10 Favorite Songs from Post-Dance?

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Originally Posted by mitzo

Of the 13 tracks on IYD Stevie is the sole writer of three only - Secret Love, Soldier's Angel, and Moonlight, plus Annabel Lee (with help from Waddy Wachtel, and the lyrics there are from a poem, not her). The rest are her lyrics to Dave Stewart's or other people's actual music.

I don't know why Stevie gets dinged for co-writing when honestly it's more the norm than not. Male writers who co-write don't get any blowback for it --Elton John never writes solo, Lennon and McCartney wrote together more than solo, Mick and Keith co-write most Stones songs, Tom Petty frequently co-wrote with Mike and others..... within FM Christine co-writes frequently especially post-Tusk. Lindsey doesn't really co-write, but then, not really surprising. Stevie just isn't a super talented musician, and her chord repertoire and playing capability kinda ran its course-- and even her early BN/FM stuff was tweaked and edited by LB so not necessarily entirely her own. Her stuff with Dave was him starting with her lyrics and the two of them working out a melody and arrangement, so the music isn't really entirely his.