Live Say You Love Me-Stevie Off Key?
 

Has anyone else noticed that Stevie's harmony on Say You Love Me from the Live album is, erm, a bit off? It's the part: "when the lovin' starts and the lights go down/and there's not another living soul around/you woo me until the sun comes up and you say that you love me" that sounds off key to me. Has anyone else noticed this, or am I becoming hard of hearing now that I've turned 30? :laugh: Perhaps it's the live recording, but Lindsey's and Chris's harmonies blend beautifully and Stevie's voice is just stuck out there like a sore thumb--no blend. Any thoughts?

Absolutely, I can barely even listen to it.

Pffffff! What's up with this? Why would they release this with such a bad vocal from Stevie? Couldn't they use a different performance of this song? They must've had something else they could've used from this tour.

Just listened to it...

Yikes. You're right!

It is awkward for me. I think she is trying to hit it and does for a second, but then misses it. That being said, she still sounds okay and better than most today. I also think CM was off in that song, which rarely happens.

And - they had so many good recordings where all three are spot on. Why they chose that one is beyond me.

Check again buddy! :lol:


Now if you want to hear Christine "off"...listen to the second disc of the Madison Blues box set. :wavey:

Give a good listen to "Outside the Rain" in the US Festival some time.
GREAT performance, but "on-key" it was not. :shocked: :lol:

Oh yes, that has bugged me from the first time I heard it and still does. It ruins a good song, damnit. :blob2:

There is good off-key ...

And there is bad off-key ...

There is good ...

And there is bad ...

Good vs. evil.

Someone should yousendit so an expert can judge. :cool: :laugh:
(okay, I just don't have the live album).
Maybe she's right, and Linds and Chris are wrong. :D *snicker*

It's the same on most of the bootlegs from that I time. I'm not sure why she was always given the high part that she couldn't seem to master. On The Dance she seems to finally realize she can't sing that high and takes a lower part...and it sounds good.

Whatever...still love SYLM live for the guitar solo. It just makes you feel good inside.

Stevie's a little flat, yes. But throughout the years on that song, she was always a little flat on that chorus harmony. Finally, in 1987, she dropped her part to the other harmony & did okay with it. But why do people point out all these little flat singing moments? All three of them singers were often flat or slightly off-key. It didn't ruin anything, usually. Often, it made the band more interesting.
I could buy that! No, seriously, the instruments--like the bass & piano--give you the correct tonic, so all you need to do is compare the human voice in question with the instrumental tonic. At this particular point in SYLM, Stevie's the off gal.

But lemme tell ya ... I bet back in 1977 when that was taped, Stevie was LOOKIN' good, lemme tell ya. All eyes on her. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: She was a whirling dervish, engaging her muse & (as you once said) flinging her body heedlessly.

OMG! AMBER! You have sinned against the FM community...


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Hey I like your new pic in your sig. Its nice.:thumbsup:

Ok...I'm listening to this now!

I think its safe to say that Chris is not the one off key...

Stevie however...OMG...REALLY off key. I had never really picked up on this until you pointed it out.

The worst flat harmonies are on Mirage Tour DVD on the song Blue Letter...
Lindsey looks like he wants to kill her. Talk about shooting daggers! I love how competetive they are on The Chain..it is just riviting & quite shocking seeing them trying to outsing eachother..Stevie wins by the way.....;)

You know, music today is so drenched in filters and processors, you only hear a little of Brittany Speres and all these new singers' voices, the rest is all filters. I actually like hearing mistakes in music. It reminds me that I'm listening to real people.

I don't mind the so called "off key Stevie" on this tune...or any tune. It was always a quality that I loved about her singing. You could pick her out of a crowd - especially on a live track.

That's a nice spin, but, look, no :laugh:

Re the comment about Chris being off: I don't think Chris is off, I think she and Lindsey sound good. Stevie sounds like she's singing a completely different song altogether! Where is her ear monitor?! :laugh:

Re the comment about "outsinging" on The Chain from Mirage: you're right! It's like they are battling to death to see who can sing over who...and yes, Stevie wins. When Lindsey tries to forcefully sing he just sounds froggy and looks like he's having some kind of palsy attack. And further, that make-up he's wearing in Mirage makes me want to run screaming from the room. As Sahara put it, it's "spinetingling!" :laugh:

Well sure, but she's supposed to be harmonizing here, and furthermore, that was their signature- beautiful 3-part harmony. Anyway, there's no blend on this song where there should be blend and it bugs.

I'm there. Boy, her U.S. festival performances were just a downright comedy of errors weren't they? :laugh: We love you Stevie! :xoxo::laugh:

Yes, but she looked good. :laugh:

I swear, you and David..."as long as she looked hot nothing else matters" :laugh::xoxo:

No way! She was dynomite at the US Festivals!

Also, fyi for non-Californians: my pal Debbie used to call it the U.S. Festival, too, but it isn't---it's the "US" Festival, pronounced like the pronoun (It was "Unite US in Song")

And it seems like I knew that and posted U.S. anyway. Why? I blame lack of caffeine...

And if by "dynomite" you mean "high-as-a-kite" then you are correct sir! :laugh: Oh, and the description "comedy of errors" is meant in a good way, you know kind of like a left-handed compliment?

LOL :laugh: I was being sarcastic- I mean, she *did* look good, but boy did she ever sound horrible. Worst performaces, ever, IMO.

I always thought she was flat, but not necessarily off key. But hell if I can sing.

Stevie is off key, no questions asked ;) have you noticed on the Live 1980 album also that near the end of Rhiannon, Stevie goes so loud into the microphone that there is some major screeching going on :laugh:

I'll have to check it out. As I recall, most of that performance is really f*cking loud. That's one of the reasons it's my favorite track on the album, I love raucous Stevie :thumbsup:.

I do too! But her vocal chords did not! :o :laugh:

Yes, unfortunately :( Although maybe if she'd taken better care of her voice, you know by learning how to use it better, she could still tear up performances today.

oh man! i LIVE for that "how still my love" on youtube--especially the WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOAH IT'S ME THAT'S TALKIN TO YA!