What should be the "concept" behind the next solo album?

[whitesoxx]

Since I am absolutely amazed by Stevie's performances of At Last and Sunday Kind Of Love, I'd love for her to do an album of standards, with a big orchestra and everything as an "in between" album. Mind you, I'd rather have an album of all-new songs, but this would be such a fine treat!!!

Nothing wrong with dreaming, is there? ;-)

Rick

[strandinthewind]

Originally posted by whitesoxx
Since I am absolutely amazed by Stevie's performances of At Last and Sunday Kind Of Love, I'd love for her to do an album of standards, with a big orchestra and everything as an "in between" album. Mind you, I'd rather have an album of all-new songs, but this would be such a fine treat!!!

Nothing wrong with dreaming, is there? ;-)

Rick

I am right there with you on this. My only thing is that given her propensity to make the music a little overproduced and sugary, I say let it be a live thing. Hey - as long as we are dreaming . . .

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by whitesoxx
Since I am absolutely amazed by Stevie's performances of At Last and Sunday Kind Of Love, I'd love for her to do an album of standards, with a big orchestra and everything as an "in between" album. Mind you, I'd rather have an album of all-new songs, but this would be such a fine treat!!!

Nothing wrong with dreaming, is there? ;-)

Rick

I'm not a huge fan of standards but would buy it. I think this would work best as a concert/video, like off the pages of the Gypsy video set. Even better, if Stevie were to write original songs in a big band style. It could be interesting. She's shown she can write in styles that are sappy, rock, country, waltz- esque (Garbo), etc. This would be something new.

- Jake

[Moon Brother]

I believe the fabulous "Rhiannon" album would be in order, But with a futuristic slant or with tribal overtones, very dark, very mystical, very...far east meets ancient welch myth inspired.

A song or two with those powerful gong sounds with lots of chimes to put one in the mood. I've always dreamed Stevie would do that kind of album the critics have always hated - play up to that airy-fairy mentality that she always tried to steer away from intentionally.

Ultimately, I would love her next album to be a kind of Welch Witch turned Space Witch kind of a feel and really give Cher a run for her money

Another interesting idea would be to do a dark telling of surviving the biz in a Traveling Circus Carnival type of theme set in the '20 or '30 in true gypsy fashion, complete with freak show...naturally.
Of course, much of this idea is based on HBO's original series "Carnivale"

I don't have to tell you what character Stevie would portray on the album cover do I? This idea would probably be better suited for Fleetwood Mac themselves.

Always with
Peace, Love, and Magick~
Tommy

[Villavic]

a mixing of the wisdom of age/surviving in a business of boobs and teenyboppers/being strong

and...

- looking back with happiness at past loves

[SlvrSprgs]

Instead of an album revisiting the past (yet again!!), how about something looking towards the FUTURE? Something innovative, different, and unexpected....I'd love an album that doesn't have a single song that used to be a demo from 1975 or repeats verses/melodies/ideas she's used multiple times before. No Rhiannon album for me. I'm tired of the black dress. I'm tired of the same ole "witchy, mystical" affectations. Stevie is a legend, but dadgum it, she's starting to bore me because she just doesn't seem to have a lot of spunk anymore. She needs to have a torrid affair with Ashton Kutcher to get her creative juices flowing, if you ask me! :-)

[The Chain]

Originally posted by SlvrSprgs
Instead of an album revisiting the past (yet again!!), how about something looking towards the FUTURE? Something innovative, different, and unexpected....

That would be great, and new...

[PenguinHead]

What SHOULD be the concept of Stevie's next album?

None of us are Stevie, are we? Shouldn't that question be directed to Stevie herself? So many critical fans and would-be artists like to think they know what is best for her. I'm glad none of them have any say in her career.

Yes, I wish she would have done things differently in various stages of her career. But I accept her music for better or worse. Yet, I'm not so presumptuous to think I know better as to what she should be doing, conceptually or otherwise.

Contridicting myself, I think it would be great for Stevie to get a big orchestra and belt out a whole set of standards (ala At Last and Sunday Kind Of Love), and release a live album of it. It would open the eyes of those who have never paid any attention to her. A revelation to the uninitiated to how unique and amazing her voice is.

[golden braid]

I really love a lot of Stevie's piano demos. Even some songs like Rock a Little that I don't like that much I like much better as a piano demo. So maybe an album with just Stevie singing and a piano and not a lot more. I love the Love Is demo/outtake that is like this. It's so pretty and I prefer it to the TISL version. However, I'm not very fond of Stevie's piano version of Rhiannon on Enchanted. Her old piano demos of Rhiannon are far superior.

[darklinensuit]

Originally posted by golden braid
I really love a lot of Stevie's piano demos. Even some songs like Rock a Little that I don't like that much I like much better as a piano demo. So maybe an album with just Stevie singing and a piano and not a lot more. I love the Love Is demo/outtake that is like this. It's so pretty and I prefer it to the TISL version. However, I'm not very fond of Stevie's piano version of Rhiannon on Enchanted. Her old piano demos of Rhiannon are far superior.

I haven't heard the Rock a Little demo. (Time to PM Dissention for that one.)
I like the piano versions of Love Is and Jane much better than the album versions, though the vocals are better on the albums, IMO.

- Jake