Unpopular Stevie opinions

[The Juggler]

1. The whole "mystical Stevie" persona has been dead since 1982. She's been on performance auto-pilot since 1987. Her live performances on the Rock A Little tour are not rocky and coketastic, they are sloppy and messy with awful vocals.

2. Stevie's 1975-1983 voice is probably my favourite voice ever. Her low, raspy vocals these days aren't great. I wish she'd get the nose surgery which could improve her voice and range because it isn't in great shape unfortunately.

3. She hasn't written an excellent song since The Wild Heart.

4. I believe a lot of her songs are just spew, spur of the moment stuff that sometimes sticks. That's why she wrote so much in the 1970s, some of it was amazing. Some not so great.

5. Her 1990-1994 output is absolutely atrocious. Not one good song amongst the 20 or so songs from that period.

6. Her inflated ego since 1997 is very annoying. I love how innocent her early interviews are, she is genuine in them. Her recent interviews seem very outlandish and inflated.

7. Her songs on Say You Will are really quite great, but since then I think she's lost her ability to write. Her label making her wait for 10 years is only an excuse I'd say. The two news on 24KG are absolutely awful. Maybe that's the reason she's holding out on the new FM album?

8. She should never work with Mike Chapman or Dave Smith again. Both bring out the blandness in her writing and vocals.

But despite all that, I love her and I'm seeing her on both Friday and Saturday in Dublin