"If You Were My Love" Preview!
 

Sounds gorgeous!

OMG!!! One from my wishlist! And it sounds sooooooooooooo much better than Mirage and Street Angel outtakes already. Even though it's only 10 seconds long, it seems like they are focusing on her vocal and harmonies rather than a big musical production. Smart!

P.S. LOVE that picture as well!

Agreed, her voice and the song, all 10 seconds worth, sounds really good! :]

yeah it seems like she's just keeping them close to the demos rather than trying to finish the more rocking arrangements that might have been done. Smart!

It really is a snippet. I hope we get an official video soon to boost interest. A 15 second clip isn't enough. Hopefully we'll get another one this week. Her vocal is great though. :)

What's the point of a 15 second clip??? Not going to sell many records with that...

Does it seem like this video may be just like the last one-- an ongoing scan of a single photo? :(

Yup!!! An official video and radio play is needed very soon. :nod:

Although I'm almost impressed they did manage to include the Instagram link in the tweet...

It sounds beautiful. I love the guitar work.

And to those complaining it's only snippet, they can't release a bunch of singles at once. The first single (The Dealer) has been released and it needs it's time. We're lucky we're even getting snippets of anything else. Chill, people, and appreciate what we have. :)

Jamie

15 seconds is the max Instagram will let you upload.

I've just listened to the clip a couple of times on my phone at lunch, but it sounds absolutely gorgeous. If You Were My Love is far & away my fav unreleased demo, and it sounds like they got it right. :nod:

Oh...my...GOD! :rolleyes:

THANK YOU, Jamie!

I agree, but should it take this long for The Dealer to be played on radio? It has been played once on UK radio which is terrible and I'm not sure about the US. I just want this album to be really successful and a single with an accompanying video and decent radio play is what's needed. Hopefully this will happen within the next 2 weeks or so. :cool:

Is this the same unreleased song from "Street Angel" ???

well, but neither Stevie nor her team have any control over that. Radio is very corporate-controlled, playlists come from headquarters of these large chains of stations who then all play the same stuff and nothing else. So, frankly, I wouldn't hold my breath (at least in the US) that this will get much airplay because the DJs don't get any input into what they play. And the corporate types look at demographics and who "the kids" are listening to/buying. I think by now Stevie has resigned herself to this and is embracing social media finally because she's learned that that's the way to generate 'buzz' and get media coverage. But not radio airplay.

There's no reason why a longer "preview" could not be posted at "Stevie Nicks Official"

Sounds like the new version is in the vein of the Street Angel outtake.

Yes, promotion wise I don't think it's helpful. I mean, people don't actually expect them to sell records, but even if the snippets are used to simply create interest, I don't think they do. In fact, my feeling is that they could decrease or dull interest when you still have almost 2 months to go until the album release.

Michele

It sounds like the mirage version to me, and I have listen to all them at least a million times

maybe it's just a labor of love, a gift to her fans? Ok even I have a little bit of hard time believing that, but maybe. Who knows.

I'm just hoping that it will be added to the BBC Radio 2 playlist on Saturday because otherwise the album is getting no promotion at all yet in the UK. There is still time though. :nod:

Always thought of that as being an unreleased track as opposed to being a demo...

A little preview tease is not going to have any affect on album sales either way; it's non-consequential. Stevie is not an unknown. I think the album, once released, will sell itself.

She made a video and I don't think it was for the Dealer.

I actually agree with the comment that the single needs its time. It does. Put the single out there and leave things alone for a month. Maybe release the official video for The Dealer, to maintain excitement. As for the other songs, they can do more teases of those when they're two weeks ahead of the release -- or not at all.

Michele

It's crucial that "Camp Stevie" realize that the days of "Radio Promotion" are dead and gone...If they want to promote Stevie they will have to do better than a 15 second clip and a few tweets here and there...Yes they are dipping their toes in the social media waters but that just will not do...Time to jump in head first and get it over with after which they will see "Social Media" isn't all that bad...

Same difference.

If there were an "Official" Dealer video wouldn't we have it already since "Lady" will be out in less than two weeks...

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It just absolutely irks me to no end when people b*tch and moan and b*tch and moan about the lack of updates (which is understandably frustrating) but then continue to b*tch, moan and complain whenever they are finally given the updates. Some people are just never happy about anything.

And yeah, to reiterate Louie's previous post, Instagram only lets people post 15 seconds worth of video. Let's be happy that we're getting SOMETHING people! Quit complaining! Enjoy the ride! They're posting snippits to get us excited, not to sell records! They'll post longer clips on sites like Amazon for that purpose!

Well, it's not the same people complaining about the same thing. Different people have different preferences, so yes, there will always be someone who is unhappy, someone who is happy and someone who doesn't think that happiness or unhappiness should be expressed. Some people are happy about anything and everything. Some are happy about nothing and, fortunately, some opinions vary depending on the circumstance.

Michele

I guess I missed this but was there official news on "Lady"? I don't even know what song that is, unless she retitled it... Is it the next single?

Sounds great! Almost Street Angel-ish, but without the tropical vibe that the SA outtake had going. It also reminds me very much of certain Bella Donna outtakes.

I am thrilled with the old photos being used for song art. I hope If You Were My Love comes with another one; if so, assuming it's going to be the one in the clip.

From the "Next preview"

I don't know. You could wait to "debut" the video until late September and that could amp up interest all over again, in both the single and the album.

But if The Dealer doesn't have a video, it will be interesting to see what song captured their minds more visually and made them want to do the first official video for it.

Michele

Are you happy with the way Stevie is promoted??? Because I am sure as hell am not...As a Stevie fan I find it insulting the way her people / management promote her...

That raises the question...Will the singles be different from the "digital downloads" we received with the pre-order???

Ultimately, I think we will have 7 downloads before the album is released:

Starshine
If You Were My Love
24 Karat Gold
Lady
I Don't Care
Blue Water
The Dealer

These are the songs with running times currently listed in iTunes. I think there will be the digital singles on the dates provided by Amazon, but I wouldn't be surprised if the others just mysteriously "became available" at some point between now and October.

No, I'm not happy with the way Stevie is promoted, but this isn't about that. This thread is about the fact that we got a new snippit today on Instagram.

Apparently, they will continue to give us snippits of each song from this new album weekly (or twice weekly if we're lucky) up until the album release. I for one am very grateful for that. They absolutely don't have to give us anything at all.

Most upcoming releases give us one single and video before release day. We've been given one single and (according to Amazon) will be getting THREE MORE digital singles before release day. How many times has that happened with a Stevie release in the past? Oh, wait! It hasn't!!! How many times in the past has Stevie given us song snippits of most (and maybe ALL in this case) of her songs before release day? What's that? Did you say none? I thought so. Right answer.

Show some gratitude!

It sounds good. And we can't tell what version it's going to turn out to be either.