No more snippets for me!
 

Hi everyone, I've decided I'm not going to listen to anymore snippets from the new Album. I'm not going to re-visit the already released snippets. Why ? I want to buy the Album as fresh as possible......luckily for me I didn't know all of the demos that well,..so I'm not listening to anymore, and can't wait for release day.......
Anyone else feel the same ?

I'll probably continue to give the snippets a listen as they are pretty short, but I did find that I didn't want to go listen to the demos that I wasn't familiar with so that my mind didn't decide that that was the way the songs were "supposed" to sound. I find that in most cases, the first version of a song I hear I tend to think of as "the right one" to my ears. (The exceptions were the longer version of Planets of the Universe, because I loved those added angry lyrics, and the longer version of Gypsy) I'm not as well versed as most folks here on the unreleased stuff, so in most cases the songs will be brand new for me.

Yes .I agree.I rather wait and enjoy her album fresh from the start when I receive it.
I'm trying to stay out of the loads of preview threads here.

The internet takes the fun out of it.

In the old days .I remember the radio stations used too do artists spotlight on their new releases .By the time they do the shows I already have Stevie's album in my hands.

After when I listen to it I will post my review .

In a perfect world (at least for me), we'd have gotten no snippits, and our first exposure would be the first "listen" on the day of release.

You are awesome, Sue, for stopping now and waiting. I've thought about doing the same thing...but I don't trust myself to NOT click on those video snippits every time they're posted on her Instagram. I wish I had more willpower, but I just know myself.

It appears that "Hard Advice" and "Carousel" are up to bat this week...and then next week we should be getting the "Blue Water" snippit. That demo is my absolute fave! I'm waiting with baited breath to hit the "start" button on the day it's posted.

So yeah, no willpower here! :laugh:

I'm not at all bothered by hearing the snippets. A quick comparison of the clips of The Dealer and Lady against the full song (and even I Don't Care between the two clips) is a solid demonstration that it's only a small sample, and the song will be much bigger than the clip can accurately convey.

But I understand the desire to wait and be fully surprised too. :nod:

I feel the same way about everything you said. I got into the band during the dance at 12y old and still favor those versions to any other. The demos are new to me but sound a little to plain so this time I think I might like the new versions. But just in case, I stoped listing to the demos a few weeks ago.

To come think about it .Last week I did not even bothered to open 'unzipped"the second single download.

I will just wait until the album arrives .My vinyl hungry turntable will be waiting for it.

Its like Fred' s in the video.LOL.............................




I wish I had one of these.I would love to hear Stevie's voice coming out of that horn speaker.





I'm old fashion. I always love surprises on the holidays and birthdays.I can wait.

I usually always prefer the demos over the released versions but not with Gypsy. All the Gypsy demos drive me bonkers. Can't stand 'em. But the released version is pure magic.

With 'Trouble In Shangri-La,' I had heard the entire album well before its release date. I still trekked to the store that morning and bought it, but listening to it that day was rather anti-climactic. So in the lead-up to 'In Your Dreams,' I swore that I wouldn't listen to it before release day. And then Rolling Stone streamed the entire album, and I caved in like a West Virginia coal-mine.

I seem to have no will-power where Stevie's new music is concerned, so I can't swear I won't listen to '24 Karat Gold' in its entirety before October 7th -- but I'm sure going to try not to. Hopefully the 15-second snippets, and the four digital singles, will help keep me in line. ;)

I was working at Borders Books back in 2001, and my manager brought me a promo copy of TISL about a month before it was released. The CD was just a plain red, and it was only in a cardboard sleeve. I LOVED the album, but like you Johnny, I bought the "real copy" on release day and it was also a tad anti-climactic. I was thrilled with the album artwork and liner notes, though.

I also streamed IYD via RollingStone.com a few days before release...and when my copy came in the mail, it was also a tad anti-climactic.

I consider the vinyl version of 24KG to be its "release day" on 9/30, even if the regular version does "officially" come out a week later. So if it does get leaked online or gets a free stream somewhere, I'm going to TRY MY BEST to refrain from listening until that vinyl record comes in the mail. I want my first listening experience to be putting that record on my turntable, and letting it fill my living room in stereo surround.

Willpower....:o

...of course, I say this NOW, but...

I also don't really know any of the demos, apart from 24 Karat which I'd heard before.

So for me listening to the snippets is okay as I know a little bit about the song and I don't judge it on anything.

yeah, I'm kinda there with you. I don't want the glitter to fade on the 24 K Gold!:D

and a few songs in particular, Blue Water and She Loves Him Still are too special to me to hear pre release date. I need to hear them in their entirety in a safe place! Haha

I hear you and wish I had the willpower you do.

But, I am going to stop reading the board before the first Fleetwood Mac concert of this upcoming tour, just so I won't know the exact setlist. Of course it won't vary that much from previous set lists, but there will probably be at least 1 or 2 surprises, and with Chris being back, we won't know exactly what songs of hers they will do before the tour starts.

So here's to being surprised... :)

Kevin

that's what I did last year when I saw them and it was pretty cool to have no idea what the next song was going to be.

Yea .I wish Stevie recorded the Wildheart demo like it was in the video with Lindsey's instrumental.

I still will read the boards myself .I will just try to stay out of the preview snippet and the FM setlist threads.

Now some probably noticed that I absent from commenting in those threads.

Its hard but I will keep up it .

I have no problem with the snippets- they are giving me a small taste of what to expect going into the album. They are adjusting my expectations in regards to the style of production, quality of Stevie's vocals, the genre of songs the album will contain, etc. So far this has wrought sort of a dichotomy in my mind- I really, really love about half of what I'm hearing... the other half scares me a bit, to be honest. Still, I think the snippets are fulfilling their intended purpose- building excitement among us fans.

They are definitely building up excitement for me! But I will do my best to save my first full listen for the vinyl I ordered. Out of curiosity, which songs are you scared about?

To me .The record is sold without hearing it like most of Stevie's and FM records.

I remember the local record shop back in the 1970's and 1980's let you hear snippets of albums before the album was purchased.I always pass when the sales person say "Do you want to preview this album first". I said No.

The song that scares me most is All The Beautiful Worlds. It sounds very 1980s Adult Contemporary. Hopefully it's just the clip, though. If You Were My Love sounds a bit Adult Contemporary as well- but I'm still holding out hope for that one, too.

The general strain I'm hearing when Stevie flexes her range is concerning, as well. Lady is the most prominent example, but the latter half of The Dealer exhibits the same symptoms.

On the other hand, songs like Mable Normand, Belle Fleur, 24K Gold, Starshine Silver, and others are just revelations.

Hey Sue!! You just have to listen to the new Hard Advise snippit! You'll love it so amazing.

Wow! For real? :laugh:

Stevie is in her late 60s of a rock and roll life lived to the hilt and the songs were pretty much recorded live and in very few takes there is going to be some strain.Adult Contemporary has been the template for any Stevie studio album after RAL so should songs on that style appearing on the new album really come as a surprise.:shrug:

Hey now stop it, I'm trying to be good. Tho' Blue Water might just sway me.

I don't know how you will manage this sue. But you did say NO snippets, not even Blue Water..... ;)

I tried that last tour and I got burned. For example, I thought I too would just not open any tour setlist threads, but when I went to the Fleetwood Mac forum, there was a thread called "New Sisters of the Moon" or something like that. You would have to be kind of slow (and I'm sure you aren't :) ) not to realize that SOTM was in the new setlist. Anyway, good luck however you decide to manage it. This time around I"m determined not to know what I'm going to hear before the concert. :)

Kevin

I know but I'm on a walking holiday in The Cotswolds (truly beautiful area of England) and we have Indian Summer here, so I'm lounging in the garden as its HOT for walking and I know I'll have itchy fingers when Blue Water emerges.

I am flying to the US to visit family around Christmas, and am going to the last show in Tampa on December 20, so I don't know how I can control myself lol

It has been hot today. It's strange for this time of year, but I like it! That sounds like a nice holiday, and great weather for it.
I can see why you might not be able to resist Blue Water. I'm enjoying all the snippets and the build up. The clips are so short that I don't think they'll spoil the first listen of the album, and I just can't resist them anyway :)

I hear you re some of the AC sound, bit realistically speaking, Stevie has been veering in that direction since the mid-90s. I would, however, have enjoyed a Mirage-era rendition of IYWML. But I'm excited to hear the full song!

I frankly don't hear the strain in Stevie's voice - her upper range is no doubt diminished, but I'm impressed with the raw vocals I've heard so far. :shrug: