Ever not recognize Stevie's voice?
 

Or... would I ask this about Bob Dylan? :lol:

I listened to Nashville Skyline today and remembered when I first heard Lay Lady Lay, I didn't recognize it as Dylan for a second because his voice had "changed" on/for that album. (In my defense, Nashville Skyline was released before I was born!)

Has anyone every heard a Stevie tune for the first time and not recognized her voice? I never have, but just wondering... I'm not nearly as familiar with her solo stuff as everyone else here is, so I am wondering if she ever changed her singing style dramatically on any song so much that it wouldn't be instantly recognizable as Stevie.

for years, i never knew "Whenever I call You Friend" was Stevie singing... then "Enchanted" came out.. :nod:

When I was a kid I never realized that she was singing backup on "Magnet and Steel," but I was convinced she was singing backup on Eric Clapton's "Lay Down Sally."

In 1983 I was really anxiously awaiting the release of "The Wild Heart," so I remembered catching the end of the Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams" on the radio and thinking that was the new song by Mama Nicks! :eek: It's that part where Annie is just vamping, "Oh-oh, aah ah ah ah." Even now I think it's rather Nicksian.

No, but I was shocked as hell when I heard Every Day on the radio. She sounded so nasally to me at first.

Me too!!! :blob2:

Never, but there have been times where I've stopped to listen closely because I thought somebody else was Stevie. Usually it was because the vocal volume was low, and Stevie's radio songs - notably Sara - often have that quality.

- Jake

Me, too. Also magnet and steel, and Gold. But I've never heard one for the first time once I became a fan, and not realized it was her...

Never. In fact, I've been in really noisy places, and heard only faint notes of a song, and said, that's Stevie Nicks. Even if I haven't known the song. Her voice has always been very, very identifiable to me. First time I heard Whenever I Call You Friend, I nearly flipped out, cause I had no idea she had sung on any other duets that L&L and SDMHA (this was many eons ago, when I had just discovered Stevie), and I was sooooooo sure it was her. It took some research (before the age of internet) and I was so thrilled when I found out it WAS her. Same with when I heard Gold and Midnight Wind. When I was a teen and still living at home (ah, those were the days), I used to go to sleep with my radio on, and I actually used to wake up whenever a Stevie song came on. Talk about my ear being tuned in to her voice. Was very weird.

I am so ashamed to admit this, but I literally found out a month ago that Stevie was the female vocal on "Whenever I Call You Friend." And that was only because I was looking at the Enchanted box set on BN.com and saw that song listed on there.

Can you tell I'm a total wet-behind-the-ears green newbie? (And I've been listening to her since 2001 or 2002.)

Man, have I been asleep at the wheel...http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...s2/redface.gif

I had heard Everyday before I purchased TISL. I remember really liking that song on the radio and then when I got the TISL album I was so excited that Everyday was on the record and Stevie had sung it.

Stevie? Nasally? NEVER!

Only once--the first time I heard "I Can't Wait". I actually did think it was Stevie but not 100% sure--I had to call the radio station up to be sure! I've always been good at hearing her harmony & background vocals in other songs and I'm still totally convinced she's on Tom Petty's "Dont' Come Around Here No More".

Nope...that was Marcy Levy. :D

Who later changed her name to Marcella Detroit and formed a duo with ex-Bananarama'er Siobhan Fahey called "Shakespeare's Sister".

It only happens to me with background music at the store or something. Some of you will want to slap me for saying this, but I agree with Tom Petty that almost all of the music that came out in the 80's was crap. In contrast, everything put out in the 70's is WONDERFUL. I hate that computerized crap. So, I missed most 80's music because I refused to listen. (yes - my mind is that open)

I even missed most Fleetwood Mac stuff from those years too. So, one day, only about three or four years ago, in the grocery store I hear, "Little Lies" and I instantly know that it is Christine, and then I try to listen carefully and I think I hear Stevie, but I wasn't sure until the song was almost over.

I also had a delayed Stevie reaction to "Seven Wonders". I thought it was her, then I thought no, then yes. It was.

Patty

She is on that song... isn't she?
I'm pretty sure. lol

I hope so... 'cause that's the only reason I listen to it.
You can hardly hear her though. :rolleyes: