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Originally Posted by Christopher
Yeah but what female recording artist is not the Mona Lisa. 
Musically speaking - what can you extract from say Linda Ronstadt, Pat Benatar, or even Madonna as well as many other famous females & attributed that directly to them and not their session/band players or producers! |
I don't know those women well enough, but certainly it would be pointless to speak of the instrumentation or orchestration of their tracks & attribute it to them, the way it also would be with Stevie.
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Stevie's has the distinction of being a big part of the the famous FM sound
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The sound I was referring to -- I probably wasn't being clear enough -- is something Stevie had no part of.
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as well as being a strong solo attraction on the basis of her unique vocal styling, lyrics, unusual songwriting structures AND her persona. All those ingredients are enviable enough to stand on there own merit! Stevie has made arguably 4 good to great solo records, and it's not fair to dismiss her solo output.
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But these are questions of taste. The "greatness" of Stevie's solo albums is going to vary from this person to that person. I don't consider any of her solo albums great. I like listening to a bunch of them, & sing along & play the songs on the piano & watch her give concerts on TV & all that other stuff, but I don't extrapolate greatness from my sort of mindless enjoyment. I don't find great truths in her lyrics, the way others do. Truth to tell, I find greater truth in her singing than in her lyrics. I think it's her voice & her physical cuteness that are the basis of my excited response to her.
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Lindsey B. had a couple of solo stickers himself.
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Again, these are questions of taste or preference. I like his very first album, but the rest of it I don't really care for. It doesn't seem to have held lasting interest for me.
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Give Miss Nicks credit where credit is due
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I give her credit (if that's the right word) for being a nice person in a business overrun with egotism & arrogance, for being a great performer, & for being an excellent pop singer. I hope I never said otherwise on the Ledge. If I did, I might have been trolling.