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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC
I really doubt that she was in rehab in early 1987 since "Tango in the Night" was released in the early spring of 1987. And my understanding is that she was pretty much off cocaine when she recorded "Tango." But then I could be wrong...
What I have always found perplexing is that she released a very anti-cocaine song in the spring/summer of 1986, "Battle of the Dragon," which came out right before the notoriously drug-fueled RAL tour. The Dragon is cocaine. In that song she sounds as if she conquered her addiction alone ("...when your friends start asking you why, you just say nothing") and moved on. She reflects on the other rock stars who have succumbed to drugs ("We are adapting to your silence, I can live here without you, but at least I'm learning to live without your songs") and seems almost defiantly triumphant in lines like "I see myself remaining when all of you are gone" and "I can and I will go on." Perhaps this song was written and recorded after the first unsuccessful detox in early 1986 when, full of hubris, she determined that she could conquer the Dragon on her own whenever she felt like it. "Battle of the Dragon" was recorded and released. Then after falling off the wagon big time during the RAL tour, when she realized she could not do this alone, the second stint at rehab occurred in the late summer/early fall of 1986 before entering the "Tango" recording sessions at the last minute. This also helps to explain why Stevie's vocals are pretty much absent on over half of the album.
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I remember reading that Stevie was upset she was left off Tango for the most part. She was quoted as saying to Lindsey.."..and what am I supposed to say to Rolling Stone when they ask me why I am not on this record?" Of course she was in Rehab. Her stuff was recorded last. I think her was angry at her for not being there. He did not include her backing vocals on any of the tracks she laid out except Mystified and Little Lies.
07-07-2006, 07:33 PM
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