A response to promoting IN YOUR DREAMS. Why?

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

I really think Stevie should go for In Your Dreams as her next single. It's a spring/summer sort of song - one you can blast with the windows down and all. Upbeat and catchy.

I don't even like this song yet I completely agree with you.

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by Aussie W/Heart

I totally agree, its so frustrating that Stevie's industry people, seem to ALWAYS get it SO wrong, they continue to sabotage Stevie music time after time and it really pis*es me off.. Stevie promoted her butt off all year,( an Album she is very proud of as is her fans) behind a not so good first single.. On the other hand Moonlight, WSS, GAG or New Orleans, much better choice in IMHO.. Same goes for TISL, Everyday was also another poor choice..

I imagine that all these knuckleheads get payed big bucks for their so called skills in marketing knowledge, hit predictions etc.. This has been going on since the very beginning of Fleetwood Mac & Stevie's Solo career, its such a shame !!

I agree 100 percent.I could never figure out her management dept out plus the rest of the industry people in charge.If it was up to me . I would fire all of them and only keep the band.Plus dump WB/Reprise .And start over again with usefull people.

[On Ice]

I don't think Secret Love was a bad single choice, however, still not the best out of the gate, been away for 10 years, kind of punch that Stevie needed. I've said a few times before, that my thoughts around re-capturing Stevie's essence needed to be where it best reflected the Stevie of yesteryear, if in fact the world insists on promoting her as a "living legend". If that's the case, then we need to tap into what made her a living legend, the voice! That moment appeared on New Orleans with the Dress up and Brush by refrain near the end of the song. Re-configure the song with those notes appearing early on, and you've caught the attention of those longing to re-visit that wistful vocal on Dreams. Just my humble opinion, but that's what drew me to Stevie's voice when I first became a fan back in the ancient days of 1975 and that's overwhelmingly what made Dreams a #1 hit, was her voice.

[PolishStevieFan]

I think that "Secret Love" was great first single especially when it was announced that the song dates back to the "Rumours" era which only could help to sell the song to the public. The second single-"For What It's Worth" is one of my favourite songs on the album but it should have been released as a third single. The second single should have been the title track which I find so catchy that it's really hard not to like. The chours, the melody and the arrangement-everything about this song screams #1 hit (at least in perfect world). I know that Stevie usually doesn't release title tracks as singles but this time she should make exception to this rule. I believe that with tight promotion this song will find its way to the top of the charts.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by PolishStevieFan

I think that "Secret Love" was great first single especially when it was announced that the song dates back to the "Rumours" era which only could help to sell the song to the public.

It would have been a great single if she included the original vocal from that era.

[jannieC]

I still say Moonlight should have been her first single. I don't understand the decision making process when it comes to this kind of thing.

[THINKABOUTIT]

Thank you Jannie C...."Moonlight" is a fricken masterpiece!!! The original demo I have of it was amazing too, yet pales in comparison to the IYD version!! When she played it at the Grammy museum, my friends & I were stunned!

I don't get why this album didn't get air play, then again, when you have so many new young artists out there, the competition is tough; take Adele for instance. Some of them, in my opinion, are such trash anyhow.

We have an amazing station here in L.A., 100.3 The Sound. They play album sides, rarities, etc. They often speak about Stevie. For the past year, when their commercials would go on, they'd play the opening chords to "Secret Love" & then stop, before the lyrics chime in....I've never understood it

Perhaps her management wants her to tour w/ Rod again, for, what I'm sure, I hope, are a variety of reasons. I am not super thrilled about it either; I don't dislike Rod, he's cool, yet she is much better suited with Tom Petty, etc. The Hollywood Bowl shows here, were soooo overflowed with Rod fans, it kinda made me sad & pissed off at some of their actions.

I'd rather her tour again on her own, yet who knows why that may not happen this summer. I wish we knew

I think, & again, this is my humble opinion, that she should play the Wiltern every year on her birthday!! It was amazing! Or the big U.S. cities, so everyone can have a chance. If not on her birthday, she may want some to herself LOL, then every spring or summer, for a night or two or three. That night was soooo wonderful; my friends & I and every other Stevie fan I have known over the years wants it to happen again! We can only pray the right people are reading this LOL.

Funny thing is, IYD is the best thing she's done since Bella Donna; I often have trouble discerning whether it equates w/ Bella Donna or tops it LOL....& mind you, I love every album, yet the irony is that this one, is hailed by us fans & critics as her best work & it has had, in some ways, strange publicity, strange touring.

All I know is IYD came out at a perfect time in my life; last year was pretty awful for me & that album has been a catharsis