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Old 03-07-2011, 04:04 PM
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My #1 solo Stevie song. I adore it. One of my favorite interpretations came from BuckinghamNick.net many moons ago.
Aww, shucks. That was me. Thank you for reading it!
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Aww, shucks. That was me. Thank you for reading it!
And that trully is a great interpretation. I feel a strong bound with Gold Dust Woman ("she's a dragon", sings Stevie...). So necessarily, it has something to do with drugs, though i jumped on the Lindsey-bandwagon when i first heard the song. So, thank you, i love it even more now.
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Old 04-17-2012, 07:17 AM
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Absolutely love this song and oh, that vocal.
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I remember reading that there's a connection between Battle of the Dragon and that movie Julia, with Jane Fonda. Julia and Lily were the main characters. Can anyone elaborate?
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Why do I remember some discussion that it was also about her trip to Australia? I wonder what is meant by "the soldier"
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Why do I remember some discussion that it was also about her trip to Australia? I wonder what is meant by "the soldier"
The line' I see a handsome soldier" is lifted from the movie Julia.
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Is it about her trip to Chile?
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I thought Battle of the Dragon had a companion song - One more big time rock n roll star.



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I thought it was about Fleetwood Mac. I don't remember where I read that, but I know I read it somewhere. I see myself remaining when all of you are gone....the reason I record the sounds of your voices.....etc.
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There is also a drawing/painting titled "Battle of the Dragon" by Sulamith Wulfing, perhaps where Stevie got the idea for the title of the song....

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[QUOTE=priestofnothing;1048194]There is also a drawing/painting titled "Battle of the Dragon" by Sulamith Wulfing, perhaps where Stevie got the idea for the title of the song....

Oh sweet...i never heard about this / saw this. Thanks!

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Old 04-17-2012, 06:57 PM
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This IS by far one of my favorite songs! She sounds so haunting with stunning lyrics! I always wondered why she gave this one away to a soundtrack when I thought it belonged on a solo album!

Thanks for all the trivia I've learned about the Sulamith painting, the Julia movie reference, and Mike's inside details.

Wow! Now I'm going to pull out my import from Japan and listen to this gem again!

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is it possible that anyone has the original soundtrack version to share? i used to have the cassette but havent heard the original since it was remastered. i have some demos i can post that have all been shared but if anyone is interested i will.
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is it possible that anyone has the original soundtrack version to share? i used to have the cassette but havent heard the original since it was remastered. i have some demos i can post that have all been shared but if anyone is interested i will.
Used to have the soundtrack lp.It sounds identical to the Enchanted version to me.
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Used to have the soundtrack lp.It sounds identical to the Enchanted version to me.
well im sure it is but aftering reading Mike Bise's comments about it sounding very different from the enhancements im just curious to hear it. i used to listen to the cassette version non stop back when it came out, on the school bus!
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