The RANDOM/BAD songs POLL!!!

[Keith]

Originally Posted by Travis

I don't get the hate for "Silver Girl" AT ALL!!! GRRRR!

We can agree on this one, Travis. A sleepy gem.. ".. shadow moves across her face.. you cannot see her soul... unless she lets you.. see her soul.." love that lyric.

[Bandon]

Gate and Garbage

[TheWILDheart]

Originally Posted by priestofnothing

I would have added to this list:
Sister Honey
Welcome to the Room Sara
and Mabel Normand (sorry).

Agree completely with "Mabel Normand". A bunch of words sung in no melody or pattern over a very mediocre riff. It just drones on and on and on about absolute twaddle.

"I Don't Care" is equally as horrid.

I love "Sister Honey" though, it's so much fun

[WatchChain]

Forgotten Chimpanzee: The Worst of Stevie Nicks

Mirror Mirror
Jane
Desert Angel (Agent Orange Remix)
When I See You Again
Freedom
Two Kinds Of Love (Re-Recorded Duet with Michael Bolton)
Docklands
Mabel Normand
Street Angel
The Nightmare
Soldier's Angel (Rock Smack Remix)

@2014 Rhino Records

[WatchChain]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I'm really surprised Jane didn't make this list... it's unequivocally the worst song she's ever recorded. Cheaper Than Free is a worthy heir, though.

You got that right, honey! If "Jane" is not on this list, something's amiss. The melodic disaster that is "JANE" quite possibly takes the cake as the worst song ever recorded. Girl, put me in beloved exile with those forgotten chimpanzees!!! Write a book about it, and call it CHIMP QUEEN !

[PenguinHead]

I can find a bizarre charm in every one of her songs, even songs I think are her worst,- vocally,lyrically, or arrangement/production wise.

I don't have any hate towards any of her songs; some are the cream of the crop, some rank at the bottom, and others hover in the middle. All are listenable for variable reasons.

[mitzo]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

I can find a bizarre charm in every one of her songs, even songs I think are her worst,- vocally,lyrically, or arrangement/production wise.

I don't have any hate towards any of her songs; some are the cream of the crop, some rank at the bottom, and others hover in the middle. All are listenable for variable reasons.

Likewise. The ones people seem to love to hate here are mostly my sort of guilty Stevie pleasures.

Some against the grain musings of mine:

I actually like Jane more than the entire rest of the SA album with the ;possible exception of Kick It. IT IS A TRIBUTE TO JANE GOODALL AND THAT IS WHY IT REFERENCES CHIMPANZEES.

Affairs of the Heart is by far the worst of Stevie from BYM.

Her Hammond organ driven Tom Petty crap from the early years drives me to drink. I Need to Know, Gold and Braid, Blue Lamp, Violet and Blue.... At least they show that she sucks at being ordinary.

To me her all time worst song is Desert Angel.

When I See You Again is among Stevie's best, to me. Mysterious and avant garde and sincere.

Sometimes the reactions of "fans" to her more unusual efforts is like what you would expect when the trailer park takes a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Don't expect pictures of trees and lakes and paintings of dogs playing poker.

[Travis]

Originally Posted by Keith

We can agree on this one, Travis. A sleepy gem.. ".. shadow moves across her face.. you cannot see her soul... unless she lets you.. see her soul.." love that lyric.

[Macfan4life]

I cant even read all of these posts
Some of the songs I can see are not favorites but some of you have my ALL TIME favorite Stevie songs like Doing the Best that I can. That song is probably the best written and produced song ever. It is hypnotizing and its was meant to be that way building a frenzy.
Its about drug addiction and escaping the Betty Ford Center (thus escape from Berlin)

It was one for you and three for me (shows how much more addicted she was than others)
I just played the part...did not win or lose... but I threw the cards....(shows her attitude about just wanting to leave)
Locked away but I covered my tears,....silent all day...its out of my hands here

Man..it does not get any better than that. Those that don't like the song....listen to the song with headphones on. Rupert Hine is a genius for producing this song!!

[jessej]

Omg .... I absolutley love "When i see you again"

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by mitzo

Likewise. The ones people seem to love to hate here are mostly my sort of guilty Stevie pleasures.

Some against the grain musings of mine:

I actually like Jane more than the entire rest of the SA album with the ;possible exception of Kick It. IT IS A TRIBUTE TO JANE GOODALL AND THAT IS WHY IT REFERENCES CHIMPANZEES.

Affairs of the Heart is by far the worst of Stevie from BYM.

Her Hammond organ driven Tom Petty crap from the early years drives me to drink. I Need to Know, Gold and Braid, Blue Lamp, Violet and Blue.... At least they show that she sucks at being ordinary.

To me her all time worst song is Desert Angel.

When I See You Again is among Stevie's best, to me. Mysterious and avant garde and sincere.

Sometimes the reactions of "fans" to her more unusual efforts is like what you would expect when the trailer park takes a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Don't expect pictures of trees and lakes and paintings of dogs playing poker.

No need to cast aspersions on others who don't like the same songs in her collection you do. Calling people here trailer trash and every single thing Stevie's done equal to the work of the great masters is an overstatement on both accounts.

Stevie has absolutely written some turd songs. Glorious turds though they may be, festooned with ribbons and bows, turds the are. She's not above writing some really mediocre sh*t too….. especially mid-career when the success and drugs went to her head and she thought every random brain fart lyric she scribbled was Shakespeare.

And then there are the true gems, the songs that don't deserve to be cheapened by being put on the same level as the scat.

Can she write amazing, unique, classic songs? Yes. Can she write crap? Yes. Will some people disagree on which is which? Yep. There's no accounting for taste. But Mama laughs all the way to the bank either way.

[mitzo]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

No need to cast aspersions on others who don't like the same songs in her collection you do. Calling people here trailer trash and every single thing Stevie's done equal to the work of the great masters is an overstatement on both accounts.

Stevie has absolutely written some turd songs. Glorious turds though they may be, festooned with ribbons and bows, turds the are. She's not above writing some really mediocre sh*t too….. especially mid-career when the success and drugs went to her head and she thought every random brain fart lyric she scribbled was Shakespeare.

And then there are the true gems, the songs that don't deserve to be cheapened by being put on the same level as the scat.

Can she write amazing, unique, classic songs? Yes. Can she write crap? Yes. Will some people disagree on which is which? Yep. There's no accounting for taste. But Mama laughs all the way to the bank either way.

The trailer park reference was a metaphor. Stevie uses a lot of those in her lyrics.

[blinker12]

Sister Honey!

[brad975]

It seems like there's some confusion over whether to vote on Stevie's absolute worst songs, or songs that we instinctively know are pretty crumby but find some delight in anyway. I'm going with the latter interpretation.

As dedicated Stevie fans, as most of us appear to be, we've likely gotten used to having to lower our expectations since the mid-1980s. Her golden era for me was 1973 to 1983, even though I've found numerous occasions for enjoyment since. I've just had to brace myself for a lot of flat/missed/nasally notes.

What we might think of as a respectably decent modern-day Stevie vocal ("All the Beautiful Worlds") recently caused by boyfriend to stare up from his phone trace and say "She sounds pretty atrocious." He'd just heard the "tell me why" and "say goodbye" parts. I sort of have to agree with his assessment, I'm afraid.

So separating Stevie's vocal performance from a song's quality or the production value can be tricky business.

That said, my favorite fundamentally flawed song that is quite the guilty pleasure is....(opens envelope)...

"One More Big Time Rock & Roll Star."

It's the pinnacle of her bleating goat voice, with some cringe worthy lyrics: "Under music lover and an art lover like me. There were candles, there were crystals, I was anyone's fantasy."

I love the whole damn thing against my better judgment. Narcissism be damned.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

...she thought every random brain fart lyric she scribbled was Shakespeare.

Great line! I believe she still thinks that way.