Straight Back

[Mr Scarrott]

I really used to dislike Straight Back and I still can't take to it in the confines of Mirage. In other contexts it seems to improve somehow. I have it in a playlist that goes Sugar Daddy- Born Enchanter- Straight Back-Sooner or Later- Tango in the Night with about a 10-second cross fade between tracks and it has really grown on me. Odd, as I'm a bit low on chiffon...

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by tabruns

I love the mysticism of it. The production definitely makes this song. Love it.

Same here, though my first listen of the song may have skewed my impression of it permanently. I was flying to Las Vegas for the first time in my life, listening to Mirage on my headphones (I'd just gotten it & Tango for my 19th birthday). Anyway, Straight Back came on as I was flying over the Grand Canyon & Lake Mead. I had this totally existential experience hearing the song & seeing that scenery for the first time. It just couldn't have been a better soundtrack for the moment. 13 years later, I still can't hear the song without thinking of that imagery.

In any event, I've always felt Straight Back doesn't get it's due respect. It may be a poor man's Sister Of The Moon, but it's still a great little song.

[DauphineMarie]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Same here, though my first listen of the song may have skewed my impression of it permanently. I was flying to Las Vegas for the first time in my life, listening to Mirage on my headphones (I'd just gotten it & Tango for my 19th birthday). Anyway, Straight Back came on as I was flying over the Grand Canyon & Lake Mead. I had this totally existential experience hearing the song & seeing that scenery for the first time. It just couldn't have been a better soundtrack for the moment. 13 years later, I still can't hear the song without thinking of that imagery.

In any event, I've always felt Straight Back doesn't get it's due respect. It may be a poor man's Sister Of The Moon, but it's still a great little song.

Fantastic story.. lol "poor man's Sister of the Moon" I have a similar experience with the song Brown Eyes. I was also flying, except I was flying to London to meet with someone I really didn't want to see, and as soon as I touched down, the chorus began, and I felt this horrid surge of anger and euphoria. Later, it turned into an amazing experience, but I just remembered that darkness...

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by He's So Unusual

One of Stevie's worst FM tracks.

I sort of agree. Love the melody but the lyrics seem really lazy to me and nonsensical. Production is stellar though.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by DauphineMarie

I was also flying, except I was flying to London to meet with someone I really didn't want to see

Screw the FM song story, this sounds more intriguing to me. Spill girlfriend.Why would you be flying over seas to see someone you did not want to see?

[DauphineMarie]

Originally Posted by vivfox

Screw the FM song story, this sounds more intriguing to me. Spill girlfriend.Why would you be flying over seas to see someone you did not want to see?

Uh oh, Ledgie story time! Let's try this:

So I'm from London, but I was living in France at that time. While there, I got into lots of trouble and pretty much partied all day and all night. My favourite thing about this time though was Bastille Day (I'm an amateur French Revolution historian) and I was in this little parade and everyone was sloshed and I dressed up as the Goddess of Reason and was carried through the streets of Paris singing La Marseillaise (not kidding.) Anyways, my "boyfriend" was still in London, and when he heard about what I was doing with my life, he told me to come back home. And I did, because I probably would have ended up penniless or dead, to be honest.

So I fly back to London to meet him, and I literally hated him for being so controlling and things like that. I felt so embarrassed, like a child who's being punished, and I resented every inch of him. But then when I came back to my senses, I realized he had always been like that, even with little things, so even though I appreciate his concern for my well-being, I realized I had to be my own saviour, and be the person I wanted to be. Because at that time I was co-dependent on others for my own happiness. So when I looked into his Brown Eyes, "what do you want to say? are you just another liar?" Can I not make a life for my own? You can't tell me otherwise, or make me do anything I don't want to. So that's pretty much why I didn't want to go back, but I'm glad I did.

Phew, sorry for that! But you asked

[moon]

Ohhh Mirage and Straight Back haters, I feel shame for you!!! Hahahaha
This is one of the most beautiful songs of Stevie from her FM repertory. I say this everytime, but it's a strong song, and everything sounds really good, drums, voices, guitars, keyboards...Even when I really don't like the sound of the songs from the Mirage tour at all, the song itself has a unique power, something that makes it really incredible.
Regards!