What's your favorite...

[darklinensuit]

...first line of a Stevie song?

- Jake

[dissention]

"Every night that goes between, I feel a little less..."

[Nixxxed]

"You can ride high atop your pony -- I know you won't fall cuz this whole thing's phony."

[wondergirl9847]

Rock on gold dust woman

Runners up:

Do you always trust your first initial feeling.
Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night
So I'm back, to the velvet underground
You think you hear demons, I think you are the demon

[darklinensuit]

"Every night that goes between, I feel a little less..."

Good choice.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

"You can ride high atop your pony -- I know you won't fall cuz this whole thing's phony."

I love this one.

- Jake

[strandinthewind]

"Every night that goes between, I feel a little less..."

SHEEBUS!!!!

I also LOVE "You think you hear demons, I think you are the demon"

I LOVE HER!!!!

[darklinensuit]

Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night
So I'm back, to the velvet underground


These are near the top of my list.

- Jake

[Hawkeye]

I'm going with "Intense Silence as she walked in the room" my runner up is one that's been mentioned, Bella Donna, "You can ride high atop your pony I know You won't fall cause the whole thing's phony"

[DrummerDeanna]

"Every night that goes between, I feel a little less..."

:nod: :nod: I love that line...as well as the song...

Runners up:

"Do you always trust your first initial feeling..."
"And when she walked in the room after so many years..." I just enjoy the imagery of that one (memories of my own lol)
"Isn't love so fragile...and the heart so hollow..."
"temptation falls in your path..."

[GypsySorcerer]

"Now there you go again, you say you want your freedom..." (My favorite line in the song)

"I love to waltz with a man in a dark linen suit"

"Step into the velvet of the morning"

[skcin]

Fave right now: He fell for her again, she watched it happen

Other faves:

You've left me now and it seasoned my soul
Sunflowers and your face fascinate me
Something in my heart died last night
Wait a minute baby
Somewhere out in the back of your mind
Though deep set and somewhat shadowed

Paula

[laurie816]

Others that haven't already been mentioned:

Step into the velvet of the morning...

If it's me that's driving you to this madness...(her delivery is awesome here)

And the summer became the fall, I was not ready for the winter...

Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night...

In the shadow of the castle walls, wherever those walls were...

Take me if you need me, but never hold me down...

[dissention]

:nod: :nod: I love that line...as well as the song...

I think it's the best song she's ever written or recorded. ;)

[Merf]

"Intense silence, as she walked in the room...."

[darklinensuit]

I'm going with "Intense Silence as she walked in the room" my runner up is one that's been mentioned, Bella Donna, "You can ride high atop your pony I know You won't fall cause the whole thing's phony"

Seems that you like her darker songs. Me too.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

"I love to waltz with a man in a dark linen suit"

Ahem. My calling card. :wavey:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Fave right now: He fell for her again, she watched it happen

Other faves:

You've left me now and it seasoned my soul
Sunflowers and your face fascinate me
Something in my heart died last night
Wait a minute baby
Somewhere out in the back of your mind
Though deep set and somewhat shadowed

Paula

These are all-time favorites. :nod:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Others that haven't already been mentioned:

Step into the velvet of the morning...

If it's me that's driving you to this madness...(her delivery is awesome here)

And the summer became the fall, I was not ready for the winter...

Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night...

In the shadow of the castle walls, wherever those walls were...

Take me if you need me, but never hold me down...

These would top my list.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

I think it's the best song she's ever written or recorded. ;)

You'd be hard pressed to find a poster who dislikes this song.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

"Intense silence, as she walked in the room...."

Yeah, right. Like you're intensely quiet when you walk into a room. Who are you kiddin'? ;) :wavey:

- Jake

[Pisces Queen]

Here are some of my favs:

I remember him, he was very young
No one spoke like him, he was someone..

Something in my heart died last night
Just one more chip off an already broken heart..

No one looked...as I walked by
Just an invitation would have been just fine

[Siri Ruane]

"Sometimes she talks to him, Sometimes when she's only dreaming."

and

"Rock on Gold Dust Woman"

[TheBlueLamp]

"This was not pre-planned but after some calls I decided to go to the other side of the world"

I'm not sure why I like it so much but it just seems very sad.

Nick

[GypsySorcerer]

Ahem. My calling card. :wavey:

- Jake


If you prefer, I could remove "a man in." :p

[darklinensuit]

If you prefer, I could remove "a man in." :p

Just don't remove the suit. It's chilly.

- Jake

[Villavic]

"Every night that goes between, I feel a little less..."

[darklinensuit]

"Every night that goes between, I feel a little less..."

BTW, when I first heard this, I wasn't sure if she sang "night" or "knife".

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

"This was not pre-planned but after some calls I decided to go to the other side of the world"

I'm not sure why I like it so much but it just seems very sad.

Nick

The tone of her voice sure adds eeriness, doesn't it?

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Here are some of my favs:

I remember him, he was very young
No one spoke like him, he was someone..

Something in my heart died last night
Just one more chip off an already broken heart..

No one looked...as I walked by
Just an invitation would have been just fine

I love every line in Wild Heart.

- Jake

[Serrart]

My favorite (just to be very original :D):
Every night that goes between, I feel a little less

...and:
Illume says the candle that I burn

Do you always trust your first, initial feeling?

Temptation falls in your path
No hesitation; why, you ask

I love to waltz with a man in a dark linen suit

You think you hear demons
I think you are the demon

We see no change in sight
Watching her decline

Romy

[Violet]

"You could be my Silver Spring, blue-green colors flashing"

and

"Every night that goes between, I feel a little less"

Carol

[Cristian]

...I'll stay with

"You think you hear demons, I think you are the demon"

"Now here you go again, you say you want your freedom"

"Until she herself became the deadliest poison..."

"I chose to be his confident and to keep him from the fire"

and many many more.


Song of the moment - Oh Well

[Hawkeye]

"This was not pre-planned but after some calls I decided to go to the other side of the world

Nick

OOOH that's a great one I didn't think of.

[Elizabeth]

Outside the rain and the heart skips a beat

Something in my heart died last night

[goldie]

My favorite is:

Some call her ... strange lady from the mountain ...

[jadegypsy]

not sure how many of these are first lines only

"Maybe we were together in another life Maybe we are together in a parallel universe Maybe our paths are not supposed to cross twice
Maybe your arms are not supposed to go around me"

"You could be my silver spring, my blue green colors flashing"

"sometimes the most innocent things, the most beautiful things pass us by...keep passing me by."

"It wasn't that I didn't love you I just couldn't make you see
That as hard as I tried To make it all better
It was not better for me"

"For no special reason
I am leaving you for awhile tonight"

"So I'm back, to the velvet
underground"

"Something in my heart died last night."

[darklinensuit]

My favorite (just to be very original :D):
Every night that goes between, I feel a little less

...and:
Illume says the candle that I burn

Do you always trust your first, initial feeling?

Temptation falls in your path
No hesitation; why, you ask

I love to waltz with a man in a dark linen suit

You think you hear demons
I think you are the demon

We see no change in sight
Watching her decline

Romy

Off the subject, but I must ask. Do you know many women with your name? I know two women in Houston named Romy, and until two years ago, I don't think I'd ever heard the name before.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

"You could be my Silver Spring, blue-green colors flashing"

and

"Every night that goes between, I feel a little less"

Carol

Silver Springs is a great old song. ;)

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

"Until she herself became the deadliest poison..."


Song of the moment - Oh Well

Such an unusual choice for the first word for a song. Also, I love her songs that begin with "And", as though she knows she's just writing more of the same long song.

- Jake

[Serrart]

Off the subject, but I must ask. Do you know many women with your name? I know two women in Houston named Romy, and until two years ago, I don't think I'd ever heard the name before.

- Jake

Hi Jake, no I don't know many "Romy", and actually it's just my nick coming from a quite long Italian first name. :)

Romy (aka Francesca Romana)

[darklinensuit]

Hi Jake, no I don't know many "Romy", and actually it's just my nick coming from a quite long Italian first name. :)

Romy (aka Francesca Romana)

Wow, there's no doubting you're Italian, eh?

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

not sure how many of these are first lines only

"Maybe we were together in another life Maybe we are together in a parallel universe Maybe our paths are not supposed to cross twice
Maybe your arms are not supposed to go around me"

"You could be my silver spring, my blue green colors flashing"

"sometimes the most innocent things, the most beautiful things pass us by...keep passing me by."

"It wasn't that I didn't love you I just couldn't make you see
That as hard as I tried To make it all better
It was not better for me"

"For no special reason
I am leaving you for awhile tonight"

"So I'm back, to the velvet
underground"

"Something in my heart died last night."

Candlebright & Gypsy have great starts. :thumbsup:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

My favorite is:

Some call her ... strange lady from the mountain ...

:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: My favorite demo

- Jake

[cliffdweller]

"Well there you go again, you say, you want your freedom."

The way she sings that on Rumours is so velvety smooth, it just flows off the tongue. I also like the way the song begins as if we're dropped in the middle of a conversation that is already taking place.

SOTM and GDW opening lines are runners-up.

[cliffdweller]

How could I forget, "Drowning in the sea of love, where everyone would love to drown?"

that's definitely in the top five.

[Hippocampus]

Here are mine:

"Every night that goes between I feel a little less"

"Step into the velvet of the morning"

"Though deep set and somewhat shadowed"

"Thrown down through the arms of sleep she fell through the ivory morning"

"I was just that old that August dark, dark day"

"In the shadow of the castle walls wherever those walls were"

"Until she herself became the deadliest poison"

"Papa says there are clothes to wash" (alright kidding there)

[Hippocampus]

How could I forget, "Drowning in the sea of love, where everyone would love to drown?"


Easy, because the first line is "Wait a minute baby" ;)

[cliffdweller]

Easy, because the first line is "Wait a minute baby" ;)

Yeah, for some reason, I don't count that as the first line, it's more of an intro. But I know technically it is the first line of the song.

[darklinensuit]

Yeah, for some reason, I don't count that as the first line, it's more of an intro. But I know technically it is the first line of the song.

No, the intro is that she doesn't wanna be a cleaning lady. ;)

- Jake

[Vianna]

Rock on Gold Dust Woman,Take your silver spoon and dig your grave-wow I just love it...

or

Intense silence as she walked in the room,Her black robes trailing, sister of the moon...

other favorite phrases, not necessarily first lines...

not all the prayers in the world will save us..

poet...priest of nothing...legend

all our sorrows will become our only visions, nothing more

we listen to their voices, ignoring our own voice...

Rhiannon, don't go, you cry but then she's gone, and your life knows no answers..

dreamer, silly dreamer, try hard, you can't leave her...

I could go on and on but I'll stop now :)

[cliffdweller]

No, the intro is that she doesn't wanna be a cleaning lady. ;)

- Jake

That reminds me, the other day when I was listening to "the cleaning lady version" of Sara with a friend, Stevie said that line, "I wanna be a star, I don't wanna be a cleaning lady," and my friend was like, "what the f*ck is she talking about?" And I had to go into the whole sordid story about B/N, Keith Olsen's house, etc...it made for a very long winded, detailed explanation and by the end of it my friend was totally glazed over---uninterested, and here I am with my, "ya see she was harkening back to those days of struggling during B/N"....yaddah, yaddah, yaddah. :laugh: Next time I'm not even going to bother!

[darklinensuit]

That reminds me, the other day when I was listening to "the cleaning lady version" of Sara with a friend, Stevie said that line, "I wanna be a star, I don't wanna be a cleaning lady," and my friend was like, "what the f*ck is she talking about?" And I had to go into the whole sordid story about B/N, Keith Olsen's house, etc...it made for a very long winded, detailed explanation and by the end of it my friend was totally glazed over---uninterested, and here I am with my, "ya see she was harkening back to those days of struggling during B/N"....yaddah, yaddah, yaddah. :laugh: Next time I'm not even going to bother!

There just isn't an easy way to sum up her life.

- Jake

[amber]

Old...thread...can't...resist....posting...

of course, Intense...silence...etc.

of course, No one looked, i walked by...etc.

Bright light is lying down, earth and the sea, and the sky...they're at rest with the ocean, oo oo oo, and the days go by...

I'll stay with you one more night, I'll bid you no goodbye, not until tomorrows light, then i'll say goodnight. Well i would really rather die, then make you stop...
I like a man with a future, you like a woman with a past...

[darklinensuit]

Old...thread...can't...resist....posting...

of course, Intense...silence...etc.

of course, No one looked, i walked by...etc.

Bright light is lying down, earth and the sea, and the sky...they're at rest with the ocean, oo oo oo, and the days go by...

I'll stay with you one more night, I'll bid you no goodbye, not until tomorrows light, then i'll say goodnight. Well i would really rather die, then make you stop...
I like a man with a future, you like a woman with a past...

You're right, the beginning of Kick It isn't bad.

- Jake

[amber]

You're right, the beginning of Kick It isn't bad.

- Jake
AH HA!! oh, uh, I mean, yeah, it's really good. Everyone forgets about Kick It. It's like the red headed stepchild of Stevie's good songs.
Amber

[darklinensuit]

AH HA!! oh, uh, I mean, yeah, it's really good. Everyone forgets about Kick It. It's like the red headed stepchild of Stevie's good songs.
Amber

Actually, I think it sounds like a demo. She'd do a better job of it today, not to mention get better production.

- Jake

[RavenOfRhiannon]

'You're not a stranger to me...'

Randy

[GretaRhiannon]

Do you always trust your first initial feeling

You think you hear demons, I think you are the demons

To be the last to leave, the last to be gone - Dont ask me why

So long ago, certain place, certain time

He fell for her again, she watched it happen

Crying the morning, trying to be strong

Through deep set and somewhat shadowed. Her life...her mystery

Think that's it heh, I dont feel like going thru ALL her songs right now...

[Kelly]

"Step in to the velvet of the morning"...

"Rock on GDW, take your silver spoon and dig your grave"...

"No one looked as I walked by, just an invitation would have been just fine"...

"The bright light is lying down"...

"Don't take me to the tower and take my child away"

"You can ride high atop your pony"...

"You could be my Silver Spring, my blue green colors flashing, I would be your only dream, your shining autumn, ocean crashing"....(love this whole song)

Now there you go again, you say, you want your freedom, who am I to keep you down....dowwwnnn"

One of my most favorite Stevie lines is not the opening line but I will list it anyway because it is just so beautiful!

"If you love somebody, save their soul, tie them to your heaven, erase their Hell"... How mind blowing are those words! I luv em.

[AliceLover]

"Well I heard she flew down from the mountain city."

[darklinensuit]

"Well I heard she flew down from the mountain city."

Why am I not surprised. :shrug: ;)

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

"Step in to the velvet of the morning"...

:thumbsup: :blob2:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Do you always trust your first initial feeling

You think you hear demons, I think you are the demons

To be the last to leave, the last to be gone - Dont ask me why

So long ago, certain place, certain time

He fell for her again, she watched it happen

Crying the morning, trying to be strong

Through deep set and somewhat shadowed. Her life...her mystery

Think that's it heh, I dont feel like going thru ALL her songs right now...

GREAT picks!

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

'You're not a stranger to me...'

Randy

What about:
"A bird that is not mine..." :shrug:
Your name makes me think it would be a pick.)

- Jake