Spin-Off: Songs you liked the instant you heard them

[GateandGarden]

This was inspired by Amber's comment in the first thread. So, what are the songs that didn't have to grow on you at all? You knew you'd be spinning them again and again after the first listen?

The ones that come into my mind are-
Every Day (my first Stevie love)
Candlebright
Sorcerer
Outside the Rain
Bella Donna
Talk to Me
Sister Honey
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Rooms On Fire
If Anyone Falls
Think About It
Kind of Woman
Stand Back
I Need to Know
Gold and Braid
Violet and Blue
Twisted
Long Distance Winner
That's Alright
Gypsy
Rhiannon
Wild Heart
Enchanted
Crying in the Night
Belle Fleur
The Dealer

And there are probably others, too.

[eclipse]

For me the first time I heard, just a couple actually, they really hit me hard!

Crying in the Night
Frozen Love
Landslide
The Chain
Silver Springs (the b-side, original)
Beautiful Child
Storms
Smile at You
When I see you again...

Well, maybe more than a couple :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I knew she wrote these songs with such passion and emotion- each and every one of them, especially the last-
my thoughts
~~eclipse~~

[KarmaContestant]

As a child, I heard Rhiannon, Dreams, Sara, Edge Of Seventeen and Gypsy all the time. It wasn't until RAL that I put it all together and became the chiffonhead I am today. Once I started buying her albums, these are the songs I loved from the start:

Kind Of Woman
How Still My Love
The Highwayman
Wild Heart
Enchanted
Nightbird
I Can't Wait (the one that hooked me)
Talk To Me
Imperial Hotel
The Nightmare

When The Other Side Of The Mirror came out, I loved the album entirely. Over the years though, my adoration for most of the songs has faded...I still love Rooms On Fire and Ooh My Love...Alice is still great, but I could do without the rest.

Street Angel....almost all of these took time to grow on me. Kick It is the only song here I loved from the start.

TISL...The title track swept me away the first time I heard it. I love the visual of running through the grass and over the stones...classic Stevie. I loved Fall From Grace from the first listen, and Love Changes as well.

Others on the list:
Sleeping Angel
Gold & Braid
Twisted
Violet & Blue
Blue Lamp

[ontheEdgeof17]

Trouble In Shangri-La

Dreams

Silver Springs

Garbo

Touched By An Angel

That's Alright

[jadegypsy]

Gypsy (loved it before I knew who it was even by)
Rhiannon (Dance version was the first I had heard it)
If You Ever Did Believe
Bombay Saphirres
Sisters of the Moon
Talk to Me
Rock A Little
Sister Honey
Wild Heart
After the Glitter Fades
Edge of 17
Belladonna
The Highwayman
Nomad demo
Crying in the Night Single

[darklinensuit]

Nightbird
Oooh My Love
Ghosts
I Will Run To You
If Anyone Falls
Imperial Hotel
Silver Springs
Rhiannon
Leather And Lace
Think About It
The Highwayman
Kind Of Woman
I Can't Wait
Stand Back
Seven Wonders
Rooms On Fire
Destiny
Blue Denim
Rose Garden
Kick It
It's Only Love
Too Far From Texas
I Miss You
Enchanted
Say You Will
Touched By An Angel
Violet And Blue

My love for some of these, such as Kick It, Violet And Blue, and I Will Run To You, faded with time.

- Jake

[LikeAWillow]

Rhiannon!!!
Dreams
Gypsy
Edge of Seventeen
Stand Back
Gold Dust Woman
Bella Donna
Kind of Woman
If Anyone Falls
Rooms on Fire
Sara
Beautiful Child
Landslide
Frozen Love
Long Distance Winner
Without You
Battle of the Dragon
One More Big Time Rock N Roll Star
Rock A Little
Thrown Down
Goodbye Baby
Silver Springs
Sisters of the Moon

Alright, I was going to keep going, but I just realized how long my list is getting :sorry:

~Marissa~

[darklinensuit]

Alright, I was going to keep going, but I just realized how long my list is getting :sorry:

~Marissa~

Happens to the best of us. :nod:

- Jake

[LikeAWillow]

Happens to the best of us. :nod:

- Jake

Thanks darling, I got caught up in my own chiffonheadness :lol:

~Marissa~

[mylittledemon]

Of course Edge of 17, Stand Back, Talk to Me, Leather & Lace, Everyday, Fall From Grace, I Miss You, Love Is, If I Were You, Stop Draggin my Heart Around.......and of course the countless Mac tunes.

[GardenStateGirlie]

-Gypsy
-Trouble In Shangri La
-Thrown Down
-Straight Back (the most underrated song)
-Stand Back
-Frozen Love
-Fall From Grace
-Everybody Finds Out
-Destiny Rules
-Wild Heart
-Gold Dust Woman
-Sara
-Dreams
-Beautiful Child
-Angel
-Storms
-Too Far From Texas
-Planets of the Universe
-If Anyone Falls
-Rooms on Fire
-I Can't Wait

I'm tired of typing but there are many more :nod:

[Johnny Stew]

I'm going to be a total Chiffonhead here, and say that I've liked or loved all of the officially released songs the first time I heard them, with the exception of maybe 5 or 6 that had to grow on me.

[gldstwmn]

Landslide
Rhiannon
Gold Dust Woman
The Chain
Frozen Love
Long Distance Winner
Crystal
I Don't Want To know
Sisters Of The Moon
Beautiful Child
That's Alright
Gypsy
Straight Back
Stop Draggin' My Heart Around
Edge Of Seventeen
Stand Back
Nothing Ever Changes
If Anyone Falls
Violet And Blue
Silver Springs
Some Become Strangers
I Sing For The Things
Seven Wonders
Long Way To Go
Rooms On Fire
Freedom
Affairs Of The Heart
Blue Denim
Sweet Girl (Enchanted Box Set version)
Gold
Sleeping Angel
One More Big Time Rock And Roll Star
Thousand Days
Trouble In Shangri La
Sorcerer
Planets Of The Universe
Love Is
Destiny Rules
Gold And Braid
Julia
The Dealer
Chanel Chanel
All The Beautiful Worlds
Beautiful Ghost
Mistaken Love

[CreepingDeath]

I'm going to be a total Chiffonhead here, and say that I've liked or loved all of the officially released songs the first time I heard them, with the exception of maybe 5 or 6 that had to grow on me.

What he said.

[Serrart]

I'm going to be a total Chiffonhead here, and say that I've liked or loved all of the officially released songs the first time I heard them, with the exception of maybe 5 or 6 that had to grow on me.

What he said.

Same here. And it happened the same to me with many demos like: Joan Of Arc, Space Needle, Christian, Chanel Chanel, Mistaken Love, The Dealer, Julia, Lady From The Mountain, Prettiest Girl in The World, She Loves Him Still, etc etc. :D

Romy

[StreetAngel86]

this is sad, but i usually prefer demos over anything that comes out on an album lol. some i listen to once and i will be hooked for life like:

Prettiest Girl in the World, My Heart, Joan of Arc, Have No Heart, All the Beautiful Worlds, If You Were My Love, Baby Doll

as for albums..........Rhiannon, Street Angel, Love Is, TISL, Thousand Days, Planets of the Universe, Battle of the Dragon

More songs have to grow on me before i become obsessive about them. But i go thru stages :)

[SmileAtU]

Battle of the Dragon
Beautiful Child
Storms
Lady From the Mountain
Mistaken Love
Sleeping Angel
Everything on Bella Donna
Dreams
Silver Springs
If Anyone Falls
Sweet Girl
Wild Heart

[Wild_Heart03]

I'm going to be a total Chiffonhead here, and say that I've liked or loved all of the officially released songs the first time I heard them, with the exception of maybe 5 or 6 that had to grow on me.

Ditto to the above. Just about all of Stevie's music is an instant love, with the exception of the occasional song that takes its time to grow on me.

[face of glass]

"Frozen Love"

"Rhiannon"
"Gypsy"
"Seven Wonders"
"Say You Will"
"Everybody Finds Out"
"Not Make Believe"

"Edge Of Seventeen" (I was bored with most of Bella Donna on the first listen, however that changed soon)
"Stand Back" (almost the same thing happened with The Wild Heart)
"Beauty And The Beast"
"Garbo"
"I Can't Wait"
"Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You"
"Rooms On Fire"
"Ooh My Love"
"Blue Denim"
"Twisted"
"Trouble In Shangri-La"
"Sorcerer"

Mostly casuals' favourites. :nod: These days I like about 90% of what she's done anyway.

[equeen102289]

I can't even remember all of the songs I loved from the first moment I heard them, but two really stick out for me.

1. Bella Donna...this was my first cd of Stevie's solo...first song I listened to on it...I would listen to it over and over again, not cause I loved the music a whole bunch, or even Stevie's vocal. I just loved the way she sung the word 'bella donna.' Whatever the reason, it hooked me.

2. That's Alright...For the longest time, I only knew of Designs of Love, and didn't even know it had been released (thanks to the change of name title.) I played this song on repeat for I don't know how many times. To this day, it's one of my all time favorites. I wish she would have done it in concert atleast one time back in the day. Unfortunately, I don't think she would be able to do it now, without bringing down all of those high notes.