Tango in the Night: Side 1 or Side 2?

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Which begs to give Sandy Stewart a lot of credit. She saved that side 1. Seven Wonders of that first 3 trilogy is just fantastic.

I'm sure that she was able to buy a new house with the royalties there in Texas.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

I'm sure that she was able to buy a new house with the royalties there in Texas.

She found the rainbow's end.

[Macfan4life]

I sort of wish the other song What Has Rock N Roll Ever Done For You made Tango instead of Welcome. I think Stevie wanted something fresh and she had just ran away from Betty Ford and rejoined the band. I think she wanted to make a statement about her retaliation against Frontline and everyone else.
She had some great material in her wings but contributed 2 weak self penned songs. This is what you get when you don't spend much time in the studio with your band. In some strange way, Tango is almost like a second edition of Rock A Little. She relied on someone else's song to give her a hit.
I always got a kick out of the line "This is a dream, right?" Its not a line that is sung and she speaks it. Its always been funny to me. It just doesn't work but I get the symbolism of the song.

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

I'm sure that she was able to buy a new house with the royalties there in Texas.

That Stevie muscled a co-writing credit from her friend and long-term collaborator for the addition of one word, and then some ad libs at the end, is truly unconscionable. It’s a huge insult to Stewart. And on that basis, Lindsey should have received co-writing credits for 9/10 of Stevie’s songs. Ridiculous.

[FuzzyPlum]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

That Stevie muscled a co-writing credit from her friend and long-term collaborator for the addition of one word, and then some ad libs at the end, is truly unconscionable. It’s a huge insult to Stewart. And on that basis, Lindsey should have received co-writing credits for 9/10 of Stevie’s songs. Ridiculous.

Does anyone know whether Stevie has ever been challenged on this?
It is indeed ridiculous. Though Sandy Stewart did well from this song, she surely would have done a whole lot better had she had full credit (as she deserved).

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

Does anyone know whether Stevie has ever been challenged on this?
It is indeed ridiculous. Though Sandy Stewart did well from this song, she surely would have done a whole lot better had she had full credit (as she deserved).

Sandy probably left it alone for fear of offending the old harridan who used more of her songs on her solo albums after Tango although the payday would not be as great a having a single on the 12 million selling Tango.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

Does anyone know whether Stevie has ever been challenged on this?
It is indeed ridiculous. Though Sandy Stewart did well from this song, she surely would have done a whole lot better had she had full credit (as she deserved).

To be fair, Stevie really co-writes all her songs. She writes lyrics for sure... but the music??? It's a stretch. Even Landslide smells of Lindsey to me. Of course, we've discussed IDWK. And so many others, (solo and Mac).

[BombaySapphire3]

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Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

To be fair, Stevie really co-writes all her songs. She writes lyrics for sure... but the music??? It's a stretch. Even Landslide smells of Lindsey to me. Of course, we've discussed IDWK. And so many others, (solo and Mac).

Yeah Stevie's musical skills are modest to say the least. I think that the difference with Seven Wonders is that it was completely composed by Sandy who wanted to use it on her Blue Yonder album and someone talked her into letting Stevie have it for Tango apparently telling her that her bank account would like it. Getting a percentage of the royalties for mishearing a lyric and babbling Emmaline is just tacky ..but then we need to consider the source.

[Macfan4life]

I think Stevie is very generous with her co-writing credits. It goes both ways. She may have written very little if anything of 7 Wonders but gave herself credit. The roles could have been reversed in other songs. How much did Sandy contribute to If Anyone Falls. Stevie could have written most of that song and I think she said that and Sandy gave her a few lines. The song also credits Sandy and Roy for synthesizer. Lets be real, Roy is very talented and I would bet my life its him on the main grind of the synthesizer. Sandy also co-wrote Nightbird which Sandy plays that dreaded keyboard beginning, like someone squeezing drugged cats. Sandy's piano sounds very basic on The Wild Heart song too. What did her brother deserve to get co-writes on The Nightmare? I think he may have wheeled in the same glass table

That last joke credit is to Jeremy Gloff from his RAL podcast. It was too good not to use again.

[HomerMcvie]

I think it's safe to say the $tevie has gone farther than any musical hack in the world.

I wonder hope far $he'd have gone if the whole world hadn't wanted to f*ck her when $he was young and beautiful?

[aleuzzi]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

I think it's safe to say the $tevie has gone farther than any musical hack in the world.

I wonder hope far $he'd have gone if the whole world hadn't wanted to f*ck her when $he was young and beautiful?

Looks were only part of the deal. To this day, whether her detractors like to admit it or not, she has presence. A genuine charisma that makes people want to watch her. Where it wasn’t always evident on vinyl, it was always palpable in her live performances. Can she be faulted for having been beautiful? Paul Fiskin may have created Modern for her out of love or desire but the ultimate truth is she knew how to make magic from the opportunities afforded her. It wasn’t all luck and it can’t be reduced just to her looks.

Does she annoy me these days? Is she delusional and vengeful? Well, that is another story.