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Originally Posted by glitter_fades
Even if you what you say is true about her lyrics and chords on pre-solo songs, it doesn't explain how Stevie has all these co-written songs later on. Do you think she just handed poems and lyrics over to other songwriters only then, and they did all the chords and whatever you think equals music, but this was never the case for songs she wrote before her solo career?
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I believe what happens in the case of Stevie's co-authored songs, is basically what she explained in regards to the writing of "I Can't Wait."
Rick Nowels brought her a recording of an instrumental piece he wrote... she really liked it, and wrote lyrics to it.
She mentions the same in regards to "Desert Angel"... she listened to several instrumental demos that Mike Campbell gave her, found the one that she felt fit the sentiment she was trying to convey, and then wrote the lyrics.
If I recall, Rick Vito basically said the same thing in regards to "The Second Time"... it was a song that he was working on -- music with a few lyrics. Stevie heard it and liked it, and wrote completely new lyrics for it.
So basically, it seems that when she's the one who sat down at the piano and composed the melody, lyrics and chord progression... she gets full songwriting credit, no matter how much the producer alters it in the studio.
But when she writes lyrics to music that someone else composed, or adds significant additional lyrics, then they share the songwriting credit.
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why she has so often (since 1983) written lyrics to music composed by someone else -- probably because she's fully aware of her limitations in that particular area, and wisely works around them the best way she can.
