Favorite Stevie song from Tusk [Archive]

MacShadowsBall

10-04-2010, 08:36 PM

It is now time to vote for your favorite Stevie songs from Tusk. Multiple choice vote - limit yourself to 2 votes.

EDIT: Here's the updated standings for this battle...

Sara - 27 votes
Sisters of the Moon - 26 votes
Storms - 25 votes
Beautiful Child - 21 votes
Angel - 10 votes

bluefox4000

10-04-2010, 08:58 PM

Beautiful Child. I love this song. Stunning. Chokes me up sometimes.

Mick

CreepingDeath

10-05-2010, 01:08 AM

Storms and Sisters of the Moon

You really can't go wrong with any of them though. Stevie was pure perfection on Tusk.

tilthefirefades

10-05-2010, 03:05 AM

Beautiful Child and Sara, the two songs every artist should aspire to equal in their career.

Artemis

10-05-2010, 03:22 AM

Beautiful Child and Sisters of the Moon, both are perfection.

I totally expect Sara to walk this though.

louielouie2000

10-05-2010, 04:22 AM

Oh gosh, this is like trying to chose between my children! I don't know if I can single out any one of these tunes as being superior to the other... they're all masterpieces crafted at Stevie's absolute height. All of these songs have spoken to me at different times in my life, and they've all shuffled around being my favorite. They're all wonderful in their own ways, for varying reasons.

Beautiful Child might eek out an edge because it's the perfect triumvirate: beautiful lyrics, gorgeous vocals, & sublime instrumentals. Add to the fact it translates to the stage just as effectively as the studio, and we might just have a winner. For instance, I think Storms is probably the best songwriting of the lot, but it didn't translate to stage as well. Sisters of the Moon was a powerhouse on stage, but with age, I find the lyrics to be a bit trite in spots. So there we go... I guess Beautiful Child it must be... but it wins solely by a thread! :D

Silver Springs

10-05-2010, 06:55 AM

I voted for Beautiful Child and Storms. They hold more resonance with me.

MissLadyLoki

10-05-2010, 07:56 AM

Oy vey! Why'd you have to make it 2 choices?! Anyways, I gave it to Storms and Sisters of the Moon.

Kayli

10-05-2010, 09:59 AM

It is harder to vote for two songs than it is to vote for one song! Sara and Beautiful Child snatched my vote. Every time I hear these beauties, I'm floored.

chiliD

10-05-2010, 11:06 AM

Nothin' on the entire album (by any of the writers) tops "Sisters Of The Moon", for me. :shrug:

Really.

I'm not kidding.

No, you're not reading it wrong.....chiliD's fave song on Tusk really IS a Stevie Nicks song. Why is that so hard to imagine??

GypsySorcerer

10-05-2010, 11:14 AM

Storms is the best song she's ever written, IMO, so that was the easy first choice.

After much debate, I went with Sisters of the Moon over Beautiful Child.

starshine

10-06-2010, 06:10 PM

Not easy by any means cause I really like all of Stevie songs off Tusk. I picked: Sara and Angel. I really love them both. I love Stevie's voice on Sara and Angel is such a fun song esp live its great!!! Now I do love SOTM but chose not to pick it this time...than it would probably be Storms than Beautiful Child....its hard to pick from songs you really really love.....:thumbsup:

MacShadowsBall

10-06-2010, 06:45 PM

Even though the battle continues for another 2 days, I have a feeling we might have our first tie with this battle. :distress:

priestofnothing

10-06-2010, 06:52 PM

They are all wonderful in their own way, but to pick one...

Sara

is about the most luscious Stevie song ever, so I have to go with Sara.

Christopher

10-06-2010, 07:01 PM

SARA - because of its gorgeous sonic musicscape and great lyrical imagery. Plus Stevie's sublime fragile yet controlled vocal performance.

& this is hard to choose, but I'll toss it to BEAUTIFUL CHILD- One of Stevie's best slow songs. "I'm not a child anymore, I'm tall enough to reach for the star's"...

MissLadyLoki

10-06-2010, 07:33 PM

Even though the battle continues for another 2 days, I have a feeling we might have our first tie with this battle. :distress:

If there's a tie, you should have a sudden death vote for like 3 days, find the winner, and then go onto the next round.

MacShadowsBall

10-06-2010, 07:47 PM

MissLadyLoki - Yeah a sudden death round sounds like a good way to go. Have it for 2 or 3 days, then go on to Christine's songs from Mirage. :cool:

MissLadyLoki

10-06-2010, 08:05 PM

MissLadyLoki - Yeah a sudden death round sounds like a good way to go. Have it for 2 or 3 days, then go on to Christine's songs from Mirage. :cool:

By the looks of it, it's gonna be Sara and Beautiful Child duking uit out. Should be very interesting

TrueFaith77

10-07-2010, 08:15 AM

This goes to show why there should only be one vote per song. :wavey:

bluefox4000

10-07-2010, 08:20 AM

This goes to show why there should only be one vote per song. :wavey:

I agree.:nod:

Mick

jellyman10

10-07-2010, 09:55 AM

Went for 'Sara', then 'Storms'.

BUT if you'd asked this three months ago, I'd probably have said 'Angel', then 'Sara'. I just find that favourite anythings change with my emotional weather, and that's never more true than with music.

'Sara', though, is fast becoming a total geek obsession with me. I think it's one of the very few tracks by any artist that can make me feel really up OR really down. And it's at least partially (I would argue principally, in fact) an artist singing to/about her muse(s), and I find that sooooo inspiring. *sighs*

Loz

Kena

10-07-2010, 11:28 AM

Jellyman I'm with you on the Sara and Storms pick. Sara is absolutely my favorite released Stevie song. It's "the poet in my heart." Storms is just beautiful. I agree that it didn't translate to the stage very well though. I especially love listening to the Storms demo that sounds like it was recorded late at night and it's just Stevie and Lindsey and Stevie's voice is about gone. Lindsey sings along and Stevie does the best she can singing. I lurve it!

Musicman408

10-07-2010, 12:15 PM

Well my word- if this isn't the closest poll in history, I don't know what is!!

chiliD

10-07-2010, 01:17 PM

Well my word- if this isn't the closest poll in history, I don't know what is!!

Ummm...Bush/Gore in 2000?

kokoro

10-07-2010, 02:05 PM

Well my word- if this isn't the closest poll in history, I don't know what is!!

Seriously, it was a four way tie when I checked this morning, and it's sill an insanely close race now!

ButterCookie

10-07-2010, 02:08 PM

Now that I've voted for Storms, it's a 3 way tie

nailatixela

10-07-2010, 02:37 PM

Somebody voted for more than 2 songs.

I wish all of these polls weren't more than one vote.

MissLadyLoki

10-07-2010, 03:36 PM

Now it's a tie between Sara and Storms with 20 each

MacShadowsBall

10-07-2010, 05:06 PM

This is really exciting - in a Fleetwood Mac nerd sorta way! :laugh: Really just goes to show that Stevie's set of songs from Tusk are her best songs. One of these songs might just win Favorite Stevie Song of All Time. :shrug:

GypsyNikita

10-07-2010, 05:37 PM

Sisters of the Moon and Beautiful Child!!!

Although Sara is awesome too!!! Gosh it's sooo hard to choose! Stevie's songs are just so epic on this album!!! :D :nod:

jellyman10

10-07-2010, 06:09 PM

I especially love listening to the Storms demo that sounds like it was recorded late at night and it's just Stevie and Lindsey and Stevie's voice is about gone. Lindsey sings along and Stevie does the best she can singing. I lurve it!

Yeh, that demo's incredible. We're so lucky to have these sonic artefacts to pore over and keep the obsession going! :D

'Sara' to win, tho, please.

vivfox

10-07-2010, 06:56 PM

Somebody voted for more than 2 songs.

Uh, that would be me. Therefore subtract one point from all five tracks. Then add one point to Sara and one point to Storms. Now what's the score?

MacShadowsBall

10-07-2010, 08:38 PM

If we adjust the votes, per vivfox, SOTM has 22 votes, Sara & Storms have 21 votes, BC has 19, and Angel has 7 votes...

...or we could just leave the votes as is? :shrug:

vivfox

10-07-2010, 08:42 PM

If we adjust the votes, per vivfox, SOTM has 22 votes, Sara & Storms have 21 votes, BC has 19, and Angel has 7 votes...

...or we could just leave the votes as is? :shrug:

Hey, I'm the one who guessed your screen name correctly. I deserve to be counted.:laugh:

MacShadowsBall

10-07-2010, 08:45 PM

Point taken! :lol:

TrueFaith77

10-07-2010, 09:40 PM

when does this poll close? I cawn't believe that BC didn't win. I mean. I totally didn't think it even had a chance, but then I had my hopes up for the first few days(?)

MacShadowsBall

10-07-2010, 10:31 PM

Poll closes tomorrow (Friday) at 8:38 pm (central time).

Perhaps we can get the Ledgies that stick to Stevie's forum to vote? :shrug:

mylittledemon

10-08-2010, 04:44 AM

I like all of those actually. Sara would have to be my album favorite though.

I always wished they had mixed Angel to be more rocky like the way it was being played back in the studio on the Tusk documentary.

MacShadowsBall

10-08-2010, 12:34 PM

Here's the updated standings for this exciting Stevie battle...:D

Sara - 24 votes
Sisters of the Moon - 23 votes
Storms - 22 votes
Beautiful Child - 20 votes
Angel - 9 votes

Still a very tight race between the top 4. The battle continues on till 8:38 tonight (central time)! :cool:

MacShadowsBall

10-08-2010, 03:23 PM

I feel like a news anchor on CNN...:laugh:

BREAKING NEWS - We now have a three way tie between Sara, Sisters of the Moon, and Storms. Poll closes tonight at 8:38 central time. Stay tuned to the Ledge and MacShadowsBall for the lastest up to the minute poll results! ;)

Over to you, Harry. :shrug:

Thank you MacShadowsBall. We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

HejiraNYC

10-08-2010, 03:26 PM

Don't get me wrong, I think SOTM is fine and everything, but I can't help but feel that people are sentimental about it only because of the fiery live performance in the Mirage live video. But at the end of the day, the live version and the studio version are virtually two entirely different songs; the studio version comes nowhere close to the live version's intensity and passion. It's not her greatest song musically or lyrically and for me it seems to be nothing more than a really cool way to end Side 2. It would definitely be regarded as one of Stevie's lesser tracks if there wasn't that incendiary live version to think about.

The opposite is true of "Sara," which I don't think really ever translated well to the stage. The live versions have sounded a bit flat and dull, where it becomes painfully obvious that it is basically a repetitive two-chord song. By contrast, the studio version is a miracle of sonic splendor- full of lush, ethereal layers of sound and haunting vocal effects; it is truly a studio masterpiece. So if we were truly evaluating Stevie's Tusk tracks for what they are (and not how they are played live), there is no question that "Sara" should be the hands-down winner in this round.

MacShadowsBall

10-08-2010, 03:39 PM

HejiraNYC, I very much get what your saying. One of the things I try to push with this battle of the songs, is judging the songs as they are presented on the album, the original album release. However, I can imagine it can be hard to separate those passionate, jaw-dropping performances from the possibly more "tame" song recordings. :cool:

Sleepless-Child

10-08-2010, 04:43 PM

What a blasphemy. Sisters of the moon, seriously?

chiliD

10-08-2010, 05:18 PM

Don't get me wrong, I think SOTM is fine and everything, but I can't help but feel that people are sentimental about it only because of the fiery live performance in the Mirage live video. But at the end of the day, the live version and the studio version are virtually two entirely different songs; the studio version comes nowhere close to the live version's intensity and passion. It's not her greatest song musically or lyrically and for me it seems to be nothing more than a really cool way to end Side 2. It would definitely be regarded as one of Stevie's lesser tracks if there wasn't that incendiary live version to think about..

You & I have diametrically opposed tastes in music, it seems.

I think the live versions of SOTM are WAY over the top (as opposed to the live vs studio "Rhiannon"s) and don't really care for them. I have always thought that the studio version IS the definitive version of the song.

michelle2677

10-08-2010, 05:54 PM

storms and sara

and no i don't want to talk about it. this was like choosing a favorite child :distress:

MacShadowsBall

10-08-2010, 07:37 PM

Here's the adjusted standings for this battle...

Sara - 27 votes
Sisters of the Moon - 26 votes
Storms - 25 votes
Beautiful Child - 21 votes
Angel - 10 votes

Battle ends in 1 hour. :eek:

HejiraNYC

10-08-2010, 07:52 PM

You & I have diametrically opposed tastes in music, it seems.

Yes, I know. I actually have good taste in music. :p :lol: :xoxo:

MacShadowsBall

10-08-2010, 08:27 PM

10 minutes left...:woohoo:

MacShadowsBall

10-08-2010, 08:42 PM

WOW! What a battle!! :] "Sara" wins with 27 votes, and will battle "Tusk" and "Brown Eyes" for Favorite Song from Tusk. :nod:

Final thoughts? I'll keep the thread open for a little while...;)

MissLadyLoki

10-08-2010, 08:49 PM

WOW! What a battle!! :] "Sara" wins with 27 votes, and will battle "Tusk" and "Brown Eyes" for Favorite Song from Tusk. :nod:

Final thoughts? I'll keep the thread open for a little while...;)

It was a tight one, but I think Sara deserved it. It may be long and ramble-y, but it's an experiece on it's own just listening to it. Stupid as this may sound, it's the kind of song that should be listened to around dusk.

vivfox

10-08-2010, 10:53 PM