Let's Talk About...GHOSTS

[Dodfather]

I've been in a major Other Side Of The Mirror mood this week. I've been playing that album over and over, which is a bit odd for me because as much as I like it it's not one of my favourites. Oh well.

Anyway, I think that Ghosts would have to be the strangest song on the album. Not the worst by any means (that dubious honour goes to the final track...shudder..) but just the weirdest. On the one hand it has quite a good, emphatic chorus and a nice melody line that leads into it but at the same time it has some of Stevie's worst lyrics ever!

"She relies on her music like a husband"...eughhh! Such a clunky line. Just bad. A contender for worst line ever, up there with "the forgotten chimpanzee".

That said though, there's still something likeable about this track and I think it would have been pretty great live back in the day. Can someone remind me, did she perform this on the Other Side of the Mirror tour?

The annoying this with this track, and the same goes for most of those on this album, is that there is maddeningly little information out there about when she wrote the song, what it's about etc. Stevie used to say so much about her songs but for this album, nothing! Or have I just missed it? Does anyone know any of the history of this song? The lyrics, use of "she" etc make me think that the song is very obviously about Stevie herself and one of her favourite topics - how she sacrificed love for her career and music.

Also, am I being too harsh on that "husband" line? Hahaha!