Stevie's Videos: The Good, The Bad, The WTF?!?
 

I was just watching her video collection today and decided to put my two cents in on what I like and don't like about her songs caught on film.
I guess you could say it's another poll for ya'll to enjoy and discuss.


BEST VIDEO: I Can't Wait

BEST DIRECTION: EVERYDAY

BEST EDITING: Sorcerer

PRETTIEST VIDEO: EVERYDAY

WORST VIDEO: Whole Lotta Trouble. My Gawd. What was she thinking?!?! The worst perfomance and live vocal ever. She says 'second'...well...every second! :distress:

WTF MOMENT: The whole lying on the floor with a fan acting all turette-like in Talk To Me.

BEST DANCING: I Can't Wait..with the tambo...not with the back-up peeps. Ah...and I like the ballet in IAF, too.

WORST DANCING: Talk To Me...in the hallway. GAG.

BEST TWIRL: Beginning and ending twirl of Stand Back

THAT? WAS TACKY: The ending to Rooms on Fire. It ruins it.

OSCAR WORTHY ACTING: Stand Back (Civil War Version)

BEST DUET VIDEO: SDMHA. Insider is kinda boring.

BEST WARDROBE: Everyday

WORST WARDROBE: Whole Lotta Trouble. Bag-freaking-lady

BEST HAIR AND MAKE-UP: If Anyone Falls

WORST HAIR AND MAKE-UP: Blue Denim

BEST LIGHTING: IYEDB

WORST LIGHTING: Edge of 17...she looked jaundiced

BEST MIC SCENE (in every freaking video almost): Stand Back "Like a Willow" part especially

SINGLE THAT SHOULD HAVE HAD A VIDEO: Planets of the Universe and Nightbird

SHOULD HAVE HAD A FAMOUS ACTOR: Rooms on Fire

I think Destiny Rules would have made a great video. I can just see Stevie twirling out on the beach in the moonlight and then looking up at a balcony (with Lindsey up there!) I think it would rock! I could make a cameo when Stevie sings "Like a diamond snake in a black sky"! :wavey:

The moment that stands out for me is the treadmill in Stand Back. Gotta Love that!

I happen to LOVE the chessy choreography in Talk to Me (especially when she is dancing in the hallway). What's cool about that is you don't usually get to see her to little routines so that was a treat, no matter how awful the moves are. She also looks gorgeous in that video.

My favorite video of Stevie's has always been Gypsy- her little twirl/dance thing at the end is so pretty. But that's FM and not what you're talking about. Oops. Very cool list, Curtis. So, to get back on topic, I Can't Wait is my favorite STEVIE video, too.

Best Video = Stand Back. Those cheesy dancers, that ridiculous treadmill, Stevie's hip shake (a la my avatar) and Stevie looks abso-****ing-lutely gorgeous in her black get-up!

It's campy without trying to be and for that I give it a gold star.

BEST VIDEO: Sometimes it's a Bitch. I HATE those ghastly close-ups, but I LOVE the old clips.

BEST DIRECTION: Sorcerer

BEST EDITING: Anything from Red Rocks :lol:

PRETTIEST VIDEO: I love her clothes in Everyday, but I don't like the song & those friggin rats on the dinner table ruin it for me. I'm throwing a Mac one in, so sue me :shrug: Gypsy.

WORST VIDEO: Whole Lotta Trouble. Agreed - I can't stand the song or the vid. Not a really a fan of the Blue Denim vid either.

WTF MOMENT: Although I love it dearly, the treadmill & the random spastic dancers in Stand Back. :shrug:

BEST DANCING: Talk To Me - LOVE those silly steps in unison. :nod:

WORST DANCING: Rooms on Fire - the slow dancing does not look smooth at all, doesn't fit the song either

BEST TWIRL: Beginning and ending twirl of Stand Back - agreed :nod:

THAT? WAS TACKY: The full Edge video where he shakes her, and there's a doll, then the beach. Ugh, thank God that one never saw the light of day. And the part in Rooms on Fire when that chick in white (is that Stevie? Doesn't look like her) falls back into the flames. :rolleyes:

OSCAR WORTHY ACTING: Stand Back (Civil War Version) - is there any other acting in any other video?

BEST DUET VIDEO: Insider all the way. So simple & beautiful

BEST WARDROBE: Everyday (pink dress)/Sorcerer (ivory cloak & boots)

WORST WARDROBE: Rooms on Fire - shoulder pads, anyone? :o

BEST HAIR AND MAKE-UP: Talk To Me. :nod: Everyday

WORST HAIR AND MAKE-UP: Blue Denim - agreed

BEST LIGHTING: IYEDB - agreed

WORST LIGHTING: Sometime's it's a Bitch - for the washed out bright white close-ups. Brutal.

BEST MIC SCENE: In I Can't Wait, when she sings into it "sometimes well she still believes him." and stares at the camera for like 5 seconds after without moving. Crap, is the mike in that shot? Oh well.

SINGLE THAT SHOULD HAVE HAD A VIDEO: POTU

SHOULD HAVE HAD A FAMOUS ACTOR: Replace the rats on the table in Everyday with a famous actor & Stevie could eat off of him. :eek: Matthew McConoghy (sp) perhaps?
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Am I the only unfortunate to have only seen 3 of Stevie's videos in their entirety? IAF, Everyday, And Sorcerer... :distress:

I've only seen a couple and they were just tiny little videos on the computer. I have never seen any on television.

Same here. Why the HELL doesn't she re-release her video collection on DVD? :mad:

BEST VIDEO: Stand Back. Great cheese.

BEST DIRECTION: Every Day.

BEST EDITING: Pffffft. Like I watched a Nicks video for the editing.

PRETTIEST VIDEO: Sorcerer.

WORST VIDEO: Every RAL video.

WTF MOMENT: Rats on the table in Every Day and the AWFUL lip synching in I Can't Wait.

BEST DANCING: Ummmm, beats me. She's no dancer, but her subtle sass in Stand Back is great.


WORST DANCING: Talk To Me. Blergh.

BEST TWIRL: Stand Back.

THAT? WAS TACKY: All of I Can't Wait. Oy vey.

OSCAR WORTHY ACTING: None.

BEST DUET VIDEO: Stop Draggin'.

BEST WARDROBE: Stand Back.

WORST WARDROBE: Rooms On Fire. That red potato sack did not suit her.

BEST HAIR AND MAKE-UP: Leather and Lace.

WORST HAIR AND MAKE-UP: Blue Denim.

BEST LIGHTING: Sorcerer. :nod:

WORST LIGHTING: Sometimes It's A Bitch. The light was so bright that she looked like Jacko.

BEST MIC SCENE (in every freaking video almost): Eh, beats me. Microphones in videos are uber-cheesy.

SINGLE THAT SHOULD HAVE HAD A VIDEO: Nightbird.

SHOULD HAVE HAD A FAMOUS ACTOR: Can't think of one.

I know - and she could put cool stuff like outtakes and the WH and other disc recording film. I swear it is almost like if anyone mentions something this cool, they will get fired. Instead, we have four reissues of Rumors :laugh: But, at least the last one had way cool alt versions/demos/jam sessions. Oh Well :laugh:

Yeah, Mic the Screecher really knocked my socks off.

Why am I not surprised I Can't Wait is a favorite video? Jacked up Stevie is always good entertainment for the masses. :lol:

Rooms on Fire: the best insight into Stevie of any video except Stand Back Civil War Version. It's almost a sequel to it. The ending sure is cheesy. Seems that part had a message Stevie wanted to convey, so I don't know how they could have changed it unless the costuming was redone to reflect a different era. A famous dude in that video would have been cool, but Stevie was close to being washed up then, so I don't think they could have gotten anyone good, unless the real life subject stepped up to the plate just for old times sake. :eek:

No way that was gonna happen at that time. Noooooo way. :lol:

Well, it was something different :shrug:

Seriously. There's outtakes from the Rumour's sessions that are worthy of a demo CD.....THAT was not one of them.

It was a waste of time and disc space. :laugh:

I'm not complaining because we got that superb version of Oh Daddy, the Planets demo, and Butter Cookie, but Mic the Screecher is just ****. That's the only real complaint I have, along with the inclusion of Silver Springs on the album. That really got my BVDs in a twist.

I think they put it on there to be funny and to show the studio scene. But, I agree, another song like SAY would have been cooler.

BEST VIDEO: I Can't Wait

BEST DIRECTION: Every Day

BEST EDITING: Sorcerer

PRETTIEST VIDEO: Sorcerer

WORST VIDEO: As much as I hate to say it, Edge of Seventeen - but I think it's just because it was early in music videos and no one has ever seen a great quality version.

WTF MOMENT: Again, Edge of Seventeen when Stevie does the slight head tilt when she sees "the male lead" disappear - reminds me of my dog.

BEST DANCING: Stand Back

WORST DANCING: None that I can think of

BEST TWIRL: Stand Back

THAT? WAS TACKY: The breakdown of the dancers, especially the lone female, in Stand Back

OSCAR WORTHY ACTING: Stand Back (Civil War)

BEST DUET VIDEO: Insider

BEST WARDROBE: Sorcerer

WORST WARDROBE: Rooms On Fire - although I do love the pink outfit she wears when we see her on the balcony for 2 seconds

BEST HAIR AND MAKE-UP: Everyday

WORST HAIR AND MAKE-UP: Blue Denim

BEST LIGHTING: Sorcerer

WORST LIGHTING: Edge of Seventeen

BEST MIC SCENE (in every freaking video almost): Silver Springs - when she swings around to look at Lindsey

EDIT: posted this FM video without thinking about it. For solo, I'd say I Can't Wait when she does the hand jive.

SINGLE THAT SHOULD HAVE HAD A VIDEO: Planets of the Universe for SURE!

SHOULD HAVE HAD A FAMOUS ACTOR: Everyday

I know you hate the album cut of SS, but I LOVE it. and - you wear BVD's - I see you as a black Calvin Klein boxer brief kind of guy - okay - I am now discussing your underwear with you :laugh:

No, I don't wear BVDs, it just scans better on the written page. :laugh: I don't do regular briefs, my boys need room to breathe.

It isn't even that I dislike the studio version of SS, it's that it is not a part of the album. People grew up listening to Rumours, not Rumours Revised, and it just completely f*cks up the flow. I hate it.

Rumours is ass backwards anyway. Side two should have been side one...and vice versa. I hate listening to the CD...Songbird before The Chain doesn't sound right, but back then they didn't think an album all on one side would ever exist. And I like the inclusion of Silver Spings. :p

What a surprise...

And Juliette? KILLED me last night. "Someone left a huge log in here!" :laugh:

Me either but I'm with ya.

Ditto. Hated it! Two snaps. :]

Ditto for me. I'm wondering how everyone has seen all of her videos? :confused:

Glad you enjoyed it. :woohoo:

I have to stick up for Whole Lotta Trouble... I love the song to begin with.. And I think the vid is pretty cool too.. It was the first stage video she did for a song... I don't know, there something about the way she looks in it with the top hat and the mixed up outfit.. To me it's great :nod:

BEST VIDEO: 'Rooms On Fire'

BEST DIRECTION: 'Sorcerer'

BEST EDITING: 'Everyday'

PRETTIEST VIDEO: 'Everyday'

WORST VIDEO: 'Sometimes It's A Bitch'/'Whole Lotta Trouble' (tie)

WTF MOMENT: Mick's 'I Can't Wait' cameo.

BEST DANCING: 'If Anyone Falls'

WORST DANCING: 'I Can't Wait' (during the guitar solo)

BEST TWIRL: 'Stand Back'/'Rooms On Fire'

THAT? WAS TACKY: 'Sometimes Its A Bitch' (the whole damn thing. ugh.)

OSCAR WORTHY ACTING: 'Rooms On Fire' (not really, just luv everything about it)

BEST DUET VIDEO: 'If You Ever Did Believe'

BEST WARDROBE: 'Sorcerer'/'Everyday' (tie)

WORST WARDROBE: 'Whole Lotta Trouble'

BEST HAIR AND MAKE-UP: 'I Can't Wait'

WORST HAIR AND MAKE-UP: 'Blue Denim'

BEST LIGHTING: 'Blue Denim' (accentuated the bad hair, unfortunately)

WORST LIGHTING: ???

BEST MIC SCENE: 'Stand Back' (at the end)/'Sorcerer' (opening close up)

SINGLE THAT SHOULD HAVE HAD A VIDEO: 'Planets of the Universe'

SHOULD HAVE HAD A FAMOUS ACTOR: 'Rooms on Fire'

Ha ha that made me laugh out loud at my desk!

Say what? She's a great dancer! (given some of the dances in her videos are cheesy). You make my **** list for the day for that one. :P

Call me Masses! "Talk to Me" is my favorite Stevie video!
I really hate that video because it has all the faults that Stevie's music had at the time: pomposity, overblown concept, annoying "stately" gestures bordering on the static, & the star herself is all dolled up campy-trampy -- combining the freakiest aspects of the Mae West character in "Myra Breckinridge" & Joan Crawford in "Flamingo Road."

If you view Stevie as a lushly Romantic heroine, a creature of passion & windswept emotions, tormented by the buffeting winds of Fate & her own fevered imagination, then I guess the video completely captures it. If, on the other hand, you see all that as more than a little silly, then "Rooms on Fire" may just strike you as a sort of post-dated artifact of sinking pop stardom.

Because I'm SO DAMNED OLD, that's how! :lol: I'm so old I can remember life BEFORE MTV existed. When MTV was invented, I was glued to it for the first 5 years. Believe it or not they used to JUST PLAY VIDEOS. I used to say it was just like the radio, only you could SEE it. So I got to see all of Stevie's videos brand-new as they first came out. I even saw the "world premiere" of I Can't Wait. :] *SIGH* I miss the old days. (*shakes cane at the whippersnappers*)

uggh.. what a cheesy 80's video... the Civil War version really would have stood the test of time... but now, when you watch the official "Stand Back" video, it makes u wanna chuckle.. the backup dancers, the treadmill... could it be any gayer?? :lol:

After watching the Civil War version, it still seems cool.. it has a beginning and an end, and a story in between... and she felt she looked fat in it?? oh please :rolleyes:

:shocked: :shocked: :shocked: Wow.

So how do you really feel??? ;)

:laugh::laugh: oh, this is the most hilarious thing I've read all day!!

You've just made me LOVE this video :cool::laugh:.

:nod: :nod: :nod:

You hit that one right out of the park. :nod: :thumbsup:
Of course, it's totally silly and one of the best post-dated artifacts of sinking pop stardom on video. :lol:
Poor Stevie has to live that down now. :lol:

That was just her excuse for not airing it. ;)

BEST VIDEO: "If Anyone Falls"

BEST DIRECTION: "Every Day"

BEST EDITING: "Rooms On Fire"

(Adding my own here: )
WORST EDITING: "If You Ever Did Believe" -- for the continuity gaffes.

PRETTIEST VIDEO: "If Anyone Falls"

WORST VIDEO: "Whole Lotta Trouble"

WTF MOMENT: Every one of the "story" scenes in "Edge Of Seventeen."

BEST DANCING: "Stand Back"

WORST DANCING: Stevie & Lori's little arm-in-arm dance at the beginning of "WLT."

BEST TWIRL: "Stand Back"

THAT? WAS TACKY: The aforementioned Stevie/Lori dance.

OSCAR WORTHY ACTING: "Rooms On Fire"

(Adding my own here: )
RAZZY WORTHY ACTING: "Edge Of Seventeen"... of course, Stevie still exhibited more range than Pia Zadora, and SHE won an Oscar!

BEST DUET VIDEO: "Insider"

BEST WARDROBE: "Every Day"

WORST WARDROBE: "Blue Denim"

BEST HAIR AND MAKE-UP: "If Anyone Falls"

WORST HAIR AND MAKE-UP: "Blue Denim"

BEST LIGHTING: "Sorcerer"

WORST LIGHTING: "Sometimes It's A Bitch"

BEST MIC SCENE: "I Can't Wait"

SINGLE THAT SHOULD HAVE HAD A VIDEO: "Planets Of The Universe"

SHOULD HAVE HAD A FAMOUS ACTOR: I think Stevie should have been paired with Dennis Quaid in "Rooms On Fire."

:lol:

There are advantages to being old. Just think of all the things you got to see that we whippersnappers didn't. :nod: And, what's old anyway? Stevie is in her 50s, she looks hot, she sounds hot and if she does retire, she's got enough life experience to fill up at least three juicy books. And even if you're not Stevie Nicks, I bet you have some really interesting stories to tell! See? Old can rock! :cool:

I don't understand the beginning with Mick and Sandy. Confuses me. :cool:

Wait - are you talking about that moment when the guy is shaking her, and doll falls, and then the part where she stares at him? Where it seems like the stare is supposed to have some kind of meaning, but really Stevie just looks blankely staring? :lol: Every time I see that I'm like "ooo, nice Stevie, really, very dramatic. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: "