Do you guys think Stevie will record new music?

[Straightback]

At this point, I'd like her to focus on continuing to release deluxe re-issues of her back catalog. We got "Belladonna" and "Wild Heart," now I'd really like to get a remastered "Rock a Little" and "The Other Side of the Mirror", especially RAL because there are so many great demos she did then that I would die to have cleaned-up versions of. Also a complete release of the RAL tour, but I know I'm pushing it.

[BLY]

Originally Posted by Straightback

At this point, I'd like her to focus on continuing to release deluxe re-issues of her back catalog. We got "Belladonna" and "Wild Heart," now I'd really like to get a remastered "Rock a Little" and "The Other Side of the Mirror", especially RAL because there are so many great demos she did then that I would die to have cleaned-up versions of. Also a complete release of the RAL tour, but I know I'm pushing it.

Yes! I would dig this. I also would like clean versions of these demos and alt versions. I loved Stevie's 1985-1989 voice.

[mitzo]

I would certainly welcome new music but am sceptical she will do anything in a studio. My dream would be that she gets off the tour circuit and leaves a legacy of several more well produced solo albums. Which is unlikely for sure.

[sleepless child]

Hell no. All she really wants to do is tour.

[bwboy]

Originally Posted by Straightback

At this point, I'd like her to focus on continuing to release deluxe re-issues of her back catalog. We got "Belladonna" and "Wild Heart," now I'd really like to get a remastered "Rock a Little" and "The Other Side of the Mirror", especially RAL because there are so many great demos she did then that I would die to have cleaned-up versions of. Also a complete release of the RAL tour, but I know I'm pushing it.

It would almost be the best of both worlds if Rock a Little were rereleased in a Deluxe Edition and she toured for it- Rock a Little Redux! We'd get some new songs PLUS a Rock a Little tour where Stevie's sober! I would be so happy to hear Stevie sing I Can't Wait live. She's said in the past the song is too hard to perform live, but if she were sober, I she could nail it.

[petep9000]

Originally Posted by bwboy

PLUS a Rock a Little tour where Stevie's sober! I would be so happy to hear Stevie sing I Can't Wait live. She's said in the past the song is too hard to perform live, but if she were sober, I she could nail it.

Oh how boring! The whole fun of Rock a Little is how she bellowed, barked, and roared her vocals while whirling like a dervish. I hope she NEVER tries to sing ICW on stage again, modern Stevie with her phlegmy clicking sinus voice would never be able to do it anyway. Best to leave these things as good memories. Let her tell stories instead, she seemed to enjoy it and it doesn't require much effort.

[MaryLiz2]

Originally Posted by petep9000

Oh how boring! The whole fun of Rock a Little is how she bellowed, barked, and roared her vocals while whirling like a dervish. I hope she NEVER tries to sing ICW on stage again, modern Stevie with her phlegmy clicking sinus voice would never be able to do it anyway. Best to leave these things as good memories. Let her tell stories instead, she seemed to enjoy it and it doesn't require much effort.

I know she catches flack for it on the Rumous forum, but I like the stories. Yeah, they're self-indulgent, but I find them entertaining. Like it's my crazy aunt up there telling stories about the good old days. The Enchanted tour was my favorite because she did a little of that and shook the set list up. I didn't get to see the 24K Gold tour because the locations didn't work for me, but I followed it online/caught some of it on YouTube and I was entertained. Her singing voice isn't what it used to be, so go ahead and tell some stories between songs...or instead of songs...whatever. She's going to be 70 years old and should do whatever the heck she wants.

That said, a Rock a Little Redux tour with Mike Campbell (in reality I think the odds of her doing this are zero) would intrigue me simply because for some reason I really love the song Imperial Hotel. I dunno why. She's probably never done it live, but my love of that song would like to see it. Though her voice wouldn't sing it like the RAL version of Stevie, so as you say it's probably best to leave these things in the past.

[StreetAngel86]

Originally Posted by MaryLiz2

That said, a Rock a Little Redux tour with Mike Campbell (in reality I think the odds of her doing this are zero) would intrigue me simply because for some reason I really love the song Imperial Hotel. I dunno why. She's probably never done it live, but my love of that song would like to see it. Though her voice wouldn't sing it like the RAL version of Stevie, so as you say it's probably best to leave these things in the past.

i would love if she did the whole RAL album live
because i love Imperial Hotel too
it seems to be a very under-appreciated song
though i like more of the outtakes than the actual album versions

[bwboy]

Originally Posted by MaryLiz2

That said, a Rock a Little Redux tour with Mike Campbell (in reality I think the odds of her doing this are zero) would intrigue me simply because for some reason I really love the song Imperial Hotel. I dunno why. She's probably never done it live, but my love of that song would like to see it. Though her voice wouldn't sing it like the RAL version of Stevie, so as you say it's probably best to leave these things in the past.

I like Imperial Hotel a lot, too! Someone once posted that Sister Honey would be a great show opener, and even though that song is not a favorite of mine by any means, I have to agree that would be a great way to open a show. Talk to Me, I Can't Wait, Has Anyone Ever, Imperial Hotel, The Nightmare, and No Spoken Word would all be interesting to hear live again or for the first time. Throw in some demos or outtakes and I would so be there!

[StevieandChris]

Love imperial Hotel! I think of it as one of her “crazy, nonsense songs” like Thousand Days and Mabel Normand. Love those too. Almost like run-on sentences. In an interview on the last tour she said something like she did not do Mabel Normand because it is the kind of song that could be ruined if you miss one beat and throw everything else off. I wonder if that is why she has not done Imperial Hotel live too.

[Nick]

Love "Imperial Hotel" and "Sister Honey" from RAL. Also love "Kick It", so I'm fine with Mike Campbell making new songs with Stevie.

[Neal]

Originally Posted by Straightback

At this point, I'd like her to focus on continuing to release deluxe re-issues of her back catalog. We got "Belladonna" and "Wild Heart," now I'd really like to get a remastered "Rock a Little" and "The Other Side of the Mirror", especially RAL because there are so many great demos she did then that I would die to have cleaned-up versions of. Also a complete release of the RAL tour, but I know I'm pushing it.

This is my preference, honestly. She relishes living in the past - not a dig, just an observation - so I think she'd be more comfortable spending a few weeks/months delving back into the archives for these albums than she would spending a year writing new music.

And obviously that would lead to some more deep tracks played live, which is really what I'm after.

[secret love]

Originally Posted by Neal

This is my preference, honestly. She relishes living in the past - not a dig, just an observation - so I think she'd be more comfortable spending a few weeks/months delving back into the archives for these albums than she would spending a year writing new music.

And obviously that would lead to some more deep tracks played live, which is really what I'm after.

She does love living in the past. She did an album of old demos and then only played three of them on the resulting tour. So she is not even big on "new old" music.
That said, I do think she will most definitely record a new studio solo album. I think it will be about 50/50 old unreleased demos and new co-written songs, done with Mike Campbell, Dave Stewart or Dave Grohl, or hell, even Waddy Wachtel. Maybe she will title the new release My Mother's Rings after the song by that name.

[TheWildHeart67]

She does love living in the past. She did an album of old demos and then only played three of them on the resulting tour. So she is not even big on "new old" music.
That said, I do think she will most definitely record a new studio solo album. I think it will be about 50/50 old unreleased demos and new co-written songs, done with Mike Campbell, Dave Stewart or Dave Grohl, or hell, even Waddy Wachtel. Maybe she will title the new release My Mother's Rings after the song by that name.

Stevie played 5 songs from "24KG" on the tour in Sunrise Florida.
She also played "Moonlight" from "IYD," "Crying in the night," from Buckingham Nicks, and played a combo of "The Wild Heart/Bella Donna."
I would say she is very big on "Old New Music," and archived music not ever played before "Live," and the crowd response at the 15,000 sold out show at the BB&T Center in Florida was amazing.