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Originally Posted by louielouie2000
I'm much the same way. Many Fleetwood Mac songs were much, much better before they were polished to a blinding sheen (Never Make Me Cry is a perfect example). The beautiful edges and facets are buffed out when songs are polished too much. Stevie's solo career especially suffers from this affliction. To quote board member Vivfox: "Stevie wastes thousands of dollars ruining her songs in the studio."
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Most of Stevie's demos are much better to me than their released versions with a few exceptions. Gypsy is one of those exceptions. This demo and all the other Gypsy demos I have heard are just horrible. Absolute rubbage. The Mirage version of Gypsy is absolutely amazing and cannot be beaten in any other form. Lindsey Buckingham was the only one who knew what to do with those ghastly demos Stevie had been carting around for years.IMO