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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
I mean they have some GREAT songs -- I think Tusk (the song) is just killer - but I have NEVER really encountered the majesty Gypsy has in any of their other songs. That production was just the perfect alingment of the stars  |
Compared to the Bella Donna demos it's a masterpiece. I try to visualize how a video would have looked if the song came out the way Stevie was doing it in the studio with Tom Petty. That gypsy reminds me of a runaway street tramp dancing in a go go bar, not the glamourous gypsy princess dancing in the enchanted forrest you get with the Mirage production. The video was a great interpretation of the song as produced on Mirage. It looks just like I pictured the song in my mind before ever seeing the video. The guitar work and the vocal arrangement, the backing vocals in particular, make that song something special. I don't care much for the song live but I never tire of the album version.