Circle Dance
 

After hearing of Jess Nicks' passing I listened to Stevie's cover of Circle Dance, and it makes a lot of sense now. Especially after reading her note on the nicksfix, I think she decided to do this song as a tribute to her father. Of course this is all my personal opinion, and it could be 100% wrong but to me I think this was part of Stevie letting her Dad go. I've read posts here and there about how people would see him rocking out in his wheelchair at her shows, so I'm guessing his health was steadily declining these past few years. Stevie knew, and after all that she had been through (and coincidently put her family through) she just wanted to give a final message of eternal love and admiration for her knight in shining armor. Her source of strength, and of course the man responsible for giving her those ears. :laugh:

I'm glad he stayed with her through the end of her tours this year. I truly believe he wanted to stay around to be there for Stevie just one more time. It's just another example of what a great guy he was, and how he can be an inspiration for others.

Nice insight, I think you have something there. :nod:

I have had a tremendous urge to listen to this song since I heard about Mr. Nicks.

I completely agree.

I've listened to it a few times throughout the day today. To me, this was one of those songs that had to grow on me before I really liked it.

Of course it is...I thought that the moment I heard her say Bonnie wrote it for her father. I think that is one of the main reasons she chose it. I'm so glad someone started a thread about Circle Dance. I've mentioned it before but I'm going to say it again. When I first heard she was covering a Bonnie Raitt song I kind of turned my nose up and thought it would be something boring and/or cheesy. I wasn't excited at all. But when I got a boot of Stevie and Don singing it I instantly fell in love. You know when a song just hits you and you can feel it in your body and it touches you somewhere so special? That is how I felt when I heard it. Now, the interesting part. It was the highlight for me at my first Gold Dust show in San Diego. I had no idea I was going to love the performance so much. I guess it was a combination of how much I loved the song coupled with seeing her perform a song I've never seen her do before. I actually got all choked up and I've never cried at a Stevie concert before.
Well since then I listen to that particular song on the CD constantly (far more than the others). In fact I had the song in my head this entire week (which did get annoying at one point) and I don't think it's any accident that it was the week of Jess' passing.
I can't express how much this song means to me and the emotional effect it has on me. I've been going through a tough time and Circle Dance has turned out to be my angel. Sorry for writing so much...

that was very nice. I hope things look up for you soon. {hugs}.

I was so happy when someone posted a boot of this from a show. I loved the song the very first time I heard it. It has a lot of personal meaning for me to and I can totally relate to the words. I knew that if Stevie was covering somenoe else's song, it had to have GREAT personal meaning for her.

that's very cool and so sweetly put. I love Circle Dance. I love how her voice breaks as she's changing into "it's a bitter..." ahh - pure bliss

when I saw Stevie in Dallas, I had brought someone to the show that was familiar with Stevie but not an avid fan. she had just been through a breakup with her girlfriend and when Stevie sang this song, she teared up...that goes to show the effect of La Nicks and her power

Thanks :). My favorite part is:

"Can't go back to make things right
though I wish I'd understood
time has made things clearer now
We did the best we could"

Oh I have tears agaon lol. If anyone happens to have a copy of the Bonnie version I'd love to hear it :)

She has a tendency to do that. You should have seen the waterworks I had to sit next to at the Minneapolis show. I had to inch away slowly during Beauty and the Beast to avoid getting soaked

Your post was great. I recently had to let someone go who was the world to me. I wrote a long email post explaining why . . . but then cut cut it down to two sentences and then said Ms.. Raitt wrote the reasons better than I could ever write them and "its time to let your go." She and Stevie are just amazing women. It always amazes me that as a man I think I am supposed to be the strong one, and, in reality, my strength pales in the shadow of the strength of women. Proof to the point, she sang that song knowing the obvious about her father - her last love letter :distress: :distress:

You are a genius! Of course this is why she added it. Why didn't I think of that? The song is gorgeous, I love it. I'm also a Bonnie fan so this was quite a sentimental choice for me. I loved the way Stevie sounded on it. Amazing.

Stevie and Bonnie led similar lives as strong independent women. Both survived either alcohol or drug dependencies and came out of it better women. Circle Dance was a perfect cover choice for Stevie and I am reminded of a statement Bonnie made when she won all of her Grammy awards for Nick of Time. I'm paraphrasing here but she said she was glad to receive all of the great feedback for her album and career at a time when she was sober and could really appreciate it. I believe Stevie has enjoyed performing more the last 8 years since The Dance and appreciates her family and fans more today than ever before. Both had strong fathers that greatly influenced their lives and how ironic that Stevie's cover of this song and the recent deaths of both of their fathers occurred so close in time to each other.

By request Bonnie's version.

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