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Originally Posted by louielouie2000
How would you define the difference between a song that was a collaboration vs one that was cowritten? The distinction has baffled me ever since Stevie started touting Dave Stewart as the first person she'd ever written a song with.  |
Well, Stevie never said to Lindsey, "here are some words, can you put music to them" or "here is a melody, can you give it some lyrics [not that she thinks Lindsey is capable of writing lyrics]." So, she hasn't written with Lindsey in that sense. She has given him demos with a melody and words and he has arranged underneath it.
As for Dave, I think Stevie never noodled together with anyone. Obviously, she has had co-writers, but she never sat down and sang a line and had the other person scratch his head, play with it a bit and come back with the rest of her line. I think she never experienced that before and that's what she means about Lennon/McCartney.
Michele