Favorite Stevie Demo

[wondergirl9847]

So what are your five favorite Stevie demos? Mine are, in order of most fave:

1. The Dealer
2. Smile at You
3. All the Beautiful Worlds
4. Leather and Lace
5. Space Needle

1. The Dealer is GREATNESS, I sing it along with her EVERYTIME! I hope and pray to God this song is RELEASED SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY, SOMEWHERE!! I love the acapella version too!!

2. Any version of this song is AWESOME, the non-angry AND angry versions are just wonderful. FLAMING, FLAMING, FLAMING!!!!!!!!

3. "don't give that to her, baby give that to me..." I loved this song the first time I heard it.

4. I prefer the demo over the Bella Donna version, just a guitar and her and Don on vocals, so GORGEOUS!!!!

5. I don't know what it is about this song, but I love it! It even starts out cool, that wierd sound at the beginning and her vocals are awesome!

[ERigby818]

1. Sorcerer with Lindsey...they both sound so young and innocent and when I first heard that I thought the harmony was so beautiful I would explode.
2. China Doll and Forest Of The Black Roses...both with a very sad-sounding young Stevie at the piano....just gorgeous
"Just how much must I give away? Anything, I love him that much" WOW
3. Smile At You ...FLAMING FLAMING...yes...just a great song
4. Mirror Mirror...I love where she belts out "Brilliant is your danger" and "Walk a thin line, walk a thin line" in that song. Something about that...
5. Love And War...I love the words to this song and I love the way she repeats them and sings them with a couple of different melodies...
"Well I'll beat you in the long run, I'll beat you to the mountain, I'll beat you at your own game, and you'll never be the same.
I'll be there when I'm not there, I'll be gone when I think that I'm with you. Two can play at this game but only one can win."
Those words from her almost pack the same punch as "You'll never get away from the sound of the woman that loves you."

Those are my top five in that order.
Why weren't these released?
And from what I gather, there are many other gems I haven't heard- like your #3 Christy, All The Beautiful Worlds. I'm burning with curiosity now
-Sonia

[EnchantedStorms]

This IS a cool thread. But there are SO many Stevie demos that I haven't heard...or at least haven't heard in a long time, LOL But, here are the ones I LOVE that I actually remember right now!

~~Thrown Down
~~Love Is
~~The Tower
~~Smile At You (Like the angry one the best!)
~~She Loves Him Still

These are in no certain order...although I THINK my fav is She Loves Him Still. But it MIGHT be Smile At You. Or Thrown Down. LOL....yup, they're in no certain order.

~~Angela~~

[rhiannon1119]

I haven't really heard enough demo versions to have 5 favorites.. but here is what I can say...

Thrown Down
Annabel Lee
Space Needle
China Doll
Love Is

I really need to hear Smile At You and Sorcerer (w/Lindsey).

Michelle

[Dar]

My favorites are

1. Smile at You ( the angry version)
2. Space Needle
3.She Loves Him Still
4. Thrown Down ( I'm hoping this is on the new album)
5. Sanctuary ( With as much time as she put in on this demo,she should have put it on an album.

I have not heard the sorcerer version with Lindsey.I would love to hear it if somebody has it.

[nodmod]

Originally posted by rhiannon1119


I really need to hear Smile At You and Sorcerer (w/Lindsey).

Michelle

Originally posted by ERigby818

And from what I gather, there are many other gems I haven't heard- like your #3 Christy, All The Beautiful Worlds. I'm burning with curiosity now
-Sonia

These MP3s (Smile At You and All The Beautiful Worlds) are posted on my site at the moment.
I will leave the MP3s up today and tomorrow and then the audio download page will be suspended probaley till month end as my allocated bandwidth is running out.

[nodmod]

Mine........in no order of preference

1) Smile At You
2) If You Were My Love (Mirage Outtake)
3) China Doll
4) Planets of the Universe (Original piano demo)
5) Thown Down

Smile at You is awesome. how this song got overlooked is beyond me.

If You Were My Love is another great Stevie/Lindsey track, much prefer this take then the later solo take on Street Angel/TOSOTM sessions.

China Doll is so raw and perfect.

Same as above for the original Planets, I prefer this take then the TISL version.

Thown Down has grown on me, I preferred Space Needle when the TISL demos were leaked, but Thown Down has really grown on me since then, would love to see this on the new FM album.

[wondergirl9847]

You guys, you can download most demos from AG!! Go to sararhiannon.com and go to Demo and Outtake Lyrics to get a LONG list of songs Stevie has either sung or sung on. I went there and then to AG to download!! LOL I just recently heard Baby Doll, At the Fair, Love and War, among others...

[Christopher]

This is hard.....but the ones that instantly leave me wanting more are:
1. SHE STILL LOVES HIM- so touching and and heartfelt, This should have been released on Rock a Little or at least on Tango intead of WISYA!!!..the spoken part gets me every single time.
2. ALL THE BEAUTIFUL WORLDS- This song is sheer heaven, so melodic and gorgeous.. I think this could have been a Hit single for her in the early 80's easily......and the vocal she did on it is killer.
3. FOREST OF THE BLACK ROSES/CHINA DOLL - pure drama~
4. SPACE NEEDLE/TROWN DOWN - looking forward to at least one of these on the new FM cd.
5. RUNNING THROUGH THE GARDEN- Killer lyrics and energy.....I love when she screams "there are too many flowers....TO CUT DOWN" ...again I feel in hindsight this should have been on Rock a little. it fits perfectly....she had so many good songs as outtakes...it was probably hard for them to choose.

and too many more to name.....I have found myself listening to her demos and outtakes over the years...more than her released material ...it also makes the long wait btwn official releases somewhat bearable.

[demoguy]

I'd have to say my favorites are (in no particular order):

1. Lady from the Mountain
2. It was good (from '72 B/N demos)
3. Wind & Rain (unk. title)
4. Smile at you
5. I'm so afraid (demo vers.)

It's hard to choose favorites from so many great demos!!!

[FiercestCalmSea]

Wow this is harder than i thought:

1.Smile at You
2.China Doll
3.Spinning Wheels
4.24 Karat Gold
5.Space Needle

[blinker12]

To make this easier, I'm just considering songs that haven't been officially released in any form yet.

1. The Dealer. I agree with you, wondergirl, this song is just brilliant. My favorite version (that I've heard) is take 10 from the Bella Donna masters.

2. The Tower. Beautiful melody, and her voice really soars.

3. China Doll. Ditto.

4. Sanctuary. Lots of versions of this floating around; I think take 6 from the BD sessions is my favorite. Reminds me a bit of "Silver Springs."

5. Thrown Down. Quite pretty and melodic, and with Lindsey's contributions I'm sure this will be a highlight of the new FM album.

There are lots of runners-up--"All the King's Horses," "All the Beautiful Worlds," "Forest of the Black Roses"--and lots I still haven't heard.

[estranged4life]

1.Sisters Of The Moon (Piano)-She is talking to a person named Andy about this track...She doesnt know if she will do this track for 2 years...Classic..."Pretty Weird Huh?"-Stevie

2.Love Is-I prefer this version over the TISL version...Love the music and the live-vibe...

3.Sleeping Angel-(Piano)...Awesome song...

4.Smile At You- "Flaming...Flaming...Flaming"...I wonder who she is "Flaming"...lol

5.Leather And Lace-(Solo) Its cool to hear Stevie sing the whole song without Don Henley...Great to see her sing his parts...

[BellaDonnaGypsy]

In no particular order...

1. Smile At You.
2. China Doll.
3. Julia.
4. All The King's Horses.
5. Thrown Down.

Ouch... that was cruel. Why couldn't it have been my ten favorite? Or twenty?! It all goes to prove that Stevie has so many great demos that should see the official light of day at some point.

Laura.

[iamstevienicks]

Could someone post a list of every demo there is?

I have quite alot, but I dont feel its definiteve

My fave is 'Forest of the black roses'