welcome to the room...demo?
 

Hellow everyone. A little while back a Ledgie mentioned hearing the demo for "Welcome to the Room...Sara" and thinking it was far superior to the arrangment used on TITN. I was wondering if someone had an MP3 of this that he or she is willing to share. Don't want to be pushy...but if you feel like sharing it, I'd love to hear it.

Here's a demo that I have of it. It doesn't sound too dissimilar to me. Not sure if this is the one that was spoken about or not. Anyway, here it is:

http://download.yousendit.com/B9A7B3DC0C67970E

Thanks for posting. I love this song:nod:

thanks for posting.

Well, if this was the base for how it ended up on Tango, kudos to the band. What a pile of sh*t this is! Not that the endresult is so much better...the song stays a spunkless, driveless misshapen animal. Oh, Ms Nicks really had some bad years.....she could have done so much better.

yeah, i'm just gonna go ahead, be nice, and call it horrid.

i really don't care for stevie's voice after "the change". i wish it would have stayed like BN, FM, and Rumours forever. The goat vibrato is grating.. particularly in the 80s, and this just demonstrates it even more.

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Ditto!

Not a massive fan of this song. I'll play it if I'm playing the whole album but other than that I'd never play it, so I don't need this demo since it's even worse IMO.

Thanks for uploading it anyway, there was always a chance it could have been better.

well, I sound a little harsh, sorry for that, but since I don't like the song I was even more shocked by this demo. It really lacks musicality imo. I LOVE Stevie, but between mid eighties and mid nineties she really ruined alot of my fandom.

right??!!! no wonder lindsey beat her up :laugh:

Thanks for posting! I have to say, I'm not sure what the other ledgie saw in this! But, hey, maybe there's another (better) one floating around there?

Again, thanks.

first off, you have to keep in mind that this demo is warbled. it's not proper sound quality to really judge it solely on it's content. I love this song. I think it could've benefited from a few things, but I like it. but then, I like Affairs of the Heart and When I See You Again...:lol:

I love TITN, it just jungle thumped it's way into my heart from the first time I heard it upon its release. Such a cool album, 80's or not.

I also really love Welcome To The Room...Sara. The demo audio sucks so I never listen to it, but the recorded version rules. Such an odd song, but great. I love the ending, "when you hang up the phone you ceast to exist."

Whoa nellie, that was harsh, reel that comment back in...:distress:

Yeah, the band really did do a good job of spicing this up and making it sound really good.:nod:

:confused: Assuming one considers the song "good". :shrug: Personally, I think it wasn't worth the tape it was recorded on. :insertprojectilevomitingsmiliehere:

TANGO is actually a very pretty album. But, it is totally Christine's. Her songs are the highlight of this project.


rbs

True, I should've considered that. :nod:

i stand by it in the humor it was intended

I love this song too... also Like WISYA... don't like Affairs however...

this demo sounds like the tape is warped... i agree

OK...warped, cynical, sarcastic sense of humor. I like that. Could have been a line from Family Guy ...

(And not to be taken seriously...)

P.S.

Thanks for the download.

I don't care for the original or its younger sibling...

indeed... that was the spirit... plus aren't we all a little off from being FM fans... Stevie Lindsey Christine Mick John Bob Peter Danny Jeremy

those are some warped people to worship

Warped People? As in Cults?

Sounds eerily similar to the "Goodnight" scene from the Waltons -- (a TV show from yesteryear...)

Goodnight Mick
Goodnight John
Goodnight Peter
Goodnight Jeremy
Goodnight Danny
Goodnight Bob....

(Ah hell...you get the picture...)

And we are STILL discussing those old episodes of the Mac ...

I don't mind the officially released version, I don't love it, but it's ok, but this demo is one of the worst pieces of **** I've ever heard. I deleted it right away, there's no need to save that.

Would someone mind re-posting this...the link died.

Here ya go

http://download.yousendit.com/291E0EA139C771D2

Thanks so much!! :xoxo:

I think the demo is horrid; especially her shrill, abrubt voice: "She consults her book."

However, I like the Tango version. Why? It's such an unusual song...and as direct as Stevie will ever be about her stint in rehab. It's hers and hers alone - no one else would or could write a song like that! I totally get the "island feel" as Lindsey described it in 1987.

And her response to her greeting Betty Ford is classic Stevie:

Rehab counselor: "Welcome to the room, Sara"
Stevie: "Welcome to the choir, Sir" (a sly reference to her professional status)

Plus, there's her reference to Front Line Management, the company she battled with, and apparently felt imprisoned by..."Front line baby, well you held her prisoner..."

As crazy as it sounds, I actually LOVE the demo, it's better than the released version IMO. It sounds meaner and has a more raw and open feeling to it. The released version is much too pop sounding IMO.