"You Can't Fix This"

[Josh2003]

Not sure where the info came from, but NicksLive posted a photo on Facebook of Stevie and the Sound City band playing last night, with the caption that Stevie wrote the song about the death of her god son (I'm assuming this is Glen Parrish's son, who passed away last year, I believe).

I don't think it had been confirmed before, but it appears that this is a new Stevie tune, and not just a song that she happens to be singing on. Can't wait to hear it!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1783254&l=4e4f8c9ce0&id=173358559352393

EDIT: It looks like the info came from MTV! http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1700516/dave-grohl-sound-city-players-sundance-2013.jhtml

[elle]

Not sure where the info came from, but NicksLive posted a photo on Facebook of Stevie and the Sound City band playing last night, with the caption that Stevie wrote the song about the death of her god son (I'm assuming this is Glen Parrish's son, who passed away last year, I believe).

I don't think it had been confirmed before, but it appears that this is a new Stevie tune, and not just a song that she happens to be singing on. Can't wait to hear it!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1783254&l=4e4f8c9ce0&id=173358559352393

EDIT: It looks like the info came from MTV! http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1700516/dave-grohl-sound-city-players-sundance-2013.jhtml

lol, i just said the same in the sound city thread. i read it in some Grohl interview from yesterday i think.

[elle]

Not sure where the info came from, but NicksLive posted a photo on Facebook of Stevie and the Sound City band playing last night, with the caption that Stevie wrote the song about the death of her god son (I'm assuming this is Glen Parrish's son, who passed away last year, I believe).

I don't think it had been confirmed before, but it appears that this is a new Stevie tune, and not just a song that she happens to be singing on. Can't wait to hear it!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1783254&l=4e4f8c9ce0&id=173358559352393

EDIT: It looks like the info came from MTV! http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1700516/dave-grohl-sound-city-players-sundance-2013.jhtml

lol, i just said the same in the sound city thread. i read it in some Grohl interview from yesterday i think.

this was not the quote i originally saw, but here's another one:

Nicks wooed with a new song written with Grohl, "You Can't Fix This" – based on a poem she wrote after her godson’s overdose – and the Sundance-appropriate "snow covered hills" of "Landslide."


Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dave-grohl-debuts-supergroup-at-sound-city-sundance-premiere-20130119#ixzz2ILyPAgh8
Follow us: @rollingstone on Twitter | RollingStone on Facebook

so i'd assume SN wrote the words and Grohl wrote the music.

[Johnny Stew]

Thanks for the info, Josh & Elle. I was already looking forward to this collaboration, as a Dave Grohl admirer, but even more so now. I hope we get a preview of the song soon.

[michelej1]

I like the title.

Michele

[MikeInNV]

Glen Parrish confirmed on Facebook that Stevie and Dave wrote it together.

[WildHearted]

Glen Parrish confirmed on Facebook that Stevie and Dave wrote it together.

Stevie must have a thing for co-writing with Daves.

[bombaysaffires]

did no one capture this one on video? bueller? bueller?

[Jondalar]

I may have heard this story before, but I have forgotten it. "You can't fix this" is a song Stevie wrote about the death of her godson. I guess he had an overdose. Who is it? I forget. Someone fill me in.

[BombaySapphire3]

It was Glen Parrish's son..there is a link to the facebook page at the top of the thread.

[Jondalar]

found this...

Nicks premiered "You Can't Fix This," written, she said, after her godson died from alcohol poisoning after a fraternity hazing.

hmmm... so that is what happened. How very sad.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dave-grohls-sound-city-players-413974

[johnnystorms]

i'm curious as to what "octave-driven" means......

[WildHearted]

i'm curious as to what "octave-driven" means......

Yeah, me tooo.... Surely it doesn't mean vocally. I'm guessing the guitars?

What a weird way to describe something.

[louielouie2000]

found this...

Nicks premiered "You Can't Fix This," written, she said, after her godson died from alcohol poisoning after a fraternity hazing.

hmmm... so that is what happened. How very sad.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/dave-grohls-sound-city-players-413974

Apparently he wasn't in the fraternity, or even a student at the university:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/11/father-blames-ucla-fraternity-for-sons-death.html

http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2011/11/glen_parrish_ucla_frat_dead.php

I didn't realize he died a month before Stevie's Mother passed. I can kinda see now why Stevie has been making these comments about her own mortality & not wanting to waste time. :distress:

[CADreaming]

i'm curious as to what "octave-driven" means......

I think it's supposed to be like "high octane"...

[bombaysaffires]

i'm curious as to what "octave-driven" means......

I think it means driven by the limitations of her vocal range... as in, limited to a very narrow octave range. She's never been say, Ann Wilson or Pat Benatar in terms of her range, and she's even more limited now.

[Jondalar]

I think it means driven by the limitations of her vocal range... as in, limited to a very narrow octave range. She's never been say, Ann Wilson or Pat Benatar in terms of her range, and she's even more limited now.

hmmmm... I don't get the sense that is what they mean... doesn't seem to have any negative connotations. Maybe he means fast with lots of vocal changes.

[bombaysaffires]

hmmmm... I don't get the sense that is what they mean... doesn't seem to have any negative connotations. Maybe he means fast with lots of vocal changes.

they also called it "stalwart" which is solid, dependable.... definitely doesn't mean edgy, new, unique... so the combo of "stalwart" and "octave-driven" to me sounded like it's a pretty solid, predictable , respectable piece of work but nothing earth-shattering. But, I guess we won't know til we can hear it.:shrug:

[sleepless child]

I hope someone videoed this and we get to see and hear it.

[Hawkeye]

They've posted 4 out of the 5 songs she did but not this one. I'm really pissed about that.

[sleepless child]

Me too. A brand new song and no one got it?

[Hawkeye]

The worst part is the same guy got really high quality shots of all these songs and just happened to skip YCFT. It's not like it was the first or last song either. They deliberately skipped a song that was in the middle.

[WildHearted]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will get posted soon.

[AliceLover]

Lets hope that someone from here is going to the Palladium show and tapes it! Of course this is assuming they don't drop it.

[thepoetinmyhear]

My guess is they may have asked folks not to tape the new song since that is one of Stevie's big "computer's are evil" things - people hearing new songs via a youtube video before they are actually released.

[Johnny Stew]

I get Amazon's weekly MP3 Newsletter, and this week's edition listed "You Can't Fix This" (credited to "Dave Grohl, Stevie Nicks, and Others") under New Songs & EPs.

Unfortunately, however, clicking the link brings you to a "Document Not Found" page.

A manual search on Amazon reveals a January 29th release date, but with the notation that it's not currently available.

So... maybe soon?

[bombaysaffires]

I get Amazon's weekly MP3 Newsletter, and this week's edition listed "You Can't Fix This" (credited to "Dave Grohl, Stevie Nicks, and Others") under New Songs & EPs.

Unfortunately, however, clicking the link brings you to a "Document Not Found" page.

A manual search on Amazon reveals a January 29th release date, but with the notation that it's not currently available.

So... maybe soon?

iTunes shows it not available until March 12 (that is for every song on the album except a song called Cut Me Some Slack with Paul McCartney that is already available..:shrug:

[GarboSpeaks!]

Just heard the recording of this in the Sound City movie. Holy hell it's AWESOME! I hope it's played live at the Sound City Players show that's going on tonight. In addition, there is fantastic footage and stories of Stevie/Lindsey & the Mac in this film, and even a few new pics. Ofcourse I'm bat**** for all the SN parts-but basically that whole 606 album is going to be a-effing-mazing!

[elle]

Just heard the recording of this in the Sound City movie.

music reminds me of Illume. so i take back my speculation that Grohl wrote the music for this. i think SN wrote lyrics and music and all these co-authors did just the arrangement. to me this song sounds very much like many of her songs on SYW.

[bombaysaffires]

well you get to hear a good slice of it in the Sound City movie....and it is pretty cool... her voice sounded amazing

[elle]

well you get to hear a good slice of it in the Sound City movie....and it is pretty cool... her voice sounded amazing

see to me her voice sounded amazing on that early version of Chain or Dreams. on this one her voice sounded almost as nasal as on her SYW songs. :shrug:

[bombaysaffires]

see to me her voice sounded amazing on that early version of Chain or Dreams. on this one her voice sounded almost as nasal as on her SYW songs. :shrug:

wow, I thought it sounded sooo much better than her IYD stuff, which Dave clearly used some digital technology on. :shrug:

[wheart]

so this song was actually recorded? Cool!! I must have missed that memo! Can't wait to hear it.

[CADreaming]

Yes, think release on album is Mar. 12.

[jkmaletic]

I saw Sound City last night and was truly surprised how much this song kicks ass. Stevie sounded really, really amazing. I cant wait to hear it in its entirety.

As far as her sounding "nasally", I suppose she does now compared to her younger years, but I guess I'm used to it? Regardless, I think she sounds great. At least she doesn't just yell all her songs now like Lindsey seems to do.

Jamie

[elle]

I saw Sound City last night and was truly surprised how much this song kicks ass. Stevie sounded really, really amazing. I cant wait to hear it in its entirety.

As far as her sounding "nasally", I suppose she does now compared to her younger years, but I guess I'm used to it? Regardless, I think she sounds great. At least she doesn't just yell all her songs now like Lindsey seems to do.

Jamie

:laugh: yeah, i'm sure we are all biased more or less towards whoever our favorite is.

although must say i was really disappointed with the song and her singing and completely shocked when Grohl then commented how great she sang it?! :shrug: of course everything he recorded for that real to reel was "amazing" and "f'in great" to him -man's gotta self-advertise i guess :rolleyes: :lol:

speaking of not hearing how bad stuff sounds, i was also shocked that Lindsey let out that GYOW demo - man, does he sound flat there! if i were him i'd never let that out... he must really not care much what gets out these days since he said they all had to listen to and ok those releases.

re Lindsey shouting - again i was really really surprised starting from april 2011 in Saban on how great he has been singing and sounding. but of course you wouldn't know that if you don't follow what he does solo, or didn't hear his latest One Man Show live release.

[jkmaletic]

:laugh: yeah, i'm sure we are all biased more or less towards whoever our favorite is.

although must say i was really disappointed with the song and her singing and completely shocked when Grohl then commented how great she sang it?! :shrug: of course everything he recorded for that real to reel was "amazing" and "f'in great" to him -man's gotta self-advertise i guess :rolleyes: :lol:

speaking of not hearing how bad stuff sounds, i was also shocked that Lindsey let out that GYOW demo - man, does he sound flat there! if i were him i'd never let that out... he must really not care much what gets out these days since he said they all had to listen to and ok those releases.

re Lindsey shouting - again i was really really surprised starting from april 2011 in Saban on how great he has been singing and sounding. but of course you wouldn't know that if you don't follow what he does solo, or didn't hear his latest One Man Show live release.

I don't follow his solo career. Maybe he'll sound great in the upcoming shows. But it's all a matter of opinion of course anyway.

As far as Stevie goes, I guess we'll just agree to disagree, which is fine.

[Josh2003]

Someone got it last night!

http://youtu.be/L0r0I7r6BR8

[louielouie2000]

Someone got it last night!

http://youtu.be/L0r0I7r6BR8

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the heads up! :xoxo:

I totally dig the music... it sounds like the Stevie of 30+ years ago before she got all addicted on sonic clutter. I'll have to hear the studio version before I can make a judgement call on her vocals, though.

It's such a shame this song will forever be buried in this obscure documentary soundtrack... it would have made such an awesome foundation for a solo album, or a very passionate Mac song!

[WildHearted]

Wow, this sounds like classic Fleetwood Mac. They did an amazing job with the arrangement.

I tried to make out the lyrics but there's part of the chorus that I just can't seem to grasp:

We don't talk much about it
It goes back so many years
All the times we almost didn't make it
We stayed clear

Dancing with the devil
Call it respect, call it fear
But we never allowed the devil
To come to the party

We were careful in our way
Walked through the darkness
We made a pact not to dance with the devil
Even when the devil seemed to have a heart

He said we'd never be sorry for what we'd done

But we never allowed the devil to come to the party

You can't fix this, you lost a friend
Hearts breaking right and left
_________________
And the devil pours another glass

It's so easy

The devil pours a glass of champagne
ASks someone new to dance
It's so easy to ruin peoples lives
He twirls around and starts to laugh

Tear up the invitation
Hear the bells ring on the hour
He twirls around and he laughs

You said we'd never be sorry for what we'd done
But we never allowed the devil to come to the party

You can't fix this, you lost a friend
Hearts breaking right and left
_________
And the devil pours another glass

No we never allowed the devil to come party
We said that we would never be sorry
For what we'd done

Never come to the party
If you think you won't come home

Never dance with the devil
He will burn you down
Never dance with the devil
He will burn you down
Never dance with the devil
He will burn you down

You can't fix this
You can't fix this

[kak125]

Someone got it last night!

http://youtu.be/L0r0I7r6BR8

thank you so much for posting that! great song!!

[bombaysaffires]

Someone got it last night!

http://youtu.be/L0r0I7r6BR8

now see, I totally hear the nasally-ness on this, but it really didn't sound like this in the theater when the documentary showed the in-studio recording session.

I'm curious to hear the album when it comes out.

[elle]

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the heads up! :xoxo:

I totally dig the music... it sounds like the Stevie of 30+ years ago before she got all addicted on sonic clutter. I'll have to hear the studio version before I can make a judgement call on her vocals, though.

It's such a shame this song will forever be buried in this obscure documentary soundtrack... it would have made such an awesome foundation for a solo album, or a very passionate Mac song!

i don't know. my understanding is this documentary has already been picked up for distribution after just one festival showing (unlike IYD doc), granted that showing was at Sundance. do you really think SN solo project would get more exposure? i actually thought it was great advertising for all of them - BN, FM, and SN that their stories are such a big part of the movie.

i do agree with you that i'd prefer she gave that song to FM and add it to the 8 they already have to finish that album they've been working on and by all accounts she's been holding back.

but for her personally and her career, i think having it as a part of this sountrack was much better move. i'd probably do the same if i were her. i guess we'll have better idea one way or another soon, once the soundtrack is officially released.

[CADreaming]

^ I see what you are saying Elle, but I actually think she does intentionally do other projects to coordinate and promote with FM. By staying out there busy like she likes to do she keeps the FM "brand" in the front of people's minds. Smart. It helps her - but it helps them.

[michelej1]

NME

http://www.nme.com/news/foo-fighters/68479
February 1, 2013 10:35

Foo Fighters, Stevie Nicks, Slipknot and Nirvana members play Sound City gig - watch

The gig follows the LA premiere of Dave Grohl's Sound City documentary
[excerpt below]

Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks was the final guest musician, performing 'Stop Draggin' My Heart Around', with Grohl filling in Tom Petty's role. She sang new song 'You Can't Fix This', from the soundtrack, which she told the crowd was about her late 18-year-old godson, who last year died of an overdose at a frat party. "In our day, we made a pact not to dance with the devil," she explained before the track.

Nicks also sang Fleetwood Mac's 'Dreams' and 'Landslide'. The evening came to a close with a near-10 minute version of 'Rumours' track 'Gold Dust Woman' - watch footage of it below.


Read more at http://www.nme.com/news/foo-fighters/68479#qiQkMxUHRZTlL8PG.99

[WildHearted]

I wonder in what way she thinks Glen Jr (RIP) danced with the devil that she and her peers never did?

:/

[michelej1]

I wonder in what way she thinks Glen Jr (RIP) danced with the devil that she and her peers never did?

:/

Yes, it seems to be just luck that they survived, because even if they didn't overdose, you can be especially reckless when you're high. It's a wonder none of them have been in major car crashes. Maybe they always had drivers.

But perhaps Glen's son tried something harder than she did, like heroin, for instance. She might think what she did was safer. Even today I can imagine her lecturing someone not to take Klonopin, but I don't know how adamant she would be that they not use cocaine. I don't think she'd encourage it, but I don't know if she considers it as dangerous, even now.

Michele

[henryscutter]

:laugh: yeah, i'm sure we are all biased more or less towards whoever our favorite is.

although must say i was really disappointed with the song and her singing and completely shocked when Grohl then commented how great she sang it?! :shrug: of course everything he recorded for that real to reel was "amazing" and "f'in great" to him -man's gotta self-advertise i guess :rolleyes: :lol:

speaking of not hearing how bad stuff sounds, i was also shocked that Lindsey let out that GYOW demo - man, does he sound flat there! if i were him i'd never let that out... he must really not care much what gets out these days since he said they all had to listen to and ok those releases.

re Lindsey shouting - again i was really really surprised starting from april 2011 in Saban on how great he has been singing and sounding. but of course you wouldn't know that if you don't follow what he does solo, or didn't hear his latest One Man Show live release.

Personally I dont mind nasally Lindsey or Stevie (they both can be sometime) The Mirage concert Gypsy is awesome to me, Love every second of it :] With YCFT = a live song on youtube is never the best representation so I think the song in the movie and on cd is going to rock.

Speaking of the GYOW demo, I have a strange attraction to it. I know its off but it is one of the songs I keep replaying. A bad accident you cant look away from lol

[WildHearted]

Yes, it seems to be just luck that they survived, because even if they didn't overdose, you can be especially reckless when you're high. It's a wonder none of them have been in major car crashes. Maybe they always had drivers.

But perhaps Glen's son tried something harder than she did, like heroin, for instance. She might think what she did was safer. Even today I can imagine her lecturing someone not to take Klonopin, but I don't know how adamant she would be that they not use cocaine. I don't think she'd encourage it, but I don't know if she considers it as dangerous, even now.

Michele

Well, Stevie stopped driving in what, '78? So yeah, maybe they were, as you say, careful about it all in their own way.

But it's not as if people intentionally overdose (I shouldn't say that - they DO, of course....but you know what I mean). Someone in FM/their circle easily could have taken one hit too many and gone into cardiac arrest in the coke days, I'm sure. Like you said, it was just luck that nothing that bad ever happened .

I remember from a few articles that it was thought to be prescription drugs and alcohol that he OD'd on.

[Hawkeye]

Wow. That may be my favorite Stevie song of the decade. Too soon to judge but definitely her most intense. Usually her songs of such a sad nature are turned into ballads except for edge, but this song bites hard. It's darkness makes me think of straight back or sisters. And the last 2 minutes had me flashing back to the ends of Rhiannon in the 70s. I'll take a little nasally over a boring new song without a slight nasal.

And the music sounds just like the wall of sound thrown down. I couldn't put my finger on it at first but it just hit me.

[Jondalar]

I don't like her saying that he danced with the devil and then saying her generation did not. Her generation practically invented the devil. That boy was only 18 years old. He didn't know what he was doing.

[bombaysaffires]

Someone in FM/their circle easily could have taken one hit too many and gone into cardiac arrest in the coke days, I'm sure. Like you said, it was just luck that nothing that bad ever happened .


Stevie may not have done heroin, but that's certainly not the only drug that can kill you.

I recall in Stevie's own Behind the Music Paul Fishkin flat out saying they literally had to "scrape her off the floor" during the worst part of her addiction, and stating that there were "near overdoses on the road". I really think luck had a big, big part in why she never died from drugs. The "devil" was certainly trying....

Stevie often says that cocaine didn't impair her creativity but Klonopin did. I'd beg to differ.... some of her material during the coke years, especially as it progressed, became sloppy, unfocused, embarassingly narcissistic at times and her voice got worse. The hyperactivity from coke may make you able to crank out a lotta stuff, but a large percentage of that often isn't very good.

IMO, Stevie absolutely danced with the devil, even if she never took heroin.

[Jondalar]

Stevie may not have done heroin, but that's certainly not the only drug that can kill you.

I recall in Stevie's own Behind the Music Paul Fishkin flat out saying they literally had to "scrape her off the floor" during the worst part of her addiction, and stating that there were "near overdoses on the road". I really think luck had a big, big part in why she never died from drugs. The "devil" was certainly trying....

Stevie often says that cocaine didn't impair her creativity but Klonopin did. I'd beg to differ.... some of her material during the coke years, especially as it progressed, became sloppy, unfocused, embarassingly narcissistic at times and her voice got worse. The hyperactivity from coke may make you able to crank out a lotta stuff, but a large percentage of that often isn't very good.

IMO, Stevie absolutely danced with the devil, even if she never took heroin.

Amen. I totally agree.

[Jondalar]

^ I see what you are saying Elle, but I actually think she does intentionally do other projects to coordinate and promote with FM. By staying out there busy like she likes to do she keeps the FM "brand" in the front of people's minds. Smart. It helps her - but it helps them.

OMG she most certainly does! She is very calculating. She got Glee to do Rumours... She got herself on Crossroads..... she has been very busy. She is fighting for her band and their legacy.

[bluecalmsea]

Stevie may not have done heroin, but that's certainly not the only drug that can kill you.

I recall in Stevie's own Behind the Music Paul Fishkin flat out saying they literally had to "scrape her off the floor" during the worst part of her addiction, and stating that there were "near overdoses on the road". I really think luck had a big, big part in why she never died from drugs. The "devil" was certainly trying....

Stevie often says that cocaine didn't impair her creativity but Klonopin did. I'd beg to differ.... some of her material during the coke years, especially as it progressed, became sloppy, unfocused, embarassingly narcissistic at times and her voice got worse. The hyperactivity from coke may make you able to crank out a lotta stuff, but a large percentage of that often isn't very good.

IMO, Stevie absolutely danced with the devil, even if she never took heroin.

I totally agree! I was so stumped by what she said that I had to look up the details of his death, wondering what he participated in that she hasn't. I'm coming to the same conclusion as some of you- she was purely lucky!

But I really like the song~ especially loved watching her record it in the documentary.

[APerfectLie]

I wonder in what way she thinks Glen Jr (RIP) danced with the devil that she and her peers never did?

:/

I don't like her saying that he danced with the devil and then saying her generation did not. Her generation practically invented the devil. That boy was only 18 years old. He didn't know what he was doing.

We of course don't have all the lyrics, but to me it seems like Stevie is saying she DID dance with the devil. "We don't talk much about it, it goes back so many years, all the times we almost didn't make it..." sounds to me like her godson's overdose really made her realize how close they all actually were. "We made a pact not to dance with the devil" seems like she is talking about how naive they were and that even tho they didn't do heroin they were still dancing with the devil. They thought cocaine was okay because it wasn't heroin and I'm sure Glen thought prescription drugs and alcohol were okay since they weren't cocaine. Glen didn't overdose on heroin and I just think this song is Stevie's blunt realization that if prescription drugs and alcohol could take him out, cocaine and Klonopin could have taken her out at any time. Of course we really need the whole song to jump to any conclusions, but that just my opinion. :shrug:

[michelej1]

IMO, Stevie absolutely danced with the devil, even if she never took heroin.

I think she thinks that the worst thing cocaine did was give her that hole in her nose.

As for prescription drugs, I think she knows they're deadly.

Michele

[Johnny Stew]

see to me her voice sounded amazing on that early version of Chain or Dreams. on this one her voice sounded almost as nasal as on her SYW songs. :shrug:

Stevie's voice has taken on a grittier, deeper, more nasally tone... but I think, more often than not, it conveys the depth of her lyrics even better now than it did in the '70s. There's a resonance that's just so beautiful to my ears.

[bluecalmsea]

We of course don't have all the lyrics, but to me it seems like Stevie is saying she DID dance with the devil.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0r0I7r6BR8

Before the song starts, she said "we did a lot of other things, but we never danced with the devil."

It doesn't seem that way to me, but that's just my opinion ;)

[Johnny Stew]

Someone got it last night!

http://youtu.be/L0r0I7r6BR8

Thanks for posting, Josh!! Wow, this is even more powerful than I expected. Stevie sounded fantastic -- although she was drowned out by the music in some places.
Cannot wait to hear the studio version!

[WildHearted]

We of course don't have all the lyrics, but to me it seems like Stevie is saying she DID dance with the devil. "We don't talk much about it, it goes back so many years, all the times we almost didn't make it..." sounds to me like her godson's overdose really made her realize how close they all actually were. "We made a pact not to dance with the devil" seems like she is talking about how naive they were and that even tho they didn't do heroin they were still dancing with the devil. They thought cocaine was okay because it wasn't heroin and I'm sure Glen thought prescription drugs and alcohol were okay since they weren't cocaine. Glen didn't overdose on heroin and I just think this song is Stevie's blunt realization that if prescription drugs and alcohol could take him out, cocaine and Klonopin could have taken her out at any time. Of course we really need the whole song to jump to any conclusions, but that just my opinion. :shrug:

I would agree, you could definitely interpret it that way based just on the song lyrics... but right before the song starts she says: "In our day, we made a pact not to dance with the devil. We did a lot of other things but we never danced with the devil. Unfortunately, this little boy danced with the devil."

Which implies (or rather, pretty plainly states) that though they did a lot of sh*t, they never ____ [whatever 'dancing with the devil' means] and sadly the boy did and that's what caused his downfall. At least, that's how I would read that statement.

I just have to wonder what the distinction is between the two parties.

[Jondalar]

I would agree, you could definitely interpret it that way based just on the song lyrics... but right before the song starts she says: "In our day, we made a pact not to dance with the devil. We did a lot of other things but we never danced with the devil. Unfortunately, this little boy danced with the devil."

Which implies (or rather, pretty plainly states) that though they did a lot of sh*t, they never ____ [whatever 'dancing with the devil' means] and sadly the boy did and that's what caused his downfall. At least, that's how I would read that statement.

I agree. She is sorta stating that he did something worse then they did.

[michelej1]

Which implies (or rather, pretty plainly states) that though they did a lot of sh*t, they never ____ [whatever 'dancing with the devil' means] and sadly the boy did and that's what caused his downfall. At least, that's how I would read that statement.

If Parrish, Sr. was testing Stevie's prescriptions for her, to make sure they were "safe" before she took them, then I'd say he danced with the devil.

But I guess even if you're a drug addict, you have more maturity than a hazing frat boy and are less likely to combine physical dares and risks with the substance consumption.

Michele

[Hawkeye]

While I'm curious as to what this dancing with the devil is referring to and how they never invited the devil to the party, I feel so far to much focus is on the meaning and not how much the song kicks ass.

[APerfectLie]

I would agree, you could definitely interpret it that way based just on the song lyrics... but right before the song starts she says: "In our day, we made a pact not to dance with the devil. We did a lot of other things but we never danced with the devil. Unfortunately, this little boy danced with the devil."

Which implies (or rather, pretty plainly states) that though they did a lot of sh*t, they never ____ [whatever 'dancing with the devil' means] and sadly the boy did and that's what caused his downfall. At least, that's how I would read that statement.

I just have to wonder what the distinction is between the two parties.

Oh I had just seen the documentary, I didn't see the video from last night. Interesting!

[SummerlongBoots]

Having dealt with 2 heroin addicted siblings, my guess is that's what she means. The devil being death maybe.

Stevie Nicks Says Fleetwood Mac Never Became Heroin Junkies
10/18/07

Stevie Nicks says that although Fleetwood Mac was notorious for their drug use both on the road and in the studio, the band members all drew the line with heroin. Nicks told Britain's The Independent, "It was a party. Everyone was partying. It was dangerous, but it was fun. They were fantastic, tragic times... None of us ever did heroin. Right there, that's why we are alive. We were careful -- we didn't die. But we could have."

Nicks went on to say that new artists lack the support and structure of major record labels to become formidable live acts: "New artists can't do what we do -- they don't get the support from their record companies. We just stayed on the road. We've done it so long we could be half dead and still do a great show with one day of rehearsal."

Earlier this year, Nicks released a solo retrospective called Crystal Visions - The Very Best Of Stevie Nicks.

Last month Nicks was inducted into the Arizona Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame at the Dodge Theatre in Phoenix.

Stevie Nicks will perform tomorrow night (October 19th) in Rosemont, Illinois at the Rosemont Theatre.


Read more: http://forums.jokersupdates.com/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Board=Jukebox&Number=7396522#ixzz2JhfyMTgg

[Johnny Stew]

If I recall, Glen Jr had been in rehab at some point in his life. Perhaps he'd had a problem with heroin? And while that isn't what ultimately killed him, Stevie may have still made the connection between his tragic death and "dancing with the devil" (using heroin).

[WildHearted]

If I recall, Glen Jr had been in rehab at some point in his life. Perhaps he'd had a problem with heroin? And while that isn't what ultimately killed him, Stevie may have still made the connection between his tragic death and "dancing with the devil" (using heroin).

It's also possible that heroin caused his death and it just wasn't released to the public. The autopsy hadn't been performed yet when they were saying prescription drugs + booze, according to the article I found.

Don't want to speculate too much, of course. Just interested in the meaning behind the song. It's a very sad story all around.

[BombaySapphire3]

I'm really liking this song and the intensity she brought to it..I would be interested to see her do more work with Dave Grohl.

[equeen102289]

Seems like a pretty straightforward song to me.
She's talking about heroin. "Dancing with the devil" is using heroin. Stevie's always said that heroin was the one drug that was always off-limits. . . That's sort of what Stevie is saying in her intro and in the song ("never allowed the devil to come to the party").

The brutality of the subject is very evident in the complete construction of the song, especially Stevie's vocal--I can appreciate the song for that reason. . . I just can't say I particularly like it. Not a fan of Stevie's lower register these days.

[DestinyRules]

Thanks for posting, Josh!! Wow, this is even more powerful than I expected. Stevie sounded fantastic -- although she was drowned out by the music in some places.
Cannot wait to hear the studio version!

The acoustics seem to me to be completely awful! The song is very powerful, but there were a lot of times I couldn't hear her over the music. Seems like it's not just a Stevie solo problem!

[sparky]

Hmm.

I am assuming that Grohl wrote this music. If so, she needs to work with him more. I really like this snaky vibe. This is some of the best backing music she has had in ages. I like it better than much of IYD.

It starts out really strong, and I like the verses. The chorus is an odd kind of anti-chorus. From the music I was expecting some kind of crashing upswing then the melody goes flat. Not sure how I feel about that. It doesn't move. I like the ending, but ultimately my impression is that melody wise it doesn't deliver. And some of those words are clunky. The meter is all off. I keep expecting some clever or inventive "poetry" like wordplay and creativity and Stevie does not stretch much with that anymore. Not a lot of effort is expended with using unexpected words or allusion. Ah well.

I enjoyed it and am curious to hear the studio version.

[sparky]

On the other hand....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UML3rlQ2r9s

Best GDW since 81 at The Roxy with Bob Welch.

Just ditch the FM tour. Take the Foo Fighters on the road as a backing band.
I wouldn't pay 50 bucks to see the Fleetwood Mac tour and I would pay 500 or more to see her tour with this backing band. I should have just driven the 15 minutes to see this last night and bought a scalper seat. Damn.

This is stunningly good. Epic. There just aren't enough words for it.

If this is what Dave Grohl does for her than screw Dave Stewart. Make the next solo record with this guy and this band.

[johnnystorms]

i hope none of the people LOVING this are the ones saying FM should tour with ONLY the 5 players. There's 3 guitarists, two bassists , and a string player.... how could FM capyure THAT sound???
though i am of the "more is more" school.. i LOVE it.

[APerfectLie]

Wow, this sounds like classic Fleetwood Mac. They did an amazing job with the arrangement.

I tried to make out the lyrics but there's part of the chorus that I just can't seem to grasp:

We don't talk much about it
It goes back so many years
All the times we almost didn't make it
We stayed clear

Dancing with the devil
Call it respect, call it fear
But we never allowed the devil
To come to the party

We were careful in our way
Walked through the darkness
We made a pact not to dance with the devil
Even when the devil seemed to have a heart

He said we'd never be sorry for what we'd done

But we never allowed the devil to come to the party

You can't fix this, you lost a friend
Hearts breaking right and left
_________________
And the devil pours another glass

It's so easy

The devil pours a glass of champagne
ASks someone new to dance
It's so easy to ruin peoples lives
He twirls around and starts to laugh

Tear up the invitation
Hear the bells ring on the hour
He twirls around and he laughs

You said we'd never be sorry for what we'd done
But we never allowed the devil to come to the party

You can't fix this, you lost a friend
Hearts breaking right and left
_________
And the devil pours another glass

No we never allowed the devil to come party
We said that we would never be sorry
For what we'd done

Never come to the party
If you think you won't come home

Never dance with the devil
He will burn you down
Never dance with the devil
He will burn you down
Never dance with the devil
He will burn you down

You can't fix this
You can't fix this

I heard the studio version of this twice today and I'm pretty sure the part you can't make out goes, "friends just break like glass" but I'd have to listen to it again because in the live version it sounds like she says, "friends SHOULDN'T break like THAT/GLASS" so we shall see.

[Dodfather]

While I'm curious as to what this dancing with the devil is referring to and how they never invited the devil to the party, I feel so far to much focus is on the meaning and not how much the song kicks ass.

I always assumed that Dancing with the Devil referred to Heroin. While Stevie has always been open about using Cocaine, I've heard her say several times that heroin was a step too far.

[Sleepless-Child]

Hmm.

I am assuming that Grohl wrote this music. If so, she needs to work with him more. I really like this snaky vibe. This is some of the best backing music she has had in ages. I like it better than much of IYD.


THIS! I can't believe how beautiful and strong this backing music is, way better than IYD because it has this early 80's vibe. After reading Elle's comment i thought i'd be disappointed, well it's really the opposite. I only want to hear things like that from now on.

[CADreaming]

If I recall, Glen Jr had been in rehab at some point in his life. Perhaps he'd had a problem with heroin? And while that isn't what ultimately killed him, Stevie may have still made the connection between his tragic death and "dancing with the devil" (using heroin).

It's also possible that heroin caused his death and it just wasn't released to the public. The autopsy hadn't been performed yet when they were saying prescription drugs + booze, according to the article I found.

Don't want to speculate too much, of course. Just interested in the meaning behind the song. It's a very sad story all around.

It could also mean since Glen Jr. had been in rehab (more than once I think), that just going to that party was a dance with the devil for him, not disassociating with your old "friends" or allowing yourself to be in situations where your recovery is tested before you are ready.

[RavenOfRhiannon]

Thanks for posting, Josh!! Wow, this is even more powerful than I expected. Stevie sounded fantastic -- although she was drowned out by the music in some places.
Cannot wait to hear the studio version!

Seconded.

Also, I get no Fleetwood Mac vibe from this, and after listening to it a couple of times, I get the feeling that this song would have never seen the light of day without Dave Grohl. Makes me think she should do 'Space Needle' with the Sound City Players.

[On Ice]

Stevie is one of those artists that an arrangement can make or break a song's vibe. She seems to always do best with a less is more sound, in the vein of Storms than she does in songs with so much going on such as much of Rock a Little. This song sounds fantastic and the arrangement is exactly what makes Stevie appealing. (to me anyways).

[WildHearted]

Seconded.

Also, I get no Fleetwood Mac vibe from this, and after listening to it a couple of times, I get the feeling that this song would have never seen the light of day without Dave Grohl. Makes me think she should do 'Space Needle' with the Sound City Players.

Really?

It sounds to me like Dave & Co were intentionally channeling Fleetwood Mac when they did the arrangement - all of the meandering parts, the floating keys, everything. It certainly doesn't sound like a typical Foo Fighters song.

[vivfox]

I loved this from the second I heard the music start(2 days ago). It is hard for me to hear the vocal but that will change once we get the released version. This is the best sounding rock and roll song I've heard from her in decades. It feels so good to finally have a song I can play over and over and over and not want to put it away. I'm guessing Dave Grohl wrote the music. It sure doesn't sound like anything she could have created.

[WildHearted]

I loved this from the second I heard the music start(2 days ago). It is hard for me to hear the vocal but that will change once we get the released version. This is the best sounding rock and roll song I've heard from her in decades. It feels so good to finally have a song I can play over and over and over and not want to put it away. I'm guessing Dave Grohl wrote the music. It sure doesn't sound like anything she could have created.

I like the sparsity of the arrangement - more space has always suited Stevie's music best, and yet since the mid-80s her songs have gotten increasingly tight and cluttered. This song sounds great to me. I think the lyrics, as someone else put it above, are a little 'clunky' and could have benefited from some refinement to make them flow a little more naturally. But it's still a pretty killer song.

Dave's credited as a co-writer, but it's a typical Stevie chord progression. I think she easily could have created the backbone of it. Stevie wouldn't have written any of the instrumental parts anyway - she rarely does unless it's a piano riff that happens to stay around like Sara, Moonlight, etc. If she didn't come up with the basics, they did a damn good job of replicating her style.

[louielouie2000]

Really?

It sounds to me like Dave & Co were intentionally channeling Fleetwood Mac when they did the arrangement - all of the meandering parts, the floating keys, everything. It certainly doesn't sound like a typical Foo Fighters song.

All I hear are the Bella Donna & Wild Heart albums in this song... snippets of Stop Dragging My Heart around, a shade of Outside The Rain, a little I Will Run To You, and even some Sable On Blond. I will admit there's a bit of Straight Back type Mac sound in there somewhere, though. There's a definite early 80s vibe going on in the song... it hearkens back to the time when Stevie didn't hide behind sonic clutter, and there was "air" in her music. I totally dig it.

After hearing the song a few times now, I definitely think "dancing with the devil" is most likely a reference to heroin. It's definitely about hard core drug use/addiction, and getting sucked into that downward spiral. It really is a crying shame this song won't make either a Stevie solo or Fleetwood Mac album. I do know that the Foo Fighters are on hiatus for a while... maybe Mr Grohl should produce Stevie's next solo work! :D

[WildHearted]

All I hear are the Bella Donna & Wild Heart albums in this song... snippets of Stop Dragging My Heart around, a shade of Outside The Rain, a little I Will Run To You, and even some Sable On Blond. I will admit there's a bit of Straight Back type Mac sound in there somewhere, though. There's a definite early 80s vibe going on in the song... it hearkens back to the time when Stevie didn't hide behind sonic clutter, and there was "air" in her music. I totally dig it.

After hearing the song a few times now, I definitely think "dancing with the devil" is most likely a reference to heroin. It's definitely about hard core drug use/addiction, and getting sucked into that downward spiral. It really is a crying shame this song won't make either a Stevie solo or Fleetwood Mac album. I do know that the Foo Fighters are on hiatus for a while... maybe Mr Grohl should produce Stevie's next solo work! :D

Oh, yeah, most definitely. I guess I just kind of lump all of Stevie's good early 80s stuff together, whether it's FM or her solo work :lol:. It's definitely got shades of the Petty influence and the Bella Donna sound. But I get a lot of Straight Back / Gold Dust Woman vibes from this in general. The keys specifically remind me of Christine's playing on Rhiannon/Crystal. And I feel like the drummer had a very Mick-esque beat going.

I would be ecstatic if she used THIS Dave for her next solo album. He seems to hold her in really high regard and judging from this song and their interpretation of GDW, he "gets" her music.

[sparky]

I have to agree that the arrangement gives a lot of space in this song. That is what any great Stevie song needs. The problem for me is that she doesn't fill it with much.
The melody just lies there and doesn't do anything. That is a blue balls chorus.

[WildHearted]

I heard the studio version of this twice today and I'm pretty sure the part you can't make out goes, "friends just break like glass" but I'd have to listen to it again because in the live version it sounds like she says, "friends SHOULDN'T break like THAT/GLASS" so we shall see.

Ah, I found another video where you can read her lips a little better and now I think she might be saying "Friendships break like glass"?

But it could be either of the things you said, also. It's hard to make out, the music drowns her out at that point.

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[Johnny Stew]

Dave's credited as a co-writer, but it's a typical Stevie chord progression. I think she easily could have created the backbone of it.

Yeah, I'd venture to say that the main instrumental melody is definitely Stevie's. I hear parts that sound very much like the 'TISL' outtake version of "Thrown Down."

[The Catdancer]

Seems like a pretty straightforward song to me.
She's talking about heroin. "Dancing with the devil" is using heroin. Stevie's always said that heroin was the one drug that was always off-limits. . . That's sort of what Stevie is saying in her intro and in the song ("never allowed the devil to come to the party").

The brutality of the subject is very evident in the complete construction of the song, especially Stevie's vocal--I can appreciate the song for that reason. . . I just can't say I particularly like it. Not a fan of Stevie's lower register these days.

I thought using heroin was called *Chasing the dragon*. This is from Wiki:

"Chasing the dragon" (a slang phrase of Cantonese origin from Hong Kong, Traditional Chinese: 追龍, Simplified Chinese: 追龙, Cantonese Jyutping: zeoi1 lung4, pinyin: zhuī lóng) refers to inhaling the vapor from heated morphine, heroin, oxycodone or opium that has been placed on a piece of foil. The 'chasing' occurs as the user gingerly keeps the liquid moving in order to keep it from coalescing into a single, unmanageable mass.[1] Another more metaphorical use of the term "chasing the dragon" refers to the elusive pursuit of the ultimate high in the usage of some particular drug.

[Sleepless-Child]

Ah, I found another video where you can read her lips a little better and now I think she might be saying "Friendships break like glass"?

But it could be either of the things you said, also. It's hard to make out, the music drowns her out at that point.

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At 1:38 i hear 'Stop dragging my heart around'.

[paleshadow]

Ah, I found another video where you can read her lips a little better and now I think she might be saying "Friendships break like glass"?

But it could be either of the things you said, also. It's hard to make out, the music drowns her out at that point.

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I just saw that video too! Yeah, I also read/heard "Friendships break like glass". That makes the following line "Then the Devil pours another glass. It's so easy" even more ominous.

I hope the studio version has as much feeling as this live one does!

[DestinyRules]

I *liked* the song when I heard it without really understanding the lyrics.

I went to the library today to play the song (rather than my work computer or my laptop at home). Now that I can see the lyrics as transcribed here earlier AND hear the song and more clearly understand the song, WOW!

I LOVED the classic Stevie wail at 5:11! I agree with paleshadow's comment about "friendships break like glass/then The Devil pours another glass/It's so easy" being so ominous. I would LOVE it if Fleetwood Mac would include this song in their setlist.

[SuiteShangriLa]

I just walked into a bar that has a touchtunes jukebox and just randomly did a search of new songs. The first song on the list is Stevie Nicks "You Can't Fix This". So of course I played it. It awesome. Sounds just like the live version. I got chills lol. So if have a bar close by with touchtunes and want to hear it. Go!

[WildHearted]

I just walked into a bar that has a touchtunes jukebox and just randomly did a search of new songs. The first song on the list is Stevie Nicks "You Can't Fix This". So of course I played it. It awesome. Sounds just like the live version. I got chills lol. So if have a bar close by with touchtunes and want to hear it. Go!

Oh wow, that's awesome!

I don't think we have a bar around there but it's interesting that it would be on there. Do soundtracks release singles?

[Jondalar]

I just walked into a bar that has a touchtunes jukebox and just randomly did a search of new songs. The first song on the list is Stevie Nicks "You Can't Fix This". So of course I played it. It awesome. Sounds just like the live version. I got chills lol. So if have a bar close by with touchtunes and want to hear it. Go!

I was hoping it was cleaned up a bit.

[SuiteShangriLa]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c170/SuiteShangriLa/F13D7AD3-F58E-42F3-97E6-DA95AC052111-2006-000001FF3B4533AC.jpg

[WildHearted]

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c170/SuiteShangriLa/F13D7AD3-F58E-42F3-97E6-DA95AC052111-2006-000001FF3B4533AC.jpg

That's amazing.

[SuiteShangriLa]

Well yea it's cleaned up. It's a studio recording but as far as the feel of it it's the same

[Jondalar]

You can purchase Sound City on itunes in SD format for 9.99. It's a really good documentary. It shows stevie recording You Can't Fix This. Love the sound.

[elle]

You can purchase Sound City on itunes in SD format for 9.99. It's a really good documentary. It shows stevie recording You Can't Fix This. Love the sound.

if you are downloading i personally prefer buying directly from the artist / sound city site. plus you won't have all stupid itunes related restrictions. you can get 3 or 4 different versions all available to you for that one price (including mobile version). someone said this all became available to them when they bought a movie ticket. i'm not sure since i both pre-ordered from grohl's site and bought movie ticket.

[Phil]

Piss-poor lyrics (again).

[Macfanforever]

Wow "The Sun Blow Up Today" Wonder why the music industry is dying.

Tomorrow "Oh my achy A$$ will get released.

Sorry Guys I could not resist posting this.

OK I agree on Icrap.I rather see the disc in my hands.

Or even a 45 rpm record.LOL...............

It will so up on YouTube like everything else.

I don't blame Stevie about being pissed about that.

[louielouie2000]

Piss-poor lyrics (again).

I do wonder what exactly happened to change Stevie's songwriting style so much since her early Fleetwood Mac days. Her songs used to be so mysteriously enigmatic, or as Lindsey said, written from the inside out. The great virtue of this was the fact they could be interpreted by the listener to mean almost anything. The songs could change meaning over time to the listener, and continue to unfold in layers. Some of Stevie's songwriting these days is definitely painfully straightforward to the point of being silly, dull, or just plain bad (what's faster than a fast car? :p ). That being said, she's still got better songwriting chops than the majority of current top 40 artists.

[Christopher]

I do wonder what exactly happened to change Stevie's songwriting style so much since her early Fleetwood Mac days. Her songs used to be so mysteriously enigmatic, or as Lindsey said, written from the inside out. The great virtue of this was the fact they could be interpreted by the listener to mean almost anything. The songs could change meaning over time to the listener, and continue to unfold in layers. Some of Stevie's songwriting these days is definitely painfully straightforward to the point of being silly, dull, or just plain bad (what's faster than a fast car? :p ). That being said, she's still got better songwriting chops than the majority of current top 40 artists.

Yup, I most definitely prefer mystical, mysterious Stevie over literal Stevie. That's my main grip about this song. Other than that, it's certainly growing on me.

[WildHearted]

I admittedly wasn't a huge fan of the lyrics at first, but after listening to it over and over they kind of grew on me a little bit. Or maybe I just got used to them :lol:

[SummerlongBoots]

I do wonder what exactly happened to change Stevie's songwriting style so much since her early Fleetwood Mac days.


I wonder if that "change" just comes from writing about her relationship issues over and over again until there's just nothing "fresh" to write about. I mean even during IYD's interviews, she was pointing out each song - "that was about Lindsey," "that was about Lindsey, too."

[johnnystorms]

well, there's nothing LITERAL about the "devil" pouring a "glass of champagne" and i still think her writing is fairly esoteric ... remember the DR argument over Throw Down? it seems like people SEEK things to criticize now... nothing we write here is going to CHANGE her writing style...i just don't see a VAST difference... esp regarding YCFT. it's a pretty opaque lyric.. unless she said, "it's about the death of my godson" no one could glean that from the lyric.

[Johnny Stew]

I do wonder what exactly happened to change Stevie's songwriting style so much since her early Fleetwood Mac days. Her songs used to be so mysteriously enigmatic, or as Lindsey said, written from the inside out. The great virtue of this was the fact they could be interpreted by the listener to mean almost anything.

I wonder if that "change" just comes from writing about her relationship issues over and over again until there's just nothing "fresh" to write about.

I've often thought that it was the continual criticism in rock music press over the years -- about Stevie's lyrics being "obtuse," "pseudo-mystical," and "becoming a caricature" -- that lead her to begin writing more straight-forward, literal songs.

[rhiannondontgo]

Highlight of my day was when I noticed that during recording YCFT, Stevie goes "I am kind of radical, y'know", after the engineer said "F*ckin' A! That girl can sing!" :laugh:
Too funny.

[BrownEyedGirl26]

Yup, I most definitely prefer mystical, mysterious Stevie over literal Stevie. That's my main grip about this song. Other than that, it's certainly growing on me.

"NEVER DANCE WITH THE DEVIL, HE WILL BURN.. YOU.. DOWN" She is singing this song to get her message over to the audience here! The lyrics are so powerful and clear and even if she just saves one life through this song it will be worth it!

[wheart]

Music - A-
Lyrics - D+

Sorry Stevie...

[SummerlongBoots]

I've often thought that it was the continual criticism in rock music press over the years -- about Stevie's lyrics being "obtuse," "pseudo-mystical," and "becoming a caricature" -- that lead her to begin writing more straight-forward, literal songs.

Excellent point.

*Sigh*

What a cryin' shame.

:distress:

[Jondalar]

Music - A-
Lyrics - D+

Sorry Stevie...

Music A-
Lyrics C+ = I like a lot of the song, she confuses things a bit with all the devil mentions, it's not as spacey as some of her other crap, but its not well written as IYDs stuff. I want to hear what gets edited in the final version. Lyrically, its a lot better than illume.

[michelej1]

The lyrics aren't as literal as something like SYW ( the song). The only problem is that the metaphor is already a cliche and Stevie often creates her own original ones. So that may make the lines a little disappointing .

I remember when Christine put Jacks of Heart, clowns and so many worn turns of phrase into a single song that my head almost exploded. Dancing with the devil may be just a bit trite, but I don't think it's bad.

Michele

[Sleepless-Child]

The lyrics are bad because they don't rhyme. SYW was straightforward but it rhymed, that's why it was a good pop tune imo.
I mean :

"Dancing with the devil
Call it respect, call it fear
But we never allowed the devil
To come to the party

We were careful in our way
Walked through the darkness
We made a pact not to dance with the devil
Even when the devil seemed to have a heart"

Nothing rhymes ! Even "The nightmare" has more musicality to it than this. Also she definitely says "devil" too much. I do like some of the lines, and the music is fantastic, and i like the atmosphere of the song, so it's a B/B- song (if we're doing grades), to me.

[WildHearted]

The lyrics are bad because they don't rhyme. SYW was straightforward but it rhymed, that's why it was a good pop tune imo.
I mean :

"Dancing with the devil
Call it respect, call it fear
But we never allowed the devil
To come to the party

We were careful in our way
Walked through the darkness
We made a pact not to dance with the devil
Even when the devil seemed to have a heart"

Nothing rhymes ! Even "The nightmare" has more musicality to it than this. Also she definitely says "devil" too much. I do like some of the lines, and the music is fantastic, and i like the atmosphere of the song, so it's a B/B- song (if we're doing grades), to me.

Actually, that second stanza there does rhyme. It's just not your typical run-of-the-mill end rhyme. Heart rhymes with the first syllable of darkness. That was actually one of the better verses, to me.

It's not that the song as a whole is very literal - it's not. Obviously, the whole thing is pretty much a metaphor. It's just that the lines are very simple - they are no mystery in and of themselves.

All of the lines of a song don't necessarily have to rhyme... The problem is that sometimes they DO rhyme at a certain place, which makes it jarring when all of a sudden they don't. And the rhymes that are there are elementary... year-clear, glass-glass... I was actually expecting her to say "but we never allowed the devil to come near" after the "call it respect/call it fear" line. Seemed like it would have been the natural progression. Year/clear/fear/near.

That said... I love you Stevie. :lol: Music/vibe/sentiment/performance is all incredible, on the other hand. And I'm quite fond of the outro lyrics - there's an example of lyrics that don't rhyme and it's perfectly fine that they don't.

[APerfectLie]

Actually, that second stanza there does rhyme. It's just not your typical run-of-the-mill end rhyme. Heart rhymes with the first syllable of darkness. That was actually one of the better verses, to me.

It's not that the song as a whole is very literal - it's not. Obviously, the whole thing is pretty much a metaphor. It's just that the lines are very simple - they are no mystery in and of themselves.

All of the lines of a song don't necessarily have to rhyme... The problem is that sometimes they DO rhyme at a certain place, which makes it jarring when all of a sudden they don't. And the rhymes that are there are elementary... year-clear, glass-glass... I was actually expecting her to say "but we never allowed the devil to come near" after the "call it respect/call it fear" line. Seemed like it would have been the natural progression. Year/clear/fear/near.

That said... I love you Stevie. :lol: Music/vibe/sentiment/performance is all incredible, on the other hand. And I'm quite fond of the outro lyrics - there's an example of lyrics that don't rhyme and it's perfectly fine that they don't.

This! I think in Wide Sargasso Sea she rhymes "this" with "this" and it bugs the **** out of me. It does rhyme, but it is not very poetic. Also, I feel the main problem lyrically with the song is that it is so repetitive.

[WildHearted]

This! I think in Wide Sargasso Sea she rhymes "this" with "this" and it bugs the **** out of me. It does rhyme, but it is not very poetic. Also, I feel the main problem lyrically with the song is that it is so repetitive.

Well, it's kind of a rule (I know, I know, you wouldn't say that to Bob Dylan :rolleyes:) in writing that rhyming a word with itself kind of actually DOESN'T rhyme, in a weird way. It's like a double-negative or something. :lol:

I love Nightbird, but this part has always bugged me, too:

The winter is really here now
And the blankets that I love
Sometimes I am surrounded
By too much love

Reading it as prose it sounds fine, like she's emphasizing that there's too much love by using the word love more than once. But put it in a song and something about it just isn't quite right.

Again, I feel the need to reiterate... I love you Stevie :lol:

[sodascouts]

I'm with those who like the music but are unimpressed with the lyrics. They are trite, repetitive, and unintentionally hypocritical. The music rocks, though!

[SummerlongBoots]

That said... I love you Stevie.

Again, I feel the need to reiterate... I love you Stevie :lol:

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm62/Orange_Blossom_Flower/lolol_zps15336948.gif http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm62/Orange_Blossom_Flower/girl_zps0f995ae2.gif http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm62/Orange_Blossom_Flower/girl_crazy1_zpsdad7501c.gif

[Rod~A~Little]

Lord have mercy!...I have never seen a song so picked apart in all my life.

Yes, dance with the devil is trite...but hearing Stevie sing it with such fierce passion excuses her in my book!

I am just thrilled that she is rocking-a-little with this tune!
She sings with passion and actually hits a few upper notes!

Way to go Stevie!
(PS...Please have Dave Grohl produce your next album!)

:nod:

[Jondalar]

Lord have mercy!...I have never seen a song so picked apart in all my life.

Yes, dance with the devil is trite...but hearing Stevie sing it with such fierce passion excuses her in my book!

I am just thrilled that she is rocking-a-little with this tune!
She sings with passion and actually hits a few upper notes!

Way to go Stevie!
(PS...Please have Dave Grohl produce your next album!)

:nod:


It's because she regressed from In Your Dreams.

[WildHearted]

It's because she regressed from In Your Dreams.

I don't think this is a regression from IYD. I just think some of the lyrics are weak. It's not a bad song overall.. I just think it had a lot of potential that the lyrics kind of let down.

Musically, I like this song more than most songs on IYD. :sorry:

[Rod~A~Little]

Agreed WildHearted...Strong song musically....lyrically, a little weak, but I prefer to this to most of IYD.

[bombaysaffires]

I don't think this is a regression from IYD. I just think some of the lyrics are weak. It's not a bad song overall.. I just think it had a lot of potential that the lyrics kind of let down.

Musically, I like this song more than most songs on IYD. :sorry:

didn't Stevie write the lyrics (poem) and Dave and several others mainly write the music?

[WildHearted]

didn't Stevie write the lyrics (poem) and Dave and several others mainly write the music?

Stevie wrote the lyrics to everything (except for the chorus of ELY) and the music to about half of the songs. Dave wrote the music for the other half. And Mike Campbell wrote the music to one.

[BombaySapphire3]

It's because she regressed from In Your Dreams.

You Can't Fix This is kind of a throw away so I can't agree that she has regressed over one song that was not deemed strong enough to save for an album.

[Jondalar]

I wish Stevie would of written and sang this song. It's zoo her

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[elle]

Stevie wrote the lyrics to everything (except for the chorus of ELY) and the music to about half of the songs. Dave wrote the music for the other half. And Mike Campbell wrote the music to one.

and Neale Heywood to another one.

[Hawkeye]

I wish Stevie would of written and sang this song. It's zoo her

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WHAT. I used to think you had good taste. But wishing Stevie had written this over YCFT. come on Jondalar.

[Hawkeye]

and im joking about the taste thing. Just STRONGLY disagreeing.

[WildHearted]

and Neale Heywood to another one.

Oh, that's right - forgot abut that. Yes, Neale Heywood as well.

[Jondalar]

WHAT. I used to think you had good taste. But wishing Stevie had written this over YCFT. come on Jondalar.

Over what? YCFT, forget what this.

The song is sorta gothic, haunting and woujld fit righ in with Stevie.

[bombaysaffires]

Stevie wrote the lyrics to everything (except for the chorus of ELY) and the music to about half of the songs. Dave wrote the music for the other half. And Mike Campbell wrote the music to one.

sorry, I meant Dave Grohl and YCFT...

[WildHearted]

sorry, I meant Dave Grohl and YCFT...

He's listed as a co-writer (I don't think anything has specified in what capacity, just that Nicks and Grohl and whoever else are the writers), so he could have. But the chord progression screams Stevie to me... If I had to guess, I would bet that she came up with the basic song structure and Dave & co wrote the arrangement.

I could be wrong. And if I am, then they did a damn good job of capturing & replicating Stevie's sound.

[Hawkeye]

Over what? YCFT, forget what this.

The song is sorta gothic, haunting and woujld fit righ in with Stevie.

also sort of bland, boring, and not half as haunting as You Cant Fix This.

[henryscutter]

Really liked this song in the movie with the stereo surround on :thumbsup:

[wheart]

didn't Stevie write the lyrics (poem) and Dave and several others mainly write the music?

most likely and I don't want to continually bash this song. I've only listened to it twice but it remains in my head, which is a good thing. My main problem with the lyrics are the words themselves but their lack of flow, in spots. To me, her words sound clunky and ungraceful, at times, with the music. I think a few adjustments to the original poem may have served the song well.

But...I do like the song and I especially like the "It's so easy..." part in the middle. A new song from Stevie is always exciting to me, imperfections and all...:nod::nod:

[WildHearted]

most likely and I don't want to continually bash this song. I've only listened to it twice but it remains in my head, which is a good thing. My main problem with the lyrics are the words themselves but their lack of flow, in spots. To me, her words sound clunky and ungraceful, at times, with the music. I think a few adjustments to the original poem may have served the song well.

But...I do like the song and I especially like the "It's so easy..." part in the middle. A new song from Stevie is always exciting to me, imperfections and all...:nod::nod:

I've had this song stuck in my head since first hearing it, too. It's not what I would normally consider a catchy song, yet somehow something in my mind has clung onto it.

[Jondalar]

I've had this song stuck in my head since first hearing it, too. It's not what I would normally consider a catchy song, yet somehow something in my mind has clung onto it.

It's sort of sophisticated. How she get's to "You Can't Fix This" is very good. The music is excellent. I just wish the words were a little better. I have the tune stuck in my head too. I can't wait to hear CD version.

[Jondalar]

also sort of bland, boring, and not half as haunting as You Cant Fix This.

I don't think so. It's a really good song and one that Stevie could easily sing.

[Jondalar]

WHAT. I used to think you had good taste. But wishing Stevie had written this over YCFT. come on Jondalar.

She can write them both. I never said one or the other.

[Hawkeye]

oh OK. I was assuming instead of. as long as we can have both.

[britt0308]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAkwU6zxoE8&feature=player_embedded

1 min preview that is also linked on nickslive

Slightly different cadence/inflection on a few words that I like here better than live..
I think! Haha I'm itching for the whole recorded track!

[WildHearted]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAkwU6zxoE8&feature=player_embedded

1 min preview that is also linked on nickslive

Slightly different cadence/inflection on a few words that I like here better than live..
I think! Haha I'm itching for the whole recorded track!

Wow, the studio version sounds almost better than the live one if that is possible. Perfect arrangement and production.

She needs to work with these people more, seriously.

[britt0308]

Wow, the studio version sounds almost better than the live one if that is possible. Perfect arrangement and production.

She needs to work with these people more, seriously.

Seriously. I'm a Nirvana/Dave Grohl fan and a collab in the future sure wouldn't hurt!

To all of the phrasing/wording conversations: I agree that I am a bit leery with certain words. There could be improvements FOR SURE. I don't know if I like 'party' especially since it's repeated a lot..

Arrangement and backing track wise: I might be slightly obsessed. I love it! And hearing it here on the studio version..:blob2: It may let me look past a few word choices..just a feeling!

[louielouie2000]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAkwU6zxoE8&feature=player_embedded

1 min preview that is also linked on nickslive

Slightly different cadence/inflection on a few words that I like here better than live..
I think! Haha I'm itching for the whole recorded track!

I am so in love with this. It's like the return of Bella Donna era Stevie. :nod:

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by britt0308
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAkwU...layer_embedded


gawd she sounds sooo much better with nice heavy (real) drums and bass behind her and kickin' rock and roll guitars than with drum machines and synthesizers!

[blemelin]

In the track, I hear bits of "Rhiannon," "Gold Dust Woman," and "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around." First off, the drums: heavy tom-toms, lots of counter beats, fills and bass drum kicks that set off the rest of the track; a deceptively simple bass track that steps up when it needs to; two layers of keyboards (including a very heavily Christine McVie inspired Hammond B3 organ); a very FM/SN combination of layered guitar hooks very suited to Stevie's voice. And despite the subject matter, I think this track is one of the sexiest she's done in YEARS. And the sultry vibe does coincide with the "dance with the devil" metaphors. Also, I couldn't care less about the rhyming or how the chorus doesn't have a conventional resolution. I love how the tension hangs in the air until she utters, "You Can't Fix This." And then all the hooks converge and start banging away again. In many ways, this song is a one-off, but it's still very good, and IMHO her "sexiest" in years. And by no means do I mean to belittle the subject matter. "The Devil" knows a good beat when he's got one.

[blemelin]

Taylor Hawkins may be the sexiest drummer ever! WOOF!!!!

[blemelin]

Really, it's so THEM anyway. I want to see Stevie and Lindsey sing this together. I think it would be even more powerful.

[blemelin]

She's obviously so much more invested in this than anything she's done recently, including ALL of the IYD stuff. Watch the whole performance, even the simple vocals at the end give it away:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0r0I7r6BR8

[blemelin]

Musically and the queues to the refrains and choruses...

she's so present, even moreso than I've seen her with FM and solo.

[wheart]

Taylor Hawkins may be the sexiest drummer ever! WOOF!!!!

AGREED!!!!:nod:

I listened to the 1 minute preview of the song and it sounds great. Def more rock and roll than she's done in a while and, as others have said, harkens back to her early solo work. Vocal sounds great too! What a treat...FM tour this year and a new song from Stevie.

[KarmaContestant]

Why Stevie hasn't gone in the studio, recorded this, and released it as a stand-alone single with a b-side is beyond understanding.

Stevie! Do it! :nod:

[WildHearted]

Why Stevie hasn't gone in the studio, recorded this, and released it as a stand-alone single with a b-side is beyond understanding.

Stevie! Do it! :nod:

I think it's being made a single from the soundtrack, maybe.

[SummerlongBoots]

This might've been posted elsewhere but it's new to me.

For those of you that have Brighthouse Networks cable, Sound City is now "On Demand" for 6.99 or 7.99 High def.

Not sure if it's on Pay Per View for other carriers but you might want to check yours!

[Jondalar]

This song may not rhyme all that much and the lyrics could be better, but its been in my head since I heard it. I think its a single and this is the kind of music I wish was on Trouble in Shangri La. Stevie's voice could be better, but I don't even mind that much becuase her voice is rock and fits the song.

[paleshadow]

This might've been posted elsewhere but it's new to me.

For those of you that have Brighthouse Networks cable, Sound City is now "On Demand" for 6.99 or 7.99 High def.

Not sure if it's on Pay Per View for other carriers but you might want to check yours!


You can also rent it through Amazon $6.99 for a 3 day rental.

[KarmaContestant]

This song may not rhyme all that much and the lyrics could be better, but its been in my head since I heard it. I think its a single and this is the kind of music I wish was on Trouble in Shangri La. Stevie's voice could be better, but I don't even mind that much becuase her voice is rock and fits the song.

You know...it just hit me recently, that when performing live, especially newer material, Stevie often sounds tone deaf.

[WildHearted]

You know...it just hit me recently, that when performing live, especially newer material, Stevie often sounds tone deaf.

I don't think you've ever encountered someone who was actually tone deaf. :lol:

Stevie has her pitchy moments live (everyone does - she had pitchy moments live in 1975 too) certainly, especially because of her now somewhat limited range, but she's no where near tone deaf.

[KarmaContestant]

I don't think you've ever encountered someone who was actually tone deaf. :lol:



You may be right. I think I'm watching too many Amercian Idol auditions. I'm turning into an armchair singing judge. :laugh:

[PenguinHead]

Seconded.

Also, I get no Fleetwood Mac vibe from this, and after listening to it a couple of times, I get the feeling that this song would have never seen the light of day without Dave Grohl. Makes me think she should do 'Space Needle' with the Sound City Players.

Wow..you know your stuff! Space Needle is an inspired pick, and I completely get the vibe shared between the songs.

I never had any feelings or interest in the Foo Fighters. But having seen a lot of David in the media, he's a very sincere, approachable guy. I really like him and now I'm a fan. I would love to see him do more work with Stevie. Perhaps he should be the outside producer of Fleetwood Mac's next album? Perhaps bringing in one her allies to the fray of Fleetwood Mac would be the motivation for her to want to record an album with the group. She'd feel more more safe and represented having a friend involved in the process.

I love that Stevie is mixing it up a bit, appearing with other artists; people who revere her. It obviously makes her happy and hopefully inspires her to make more music.

[bombaysaffires]

and of course Dave Grohl is from Seattle so the symbolism of Space Needle there....

Something about the drums and bass on this song is reminiscent of early FMac and I have always thought that heavy "bottom" suited her music really well.... grounds her sometimes flighty lyrics in a really tangible way that made them even better. Maybe it's just me. :shrug:

[elle]

and of course Dave Grohl is from Seattle so the symbolism of Space Needle there....

he is not.

[SummerlongBoots]

I never had any feelings or interest in the Foo Fighters. But having seen a lot of David in the media, he's a very sincere, approachable guy. I really like him and now I'm a fan. I would love to see him do more work with Stevie.

I loved watching the video of him with Stevie during Landslide.

I watched him watch her, and there was so much emotion coming from him, it was really cool to see. http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/images/icons/heart.gif

[bombaysaffires]

he is not.

You're right, though we think of him as ours.

[elle]

You're right, though we think of him as ours.

yeah i was actually surprised when people started commenting "Dave's coming home" when another DC Sound City screening with Dave's Q&A was announced for Feb 12 (and promptly sold out). he actually spent most of his formative years in this area.

personally always had much more interest and love for Krist and Kurt (who both are from Seattle, although Krist spent about a year in high school in Croatia and brought back with him to Kurt some interesting music that was happening there at the time). guess Dave just moved there when they hired him as a new drummer.

[olive]

"when we joined Fleetwood Mac and added Christie [McVie]—it became such an amazing group."

http://stevienicksnews.net/2013/04/20/rock-and-rolls-queen-still-reigns/


Nearly 50 years into her music career, Stevie Nicks is still hustling. After two years of promotion, she wound down the tour for her latest solo record, In Your Dreams—her seventh—in September, having spent part of her summer rejoining Rod Stewart for another leg of their Heart & Soul tour. Less than a month later, she was making the film festival rounds doing press for her first movie, the documentary In Your Dreams about the making of the album. (Producer Dave Stewart also co-directed the picture.)

By January, she was on the road with the Sound City Players, an ad hoc group of artists that included John Fogerty, Rick Springfield, Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick and Lee Ving of fear, backed by the Foo Fighters. After four dates with the Sound City Players, Nicks was back in Los Angeles rehearsing with Fleetwood Mac for their forthcoming tour. (During that time, she also managed to rehearse for a 90-minute set with country act Lady Antebellum, taped as part of CMT’s Crossroads series.)

“A long time ago, Fleetwood Mac wouldn’t have been happy—pre-1981, [pre-] Bella Donna—about me doing other stuff because it was all about Fleetwood Mac at the point,” say the singer shortly after arriving in New York for the Sound City Players show this past February. “After I did my solo album, I saw them down and said, “Listen, guys. I’m not going anywhere. I just need a vehicle for some of these many, many songs that will never make it onto the Fleetwood Mac records,.’”

One of those songs—the tough-love rocker “You Can’t Fix This,” which appears on the new Real to Reel album as part of Dave Grohl’s Sound City film project—is presently a major focus for her. And, one might argue, as personal a song as she’s ever written.

The Old Dreams and the New Realities of Rock and Roll

While on tour in Australia in November 2011, her 18-year-old godson Glen Parrish died of drug-related causes at a fraternity party at UCLA. (The exact cause of death remains unknown.) Nicks—who was the first to hold the boy after his birth—says the high school senior battled heroin addiction, among other substance abuse issues.

“For me, I remember the little fourth grader [or] the little second grader that would sit on my lap and was so sweet and kind,” she says. “Glen, for a long time, lived in my house in Phoenix with all of us. My sister-in-law Lori pretty much raised Glen, [my niece] Jessie and [Glen’s little sister] Callais. … Something like that happens, and it reaches out like tendrils. It touches so many people.”

The lyrics are about more than just the young Parrish—they’re about the halcyon days of Fleetwood Mac: “Dancing with the devil/Call it respect, call it fear/But we never allowed the devil to come to the party/We were careful in our own way/We walked through the darkness/We made a pact not to dance with the devil.”

Nicks identifies the song’s devil as both the idea of “overdoing it with drugs,” with the first-hand knowledge that kids today are ingesting an unholy “cauldron” of substances and, with regard to Fleetwood Mac, heroin.

“We were told in the very beginning: ‘Don’t do it,’” she recalls of the ‘70s. “It will be the one thing that burns you down. So we never did and we never hung out with people that did that.” Ironic as Nicks’ anti-drug cry may seem, given that Fleetwood Mac’s cocaine habit is the stuff of legend, her attitude suggests—as the line “We were careful in our own way” reflects—that the band members had an innate sense of responsibility that isn’t present in the young partiers of today. “Hopefully, it’s going to do exactly what I wanted,” she says of “You Can’t Fix This.” “It’s going to give Glen’s death a voice.”

While she won’t be performing the song on the current Fleetwood Mac tour, fans will hear other new tunes. Two—“Sad Angel” and “Miss Fantasy”—were refined by Lindsey Buckingham and Nicks out of a possible eight that had been sketched out in early 2012 by “the boys” of the band. A third, “Without You,” has its genesis in the Buckingham Nicks II sessions, which morphed into 1975’s Fleetwood Mac.

Speaking of Buckingham Nicks, their original—and only—album has never been released in any digital format. For their 40th anniversary this year, the duo hopes to re-release the record. “We hope that we can figure out a way to shoot this record out because we want people to have it,” she says. “It’s not hard to understand why—when we joined Fleetwood Mac and added Christie [McVie]—it became such an amazing group.

[WildHearted]

I've never heard Stevie called Chris 'Christie' before. That's... bizarre.

[olive]

I've never heard Stevie called Chris 'Christie' before. That's... bizarre.

isn't it :rolleyes:I never knew they added Christine after she and Lindsey joined :shrug::confused:

[Johnny Stew]

isn't it :rolleyes:I never knew they added Christine after she and Lindsey joined :shrug::confused:

I have a feeling there was more to that quote than what was printed. I would also guess that Stevie was referring to adding Chris' voice into the Buckingham Nicks harmonies.

[michelej1]

Yes, I think she means when they became a trio, just added Christine to their two voices, as she says in the SYW program: they were meant to be three for all of those years.

She probably said Christine and whoever transcribed it heard it as "Christie." For whatever reason, based on the pieces I read, people outside of the band are just itching to call her "Christie," for whatever reason. It's an obsession.

Michele

[Johnny Stew]

She probably said Christine and whoever transcribed it heard it as "Christie." For whatever reason, based on the pieces I read, people outside of the band are just itching to call her "Christie," for whatever reason. It's an obsession.

I have an interview clip on VHS from MTV's Week In Rock (or maybe it was the Top 20 Video Countdown), that I recorded circa 1990, and it says "Christie McVie" on the bottom of the screen.

[rhiannondontgo]

(Posted on chitchat, wanted to share condolences here where people know who i'm talking about..)
Marcia Parrish, mom of Glen Parrish Jr (who YCFT is about), just passed away also a few days ago. Jess, Lori, Glen Sr (Stevie's old manager) and his daughter Callais (little girl in IYD and the recent music videos) have been posting about it online. So sad.
Here's one of my favorite photos of Stevie. Marcia is sitting next to her, pregnant with Glen Jr.
http://i39.tinypic.com/2rmkr47.jpg

[bombaysaffires]

(Posted on chitchat, wanted to share condolences here where people know who i'm talking about..)
Marcia Parrish, mom of Glen Parrish Jr (who YCFT is about), just passed away also a few days ago. Jess, Lori, Glen Sr (Stevie's old manager) and his daughter Callais (little girl in IYD and the recent music videos) have been posting about it online. So sad.
Here's one of my favorite photos of Stevie. Marcia is sitting next to her, pregnant with Glen Jr.
http://i39.tinypic.com/2rmkr47.jpg

oh how awful, so soon after her son.

Was she sick?? I hadn't heard anything.

So sorry for their family.

[BlueDenimLamp]

Sound City: Real To Reel has been nominated for a Grammy in the "Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media" category...So if it wins I think Stevie will get a Grammy since she has a song on the record...

http://www.grammy.com/nominees?genre=11&=Go

[Macfanforever]

I was thinking of this Friday after the Grammy nomination special on TV.

I love to see some track stems come out for YCFT for I can back off alittle on the heavy guitar to hear Stevie's lovely voice.

In the meantime I hope it wins the Grammy for Dave and and Stevie.

It probably to late for her IYD docu to get noticed for a nomination this time around..

[WildHearted]

You Can't Fix This wasn't nominated for a Grammy on its own, but Dave's collaboration with Paul was. Glad the album as a whole was as well. I wonder how it works regarding the allocation of Grammys to artists who guested on the album, so to speak. She has a songwriting refit so that should mean something.

[Macfanforever]

You Can't Fix This wasn't nominated for a Grammy on its own, but Dave's collaboration with Paul was. Glad the album as a whole was as well. I wonder how it works regarding the allocation of Grammys to artists who guested on the album, so to speak. She has a songwriting refit so that should mean something.

OK thanks for the info .I was not sure.