Let's Talk About...SEVEN WONDERS

[Dodfather]

How are we all today?

Time to bring this thread back I think!

I LOVE this song and am praying it gets added to the setlist for the Eurpoe dates, especially since Tango was so huge in the UK. I doubt it will though.

I think this is the best song Stevie did with FM between 1987-2003, until Thrown Down on Say You Will. It's by far her best song on the Tango album and I actually think the best song on that album at all - a controversial call because that album has some great tunes on it!

Does anyone have any idea what this song is actually about though? I've never seen any interviews where she discusses it in any detail, just general stuff about the release of the album. I know it was recorded at the tail end of '86 just before she went into rehab so if it was written at the same time (and who knows how long she'd had the song in a lace adorned, scented box for) then perhaps it's about the rehab journey she knows she has to embark on...

That maybe makes sense when you think about how much she talks about making paths to the "rainbow's end"...is sobriety the pot of gold that will allow her to see the Seven Wonders? Maybe because it will help her to "live to match the beauty again"? Maybe this means the beauty of how things used to be, before it all got so crazy?

Another favourite thing about this song is the FANTASTIC backing vocals towards the end! Almost like a duet between Stevie and herself here. I know that when I'm singing it very loudly in the car (the entire Tango album is great driving music) I tend to just sing those parts. Just the massive ott delivery of them, it's great/

My favourite line has to be, sung very loudly..."You'll never live to see that beauty, that beauty, that same same beauty again"....YEAH!!

Thoughts?