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Originally Posted by Macfan4life
This thread has made me listen to Tango a few times over the past month or so. One interesting part that is a glimpse into history is Stevie's swipe at her former management company Frontline. Today Mick and Stevie tell the story of how Stevie did a successful stint at Betty Ford and everything turned out fine. Wrong! If you were paying attention in 1986 you remember that Stevie's management pressured her big time to check into rehab. She did it reluctantly even though she talks today that she was her own hero in this process. Stevie also left Betty Ford before she was supposed to and called the place "really dumb." She was there for 28 days. Who ever heard of a 28 day rehab? I would think the minimum would be months or even 30 days LMAO. Her quick addiction to tranquilizers shows her escaping after 28 days was not that successful. Her writing in Doing the best that I can is also called "Escape from Berlin" for a reason. She was so miserable and drama queen that she had no problem saying she "escaped." In the song "Welcome to the room Sara" she sings .."of course it was a problem....Frontline" After "escaping" rehab Stevie immediately fired Frontline management and put this song and lyrics on Tango.
She blamed others for making her go to miserable rehab and took revenge on them. This is why I take her statements about friends concerned about her and why she took Klonopin with a grain of salt. Addicts frequently love to replace one drug with another.
I just hate the re-writing of history  |
well Stevie does like to spin her yarns to her advantage and to fit the image of herself she's worked hard to create.
One small nit, though. Though it's hard to tell because of where she breaks the vocal, it really should be read as:
"Frontline, baby, well you held her prisoner, after all these years and as well as you knew her"
...because she totally resented them trying to tell her what to do (as she so often says about herself) and felt they were holding her prisoner and disrespecting her even though she'd know Irving for a long time (he managed the Eagles). She fired them after this. "In the never-forgotten words of another one of your friends, baby when you hang up that phone, you cease to exist".
I believe the 'when you hang up that phone you cease to exist' line she attributed once to Joe, who said that during one of their spats. And in the song she's turning around and saying it to Frontline.