Since Christine's Forum gets one- why not a Stevie top twenty list AGAIN?!?! YES!

[The Tower]

Here's my current Stevie top twenty (one)!

1) Sisters of the Moon
2) Races Are Run
3) Beautiful Child
4) Storms
5) Sara
6) Gypsy
7) Everybody Finds Out
8) Ooh My Love
9) Gold Dust Woman
10) Planets of the Universe
11) Crystal
12) I Miss You
13) Kind of Woman
14) Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You
15) Gold and Braid
16) That's Alright
17) Edge of Seventeen
18) The Dealer
19) The Highwayman
20) Goodbye Baby
21) Enchanted

Except for "Sisters of the Moon"- the list jumbles around all the time. My top five are usually ALWAYS my top five.

I just love Stevie. For me, the greatest artist of the rock and roll era, bar none. It's just her whole package- great songwriter, 1000 emotions, the lyrics that only she can write, the solo/band juggling act, and of course.... THE VOICE!! Nobody can touch her...

[markolas]

Silver Springs (Dance version)
Landslide (Dance version)
If You Ever Did Believe (Practical Magic version)
That's Alright (Coffee Plant Demo)
Gold and Braid
The Nightmare
No Spoken Word
Rooms on Fire
Gypsy
Sara
Rhiannon (Dance version)
Edge of Seventeen
Outside the Rain
Bella Donna
Sorcerer (TISL)
Running Through the Garden (SYW)
Beautiful Child (Live, SYW Tour)
Wild Heart
Sisters of the Moon
Beauty and the Beast

These are in descending order, for the most part.

[Les]

I made a compilation tape of my "all-time" Stevie songs about 2 months ago to bring along with me in my car. (Tape deck, no CD player. Wah.) It took a long time to commit to choices. Luckily, it's a 120 minute tape. ;) There are 28 songs on the tape, but I'll narrow down. They're chronological, as opposed to favorite ranking, because they are all my favorites.

1. Long Distance Winner
2. Landslide
3. I Don't Want to Know
4. Gold Dust Woman
5. Silver Springs
6. If You Were My Love
7. Angel
8. Fireflies
9. After the Glitter Fades
10. Sleeping Angel
11. Gold and Braid
12. Stop Draggin' My...
13. Smile At You
14. That's Alright
15. Gypsy
16. Wildheart
17. Enchanted
18. If Anyone Falls
19. When I See You Again
20. Illume

[darklinensuit]

20) She Still Loves Him
19) Blue Lamp
18) Destiny
17) Running Through The Garden
16) If Anyone Falls
15) Imperial Hotel
14) Bella Donna
13) Trouble In Shangri-La
12) Sara
11) Sisters Of The Moon
10) Gold Dust Woman
9) Storms
8) Rhiannon
7) Seven Wonders
6) The Highwayman
5) Gypsy
4) Lady From The Mountain
3) Nightbird
2) Garbo
1) Wild Heart

- Jake

[Sorcerer386]

1) Gold Dust Woman
2) Gypsy
3) Planets of the Universe
4) Edge of 17
5) Stand Back
6) Fall from Grace
7) Ooh My Love
8) Rhiannon
9) Enchanted
10) Silver Springs
11) Everybody Finds Out
12) Sweet Girl
13) Gold and Braid
14) Whole Lotta Trouble
15) Sara
16) Sisters of the Moon
17) Landslide
18) Battle of the Dragon
19) Smile at You
20) Think About It

[GypsySorcerer]

Currently:

1) Silver Springs (Rumours Bonus Disc)
2) Sisters of the Moon
3) Gypsy
4) Landslide (original)
5) Crystal
6) Nightbird
7) Ooh My Love
8) The Highwayman
9) Think About It
10) Gold Dust Woman
11) Angel
12) Bella donna
13) Sleeping Angel
14) Rooms on Fire
15) Beauty and the Beast
16) Blue Denim
17) Storms
19) Beautiful Child
20) Garbo
21) Stand Back

[Serrart]

Hi all :)
twenty of my favorites, not in a particular order:

Beautiful Child
Storms
Silver Springs
Illume
Landslide
Planets Of The Universe
Everybody Finds Out
Gold Dust Woman
Love Is
Twisted
Crystal
Gold And Braid
Garbo
That's Alright
Trouble in Shangri-La
Sara
Goodbye Baby
Angel
Blue Denim
Stand Back

[laurie816]

In no particular order:

Storms
Gold Dust Woman
Silver Spring
Gold and Braid
Kind Of Woman
Angel
Beautiful Child
Sleeping Angel
Straight Back
Sable On Blond
Garbo
The Highwayman
Rose Garden
Rhiannon
I Miss You
Goodbye Baby
Violet and Blue
Edge of Seventeen
The Nightbird
Battle Of The Dragon

*honorable mention to Smiling Island...stupid title, but the song is very touching and poignant and I haven't heard it in years, but it has remained with me all this time. :thumbsup:

[wondergirl9847]

No particular order:

Gold Dust Woman
Dreams
Rhiannon
Gypsy
The Dealer
Beautiful Child
Storms
SOTM
Sorcerer (with Lindsey!!)
POTU
I Miss You
Edge of 17
Stand Back
If I Were You
Battle of the Dragon
Twisted
Races are Run
Destiny Rules
Smile at You (all versions)
Landslide (Dance)

[Villavic]

Well right now I thought just in 18 songs. Descendent order but not necessrily, depending on my mood and the season the order could be completely different :lol:

Silver Springs (Dance version)
The Chain (it's partially a Stevie song too!
Storms
Gypsy
Sara
Edge of Seventeen
Gold Dust Woman
Landslide (Dance version)
Seven Wonders
Rhiannon (Dance version)
Sisters of the Moon
Angel
Leather & Lace
Stand Back
Stop Draggin'
TISL
Sweet Girl
Nightbird

[dissention]

In no order, except for Storms:

1) Storms
2) Trouble In Shangri-La
3) Beautiful Child (live)
4) Goodbye Baby
5) Sable On Blonde
6) Wild Heart
7) Sisters of the Moon (piano demo, "Isn't that weird?")
8) Sorcerer
9) Silver Springs (The Dance)
10) Edge of Seventeen (6/24/98 in Atlanta boot)
11) Gold Dust Woman (Japan, Rumours tour)
12) Straight Back
13) Julia
14) Sleeping Angel
15) Long Way To Go
16) Outside the Rain (any versions, even the annoying piano ones!)
17) Smile At You (SYW version)
18) Everybody Finds Out
19) Crystal
20) Frozen Love

[ShangriLaTroubl]

these lists are so hard for me, because they vary daily to me, oh well I will give it a shot :

1. Gold Dust Woman
2. Edge of Seventeen
3. Sister of the Moon
4. Beautiful Child
5. Landslide (dance version)
6. Everybody Finds Out
7. Trouble in Shangri La
8. Stand Back (live)
9. Storms
10. 24 K Gold
11. Lady from the Mountain
12. Three Birds of Rhiannon
13. Rhiannon (live circa 1975)
14. Beauty and the Beast
15. Talk to Me
16. Kind of Woman
17. Silver Springs (Dance version)
18. Gypsy
19. Doin the Best I Can
20 . Running through the garden


Chris

[chiliD]

I find it very interesting that so many people SAY they have this very special "relationship" with the song "Sara", yet, it barely makes people's lists; or, when it does, it is FAR down the list (with a couple of exceptions). :shrug:


Ok, so here are mine (really in no order)...this should dispell this supposed anti-Nicks stance I've been rumoured to have 'round these parts: ;)

Sisters Of The Moon
Rhiannon
Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind
Smile At You (SYW version)
No Spoken Word
Planets Of The Universe (TISL version)
Gold & Braid
If I Were You
Sable On Blond(e)
Storms
Gypsy
That Makes Me Stronger
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Gold Dust Woman
Silver Springs
Destiny Rules
Thrown Down (WoS version)
Bombay Sapphires
Enchanted
Everybody Finds Out

MORE than "honorable" mention:
Rooms On Fire
Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You
Talk To Me
I Can't Wait
Gate & Garden
Bella Donna
How Still My Love
Freedom
Affairs Of The Heart
Blue Denim
Trouble In Shangri-la
Sweet Girl

[TheBlueLamp]

These are my top five (In no particular order):

Battle Of The Dragon
Straight Back
Doing The Best I Can (Escape From Berlin)
Outside The Rain
Sisters Of The Moon (esp. the version with the choices/voices bit on the Tusk Re-issue)

The other fifteen (also in no order)

Mirror Mirror
No Spoken Word
Stand Back (esp. live)
Illume
Gold Dust Woman
Fall From Grace
Blue Lamp
Nothing Ever Changes
Sable On Blond
Bombay Sapphires
Rock A Little (Go Ahead Lily)
If I Were You
Gypsy
How Still My Love
24 Karat Gold

If I could squeeze one more in it would be Love Is Like A River

Nick

[darklinensuit]

No particular order:

Edge of 17
)

How could you let me forget this one?

- Jake

[wondergirl9847]

Because you should KNOW better? :rolleyes:

[snwriter]

Sisters of the Moon
Sara
Storms
Gold Dust Woman
Rhiannon
Landslide
Dreams
Edge of 17
Gypsy
After the Glitter Fades
Rose Garden
Bombay Sapphires
Sleeping Angel
Silver Springs
Fireflies
Twisted
Leather and Lace
Stand Back
Angel
That's Alright
Stop Dragging My Heart Around (non-Stevie composition--so 20 1/2)

[dissention]

I find it very interesting that so many people SAY they have this very special "relationship" with the song "Sara", yet, it barely makes people's lists; or, when it does, it is FAR down the list (with a couple of exceptions). :shrug:

I noticed that, too. :laugh:

I think it's just the whole "Legend of Sara" bull that takes over, if you ask me.

[The Tower]

I find it very interesting that so many people SAY they have this very special "relationship" with the song "Sara", yet, it barely makes people's lists; or, when it does, it is FAR down the list (with a couple of exceptions). :shrug:

Even more interesting- almost every list so far has both "Sisters of the Moon" and "Storms". Two of the best songs ever!

[darklinensuit]

I'm always surprised more folks don't list Rhiannon.

- Jake

[markolas]

I'm always surprised more folks don't list Rhiannon.

- Jake

Maybe it's because it's sooo associated with Stevie that people get sick of it. The studio version of "Rhiannon" has never done much for me at all, and the live versions from the '70s where she just goes nuts tend to be a little over the top for my taste. The Dance version is my favorite, because I like her deeper, huskier vocals better, and I think her wailing on it toward the end ("take me like the wind, child...take me with the sky") is effective without going overboard.

[Cristian]

This will be incredibly hard since I like about 250 of her songs (I checked! :D)

1. Silver Springs
2. Landslide
3. Sara
4. Dreams
5. Gold Dust Woman
6. Twisted
7. Storms
8. Rhiannon
9. Gypsy
10. Leather And Lace
11. Fall From Grace
12. Gold And Braid
13. Edge Of Seventeen
14. Planets Of The Universe
15. Rooms On Fire
16. If You Ever Did Believe
17. Sleeping Angel
18. Rose Garden
19. Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind
20. Everyday

Well she didn't write the last two but they're incredible nonetheless.


Song of the moment - You Are (go to the Christine Ledge if you haven't heard this one yet)

[Hawkeye]

The Lindsey and Chirstine lists were HARD but this is IMPOSSIBLE (Not necasarily because her songs are better but there are just alot more of them and I like most of them) But I'll try. The first 5 are my like ultimate top 5 Stevie songs. The next 15 aren't really in a particular order and I'm sure I'll forget some.

1. Silver Springs
2. Rhiannon (Studio AND live)
3. Sisters of the Moon
4. Gold Dust Woman
5. Beautiful Child
6. Storms
7. Angel
8. Thrown Down (SYW version)
9. Smile At You (SYW version AND demos)
10. Dreams
11. Edge of 17
12. Gold and Braid
13. Nothing Ever Changes (I can't explain it but I LOVE this song)
14. Blue Lamp
15. Fireflies
16. Illume
17. Running Through The Garden
18. Destiny Rules
19. Doing the Best I can
20. Bella Donna/Kind of Woman/Think About It/ How Still My Love and Outside The Rain all as one continuous song> I'll call it Hawkeye's Bellad Donna Medley:laugh:

Stevie's SYW songs did great on my list but they just can;t break the forefield of the heavy early hitters she had in Fleetwood Mac. And my list has no Gypsy OR Sara. two popular Stevie songs I just don;t care THAT much for.

[ryan8472]

Well, since I've already replied to the same Christine and Lindsey threads, I might as well make it a clean sweep :laugh:

1. Gold Dust Woman
2. Crystal (Even though my fav. is the White Album version)
3. Landslide
4. Sara
5. Edge Of Seventeen
6. Stand Back
7. Destiny Rules
8. Rhiannon
9. Everybody Finds Out
10. Gypsy
11. Seven Wonders
12. Sisters Of The Moon
13. Beautiful Child
14. Wild Heart
15. Thrown Down (WOS Version more)
16. Running Through The Garden
17. Bella Donna
18. I Can't Wait
19. Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You
20. Dreams

[jbrownsjr]

Straight Back
Alice
Beauty and the Beast
Wild Heart
Bella Donna
Juliet (or Book of Miracles)
Enchanted
Think About it ( i hate rumours version) love bella version
Kind of Woman
Sisters of the Moon (live mirage version)
Rhiannon(live tusk tour)
Crystal (white album)
Crying in the Night
That's Allright
Nightbird
Illume
Nothing Ever Changes
Gold Dust
Thrown Down
Sweet Girl

[David]

1. Silver Springs
2. Crystal
3. Rhiannon
4. Gold Dust Woman
5. Sara
6. Angel
7. Sisters of the Moon
8. That's Alright
9. Gypsy
10. Dreams
11. Edge of Seventeen
12. Outside the Rain
13. Wild Heart
14. If Anyone Falls
15. Sable on Blond
16. The Nightmare
17. Imperial Hotel
18. Garbo
19. Gold & Braid
20. Every Day

[chiliD]

Rhiannon(live tusk tour)


If you're referring to the version on the Live 1980 album, it was actually recorded during the Rumours tour. If not, sorry for butting in. ;)

[cliffdweller]

In No Paricular Order:

1.) Sisters of The Moon
2.) Silver Springs
3.) Blue Lamp
4.) Violet and Blue
5.) Gold Dust Woman
6.) Rhiannon
7.) Storms
8.) Sara
9.) Dreams
10.) Edge of 17
11.) Outside the Rain
12.) How Still My Love
13.) Fireflies
14.) Illume
15.) Sorcerer
16.) Bella Donna
17.) Gold and Braid
18.) Sleeping Angel
19.) If Anyone Falls
20.) That's Alright

Honorable mention: Nightbird! I love this song but I couldn't fit it in!

[cliffdweller]

Nothing Ever Changes

Ahhhhhhh! I knew I forgot this one!

I also forgot the B/N stuff: Crying in the Night, Long Distance Winner, Frozen Love, Races are Run! All great.

Also, "Think About it," "Planets of the Universe," and the acoustic "Gold Dust Woman" from the Rumours re-issue.

Can I pick 30 instead of 20? :laugh:

[xdreamsunwindx]

1. Gold Dust Woman
2. Reconsider Me (She didn't write it, but whatever. I love it.)
3. Sisters of the Moon
4. Beautiful Child
5. Rhiannon
6. Landslide (The Dance version)
7. Angel
8. No Spoken Word
9. Nothing Ever Changes
10. SDMHA (See number two)
11. Straight Back
12. Think About it (Rumours remaster version)
13. Imperial Hotel
14. POTU
15. Sorcerer
16. Long Way to Go
17. Rooms on Fire
18. Smile at You
19. Everybody Finds Out
20. Gold and Braid

[Hippocampus]

This is tough...
In a chronological order:

Long Distance Winner
Landslide
Silver Springs
Sara
Storms
Sisters Of The Moon
Beautiful Child
That's Alright
Bella Donna
Think About It
After The Glitter Fades
The Highwayman
Sable On Blond
Beauty And The Beast
Rooms On Fire
Alice
Doing The Best I Can (Escape From Berlin)
Planets Of The Universe
Bombay Sapphires
Thrown Down

[jbrownsjr]

If you're referring to the version on the Live 1980 album, it was actually recorded during the Rumours tour. If not, sorry for butting in. ;)


Now how the hell did that get by me? I never knew that? I thought it was St Louis 1980. (yes i was referring to Live Album) And I am a strict liner note reader.

[chiliD]

They weren't real honest with their references on that live album's liner notes. It was FAR from what Mick referred to as "a document of the Tusk tour". There were at least four tunes recorded in 1977 and one as far back as 1975.

[jbrownsjr]

They weren't real honest with their references on that live album's liner notes. It was FAR from what Mick referred to as "a document of the Tusk tour". There were at least four tunes recorded in 1977 and one as far back as 1975.

Chili you realize you're telling me I've been eating chicken this whole time, and it's really been beef!

Give me more scoop on this. I am in shock.

[macmar71]

Well as I said in the Lindsey top 20~~This is in no particular order~~
1)Gold Dust Woman (The Dance Version)
2)Gold And Braid
3)Angel
4)Storms
5)Lady From The Mountain (Demo)
6)Gypsy (The Chain Box Set version)
7)If You Were My Love ( Mirage demo)
8)Violet And Blue
9)Think About It (Demo with Lindsey)
10)Battle Of The Dragon
11)I Sing For The Things
12)Seven Wonders
13)Ghosts
14)Sara (Demo~The Cleaning Lady Version)
15)If You Ever Did Believe
16)Touched By An Angel
17)Thrown Down
18)I Miss You
19)Planets Of The Universe (extended extra verse version)
20)Everybody Finds Out

[David]

Chili you realize you're telling me I've been eating chicken this whole time, and it's really been beef!

Give me more scoop on this. I am in shock.
Fan your face, jbrownsjr -- he's right!

Monday Morning, Say You Love Me, Dreams, Over My Head, Rhiannon, Don't Let Me Down Again & Don't Stop were recorded on 75 - 77 tours.

[jbrownsjr]

Fan your face, jbrownsjr -- he's right!

Monday Morning, Say You Love Me, Dreams, Over My Head, Rhiannon, Don't Let Me Down Again & Don't Stop were recorded on 75 - 77 tours.

I don't have this in front of me, are the notes wrong? Or is my memory failing me.

[David]

I don't have this in front of me, are the notes wrong? Or is my memory failing me.The notes aren't necessarily wrong, just misleading. The only info for each track is the name of a city -- e.g., Monday Morning, Tokyo. Most people assumed that it must be Tokyo from February 1980, but it's actually from the band's performance in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 1977 (which was televised in Japan, by the way).

I think the cities listed by each track are correct, in spite of the missing dates & years -- Monday Morning is Tokyo (televised), Dreams is Paris (filmed), Don't Stop is Paris (filmed), Rhiannon is London (as audience tapes attest), Don't Let Me Down Again is Passaic (or Union City, or whatever they call it). The only two I have my doubts about are Say You Love Me & Over My Head. Wichita & Kansas City, respectively, are suspicious to me because they're from a specific stretch of time (August 1980) that was recorded by the band (including Oklahoma City, Atlanta, Mobile, Tucson & Los Angeles).

At any rate, Say You Love Me & Over My Head are 1977 performances.

[jbrownsjr]

Wow, you guys have what I like to call Golden Ears. Usually, referring to pitch perceptions, but in this case time or era perception. Wonder why they did that?

[darklinensuit]

Well as I said in the Lindsey top 20~~This is in no particular order~~
1)Gold Dust Woman (The Dance Version)
2)Gold And Braid
3)Angel
4)Storms
5)Lady From The Mountain (Demo)
6)Gypsy (The Chain Box Set version)
7)If You Were My Love ( Mirage demo)
8)Violet And Blue
9)Think About It (Demo with Lindsey)
10)Battle Of The Dragon
11)I Sing For The Things
12)Seven Wonders
13)Ghosts
14)Sara (Demo~The Cleaning Lady Version)
15)If You Ever Did Believe
16)Touched By An Angel
17)Thrown Down
18)I Miss You
19)Planets Of The Universe (extended extra verse version)
20)Everybody Finds Out

Your top 5 rock!

- Jake

[Vianna]

Stevie Top Twenty

1. Nightbird
2. Storms
3. Sara
4. Beautiful Child
5. Jane
6. Has Anybody Ever Written Anything for You
7. Sisters of the Moon
8. Gold Dust Woman
9. Rhiannon
10. I Don't Want To Know
11. Silver Springs
12. No Questions Asked
13. Outside the Rain
14. Sorcerer
15. Planets of the Universe-esp the one on the Rumours remasters bonus cd
16. Smiling Islands (with Robbie Patton)
17. Straight Back
18. When I See You Again
19. Thrown Down
20. Goodbye, Baby
21. Say You Will

[Neal]

This week they are...

1) Rooms On Fire
2) I Can't Wait
3) Trouble In Shangri-La
4) Gold Dust Woman
5) Sisters Of The Moon
6) No Spoken Word
7) Storms
8) Seven Wonders
9) Thrown Down
10) Cry Wolf
11) Fall From Grace
12) Planets Of The Universe
13) Everybody Finds Out
14) Edge Of Seventeen
15) Ooh My Love
16) Beautiful Child
17) Stand Back
18) No Questions Asked
19) Outside The Rain
20) That's Alright

[face of glass]

Let me be the last then.

"Crystal" (both BN and FM, but not PM)
"Sorcerer" (with Lindsey)
"Rhiannon" (1975-1977, RIP ;))
"Gold Dust Woman"
"Silver Springs"
"Planets Of The Universe" (FM version)
"Sara"
"Beautiful Child"
"Edge Of Seventeen"
"Outside The Rain"
"Gypsy"
"Straight Back"
"Nightbird"
"Beauty And The Beast"
"Garbo"
"I Can't Wait"
"Rock A Little"
"HAEWAFY"
"Illume"
"Everybody Finds Out"

Some songwriting-vise, some performance-wise (especially "RAL"). I'll always put in that disclaimer. ;)

[ryan8472]

At any rate, Say You Love Me & Over My Head are 1977 performances.

Over My Head on the Live album is exactly the same as on the 5/21/77 Nashville bootleg. Not sure about SYLM though. I'll have to go compare the two now!

[ryan8472]

Ok, I went and listened to the album and the bootleg and they are identical as well. Same guitar solo, same greeting at the end (Thank you! And a very good evening everyone), even the same "yeah"s here and there. And the same poor backup vocals by Stevie as well ;) .