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Old 04-05-2009, 12:22 AM
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Does anyone know if "Fireflies" from the live album is a cover song? I can't find it anywhere. Or am I just being lame and missing something?
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Does anyone know if "Fireflies" from the live album is a cover song? I can't find it anywhere. Or am I just being lame and missing something?
Stevie Nicks wrote it.
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Old 04-05-2009, 12:49 AM
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Was it ever recorded on an album or just on the live one?
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Old 04-05-2009, 12:53 AM
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Just the live album has it. As far as I know....Only place I've ever seen it.
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Old 04-05-2009, 06:57 AM
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There are several demos, boots, etc. of it.

Here is one from youtube:



It is rather of dreadful IMO.

Here is the piano demo.



It is rather pretty IMO. It also shows LB and FM's slammin production skills.

There are others - so look for them.
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Wow that piano demo is wonderful...wish it was the full version....I've not ever ever heard it before. Of all the demos/outtakes /alternates that I have...that for sure isn't one of them.....wow......incredible.....I love Stevie's voice than......great...thanks for sharing!!
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Here is the piano demo.

It is rather pretty IMO. It also shows LB and FM's slammin production skills.

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It's gorgeous. I never heard this before. As you say, apart from the incredible depth and beauty of this fragment, it's quite amazing and impressive that Lindsey and the band arranged the midtempo rocker out of it as it came out......
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Thanks for posting those!!! I had never heard the piano demo!! It's lovely!
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It's gorgeous. I never heard this before. As you say, apart from the incredible depth and beauty of this fragment, it's quite amazing and impressive that Lindsey and the band arranged the midtempo rocker out of it as it came out......
I sounds sort of like all her piano demos from this period, particularly the Rhiannon related ones.

In many ways, I think the musical structure and the music of the finished fireflies is LB (I presume the major production force) and the rest of the band (no slouches either mind you) 's finest accomplishment of that era. I have no clue how complicated the song is in its structure, but it sure comes off as a perfect fit to her words and voice. I also think she (presumably) did an outstanding job on the harmonies (as she presumably did on Farmer's Daughter - SHEEBUS!).

All in all, I think Fireflies is an example of FM working best when they work together as a group. It is just so evident on this live track.
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All in all, I think Fireflies is an example of FM working best when they work together as a group. It is just so evident on this live track.
Live? That's questionable. For a song that wasn't performed during the tour and supposably recorded during a soundcheck, it sounds THAT tight? I doubt it. I think that, and Farmer's Daughter were recorded during the Tusk sessions and placed on Live for single purposes.
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Live? That's questionable. For a song that wasn't performed during the tour and supposably recorded during a soundcheck, it sounds THAT tight? I doubt it. I think that, and Farmer's Daughter were recorded during the Tusk sessions and placed on Live for single purposes.
Didn't someone post on here a few year's ago taht they were there for that - or knew someone who was as their was a small audience.

In any event, I think most of the track was live, or at least it sounds that way. I agree though that they likely tweaked it in the studio afterward.
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Didn't someone post on here a few year's ago taht they were there for that - or knew someone who was as their was a small audience.

In any event, I think most of the track was live, or at least it sounds that way. I agree though that they likely tweaked it in the studio afterward.
Well, Paula stole my Tusk Reissue (), so I can't compare the two, but if I recall correctly, they sound very similar.
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Well, Paula stole my Tusk Reissue . . . . .
She's just so like that - and violent too
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She's just so like that - and violent too
I think it was the same night I killed Carrie.


Anywho, I think this song could have been a big concert hit....like The Chain was/is.
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I'd love to hear it live, esp. since she is being comparatively daring in her vocals these days. Read - that cut is a SLAMMIN vocal from her - and LB for that matter.
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