Favorite Stevie songs by LYRICS

[darklinensuit]

Rank your top 20 based ONLY on lyrics.
NO ties, please.

Here are mine:

20) Running Through The Garden
19) The Nightmare
18) Destiny
17) Three Birds Of Rhiannon
16) Long Distance Winner
15) Sara
14) Fireflies
13) Gypsy
12) Silver Springs
11) Garbo
10) Sisters Of The Moon
9) Trouble In Shangri-la
8) Gold Dust Woman
7) Lady From The Mountain
6) Storms
5) Bella Donna
4) Wild Heart
3) The Highwayman
2) Rhiannon
1) Edge Of Seventeen

- Jake

[dissention]

20. Lady From the Mountain
19. Dreams
18. Running Through the Garden
17. Nightbird
16. Gate and Garden
15. Battle of the Dragon
14. Races Are Run
13. Sisters of the Moon
12. Sara
11. Wild Heart
10. Fall From Grace
9. Gold Dust Woman
8. Space Needle (with the exception of the tar people)
7. Sleeping Angel
6. Goodbye Baby
5. Sable On Blonde
4. Crystal
3. Outside the Rain
2. Trouble In Shangri-La
1. Storms

[skcin]

Wow, that's a lot of thinking. Here are the 20 that I came up with, in no particular order (I'm not including boots, I'd be here forever):

Docklands ;)

OK, seriously:

TISL
RTTG
Straight Back
Crystal
Edge of 17
POTU
Street Angel
Wild Heart
Bella Donna
Sweet Girl
Storms
Smile at You
Dreams
Silver Springs
Bella Donna
Highwayman
Twisted
Sleeping Angel
Fireflies
Nightbird

Paula

[sparky]

8. Space Needle (with the exception of the tar people)


:lol:

What is UP with the tar people ? Was that 70's slang for heroin addicts ?

[dissention]

:lol:

What is UP with the tar people ? Was that 70's slang for heroin addicts ?

Yup, that's what they call heroin addicts in the joint. I love how she puts it.

"Ooh, the tar people are back again..."

Yup, they came back to see ya, Stevie! Sing 'em some Docklands, it's sure to be a sobering experience.

[dissention]

Docklands ;)


Oh, you forced it outta me. Here's my real list, in no particular order:

20. Welcome to the Room...Sara (I bet if it was written by a redneck, it would be "Welcome To My Room...Sister")
19. Unconditional Love (almost as cliched as my venemous hate towards Shrub)
18. Jane (the "forgotten chimpanzees" get me all verklempt)
17. Docklands (she won't shop at Penney's, but the laundromat is fair game)
16. When I See You Again (staring at stairs...gets me every time)
15. Love Is Dangerous (standing at the crossroads...OH YEAH, ain't it wild?!)
14. Listen To the Rain (she listened and the rain told her to write about listening)
13. Imperial Hotel (she stayed at the White House?!)
12. Two Kinds Of Love (I hate listening, I say "I hate this!")
11. That Made Me Stronger ("Can you write this for me, he says no, I wouldn't put my name on this")

And...I'm pooped...what else for bad songs? None, I don't think.

[darklinensuit]

Oh, you forced it outta me. Here's my real list, in no particular order:

20. Welcome to the Room...Sara (I bet if it was written by a redneck, it would be "Welcome To My Room...Sister")
19. Unconditional Love (almost as cliched as my venemous hate towards Shrub)
18. Jane (the "forgotten chimpanzees" get me all verklempt)
17. Docklands (she won't shop at Penney's, but the laundromat is fair game)
16. When I See You Again (staring at stairs...gets me every time)
15. Love Is Dangerous (standing at the crossroads...OH YEAH, ain't it wild?!)
14. Listen To the Rain (she listened and the rain told her to write about listening)
13. Imperial Hotel (she stayed at the White House?!)
12. Two Kinds Of Love (I hate listening, I say "I hate this!")
11. That Made Me Stronger ("Can you write this for me, he says no, I wouldn't put my name on this")

And...I'm pooped...what else for bad songs? None, I don't think.

Imperial Hotel is NOT a bad song, IMO. :blob2:

- Jake

[dissention]

Imperial Hotel is NOT a bad song, IMO. :blob2:

- Jake

The vocal isn't, I quite like it, and I like the music. But the lyrics stink and are a prime example of self-indulgence and cheese, IMO.

[Villavic]

20 faves are too much. Here's my list:

7.Storms
6.Sara
5.Gold Dust Woman
4.Sisters of the Moon
3.Silver Springs
2.Edge Of Seventeen
1.Trouble In Shangri-La

I would like to add Seven Wonders, but lyrics are not completely hers.
I have not payed attention to Nightbird lyrics, but since I see this in several lists, I'll check it.

[Villavic]

7.Storms
6.Sara
5.Gold Dust Woman
4.Sisters of the Moon
3.Silver Springs
2.Edge Of Seventeen
1.Trouble In Shangri-La

.

BTW is 7 to one, and it's top to bottom, so Storms is the best. That's my feeling today.

[darklinensuit]

20 faves are too much. Here's my list:

7.Storms
6.Sara
5.Gold Dust Woman
4.Sisters of the Moon
3.Silver Springs
2.Edge Of Seventeen
1.Trouble In Shangri-La

I would like to add Seven Wonders, but lyrics are not completely hers.
I have not payed attention to Nightbird lyrics, but since I see this in several lists, I'll check it.

Nightbird & Seven Wonders almost made my list, especially the latter.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

The vocal isn't, I quite like it, and I like the music. But the lyrics stink and are a prime example of self-indulgence and cheese, IMO.

Sorry, I disagree. For example, I love the "unspoken words" line on the same album that includes similar lyrics in I Can't Wait and No Spoken Word. There's a connection that I like.

- Jake

[GypsySorcerer]

20) Trouble In Shangri-La
19) The Tower (like these lyrics better than Goodbye Baby)
18) The Highwayman
17) Dreams
16) Landslide
15) Nightbird
14) No Questions Asked
13) Garbo
12) Beauty and the Beast
11) Belladonna
10) Sara
9) Sisters of the Moon
8) Rhiannon
7) Angel
6) Ooh My Love
5) HAEWAFY
4) Storms
3) Sleeping Angel
2) Beautiful Child
1) Crystal

[xdreamsunwindx]

In no particular order...
Beautiful Child
Outside the Rain
Storms
Gold Dust Woman
Sleeping Angel
SOTM
Long Distance Winner
No Spoken Word
Landslide
Crystal
POTU
HAEWAFY
Angel
Rhiannon
Straight Back
Smile at You (Mirage w/ the extra verse)
Sorceror
Gypsy
Sweet Girl
Kind of Woman

Honorable mentions to Space Needle, Chanel, Chanel, Paper Doll, LWTG, Juliet, EFO, etc...

-Kate

[jadegypsy]

Can't do them in order but off the cuff:
Bombay Sapphires
Gypsy
Rhiannon
Sweet Girl
Destiy Rules
Angel
Sara
Wild Heart
Rock a Little
HAEWAFY
The Highway Man
After the Glitter Fades
Beautiful Child
Edge of 17
I Sing for the Things
Gold Dust Woman
Sisters of The Moon
Nomad/Candlebright
Dreams
Silver Springs

[wondergirl9847]

I love lists...and hate them too. LOL!! They are too difficult, but I'll try.

20. Kind of Woman
19. Straight Back
17. TISL
16. Sorcerer
15. I Miss You
14. Goodbye Baby
13. Silver Springs
11. Destiny Rules
10. Smile At You
9. Gypsy
8. Races Are You
7. POTU
6. Dreams
5. Edge of 17
4. GDW
3. Storms
2. Beautiful Child
1. Landslide

[Johnny Stew]

20. Crystal
19. Running Through The Garden
18. Nightbird
17. Love Is
16. Bombay Sapphires
15. Beauty And The Beast
14. Fall From Grace
13. Destiny Rules
12. Landslide
11. Twisted
10. I Sing For The Things
9. She Still Loves Him
8. Illume
7. Planets Of The Universe
6. Wild Heart
5. Silver Springs
4. Sleeping Angel
3. Trouble In Shangri-La
2. Battle Of The Dragon
1. When I See You Again (About the most beautiful, poignant, and honest expression of melancholy and ennui one will ever find in a pop/rock song... no matter what anyone else says! :p )


And I had to leave so many others off because of Jake's dang rules! :mad: :laugh:

[Kelly]

20. Dreams
19. Angel
18. Blue Denim
17. Everybody Finds Out
16. Wild Heart
15. Thrown Down
14. Space Needle
13. Sisters of the Moon
12. China Doll
11. Ooh My Love
10. Fall from Grace
9. Bella Donna
8. Bombay Sapphires
7. Frozen Love
6. Long Distance Winner
5. Nightbird
4. Without You
3. Silver Springs
2. Storms
1. Beautiful Child

My top four are always interchangable depending on my mood. Today I am enamoured with BC after hearing her stellar live performance of this song in Jones Beach.

[laurie816]

1. Storms
2. Sleeping Angel
3. Rose Garden
4. Beautiful Child
5. After The Glitter Fades
6. Silver Springs
7. The Highwayman
8. Sisters Of The Moon
9. Fireflies
10. Goodbye Baby
11. Garbo
12. Nightbird
13. Landslide
14. Wild Heart
15. Nothing Ever Changes
16. Everybody Finds Out
17. Smiling Islands
18. Ooh My Love
19. No Spoken Word
20. Thrown Down

*that was harder than I thought

[darklinensuit]

20. Crystal
19. Running Through The Garden
18. Nightbird
17. Love Is
16. Bombay Sapphires
15. Beauty And The Beast
14. Fall From Grace
13. Destiny Rules
12. Landslide
11. Twisted
10. I Sing For The Things
9. She Still Loves Him
8. Illume
7. Planets Of The Universe
6. Wild Heart
5. Silver Springs
4. Sleeping Angel
3. Trouble In Shangri-La
2. Battle Of The Dragon
1. When I See You Again (About the most beautiful, poignant, and honest expression of melancholy and ennui one will ever find in a pop/rock song... no matter what anyone else says! :p )


And I had to leave so many others off because of Jake's dang rules! :mad: :laugh:

Hey, you stole #1 from Dissention, you copycat.
And you're welcome for the rules, you anarchist. :wavey:

- Jake

[TheBlueLamp]

Ok, I might have a couple of dodgy (lyric-wise) songs in here because although there are some horrid lyrics in a certain song, the rest of the lyrics make up for the bad part.

1. Battle Of The Dragon
2. Doing The Best I Can (Escape From Berlin)
3. Outside The Rain
4. One More Big Time Rock And Roll Star
5. Long Distance Winner
6. Illume
7. No Spoken Word
8. Storms
9. Silver Springs
10. If I Were You
11. Freedom
12. Fall From Grace
13. Gypsy
14. Sable On Blonde
15. Bella Donna
16. Beauty And The Beast
17. Welcome To The Room...Sara
18. Rock A Little (Go Ahead Lily)
19. Fire Burning
20. Street Angel

Ok, Bella Donna probably would've been higher if it not for the word "phony". That one word really irritates me in this song. And I know "Street angels live on the street and they always will" is pretty stupid, but I love the "So I ended it..." verse. I'm sure some of my other choices will have some people scratching their heads, but each of these songs has something about it I really love.

Nick

[Lorraine]

Beauty and the Beast
Beautiful Child
Edge of Seventeen
Gypsy
Silver Springs
Crystal
Gold Dust Woman
Sisters of the Moon
Rooms on Fire
Desert Angel
Running Through the Garden
Sweet Girl
Dreams
Rhiannon
Sara
Landslide
Seven Wonders
Stand Back
Has Anyone Ever Written Anything
Talk To Me

Lorraine :)

[darklinensuit]

15. Battle of the Dragon

This one almost made my list. Still, I like the sound more than the lyrics, especially the "You're not listening to me" at the end.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Straight Back
Crystal

Good picks.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

:lol:

What is UP with the tar people ? Was that 70's slang for heroin addicts ?

I never knew this.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

20 faves are too much.

Really? I had trouble keeping my list down to twenty. :shrug:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

20) Trouble In Shangri-La
19) The Tower (like these lyrics better than Goodbye Baby)
18) The Highwayman
17) Dreams
16) Landslide
15) Nightbird
14) No Questions Asked
13) Garbo
12) Beauty and the Beast
11) Belladonna
10) Sara
9) Sisters of the Moon
8) Rhiannon
7) Angel
6) Ooh My Love
5) HAEWAFY
4) Storms
3) Sleeping Angel
2) Beautiful Child
1) Crystal

I prefer The Tower as well.
And I like the "That's a woman's right, they say" line in NQA.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

No Spoken Word
Kind of Woman
Juliet

I'm glad someone included these three.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Bombay Sapphires
Nomad/Candlebright


These are two favorites. I love the images they conjure. Much better than the straightforward (non-Stevie-penned) Every Day.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

I love lists...and hate them too. LOL!! They are too difficult, but I'll try.

2. Beautiful Child


You want difficult, explain the "when you were only ten" line. :cool:

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

20. Crystal
19. Running Through The Garden
18. Nightbird
17. Love Is
16. Bombay Sapphires
15. Beauty And The Beast
14. Fall From Grace
13. Destiny Rules
12. Landslide
11. Twisted
10. I Sing For The Things
9. She Still Loves Him
8. Illume
7. Planets Of The Universe
6. Wild Heart
5. Silver Springs
4. Sleeping Angel
3. Trouble In Shangri-La
2. Battle Of The Dragon
1. When I See You Again (About the most beautiful, poignant, and honest expression of melancholy and ennui one will ever find in a pop/rock song... no matter what anyone else says! :p )


And I had to leave so many others off because of Jake's dang rules! :mad: :laugh:

Johnny. you have my support on WISYA, but I still don't get very into Fall From Grace or Love Is. :(

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

18. Blue Denim

1. Beautiful Child

My top four are always interchangable depending on my mood. Today I am enamoured with BC after hearing her stellar live performance of this song in Jones Beach.


Blue Denim has good lyrics, and Beautiful Child is GREAT live.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

1. Storms
2. Sleeping Angel
3. Rose Garden
4. Beautiful Child
5. After The Glitter Fades
6. Silver Springs
7. The Highwayman
8. Sisters Of The Moon
9. Fireflies
10. Goodbye Baby
11. Garbo
12. Nightbird
13. Landslide
14. Wild Heart
15. Nothing Ever Changes
16. Everybody Finds Out
17. Smiling Islands
18. Ooh My Love
19. No Spoken Word
20. Thrown Down

*that was harder than I thought

I like Rose Garden and am never disappointed when Stevie reaches back to record older songs.
Did Stevie write the lyrics to Smiling Islands? They don't really sound like her. I'm too lazy to check.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Ok, I might have a couple of dodgy (lyric-wise) songs in here because although there are some horrid lyrics in a certain song, the rest of the lyrics make up for the bad part.

1. Battle Of The Dragon
2. Doing The Best I Can (Escape From Berlin)
3. Outside The Rain
4. One More Big Time Rock And Roll Star
5. Long Distance Winner
6. Illume
7. No Spoken Word
8. Storms
9. Silver Springs
10. If I Were You
11. Freedom
12. Fall From Grace
13. Gypsy
14. Sable On Blonde
15. Bella Donna
16. Beauty And The Beast
17. Welcome To The Room...Sara
18. Rock A Little (Go Ahead Lily)
19. Fire Burning
20. Street Angel

Ok, Bella Donna probably would've been higher if it not for the word "phony". That one word really irritates me in this song. And I know "Street angels live on the street and they always will" is pretty stupid, but I love the "So I ended it..." verse. I'm sure some of my other choices will have some people scratching their heads, but each of these songs has something about it I really love.

Nick

I love the phoney line in BD.
And I love the lyrics to Freedom, WTTRS, Fire Burning, and Sable On Blonde. :)

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

Rhiannon
Sara

I'm very surprised that more people have not included these two.

- Jake

[David]

My fave lyrics are those for The Nightmare. I can't imagine why it isn't on more lists of favorites!

[darklinensuit]

My fave lyrics are those for The Nightmare. I can't imagine why it isn't on more lists of favorites!

Hey, I have it on mine! But I know that there are folks who don't care for it. No doubt Stevie was in her RAL-lifestyle excesses during the writing.

- Jake

[dissention]

I never knew this.

- Jake

The whole song is about rehab and the "tar people" are heroin addicts who return to rehab once more. :wavey:

[darklinensuit]

The whole song is about rehab and the "tar people" are heroin addicts who return to rehab once more. :wavey:

So she might have called the song Welcome Back To The Room..Tar Person. :wavey:

- Jake

[cliffdweller]

In No Particular Order:

1.) Gold Dust Woman
2.) Belladonna
3.) Frozen Love
4.) Long Distance Winner
5.) I Sing For Things
6.) Silver Springs
7.) The Wild Heart
8.) Rock a Little
9.) Rhiannon
10.) How Still My Love
11.) Angel
12.) Storms
13.) Sister of the Moon
14.) Gold and Braid
15.) Landslide
16.) Dreams
17.) Sorcerer
18.) Three Birds of Rhiannon
19.) Sleeping Angel
20.) Illume

[cliffdweller]

20. Crystal
14. Fall From Grace
7. Planets Of The Universe

I forgot these. Good choices.

[cliffdweller]

I don't know how I forgot EO17!! This epic is probably her absolute best of all time!!

[darklinensuit]

10.) How Still My Love

The first time I saw Stevie was '89 & she performed this. I got chills.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

I don't know how I forgot EO17!! This epic is probably her absolute best of all time!!

That's where I ranked it, so yeah, you're talking sense. ;)

- Jake

[Claudia]

Here it goes, in no particular order:

» Battle of the Dragon
» Beauty and the Beast
» Bella Donna
» Crystal
» Edge of Seventeen
» Gate and Garden
» Ghosts
» The Highwayman
» Nightbird
» Planets of the Universe
» Rhiannon
» Sable on Blond
» Dreams
» Frozen Love
» Gold Dust Woman
» Gypsy
» Sara
» Silver Springs
» Sisters of the Moon
» Street Angel

Whew... That was hard!

[darklinensuit]

Here it goes, in no particular order:

» Battle of the Dragon
» Beauty and the Beast
» Bella Donna
» Crystal
» Edge of Seventeen
» Gate and Garden
» Ghosts
» The Highwayman
» Nightbird
» Planets of the Universe
» Rhiannon
» Sable on Blond
» Dreams
» Frozen Love
» Gold Dust Woman
» Gypsy
» Sara
» Silver Springs
» Sisters of the Moon
» Street Angel

Whew... That was hard!

Hard, eh? Let's see you rank them now. :shrug: :)

- Jake

[Claudia]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Claudia
Here it goes, in no particular order:

» Battle of the Dragon
» Beauty and the Beast
» Bella Donna
» Crystal
» Edge of Seventeen
» Gate and Garden
» Ghosts
» The Highwayman
» Nightbird
» Planets of the Universe
» Rhiannon
» Sable on Blond
» Dreams
» Frozen Love
» Gold Dust Woman
» Gypsy
» Sara
» Silver Springs
» Sisters of the Moon
» Street Angel

Whew... That was hard!


Hard, eh? Let's see you rank them now.

- Jake

You mean put them in order? :shocked:

Let's see if I can do that:

» Battle of the Dragon - 5
» Beauty and the Beast - 9
» Bella Donna - 4
» Crystal - 7
» Edge of Seventeen - 10
» Gate and Garden - 20
» Ghosts - 6
» The Highwayman - 12
» Nightbird - 15
» Planets of the Universe - 16
» Rhiannon - 17
» Sable on Blond - 18
» Dreams - 13
» Frozen Love - 3
» Gold Dust Woman - 2
» Gypsy - 14
» Sara - 19
» Silver Springs - 8
» Sisters of the Moon - 1
» Street Angel - 11

It took me forever and I'm not really sure of a few choices but I've done it. :D

[darklinensuit]

You mean put them in order? :shocked:

Let's see if I can do that:

» Battle of the Dragon - 5
» Beauty and the Beast - 9
» Bella Donna - 4
» Crystal - 7
» Edge of Seventeen - 10
» Gate and Garden - 20
» Ghosts - 6
» The Highwayman - 12
» Nightbird - 15
» Planets of the Universe - 16
» Rhiannon - 17
» Sable on Blond - 18
» Dreams - 13
» Frozen Love - 3
» Gold Dust Woman - 2
» Gypsy - 14
» Sara - 19
» Silver Springs - 8
» Sisters of the Moon - 1
» Street Angel - 11

It took me forever and I'm not really sure of a few choices but I've done it. :D

Thank you.
And I think Ghosts is an underrated song. I love all of it except for maybe the bridge lyrics.

- Jake

[Claudia]

You're welcome! :)

And I agree Ghosts is underrated, I love the song! :thumbsup:

[SpyNote]

01. Battle of the Dragon
"I see something/I see a handsome soldier/I see myself remaining when all of you are gone"

02. Crystal
"How the faces of love have changed turning the pages/I have changed/But oh but you, you remain ageless"

03. Fireflies
"Almost a breakdown of our love affair/The stilletto cuts quick/Like a whip through the air"

04. The Highwayman
"Enter competition/She chases beneath the moon/Her horse is like a dragonfly/She is just a fool"

05. Silver Springs
"I'll follow you down 'til the sound of my voice will haunt you"

06. Sleeping Angel
"Someday when we're older and my hair is silver gray/Unbraid with all of the love that you have/Like a soft silver chain"

07. Beauty and the Beast
"My love lives in a world of false-pleasure and pain"

08. Destiny Rules/Illume
"I like the coastal cities/I like the lights/I like the way the city blends into the ocean at night/It's like living on a working river/The coastline is glittery/Like a diamond snake in a black sky"

09. Gypsy
"And a memory is all that is left for you now"

10. Landslide
"Can I sail through the changing ocean tides/Can I handle the seasons of my life"

11. Julia
"I love the storm/I give to you what I love"

12. Beautiful Child
"You say it will be harder in the morning/I wait for you to say just go/Your hands held mine so few hours"

13. Nightbird
"The winter is really here now/And the blankets that I love/Sometimes I am surrounded by too much love"

14. I Don't Want to Know
"Finally the truth has been told/Now you tell that I'm crazy/It's nothing that I didn't know"

15. Leather and Lace
"Is love so fragile/And the heart so hollow/Shattered with words/Impossible to follow"

16. Trouble in Shangri-La
"But the promise has been broken/As you walk through the shadow of death/You try to see no evil/But you are so heartbroken/You say dear God make it stop/Before the dawn of separation"

17. Planets of the Universe
"No doubt no pain come ever again/Let there be light in this lifetime/In the cool silent moments of the nighttime"

18. Edge of Seventeen
"And I see you doing what I try to do for me/With the words from a poet/And a voice from a choir/And a melody"

19. Fall From Grace
"The applause is so defining/It bounds off the wall at you/When the miracle is happening"

20. Sara
"Oh dreaming and the wind become crazy/And he reached her gently"

[darklinensuit]

11. Julia
"I love the storm/I give to you what I love"
nothing that I didn't know"[/size]

Good choice. It's a shame that so many good lyrics are hidden away on unreleased demos. I love the lyrics to Sanctuary as well.

- Jake