New duet with LeAnn Rimes

[Danielle]

The day before LeAnn Rimes releases her Re-Imagined EP, a collection putting unique new spins on some of her best-known songs, the country-pop powerhouse unleashes another surprise track from the collection. And this one comes with a bona fide rock superstar attached. Stevie Nicks, whose work as a solo artist ands as a member of Fleetwood Mac have influenced Rimes for decades, joins her on an updated rendition of “Borrowed,” a track originally featured on Rimes’ brilliant, yet underappreciated, 2013 LP Spitfire.

Written by Rimes with Darrell Brown and Dan Wilson, and produced by Rimes, Brown and Nicks with famed guitarist Waddy Wachtel, this updated version of “Borrowed” finds the two singers sharing melody and harmony, imbuing the tune with emotional depth yet never overpowering each other. The result is a bittersweet country ballad with just a touch of glittering pop-rock magic.

Nicks, who refers to the “How Do I Live” singer as “the best I have ever sung with,” notes that she chose to record “Borrowed” for Re-Imagined after Rimes sang it on The Tonight Show in 2013.

“I stopped in my tracks and sat down on the floor and started to cry,” the rock icon tells Rolling Stone. “I understood what she was singing about. I understood that the pain was real… and I understood that it had happened to me. When the song ended, I called my assistant to tell her that one day, I would sing this song with LeAnn. It was our destiny.”

Nicks, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with her Fleetwood Mac cohorts, says of Rimes as a vocalist, “You can’t compete with her; you can only keep up with her. To sing with her is to be blessed. She teaches you; she takes you along for the ride. She takes you on her journey and you arrive a much better singer."

"Stevie has been inspiring me as a songwriter and performer since I can remember,” adds Rimes. “To know that my music has seeped its way into her heart the way her music has into mine is magical. Connecting with her, not only musically, but on a soul level – understanding what it’s like to be a woman with passion, a pen and a desire to tell the most authentic, heartfelt truth through song, has been an experience that’s forever left an imprint on my life.”
The Re-Imagined EP, also featuring newly crafted versions of such Rimes hits as “Blue,” “How Do I Live” and “Can’t Fight the Moonlight,” is available June 20th.

https://www.rollingstone.com/country...agined-w521697

[kak125]

I'm not a fan of LeAnn Rimes but this song is pretty damn good. The harmonies are gorgeous. Thanks for posting!

[sodascouts]

Be careful if you're going to Amazon to buy this, guys. There's an older version of "Borrowed" that doesn't have Stevie on it. It looks like the "Re-Imagined" one isn't available yet, although other "Re-Imagined" tracks are.

Please tell me this isn't going to be one of those things where you have to buy the whole EP to get the Stevie track....

[JohnL]

Originally Posted by sodascouts

Be careful if you're going to Amazon to buy this, guys. There's an older version of "Borrowed" that doesn't have Stevie on it. It looks like the "Re-Imagined" one isn't available yet, although other "Re-Imagined" tracks are.

Please tell me this isn't going to be one of those things were you have to be the whole EP to get the Stevie track....

I love it when Stevie sneaks a duet in on us. I don't think any of us had a clue this was even happening unless I missed something. I love it.

[bwboy]

Originally Posted by sodascouts

Be careful if you're going to Amazon to buy this, guys. There's an older version of "Borrowed" that doesn't have Stevie on it. It looks like the "Re-Imagined" one isn't available yet, although other "Re-Imagined" tracks are.

Please tell me this isn't going to be one of those things where you have to buy the whole EP to get the Stevie track....

Thank you so much for the heads up! Appreciate it.

[mitzo]

Very nice. She has enough duets and one-offs for a box set now, surely!

[Storms123]

I wonder who she's singing about. She said she fell to the floor when she heard the song, because she'd been there (or something to that effect)

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by mitzo

Very nice. She has enough duets and one-offs for a box set now, surely!

You know she could do the whole re-imagined with just her duets. That would be really cool.

[Andyleo]

Originally Posted by sodascouts

Be careful if you're going to Amazon to buy this, guys. There's an older version of "Borrowed" that doesn't have Stevie on it. It looks like the "Re-Imagined" one isn't available yet, although other "Re-Imagined" tracks are.

Please tell me this isn't going to be one of those things where you have to buy the whole EP to get the Stevie track....

I just purchased the single off iTunes and it's only the one song. I'm in Australia so it should be available over there pretty soon.

Nice harmony, but as someone already said more could've been done to make it pop a little.

Thanks for sharing, I had no idea this was on the way.

[aleuzzi]

It’s a good duet but Stevie is kept in a three-four note register the entire time. I wish there was one point in the song to feature her breaking out a little more.

Still, it’s very good. Her warm contralto anchors Rimes’s lovely, flightier notes.

[WatchChain]

Leann co-wrote “Borrowed” about her affair with Eddie Cibrian when both she and Cibrian were still married to other people.

It’s quite touching and lonely how Stevie could sadly relate, especially considering that she’s alone. In addition, I’m not buying that “gave up being a wife for my music” story. While that notion may have been true at age 35-40, it’s certainly not the same sentiment that one feels at 70. I have a feeling that the reason Stevie likes to stay so busy is that she has no one to go home to.

A prior post listed Derek Taylor as one of Stevie’s past affairs. The subject of the song “Beautiful Child”—Derek (road manager of The Beatles) married his wife Joan in 1958. Thus, the line “you fell in love when I was only 10”. They were married for nearly 40 years, until his death in 1997.

[Nick]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

It’s a good duet but Stevie is kept in a three-four note register the entire time. I wish there was one point in the song to feature her breaking out a little more.

Yeah, I think the song is nice but it's not something I will play often. At least on the Lana duet Stevie got her own verse. This is like a Bananarama song where the girls sing together for the entire song. lol

[petep9000]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

I wish there was one point in the song to feature her breaking out a little more.

Breaking out in what? A coughing fit? She's not capable of any strenuous vocals nowadays due to age, her years as a smoker, years of poor technique corrected too late, and the damage to her nose from her coke habit.

[sodascouts]

Originally Posted by Andyleo

I just purchased the single off iTunes and it's only the one song. I'm in Australia so it should be available over there pretty soon.

Nice harmony, but as someone already said more could've been done to make it pop a little.

Thanks for sharing, I had no idea this was on the way.

Thanks - I've just purchased it as well. Thank goodness my pessimism was unwarranted!