Stevie on Don Henley's new album (Target Exclusive version)

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by Nick

I heard the song on youtube. I agree this should have been on the standard version of Don's album. Unfortunately even on Spotify the "deluxe" version doesn't contain this. I hate when labels do that sh*t.

This reminds me when Patty Smyth released "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough" in 1992, it featured Don Henley......but it wasn't considered a duet. Same thing here. Stevie has a small part on this song which is like a special featured artist, but not quite a duet.

Whenever I Call You Friend is not officially a duet but it's definitely a duet.

[sorcerer999]

Originally Posted by xhector

I think there's some auto-tune in Stevie's vocals, which makes it sound unfamiliar, too pitch-perfect.
I'm not a fan of the song anyway.

You're right. There are two spots (only a note or syllable here and there) which have definitely been put through auto-tune. I can only hear it on the word "moon" at 2:39 during the line "no the moon will just keep hangin' round"...and again on the word "another" at 2:54 on the line "he'll find another place to shine down".

It was most likely used in those two spots to clean up something that was either slightly sharp or flat. But that's it. You can't hear anymore auto-tune. I'm amused at your choice of words "unfamiliar" and "too pitch perfect".

This is the most "familiar" Stevie vocal I've heard in quite a long time. Her vocal nuances - like her 3 note downward run on the last "hangin' round", the way she gets a little quiet during the "other lover's dreams" part, her trademark inability to sustain certain words without dropping into another harmonic key, and my favorite - the last time she says the word "moon" while harmonizing with Don at 3:21. Goosebumps! Only Stevie would choose the dissonant note within the corresponding chord and run with it!

Just my opinion.

[michelej1]

[Excerpt from Don Henley article. Well, who asked you how much you saw her, Don? Jumping the gun, a little.]

By Jennifer Selway Express Co.uk PUBLISHED: 00:00, Sat, Sep 26, 2015

http://www.express.co.uk/entertainme...st-much-longer

He sings with artists he admires such as Mick Jagger, Dolly Parton and there's one track on which he shares vocals with his former lover Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac. "I don't see her much," he says gruffly.

[Newzchspy]

Originally Posted by michelej1

He sings with artists he admires such as Mick Jagger, Dolly Parton and there's one track on which he shares vocals with his former lover[B] Stevie Nicks [/B]from Fleetwood Mac. "I don't see her much," he says gruffly.

Wonder why Don???

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by michelej1

he shares vocals with his former lover Stevie Nicks from Fleetwood Mac...

Would it be proper for me to call my ex-girlfriends former lovers?

I guess it's better than crack whores.

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by Newzchspy

Wonder why Don???

LOL... well, it could also be that he just wanted to shut down that line of inquiry from the reporter. Maybe something to do with his Southern upbringing as he mentions, where you are raised not to blab about or inquire about certain things.

Stevie always says she couldn't write a book because there are certain people who would be upset, and that she has to wait until they're too old to care anymore what stories she might spill. Sounds like Grumpy is one of them.

[BombaySapphire3]

I heard it on youtube and will get the CD at Target.I agree with the poster that wrote that her contribution here is similar to "Smiling Islands"It would seem that Stevie is willing to record with anyone but Fleetwood Mac

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

Maybe something to do with his Southern upbringing as he mentions, where you are raised not to blab about or inquire about certain things.

His Southern upbringing never made him modest or discreet in the past. Maybe he has matured and that's great.

Michele

[brad975]

Nice performance. Don Henley still sounds great.

While it be nice if there were more Stevie, it makes sense that she comes on in the end if you follow the lyrics. Don is associated with the sun and Stevie with the moon in the relationship portrayed in the song.

I didn't know this song before, but I learned it dates back to Garth Brooks wearing a wig as the "rock star" Chris Gaines in the late 90s.

He didn't write it either. It's written by the people who wrote Eric Clapton's "Change the World." I like that one too.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by Newzchspy

Wonder why Don???

Because he's married and probably doesn't want to rock that boat.

[StevieNicksfann]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

Whenever I Call You Friend is not officially a duet but it's definitely a duet.

I always wondered why it was never billed as a duet. Anyone know why? Stevie is billed on the album and when I hear it on the radio it's usually introduced as Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks. But because she is not on the single, I had trouble finding the record in stores back in the day - especially since I never knew the actual title and just guessed it was called Sweet Love Showing Us A Heavenly Light lol.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by StevieNicksfann

I always wondered why it was never billed as a duet. Anyone know why? Stevie is billed on the album and when I hear it on the radio it's usually introduced as Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks.

Perhaps nowadays it is because SN is a musical Legend now. But during its heyday and all through the 80's, 90's & 00's they very rarely ever said her name. It used to tick me off to no end. LOL

[brad975]

I, too, always thought it was strange that Stevie wasn't credited at all on the "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" single.

I have the album (just for that song) and she's credited with "harmony vocals"

But aside from the choir of Kennys on the intro, the song is absolutely a full-fledged duet.

Maybe she didn't push for credit because she didn't co-write the song (Melissa M. did), and she was just doing a favor for a friend. Or maybe she didn't have a manager/label yet that would push for her rights as a solo act.

I looked at the back of a Kenny Loggins greatest hits album once and it listed Steve Perry as a duet partner on "Don't Fight It" but no mention of Stevie with "Whenever."

Maybe she was a little embarrassed by Kenny and the song. It's catchy, but a little cheesy.

However, I feel like it's an important song because one of the handful of Stevie lead vocals on official releases recorded before her voice began to change (apparent on Tusk).

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by brad975

Maybe she was a little embarrassed by Kenny and the song. It's catchy, but a little cheesy.

It is cheesy, but less so than Cheaper Than Free.

Without Stevie's sweet love vocals, I don't think Whenever I Call You Friend would have gone anywhere -- certainly not anywhere with me. And I don't say that because I like her. When I first heard that song, I didn't even know it was her. Same for Magnet and Steele. Same for Gold. It's the background vocals that captured me on all of those songs, before I loved Fleetwood Mac. Gal used to turn music into gold. Michele

[studyinscarlet]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

He looks old. He's got that "I whipe my asss with leaves" look.

Don Henley is a humongous ass.