriciate it a lot more. This is the only version I'll listen to now that I've discovered it. I find myself saying "Have fun tell the world!" a lot these days :nod:.

http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1S7CPYKMKL0FF2NE3QH6MIUNPI

[Dreammms]

I like it a lot but I'm not as huge of a fan as some of you are. I do however think the extended version/remix is amazing. I could dance to this for hours! Love the synth intro. Please download if you haven't heard it. It made me look at this song in a whole new light and appriciate it a lot more. This is the only version I'll listen to now that I've discovered it. I find myself saying "Have fun tell the world!" a lot these days :nod:.

http://s5.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1S7CPYKMKL0FF2NE3QH6MIUNPI


Sharona, I am in love with this remix too. Long Way is such a rockin' song. Kick ass vocals.

[starshine]

Hi...I just wanted to say how much I so love the song 'long way to go'....stevie is great on that song...I really love the 'mirror' lp (cd)...long way to go is probably my favorite song on that lp (I still remember when lps were the thing...)....Just want to say a 'big' Hello to everyone thats reading this....I've not ever done this before so its all new to me (after I also figured out what to do--finally!!) so hopefully , I'll post something myself sometime....other stevie lps I love are belladonna and wildheart those are my other favorites....ral could've been better...I do really love mirror but thats probably because 89 was the time I started collecting stevie/fmac....I do also collect eagles/henley....I know others don't like don but well I do so thats just the way I feel and everyone can like who they like.....no toes stepping....Hope to be able to chat with all of you sometime...

Sue
..." its a long, long way to go...to say goodbye...I thought I already did that...have fun tell the world..." I so wish she would've sang this song live it would've been awesome!!!.....we can only dream can't we......

[gldstwmn]

I love Long Way To Go. "Well I can do it, well I can make it one more time..." How many times I have said that line to myself.:nod:

[AliceLover]

I LOVE Long Way to Go. Total rocker.

I don't think she ever did this one live because it *is* very hard to sing.

[iamovercome]

I really wish she would perform this live...it would be one of the coolest things ever