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The Sheryl Crow edit of "Landslide" will be available on a limited edition of Home that will be out for the holidays. As far as I know, it'll be the only time it's commercially available.
The difference is very subtle- like everyone said before, it de-countrifies it a bit. I work at Sony Music- and so I do a lot of work for the Chicks and personally, I like the cover a lot. I've always been a fan of theirs, sicne seeing them live the summer before Fly was released, and I think they do the song justice. It fleshes it out musically, and I think it's an apt tribute. More than that, it's doing EXTREMELY well on the charts, it's still climbing on the Hot 100, and that is very, very good for Stevie and the Mac. It's bringing new fans to the song and the band. Billy Corgan's version of Landslide is terrible- I hate it. Tori Amos's is not as bad. I do like her new live version of Songbird, though- she's playing it at all her shows. (Including her current shows this week in Chicago- also, if there are any Tori fans, Sony/Epic is doing an in-store signing with her at the Borders on N. Michigan at Water Tower this Friday) |
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Besides, who cares how high Fleetwood Mac songs go on the charts? The point is that we the fans like the songs, not the whole world. Look at what's on the radio these days... If a song is on the radio, does that make it crap? One can almost make the argument, n'est pas? |
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Carne, I was talking about Sheryl's remix. I heard it again, and definitely noticed the stripped banjo. Not to mention the use of a drum machine. I don't really like the remix.
BTW, I agree with you about the Bootylicious thing. If anyone deserves credit, it's Waddy. Stevie had nothing to do with it!
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I'm sure the solo is based on Stevie's original melody anyway (which, if she wrote it on a piano, probably sounded MUCH different... most likely sounding along the lines of the way keyboardist Christopher Cameron played it on the 'Mirror' tour). Since sole songwriting credit for "Edge Of Seventeen," goes to Stevie... she therefore receives a songwriting credit on "Bootylicious" (though not on the remixes, which don't use the sample). So, as far as the RIAA is concerned, Stevie is therefore the co-writer of a #1 single (her second #1). Johnny Stew
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Right On Mr. Stew!
Check this out:
http://www.dotmusic.com/news/May2001/news19656.asp Of course Stevie should and does get writing credits for Destiny Child's "Bootylicious". Some other intersesting facts in the article.....Stevie Nicks can play guitar and she really does pull songs from her solo projects for Fleetwood Mac. Just thought a FEW of you may need some enlightening on the talents and generosity of Ms. Nicks. Joe |
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I work at a group of radio stations, and we have 2 country stations (am & fm) and a (now oldies) station that, at the time of the dance, played top 40, pop, soft rock.. etc etc etc. I've noticed that anything the Dixie Chicks put out.. is GOING to do well. Even non-single releases that we play occasionally -- christmas tracks, special features-- always get great response. I don't think this has a damn thing to do with Fleetwood Mac or Stevie. I don't begrudge them [the chicks] success with the song at all... they could have totally butchered the song coughcoughsmashingpumpkinscoughcoughtoriamoscoughcough (imo.) but they didn't, and I think that ADDS to Stevie's credibility: she writes songs that can change genre and be equally meaningful/powerful/blahblah. Plus.. I think that because people have heard Fleetwood Mac do Landslide before and the Dixie Chicks version is a new thing.. that might mean it will automatically do better on the charts than FM's '97 remake of their OWN '75 song. As far as the videos... I think the bluegrass version (the country video) is a LOT better than Sheryl's remix. I like the Crow mix, but I think the banjo sounds REALLY cool on the song. Lindsey kinda uses a lil banjo style flavor when he plays it on guitar... I guess its just the arpeggiated chords. Sarah
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I went to Tori's show on Wednesday the day before Thanksgiving in Chicago and she did NOT play 'Songbird' or 'Landslide'. I was looking forward to a little Mac with Tori. She did however where a very Stevie-esque shawl. |
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