Great thread.....I love Stevie and all her faults, but here are a few of my unpopular opinions:
1. Stevie is good songwriter, but she has "borrowed" many of her best lines from the poetry and prose of other people—without giving proper credit.
2. Stevie isn't that great live anymore. Everything is choreographed. No spontaneity. Same setlist year after year. Boring.
3. Stevie isn't the Queen of Rock. That title belongs to Joan Jett. She may not share Stevie's popularity, but she's a better performer and she truly lives and breathes rock 'n' roll. Just watch her recent induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
4. Stevie hasn't written a truly great song since "Wild Heart."
5. Stevie is prone to exaggeration. What would be considered normal, minor pain and discomfort for us regular folks is seen as traumatic and earth-shattering in Stevie's world.
6. Dave Stewart coddles Stevie too much and has fostered and encouraged her lazy songwriting in recent years.
Yikes! I feel horrible even writing these things....But there it is.....
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