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Originally Posted by takenbythesky
As evidenced by my posting here and choice of signature, I love both Grace Slick and Stevie Nicks. Comparing the two is not exactly fair, because both are so different, as others have stated. Grace Slick's song "Dreams" is worlds away from Stevie Nicks' song "Dreams." I doubt Stevie would write a song with words like "I've seen those high-stepping sexy witches / Sons of satin, songs of bitches--all were there in my dreams." Grace's Dreams album cover does remind me vaguely of a Stevie parody (I believe someone brought that up...did the Stevie parody "Angel of Night" inspire you...? Sparky?).
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Indeed ! I have the album. I love that you get that parody. I think the cover and that song are Stevie parodies (homages) of the highest order.
Grace is a provocateur and is as crazy as a ****house rat. But I love her, and think that she is a true original and rebel. With a powerhouse voice. It was simply not her goal to be an icon and rock star forever. Like someone else said, Gracie has a family and a successful career as a painter. And she was part of the old guard - the first generation of women rockers. Stevie was in the second generation. That doesn't mean anything other than timing, really. But Grace kicked down some doors for women. And very unlike Stevie, who has always talked about working her way into the men's world of rock gently, Grace grabbed them by the balls. Let's not forget that Stevie, not unlike Madonna, was sleeping with most her collaborators. A different kind of grabbing by the balls...
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Grace could belt better than Stevie, but she never has personally touched me in quite the same manner that, say, "Storms" does.
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And I don't think it was her goal to do that, either. She did her thing, and was done. Not everyone wants to do it forever.