Moonlight and The Songs Of Rhiannon...

seanthompson · #1 05-03-2011, 07:51 AM

So, is Stevie including Moonlight in the Songs of Rhiannon collection, and will someone list those songs please?

**mylittledemon** · #2 05-03-2011, 05:01 PM

No idear what you're talkin' about. Could you elaborate?

mikebise · #3 05-03-2011, 05:21 PM

From many sources of what Stevie has said over the decades:

Rhiannon
Stay Away
The Maker Of Birds
Kind Of Woman
Forest Of The Black Roses
Angel
Sorcerer
Forsaken Love
Planets Of The Universe
Moonlight

Josh2003 · #4 05-03-2011, 05:22 PM

Wasn't Goodbye Baby also based on something to do with the Rhiannon myths? Taking someone to the tower, and taking their only child?

**mylittledemon** · #5 05-03-2011, 05:27 PM

Is Songs of Rhiannon a bootleg collection or something? I've either never heard of it, or i've forgotten it...

mikebise · #6 05-03-2011, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Is Songs of Rhiannon a bootleg collection or something? I've either never heard of it, or i've forgotten it...

Well, fans themselves have compiled their own collections and labeled them Song Of Rhiannon and like titles, grouping together the songs they know Stevie has mentioned as from the Rhiannon project/movie/musical/album. But there is no leaked collection of all of the songs together.

Stevie has said (in 1989) that 11 songs were completely recorded, mixed and mastered for the Rhiannon album. She also said in 1982 that she had written 21 songs about the concept.

The only true "grouping" of any of these songs is a Master Reel labeled as "Stevie Nicks Movie Project" with piano demos of "Forsaken Love" and "Rhiannon" on there (along with "Blue Water", which is about Hawaii, not Wales).

The second verse of "The Maker Of Birds" is taken very liberally from the chapter of the same name of Evangeline Walton's book, Prince Of Anwyn.

In the 1998 webcast, Stevie said "Forest Of The Black Roses" is from Rhiannon. "Stay Away" mentions the birds of Rhiannon in it.

In 1981, she said that "Kind Of Woman" is a continuation of "Rhiannon". In 1979, she said "Angel" was part of the Rhiannon songs.

In 2001, she named "Sorcerer" and "Planets Of The Universe" as songs from the project as well (even though "Sorcerer" was written in 1974).

And now Stevie has added "Moonlight" to the list, with its 1976 lyrics from "Lady From The Mountains".