Best use of the word, "WELL"

[Livia]

Well, must you keep your secrets....
Well, I know you'd like to come away...
Well, this (thread) could be a whole lotta trouble...

:laugh: :laugh:

[MirrorInTheSky]

Well, must you keep your secrets....
Well, I know you'd like to come away...
Well, this (thread) could be a whole lotta trouble...

:laugh: :laugh:

Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll..............I don't think you do!!!!!!!!!

[Johnny Stew]

For me, it's the ending of the extended version of "Planets Of The Universe," which Stevie punctuates with a very effective, "wey-elllllllllll!!!" :D

[amber]

Gor, when does Stevie NOT use well?
But, my favorite (that i can think of) is:
ohwellif I hopeandipray well maybeitmightworkout somedaaayyyy.
AMber

[Serrart]

Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll..............I don't think you do!!!!!!!!!

:thumbsup: That's the one I prefer together with:
"You know that I loved you then
Oh, well"

Some others that I love:
"You're asking me to trust you
Well, there's little of that around"

"Well, her little tin soldier
Is covered with rust and
Your beautiful eyes...
Whoa, well they look sad to me now
And I don't even know why you left me"

"Well, I got the message: stay among the living"

Romy

[Johnny Stew]

Gor, when does Stevie NOT use well?

:laugh: I once started to count all the "wells" in the 'Red Rocks' video, and gave up!

"Well, well, they say that this is just a dream... ooh, well... well, I don't want to hear that.... well, Mick says, 'Stevie, well, this just is just one more link in the chain, and do not break the chain, please'... and I say... and I say... well, I have to believe him...." ;) :laugh:

It's definitely excessive in that performance, but other times it's effective.
I especially like the one you picked, from "Seven Wonders." :D

[amber]

:laugh: I once started to count all the "wells" in the 'Red Rocks' video, and gave up!

"Well, well, they say that this is just a dream... ooh, well... well, I don't want to hear that.... well, Mick says, 'Stevie, well, this just is just one more link in the chain, and do not break the chain, please'... and I say... and I say... well, I have to believe him...." ;) :laugh:

It's definitely excessive in that performance, but other times it's effective.
I especially like the one you picked, from "Seven Wonders." :D
:lol: :laugh: :lol:
I know, it's so funny, I always laugh at stevie for that, and it also makes it easy for me to sing to her, cause I can just supply a well, or perhaps a yowl, and i've filled in the space effectively :laugh: And I always know what she's gonna say! (for the songs that are new to me)
Oh, Stevie, will the amusement never end? Will the fascination never end?
*sigh*
AMber

[dissention]

None, I think the use of "well" is grating and lazy.

But if I had to pick, I'd agree with Le Stew. :wavey:

[jbrownsjr]

sometimes she will say

well there you go again

or

now there you go again

----------
well maybe------- a landslide will bring it...........

[jbrownsjr]

welllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ya know, i don't know why i always trusted
sometimes i think
that i must have
i must have been crazy
crazy to wait on you baby

[ontheEdgeof17]

"Well, I believe that love is a living thing."


-Curt

[TISL]

My favorite is the extended "well" in the 'Planets Of The Universe' remix...

[GateandGarden]

welllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ya know, i don't know why i always trusted
sometimes i think
that i must have
i must have been crazy
crazy to wait on you babyThat's the one!

And I know everyone here loves "Welllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll you know me better than I know myself."

Hillary

[Wild_Heart03]

First and foremost would be "Well I know you'd like to come away, but baby you can't come". After that...

- "Well I've run through rainbows and castles of candy"

-"Dusty words lying under carpet
Seldom heard well must you keep your secrets"

...and probably a few more I'm not thinking of right now! :lol:

[TheBlueLamp]

I love Stevie and her "well"s. When I sing along to her songs I find myself adding in "well" even if Stevie doesn't sing it. :laugh:

I love Welcome to the Room...Sara and all its "well"s

My favourite would be "Well as well as you knew her" :D

And on the more serious side I love "Weeeelllll I can see that expression..." at the very end of Talk to Me. The last minute of TTM has a few good "well"s in it, I think.

Nick

[GateandGarden]

And on the more serious side I love "Weeeelllll I can see that expression..." at the very end of Talk to Me. The last minute of TTM has a few good "well"s in it, I think.

NickI had forgotten that. "Talk to Me" is a really good "well" song in general. But I know that some would say that "good well song" is an oxymoron. :D

Hillary

[rbs3676]

"Weeeeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll I don't think you do!"

~ rbs

[GateandGarden]

Well, this is just a cover, but there's always "Well I think you should go!!!"

Hillary

[blinker12]

And I know everyone here loves "Welllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll you know me better than I know myself."

Hillary

:lol:
That's the best example I've heard yet.

[skcin]

Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll..............I don't think you do!!!!!!!!!


That's the one :nod:

Paula

[chiliD]

Not bashing, just an observation...

I just don't think Stevie can top Lindsey's or especially Billy Burnette's:

Oh-h-h-h Wellwellwellwellwelllllllllllllllllll!

[Livia]

Not bashing, just an observation...

I just don't think Stevie can top Lindsey's or especially Billy Burnette's:

Oh-h-h-h Wellwellwellwellwelllllllllllllllllll!

LOL! That was probably Stevie's favorite Mac song before joining the band. :laugh:

[jbrownsjr]

Has Anybody Ever Written Anything for you
well i have

[MacMan]

She swings around on the second story...
"I'll get down," she says
Well there is no fire burning...just a soul crying

[MacMan]

Here's a fantastic display of... well - "WELL"

So today, she says,
Well, I've changed my mind.
That's a woman's right, they say.

Well, I -- (Well, I --)
Well, I'm frightened,
And I'm lost.
And I can't give you up.

Well, I need you now.
Well, I'm broken-hearted.
Well, I broke down like a little girl.


(I need you now)
No Questions Asked
Well, I broke down like a little girl.

[GODDESS6]

Not bashing, just an observation...

I just don't think Stevie can top Lindsey's or especially Billy Burnette's:

Oh-h-h-h Wellwellwellwellwelllllllllllllllllll!

that is my choice also!!! :thumbsup: :blob2: :wavey: :thumbsup: ~

brightest stevie blessings~
jill

[GateandGarden]

Here's a fantastic display of... well - "WELL"

So today, she says,
Well, I've changed my mind.
That's a woman's right, they say.

Well, I -- (Well, I --)
Well, I'm frightened,
And I'm lost.
And I can't give you up.

Well, I need you now.
Well, I'm broken-hearted.
Well, I broke down like a little girl.


(I need you now)
No Questions Asked
Well, I broke down like a little girl.I love all of those! :)

Hillary

[EveryHour]

None, I think the use of "well" is grating and lazy.



Of course, you do. :xoxo:

:)

[petep9000]

How about that funky stoned-out guitar and drum demo version of Julia?? I L-O-V-E that one, it is the ultimate "WELL" song.
"Well so you, well you found a queen without a king, well in fact well everyone here loved her, welllllll." :blob1:

[sparky]

A thread celebrating my biggest Stevie lyric pet peeve ! There is no good use of the throwaway word "Well". Each "Well" I hear only makes me yearn for a word that had real emotional impact or signified something. ANYTHING. It's Stevie's version of "Like" or "You Know". Oh, to excise that word from her vocabulary like the tumor it is !
:blob2:

[Johnny Stew]

A thread celebrating my biggest Stevie lyric pet peeve ! There is no good use of the throwaway word "Well". Each "Well" I hear only makes me yearn for a word that had real emotional impact or signified something. ANYTHING. It's Stevie's version of "Like" or "You Know". Oh, to excise that word from her vocabulary like the tumor it is !
:blob2:


Eh, just embrace it and have fun! :laugh: ;)

Stevie's a quirky character, that's what makes her so cool! :D

[Kelly]

"Well I never did not love you, I never did run from you, in a dream I said to you...."

Another one I really like is...
"WELL, you can dedicate your pain to him" from Thrown Down.

Stevie is quirky and that is why I love her so much! I also get a kick out of her use of the word "whoa"..it's hysterical.

[Gypsy3]

WELL YOU KNOW ME BETTER THAN I KNOW MYSELF :blob2:

[ShamHy89]

Well maybe I'm just thinking that the rooms are all on fire...
Well there is magic all around you, if I do say so myself...

Shamus

[Gypsy3]

Well maybe I'm just thinking that the rooms are all on fire...
Well there is magic all around you, if I do say so myself...

Shamus

well that's another good call! :thumbsup:

[cliffdweller]

"Well I know I could have loved you but you would not let me"

"Well I can still hear you saying you'd never break, never break the chain"

"Well I think I had met my match"

[amber]

Well you could be standin' in a line! Well I would! Well I feel I need a little sympathy! Well you could be standin' in...etc.
YEAH!!! :thumbsup:
amBER

[sparky]

Eh, just embrace it and have fun! :laugh: ;)

Stevie's a quirky character, that's what makes her so cool! :D


JS, I knew I'd get a response outta you on this one, but your speed was especially impressive in this instance.

[desertangel]

Disk 3 has been going around and around in my changer lately. Most of those songs I love to sing along with. So the "well" lyric that immediately came to mind was "Well I found You," for no other reason than the song it is contained in. There are a handful of Stevie's songs that absolutely go off the Richter scale for me and this is one of them...

You're not my friend, you're not my love
And this is something that we really don't discuss
If there is no time, and there is no place.
And, if there was, well, you'd never leave a trace
And as all arch angels do to you
And as all arch enemies will finally do to you, too
Well, I found you

Laura

[Kelly]

I have never felt like I "really" understand what Stevie meant with those arch angel lines. Not that I "really" know what she means in most of her songs :. ), but I just do not fully get those particular lyrics above. (just the arch angel lines confuse me) Anyone care to give me their interpretation?

[kristin]

I don't think this one has been said yet....

"WELLLLL come down here for a minute.....Sweet Girl.....Sweet Girl."

Randomly enough, out of all the wells, this is the first one that came into my mind.

Kristin

[desertangel]

I seem to recall a story about Thousand Days being about Stevie's association with Prince. How he showed up to put down some tracks for Stand Back and then was gone ("seems like a thousand days since you've been gone.) I'm not your friend, I'm not your lover is a line Prince used in one of his songs... I Would Die 4 U. And he also has a song called Million DAys that is very much like Thousand Days. And also the story about how she fell asleep on the floor of his house, some say because she had been partying too much, she says because it was really hot and the floor was the coolest place in the house. Which would explain the whole draggin up the stairs, etc. Anyway, if that's all true, then you can see, somewhat, in the lyrics that maybe they were partying and the arch angel part might speak to how when you live a lifestyle like that, the arch angels might help pull you out of some dangerous situations, but then your arch enemies will try to do you in too.. kinda like the struggle between good an evil. I don't get the "I found you" part tho. Who found who? And how does it fit in with arch angels, arch enemies or her association with Prince? That's the puzzling part to me.

How about this part...

And if the sun warms up the rain,
And the rain puts out the sun
Why does the greatest love become the greatest pain?

Is Stevie the sun and Prince the rain? Probably not, because I don't think he was her greatest love. So this is probably one of those songs that has been "pieced together." I love that last line.

Anyway, I really like this song. As for interpretation, I almost believe the Prince thing since there's definite lyric association to him.

Laura

[Kelly]

Thanks! I think you are right about the song being pieced together. Her "relationship" with Prince was always pretty fascinating. She said in 2001, I think to Courtney Love, that she never "slept with him, although he wanted to". I wonder if she is being completely truthful? I sort of believe her as she and Prince were SO different, especially back then. She being wild, he being straight.

[golddustwoman77]

Like several people have stated; I love "Wellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll, I don't think you do!"

I also like "Well I have tried to be true
Well I have never known what to say
How to say...seen anything today"

and I like

"Well maybe I'm just thinking that the rooms are all on fire
Everytime that you walk in the room
Ooh, well there is magic all around you, if I do say so myself...
Well I have known this much longer than I've known you"

Well, I know you'd like to come away, but baby, you can't come."

[SillyDreamer]

Not really partial to this one, as there's so many good ones... but this song I've always felt is underappreciated, so:

"Well one more night I'd like to lie and hold you--yes, and feel.. to make you smile, I'd like to be there for you. Have you forgotten me?"

[GateandGarden]

I just remembered "Well I think you will like sister honey!"

Hillary

[TheBlueLamp]

I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned this one but I was listening to Love Is on the weekend and heard a really great 'well'

"You know that I loved you then...ohhh well"

Nick

[skcin]

I can't believe I forgot:

"A thrill that I had never known

WWWEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLL

You smiled, you smiled
oh and then the spell was cast
and here we are in heaven
for you are mine......
AT LAST!"

Chills! :nod:

paula

[Livia]

I can't believe I forgot:

"A thrill that I had never known

WWWEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLL

You smiled, you smiled
oh and then the spell was cast
and here we are in heaven
for you are mine......
AT LAST!"

Chills! :nod:

paula

Yup! That's a great one! I'd love to see Stevie do an entire album of standards like At Last! :nod:

[Highway Woman]

I like "Well, did she make you cry, make you break down, shatter your illusions of love?" I think "Well" works - er- well there because it's a casual world and she's being very casual about the man's (Lindsey's?) heartbreak.

[SuzeQuze]

Well I wish that you were mine...

~Susan

[GateandGarden]

I felt like bringing this thread back up because I love well.

Well, you know me I'm a nomad
I can't feel bad...

This second well montage is for Curtis :) :nod:

Well look up...it's a shooting star...Well this is the first thing,
That I've written...Well we thought it was a great,...beginning...Well I live below...a great red mountain...Well this has always been my sanctuary...Ooh well I need to see you...


Well because fate causes fortune and fortune takes it away
Well it's alright, baby...I'm doing the best that I can

Well I hear you in the morning...

Well...believe it then
And don't blame it on my soul
Blame it on my wild heart

Well I will be different
When I get back...Well it's a worthless thing, so...Well I thought that
You were mine...When you hang up that phone
Well you cease to exist

Well you've taken me away
But never take me lightly

Hillary

[ontheEdgeof17]

This second well montage is for Curtis :) :nod:

Well look up...it's a shooting star...Well this is the first thing,
That I've written...Well we thought it was a great,...beginning...Well I live below...a great red mountain...Well this has always been my sanctuary...Ooh well I need to see you...





If that montage is just for fun, I can't wait for my birthday greeting.

GAG



:lol: :p :lol:

[GateandGarden]

If that montage is just for fun, I can't wait for my birthday greeting.

GAG



:lol: :p :lol:I knew you'd love it! :laugh:

[NicksIllume]

It's not hers, but I love it.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell, isn't it midnight?

Well, I wonder which set of rooms are mine

Well, it's better to have loved and lost

Well, I told you that it was the right thing to do

Well, it would break our hearts

Well, I never thought I'd make it here in Hollywood

Well, I heard she flew down to the Mountain City

Well, I can and I will go on

Well, it bounces off the wall at you

Well, I came all the way here

Well, it's not enough that you depend on me

Well, it's not so different than the way that he said

Well, you can get her but you can't keep her

Well, she will call you when she needs you

Well, I'm waited for in Egypt...

Well, I think that is the meaning of love

Well, I loved you more than life itself

Well, you're a front liner...

Well, I am overcome

Well, you're not like anyone else

Well, you're a victim

Well, open up a window

Well, she didn't know then that the sound that she heard

Well, think about it

Well, it's hard to hide from eyes that are all over you

The woman loves usage of well. Street Angel most likely has the most. :laugh:

[AliP]

Here's a fantastic display of... well - "WELL"

So today, she says,
Well, I've changed my mind.
That's a woman's right, they say.

Well, I -- (Well, I --)
Well, I'm frightened,
And I'm lost.
And I can't give you up.

Well, I need you now.
Well, I'm broken-hearted.
Well, I broke down like a little girl.





(I need you now)
No Questions Asked
Well, I broke down like a little girl.


WOOT! Best song evah! :)

[amber]

It's not hers, but I love it.

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell, isn't it midnight?

Well, I wonder which set of rooms are mine

Well, it's better to have loved and lost

Well, I told you that it was the right thing to do

Well, it would break our hearts

Well, I never thought I'd make it here in Hollywood

Well, I heard she flew down to the Mountain City

Well, I can and I will go on

Well, it bounces off the wall at you

Well, I came all the way here

Well, it's not enough that you depend on me

Well, it's not so different than the way that he said

Well, you can get her but you can't keep her

Well, she will call you when she needs you

Well, I'm waited for in Egypt...

Well, I think that is the meaning of love

Well, I loved you more than life itself

Well, you're a front liner...

Well, I am overcome

Well, you're not like anyone else

Well, you're a victim

Well, open up a window

Well, she didn't know then that the sound that she heard

Well, think about it

Well, it's hard to hide from eyes that are all over you

The woman loves usage of well. Street Angel most likely has the most. :laugh:
I love how you seriously busted the street angel. :thumbsup:
i'm going to post my ultimate once again.
"Oh well, if I hope and i pray, well, maybe it might work out someday" :D

[ShangriLaTroubl]

has anyone posted this one yet?


"WELL IT WAS A...SILENT NIGHT.."

Chris

[takenbythesky]

I'm rather surprised that no one has mentioned my favorite usage of the word "well," though. In this case, I think "well" actually enhances the song...

Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older, too

^For me, that verse might just be the quintessential Stevie lyric. Plus, the "well" just makes it so much more interesting.:nod:
--Justin

[NicksIllume]

I love how you seriously busted the street angel. :thumbsup:
i'm going to post my ultimate once again.
"Oh well, if I hope and i pray, well, maybe it might work out someday" :D

You've inspired me to do this list. Some she didn't write, but still there's a well or two in there.

The Street Angel Well Usage

Blue Denim
None :eek:

Greta
Well, where will the kings go (2x)
Well, some cry
Well, I really don't dance down
Well, I wonder what Greta would say

Street Angel
None :eek:

Docklands
Well, bring me back to the place where I was born

Listen to the Rain
Well, you're a front liner
Well, I am overcome
Well, you're not like anyone else (2x)
Well, you're a victim
Well, open up a window
Well, she didn't know better
Well, she didn't know then that the sound that she heard
Well, she didn't know
Well, take time

Destiny
None :eek:

Unconditional Love
None :eek:

Love Is Like a River
Well, I believed in love (2x)
Well, love is like a river (2x)
Well, some call me all the time
Well, I think you're uptight lady

Rose Garden
Well, I never took the time to realize (2x)
Well, I've got all these things

Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind
Well, you want me to be there with you
Well, there's nothing more I'd rather do

Just Like a Woman
Well, please don't let on that you knew me when

Kick It
Well, I'm waited for in Egypt
Well, I think that is the meaning of love
Well, I loved you more than life itself

Jane
Well, you can, Jane
Well, they might as well have caged her very own baby
Well, they might as well have put us both into prison

Listen to the Rain wins the Well award for Street Angel.

[ontheEdgeof17]

You've inspired me to do this list. Some she didn't write, but still there's a well or two in there.

The Street Angel Well Usage

Blue Denim
None :eek:

Greta
Well, where will the kings go (2x)
Well, some cry
Well, I really don't dance down
Well, I wonder what Greta would say

Street Angel
None :eek:

Docklands
Well, bring me back to the place where I was born

Listen to the Rain
Well, you're a front liner
Well, I am overcome
Well, you're not like anyone else (2x)
Well, you're a victim
Well, open up a window
Well, she didn't know better
Well, she didn't know then that the sound that she heard
Well, she didn't know
Well, take time

Destiny
None :eek:

Unconditional Love
None :eek:

Love Is Like a River
Well, I believed in love (2x)
Well, love is like a river (2x)
Well, some call me all the time
Well, I think you're uptight lady

Rose Garden
Well, I never took the time to realize (2x)
Well, I've got all these things

Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind
Well, you want me to be there with you
Well, there's nothing more I'd rather do

Just Like a Woman
Well, please don't let on that you knew me when

Kick It
Well, I'm waited for in Egypt
Well, I think that is the meaning of love
Well, I loved you more than life itself

Jane
Well, you can, Jane
Well, they might as well have caged her very own baby
Well, they might as well have put us both into prison

Listen to the Rain wins the Well award for Street Angel.

Someone has a lot of time on their hands. ;) :laugh:

[NicksIllume]

Someone has a lot of time on their hands. ;) :laugh:

Find a cure for boredom!

[strandinthewind]

Did someone mention "Mirror Mirror" - one of my fav. lyrically by her :cool:

Mirror, Mirror

And as all this comes to an end
So go the lilies of the valley
From this hour on
Brilliant is your danger
Darker than the image on the wall
Is the fear of it all
But he never said no to you baby
Mirror, Mirror


Ooh, sometimes your frightened
And you don't know why
There's been a few things
Well, I know you really loved a lot
And then one day
In your bright blue sky
Well, I never did say why to you...
Why... You must know...
He said No not really


Some of us will...
Some of us will never see the light
Some of us will only say,
Well, I don't want to fight about it
And then one day,
Well, you really fall in love
And you never did say
No to me did you?
He said, See ya!


Mirror, mirror
Mirror, mirror
Mirror, mirror


Memories fade like the wind
Oh, and she says
No, this will never come again
He says, Oh well... who can tell?
She says...I think you walk a thin line
Walk a thin line
She said you must know
He said No not really...

Then there are the things,
Misunderstandings...
Well I know that there's a few things
That you really loved a lot...
I know, in spite of what you say,
One thing that I really wanted,
I really wanted you...
This will leave you
Haunted in your mirror

(kudos to the NicksFix :cool: )

[StevieNicksEO17]

Well, it's like bombay sapphires... (Only at certain parts, other times she says it, she doesn't say well)

Not sure if this was said...I'm too lazy to read through all 5 pages :cool: