Stevie's most criminal songs

[Dodfather]

Originally Posted by mikephxaz

yups check out Lone Justice..Ways To Be Wicked....she sings the hell out of that song....She writes and sings like a young southern Stevie

Absolutely.

[mikephxaz]

Originally Posted by Dodfather

Absolutely.

McKee is writing now for other singers...if you get a chance...check out on youtube Bette Midlers' How I want To Deserve You...Maria wrote the song...Back in early 90ties Rolling Stone called McKee's song "Wheels" as the best of the year

[markolas]

I've only ever heard the Lone Justice version of Ways to Be Wicked...I can't imagine anyone else singing it, actually.

[TrueFaith77]

Originally Posted by fumidesigns

bite your tongue! i love this song lmao!

When/if I write my book about Fleetwood Mac, it will be titled: Illume

[mikephxaz]

Originally Posted by markolas

I've only ever heard the Lone Justice version of Ways to Be Wicked...I can't imagine anyone else singing it, actually.

Maria McKee is Lone Justice

[markolas]

Originally Posted by mikephxaz

Maria McKee is Lone Justice

I know. I meant I've never heard the Tom Petty version.

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by Dodfather

I LOVE that song!! Lone Justice's entire first album is excellent. Shelter (album no. 2) isn't quite as good but then we got Maria's solo debut, which is a stunning album!

I agree 100% with this! It also seemed to me with "Shelter", Iovine was subtly trying to cast Mckee in a more Nicksian light. I have all of Maria's solo albums - Her self titled debut & "Life Is Sweet" are my favorites.

Sorry to go off topic... just had to jump in on the Lone Justice & Maria Mckee love.

[glamorousnymph]

You Gotta Sin To Get Saved ...
My Girlhood Among The Outlaws, I'm Gonna Soothe You, the Van Morrison Covers!

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by mikephxaz

yups check out Lone Justice..Ways To Be Wicked....she sings the hell out of that song....She writes and sings like a young southern Stevie

Maria McKee is in a whole other league than Stevie, vocally and lyric-wise, but they both share an eccentric nature. Ways to be Wicked is a great song. Maria usually writes her own songs, so that song is an anomoly. But since Tom Petty wrote it, it definately fits in with a style that fits Stevie perfectly. But Maria did the song justice (Lone Justice!). I love the group and her solo work. I have all of her albums, and have seen several performances.

[Travisevian]

Originally Posted by Christopher

Behind The Mask's production is THE worst of Nicks' FM albums.

I disagree.

Originally Posted by SapphireSister

I cringe at the sound of anything from BTM. It's so unFleetwood Mac sounding that it brings tears to my eyes.

Actually, it was more blues-oriented, which initially was the type of music Fleetwood Mac created. As for the adult contemporary sound, it was a product of its time, Fleetwood Mac in the late 1980's. Stevie may say that she didn't change with the times but the music certainly did.

Originally Posted by SapphireSister

Did I mention that album does not even deserve to be called Fleetwood Mac? It should have been called by another band name and then "including members of Fleetwood Mac".

I believe you mean the band, not the album but one could make a similar argument about Say You Will...or any of the albums with the Rumours lineup, for that matter.

Originally Posted by mikephxaz

Amen. My thoughts exactly. Laundromat and chimpanzee sums up how bad street angel is....and . "oooooooooo, you're consistent and that's good" are equally bad lyrics on listen to the rain.

What about the beautiful lyrics in Rose Garden?

Originally Posted by rubylounge

Love is Like a River

The Rock A Little demo is great.

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

So funny........in the interview in the Songwriting Q&A she says that she tells Dave that Cheaper Than Free could end up being the best song either of them ever wrote.......

Better than Silver Springs or Beauty And The Beast? In your dreams...

Originally Posted by mikephxaz

To Deserve You...Maria wrote the song...

It's a beautiful song. I like the Bette Of Roses album from Bette Midler.

[mikephxaz]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

Maria McKee is in a whole other league than Stevie, vocally and lyric-wise, but they both share an eccentric nature. Ways to be Wicked is a great song. Maria usually writes her own songs, so that song is an anomoly. But since Tom Petty wrote it, it definately fits in with a style that fits Stevie perfectly. But Maria did the song justice (Lone Justice!). I love the group and her solo work. I have all of her albums, and have seen several performances.

Her Sweet Sweet Baby of Mine and Shelter and Wheels are very Stevieisque...I love McKee but she sometimes mistakes screaming with singing....Unlike Stevie, I can't listen repeatedly to a McKee cd....However, she is one of the best female song writers out there.

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

Maria McKee is in a whole other league than Stevie, vocally and lyric-wise.

Don't get me wrong I love Maria. But the same can be said about Stevie Nicks vocally and lyric-wise! Apples and Oranges. And also, there are many white blue-eyed soul, blues & country girl singers around that sound similar to Maria, both famous and in clubs across the world. But Stevie's voice is truly in a league of its own.