Nobody does it better....

[GypsyVisions]

It's weird to me when people think The Other Side Of The Mirror is utter crap..because I feel like Rock A Little is her worst effort. While it does have some nice moments, and certain songs have grown from it that are waaay better live..Rock A Little, to me, seems like a collection of songs Stevie wrote - mixed into a bag of 80's super-sounds.. Hearing "Sister Honey" makes me wonder who I'm actually listening to.. Is that really a Stevie song?



Eehh.. I hope that makes sense.

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by GypsyVisions

It's weird to me when people think The Other Side Of The Mirror is utter crap..because I feel like Rock A Little is her worst effort. While it does have some nice moments, and certain songs have grown from it that are waaay better live..Rock A Little, to me, seems like a collection of songs Stevie wrote - mixed into a bag of 80's super-sounds.. Hearing "Sister Honey" makes me wonder who I'm actually listening to.. Is that really a Stevie song?



Eehh.. I hope that makes sense.

I think RAL is when Stevie really decided to reach artistically- she took a number of gambles here that were sometimes successful, sometimes not. But here you saw the many sides of Stevie- the manic drug-addled siren, the soothing, obedient mistress, the scorned woman, the thankful, humble poet, etc. I agree that it sounds dated in a lot of ways, but it took guts and vision to stray from the straightforward rock n roll path established by Jimmy Iovine and Tom Petty. As for "Sister Honey," I know I'm not the only who sings Madonna's "Holiday" when I hear it. It is a perfect match!