The RANDOM/BAD songs POLL!!!

[sorcerer999]

:] I thought it would be fun for everyone to pick their favorite "bad" Stevie song. I apologize if I chose to list a song that is one of your favorites, but I'm just going with songs that I've read the majority of us here on the Stevie forum hate! LOL!

I'm going to wait and vote later on. But for right now, I just want to see what everyone picks. And tell us WHY it's your favorite "bad" Stevie song. :nod: And if your REAL FAVORITE "bad" Stevie song is not on this list, then please tell us what it is! :lol:

[mitzo]

Rooms on Fire
The Highwayman
Enchanted
One More Big Time Rock and Roll Star
Blue Lamp
Gold and Braid
Blue Denim
For What It's Worth

[louielouie2000]

So are we choosing the songs we love to hate, or songs we love that are hated? :shrug:

[sorcerer999]

So are we choosing the songs we love to hate, or songs we love that are hated? :shrug:

The first option ~ the one song on this list that you love to hate...a.k.a. your "favorite" bad song. Although, if you want to choose the other option, I don't mind. :thumbsup:

[SisterNightroad]

I chose Docklands because, from the ones you listed, it's my least favourite but it could have been easily any song from the Street Angel album (except "Just like a woman") because I can't stand the way she sings on that album. It is very nasal, but not like her more mature voice, more like she had stuffy nose.

[Jondalar]

I'm not voting in this poll.

If we are going to talk about Bad Stevie songs, start with…

Freedom,
The Second Time,
Doing the Best that I Can,
Paper Doll
Blue Denim
Two Kinds of Love
Street Angel
Cry Wolf
I Still Miss Someone

I agree with some of the choices, but I would hardly call Without You, Docklands and If You Were My Love bad songs or Cheaper Than Free for that matter. They are well written. She doesn't do a good job singing Without You or Docklands but they are good songs. Since you did that, lets not forget the hack job she did on Cry Wolf and I Still Miss Someone.

[sorcerer999]

I agree with some of the choices, but I would hardly call Without You, Docklands and If You Were My Love bad songs or Cheaper Than Free for that matter. .

I guess you didn't bother to read my initial post where I stated that I'm just going with songs that I've read the majority of us here on the Stevie forum hate! I'm sure there are A LOT of songs on this list that are people's favorites, as I also originally stated in my initial post.

I actually happen to LOVE and ADORE both "Gate & Garden" and "If You Were My Love", but I also recognize that the majority here hates them...hence why I put them on this list.

And keep in mind, I only had a measly 10 choices. I agree with your list though. There are some pretty bad songs there! :lol:

[Moz]

I actually really like When I See You Again, even the wassamattababys! :lol:

I had to vote for Gate and Garden. Although the song doesn't really go anywhere, the chorus is just too catchy and I can't resist singing along to it.

[TheWILDheart]

The complete list of Stevie songs I don't like:

When I See You Again
The Nightmare
Some Become Strangers
Fire Burning
I Still Miss Someone
Thousand Days
Docklands
Just Like A Woman
Unconditional Love
Jane
Cheaper Than Free

That's it. Those are the only songs I skip. The rest, whilst there are songs I like less than some, I don't strongly object to any of them.

[TheWILDheart]

I'm not voting in this poll.

If we are going to talk about Bad Stevie songs, start with…

Freedom,
The Second Time,
Doing the Best that I Can,
Paper Doll
Blue Denim
Two Kinds of Love
Street Angel
Cry Wolf
I Still Miss Someone

I agree with some of the choices, but I would hardly call Without You, Docklands and If You Were My Love bad songs or Cheaper Than Free for that matter. They are well written. She doesn't do a good job singing Without You or Docklands but they are good songs. Since you did that, lets not forget the hack job she did on Cry Wolf and I Still Miss Someone.

See, I gladly never listen to "Cheaper Than Free", "Docklands" or "Without You" again, but I adore "Doing The Best I Can", "Paper Doll", "Blue Denim" and "Freedom" (best song on BTM!). I like "Street Angel" too.

[Macfanforever]

I must be a outcast here.I vote none above.LOL .I enjoy all the songs listed.I also noticed most of them are her mellow tunes.

Again If I have to pick one not on the list which is "You Can't Fix This". Sorry again guys.

I'm a mellow rock or easy listening fan.I never enjoy hard guitar rock because it sounds like noise to me.

I dont mind when Lindsey or Waddy goes off on their live solos or in the mix of tunes. Probably nobody cant beat them and fill their shoes.

[KarmaContestant]

It was a real toss-up between When I See You Again and The Nightmare, but I went with When I See You Again.

Wait - I actually like those songs. I think I screwed up.

The song on this list that I most love to hate is That Made Me Stronger. Dreck, I say, total dreck! It has like 5 co-writers and she's blabbering on the entire song about being told to write her own songs.

[louielouie2000]

I'm really surprised Jane didn't make this list... it's unequivocally the worst song she's ever recorded. Cheaper Than Free is a worthy heir, though. ;)

[sorcerer999]

I ALMOST chose "Jane", actually! :lol:

[DauphineMarie]

OMG I FORGOT ABOUT THE LAUNDROMAT! :eek: :lol:
I chose chose TMMS, but I think I misunderstood. Because my "favourite" "bad" Stevie song on this list is The Nightmare, because I LOVE that song actually. I also hate Thousand Days, but love the Rock a Little demo, and Whassamattah Baby is my favourite Stevie song on TITN. ;)

[On Ice]

Whatssaamatah baby for sure. Stevie's low point and to this day surprised they let it through on such a slick album. That said it had some potential with a few less whatsa mata's and definitely that stares at the stares and the doors in the hallway. At least they weren't the colour of honey yet. Solo wise, hands-down the nightmare, where to begin with that song, it felt groovy the first time I heard it at 21, but man, not good.

[michelej1]

So, I picked Fire Burning as a song that I like that's generally considered bad -- although, I really didn't know that it was considered bad, before now.

Michele

[On Ice]

For songs I like that are considered bad, Gate and Garden gets my vote. It's just so beautifully sung that I can't resist it, regardless of the lyrics.

[Frankenstein]

Gate and Garden is my favorite out of the ones listed, though I'm not really sure why it's considered a "bad" song. You could call it a throwaway track and it's probably the weakest on Wild Heart but I still really like it. Cheaper Than Free takes the worst song cake for me. Remember when she said "This may be the best song that Stevie Nicks and Dave Stewart ever do" ? What the f................ :sorry: :laugh:

[tabruns]

I'd put "Welcome to the Room...Sara" on the list. It's one of her worst non-sequitur lyrics: "well it's not home...and it's not Tara...in fact, do I know you?...have I been here before?...this is a dream, right....deja vu...did I come here...on my own...oh I see..." Normally I like Nicks' lyrics quite a bit but this song was just SO rambling.

And the music. Well the demo actually adds some heft to the song, which is completely lost in Lindsey's "Let's make this an island theme" production arrangement. Honestly, it is *baffling*. It's one of the few times when I think Lindsey actually deliberately sabotaged a song of Nicks' in the arrangement/production stage.

For me, Nicks had a hell of a high standard musically from the white album through The Wild Heart, started to falter on Rock A Little, and then Tango was just incredibly disappointing. Considering that Buckingham and McVie both turned in some great music then, had Nicks been at her previous quality, Tango really could have rivaled Rumours. She came back a bit with TOSOTM, but then she had a long spell of very pedestrian music: Behind The Mask, Street Angel.....only "Paper Doll" and "Sweet Girl" showed signs of her former songwriting quality. That's why TISL is so great - she came roaring back to life with that album, and her releases since then have been excellent.

[sorcerer999]

Not a fan of "The Nightmare" on the actual album...BUT... I LOVE the 12" remix version, which is a completely different vocal "take" and a different arrangement. That track is ROCKING!!!

I voted for "Gate & Garden" which is a song that I cannot live without! It is AMAZING and I can't imagine "The Wild Heart" without it. I was completely stunned after joining this forum and seeing so much HATRED for it. :eek:

[sorcerer999]

Gate and Garden... it's probably the weakest on Wild Heart

In my opinion, that honor would go to "I Will Run To You". :sorry:

[HoursAndHours]

I don't think I'm going to vote for any of these. I think if I had to pick my least favorite, it's probably a tossup between Races Are Run and It's Late.

Edit: I lied, I voted for that other song I always skip: That Made Me Stronger.

[KarmaContestant]

So, I picked Fire Burning as a song that I like that's generally considered bad -- although, I really didn't know that it was considered bad, before now.

Michele


:laugh: No one told you? It's so bad. "A huge fire was burning". :lol:

[PenguinHead]

The first option ~ the one song on this list that you love to hate...a.k.a. your "favorite" bad song. Although, if you want to choose the other option, I don't mind. :thumbsup:

Still a conflicting explanation.

I picked a song that I love (one that is generally unloved). It's a not song I love to hate.

Is this what you meant?

[Danigirl]

I despise Secret Love. Yup, I said it and whhhhhuuu?

[Frankenstein]

In my opinion, that honor would go to "I Will Run To You". :sorry:

I actually really love that song and think it's way superior to SDMHA :p That being said though it isn't one of the "standout" tracks on that record.

[Macfanforever]

I always had to skip "Sometimes It's A Beach" on Timespace at work because some of the co-workers did not want to hear the cursing.Good grief .Thats nothing compared whats played on the radio and TV today.

I liked the tune myself .

[Travis]

I don't get the hate for "Silver Girl" AT ALL!!! GRRRR!

[priestofnothing]

I agree with most of these. I voted for The Nightmare, just so it would be in a three way tie for 2nd place. Dreadful song.

I would have left off this list:
Gate and Garden
Without You
If You Were My Love

I would have added to this list:
Sister Honey
Welcome to the Room Sara
and Mabel Normand (sorry).

[Keith]

I don't get the hate for "Silver Girl" AT ALL!!! GRRRR!

We can agree on this one, Travis. A sleepy gem.. ".. shadow moves across her face.. you cannot see her soul... unless she lets you.. see her soul.." love that lyric. :nod:

[Bandon]

Gate and Garbage :eek:

[TheWILDheart]

I would have added to this list:
Sister Honey
Welcome to the Room Sara
and Mabel Normand (sorry).

Agree completely with "Mabel Normand". A bunch of words sung in no melody or pattern over a very mediocre riff. It just drones on and on and on about absolute twaddle.

"I Don't Care" is equally as horrid.

I love "Sister Honey" though, it's so much fun

[WatchChain]

Forgotten Chimpanzee: The Worst of Stevie Nicks

Mirror Mirror
Jane
Desert Angel (Agent Orange Remix)
When I See You Again
Freedom
Two Kinds Of Love (Re-Recorded Duet with Michael Bolton)
Docklands
Mabel Normand
Street Angel
The Nightmare
Soldier's Angel (Rock Smack Remix)

@2014 Rhino Records

[WatchChain]

I'm really surprised Jane didn't make this list... it's unequivocally the worst song she's ever recorded. Cheaper Than Free is a worthy heir, though. ;)

You got that right, honey! If "Jane" is not on this list, something's amiss. The melodic disaster that is "JANE" quite possibly takes the cake as the worst song ever recorded. Girl, put me in beloved exile with those forgotten chimpanzees!!! Write a book about it, and call it CHIMP QUEEN !

[PenguinHead]

I can find a bizarre charm in every one of her songs, even songs I think are her worst,- vocally,lyrically, or arrangement/production wise.

I don't have any hate towards any of her songs; some are the cream of the crop, some rank at the bottom, and others hover in the middle. All are listenable for variable reasons.

[mitzo]

I can find a bizarre charm in every one of her songs, even songs I think are her worst,- vocally,lyrically, or arrangement/production wise.

I don't have any hate towards any of her songs; some are the cream of the crop, some rank at the bottom, and others hover in the middle. All are listenable for variable reasons.

Likewise. The ones people seem to love to hate here are mostly my sort of guilty Stevie pleasures.

Some against the grain musings of mine:

I actually like Jane more than the entire rest of the SA album with the ;possible exception of Kick It. IT IS A TRIBUTE TO JANE GOODALL AND THAT IS WHY IT REFERENCES CHIMPANZEES.

Affairs of the Heart is by far the worst of Stevie from BYM.

Her Hammond organ driven Tom Petty crap from the early years drives me to drink. I Need to Know, Gold and Braid, Blue Lamp, Violet and Blue.... At least they show that she sucks at being ordinary.

To me her all time worst song is Desert Angel.

When I See You Again is among Stevie's best, to me. Mysterious and avant garde and sincere.

Sometimes the reactions of "fans" to her more unusual efforts is like what you would expect when the trailer park takes a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Don't expect pictures of trees and lakes and paintings of dogs playing poker.

[Travis]

We can agree on this one, Travis. A sleepy gem.. ".. shadow moves across her face.. you cannot see her soul... unless she lets you.. see her soul.." love that lyric. :nod:

:D :D :D :thumbsup:

[Macfan4life]

I cant even read all of these posts
Some of the songs I can see are not favorites but some of you have my ALL TIME favorite Stevie songs like Doing the Best that I can. That song is probably the best written and produced song ever. It is hypnotizing and its was meant to be that way building a frenzy.
Its about drug addiction and escaping the Betty Ford Center (thus escape from Berlin)

It was one for you and three for me (shows how much more addicted she was than others)
I just played the part...did not win or lose... but I threw the cards....(shows her attitude about just wanting to leave)
Locked away but I covered my tears,....silent all day...its out of my hands here

Man..it does not get any better than that. Those that don't like the song....listen to the song with headphones on. Rupert Hine is a genius for producing this song!!

[jessej]

Omg .... I absolutley love "When i see you again"

[bombaysaffires]

Likewise. The ones people seem to love to hate here are mostly my sort of guilty Stevie pleasures.

Some against the grain musings of mine:

I actually like Jane more than the entire rest of the SA album with the ;possible exception of Kick It. IT IS A TRIBUTE TO JANE GOODALL AND THAT IS WHY IT REFERENCES CHIMPANZEES.

Affairs of the Heart is by far the worst of Stevie from BYM.

Her Hammond organ driven Tom Petty crap from the early years drives me to drink. I Need to Know, Gold and Braid, Blue Lamp, Violet and Blue.... At least they show that she sucks at being ordinary.

To me her all time worst song is Desert Angel.

When I See You Again is among Stevie's best, to me. Mysterious and avant garde and sincere.

Sometimes the reactions of "fans" to her more unusual efforts is like what you would expect when the trailer park takes a field trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Don't expect pictures of trees and lakes and paintings of dogs playing poker.



No need to cast aspersions on others who don't like the same songs in her collection you do. Calling people here trailer trash and every single thing Stevie's done equal to the work of the great masters is an overstatement on both accounts.

Stevie has absolutely written some turd songs. Glorious turds though they may be, festooned with ribbons and bows, turds the are. She's not above writing some really mediocre sh*t too….. especially mid-career when the success and drugs went to her head and she thought every random brain fart lyric she scribbled was Shakespeare.

And then there are the true gems, the songs that don't deserve to be cheapened by being put on the same level as the scat.

Can she write amazing, unique, classic songs? Yes. Can she write crap? Yes. Will some people disagree on which is which? Yep. There's no accounting for taste. But Mama laughs all the way to the bank either way. :lol::eek:

[mitzo]

No need to cast aspersions on others who don't like the same songs in her collection you do. Calling people here trailer trash and every single thing Stevie's done equal to the work of the great masters is an overstatement on both accounts.

Stevie has absolutely written some turd songs. Glorious turds though they may be, festooned with ribbons and bows, turds the are. She's not above writing some really mediocre sh*t too….. especially mid-career when the success and drugs went to her head and she thought every random brain fart lyric she scribbled was Shakespeare.

And then there are the true gems, the songs that don't deserve to be cheapened by being put on the same level as the scat.

Can she write amazing, unique, classic songs? Yes. Can she write crap? Yes. Will some people disagree on which is which? Yep. There's no accounting for taste. But Mama laughs all the way to the bank either way. :lol::eek:

:shrug:The trailer park reference was a metaphor. Stevie uses a lot of those in her lyrics.

[blinker12]

Sister Honey!

[brad975]

It seems like there's some confusion over whether to vote on Stevie's absolute worst songs, or songs that we instinctively know are pretty crumby but find some delight in anyway. I'm going with the latter interpretation.

As dedicated Stevie fans, as most of us appear to be, we've likely gotten used to having to lower our expectations since the mid-1980s. Her golden era for me was 1973 to 1983, even though I've found numerous occasions for enjoyment since. I've just had to brace myself for a lot of flat/missed/nasally notes.

What we might think of as a respectably decent modern-day Stevie vocal ("All the Beautiful Worlds") recently caused by boyfriend to stare up from his phone trace and say "She sounds pretty atrocious." He'd just heard the "tell me why" and "say goodbye" parts. I sort of have to agree with his assessment, I'm afraid.

So separating Stevie's vocal performance from a song's quality or the production value can be tricky business.

That said, my favorite fundamentally flawed song that is quite the guilty pleasure is....(opens envelope)...

"One More Big Time Rock & Roll Star."

It's the pinnacle of her bleating goat voice, with some cringe worthy lyrics: "Under music lover and an art lover like me. There were candles, there were crystals, I was anyone's fantasy."

I love the whole damn thing against my better judgment. Narcissism be damned.

[PenguinHead]

...she thought every random brain fart lyric she scribbled was Shakespeare.


Great line! I believe she still thinks that way.

[Macfan4life]

It seems like there's some confusion over whether to vote on Stevie's absolute worst songs, or songs that we instinctively know are pretty crumby but find some delight in anyway. I'm going with the latter interpretation.

As dedicated Stevie fans, as most of us appear to be, we've likely gotten used to having to lower our expectations since the mid-1980s. Her golden era for me was 1973 to 1983, even though I've found numerous occasions for enjoyment since. I've just had to brace myself for a lot of flat/missed/nasally notes.

What we might think of as a respectably decent modern-day Stevie vocal ("All the Beautiful Worlds") recently caused by boyfriend to stare up from his phone and say "She sounds pretty atrocious." He'd just heard the "tell me why" and "say goodbye" parts. I sort of have to agree with his assessment, I'm afraid.

So separating Stevie's vocal performance from a song's quality or the production value can be tricky business.

That said, my favorite fundamentally flaw song that is quite the guilty pleasure is....(opens envelope)...

"One More Big Time Rock & Roll Star."

It's the pinnacle of her bleating goat voice, with some cringe worthy lyrics: "Under music lover and an art lover like me. There were candles, there were crystals, I was anyone's fantasy."

I love the whole thing against my better judgment. Narcissism be damned.
Good choice ;)
The song had huge potential with Joe Walsh on guitar. But her voice was fried. You cant even understand some of the lyrics. She totally mailed that performance in. Like....lets get this over so we can get back to the party.