Worst Stevie Demo/Outtake

[foxyluva]

The worst Stevie unreleased song has to be 'Mabel Normand' - what a piece of s*** :eek: It has no melody whatsoever - it sounds like a drug-induced rant...

[amber]

I thought it was decided that Amber was the worst?

[foxyluva]

I thought it was decided that Amber was the worst?

Well Im deciding that "Mabel Normand" is my worst - I don't see how "Amber" could be worse than "Mabel Normand"...

EDIT: I have not listened to 'Amber' in about a year - and now I can't find my mp3 of "Amber" can somebody post it so I can compare the two?

[amber]

Well Im deciding that "Mabel Normand" is my worst - I don't see how "Amber" could be worse than "Mabel Normand"...

EDIT: I have not listened to 'Amber' in about a year - and now I can't find my mp3 of "Amber" can somebody post it so I can compare the two?

I'm loathe to post it. Does Mabel Normand have a horrible Madonna accent?
I don't remember Mabel Normand, but I'm pretty sure I've heard it and it is bad.

yousendit said it uploaded the file, but then the link isn't working for me. :sorry: I tried twice...
http://download.yousendit.com/6FAA36C95D097F2B

[paleshadow]

The Dance/ Old Fashioned gets my vote for worst.

[amber]

posty! never heard of.

[StreetAngel86]

The Dance/ Old Fashioned gets my vote for worst.

ditto.
the lyrics were awesome
then i heard the demo
**** it's awful

[amber]

So, really, no one is going to post it?

[paleshadow]

So, really, no one is going to post it?

If I have it still, it's buried on a cassette somewhere. I'm not a completist, so I don't save the demo's that I can't bring myself to listen to. I'm trying to see if any site has it up right now to DL, but it doesn't look like it.

[skcin]

I must have it somewhere. I'll try to do it later so you can all compare the suckage.

[Josh2003]

"Night Gallery" has always bothered me.

[David]

The Dance/ Old Fashioned gets my vote for worst.You're kidding. I love that one! It's so cinematic!

[krrrby]

Help me out here but there is one demo that has Stevie all coked out with all her backup girls and some guy and they're trying to sing that "My Love Can Never Be Lost" or something like that?

I think that one is more humurous actually, but the song is dreadful. If you ever get a chance to listen to that (I think it's 10 minutes) horrible demo, you get a gold star.

[paleshadow]

You're kidding. I love that one! It's so cinematic!

Nope, I think it's heinous. I haven't heard it in a while, but from what I can remember it pretty much has no melody. When I first heard it I thought the tape must be warped because of Stevie's voice. I will say that the lyrics aren't that bad when you read them, but not every poem translates well to a song.

[Johnny Stew]

I can't believe no one has cited "Lily Girl" yet. So I will... "Lily Girl" is Stevie's worst demo/outtake.

[sodascouts]

I can't believe someone put "Old-Fashioned"! I adore it! It's the Gypsy video put to words.

My least favorite is probably Gypsy Beggar. I don't care about the Wuthering Heights aspect. It still is painful to listen to.

[priestofnothing]

Any of the Kenny G ones... Dial The Number/Tragedy.../Don't Treat Me Like A Stranger I can't stand them. Blah...........

[paleshadow]

I can't believe someone put "Old-Fashioned"! I adore it! It's the Gypsy video put to words.

My least favorite is probably Gypsy Beggar. I don't care about the Wuthering Heights aspect. It still is painful to listen to.

The most beautiful words in the world won't get anyone past that vocal and lackluster music!:sorry:

[Regina]

I hate the Gypsy Beggar thing.
It's about 22 minutes of insufferable yuckdom.
Almost put me off Stevie demos since it was one of the first I'd heard.

[StreetAngel86]

Any of the Kenny G ones... Dial The Number/Tragedy.../Don't Treat Me Like A Stranger I can't stand them. Blah...........

oooh THAT hurt
Dial the Number is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO sad
im not a fan of the G man
but without the sax i dont think it would have the same effect!

[paleshadow]

So, really, no one is going to post it?

Just for you Amber. Hope this works. Be gentle, I'm a YouSendIt virgin!

Old Fashioned
http://download.yousendit.com/40F2B49C18D115E6

[foxyluva]

oooh THAT hurt
Dial the Number is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO sad
im not a fan of the G man
but without the sax i dont think it would have the same effect!


I agree. 'Dial The Number' is one of my FAVOURITE Stevie demos - it actually makes me cry. I Love the WH version also...

[foxyluva]

I have re-listened to "Amber" and it is not bad at all. "Mabel Normand" is STILL the worst demo I have heard :sorry:

[BlackWidow]

Lily Girl and Space Needle

[golden braid]

Lily Girl and Space Needle
Space Needle?! :eek: That's one of my very favorites.

I agree with a lot of the other least favorites here. All the Kenny G demos are awful as well as Mabel Normad and Gyspy Beggar.

[sodascouts]

Tragedy of One's Soul is one of my FAVORITES. The end is especially powerful. Looks like consensus is hard to reach!

[amber]

Just for you Amber. Hope this works. Be gentle, I'm a YouSendIt virgin!

Old Fashioned
http://download.yousendit.com/40F2B49C18D115E6


Thank you. I can't figure out why, but my yousendit hasn't been working for days. It says something like "no such name found, please try again" when I try to listen to what other people send.
And then I tried to upload something to send, and it let me, but then the link didn't go anywhere. :(
Thank you, though. :xoxo: I forgot the name of that other send site...the one johnny stew uses?

[KarmaContestant]

Worst Stevie demo ever? I'm inclined to say Mabel Normand...

All Over You is pretty rotten, too. And I really don't like Lily Girl or any of the Kenny G demos. Ack!

[GarboSpeaks!]

All that Kenny G sound/demo stuff sucks serious BEhind! I can't stand those. As for Amber, though far from genious, I think it is an important aspect to Stevie's whimisical self. Sort of the last days of her full blown Hippie-dom. In that aspect, I can fully appreciate it.
Sadly, I think one of the worst things to come out is that "My Heart" crap. With all the controversy, it's just so BLAH! Maybe not the worst, but buried for some time for a reason. Mable Normand is exceptionally bad. Lily Girl, I can't place that ditty at all. Need to find it, and post my results. LOL

[goldustsongbird]

Any of the Kenny G ones... Dial The Number/Tragedy.../Don't Treat Me Like A Stranger I can't stand them. Blah...........


I like Dial The Number. The other two, meh. naptime.

[JazmenFlowers]

I like Dial The Number. The other two, meh. naptime.
I love Dial the Number and Mable Normand.

if I had to pick the worst demo, I know which one I'd pick but I swear I can not think of the name, but Stevie and Sharon are singing "do do do, ahh, ooh" and it has this little tinkering bell drum type sound - damn - can't think of any of the lyrics either...:(

wait til I get home.

[Dark Angel]

Mabel Normand, Lily Girl, This Is My Cross To Bear, and Dial The Number.

[JazmenFlowers]

This Is My Cross To Bear
that's it! that's it! :xoxo:

[desrtangl]

The worst, IMO, are OSOTM demos- Love Don't Fail Me Now, Dial The Number, Friend from Yesterday, DTMLAS, etc...
I'm also not a fan of Annabelle Lee from TISL...YUK!
All the other ones mentiones previously- mabel and such, I do agree with EXCEPT SPACE NEEDLE...THAT SONG IS AB FAB!!!

[carrie721]

The worst, IMO, are OSOTM demos- Love Don't Fail Me Now, Dial The Number, Friend from Yesterday, DTMLAS, etc...
I'm also not a fan of Annabelle Lee from TISL...YUK!
All the other ones mentiones previously- mabel and such, I do agree with EXCEPT SPACE NEEDLE...THAT SONG IS AB FAB!!!

damn, annabel lee is one of my absolute faves! dial the number is cheesy/fab but definitely not grade a material, i have to admit.

[seekerj]

Sadly, I think one of the worst things to come out is that "My Heart" crap. With all the controversy, it's just so BLAH! Maybe not the worst, but buried for some time for a reason. Mable Normand is exceptionally bad. Lily Girl, I can't place that ditty at all. Need to find it, and post my results. LOL


Oh, wow, really?? I think "My Heart" is an amazing song!

"All Over You" is the worst, IMO.

- Jim

[paleshadow]

Thank you. I can't figure out why, but my yousendit hasn't been working for days. It says something like "no such name found, please try again" when I try to listen to what other people send.
And then I tried to upload something to send, and it let me, but then the link didn't go anywhere. :(
Thank you, though. :xoxo: I forgot the name of that other send site...the one johnny stew uses?


I think it's working now if you want to try.

[PenguinHead]

Lily Girl makes me hurl

[GypsySorcerer]

Lily Girl and Night Gallery are both :eek: - worthy.

[skcin]

Lily Girl and Space Needle


You're out of your mind. :mad: Space Needle is haunting and beautiful.

[David]

You're out of your mind. :mad: Space Needle is haunting and beautiful.And it has a great restaurant at the top!

[DashingDan]

Charlotte's Gazebo is the worst.

[DashingDan]

~oh charlotte
You dissappoint everyone
when you refuse
to stand in the wings
and you plié across the stage
like the little girl
who wore out the floorboards
dancing in her father's gazebo
OOhh..."Sound of Music" style
I am 16 going on 17, She says
Well, I am the edge of 17, he says

Oh Baby, baby where did you go
Oh baby baby, no one wanted you to grow
Especially your daddy who loved
Western Music

[DashingDan]

Alright alright...I made up a fake demo and fake lyrics. I was bored.

~oh charlotte
You dissappoint everyone
when you refuse
to stand in the wings
and you plié across the stage
like the little girl
who wore out the floorboards
dancing in her father's gazebo
OOhh..."Sound of Music" style
I am 16 going on 17, She says
Well, I am the edge of 17, he says

Oh Baby, baby where did you go
Oh baby baby, no one wanted you to grow
Especially your daddy who loved
Western Music

[The Tower]

Night Gallery are both :eek: - worthy.
The government should use "Night Gallery" in Gitmo to get all those dudes to spill the beans.....

That one and "Ooh, Ooh Baby" are pretty horrifying.

[amber]

~oh charlotte
You dissappoint everyone
when you refuse
to stand in the wings
and you plié across the stage
like the little girl
who wore out the floorboards
dancing in her father's gazebo
OOhh..."Sound of Music" style
I am 16 going on 17, She says
Well, I am the edge of 17, he says

Oh Baby, baby where did you go
Oh baby baby, no one wanted you to grow
Especially your daddy who loved
Western Music
:lol: :lol: :lol:

[SapphireSister]

That one and "Ooh, Ooh Baby" are pretty horrifying.
You just killed me, AGAIN! Ooh Ooh Baby is gorgous and dark and sad and powerful, one of my top 5. It would make a beautiful song given the right production.

In all honesty I don't like the majority of her demos (with the exception of songs I know that have been released). I'm just not a big fan of under-produced, raw music and that's what a lot of her demos are. The ones I like tend to be completed songs with a few exceptions. I don't like 75% of Stevie's demos. Maybe if there were complete, produced songs I'd like them. I especially don't like the really old sounding ones that are poor quality. Some of the least favorites that come to mind are:
Goldfish and Ladybug
Amber
Dial the Number
Jimmy Come Back
The Dealer (sorry, can't stand it)
At the Fair
The Witch

Cathouse Blues is pretty annoying.

[goldustsongbird]

Cathouse Blues is pretty annoying.

Aww, nah, I like it. It's twangy and fun to sing along to. Ah gawt the caaaaaat haaaaaaouse blooos!

[carrie721]

Aww, nah, I like it. It's twangy and fun to sing along to. Ah gawt the caaaaaat haaaaaaouse blooos!

oooh i love chb. ah wayer thuh haaaaah-yest of hah-heeyul shooooz!

[GarboSpeaks!]

Oh, wow, really?? I think "My Heart" is an amazing song!

"All Over You" is the worst, IMO.

- Jim

It doesn't make my ears bleed or anything, I just don't "feel" it. I'm awaiting my psych evaluation results. :laugh:

AOY, if indeed 250% la Nicks is pretty goofy. I dig it, but just cause it sounds like people having fun...not like it should be released tomorrow. Nope.

[Travisevian]

The worst Stevie unreleased song has to be 'Mabel Normand' - what a piece of s*** :eek: It has no melody whatsoever - it sounds like a drug-induced rant...

I loves it. :nod:

The Dance/ Old Fashioned gets my vote for worst.

You're kidding. I love that one! It's so cinematic!

I like that song, too. There's something unique about the music. If completed, I think it would've been suitable for a movie soundtrack.

"Night Gallery" has always bothered me.

Why?

I can't believe no one has cited "Lily Girl" yet. So I will... "Lily Girl" is Stevie's worst demo/outtake.

*gasp*

Now, you've gone too far. :eek: :laugh:

Any of the Kenny G ones... Dial The Number/Tragedy.../Don't Treat Me Like A Stranger I can't stand them. Blah...........

More for me. :D

Space Needle?! :eek: That's one of my very favorites.

Mine as well. Actually, I think it is one of Stevie's most well written songs and cannot imagine why she didn't use it for Trouble In Shangri-La.

The worst, IMO, are OSOTM demos- Love Don't Fail Me Now, Dial The Number, Friend from Yesterday, DTMLAS, etc...
I'm also not a fan of Annabelle Lee from TISL...YUK!
All the other ones mentiones previously- mabel and such, I do agree with EXCEPT SPACE NEEDLE...THAT SONG IS AB FAB!!!

:eek::eek::eek:

You just killed me, AGAIN! Ooh Ooh Baby is gorgous and dark and sad and powerful, one of my top 5. It would make a beautiful song given the right production.

Another song of which I am positively bewildered that Stevie never released.

[AnthonyMI]

I can't believe no one has cited "Lily Girl" yet. So I will... "Lily Girl" is Stevie's worst demo/outtake.



Ditto.

That is all

[Rod~A~Little]

Ooh ooh Baby is sooo haunting and beautiful! It literally brought me to tears once when I was going through a break up & heard this. I would love to hear it fully produced.

Space Needle is well written..."ooh the tar people are back!" love it!!!!

I don't mind the sax on Dial The Number. It seems to add to the message of the song.

Drum roll..............Lily Girl!....gets my vote for worst demo!

[Stevieforever]

This is my Cross to Bear, hands down for me, the worst ever!

[KarmaContestant]

These are my "worst of the worst".

**Lily Girl
**That awful "Priest of Nothing" from the RAL tapes that surfaced last year
**All Over You
**Goldfish and Ladybug

Just about everything else has some redeeming factor.

[Rod~A~Little]

Yes, I must add Goldfish and Ladybug to my list.

I actually have an interview from TOSOTM era...where she is being interviewed and starts talking about this song and getting very philosophical and you can literally hear someone in the background laughing their head off!

Yikes!

Maybe she can give this one to Madonna for one of her childrens books. He he.

[Thrown_Down]

**That awful "Priest of Nothing" from the RAL tapes that surfaced last year

I love that one!

:eek:

[Thrown_Down]

~oh charlotte
You dissappoint everyone
when you refuse
to stand in the wings
and you plié across the stage
like the little girl
who wore out the floorboards
dancing in her father's gazebo
OOhh..."Sound of Music" style
I am 16 going on 17, She says
Well, I am the edge of 17, he says

Oh Baby, baby where did you go
Oh baby baby, no one wanted you to grow
Especially your daddy who loved
Western Music

She needs to record this one now! :laugh:

[WildHearted]

The demos I like are usually the rawest form ones. For some reason I never really get much into the ones that are like semi-filled out with other instruments and stuff, when I listen to them I just itch for them to be produced fully.

[DashingDan]

She needs to record this one now! :laugh:

I read the lyrics and thought to myself, "Man, this one sucks"...then I realized that I WROTE IT as a parody...hahahahahaha (I kill me).

[Thrown_Down]

The best thing about it is that it sounds kinda like she could plausibly have written it during the Klonopin days!