Top 10 favorite unreleased Stevie songs

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by olive

I am not going to slam some of the choices but i can live without this




but you never know what the end result will be ?


I WOULDN'T MIND

After all these years I *still* don't know wtf she's saying in Cecilia.

[olive]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

After all these years I *still* don't know wtf she's saying in Cecilia.

Sabayon?......is the French name for zabaglione, a light, mousse-y Italian dessert

[mitzo]

Originally Posted by Christopher

And interestingly, "Starshine" has not made anyone's favorites list in this thread...so far. Not that I'm surprised - "Starshine" always sorta flew under the radar, at least my radar. I've never seen or felt the mad love for it on fan boards or groups as I have for what seem the more obvious demos/outtakes mentioned again & again over the years (Julia, The Dealer, All The Beautiful Worlds, If You Were My Love, She Still Loves Him, The "Rhiannon" songs, etc.) "Starshine" always seemed more like an impromptu studio jam session, that never was completely fleshed out, but more of a groove & idea of a song. It feels incomplete, which underlines the obvious that we've only heard the unfinished outtakes from 1980s Bella Donna sessions. I do appreaciate that unmistakable 70s hammond B3 organ rock n' roll groove that propels the song. I can totally see this being a Enchanted-esque rocker. Ultimatley, I'll love this record if they are going in the direction of more piano & B3 organ arrangements that were the foundation of many songs on both the "Bella Donna" & "Wild Heart" records.

What will be interesting is what Stevie picked out as her favorites vs what we fans perceive as favorites. That, and obviously balancing the record with rockers, because there is a vast amount of fan favorite demos that are basically ballads. Which is why I tend to believe that "The Dealer" aka "Mistress of my Fate" will also make the cut. It's a midtempo rocker, that's a completed song in the tradional verse, chorus, verse, chorus, brigde, chorus - that with some tightening could be a real barn burner Hammond b3 rocker itself.

Funny how tastes differ. When I hear Stevie backed by Hammond Organ or honky tonk piano and belting out the likes of "Enchanted" (or "The Dealer" or "Starshine"), I wonder, often aloud, why I consider myself a fan at all. I think she comes across really gratingly on those numbers. Someone with that voice and that unusual songwriting creativity is wasted on that stuff.

[sorcerer999]

Originally Posted by olive

Sabayon?......is the French name for zabaglione, a light, mousse-y Italian dessert

I always assumed it was "Sapphire" or "suffer your..."

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by mitzo

Funny how tastes differ. When I hear Stevie backed by Hammond Organ or honky tonk piano and belting out the likes of "Enchanted" (or "The Dealer" or "Starshine"), I wonder, often aloud, why I consider myself a fan at all. I think she comes across really gratingly on those numbers. Someone with that voice and that unusual songwriting creativity is wasted on that stuff.

Recently on the Crossroads show Stevie confirmed that went she went solo she wanted to sound as much like a female version of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers as possible so this is the sound that for better or worse that she is mostly sticking to until the end for her solo work.Part of the reason for this was surely to put some distance between her solo career and the more ethereal style of her prime era Fleetwood Mac songs .I agree with you that these are her greatest and most timeless songs with a few exceptions like Edge of Seventeen.

[olive]

Originally Posted by sorcerer999

I always assumed it was "Sapphire" or "suffer your..."

You could be right

[studyinscarlet]

The ones that I know that I want are

Blue Water
Forest of the Black Roses
She Loves Him Still

There are probably tons more, but those come to mind right now. Probably Blue Water is a little old for her to do just now.

Oh, and 'You Like Me'.

[sorcerer999]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

Rules: list your ten favorite Stevie demos (or outtake or unreleased finished song). Your number one will receive ten points your number two nine points and so on. Ill leave this thread open until june 1st, then add up the points and obviously the top 17 songs will be on our version of this album. Hopefully Stevie knows us well enough that at least most of the top 10 are on there.

Get on the ball, Mr. Hawkeye!

[Hawkeye]

results will be posted by next friday. sorry, had a real busy 2 weeks.

[sorcerer999]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

results will be posted by next friday. sorry, had a real busy 2 weeks.

I'm just giving you a hard time. Hahaha!

[blonde]

I have this song on my iPod from a site that u could obviously get a lot of songs but does anyone know where the song actually came from?

[BlueLight]

Originally Posted by blonde

I have this song on my iPod from a site that u could obviously get a lot of songs but does anyone know where the song actually came from?

It was included as one of the four bonus tracks on the Deluxe edition of Say You Will. Stevie also recorded a demo of the song during her TISL sessions.

[PenguinHead]

I have always loved, loved, loved her song Cat House Blues. I wonder if Stevie has rediscovered that song on YouTube?

No sure I would want her to re-record it for fear it would be a second-rate version to the first one, much like what happened to Without You. But the circumstances would be a little different: with Dave producing it, and Stevie more invested in the process, he'd probably take it a whole new level.

Does anyone know the circumstances and timeline when she wrote and recorded the demo?

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by studyinscarlet

The ones that I know that I want are

Blue Water
Forest of the Black Roses
She Loves Him Still

There are probably tons more, but those come to mind right now. Probably Blue Water is a little old for her to do just now.

Oh, and 'You Like Me'.

Blue Water is just an okay song. She has much better material than that. But I have to consider that Dave Stewart can likely polish a turd (not implying that Blue Water is one).

You Like Me is a lost gem. It's a rocker, and Stevie would kick it out! Unfortunately, it's not a vault song - but song she wrote that was covered by the Williams Brothers (I have their record!) She probably forgot all about it.

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by mitzo

Funny how tastes differ. When I hear Stevie backed by Hammond Organ or honky tonk piano and belting out the likes of "Enchanted" (or "The Dealer" or "Starshine"), I wonder, often aloud, why I consider myself a fan at all. I think she comes across really gratingly on those numbers. Someone with that voice and that unusual songwriting creativity is wasted on that stuff.

WOW! You really made a valid point here; one I would have never thought of because it's so nuanced.

Hopefully, at the very least, she re-wrote or enhanced the lyrics, because, as is, it's a bunch of nonsense. But this is the price that we finally paid.