Bella Donna (song)
 

A shout out to this masterpiece that I rediscovered the past few weeks. I can't get enough of it#blaring out my truck in the hudson valley ny.

And the live version from the 1981 tour...amazing. I hope someday that video surfaces.


"...sort of captures your soul..."

Good point Joe, and what a great song it is, I agree it sounds best turned up really loud on a good set of speakers (the vinyl version of course :nod:)

Too bad it didn't stay as a set list staple over the years, "Bella Donna's a great old song".

And her vocals..............love it!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this song. You are right, it's one of the greatest Stevie Nicks songs to be TURNED UP LOUD! It is a sweeping epic that rises and falls with passion and emotion. It's a shame that this song has not been added to a single set list since 1981. I'm demanding that Stevie add it to the set list of her next solo tour.

"And we fight for the northern star"

From Waddy's Q&A:

Waddy: Yeah, could have been. That's a wild tune, "Bella Donna." I tried to get Stevie to do that one . . . but there is a lot of stuff to remember in that one. I mean on the last tour (Trouble In Shangri-la tour) I kept saying, "we need something unique, something that you don't do often, like 'Bella Donna.'" Then we listened to it, and went, "Too much work! (laughing) Too hard." Then I was like, "Did we actually used to perform this?"

Is the live version on YouTube?

Bella Donna is an amazing song.
I think all of the title tracks from her solo albums are pretty great.

It certainly is! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfkfomhEVxk
Enjoy!

WOW that live version is killer...absolutely love it live.