Ok! I have a funny feeling!

[ryguy2010]

Ok Ledgies, I was just thinking and it dawned on me! What do you want to bet that one of the songs on there is definitely Blue Water :) It could be a prequel to the Wide Sea of Sargasso. I just really think, with every fiber of my being, that this is one of the ones from the vault??? Any thoughts?

[ryguy2010]

on there = New Album sorry

[louielouie2000]

I just listened to this song for the first time a few days ago. It'd certainly fit in with the theme of the album (so far as we know), and Stevie's current voice would sound gorgeous on it. There's a certain wisdom to the song, and for her to release it now would be wonderful.

[ryguy2010]

Yeah and it would all tie in rather nicely from the snippets we have been fortunate enough to obtain thus far. We would have the mystic, rocking, poetic and self reflective Stevie all in one album. Every Stevie album always tells a brilliant story and I can't wait to unravel this new chapter in her/our lives.

[HejiraNYC]

It's a great song vocally and musically... but I think the lyrics are kinda retarded. "I wait for the sound of my gypsy..." WTF????? It's almost like a parody of something she would write.

[ryguy2010]

Oh and another thing, I know Dave Stewart is a great producer but I am fearful of him co-writing with Stevie :( I hope it doesn't deter/detract/stifle the story she wants to tell! I guess that is just me being selfish but........

[ryguy2010]

It's a great song vocally and musically... but I think the lyrics are kinda retarded. "I wait for the sound of my gypsy..." WTF????? It's almost like a parody of something she would write.

I understand what you mean, it almost sounds trite but I think the structure is wonderful and I love the innocense of the song. It has that hint of naivete that I love about some of her earlier work though.

[skuncles]

There is the possibility that she might steal from "Blue Water" for the new song. She's done it before.

[gypsy4life]

I happen to love this song, so, it would be fine with me! I hope she does.

[nailatixela]

It's a great song vocally and musically... but I think the lyrics are kinda retarded. "I wait for the sound of my gypsy..." WTF????? It's almost like a parody of something she would write.

She's waiting for Robin!!!!! :mad:


:P

[Phoenix]

She's waiting for Robin!!!!! :mad:


:P

Thats exacally what i always thought that was about. Also, whenever i tend to picture a Gypsy, they have those beeds and bracelets that sound like wind chimes when they move.

[HejiraNYC]

She's waiting for Robin!!!!! :mad:


:P

I dunno... I'm not sure of the vintage, but I suspect it was prior to Robin's death. It sounds like something recorded during the Bella Donna sessions to me. Anyway, irregardless, the lyrics are so banal- not something that a 60-something woman would be singing. Perhaps if she kept the title and music but just changed the lyrics, she would have a really good song.

[louielouie2000]

the lyrics are so banal- not something that a 60-something woman would be singing. Perhaps if she kept the title and music but just changed the lyrics, she would have a really good song.

Oh, she's sung much worse in her old age:

"don't take me to the tower, and take my child away..."

"you'll go down to the laundromat... maybe your sister is there"

:p

[gldstwmn]

Oh, she's sung much worse in her old age:

"don't take me to the tower, and take my child away..."
That makes perfect sense to me after having watched The Tudors where King Henry VII takes more than one of his queens to The Tower of London and takes their children away.

"you'll go down to the laundromat... maybe your sister is there"
:p

At least she didn't write that. :shrug:

[Musicman408]

Would absolutely love to hear this on the album, YES!!

[Dodfather]

"you'll go down to the laundromat... maybe your sister is there"

:p

That may be her worst ever lyric, tied with the dreaded chimpanzee line...

[mikebise]

I dunno... I'm not sure of the vintage, but I suspect it was prior to Robin's death.

The Master recording is from March 1978.

During a Jim Ladd interview, Stevie said she wrote "Blue Water" in Hawaii on a break during the Rumours tour. She also sings a few lines in this interview as well.

I dunno who the gypsy in "Blue Water" might be. In the original "Gypsy" of 1980, Stevie is the Gypsy herself. "Gypsy" doesn't morph into being Robin-related until Early 1982 when the Mirage version is recorded and Stevie adds the "She is dancing away from me now..." lines, after Robin's diagnosis in Fall 1981.

[HejiraNYC]

The Master recording is from March 1978.

During a Jim Ladd interview, Stevie said she wrote "Blue Water" in Hawaii on a break during the Rumours tour. She also sings a few lines in this interview as well.

I dunno who the gypsy in "Blue Water" might be. In the original "Gypsy" of 1980, Stevie is the Gypsy herself. "Gypsy" doesn't morph into being Robin-related until Early 1982 when the Mirage version is recorded and Stevie adds the "She is dancing away from me now..." lines, after Robin's diagnosis in Fall 1981.

When did Stevie meet Sharon? I thought it wasn't until 1980 or so. Sharon is definitely on the master recording and is supposedly a co-writer of the song as well. Also, the master recording doesn't sound like 1978-era Stevie- she has that raspy/husky sound that didn't really develop properly until the Tusk tour.

[sorcerer999]

When did Stevie meet Sharon? I thought it wasn't until 1980 or so. Sharon is definitely on the master recording and is supposedly a co-writer of the song as well. Also, the master recording doesn't sound like 1978-era Stevie- she has that raspy/husky sound that didn't really develop properly until the Tusk tour.

As Stevie and Sharon have both stated in various interviews, this song was written in Hawaii (1977) right after they met. Sharon was performing at a club in Lahaina with her band at the Blue Max. Stevie was in the audience and jumped on stage to sing with Sharon after they'd started singing one of Stevie's songs. After the show, Stevie introduced herself, they started talking about music and hitting it off. Sharon said that Stevie was staying at a beach house and really wished she had a piano because the ocean was inspiring her to want to write. Sharon called up a friend that night and managed to get a piano over to the beach house. In the Wild Heart interview with Jim Ladd, Stevie says they stayed up that night and wrote "Blue Water". They even sing a little bit of it for Jim. Stevie also says that's when she asked Sharon to join her band whenever her solo career got off the ground. I remember in a different interview with Sharon, she said that when Stevie asked her to join her band, Sharon laughed and said, "No problem!"

[HejiraNYC]

As Stevie and Sharon have both stated in various interviews, this song was written in Hawaii (1977) right after they met. Sharon was performing at a club in Lahaina with her band at the Blue Max. Stevie was in the audience and jumped on stage to sing with Sharon after they'd started singing one of Stevie's songs. After the show, Stevie introduced herself, they started talking about music and hitting it off. Sharon said that Stevie was staying at a beach house and really wished she had a piano because the ocean was inspiring her to want to write. Sharon called up a friend that night and managed to get a piano over to the beach house. In the Wild Heart interview with Jim Ladd, Stevie says they stayed up that night and wrote "Blue Water". They even sing a little bit of it for Jim. Stevie also says that's when she asked Sharon to join her band whenever her solo career got off the ground. I remember in a different interview with Sharon, she said that when Stevie asked her to join her band, Sharon laughed and said, "No problem!"

Thanks for the info... I knew the story, but I wasn't 100% sure of the timeframe. It's shocking that they go back almost as far as Stevie's involvement in FM. Almost as shocking as the way Stevie sounds on the master recording- it presages her Bella Donna voice incredibly.

[louielouie2000]

I had no idea this demo was that old! This very well might be the demo from "1976" that Stevie has rerecorded for her new album. We all know how revisionist and forgetful Stevie is about things... she doesn't remember what her own songs are about, when she recorded them, or even their own names (I Have Always Been A Storm). But after all the drugs and things she's been through, I guess she's lucky to even get her own name right! :p