blue water Rolling Stone .com

[olive]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/vi...water-20150127

[kak125]

i really like this version of blue water but noticed it sounds so much like moonlight as well.

also how the hell does stevie keep looking so young? she just keeps looking better and better these days.

[tothegypsy]

As much as I love the song Gypsy, I think she did a better job with this performance.

[BlueDenimLamp]

Watch another private Stevie Nicks performance, a stripped-down, solo take on “Blue Water”: http://t.co/YDemQCCQVc

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) January 27, 2015

Rolling Stone's most recent cover story is a long, intimate look into the life of Stevie Nicks. While the issue was coming together, the Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter sat behind a piano and played a handful of songs for our cameras. Above, watch her perform "Blue Water," a meditative track that from last year's 24 Karat Gold: Songs From the Vault. Lady Antebellum provide harmonies on the record, but here Nicks goes completely solo

During the informal session, she also sang a rare, stripped-down version of "Gypsy" (watch that video here), and in the story she discussed everything from her past drug use to her current tour with Fleetwood Mac.

"We choose to stay," she says of the band. "Because we can't do anything else. None of us are ever going to stand up and say, 'I'm going to make my own choice for the first time in my life, and I'm going away, and I don't know if I'm coming back."


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Now this is surprise. I wonder how many songs were recorded for RS.

[sorcerer999]

Yikes. She isn't playing "Blue Water" like the way she wrote it. She's playing the treble chords for "Moonlight" with the bass line for "Blue Water". Interesting.

Not saying it's bad, and I could see how she'd get confused (since the treble for "Moonlight" is just the reversed treble for both "Blue Water" AND "If You Were My Love") but it still works I guess. It's just that I started (in my head) to sing "Moonlight" before I remembered this was a performance of "Blue Water". Haha!

[wheart]

Originally Posted by sorcerer999

Yikes. She isn't playing "Blue Water" like the way she wrote it. She's playing the treble chords for "Moonlight" with the bass line for "Blue Water". Interesting.

Not saying it's bad, and I could see how she'd get confused (since the treble for "Moonlight" is just the reversed treble for both "Blue Water" AND "If You Were My Love") but it still works I guess. It's just that I started (in my head) to sing "Moonlight" before I remembered this was a performance of "Blue Water". Haha!

I'm not a musician but the chord progression in IYWML sounds identical to those in Blue Water. Am I wrong?

I will listen to this when I get home from work but I'm super happy it's a song from 24K.

[wheart]

Originally Posted by kak125

i really like this version of blue water but noticed it sounds so much like moonlight as well.

also how the hell does stevie keep looking so young? she just keeps looking better and better these days.

smoke and mirrors!

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by wheart

I'm not a musician but the chord progression in IYWML sounds identical to those in Blue Water. Am I wrong?

I will listen to this when I get home from work but I'm super happy it's a song from 24K.

nope. she's even said it herself, she writes the same song over and over… she only knows a handful of chords. I think it was Ken Caillat who said she knows like 4 chords but can write you 50 songs with those chords.

These videos are a double-edged sword-- they're cool in showcasing her voice, but they really do highlight her severe limitations as a musician. I think once she goes in to formally record her songs she forgets how to play them… her original demos are generally much better with regards to the piano….though not always.

[sorcerer999]

Originally Posted by wheart

I'm not a musician but the chord progression in IYWML sounds identical to those in Blue Water. Am I wrong?
.

You're not wrong. The treble for "IYWML" and "Blue Water" ARE the exact same ascending notes...and "Moonlight" is the same notes as well, but reversed and descending.

It's really her choice of bass notes in her demos that make each song sound different...as well as her vocal melody.

[BlueLight]

Well, it's not news that she's neither a trained musician nor talented piano player, but this is absolutely gorgeous. We get a new stripped down version, and the more fleshed out version from 24KG.

[BlueDenimLamp]

I wonder if we get another video next Tuesday?

[jkmaletic]

I'm just glad its new, if only so people don't complain about why she did another older song.
it does sound like Moonlight, but Stevie herself said she writes virtually the same song, music-wise. She's admitted that. The changes that ARE there are enough for me, and I think it is genuinely creative in it's own way.

Jamie

[jcalzaretta]

Not sure why Blue Water has not been released. Get it on pop and country stations given Lady Antebellum is on it.

[Johnny Stew]

Such a beautiful, heartfelt performance. It's amazing how much emotion Stevie can convey with just her voice and her simple piano playing. Further proof that her songs don't need tons of production work to be moving and effective.

[MikeInNV]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Such a beautiful, heartfelt performance. It's amazing how much emotion Stevie can convey with just her voice and her simple piano playing. Further proof that her songs don't need tons of production work to be moving and effective.

Agree completely. Her talent stands on its own, unlike so many other artists who need a lot of flash to compensate for what they are lacking.