If you were to produce a Stevie tribute album

[RavenOfRhiannon]

Who would you ask and what songs would be included?

Just to make things easier, let's limit the album to 12 tracks and only covers of commercially released songs. No demos.

Here is my pick:

Title: Like a Charmed Hour and a Haunted Song: Celebrating the songwriting of Stevie Nicks

1. Bella Donna- Sarah McLaughlin
2. Sisters of the Moon- No Doubt
3. Landslide- Dixie Chicks (I just loved it on Divas)
4. Rhiannon- Sheryl Crow (You didn't think I leave her off)
5. Sara- Sarah McLaughlin
6. Think About It- Faith Hill
7. Standback- Cher (YES, Cher, it would be cool to have a disco 'Believe' type remake.)
8. Alice- Dido
9. I Need To Know- Tom Petty (live)
10. Sorcerer- Marylin Martin (I Just love that version)
11. Seven Wonders- Sandy Stewart
12. HAEWAFY- Lindsey Buckingham

Next...

[Sorcerer386]

Of course, in a perfect world I would be singing all of these...but, since that's not quite possible, here's my tribute list:

1. Enchanted: Dolly Parton
2. Think About It: Goo Goo Dolls (don't ask me why, I can just hear it though).
3. Stand Back: Pink
4. Ooh My Love: Elton John
5. Gold Dust Woman: Ozzy Osbourne
6. Planets of the Universe: Alanis Morrisette
7. Edge of 17: Cyndi Lauper (throwing a little curve for this song)
8. Sara: Sarah McLaughlin
9. Whole Lotta Trouble: Gwen Stefani/No Doubt
10. Dreams: Matchbox Twenty
11. Fall from Grace: Courtney Love
12. Leather and Lace: Sheryl Crow and Lindsey Buckingham

[ejof17]

Here is "Rock and Roll Woman" A Tribute to Rock Poet and Enchantress Stevie Nicks.

1. Beautiful Child - Natalie Merchant
2. Sisters of the Moon - Ozzy Ozbourne
3. Sara - Joan Osborne
4. After the Glitter Fades - Dolly Parton
5. Stand Back - Elton John
6. Storms - Sarah MacLachlan
7. Gypsy - Pink
8. That's Alright - Mary Chapin Carpenter
9. Landslide - Sheryl Crow
10. If You Ever Did Believe - Elton John
11. Dreams - Mary J. Blige
12. Leather and Lace - Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears

With a brand new single and star-studded video from Miss Nicks herself: "Julia" (one can only dream!)

All proceeds benefiting "City of Hope".

[jwd]

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Sheryl Crow and Tom Petty

Landslide - Dixie Chicks

Dreams - Sade

Gold Dust Woman - Lenny Kravitz

Leather and Lace - Tim McGraw and Shania Twain

I Can't Wait - M. J. Blige

Siver Springs - Sara McClachlan

Gypsy - Aimee Mann

Stand Back - Prince

Rooms On Fire - Enya

Rhiannon - Gwen Stefani

Edge Of Seventeen - Ann Wilson


Joe

[greatdarkwing]

1. Stop Dragging my Heart Around- Sheryl Crow and Tom Petty
2. Gypsy- Tori Amos
3. Sorcerer- Pat Benatar
4. Talk To Me- Pink
5.Dreams- Blondie!!!
6. Gold Dust Woman-AEROSMITH!!!
7.Sara- Sarah Mcglauclin**I just butchered her last name!
8.Stand Back- Billy Joel
9.Rhiannon- No Doubt (Gwen Stefani)
10.Fall From Grace- Ozzy Osbourne
11. Edge of 17- Cher
12.Silver Springs- Elton John

Yay!
~Alex

[Lisa1769]

You guys are so creative....I would love to hear some of these covers. My favorites would have to be....

~~~ JWDs...Edge of Seventeen...Ann Wilson (Such a powerful voice!!)

~~~ Sorcerer 386...Gold Dust Woman...Ozzy (I can just hear him on the
opening "Rock on Gold Dust Woman"

You guys are to fun!!

[wondergirl9847]

Originally posted by Lisa1769
~~~ Sorcerer 386...Gold Dust Woman...Ozzy (I can just hear him on the
opening "Rock on Gold Dust Woman"

You guys are to fun!!

Or how about, "Rock on, *Bleeping Gold bleeping Dust bleeping woman..." LMAO!

[Sorcerer386]

LOL!!! I'm glad you guys liked that one...I thought it was my most creative. I can definitely see him on stage with his black veils and freaked look singing GDW.

[chiliD]

Title: Like a Charmed Hour and a Haunted Song: Celebrating the songwriting of Stevie Nicks

Great title, but, I would think that if you're doing a "Tribute To Stevie Nicks's songwriting", why include a song she didn't write?? (Petty's "I Need To Know")

Lot's of great ideas on this thread.

From the ho-hum to the bizarre (some are ones that are already recorded & released), here's my list:

Enchanted: Sir Elton John
Fall From Grace: Maria McKee (backed by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
Storms: Wilson Phillips
Think About It: Bob Dylan (backed by TP & The Heart Breakers)
Dreams: The Corrs
Stand Back: Rod Stewart
After The Glitter Fades: Dixie Chicks
Rhiannon: Joan Osborne (backed by The Wallflowers)
Bombay Sapphires: Sting
Landslide: Smashing Pumpkins
Leather & Lace: Ozzy Osbourne & Lita Ford
Gold Dust Woman: The Wallflowers
Planets Of The Universe: The Go-Go's
No Spoken Word: Journey
I Can't Wait: Pat Benatar
Beauty & The Beast: Kate Bush
Edge Of Seventeen: Heart
Gypsy: Sheryl Crow

[tommer]

what i always dislike about those compilations is that the songs never combine, so first of all i'd take a dominant producer to put everything in line, (my dream producer will be Moby of course) that's why i'll state only the right vocalists, here is my dream team:

fall from grace- edward kowalczyk (from Live)
kind of woman- tori amos
1000 days- skin (from Skunk Anansie)
i will run to you- alison moyet and morrissey
planets of the universe- alanis morissette
fireflies- michael stipe (from rem)
beauty and the beast- marianne faithfull
edge of seventeen- dave gahan (from depeche mode)
the highwayman- dolly parton
straight back- sinead o'connor
battle of the dragons- annie lennox
talk to me- sophie ellis-bextor
escape from berlin- andy bell (from Erasure)
long distance winner- fiona apple
fireflies- elisabeth frazer (from Cocteau Twins)

stand back- celine dion (no way. just kidding. )

[ShangriLaTroubl]

Saluting the Reigning Queen of Rock - Stevie Nicks

1.) Edge of Seventeen (Nonpoint)
2.) HAEWAFY (Alicia Keys)
3.) Stop Draggin My Heart Around (Lita Ford and Ozzy)
4.) Landslide (Tori Amos)
5.) Too Far From Texas (The Dixie Chicks)
6.) Leather and Lace (Faith Hill and Tim McGraw)
7.) Sara (Avril Lavigne)
8.) Talk To Me (Elton John)
9.) Gold Dust Woman (Metallica)
10.) Stand Back (I agree with you on this one, CHER!)
11.) After the Glitter Fades (Natalie Maines and Sara Mclachlan)
12.) Dreams (Sheryl Crow)
13.) Gyspy (Kid Rock w/ Sheryl on backup)
14.) Beauty and the Beast (Annie Lennox)
15.) Planets of the Universe (Heart)
16.) Storms (Jewel)

[Wild Heart SLN]

Well, this is truly a great question, anyway here it goes

title: Flower and the Vine

1. Rhiannon-Sheryl Crow
2. Stand Back-Heart
3. Haewafy-Joni Mitchell
4. Dreams-Sara Maclachlan
5. Sara-Bonnie Raitt
6. Beauty and the Beast-Sandy Stewart
7. Thats Alright-Dixie Chicks
8. Outside the Rain-Shirley Manson
9. Candlebright-Dolly Parton
10. Rock A Little-Lenny Kravitz
11. Fall From Grace-Cher
12. Sister of the Moon-Rolling Stones

[ERigby818]

1. Outside The Rain- Madonna (I can see her singing this kind of seductively, but with emotion)
2. Nightbird- Dixie Chicks (They'd kick ass on the "the ones who sing at night" harmony part)
3. Angel- Blondie (with that pop-mocking poppiness they're so good at!)
4. Whole Lotta Trouble- Paul McCartney (Think of Paul in his brief-but-weird 80's synth phase, doing his "Helter Skelter"-ish wail and it works!)
5. Wild Heart- Faith Hill (She could really have fun with this)
6. Crystal- Eric Clapton (He could keep it acoustic and make it bluesy but sentimental- like "Wonderful Tonight". He wouldn't leave a dry eye in the house!)
7. Sisters Of The Moon- Courney Love/Hole (same tempo and smoky bass line as the original)
8. Enchanted- The Rolling Stones (with tons of energy and piano!)
9. Dreams- Paul Simon (he makes anything sound thoughtful, so he could get a lot out of these lyrics)
10. Gold Dust Woman - Trisha Yearwood (I can just hear her belting out and holding the note for the "and go hooooooooooome" part)
11. Landslide - Steve Miller (soft, acoustic)
12. HAEWAFY- Crosby Stills And Nash (with Stills on lead vocal. I'm confident they'd make an awesome three-part harmony work for parts of this song!)


Hehe...I just spent like 20 minutes thinking about all this. That was fun! GREAT thread.

-Sonia

[David]

Originally posted by tommer
what i always dislike about those compilations is that the songs never combine, so first of all i'd take a dominant producer to put everything in line, (my dream producer will be Moby of course) that's why i'll state only the right vocalists, here is my dream team: [snip]

What inspired choices!

I looked over everyone else's choices & to be quite frank, I can see why I generally dislike these projects; the decisions to put a particular artist on a particular song seem like nothing but marketing decisions. Who needs to hear Ann & Nancy Wilson do a Stevie Nicks song? Or Cher? Or Faith Hill & Tim McGraw? Or even Clapton? These are dull, dull, dull middle-of-the-road ideas. They don't fascinate at all. The idea of Tim McGraw singing "Leather & Lace" with his wife is about as potentially exciting as a veterans' convention. On the other hand, Tommer's idea to stick Alison Moyette & Morrissey on "I Will Run to You" is inspired.

[ERigby818]

I would actually hate it if a Stevie Nicks tribute album were ever made and sold! I hated it when the Rumours tribute came out, even though I didn't actually mind a couple of the covers. It IS just a stupid marketing scheme.

I do like the idea of thinking of what other artists would sound like singing some of my favorite songs. That's FUN! I wouldn't even mind hearing them cover the songs on their own respective albums. That's totally different. But if the tribute thing actually happened, I'd be really angry
-Sonia