What Stevie song(s) cheers you up when your down?

[gypsysara]

Hi Ledgies!

Im feelin a bit blue these days... and was curious... what Stevie songs cheer you up? What Stevie songs do you listen to that help bring a smile in your eyes? If youd like, elaborate as to why that song touches you.

I listen to Sara when Im down, it helps me remember she's the poet in my heart, to never change, never stop.

[strandinthewind]

I remember graduating and feeling a little down nd like "is that all there is." Then I was driving by myself in the French Quarter in New Orleans and just jamming to Gypsy. The words just clicked for me then as they had so many other times about how you can dance away from yourself to become or at least grow into to a new person, etc. What a majestic song.

[Bella Figura]

when I'm depressed, "I Can't Wait" always picks me up!!! You can't help but dance around the house to it...plus most of OTOSM is upbeat and it's a "make it thru the rain" kinda album

however, if I'm indulging in my depressed state Beautiful Child or the Tower Demo can always make me cry even more!!! SYW's Goodbye Baby is more upbeat with it's music box quality. and Street Angel is the saddest little album Stevie has...

[flyfirefly]

"Edge of Seventeen" is my personal "power" song.

Let's see...also "Trouble in Shangri-La," "Stand Back" and "Sisters of the Moon" -- it's definitely got to be raucous if I want to get out of a slump. If I feel like being depressed for a little while, it's on to "Storms," "Beautiful Child," or bits and pieces of the Bella Donna album.

[DrummerDeanna]

Gold and Braid!!! Oh my God...I just hear the intro and it just picks me right up! I love that song...also Edge of 17 is good for a lift....and Trouble in Shangri-La! I have no specific reason for why they pick me up...they just do...I love hearing them...

[jwd]

The first song that popped into my head was "Say You Will". One of the few up songs of hers. You know how they're usually dark and depressing(sad). Not this one though. Great positive vibe!!


"Here is a place that will never be dark......I remember that place" Just one of the many feel good lines from this song.



Joe

[gypsysara]

GOLD AND BRAID!

That is a great song!

Easy flow the tears, you see a pathway!

Ah just reading your replies is lifting me up... I want to go home now and dig out my Stevie tunes!

[SmthngOfADreamr]

NO QUESTIONS ASKED!

I can't listen to this song without smiling. It's full of energy and it has an incredible build-up. Some of the lyrics are classic Stevie and also make me smile. I love "I don't blow the cold wind of it at you anymore!"

[Mad4stevie]

"Stand Back"
"Edge of Seventeen"
"Gypsy"
"Paper Doll"
"Say You Will"

Those are my personal favorites!

[darklinensuit]

If I'm bumming in general, I reach for Stevie's escapist songs such as Nightbird, Lady from the Mountain, Santuary, Gypsy, Bella Donna, Sisters

If I'm upset with someone, I reach for her angrier power songs such as Edge, No Spoken Word, Nothing Ever Changes, Wild Heart, Imperial Hotel

I love Gold and Braid, too, but only the HBO concert/Enchanted versions.

Fifteen years ago Think about It was the song I reached for, but I think I played it too much. Still, the opening chords lift me up.

BTW, I was going to post this topic yesterday. Maybe bad stuff was in the air across this board.

- Jake

[gldstwmn]

There is something, I don't know- "bad"- not sure of the word but I definitely feel it, floating around. I'm bummed that I haven't seen the band since opening night and that I'm just working continuosly so I can go and follow them around next month. Anyway, to the topic at hand.
Fall From Grace- There's something cathartic about this song.
Angel- Light and beautiful, I love it.
Rhiannon- full rock version from FM Live. I didn't "get" the extended verses for a long time. In the last year or so, they make a lot of sense to me.
Stand Back-Red Rocks version with the wah ah ah part at the end, I just love that. I also like the Timespace mix.
Stop Draggin'- I just recently got the version with only Tom, so guess who sings the girl part. It's a blast.
Julia- the no fade version.
If Anyone Falls-it will be one of us!
Think About It-Rumors outtake version with the yeah yeah yeahs from S&L.
That's Alright
Smile At You (outtake)
The Dealer

Thanks for posting this thread I feel better already.

[Sorcerer386]

This is kind of weird, but the opening chords to Think About It remind me of music from an old video game I used to play called The Secret of Mana. When something good happened, like you're rescued or something, this music starts playing that's similar to it. Very funny...

Yes, Think About It is a good one, and I too immediately thought of Say You Will. SYW is a great driving song to ease your road rage mood. I completely picture a California beach and careless days when I hear the opening music. Other songs are her more upbeat songs or angry songs, because usually when I'm sad I'm angry at the same time, so belting away at these songs along with Stevie helps. I love listening to the Planets extended mix when I'm really mad.

[tamaraluvsFM]

Well, I myself have been feeling pretty down lately and I always listen to the Mac or Stevie for comfort and a pick me up.
I listen to Sara alot as this song just flows so smoothly and definitly soothes a headache. I have always loved Gypsy since it first came out as it always makes me sing and want to twirl, and always puts a smile on my face.
For when I am really down..I put on believe it or not..Leather and Lace. I love the part, "I have my own life, and I am stronger then you know." This part gives me a little boost.
I find comfort in most of FM's song and Stevie as they have great meaning that each person can interpret for themselves.

Tamara

[darklinensuit]

Oh, also the angry outtake version of Gypsy. It's perfect. Love the last part: "Gypsy, DO--DO--DOOOO--DO, the child was, child was enough, ooooh, oooh oooh oooooh"

- Jake

[Moon Brother]

Interesting,

I too, on occasion, find listening to Sara very uplifting.
Especially the after the intro when the drum beats come into play. You get this feeling like someone fabulous has entered the room and they can't take their eyes off of you for one second; that feeling that something heavy is going to happen and because of this it will change your life for the better!

Though, when I am feeling a bit violet and blue, I find listening to Stevie's "The Wild Heart" album works its magick on me. It always reminds me of the fall season in New England, my favorite time of the year, when the time draws nearer to where the physical world and spirit world make a close connection (Halloween). I am 12 years old all over again with all of my innocence listening to Stevie paint images in the corners of my mind a world I thought could never exist.

The hopelessly enchanted children and the Angels that just wouldn't give up at all!

Of falling in love in twilight, seeming like dreamtime.

That magick that awaits you in the garden beyond the gate.

On taking a chance with destiny and love at first sight!

Hearing the bird who sings its haunted call if only at night; through a windows' frost covered glass tearing you away from the warm fire and blankets pulling on your cape to go walking through the misty wood to a remote graveyard!

Of being that vulnerable and insecure and to have that special one make it all better by taking your hand and choosing you amongst all the others.

Of devoted loyalty that keeps you running.

Of a wayward lover and the power of your convictions to be able to change their mind and allow them to see the light of day.

Of a great love from a dream we held in a past life in Camelot. For it was Lancelot your champion who in a dream fell, accidentally, upon Excalibur, yet still remained love's victor.

And finally, at the cursed castle of the Beast and "her" Beauty, or...was it ~ Beauty and "her" Beast?
Whose forbidden love was the greatest love? Whose beauty and broken promise brought love to its death, and whose real tears freed a prisoner in disguise so that love could live again.

Stevie always said that "The Other Side Of The Mirror" was her "magick album, probably in the way in which the albums sounds. "The Wild Heart" is an album has a magick that allows you to be alone, to go inside and recharge your batteries and to come back to the world a little stronger and wiser.

Life, Love, and Magick~
Moon Brother