Lets Talk About Space Needle

[Hawkeye]

I feel like discussing my very favorite Stevie demo of all time well at least of all her demos that are just that at least for now. Im not counting any demos that would eventually be released, in that case Smile At You would be my favorite. But as far as songs that are unreleased, Space Needle is by far my favorite. I listen to it so much, and its just perfect, i almost dont care if it ever gets released because i don't see it being improved although I still would like to hear an official studio versuon someday. It would be a great Fleetwood Mac song with just Stevie and Lindsey, and if they had the balls it could replace Landslide live.


I love everything from that little haunting gasp in the first 10 seconds to the simple guitar into to every incredible verse to the ending where she yells about standing at the crossroads and being faithful and saying Now 20 times all sexy at the very end. If the songs length were ever to be an issue in the future I couldn't see any part of it being cut, except maybe singing the chorus: Beautiful Faces Not so beautiful anymore part a few less times.

[goldustsongbird]

One thing I've wondered about Space Needle is when she wrote it. We know it was recorded during the TISL sessions, but was it written around that time, too? Anyone know?

I like it a lot. Come to think of it, it is probably one of my favourite Stevie demos. I like the lyrics more than the actual song, tbh, but with a bit of polishing, it could have been a great song.

[Musicman408]

Have not listened to this classic demo in quite some time, but it really is a stellar piece. Now that it's been brought up, I know what's next on the Stevie playlist.

But this thing is so deep on many levels, and it's so beautiful in it's simplicity- musically anyway. It would sound goofy if it were doe any differently I think.

[GoldDustBoy]

Most definitely one of my favorite demos. It's absolutely beautiful. I guess that it was written either after her Betty Ford rehab, either after the klonopin rehab. Just as Battle Of The Dragon, this song is "heavy". You can simply sense that she was going through a very hard period. Other things that make me think it was written after one of her rehabs is mentioning of the tar people, and the lyrics "Beautiful faces - not so beautiful anymore". This song gave me a lump in my throat quite a few times.

[daniellaaarisen]

So I absolutely adore this song. I think its about the disillusionment (with her environment and also herself) that came with fame and, to an extent, drugs. I've broken it down here, but I feel like there are many different ways to reach the same general conclusion that I have reached with this song-- my specific comments are just one way of finding that. That's why I think its so interesting.




I remember the long, cold winter
I remember being hot all the time
I remember the black space needle
Casting its black shadow down through time

That sense of contradiction (hot in winter) is automatically jarring. She lives her life in constant contrast-- of the "normal" world and also the world she comes from. She doesn't react normally to many situations because her life isn't normal. Obviously, the needle "casting its black shadow" indicates that she blames drugs for this to some extent.




I remember the loss of enchantment
In everyone one I'd see
Seeing my own face in each one of their faces
Looking back at me

First, she started to see the people around her differently. While once captivated by the individuals she knew and loved (evident in her writing, that's for sure), they are not enchanting now, almost disheartening.... kinda like you'd feel if you had lived in a bubble of romantic and musical entanglements for 35 years and anyone outside the bubble only loved you for what you created and not who you are. :D The real disheartening thing, though, is that she can't tell herself from these people anymore.




Beautiful faces
Not so beautiful anymore
When it began, I was standing at the crossroads
That was then
This is now

Her loss of enchantment. She had a choice-- she had a crossroad-- and she made that choice. It has passed. This reminds me of all that talk about choosing music over a family and emotional security.



The next two verses are very similar to the first two.



One day comes, and then it goes
It's all the same to me now
Another day here is like another day closer
To getting out of this town

One thing I said I would never do
Was come from a place of fear
Fear is nothing, nothing to me now
I no longer care
Fear is nothing to me now
I no longer care

She needs to escape but she can't. The routine of it all is suffocating. I especially love the "fear is nothing, nothing to me now/I no longer care". This reminds me of the point where she was on the verge of understanding that she couldn't live how she was living pre-Betty Ford... she spent years detached from the physical and emotional repercussions of both working within that toxic group of five and also using as much blow as they were. It was a survivalist mechanism, and she finally sees its wrong.



We've got to get out of this place
If it's the last we ever do
A haunting song from the rock'n'roll past
Ooh, they said that, too

Now we are dying, just like them
It's a stranger deja vu
Ooh, the tar people are back again
Sad, very true
Well, they're back again
Sad, but it's very true

Get out while you still can.



And, my favorite line of the entire song:

Sometimes the sun shines behind the black needle
But it is never sunny


^^ perfect.

[Ghost_Tracker]

As far as "direct" interpretations, it's about heroin addiction.
The "clue," I believe, is the line about tar babies.
I'm sure somebody else can "back me up" on this but it's pretty much been established in earlier discussions both in here and on Seven Wonders.

[Musicman408]

As far as "direct" interpretations, it's about heroin addiction.
The "clue," I believe, is the line about tar babies.
I'm sure somebody else can "back me up" on this but it's pretty much been established in earlier discussions both in here and on Seven Wonders.

Did Stevie do heroin?

[Nikolaj]

I love this demo!
I don't mind a bit The Who song lines she uses briefly, it doesn't take away from what an achievement this song is. We all have called it 'Space Needle' but I wonder if it might be called 'That Was Then, This Is Now'. Who knows. I don't think anyone thought 'Nomad' would ever wind up being called 'Candlebright'.
I'd love for 'Space Needle' to be a Fleetwood Mac song- soon- rather than a solo song. But, whichever, I hope it gets a formal release. Great song.

[daniellaaarisen]

Did Stevie do heroin?

I firmly believe that she hasn't. Knowing Stevie, she could very well use such a strong heroin image as a bigger image for hard drugs in general-- especially when the image is as abstract and poetic as the tar babies/needle. There's not really anything quite that distinct to use for her own substance of choice.

:shrug: That's what the writer in me would assume.

[CADreaming]

I firmly believe that she hasn't. Knowing Stevie, she could very well use such a strong heroin image as a bigger image for hard drugs in general-- especially when the image is as abstract and poetic as the tar babies/needle. There's not really anything quite that distinct to use for her own substance of choice.

:shrug: That's what the writer in me would assume.


I don't think she did heroin either - although the line could refer to the heroin addicts that were around and her crossroad may have just been one drug (cocaine) or another (heroin). I definitely think her drug addiction is prevalent in these lyrics.

My nephew was doing heroin for a while - he became skin and bones. You could literally see his ribs. It was so awful - he ended up living in the woods during this period. He would mix heroin and meth and did cocaine for several years.

I believe Stevie on this - cocaine was her drug. And, I believe she's right - if she had ever gotten into heroin she wouldn't be here.

[FMlex]

Dear Dani,

Reading your post with your comments on this song was thoroughly lovely!
You're awesome, for realz.

P.S.
Yeah, I have no doubt in my mind that Stevie only did cocaine and pot. I just sense that she wouldn't touch heroin -- plus, she said she never did so that's gotta count for something, right?! :p

[daniellaaarisen]

I don't think she did heroin either - although the line could refer to the heroin addicts that were around and her crossroad may have just been one drug (cocaine) or another (heroin). I definitely think her drug addiction is prevalent in these lyrics.


See what I mean about this song having so many different possible avenues to reach the same conclusion?!

I think its about the disillusionment (with her environment and also herself) that came with fame and, to an extent, drugs. I've broken it down here, but I feel like there are many different ways to reach the same general conclusion that I have reached with this song-- my specific comments are just one way of finding that. That's why I think its so interesting.

I love what you have to say about it, too.



Oh and Alexa.... I'm glad it made sense to you :) You flatter me.

[goldustsongbird]

I had read somewhere that someone slipped Stevie heroin at a party and she said she was really mad because it was the one drug she had vowed to stay away from. I'm trying to find the article.

Ah, ty, Blue Letter Archives.

But back to Nicks. She sits on a huge sofa and is almost swallowed up by it. She doesn't look anything like her publicity photos; she's smaller, fatter and older. She sips iced tea and tells me she's no great fan of LSD. Or heroin.

"A guy once slipped it to me, I was so angry that I threw him out of the house and never saw him again."

Cocaine? Well that's another story altogether.

"Let me tell you something about cocaine, it's not a creative drug. It will not help you paint a masterpiece or write a symphony. What it does is to give you energy to do something. People forget that people in pop music tend to work very hard. If you've been working for 18 hours for six days straight, you loose all your energy, and you fall back on something that will give you the energy to keep going.

"I wasn't 29 until I first tried coke. Let me tell you something about heroin and Fleetwood Mac. We never dabbled with it. We didn't wanna commit suicide."

[trackaghost]

But back to Nicks. She sits on a huge sofa and is almost swallowed up by it. She doesn't look anything like her publicity photos; she's smaller, fatter and older. She sips iced tea and tells me she's no great fan of LSD. Or heroin.


I'm cracking up. So funny.

I think the song is definitely about heroin, just because Stevie didn't do it herself doesn't mean she didn't witness others doing it and going by what she said here she knew how bad it could be.

[BombaySapphire3]

I always thought it was partially about Kurt Kobain ..the '"tar people" and the Space Needle is in Seattle.:shrug:

[APerfectLie]

I think when Stevie says "Ooh the tar people are back again, sad, but very true" I think she is referencing to the heroin addicts she saw at rehab. Some probably left right after she got there and were back before she left. And the fact that they relapsed is "sad, but very true." And I think in this song she is really afraid of relapsing on coke after she leaves betty ford. I think she is looking back and seeing the terrible effects coke had on her life, and how she said she vowed to never "come from a place of fear". I think the last thing she wanted was to be a drug addict but somehow it happened and it took a toll on her life, and now she is reflecting on that, not only seeing what it did to her life, but what it did to others who were close to her and also addicted to coke (beautiful faces, not so beautiful anymore). She is realizing that she needs to be done with coke for forever, and that she is not going to be like those tar people who come back again.

[CADreaming]

I had read somewhere that someone slipped Stevie heroin at a party and she said she was really mad because it was the one drug she had vowed to stay away from. I'm trying to find the article.

Ah, ty, Blue Letter Archives.

But back to Nicks. She sits on a huge sofa and is almost swallowed up by it. She doesn't look anything like her publicity photos; she's smaller, fatter and older. She sips iced tea and tells me she's no great fan of LSD. Or heroin.

"A guy once slipped it to me, I was so angry that I threw him out of the house and never saw him again." ...

"I wasn't 29 until I first tried coke. Let me tell you something about heroin and Fleetwood Mac. We never dabbled with it. We didn't wanna commit suicide."

I believe she was referring to LSD. She even reiterates in the quotes that she never did heroin, or even 'dabbled' with it. Also, there are a couple of recent interviews from the past year or so where she talks about dropping LSD a couple of times - once I recall was when she was listening to Joni Mitchell's new release at the time, Court and Spark when they were living with Keith Olsen.

I always thought it was partially about Kurt Kobain ..the '"tar people" and the Space Needle is in Seattle.:shrug:

Oh, that's a great connection, considering her friendship with Courtney Love. I don't know what the time frame is on the song though. Could definitely make sense though.

[HejiraNYC]

I think this is a case where Stevie combined some of her most heartfelt lyrics with some of her most bland melodies :sorry:, somewhat in the vein of Illume. The verses are okay... but the chorus is kind of disappointing. Unlike many of her other songs, she is not writing in the third person here- this is Stevie basically saying, "... well, this is me talking to YOOOUUU..." But I think it is somewhat genius the way that she was able to equate the Space Needle, that iconic piece of the Seattle skyline, with the "black needle" used to inject heroin. The Space Needle stands there proudly, almost defiantly, as the ironic symbol of Seattle's music scene. Sure, this could be about Kurt Cobain. But I suspect it was really about Courtney Love. And she is basically telling her, "look- I've been there too, and you seriously need to get the f*** off of this sh** before it's too late."

[goldustsongbird]

I'm cracking up. So funny.

I think the song is definitely about heroin, just because Stevie didn't do it herself doesn't mean she didn't witness others doing it and going by what she said here she knew how bad it could be.

I know - smaller, fatter. :laugh:

I believe she was referring to LSD. She even reiterates in the quotes that she never did heroin, or even 'dabbled' with it. Also, there are a couple of recent interviews from the past year or so where she talks about dropping LSD a couple of times - once I recall was when she was listening to Joni Mitchell's new release at the time, Court and Spark when they were living with Keith Olsen.


That was my point ::shrug: Or do you mean she was slipped LSD, not heroin?

[belladonnadream]

This song is definetly about heroin...I don't think she ever did it herself..but may have written about those she knew in the music scene...as other's mentioned. I sure hope she never did..cause she said she didn't. But the song references herself a lot...."I remember the cold winter...I remember feeling hot all the time" sounds like a physical description plain and simple about the way a drug affected her. I think we like to make excuses for Stevie and read farther into the lyrics than what's there sometimes because she has always seemed so mysterious. "The sun behind the black needle...but it doesn't shine "and so on ....."the shadow is still there"...... "I am very thin"....this song is very deep and whatever it is... it has truly affected her. Maybe it all seemed beautiful and glamourous then...and now it has left its mark....and she can see it all in the faces of everyone else now that the drug is back....its haunting her....I agree that maybe she is using Space Needle as a symbol for all hard drugs..heroin seemed big again in the 90's......
Does anyone know when she wrote this?????? It does sound like it was recorded around TISL or SYW....it has an Illume flavor to it.
I have a really surprisingly scary photo of Stevie from the 70's that I found about a month ago where she is shockingly skinny....this is the only pic of Stevie where I thought she looked anorexic...or maybe this was how drugs were affecting her.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/BWoffshoulder.jpg

[CADreaming]

I know - smaller, fatter. :laugh:



That was my point ::shrug: Or do you mean she was slipped LSD, not heroin?

Yeah, she was quoted as specifically saying she was slipped LSD - not heroin.

[starshine]

I like this song ......I like everyones thoughts on it.....I like it that its long too. Sometimes its nice to have a longer song.....Its funny how I sometimes like the songs that aren't on the released versions much better.....sad but so true.......:shrug::nod:

[goldustsongbird]

I have a really surprisingly scary photo of Stevie from the 70's that I found about a month ago where she is shockingly skinny....this is the only pic of Stevie where I thought she looked anorexic...or maybe this was how drugs were affecting her.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/BWoffshoulder.jpg

What bothers me about this picture isn't her figure, but that ugly-azz dress!

Yeah, she was quoted as specifically saying she was slipped LSD - not heroin.

My reading skills are normally good, I promise. :laugh:

[David]

I have a really surprisingly scary photo of Stevie from the 70's that I found about a month ago where she is shockingly skinny....this is the only pic of Stevie where I thought she looked anorexic...or maybe this was how drugs were affecting her.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/BWoffshoulder.jpgShe looks great to me! I thought she looked great that whole year, too. That photo was May 1978 from a Todd Rundgren concert.

[SummerlongBoots]

Okay, I know this is a really old bump up to a thread but, I love Space Needle and I'm hoping it makes it to the new CD.

Anyway, I agree with the drug addiction connection, and I have some other thoughts on the lyrics as well. But first I want to add this strange "connection" to the mix.

*In 1994 filming began in CA for the documentary Black Tar Heroin: The Dark End of the Street. A short-lived band titled Space Needle had a song in the doc called Never Lonely Alone.

They also had a song titled "Dreams."

The only lyrics in the song Dreams are -

In time you will see
Bad dreams no longer come true

Repeat x12

There is no credit given to the female vocal.

Have a listen!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajyiUJfTHRc

Now, if you think about Stevie's explanation of "For What It's Worth" - and I know their are speculations about who she wrote that for - but now I'm even more curious as to who else was in rehab with her?

[Jondalar]

Space Needle - Starshine
This album seems like it may end up very rainbow bright.

[wheart]

I will have to give SN another listen. It's been years since I've heard it. I was never crazy about it. The lyrics always sounded clunky to me but the music wasn't half bad.

[mitzo]

If this is ever released I hope it is with FM. It really needs to be buoyed up by some rich production, it is far too flat as a demo.

[sorcerer999]

I like this demo a lot. The lyrics are some of her best. Unfortunately, I tend to get bored with it halfway through. It's a very LOOOOOOOONNNG song. If it does make it onto a future record, be it solo or Mac, I hope that she can cut it down to four or four and a half minutes. Lose a chorus or two, and some of the plodding instrumentation.

[PenguinHead]

Space Needle is one of the darkest songs she has ever written. It's her "Hotel California" song, only more ominous. It would be great if the arrangement was more tightened up so it wasn't as pondering. A new approach in recording it could really bring it to life. There are some really interesting verses. She certainly succeeded in her intent to create a particular mood.

I've spent some time around and in the actual Space Needle. Equating it with heroin never crossed my mind. However, its really astounding how that drug has made a big come back -- to a new generation who never experienced the devastation it causes. It's big problem in the Pacific Northwest.

[SummerlongBoots]

Unfortunately, Heroin is back in a big way. Lots of young people in the city I grew up in are losing their lives. It is a "stranger deja vu," for sure.

I just found it oddly coincidental that when Stevie was in rehab, they were filming a doc about Black Tar Heroin in California and that a group called Space Needle had a song in it.

And that the band Space Needle also had a song titled Dreams and there is a female vocal on the record that could pass for a distorted Stevie voice, yet no credit is mentioned about vocals. Plus, For What It's Worth was written for the person who saved her after rehab and of course, now I'm wondering if anyone from Space Needle was in rehab with her!!!!

[teedeerocks]

I heard a question on Jeopardy last night about the real Space Needle in Washington.Just an FYI.....

[SummerlongBoots]

I heard Neil Patrick Harris say to his groupie/roadie father (the other day on a rerun of whatever-the hell-the-name of that show is)

“You ever bang Stevie Nicks?” :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

[michelej1]

I heard Neil Patrick Harris say to his groupie/roadie father (the other day on a rerun of whatever-the hell-the-name of that show is)

“You ever bang Stevie Nicks?” :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

oh yeah, John Lithgow was the dad. How I Met Your Mother.

Michele

[Bandon]

If Stevie puts out Space Needle...I guaratee there will be some tweeks to the lyics and sequencing. Additions..subtractions or general modifications. Just like with POTU. Its a great demo...but meanders and can use some tightening. . :nod:

[PenguinHead]

If Stevie puts out Space Needle...I guaratee there will be some tweeks to the lyics and sequencing. Additions..subtractions or general modifications. Just like with POTU. Its a great demo...but meanders and can use some tightening. . :nod:

You are so right about that.

Stevie isn't very good when she writes topical songs outside of her usual navel-gazing realm. But Space Needle really does capture the dark side of the cultural history in the sixties: the music scene and the past tragedies resulting from heavy drugs. Now she's seeing history repeating itself.

One beef I have is a writing tic she has, which appears in many of her songs: the word "Remember." There is a lot of "remembering" in her lyrics, and she relies too much on that. I see it as a weakness - as an easy/lazy way to infer some sort of significance. It's somewhat ironic, given her propensity for not remembering some of the accurate details in her life.

But I'm a hypocrite for calling her out on that. My memory is shot. I sometimes don't remember what I did ten minutes ago, and have huge memory gaps in my life history. Somethings I'm happy not to remember.

[secret love]

I absolutely love this song, which sounds more like a finished outtake than a demo by Stevie Nicks.

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Does anyone know which album this song was made for - is it a Street Angel outtake?

I love that album, by the way, especially Docklands and the title track and yes, Blue Denim too...Stevie's singing is quite good on the Street Angel album, at least equal to The Dance in my view.

So, Space Needle, what's it about? The trappings of fame and celebrity?

Depression?

When was it written?

When was it recorded?

Who is singing backup vocals?

Thanks guys! I really hope she releases this song in 2015 or 2016 on the new studio album by Fleetwood Mac.

She talked in her Facebook Q & A about wanting to do a Songs From the Vault II which would include Julia.

Have No Heart, Space Needle and Joan of Arc plus What Has Rock and Roll Ever Done for You would be groovy additions to Lindsey and Christine's existing batch of about twelve to fourteen new songs already.

I meant to post this in the Stevie Nicks forum...whoops!

[PenguinHead]

I absolutely love this song, which sounds more like a finished outtake than a demo by Stevie Nicks.



Thanks for bringing this song back in the spotlight! It's one of her most intriguing unreleased songs. Most of your questions have been answered in previous posts.

The demo has a stark production that suites the song well, so it wouldn't need much tweaking for suitable release. It does need to be arranged and edited a bit. I think this is more suitable as a solo release, but it would be very interesting what Lindsey and Fleetwood Mac would do with it. Being that the song concerns social issues, I think it would appeal to him.

I doubt it would ever be officially released. But surprises are welcome. This is very topical to me; I'm going to visit friends in Seattle for New Years Eve. I might convince them to go to the Space Needle and have some drinks there. It offers a great view of the city.

[secret love]

Thanks for bringing this song back in the spotlight! It's one of her most intriguing unreleased songs. Most of your questions have been answered in previous posts.

The demo has a stark production that suites the song well, so it wouldn't need much tweaking for suitable release. It does need to be arranged and edited a bit. I think this is more suitable as a solo release, but it would be very interesting what Lindsey and Fleetwood Mac would do with it. Being that the song concerns social issues, I think it would appeal to him.

I doubt it would ever be officially released. But surprises are welcome. This is very topical to me; I'm going to visit friends in Seattle for New Years Eve. I might convince them to go to the Space Needle and have some drinks there. It offers a great view of the city.

Well, have fun in Seattle for New Year's Eve, mate!

I'm a Sydneysider and my gran has forbid her children and grandchildren from going to Darling Harbour to watch the fireworks at the Harbour Bridge. Why? Well, because of the Martin Place siege and murders a few weeks ago.

[teedeerocks]

You are so right about that.

Stevie isn't very good when she writes topical songs outside of her usual navel-gazing realm. But Space Needle really does capture the dark side of the cultural history in the sixties: the music scene and the past tragedies resulting from heavy drugs. Now she's seeing history repeating itself.

One beef I have is a writing tic she has, which appears in many of her songs: the word "Remember." There is a lot of "remembering" in her lyrics, and she relies too much on that. I see it as a weakness - as an easy/lazy way to infer some sort of significance. It's somewhat ironic, given her propensity for not remembering some of the accurate details in her life.

But I'm a hypocrite for calling her out on that. My memory is shot. I sometimes don't remember what I did ten minutes ago, and have huge memory gaps in my life history. Somethings I'm happy not to remember.

Naval - gazing realm.....LMAO :thumbsup:

[secret love]

Naval - gazing realm.....LMAO :thumbsup:

Some great songs written by Stevie Nicks about topical issues:

Illume (9-11) - terrorism and the public response
Touched by an Angel - HIV/AIDS and the process of dying
Space Needle - drugs and their long-lasting effects
New Orleans - Hurricane Katrina and the public response
You Can't Fix This - cocaine use and her son-in-law?
Street Angel - homelessness compared to her life of luxury

[mitzo]

Some great songs written by Stevie Nicks about topical issues:

Illume (9-11) - terrorism and the public response
Touched by an Angel - HIV/AIDS and the process of dying
Space Needle - drugs and their long-lasting effects
New Orleans - Hurricane Katrina and the public response
You Can't Fix This - cocaine use and her son-in-law?
Street Angel - homelessness compared to her life of luxury

Don't forget:
Desert Angel - the Gulf War

[GavinBrown]

Don't forget Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You...

[bombaysaffires]

Naval - gazing realm.....LMAO :thumbsup:

quite a leap from navel gazing to naval gazing, though. :lol:

[secret love]

Don't forget:
Desert Angel - the Gulf War

Also Soldier's Angel

[PenguinHead]

Some great songs written by Stevie Nicks about topical issues:

Illume (9-11) - terrorism and the public response
Touched by an Angel - HIV/AIDS and the process of dying
Space Needle - drugs and their long-lasting effects
New Orleans - Hurricane Katrina and the public response
You Can't Fix This - cocaine use and her son-in-law?
Street Angel - homelessness compared to her life of luxury

A very good gathering!
How about this addition: Italian Summer - seasonal weather report/warnings

I should correct myself and not say that she isn't good at writing topical songs, because I like all these songs for all their quirks,which are uniquely Stevie. I should just say that she treads shaky ground when she attempts to write songs of historical importance. None of them reach the level where they could become prominently associated with the events/topic.

[teedeerocks]

quite a leap from navel gazing to naval gazing, though. :lol:

Oops! A little typo there.One little letter can make a huge difference! My bad:eek::D

[secret love]

A very good gathering!
How about this addition: Italian Summer - seasonal weather report/warnings

I should correct myself and not say that she isn't good at writing topical songs, because I like all these songs for all their quirks,which are uniquely Stevie. I should just say that she treads shaky ground when she attempts to write songs of historical importance. None of them reach the level where they could become prominently associated with the events/topic.

In year 12 English (Advanced) one of our prescribed texts was the Smithsonian Museum 9.11 Memorial website...some girl in my class chose Illume (9-11) as the related text used for a comparative literature analysis.

[PenguinHead]

In year 12 English (Advanced) one of our prescribed texts was the Smithsonian Museum 9.11 Memorial website...some girl in my class chose Illume (9-11) as the related text used for a comparative literature analysis.

Very surprising! Tell me more if you will. Was her analysis shared with others? How was it received? It would be an interesting read!