How Stevie Nicks’ Lost Masterpiece ‘Ooh My Love’ Became a Cult Fan Favorite

[vivfox]

I agree that Ooh My Love is a great song. It has stood the test of time for me also. The fact that it has never been done live is because Stevie is rarely brave enough to take risks. I wish she would, in addition to playing all the songs the live audience wants to hear, perform 3 songs from each solo album every night of her next solo tour. You know, like change it up every show. But I am living in a fantasy world cause we all know that ain't EVER going to happen. But a guy can dream, right?

[svnwndrs]

I would like to add, that towards the end of the song when she sings, and her voice cracks “Hey hey baby, no one can take you away from me, no, no one...” gets me EVERY TIME! It’s a powerful track, that’s for sure. An improvement over that TITN demo. I guess we can thank Rick Nowels for his involvement in the songwriting.

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by svnwndrs

I would like to add, that towards the end of the song when she sings, and her voice cracks “Hey hey baby, no one can take you away from me, no, no one...” gets me EVERY TIME! It’s a powerful track, that’s for sure. An improvement over that TITN demo. I guess we can thank Rick Nowels for his involvement in the songwriting.

The Tango demo is a joke. I cant believe they even included it in the package. Stevie is incoherent and sounds drunk. Not much of a music track either.
Lots of reasons to like the song but Jerry Marotta's drumming really takes the song to another level. Thank goodness no drum machine here since its 1988/89 and would have been commonly used.

[HoursAndHours]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

The Tango demo is a joke. I cant believe they even included it in the package. Stevie is incoherent and sounds drunk. Not much of a music track either.
Lots of reasons to like the song but Jerry Marotta's drumming really takes the song to another level. Thank goodness no drum machine here since its 1988/89 and would have been commonly used.

I loved the TITN version! I thought the darker arpeggiator and one more Stevie track was basically what the whole album lacked for cohesion. "Where in the world did you come from? You with your flashing eyes," that line got me me right in the spot that made me fall in love with her music to begin with. Edit: I love the OSOTM version too.

Jerry Marotta is such a good drummer. I loved his work with the Indigo Girls (he even sang lead on a small part of one of their songs, lol), and he played with Sarah McLachlan, Cher, 10,000 Maniacs....

[svnwndrs]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

The Tango demo is a joke. I cant believe they even included it in the package. Stevie is incoherent and sounds drunk. Not much of a music track either.
Lots of reasons to like the song but Jerry Marotta's drumming really takes the song to another level. Thank goodness no drum machine here since its 1988/89 and would have been commonly used.

Well, it’s interesting that the master reel version actually DOES have drum programming. As do the versions of Rooms On Fire and Long Way To Go. Of course those were just to lay down other instrumental tracks and Stevie’s vocals, because the officially released versions of those songs obviously have live drums on them, which must have been recorded separately later on. Rupert Hine certainly had an interesting approach when it came to recording, especially for this album.

[jeets2000]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

The Tango demo is a joke. I cant believe they even included it in the package. Stevie is incoherent and sounds drunk. Not much of a music track either.

Definitely needs some work, but I was struck by how much it genuinely does sound like Petty's "Runaway Trains." Can't say I'm surprised he had the reaction he did.

[petep9000]

Typical Stevie Nicks revisionism. She went on the RECORD saying that she hardly showed up for the 'Tango' sessions because "when you're on Klonopin you're not reliable." She said that, she said she was on Klonopin even then, and it was enough to disrupt her from recording! I knew it was bull****, and that her Klonopin addiction ramped up around TOSOTM, but she said it was during Tango. She didn't want to admit that she was still drinking after Betty Ford, or that Lindsey couldn't stand her.

The author of that article is on Klonopin himself if he thinks TOSOTM is less of a snoozer than Street Angel. When Stevie poops on her own work during the SA period, what is she saying about her fans who might actually like the music?

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

The Tango demo is a joke. I cant believe they even included it in the package. Stevie is incoherent and sounds drunk. Not much of a music track either.
Lots of reasons to like the song but Jerry Marotta's drumming really takes the song to another level. Thank goodness no drum machine here since its 1988/89 and would have been commonly used.

Indeed.

Her voice is such a shadow of what it was in the 70s on this, she's waaaay out of tune in whole sections, but then it also lacks the raw power of her truly coked out vocals. She really trashed her god-given voice with the drugs and by not taking care of it. She was a mess during this period and this demo sure attests to it.

[greendaze5]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

Indeed.

Her voice is such a shadow of what it was in the 70s on this, she's waaaay out of tune in whole sections, but then it also lacks the raw power of her truly coked out vocals. She really trashed her god-given voice with the drugs and by not taking care of it. She was a mess during this period and this demo sure attests to it.

Her vocals on 'Juliet' in the 'Tango' deluxe set are just as bad!

[BLY]

Originally Posted by greendaze5

Her vocals on 'Juliet' in the 'Tango' deluxe set are just as bad!

As a Fleetwood Mac “ Historian” as I consider my self now after 40+ years of my investment in their music. I’m happy to have this official release of these Tango sessions of her recordings. She as obviously not at the top of her game buy I love that chapter of the MAC.

[svnwndrs]

I agree about Stevie’s voice being in total shambles during the Tango era. It’s amazing that both Ooh My Love And Juliet were “cleaned up” the way they were and both appeared on OSOTM just 2 and a half years later in much better arrangements with much better vocals. But that’s what happens when you mix substances. If you have to do some singing and you’re mixing and ingesting 2 or 3 powerful substances, your singing is gonna just sound BAD. Thank goodness Stevie made it out alive from all of that.