The worst of Stevie

tbaker3 · #1 01-18-2013, 06:57 PM

What is everyone's least favorite Stevie song (solo)? And what is it that you think makes it horrible? Defend your answer and get fiesty! I think Stevie would appreciate the passion

tbaker3 · #2 01-18-2013, 07:07 PM

I think mine has to be "That Made Me Stronger." I enjoy the vocals just fine, but the lyrics in the chorus just kill it for me. It's like, c'mon Stevie... work on it a little harder, you know you can do better...

Jondalar · #3 01-18-2013, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tbaker3

I think mine has to be "That Made Me Stronger." I enjoy the vocals just fine, but the lyrics in the chorus just kill it for me. It's like, c'mon Stevie... work on it a little harder, you know you can do better...

That is what I thought about that song. It was not sophisticated at all and it was lazy. It made more sense then a lot of her songs though.

tbaker3 · #4 01-18-2013, 07:17 PM

I dont neccesarily like when her songs make sense. I think the amiguity of her lyrics is what really captures me. It allows the listener the opportunity to apply it to their own life however they want. I like the versatility.

Jondalar · #5 01-18-2013, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by tbaker3

I dont neccesarily like when her songs make sense. I think the amiguity of her lyrics is what really captures me. It allows the listener the opportunity to apply it to their own life however they want. I like the versatility.

Sometimes I like it, but in the case of Thrown Down and Illume, songs with stellar production, I think her lyrics hurt the songs.

tbaker3 · #6 01-18-2013, 07:33 PM

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Sometimes I like it, but in the case of Thrown Down and Illume, songs with stellar production, I think her lyrics hurt the songs.

To me, the lyrics ARE her songs. Sure, she does the rough draft of the musicality to accompany it, but what behind it is, in a sense, someone else's work. For instance, I really just cant get on board with Soldier's Angel (try as I might). But I dont think its the lyrics that bother me. The music behind it just is so disjointed from itself that instead of the flow that i typically fall into with her songs, just gets bumpy (for lack of a better word)

Although I DID ask why, so I suppose your response IS justifiable...

FierySequences · #7 01-19-2013, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by tbaker3

I think mine has to be "That Made Me Stronger." I enjoy the vocals just fine, but the lyrics in the chorus just kill it for me. It's like, c'mon Stevie... work on it a little harder, you know you can do better...

but why would she, when she can just blame Tom

tlssln · #8 01-20-2014, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by tbaker3

I think mine has to be "That Made Me Stronger." I enjoy the vocals just fine, but the lyrics in the chorus just kill it for me. It's like, c'mon Stevie... work on it a little harder, you know you can do better...

I always thought that one was bad too. Very pedestrian for Stevie.

Jondalar · #9 01-18-2013, 07:12 PM

God, there are so many...

Imperial Hotel
The Nightmare
I will run to you (a tom petty throwaway he would never put on his own albums)
Two Kinds of Love
Blue Denim
Docklands
Doing the Best that I can
Cry Wolf (her vocal is god awful on it and its a great song)
I still miss someone
Fire Burning
Loves A Hard Game to Play
Jane
Love is Like aRiver
Desert Angel
Touched by an Angel
That Made Me Stronger
Too Far From Texas (really good song with a terrible vocal from Stevie)
Love Is (Bland as hell)
Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind (nice song with another horrible, half-ass vocal from Stevie because she didn't write it)

tbaker3 · #10 01-18-2013, 07:26 PM

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God, there are so many...

Imperial Hotel
The Nightmare
I will run to you (a tom petty throwaway he would never put on his own albums)
Two Kinds of Love
Blue Denim
Docklands
Doing the Best that I can
Cry Wolf (her vocal is god awful on it and its a great song)
I still miss someone
Fire Burning
Loves A Hard Game to Play
Jane
Love is Like aRiver
Desert Angel
Touched by an Angel
That Made Me Stronger
Too Far From Texas (really good song with a terrible vocal from Stevie)
Love Is (Bland as hell)
Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind (nice song with another horrible, half-ass vocal from Stevie because she didn't write it)

I LOVE just about all of these! I'm over here, just stunned, to see such a few of my favorites on this list. It looks like they're all from after she made the change from mainstream to AC. Which is sad to me. I think as an artist evolves, they expect their audience to evolve with them (and I think most do). But if an artist sticks with the same thing over and over again, they become a 'one trick pony.' Such a double edge sword...

Jondalar · #11 01-18-2013, 07:28 PM

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I LOVE just about all of these! I'm over here, just stunned, to see such a few of my favorites on this list. It looks like they're all from after she made the change from mainstream to AC. Which is sad to me. I think as an artist evolves, they expect their audience to evolve with them (and I think most do). But if an artist sticks with the same thing over and over again, they become a 'one trick pony.' Such a double edge sword...

Please do not let me make you sad. I'm very opinionated. I thought she totally lost her touch.

bluefox4000 · #12 01-19-2013, 11:45 AM

Oh If ya know me here.....you shouldn't have asked this

All of Rock a Little save for Talk to Me

All of Other side of the Mirror save for Rooms on fire

with

Jane
To Far from Texas
Fall from Grace.
Bombay Sapphires
Desert Angel
Jane
Her cover of Just Like a woman
Soldier's Angel
Everybody Loves You
Secret Love

I'm gonna Stop

Well RAL and Mirror are just soooooooo boring. I cannot stomach either album. Songs I listed just never liked..never moved me. I had one more but I'm not gonna say....you guys will have my head on a stick....lol

Mick

SummerlongBoots · #13 01-19-2013, 12:12 PM

I tolerate all of Stevie, even those I'm not fond of, except for Cheaper Than Free and Secret Love.

PenguinHead · #14 01-19-2013, 12:20 PM

I've become much more forgiving over the years, having developed a healthy love/hate relationship with Stevie's more questionable lyrics and songs. They represent and expose an off-kilter and out-of-sorts side of Stevie.

I often wonder "what the hell was she thinking?" with some of the choices she makes. While some songs may not be up to par, there is always some quirk - a lyric line, a guitar lick, a melody or something that has some redeemable quality.

A Stevie clunker is not like any other...unusually unique.

FierySequences · #15 01-19-2013, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by PenguinHead

I've become much more forgiving over the years, having developed a healthy love/hate relationship with Stevie's more questionable lyrics and songs. They represent and expose an off-kilter and out-of-sorts side of Stevie.
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ITA, very well put

We could be here all nite and day discussing the less than stellar song choices...if I had to pick one, it would be Love is like a River. The track rocks, but I can't get into the guitar "nar, nar, nar, nar, nar" and her line "straight back" yuck!

some others that are not so great: One more Big Time, Cheaper than Free, etc.

It's funny how a lot of the songs ppl mention, I absolutly adore!
Enchanted, Love Is, FFG, Uncondtional Love, Maybe Love, Just Like a Woman, Jane, Kick It, I Still Miss Someone, Doing the Best I Can, Fire Burning, Love's a Hard Game, Too Far from Texas, the list goes on.....