Ten LEAST Favorite Stevie Released Songs

[SapphireSister]

So what are your least favorite released songs on a solo or FM album?
Edit #2: I've decided to consolidate and just make this a list of released Stevie songs I dislike whether she wrote them or not :). Ooh this list is kind of long. Oh well, she says.

In no particular order:
Silver Girl
Jane
Too Far From Texas
Affairs of the Heart
Fire Burning
Freedom
Twisted
Gate and Garden
Running Through the Garden
That Made Me Stronger
Rose Garden
Love's a Hard Game to Play
Reconsider Me
Every Day
I Still Miss Someone
The Second Time
Thousand Days
God's Garden
Touched By An Angel
Enchanted
After the Glitter Fades
The Second Time
Welcome to the Room, Sara
Ooh My Love
Destiny
Free Fallin
It's Late
Paper Doll

[jcalzaretta]

1. Silver Girl
2. When I See You Again
3. Rock a Little
4. Unconditional Love
5. Love is like a river
6. Great
7. Street Angel
8. Too Far From Texas
9. Cry Wolf
10. Fire Burning

[Gypsybecca]

Pretty much every song on STREET ANGEL...with the exception of Blue Denim...and I loved that video! Nice hair.

[SapphireSister]

Pretty much every song on STREET ANGEL...with the exception of Blue Denim...and I loved that video! Nice hair.

That's how I feel about her songs on Behind the Mask...

[Jondalar]

1. The Second Time
2. Freedom
3. Sweet Girl
4. No Questions Asked
5. Paper Doll
6. Desert Angel
7. Two Kinds of Love
8. Street Angel
9. Blue Denim
10. Imperial Hotel & the Nightmare (tie)

[CreepingDeath]

Leather and Lace -Only because I can't stand Don Henley. I rather like the version w/ Lori and Sharon.
Two Kinds of Love
Desert Angel
Jane
Docklands
Silver Girl
When I See You Again
Too Far From Texas -I could definitely do without Natalie Maines screeching.


I honestly like most of Stevie's songs. A true faery dust snorting Chiffonhead, that's me.

[vivfox]

In no particular order:
1. Love's A Hard Game To Play
2. Jane
3. Silver Hurl
4. Kick It
5. Love Is
6. Just Like A Woman
7. Reconsider Me

[SapphireSister]

1. The Second Time
2. Freedom
3. Sweet Girl
4. No Questions Asked
5. Paper Doll
6. Desert Angel
7. Two Kinds of Love
8. Street Angel
9. Blue Denim
10. Imperial Hotel & the Nightmare (tie)

Yes to The Second Time, No Questions Asked, and Paper Doll! Imperial Hotel is a pretty bad song as far as quality but something about it is kind of catchy and fun so I didn't include it. It's up there though. I didn't like Sweet Girl either for the longest time until I heard the demo version which I really love so now I can at least deal with the released version.

[Gypsybecca]

In no particular order:
1. Love's A Hard Game To Play
2. Jane
3. Silver Hurl
4. Kick It
5. Love Is
6. Just Like A woman
7. Reconsider Me

I soooo agree with Just Like A Woman!! I was actually embarrased for Stevie when I heard that. :shrug:

[SapphireSister]

In no particular order:
1. Love's A Hard Game To Play
2. Jane
3. Silver Hurl
4. Kick It
5. Love Is
6. Just Like A woman
7. Reconsider Me

She didnt write ANY of those...don't you read directions? ;) :xoxo:

[Jondalar]

Leather and Lace -Only because I can't stand Don Henley. I rather like the version w/ Lori and Sharon.
Two Kinds of Love
Desert Angel
Jane
Docklands
Silver Girl
When I See You Again
Too Far From Texas -I could definitely do without Natalie Maines screeching.


I honestly like most of Stevie's songs. A true faery dust snorting Chiffonhead, that's me.

How in the hell did I forget to add the Jane to my list? The chimpanzee song is an embarrassment.

[Artemis]

Gutted by the amount of hatred Freedom is seeing, it and Save Me are the highlights from that album, imo :(

This is harder than I thought. Songs I used to loathe from Stevie, like Silver Girl and When I See You Again, I've grown to love recently; especially the latter.

1) Jane.
2) Welcome To The Room... Sara. Unlike WISYA, I cannot like this song. The production is terrible, and the only thing I remember from the song is "This is a dream right / deja vu"
3) Smile At You. The one on SYW just doesn't appeal to me at all.
4) Desert Angel
5) Sometimes It's A Bitch
6) The Second Time
7) Gate and Garden
8) Affairs Of The Heart. Love the lyrics, loathe the production.
9) Ooh My Love
10) Unconditional Love

[TheSorcerer]

1. Two Kinds of Love
2. I Sing for the Things
3. Sister Honey
4. Nightbird
5. When I See You Again
6. Jane
7. The Highwayman
8. I Miss You
9. Desert Angel
10. Fire Burning

[CreepingDeath]

Gutted by the amount of hatred Freedom is seeing, it and Save Me are the highlights from that album, imo :(

This is harder than I thought. Songs I used to loathe from Stevie, like Silver Girl and When I See You Again, I've grown to love recently; especially the latter.

1) Jane.
2) Welcome To The Room... Sara. Unlike WISYA, I cannot like this song. The production is terrible, and the only thing I remember from the song is "This is a dream right / deja vu"
3) Smile At You. The one on SYW just doesn't appeal to me at all.
4) Desert Angel
5) Sometimes It's A Bitch
6) The Second Time
7) Gate and Garden
8) Affairs Of The Heart. Love the lyrics, loathe the production.
9) Ooh My Love
10) Unconditional Love


Agreed. I've always loved Freedom. :nod:

[tilthefirefades]

1. Enchanted
2. Angel
3. Nightbird
4. Wild Heart
5. Goodbye Baby

The rest I love :shrug:

[michelle2677]

1. Enchanted
2. Angel
3. Nightbird
4. Wild Heart
5. Goodbye Baby

The rest I love :shrug:

ooooh, you gonna get in trouble for that one...

[darklinensuit]

1 - ‘Alice’ – I’ve never seen a song at any concert clear a crowd for the bathroom so quickly. It was like the trailer for ‘The Blob’.

2 - ‘I Sing for the Things’ – I have no idea why I dislike this song so much. Normally I like Stevie with acoustic guitar. Normally I like Stevie with Raspalittled voice ('Rock a Little', 'Lady from the Mountain'). Nothing on this works.

3 - ‘Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind’ – The vocal is decent, but this is entirely the wrong song for Stevie Nicks.

4 - ‘Love Is’ – The demo is better than the album version, but I’m not nuts about either of them. I really don’t care for the lyrics, especially the part about the tear hitting her lip & then the floor. You’re the Queen of Rock, you’re allowed to grab a tissue.

5 - ‘The Second Time’ - I don’t hate the song, it just needs greater subtlety than Stevie could give in those years. Stevie’s BTM voice is not right for the sparse guitar. A softer vocal, more like ‘It’s Only Love’, could have done wonders.

6 - ‘Love Changes’ – I don’t like the production.

7 - ‘Destiny Rules’ – Is the album called ‘Croak You Will’?

8 - ‘Everybody Finds Out’ - I like her belting in the last few bars, but the vocal at the very start is flat, & 7/8 of the song is just an overproduced nightmare. Could have been better.

9 - ‘Illume’ – Snake-voice Lindsey on back-up ruins this one for me, destroys the whole mood of the song. I think his normal voice would have been fine.

10 - ‘Affairs of the Heart’ – I like the “But I knew that this was just for now…” part, but mostly her vocal falls short on this one, and the lyrics and melody are uninspired.

*dishonorable mentions – 'Every Day', which I might resent less if it had not been selected to be the 1st single from TISL. And 'Smile at You', where a decent vocal is wasted on a mess of a production.


- Jake

[Jondalar]

1 - ‘Alice’ – I’ve never seen a song at any concert clear a crowd for the bathroom so quickly. It was like the trailer for ‘The Blob’.

2 - ‘I Sing for the Things’ – I have no idea why I dislike this song so much. Normally I like Stevie with acoustic guitar. Normally I like Stevie with Raspalittled voice ('Rock a Little', 'Lady from the Mountain'). Nothing on this works.

3 - ‘Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind’ – The vocal is decent, but this is entirely the wrong song for Stevie Nicks.

4 - ‘Love Is’ – The demo is better than the album version, but I’m not nuts about either of them. I really don’t care for the lyrics, especially the part about the tear hitting her lip & then the floor. You’re the Queen of Rock, you’re allowed to grab a tissue.

5 - ‘The Second Time’ - I don’t hate the song, it just needs greater subtlety than Stevie could give in those years. Stevie’s BTM voice is not right for the sparse guitar. A softer vocal, more like ‘It’s Only Love’, could have done wonders.

6 - ‘Love Changes’ – I don’t like the production.

7 - ‘Destiny Rules’ – Is the album called ‘Croak You Will’?

8 - ‘Everybody Finds Out’ - I like her belting in the last few bars, but the vocal at the very start is flat, & 7/8 of the song is just an overproduced nightmare. Could have been better.

9 - ‘Illume’ – Snake-voice Lindsey on back-up ruins this one for me, destroys the whole mood of the song. I think his normal voice would have been fine.

10 - ‘Affairs of the Heart’ – I like the “But I knew that this was just for now…” part, but mostly her vocal falls short on this one, and the lyrics and melody are uninspired.

*dishonorable mentions – 'Every Day', which I might resent less if it had not been selected to be the 1st single from TISL. And 'Smile at You', where a decent vocal is wasted on a mess of a production.


- Jake

I thought these lists had to based on songs Stevie wrote or cowrote. If not, I Still Miss Blue Eyes will make my list

[darklinensuit]

I thought these lists had to based on songs Stevie wrote or cowrote. If not, I Still Miss Blue Eyes will make my list

It says wrote OR collaborated on, if I'm reading right. I took collaborated to mean singing along to, not just writing alongside. Let me know.

- Jake

[Jondalar]

It says wrote OR collaborated on, if I'm reading right. I took collaborated to mean singing along to, not just writing alongside. Let me know.

- Jake

well that's tricky, did she actually colloborate on Maybe Love, or did she just sing the song?

[Christopher]

Gutted by the amount of hatred Freedom is seeing, it and Save Me are the highlights from that album, imo :(
Affairs Of The Heart. Love the lyrics, loathe the production.

Right there, is why some of Stevie's songs fail. The right producer and production makes all the difference in the world, especially for an artist like Stevie, who has very rudimentary musical instrument talent.

I like all her BTM songs, but the production is atrocious! And on Stevie's songs specifically, the band sounds like it put forth little effort and zero imagination. AOTH & Freedom could have truly been A+ songs in the right hands. I've always thought in general BTM sounds like it was recorded and filtered through a tin can. Greg Ladanyi & along with whoever else in FM actually produced - made the case crystal clear as to why FM needed Lindsey, and Richard Dashut and Ken Calliat wouldn't have hurt too... at this point.:cool:

[darklinensuit]

well that's tricky, did she actually colloborate on Maybe Love, or did she just sing the song?

I like my reading much better, whether it was a misreading or not. :lol: Just anything she sang lead on in the studio. Simple.

- Jake

[Jondalar]

I like my reading much better, whether it was a misreading or not. :lol: Just anything she sang lead on in the studio. Simple.

- Jake

Well then, I Still Miss Someone Blue Eyes tops my list. It freaking reaks.

[SapphireSister]

I actually meant to only include songs she had some part of writing on but it doesn't really matter. There are no rules.

[darklinensuit]

I actually meant to only include songs she had some part of writing on but it doesn't really matter. There are no rules.

That wouldn't change my list a lot anyway. Thanks.

- Jake

[GoldDustBoy]

In no particular order, except for I Still Miss Someone. :)

1. I Still Miss Someone
2. Jane
3. Imperial Hotel
4. The Nightmare
5. No Questions Asked
6. Paper Doll
7. Welcome To The Room... Sara
8. Desert Angel
9. Silver Girl
10. Goodbye Baby


And I know I might the only one who LOVES The Second Time and especially When I See You Again. WISYA just breaks my heart.

[SapphireSister]

More dislikes but didn't quite make the top ten: Enchanted, After the Glitter Fades, The Second Time, Welcome to the Room, Sara.

[SapphireSister]

People who dislike Goodbye Baby must have not seen it live on the SYW tour right? It was very moving...

[mezzoforte]

Wow--this was hard. I'm a newer fan and since there's so much Stevie music to love, I really haven't given much attention to the dreck. I limited it to songs Stevie is credited as a writer or co-writer on.

Silver Girl
Ooh My Love
After the Glitter Faces
Destiny
Unconditional Love--I don't know whether the harmonies are off or whether she just can't hit the notes, but the voices on the chorus make me wince.
Nothing Ever Changes
Bombay Sapphires--People seem to like this one, but I think the chorus is a big ol' cheese ball.
That Made Me Stronger
Alice
Wild Heart--Can't stand the production on the album version

[SapphireSister]

Wow--this was hard. I'm a newer fan and since there's so much Stevie music to love, I really haven't given much attention to the dreck. I limited it to songs Stevie is credited as a writer or co-writer on.

Silver Girl
Ooh My Love
After the Glitter Faces
Destiny
Unconditional Love--I don't know whether the harmonies are off or whether she just can't hit the notes, but the voices on the chorus make me wince.
Nothing Ever Changes
Bombay Sapphires--People seem to like this one, but I think the chorus is a big ol' cheese ball.
That Made Me Stronger
Alice
Wild Heart--Can't stand the production on the album version

I haven't mentioned these 2 but I agree with you on them. Geeze, there are a lot of songs I dislike :shrug:. Many more I like though so I don't feel too bad.

As far as Unconditional Love, the verses are absolutely stellar but the chorus SUCKS! Never have heard a song with such great verses and s***ty chorus.

[TheWILDheart]

Jane
I Still Miss Someone
The Nightmare
Some Become Strangers
Long Distance Winner *ducks*
When I See You Again
Gold
Just Like A Woman
Docklands
Touched By An Angel

[Macfanforever]

I make it simple. as of 35 plus years .none.Unless she comes up with a crap rap hip hop tune.

[SapphireSister]

Jane
I Still Miss Someone
The Nightmare
Some Become Strangers
Long Distance Winner *ducks*
When I See You Again
Gold
Just Like A Woman
Docklands
Touched By An Angel

Ha, I totally agree but was afraid to admit it!

Also, Stevie's cover of Free Fallin is gawd awful. Makes me sick to my tummy.

[windbecame]

okay...with no rules... here goes
God's Garden- as soon as she starts singen bass-thru the mist...i hafta turn it off
Angel - live it's great but i just cant stand the album version sorry:(
Cry Wolf
Fire Burning- it always sounds to me like she's screaming "URINE" at da beginning
Desert Angel - operation panty SHIELD baGAWWWWK:shocked:
Love Is - Sarah background boop boops make me look around for a truck backin up?
Think About It -don't know why? i just have NEVER connected with this song?
Crystal -woulda loved to hear her ALONE on it back in the day.
Listen to the Rain-when it's just her and the guitar and she CROAKS openup da windo
Jane- but i love the piano demo one... chimpanzee or not lol:lol:

[Jondalar]

Ha, I totally agree but was afraid to admit it!

Also, Stevie's cover of Free Fallin is gawd awful. Makes me sick to my tummy.

I hate Touched By An Angel too. I forgot about that one.

[goliath111]

hi again folks,

my least favorites (whether she wrote them or not) Stevie tunes are:

Thousand Days (i like the demo version though)
Stand Back
Whole Lotta Trouble
Silver Girl
Desert Angel
Docklands
Blue Denim
Sisters of the Moon (though the live mirage tour version kicks butt)
Affairs of the Heart
Edge of Seventeen

[goliath111]

In no particular order:
1. Love's A Hard Game To Play
2. Jane
3. Silver Hurl
4. Kick It
5. Love Is
6. Just Like A Woman
7. Reconsider Me

love the freddy photo by the way :)

[bluefox4000]

Rhiannon
Straight Back
That's alright
Kick it
Fall From Grace
Docklands
I don't want to know
That Made Me Stronger
When I See You Again
Leather And Lace

Mick

[GoldDustBoy]

Rhiannon
Straight Back
That's alright
Kick it
Fall From Grace
Docklands
I don't want to know
That Made Me Stronger
When I See You Again
Leather And Lace

Mick


BLASPHEMY!!!

[SapphireSister]

Add Thousand Days and God's Garden. I'm just going to re-do my list with more than 10.

[Dodfather]

Jane
That Made Me Stronger
Silver Girl
I Still Miss Someone
Unconditional Love
The Second Time
Desert Angel
Two Kinds Of Love (a duet between Bruce Hornsby and Stevie should have been great but, no...)

[bluefox4000]

I know......I Know.....I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol......Seriously Rhiannon.....Sucks. I make no apologies. Straight Back is a Sisters of the Moon wannabe. Fall from Grace..gives me a headache.......So Bite me:p I'm in no mood to tiptoe around Stevie fans today. Hee hee I'm kidding:thumbsup: But those songs do rate very low with me.:nod:

Mick

[markolas]

Oh, this should be a fun one. :lol:

I'm gonna try to do this in order of "hate with a passion that burns brighter than a 1,000 suns," to "eh, it's just not a favorite."

1. Unconditional Love
2. Desert Angel
3. Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind
4. That Made Me Stronger
5. Two Kinds of Love
6. When I See You Again
7. Cry Wolf
8. I Will Run to You
9. Nothing Ever Changes
10. Too Far from Texas

[Annabell Lee]

I don't think i have ten but here it goes :

1.) Jane
2.)Docklands
3.)Paperdoll
4.)That Made Me Stronger
5.)Silent Night ( early version )

That's about all. I really don't have an honest 10. I think Jane is everyone's least fav. song of Stevie's EVER ! LOL

[ontheEdgeof17]

I just have 2:

Nightmare
I Still Miss Someone (I don't think I even have a copy of this anymore. ick!)

[GypsySorcerer]

Listen to the Rain
The Nightmare
Desert Angel
That Made Me Stronger (so literal :rolleyes:)
Love Changes
Love is Like a River
Cry Wolf
When I See You Again
Two Kinds of Love
Imperial Hotel

[louielouie2000]

Angel
That's Alright
Nightbird
I Still Miss Someone
Just Like A Woman
Nothing Ever Changes
Beauty And The Beast
Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind
Wild Heart
Unconditional Love

[Spoinny]

[QUOTE=darklinensuit;962242]8 - ‘Everybody Finds Out’ - I like her belting in the last few bars, but the vocal at the very start is flat, & 7/8 of the song is just an overproduced nightmare. Could have been better.

You're crazy! This is one of my favorites!! :)

[Spoinny]

Angel
That's Alright
Nightbird
I Still Miss Someone
Just Like A Woman
Nothing Ever Changes
Beauty And The Beast
Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind
Wild Heart
Unconditional Love

holy dam, can't believe you hate Beauty and the Beast, another one of my favs!

[windbecame]

Angel
That's Alright
Nightbird
I Still Miss Someone
Just Like A Woman
Nothing Ever Changes
Beauty And The Beast
Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind
Wild Heart
Unconditional Love

WOW!! i thought i was the ONLY one to dislike Angel!! it's usually on everyones fav. list!! thanks louielouie!! im not so alone:laugh:

[louielouie2000]

WOW!! i thought i was the ONLY one to dislike Angel!! it's usually on everyones fav. list!! thanks louielouie!! im not so alone:laugh:

I know, right? I've never gotten the mass adoration of the song either. It's just dull and never goes anywhere.

[SortaSavageLike]

Gypsy (Gorrid production - what were you thinking, Lindsey?)
Sara (Rancid vocal, makes my ears bleed)
Edge of Seventeen (Damn kids these days and their rock and roll, too noisy, guitar solo makes my ears bleed)
Sable On Blond (Mick Fleetwood is a terrible drummer)
Landslide (Too sad, songs should make you dance)
Stand Back (I don't like dance songs)
Silver Springs (Dance version) (I hate it when Stevie gets all passionate about relationships and ****. I liked her better when she was bloated and sedated.)
Beautiful Child (More crappy goat-like vocals. I didn't understand the meaning of the lyrics 100% when I first heard it, and I hate everything I don't completely understand the first time.)
Secret Love (Yeah, like you're really gonna get away with writing songs I have to think about forever, Stevie!)
I Can't Wait (Can't you sing some nice quiet songs like Judy Garland? I told you before this satanic rock crap is making my bedpan vibrate when you kids play it late in the afternoon! Arggghhhh!!!)

[windbecame]

I know, right? I've never gotten the mass adoration of the song either. It's just dull and never goes anywhere.

and that part where it goes "i knew you would" that's all alone...in the middle of the song..is that Linds or Stevie??? whoever it is it's completely outta tune!! :shrug: ugh! i would say it's actually number one on my dislike list.

[SapphireSister]

I know, right? I've never gotten the mass adoration of the song either. It's just dull and never goes anywhere.

I'm not a big Angel fan either but I didn't include it on my dislikes list because it's not that bad. There are far worse as you can tell from my extended list lol.

[SapphireSister]

Angel
That's Alright
Nightbird
I Still Miss Someone
Just Like A Woman
Nothing Ever Changes
Beauty And The Beast
Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind
Wild Heart
Unconditional Love

Mama said knock you out! :eek:

Only a true beast could dislike this song. Hee hee! (you know I'm joking right?)

[louielouie2000]

and that part where it goes "i knew you would" that's all alone...in the middle of the song..is that Linds or Stevie??? whoever it is it's completely outta tune!! :shrug: ugh!

I've always thought that was Christine... but it could just as easily be Lindsey. :shrug:

[TrueFaith77]

Landslide (Too sad, songs should make you dance)
Stand Back (I don't like dance songs)

:shocked:

:lol:

[windbecame]

I've always thought that was Christine... but it could just as easily be Lindsey. :shrug:

watch us find out someday it's......Mick:lol: it's being out of tune would make sense

[WildHearted]

I've always thought that was Christine... but it could just as easily be Lindsey. :shrug:

I always thought it was Christine too.

[On Ice]

My first post...hate to start with the worst but needed to get that off my chest.:lol:

When I See you Again (Stevie's worst and arguably Fleetwood Mac's worst song, ever recorded vocal, why did they record this?)
Desert Angel (so strained and a totally unlistenable song)
Welcome to the Room...Sara (welcome to the choir sir...eek)
Jane (that forgotten chimpanzee, although cute, is also her worst writing)
Docklands (sorry, Stevie doesn't do laundromats):shrug:
Street Angel (live on the street and always will, good line, badly sung)
Trouble in Shangri La (Good song, horridly bad vocals, sorry)
I Sing for the Things (the fast version recorded with a Wild Heart voice might have been great)
The Second Time (the last time for the ill-fated Mask line-up and good riddance)
Destiny Rules (Again, a stellar song like trouble in Shangri-La but her performance ruins it for me, this stellar guitar work by Lindsey should have been honoured by a stellar vocal, one of Fleetwood Mac's missed classics)

Cheers,

[Japhry]

1. Silver Girl
2. Goodbye Baby
3. Too Far From Texas (was she holding her nostrils shut through the entire recording?)
4. Whole Lotta Trouble (sorry, I know a lot of people like this song-but she sounds like a tortured, bleating goat on this one, and the music sounds like wanna be fabulous thunderbirds or cheesy ZZ Top type of blues, which doesn't suit Stevie at all.)
5. Booty and The Beast
6. Fire Burning
7. Cry Wolf
8. Just Like a Woman
9. Crash
10. Affairs Of The Heart

[windbecame]

oops! i forgot about Circle Jerk...i mean Dance.... and Somebody Stand by Me. both are Definetly in my top ten dislikes....

[jkmaletic]

In no particular order:

Reconsider Me
Two Kinds of Love
I Can't Wait ( I REALLY hate this one - the video is fun to watch, but the song...Yeeesh!)
Silver Girl
Street Angel
Wild Heart
Too Far From Texas
Everyday
Rock A Little
Somebody Stand By Me


There's 10. May be a couple more, but that's most of mine.

Jamie

[tabruns]

Her Fleetwood Mac output:

"Welcome to the Room, Sara" (the demo makes this passable....the final song, ish!)
"When I See You Again" (might have been okay if sung better)
all the Behind the Mask songs. I just thought they were all pretty pedestrian by previous standards.

I think she's gotten back to her old standards since then, slowly improving from "Twisted" onward.

Her solo output:

Frankly I think Stevie has had songs on her solo albums that Mac never would have recorded, on pretty much every album with the possible exceptions of the Bella Donna and Trouble In Shangri-La. For me, these are the worst:

"Outside the Rain" and "How Still My Love" from Bella Donna are not bad songs at all, but they do seem like "Dreams"-lite.
"Wild Heart" from Wild Heart. A more disjointed, rambling version of the excellent song "Bella Donna".
"Gate and Garden" from Wild Heart. Catchy chorus, but otherwise meandering, and weird lyrics.
"Sister Honey" from Rock A Little. Way too 80s synthy.
"The Nightmare" from Rock A Little. Strange lyrics married to pedestrian music never works.
"I Still Miss Someone" from The Other Side of the Mirror. Doesn't fit on what was otherwise a dark, atmospheric album. "Fire Burning" and "Cry Wolf" don't fit for the same reasons, but I don't necessarily dislike those songs. She should have just embraced the dark, made The Other Side of the Mirror her version of the "Black Album" and been done with it.
"Greta", "Docklands", "Just Like A Woman" and "Jane" from Street Angel. By far her worst album.
"It's Only Love" from Trouble In Shangri-La. The only song I skip on the entire album.

[vivfox]

People who dislike Goodbye Baby must have not seen it live on the SYW tour right? It was very moving...


Yeah, it should have been moved right out of the set.:lol:

I also forgot to mention my last 3 tracks I loathe. Here's 2 more:
8. Love Changes
9. Everyday

[vivfox]

I know......I Know.....I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol......Seriously Rhiannon.....Sucks. I make no apologies. Straight Back is a Sisters of the Moon wannabe. Fall from Grace..gives me a headache.......So Bite me:p I'm in no mood to tiptoe around Stevie fans today. Hee hee I'm kidding:thumbsup: But those songs do rate very low with me.:nod:

Mick

You should be banned from the Stevie forum.:lol:

[vivfox]

love the freddy photo by the way :)


baboles: he's mine!:xoxo:

[DestinyRules]

Silver Hurl ... er, I mean Silver Girl
Destiny
Docklands
Landslide
Two Kinds Of Love
The Second Time
Jane
When I See You Again
Illume (9/11)
Stand Back (studio version ONLY ... I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the live versions)

[henryscutter]

Gypsy (Gorrid production - what were you thinking, Lindsey?)
Sara (Rancid vocal, makes my ears bleed)
Edge of Seventeen (Damn kids these days and their rock and roll, too noisy, guitar solo makes my ears bleed)
Sable On Blond (Mick Fleetwood is a terrible drummer)
Landslide (Too sad, songs should make you dance)
Stand Back (I don't like dance songs)
Silver Springs (Dance version) (I hate it when Stevie gets all passionate about relationships and ****. I liked her better when she was bloated and sedated.)
Beautiful Child (More crappy goat-like vocals. I didn't understand the meaning of the lyrics 100% when I first heard it, and I hate everything I don't completely understand the first time.)
Secret Love (Yeah, like you're really gonna get away with writing songs I have to think about forever, Stevie!)
I Can't Wait (Can't you sing some nice quiet songs like Judy Garland? I told you before this satanic rock crap is making my bedpan vibrate when you kids play it late in the afternoon! Arggghhhh!!!)

Best list haha
The only songs I dont like
Just Like a Woman, Desert Angel and Illume (because of the weird production)
Everything else I like/love to varying degrees

[GoldDustBoy]

I know......I Know.....I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol......Seriously Rhiannon.....Sucks. I make no apologies. Straight Back is a Sisters of the Moon wannabe. Fall from Grace..gives me a headache.......So Bite me:p I'm in no mood to tiptoe around Stevie fans today. Hee hee I'm kidding:thumbsup: But those songs do rate very low with me.:nod:

Mick

Well, Straight Back is kinda SOTM wannabe, and deep down I can understand why FFG gives you a headache, but RHIANNON??? I think I will never be able to fully recover from the shock. :p

[Dodfather]

Angel
That's Alright
Nightbird
I Still Miss Someone
Just Like A Woman
Nothing Ever Changes
Beauty And The Beast
Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind
Wild Heart
Unconditional Love

What??? I love Angel, That's Alright, Nightbird and Wild Heart. I have just remembered your distatse for country and The Wild Heart album though.. oh well.

I have to agree on Beauty and The Beast and Unconditional Love though (see my list). Beauty and ther Beast moves between being quite nice sometimes to just horribly mawkish and bleurgh.

[markolas]

Nightmare

Blasphemer!

Angel
That's Alright
Nightbird
Beauty And The Beast
Wild Heart

More blasphemy! That's Alright? Seriously? :distress:

[tbaker3]

I feel so sad for Jane. I love this song. The writing (sans the unfortunate chimpanzee reference) is pretty good, and I thought the song was one of the better produced tracks from SA. It's actually my favorite from the album.

What could she have used instead of chimpanzee to make this better....? hmmm (goes into deep thought)

[holidayroad]

Too Far From Texas
That Made Me Stronger
The Nightmare
Jane
I Still Miss Someone
The Highwayman
It's Late
Fall From Grace
Love Is Like a River
Listen To the Rain

[bluefox4000]

You should be banned from the Stevie forum.:lol:

Ban me if you like..... but my opinion shall not sway.:nod::D Back when I first heard......That.....Song I thought this was a hit?......WHY??????!!!!!! I'm including the early live versions. just cause you scream, it does not make a bad song good;)lol I know go ahead..i'm ready from my hanging.

Mick

[cliffdweller]

Angel
That's Alright
Nightbird
I Still Miss Someone
Just Like A Woman
Nothing Ever Changes
Beauty And The Beast
Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind
Wild Heart
Unconditional Love

You've named some of my favorite songs here! Also, unrelated to your post, I don't get the "Reconsider Me" hatred. I think that's one of the most fantastic covers ever (not to mention a great interpretation of Warren Zevon's song)!

[Dodfather]

Too Far From Texas
The Highwayman
Fall From Grace


I love The Highwayman and Fall From Grace! I never get why people aren't keen on The Highwayman. Oh well, takes all kinds I suppose. Same goes for Too Far From Texas. Ok, I actually get why people may not like it, but I do.

[Christopher]

You've named some of my favorite songs here! Also, unrelated to your post, I don't get the "Reconsider Me" hatred. I think that's one of the most fantastic covers ever (not to mention a great interpretation of Warren Zevon's song)!
"Reconsider Me" is a fantastic song, and Stevie really delivers on the vocals. That aside, I too find it hard to comprehend any Stevie fan including: Angel, Thats Alright, Nightbird, Wild Heart, & Beauty And The Beast on any Top 10 least favorite Stevie song list. Now, Unconditional Love, Jane & Silver Girl, I can understand more. But it sure seems like some here are just bored and blatantly including songs for shock value:rolleyes:. IDK, these lists are soooo tiresome already, and people are certainly entitled to express their displeasure. But this just proves Stevie can never live up to everyones taste/expectations no matter how good the album/songs or musical arrangements and production are.:shrug:

[KarmaContestant]

My choices; not quite 10 but close enough:

Two Kinds Of Love
Whole Lotta Trouble
I Still Miss Someone
Cry Wolf
Doing The Best That I Can
Desert Angel
Unconditional Love
Somebody Stand By Me
God's Garden

[Fiver]

Some of the choices in this thread are blowing my mind. :]

That's cool though, my choices might rankle somebody.

For BtM, I dislike the production so much that I've only listened to it twice. Not gonna count those. Same goes for OsotM, and I don't have Street Angel yet.

Anyway, my picks are:

When I See You Again (sumpin's thamatta here)
Goodbye Baby (sounded good in the Destiny Rules doc, what happened?)
The Nightmare (it's like she's rambling over awful synth)

I might not love some of the others, but they don't bother me so much that I can't listen to em on occasion, unlike the ones I listed.

[Spoinny]

Some of the choices in this thread are blowing my mind. :]

That's cool though, my choices might rankle somebody.

For BtM, I dislike the production so much that I've only listened to it twice. Not gonna count those. Same goes for OsotM, and I don't have Street Angel yet.

Anyway, my picks are:

When I See You Again (sumpin's thamatta here)
Goodbye Baby (sounded good in the Destiny Rules doc, what happened?)
The Nightmare (it's like she's rambling over awful synth)

I might not love some of the others, but they don't bother me so much that I can't listen to em on occasion, unlike the ones I listed.


Was just wondering when/why she re-recorded the Goodbye Baby vocals heard on album version. Why did she put on her "baby" voice for the final version?

[windbecame]

Was just wondering when/why she re-recorded the Goodbye Baby vocals heard on album version. Why did she put on her "baby" voice for the final version?

well... for me i actually like the vocal?:shrug: it's a quiet whisper of a song (unless it's live) and her belting out the vocal wouldn't have worked..at least not for me. One of the reasons I'm not too fond of Love Is ..is because she's belting out the vocal... really don't dig it when she's all but screaming ..corner of her MOUUUTH!!! back in the day she sang her ballads with a softer voice and saved the belting for rock songs! but that's just me??:sorry:

[Spoinny]

well... for me i actually like the vocal?:shrug: it's a quiet whisper of a song (unless it's live) and her belting out the vocal wouldn't have worked..at least not for me. One of the reasons I'm not too fond of Love Is ..is because she's belting out the vocal... really don't dig it when she's all but screaming ..corner of her MOUUUTH!!! back in the day she sang her ballads with a softer voice and saved the belting for rock songs! but that's just me??:sorry:

No sorry needed, I actually like the album version too :)

[Fiver]

^ the vocal's not the main problem for me just.. something seems off with the tempo on the album version. :shrug:

[chiliD]

Except for "Rooms On Fire", the entire TOSOTM album
Except for "I Can't Wait", the entire Side 1 of Rock A Little
The Second Time
Welcome To The Room...Sara
Running Through The Garden
Silver Girl
Jane
Kick It
Destiny
After The Glitter Fades
The Wild Heart
Nothing Ever Changes
I Will Run To You

[Hawkeye]

After the Glitter Fades
If I Were You
Two Kinds of Love
Fire Burning
I Still Miss Someone
The Second Time
Affairs of the Heart
Unconditional Love
Planets of the Universe (TISL version only LOVE the Rumours bonus one)
Everyday
Cheaper Than Free *

And I can see the stray 1 or 2 people listing songs like Wild Heart, Nothing Ever Changes and Fall From Grace, but they have popped up on way too many lists and I'm questioning the sanity of the ledge :laugh:

* Asterix there obviously for not truly being able to judge the song, but like Stevie I try to trust my strong premenitions ... and I wanted to piss Jondalar off by including it already :laugh:

[ahafan02]

Dang so many of my favorites in several lists like "The Nightmare" which I've always loved as well as "Imperial Hotel"..


Here's my least fav:
When I See You Again
Welcome to the Room...Sara
The Second Time
Freedom
Too Far From Texas
It's Only Love
Sable on Blonde
I Will Run To You
Two Kinds of Love
Long Way To Go
Fire Burning
Cry Wolf
Just Like A Woman
Love's A Hard Game to Play
Violet & Blue

[KarmaContestant]

I'm shocked at how many people have listed After The Glitter Fades. :shocked:

I see a lot of standards, though, like Unconditional Love, Two Kinds of Love, etc.....

For me, my list was not 'songs I don't like' but rather songs that are my 'least favorite' as the poll asked for. All of Stevie's work is my 'favorite' and I don't truly dislike any of her songs...though there are a few that I would not care about listening to often.

[Jondalar]

I'm shocked at how many people have listed After The Glitter Fades. :shocked:

I see a lot of standards, though, like Unconditional Love, Two Kinds of Love, etc.....

For me, my list was not 'songs I don't like' but rather songs that are my 'least favorite' as the poll asked for. All of Stevie's work is my 'favorite' and I don't truly dislike any of her songs...though there are a few that I would not care about listening to often.

Oh that's ridiculous. It's one of her best songs ever.

[KarmaContestant]

Oh that's ridiculous. It's one of her best songs ever.

I know, right? :cool:

My best friend for years did not like Silver Springs because she thought it 'sounded country'. :laugh:

[Jondalar]

I know, right? :cool:

My best friend for years did not like Silver Springs because she thought it 'sounded country'. :laugh:

It's also one of the most blatently honest songs ever written. It's better than That's Alright, but that's a great song too.

[TheWILDheart]

Freedom
It's Only Love
Sable on Blonde
Long Way To Go
Violet & Blue

:eek:


....*dies*

[markolas]

Some people's idea of "country" is way off. I had a friend once who, I swear, thought anything with an acoustic instrument anywhere in the song, was "country."

[louielouie2000]

Some people's idea of "country" is way off. I had a friend once who, I swear, thought anything with an acoustic instrument anywhere in the song, was "country."

I consider anything with a steel guitar to be country. After The Glitter Fades is definitely country, as is That's Alright. I think Leather & Lace and The Highway Man even border on country.

[Macfanforever]

If Stevie or Fleetwood Mac albums were getting released as of todays country music,Stevie or FM would slip right in there with Lady Antebellum,Kieth Urban,Sugarland and Zac Brown Band. Todays country sounds more like light rock then grannies back in the 50' to the 80's. which I do like better then todays.

[Annabell Lee]

I consider anything with a steel guitar to be country. After The Glitter Fades is definitely country, as is That's Alright. I think Leather & Lace and The Highway Man even border on country.

Those are DEF. country. I always thought that too. Wasn't there a rumor a while back that Stevie would like to record a country cd ?

[Annabell Lee]

Gypsy (Gorrid production - what were you thinking, Lindsey?)
Sara (Rancid vocal, makes my ears bleed)
Edge of Seventeen (Damn kids these days and their rock and roll, too noisy, guitar solo makes my ears bleed)
Sable On Blond (Mick Fleetwood is a terrible drummer)
Landslide (Too sad, songs should make you dance)
Stand Back (I don't like dance songs)
Silver Springs (Dance version) (I hate it when Stevie gets all passionate about relationships and ****. I liked her better when she was bloated and sedated.)
Beautiful Child (More crappy goat-like vocals. I didn't understand the meaning of the lyrics 100% when I first heard it, and I hate everything I don't completely understand the first time.)
Secret Love (Yeah, like you're really gonna get away with writing songs I have to think about forever, Stevie!)
I Can't Wait (Can't you sing some nice quiet songs like Judy Garland? I told you before this satanic rock crap is making my bedpan vibrate when you kids play it late in the afternoon! Arggghhhh!!!)

I am NOT trying to piss anyone off but.......is this a joke ??? Come on its gotta be !! :eek:

[Dark Angel]

In no particular order...

Docklands
Listen To The Rain
Jane
Love Is Like A River
Two Kinds Of Love
Cry Wolf
Fire Burning
That Made Me Stronger
Welcome To The Room...Sara
Desert Angel

[PenguinHead]

I've come to like/love all of her songs - even her clunkers. The only songs that comes to mind are "When I See You Again" and "The Second Time." Both painfully strive to be Landslide-like ballards, but miss the mark in so many ways!

[markolas]

I consider anything with a steel guitar to be country. After The Glitter Fades is definitely country, as is That's Alright. I think Leather & Lace and The Highway Man even border on country.

*Anything* with a steel guitar?

ATGF, Leather & Lace, and The Highwayman are all at least country-ish, I agree. That's Alright is pushing it, tho. Is that really your objection to That's Alright?

Anyway, I like country. :) Not contemporary, tho.

[bluefox4000]

ATGF is too country for me to enjoy. I do enjoy the Highwayman.....it is close to country but I still Enjoy it. That's Alright I cannot stand.

Mick

[markolas]

I have to admit, I really do not get this visceral reaction people have to country.

[Fiver]

I have to admit, I really do not get this visceral reaction people have to country.

Same here. Dismissing a whole genre is crazy to me. :( I think Stevie does it really well too.

But I love country(classic stuff mostly), so I'm a little biased.

[Dodfather]

I'm a country/bluegrass/alt-country fan and am happy with most of it but, like any genre, there was a period that I couldn't stand a lot of what was produced. When people like Alan Jackson, Garth Brooks, Travis Tritt etc appeared. Now there's Toby Keith - arggh! That's really not for me. I prefer people from that time who have evolved, like Rosanne Cash.

[Fiver]

^ I agree, those guys are just posers, IMO. They gave country a bad image, and now some folks think country music means wearing a cowboy hat and boots and singing with a twang.

[markolas]

Oh, contemporary country is awful, and has been for 25 years. I was talking about *real* country. ;)

[Dodfather]

I like a good bit of contemporary country though, but more the singer-songwriter type iif that makes sense. Allison Moorer, Shely Lynne, Steve Earle, Rosanne Cash, Sugarland, Sara Evans (ok, they're pop country but good!), Julie Roberts, Lucinda Williams, Nickel Creek, Alison Krauss and Union Station (more bluegrass though)

[atlnightbird]

wow, there are alot of you not liking silver girl and freedom on here...guess Im in the minority, lol...love both of those:)

[atlnightbird]

ok here are my least favs:

the highwayman
gate and garden
I sing for the things
Juliet
doing the best that I can
I still miss someone
rose garden
greta
that made me stronger
its only love



least fav bonus track or bside would be...in gods garden
least fav with the mac would be...the second time

[pattyfan]

Another interesting thread. I can not understand how anyone could not love, much less hate, the Highwayman. But then again, I don't understand how anyone can not loathe The Nightmare :) To each his or her own :)

Anyway....

1. The Nightmare
2. Sister Honey
3. Somebody Stand by Me ( I sincerely hate this song with a passion)
4. Some Become Strangers
5. Whole Lotta Trouble
6. Gretta
7. Docklands
8. Love is Like a River
9. Unconditional Love
10. If I Were You

Kevin

[jeffd8382]

There aren't any songs I really hate/can't stand... I'm pretty tolerant when it comes to music, but of course there are some I usually don't listen to and generally don't care much for.

In no particular order, my least favorite are:
1.) The Highwayman
2.) The Second Time
3.) Inspiration
4.) Just Like A Woman
5.) I Sing For The Things
6.) Destiny
7.) When I See You Again
8.) Races Are Run
9.) Goodbye Baby
10.) I Still Miss Someone (Blue Eyes)
11.) God's Garden
12.) Somebody Stand By Me <--- OK, this one I might come close to hating LOL!

[louielouie2000]

"Reconsider Me" is a fantastic song, and Stevie really delivers on the vocals. That aside, I too find it hard to comprehend any Stevie fan including: Angel, Thats Alright, Nightbird, Wild Heart, & Beauty And The Beast on any Top 10 least favorite Stevie song list. Now, Unconditional Love, Jane & Silver Girl, I can understand more. But it sure seems like some here are just bored and blatantly including songs for shock value:rolleyes:. IDK, these lists are soooo tiresome already, and people are certainly entitled to express their displeasure. But this just proves Stevie can never live up to everyones taste/expectations no matter how good the album/songs or musical arrangements and production are.:shrug:

Taste is not logical. I just plain don't like those songs. I don't like country, and I don't like sappy. All the songs listed are either one or the other. It has nothing to do with shock value. I just really don't like the songs I listed. I don't make accusations when people say they hate Blue Denim, Kick It, Illume, and Love Is Like A River... I really wish people would extend me the same courtesy. We don't all have to be uniform Steviebots. :wavey:

[ryguy2010]

1.Whole Lotta Trouble
2. Desert Angel


Every other song she sings I Love or am very pleased- pleased with.

[WildHearted]

To be honest I'm having trouble thinking of them.

I have some that I don't prefer compared to others, but really the ones that I used to detest and skip over... they grew on me over time.

For instance, I used to detest Rooms on Fire, mostly because the 'if I do say so myself' and the repetition of the word room in two consecutive lines really made me cringe for some reason. But after a while I grew to appreciate it and now I quite like the song.

I'm sure there are some that I just can't stand, but at the moment they aren't coming to mind.

[mikephxaz]

Desert Angel
Welcome to the room, Sara
Docklands
Desert Angel
Loves a hard game to play
Kick it
Love is like a River
Desert Angel
Thousand Days
and
Desert Angel

[ahafan02]

Oh I forgot I really hate Illume (don't shoot me)....it's just boring and goes absolutely no where

[bluefox4000]

Oh I forgot I really hate Illume (don't shoot me)....it's just boring and goes absolutely no where

Bingo. I agree.

Here's one that's gonna make me even more popular with Stevie fans........Beauty and the Beast.

It is so over the top and in your face. So Overly dramatic, so overly Stevie....it's like self parody. Just AWFUL.....GAH!!!!!!!:eek:

Mick

[ontheEdgeof17]

I don't like country, and I don't like sappy.
I guess I won't be seeing you at a Taylor Swift concert anytime soon.

[CreepingDeath]

I like a good bit of contemporary country though, but more the singer-songwriter type iif that makes sense. Allison Moorer, Shely Lynne, Steve Earle, Rosanne Cash, Sugarland, Sara Evans (ok, they're pop country but good!), Julie Roberts, Lucinda Williams, Nickel Creek, Alison Krauss and Union Station (more bluegrass though)


Good choices. I particularly love Lucinda Williams, Roseanne Cash, and Alison Krauss.

Also, I will occasionally listen to Dolly Parton, Pasty Cline, Loretta Lynn and The Judds.

[SapphireSister]

Is That's Alright really considered country? I mean it has a country feel to it but I wouldn't exactly classify it as country music. It's one of my all-time favorite songs and I'm not a big fan of country so just curious what you all think. Also, just b/c I'm not a big fan of the genre as a whole doesn't mean I can't love a few songs here and there.

[bluefox4000]

It's close enough to country for me.....and i really don't like it.

Mick

[fumidesigns]

Pretty much every song on STREET ANGEL...with the exception of Blue Denim...and I loved that video! Nice hair.

AGREED. .......however i've never seen a video of blue denim.