Another new Stevie Interview - TONS OF NEW INFO!!!

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Originally Posted by AliceLover

Yes, it was just me and a little piano. I think I wrote it in 1976, maybe even ’75. It sounds like I’m 5. Glen Ballard said, “So where has this little gem been hiding?”

She has to be talking about China Doll here. Her voice in that demo does make her sound 5.

I sincerely hope that it is "China Doll," since that is my second favorite vault song that has not been officially produced ("If You Were My Love" is my favorite!). But the question is whether she goes for the high falsetto "doll" note. If she doesn't, she shouldn't even think about recording this. I think she could do it in the studio, but she would never sing it in concert.

As much as I loved the article and the excellent questions, I must admit my enthusiasm has been tempered by the inclusion of "Annabel Lee." It's a crap song, and all of the "minaret" solos in the world cannot salvage it. So if this is considered to be a benchmark for the rest of the album... . I sincerely hope Annabel Lee gets bumped from the roster, or, at best, becomes a bonus track on iTunes. I'm actually interested in the Twilight-inspired song... and it's kinda funny that I postulated that her album should be titled Twilight in another thread... I can't help but think that it will be thematically similar to "The Nightmare" with all of the gothic battle imagery- "well, she wants him to stand up and win... but she said, 'oh baby, you cannot walk away from this battle with the vampire...'"