You Can't Fix This - Full Song

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

She has said before she can't write like she did in the 70's. I just don't understand how she doesn't notice when something is just wrong with her song.

To be fair, it can be hard to be objective about something that you've written when it holds a deep personal meaning to you.

But even more than that - I think the reason we end up with issues like there are in YCFT is that really, Stevie has never followed the typical songwriting "rules" and a lot of times it has worked to her advantage (Sara, Edge, Bella Donna, etc, etc)... so she got used to doing things her own way and not paying attention to the conventional methods of writing. She doesn't think they matter. She doesn't want to follow the rules because then she wouldn't be writing the way "she writes."

But at times like these it actually hinders the song, and it would be more beneficial for her to stay a little more inside the lines (lyrically) for the sake of the music... but I think she would be offended if anyone tried to tell her that (and most people wouldn't dare to tell someone their song needed fixing unless they specifically asked for criticism/opinions/help, and I'm not sure Stevie would ever ask anyone for any of those things) and I think she might have a hard time distinguishing when it works and when it doesn't, because she's attached to her writings...

That's not to say I think that YCFT is a bad song. I personally love it despite the flaws. I just think it could have been a really, without a doubt, undeniably top notch piece of work if just a few of the lyrical blunders had been addressed. It really would have been such an easy fix...