Stevie's Behind The Mask songs

[diamondsnake]

These songs are really rocking... Pretty underappreciated if you ask me. Does anyone else like these songs? Freedom, Love Is Dangerous, Affairs of the Heart are all excellent. And her backing vocals on Skies the Limit, In the Back of My Mind, etc. are wonderful. What are everyone's thoughts on this batch of songs? How can someone not like Freedom? Great vocals and lyrics "Look at me with Daggers, it won't do you any good!"...

The whole album is great if you ask me. Better then Mirage or Tango.

[GODDESS6]

i do love her songs on BTM especially love is dangerous~

[Nightbird17]

These songs are really rocking... Pretty underappreciated if you ask me. Does anyone else like these songs? Freedom, Love Is Dangerous, Affairs of the Heart are all excellent. And her backing vocals on Skies the Limit, In the Back of My Mind, etc. are wonderful. What are everyone's thoughts on this batch of songs? How can someone not like Freedom? Great vocals and lyrics "Look at me with Daggers, it won't do you any good!"...

The whole album is great if you ask me. Better then Mirage or Tango.



I agree they rock....Freedom and and BOM.....but better than Mirage???? NOT :shrug: :shrug: Straight Back is one of the most underrated ever! It rocks LIVE :thumbsup:

[gldstwmn]

I like all Stevie's BTM songs except for The Second Time.

[LikeAWillow]

I love her BTM work also, there's something about Affairs of the Heart that draws me in everytime :nod:

~Marissa~

[LiquidBlue5000]

These songs are really rocking... Pretty underappreciated if you ask me. Does anyone else like these songs? Freedom, Love Is Dangerous, Affairs of the Heart are all excellent. And her backing vocals on Skies the Limit, In the Back of My Mind, etc. are wonderful. What are everyone's thoughts on this batch of songs? How can someone not like Freedom? Great vocals and lyrics "Look at me with Daggers, it won't do you any good!"...

The whole album is great if you ask me. Better then Mirage or Tango.

her worst material EVER if you ask me... "Affairs Of The Heart" is so syrupy sweet I wanna puke... "The Second Time" is ok, but i liked it better the first time when it was called "After The Glitter Fades"... "Freedom" is musically just way too overly influenbed by Billy Burnette.. perhaps that's a song that should have been saved for Bekka... "Love Is Dangerous" is listenable..

[Nixxxed]

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...every Stevie song on there. However, my fave Stevie moment on the album is the "...take good care..." line in When The Sun Goes Down. :laugh:

And I agree about the album being better (for me) than TITN - half of that album is just unlistenable to my ears. Not Mirage tho - shimmery greatness.

[ontheEdgeof17]

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...every Stevie song on there.

I second that. Her material is flat out greatness!

[Hawkeye]

Everyone of her Mask songs SUCK especially The Second Time and Affairs of the Heart. Freedom IS quite the rocker, but a bad rocker. The only tolerable song is Love is Dangerous. Stevie really sucked on this album. Of course I can say this because I love Street Angel :laugh:

[Dreammms]

I like all Stevie's BTM songs except for The Second Time.


I feel the same way. Just can not get into The Second Time.

[henryscutter]

Yes I really like her stuff on BTM. I listen to Freedom and LID all the time. I find a certain charm in the much maligned ST and AOTH. As for the rest of the cd I like WTSGD, BOMM and the title track. The rest of it I find lightweight and generic :sorry: I can't even listen to HF and DYK. They suck more than anything else FM has ever done :distress:

[diamondsnake]

my fave Stevie moment on the album is the "...take good care..." line in When The Sun Goes Down. :laugh:

:lol:

My favorite Stevie moment is "And when we do, I'll think about you" from Skies the Limit! Her backing vocals are out of this world on this album....

[ontheEdgeof17]

:lol:

My favorite Stevie moment is "And when we do, I'll think about you" from Skies the Limit! Her backing vocals are out of this world on this album....


I like the "SA-AY-VE ME SAAAAAAVVVVVVVVVVVE" at the end of Save Me.

[Dreammms]

her worst material EVER if you ask me... "Affairs Of The Heart" is so syrupy sweet I wanna puke...

and maybe love isn't :confused:

[LiquidBlue5000]

and maybe love isn't :confused:

nope.. "maybe love" is a pop masterpiece :nod:

[AliceLover]

I love every song except The Second Time. Affairs of the Heart was one of the very first songs I ever heard by Stevie and I love it. It is definitley one of my favorite songs that shes ever done. I do not think it would work live but it is awesome on the album. Its so peppy and it makes me smile. Freedom really worked live IMO. She seemed to be into it even dancing a little. Love is Dangerous I also love. Showing some of her upper register. Her back ups on Skies the Limit really stick out to me also. Save Me is also one of my most favorite Christine songs ever.



Jimmy :)

[Dreammms]

nope.. "maybe love" is a pop masterpiece :nod:

okay brian masterpiece is really pushing it :rolleyes:

[diamondsnake]

I like the "SA-AY-VE ME SAAAAAAVVVVVVVVVVVE" at the end of Save Me.
OMG, I forgot about that one! Wow, she really does have some great moments on BTM.

Such a change of pace from Tango where she only sang backup on Little Lies and that was it.

[LiquidBlue5000]

Affairs of the Heart was one of the very first songs I ever heard by Stevie and I love it.



Jimmy :)

I guess if "Docklands" was one of the very first songs i ever heard by Stevie, i might love that...


nahhh, probably not :lol:

[Hawkeye]

OMG, I forgot about that one! Wow, she really does have some great moments on BTM.

Such a change of pace from Tango where she only sang backup on Little Lies and that was it.

Yeah Stevie was definitely more involved with BTM then she was with Tango. Im not sure whether or not thats a positive yet :lol: but its definitely true.

[LiquidBlue5000]

okay brian masterpiece is really pushing it :rolleyes:

not in my book... it's one of my top 10 Stevie songs ever :woohoo:

... especially that demo version.. brilliant!

[strandinthewind]

not in my book... it's one of my top 10 Stevie songs ever :woohoo:

... especially that demo version.. brilliant!


I LOVE it too. I think it is so spritely and fun. I wish she had recorded it a little better so it could have been a larger hit.

[ShangriLaTroubl]

not in my book... it's one of my top 10 Stevie songs ever :woohoo:

... especially that demo version.. brilliant!


Please tell me Sister Honey isnt in your top 10 list too??

Chris

[strandinthewind]

Please tell me Sister Honey isnt in your top 10 list too??

Chris

Its in mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! as is Imperial Hotel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ShangriLaTroubl]

Its in mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! as is Imperial Hotel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haha..you are joking right?

Chris

[Dreammms]

not in my book... it's one of my top 10 Stevie songs ever :woohoo:

... especially that demo version.. brilliant!

more brilliant then these ten songs she wrote????..

gypsy
sara
otr
storms
landlside
dreams
beautiful child
angel
nightbird
stand back

[diamondsnake]

Please tell me Sister Honey isnt in your top 10 list too??

Chris
You don't like Sister Honey? That is maybe the most fun song she has ever recorded!

[ShangriLaTroubl]

You don't like Sister Honey? That is maybe the most fun song she has ever recorded!

Oh my God. I had no idea people even actually liked that song. It is the most disgusting Stevie song there is to me. Makes me cringe to listen to it

Chris

[strandinthewind]

Haha..you are joking right?

Chris


Nope - LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dreammms]

Oh my God. I had no idea people even actually liked that song. It is the most disgusting Stevie song there is to me. Makes me cringe to listen to it

Chris

:eek:

that is such a fun song darling. very upbeat and great to sing along to. however it is not in my top ten.

[ShangriLaTroubl]

:eek:

that is such a fun song darling. very upbeat and great to sing along to. however it is not in my top ten.


To each his own...I cannot sit there and listen to them go "ALRIGHT BABAY, ALRIGHT!!! SISTAH!!!" yuck

Chris

[johnny4406]

Her "Behind The Mask" songs are excellent. Better than the ones on Tango. IMO....

And "The Second Time" is one of my favorite songs.
She was doing the best that she could, and you can tell she was.
:cool:

[diamondsnake]

To each his own...I cannot sit there and listen to them go "ALRIGHT BABAY, ALRIGHT!!! SISTAH!!!" yuck

Chris
I am never going to listen to that song the same way again!!! LOL I never really thought of the song as sexual... I just thought it was a fun little song!

[LiquidBlue5000]

more brilliant then these ten songs she wrote????..

gypsy
sara
otr
storms
landlside
dreams
beautiful child
angel
nightbird
stand back

i'm not a fan of angel or nightbird.... so yes :nod:

[LiquidBlue5000]

Oh my God. I had no idea people even actually liked that song. It is the most disgusting Stevie song there is to me. Makes me cringe to listen to it

Chris

Sister Honey is awesome... :nod:

[[email protected]]

Oooh I love "Sable On Blonde" it is one of my top five of all time favs...

Barbara

i'm not a fan of angel or nightbird.... so yes :nod:

[Dreammms]

i'm not a fan of angel or nightbird.... so yes :nod:


you must be punished...

[CreepingDeath]

I second that. Her material is flat out greatness!

Make it three. I love her BTM songs, bitches.

[nightbird28]

Firstly,

BTM songs by stevie are amazing. Freedom is great, second time, is amazing. Affiars of the heart is a great pop song. Love is dangerous however doesn't really get me everytime I listen to it. I love the part where she says "standing at the crossroads ooh yeah this is wild." but aside from that I am not a fan of that song.

Secondly,

Nightbird has to be one of the best songs on Wild Heart!

[catinthedark]

I can't say that I like her BTM songs better than her TITN songs (and TITN as a whole is far more of a masterpiece to me) - BUT... I have always loved her backing vocals in In the Back of My Mind. And I will never forget the chills that song created at the opening of the Mask shows.

I did go back really recently and listen to her BTM songs (sort of, would absence and longevity make the heart grow fonder.. ?). It didn't. I didn't love them. :sorry:

[KarmaContestant]

I must go on record as saying I LOVE Sister Honey and Imperial Hotel. They are better than all of Stevie's BTM tracks. JMO.

On another note, I think the entire Behind The Mask album is pretty damn brilliant. When you consider that it was their first entire album together, they really sound cohesive - like they'd been together for many more years than they actually were. I think this lineup could have done really well, if fate had determined it was to be. Oh well. My favorite song is When The Sun Goes Down, and my favorite Stevie song on the album is Freedom. I'd so love for her to bring this one to the stage again. Didn't she do it on just a few BTM shows? Or was that Love Is Dangerous? I don't collect live boots, so I really have no clue.

[strandinthewind]

I must go on record as saying I LOVE Sister Honey and Imperial Hotel . . . .

AH HA - another fan :cool:

[blinker12]

Oh my God. I had no idea people even actually liked that song (Sister Honey).

Check out the sig, my friend... :p
Seriously, I like it mostly as just a fun throwaway. I don't consider it a serious entry in her repertoire.
As for the BTM songs, I'd say they're solid but nothing I ever have a jones to hear. I can't remember the last time I pulled out BTM to listen to any of them. :shrug:

[catinthedark]

I must go on record as saying I LOVE Sister Honey and Imperial Hotel. They are better than all of Stevie's BTM tracks. JMO.

Yeah - add me to the list, too. Especially Imperial Hotel. :wavey:

[David]

On another note, I think the entire Behind The Mask album is pretty damn brilliant.I don't think "Mask" is a brilliant album, but I do like the songs on it, & I like the vocal harmonies of Christine, Billy, Stevie & Rick: for example, the chorus on "Skies the Limit." In fact, I think "Skies the Limit" is not only the best track on the album, but one of Christine's finest songs. The bridge is killer, & the chorus hook is grabolicious.

My favorite Stevie song is "Second Time Around," which has honest, poignant lyrics & pretty guitar backup.

[darklinensuit]

My BTM tastes have never been the popular ones.

I love Freedom. Period.
The Second Time would be better with a softer vocal, like in Goodbye Baby.
Love Is Dangerous is okay, but tries a bit too hard.
AOTH is one of my least favorites anywhere. The only decent part is "But I thought that this was just for now/And that time would take its toll upon us all..." but the next lines have such a strained vocal the moment is ruined.

I think the song BTM is great. I don't like any of Chris's other songs here (and I like Chris) except for When It Comes To Love with Billy, and I don't like any of his other songs here either, except for When The Sun Goes Down, but I dislike Stand On The Rock. And it seems everybody else hates WTSGD and WICTL.

Like I said, I have mixed & unpopular feelings towards this album.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

I agree they rock....Freedom and and BOM.....but better than Mirage???? NOT :shrug: :shrug: Straight Back is one of the most underrated ever! It rocks LIVE :thumbsup:

Agreed.
The common sentiment here is that Stevie's best Mac songs are on Tusk, but I think they're on Mirage.

- Jake

[GypsySorcerer]

First of all, I think the term masterpiece is thrown around a little too carelessly around here. :lol: Stevie's BTM contributions are okay. They were much better than on Tango, however.

[LiquidBlue5000]

First of all, I think the term masterpiece is thrown around a little too carelessly around here. :lol: Stevie's BTM contributions are okay. They were much better than on Tango, however.

nothing on BTM even comes close to "Seven Wonders"...

[GypsySorcerer]

nothing on BTM even comes close to "Seven Wonders"...

"Seven Wonders" has never impressed me much. :shrug: And WISYA is among the worst songs she's ever recorded...

[KarmaContestant]

nothing on BTM even comes close to "Seven Wonders"...

Favorite.Late 80's.Tune.Ever! :blob2:

[strandinthewind]

nothing on BTM even comes close to "Seven Wonders"...

Oh SNAPS for that!!!!!!!!!!!!! :nod: I LOVE Seven Wonders and it is in my top ten fav.s

[LiquidBlue5000]

Favorite.Late 80's.Tune.Ever! :blob2:

:nod: i still hear it being played everytime i go to the supermarket :lol:

[darklinensuit]

Oh SNAPS for that!!!!!!!!!!!!! :nod: I LOVE Seven Wonders and it is in my top ten fav.s

Makes my top ten as well.

- Jake

[darklinensuit]

:nod: i still hear it being played everytime i go to the supermarket :lol:

Is the market called Tara's Buy 'N Bag or Pyramid Piggly Wiggly? ;)

- Jake

[LiquidBlue5000]

Is the market called Tara's Buy 'N Bag or Pyramid Piggly Wiggly? ;)

- Jake

ohh, you shop there too??? :lol:

[svnwndrs]

Jeez...Maybe it's embarassing to admit but all the songs that have been mentioned in this thread I love.
"Seven Wonders''...ONE of my top favorite songs from the late 80's (almost one of my favs of ALL time! No joke!) I love just turning that song on on a hot day and it either makes me wanna swim, or drive!
"Sister Honey"...don't even get me started on that one! Love it to death! It IS very sexual. AND it's just plain fun! Very funky.
And as for "Maybe Love"...I love the alternate/demo version of it, too. And I have to agree and say that "spritely" is a very good word to discribe it. It's so upbeat, that makes it a "pop masterpiece" automatically. It has "early-90's-radio-hit" written all over it!!! Too bad it didn't do too well on the charts. It's only because Stevie didn't seem real 'hip' at the time in the public's eyes. (But she always seems hip to me, no lie).
ANYWAY. I really like Stevie's contributions on BTM.
"Love Is Dangerous" is some of the best Hard Country Rock that you can listen to in 3 minutes.
"Affairs Of The Heart" is cute, and has nice lyrics. That's about it.
"Freedom" is a decent rocker. It's actually kind of catchy.
And "The Second Time" is sad and reflective, but nobody really would understand what she is talking about unless they are a die hard fan.
I have to say I love "In The Back Of My Mind" (fav track on the whole album) and Stevie's background vocals are the highlight. I love that part "Remember..." right in the middle. It's CHILLING!! And her lead vocals with Burnette are awesome also. She really sounds witchy there.

[blinker12]

nothing on BTM even comes close to "Seven Wonders"...

True. But she had no part in writing that, other than to mumble "Pharaoh," "Tara" or whatever. (NOT MEANT TO RESTART DEBATE.) :rolleyes:

[LiquidBlue5000]

And as for "Maybe Love"...I love the alternate/demo version of it, too. And I have to agree and say that "spritely" is a very good word to discribe it. It's so upbeat, that makes it a "pop masterpiece" automatically. It has "early-90's-radio-hit" written all over it!!! Too bad it didn't do too well on the charts. It's only because Stevie didn't seem real 'hip' at the time in the public's eyes. (But she always seems hip to me, no lie).


ahh, someone who agrees with me on "Maybe Love" being a "pop masterpiece" :D :wavey:

[svnwndrs]

ahh, someone who agrees with me on "Maybe Love" being a "pop masterpiece" :D :wavey:

Yep! I used to dislike the song, but after I heard the alternate version, I realized what the song was SUPPOSED to sound like, and it sounds good to me! Makes me feel good when I listen to it! And that is what makes a great pop song, right? :wavey:

[johnny4406]

And as for "Maybe Love"...I love the alternate/demo version of it, too. And I have to agree and say that "spritely" is a very good word to discribe it. It's so upbeat, that makes it a "pop masterpiece" automatically. It has "early-90's-radio-hit" written all over it!!! Too bad it didn't do too well on the charts. It's only because Stevie didn't seem real 'hip' at the time in the public's eyes.

I think that you are absolutely right. It is a pop masterpiece!!! :woohoo: It's so perfect. I just hope one day I find the "remix version".... I love the solo "lalalalallalala" which should have made the cut. I'm sure it would have done better if it would have been promoted better. But when you don't have faith in something, you don't want to try. I think Modern just gave up on her at that point. :distress:

[darklinensuit]

I think "Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind" is a sunny piece of pop music that's absolutely irresistable.

I can resist it absolutely. I like the vocal though. :wavey:

- Jake

[diamondsnake]

I think "Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind" is a sunny piece of pop music that's absolutely irresistable. Just yesterday I was listening to my cassette single of "Maybe Love," and I would swear it is a slightly different mix. The percussion is more prominent, and the instrumentation just sounds fuller. Anyway, I love all of Stevie's songs on 'Behind The Mask,' with "Freedom" being my favorite. "Love Is Dangerous" simmers, and I wish the chemistry between Stevie and Rick was given more time to develop. "Affairs of the Heart" is enjoyable, and "The Second Time" has a poignant intimacy that draws me in. Stevie's backing vocals helped to make this album really sound like a group effort. :)
I agree... this album sounded so much more like a cohesive group effort. You can hear backing vocals of every member on almost every song, which is pretty cool. Stevie has vocals on like 10/12 songs here, which is a big change from TITN where she was MIA. I don't see how people like her Tango songs better though. Seven Wonders is nice, but she didn't write it! I like WTTR...S, but WISYA is not all that.

I really wish this Behind the Mask era of the band had a chance to record one more album.

[SapphireSister]

Everyone of her Mask songs SUCK especially The Second Time and Affairs of the Heart. Freedom IS quite the rocker, but a bad rocker. The only tolerable song is Love is Dangerous. Stevie really sucked on this album. Of course I can say this because I love Street Angel :laugh:

Dito to everything you just said. Her worst material ever. Love is Dangerous is tolerable at best and I love SA!!!

[SapphireSister]

"Seven Wonders" has never impressed me much. :shrug: And WISYA is among the worst songs she's ever recorded...

Seven Wonders is just one of my fav songs of all time. Too bad she didn't write it :( Why don't more people love it? I like it better than Gypsy :nod: