Stevie's new/old mantra

[Christopher]

I was thinking the other day, on the sometimes infuriating topic of songs and whole albums Stevie ignores on stage, that we all desperately would LOVE her to perform again. I've concluded that Stevie has not forgotten these songs at all. But rather, she's very consciously and righteously chosen not to revisit that place or time. All those songs that were inspired or written during the crazy drama for days time period. Basically ignoring most of RAL through Street Angel!

I think Stevie is not particularly proud of her behavior and/or her songwriting during this timespan. She even said at one point, looking back specifically at the klonopin years, stating she didn't feel she wrote any memorable songs during that time! And as far as RAL goes, Stevie was spinning out of control during this era (which is why it's so fascinating) there were fights, ego power struggles, drug and alcohol binges, dangerous romantic trysts, her unreasonable stubbornness, just drama after drama. So ultimately from TISL till now, I believe Stevie is following a simple mantra - which was not so hidden after all - and literally evident in her empowering line from "That Made Me Stronger":

"Once more I tell the shadows of my soul to stay back.~ Everything has changed now!
and I don't want to go back....and nothing you can say can change my mind."


What do you think? Is there really any other reason to ignore a decades worth of material??: