Why, Oh Why did Stevie turn down "These Dreams"?

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Originally Posted by amber

That sounds plausible, I see what you're saying. But maybe it was just some marketing guy's bright idea, or something, from the movie angle, or maybe moroder did say something to her about it - I can see him wanting a more popular female artist to think about it even though, like you say, she was only with FM at the time, and not really of the genre. Basically, what you are saying sounds logical to me, but the fact that so many people think it was offered to Stevie in some capacity make me think there may be some sort of truth in that, as well. Like I said, I could see the idea being tossed around from a marketing perspective...

But that's my point. From a marketing/promotional perspective, it wouldn't have made sense to approach Stevie because she wasn't, like they say in Behind the Music, a proven solo artist and was only a star within a band that had two other front-people and it wasn't her genre of music. Debbie wasn't considered a member of a band, she was Blondie, unfortunately, and people considered her a solo artist even though it was a band. So, in that context, she was a bigger draw than Stevie because her face and voice was Blondie, whereas Stevie was but one of three until '81.

And people think Sally Field said "You like me, you really, really like me!" when she accepted her second Oscar, but that's not what she said.

Also, if it were proven that Stevie was offered Call Me in any capacity, it would disingenuous to say she was offered Call Me. It would be more truthful if they said she was offered the basic synth track to what became Call Me.