The RAL Appreciation Thread - Page 5

Janet · #61 10-26-2004, 03:21 AM

God I can't say much but that I just love this album. It is my favorite Stevie album ( esp I Sing For the Things...how can anyone hate that song!)

My fav is If I Were You, but she didn't write that. I just think that could have been a hit. I just like it so much.

GREAT ALBUM. TOTALLY 80's but it's kinda raw and emotional.

strandinthewind · #62 10-26-2004, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by sparky

I haven't been to NYC for NYE since 1985 ! All I remember is champagne, a huge crowd in Times Square (it was still dirty and real NY then....) wearing my leather pants and doing a ton of coke.

It WAS the 80's, after all. If I decide to go there this year, I am tracking your ass down, dude.

You are on for a date my friend!!!

Why do I envision the scene from beaches where the police "escort" Ce Ce Bloom back home after the opening of her play and when she gets out of the back of the cop car she shrieks in a drunken slur "FOR THE LAST TIME I WAS NOT THE RING LEADER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Now which one of us would that be - Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm - as Strand sheepishly raises his hand with a look of acknowledgement

EveryHour · #63 10-27-2004, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by EveryHour

I know this is old news, but can someone clarify when the vocal for Reconsider Me was recorded? Stevie does not make it clear in the Enchanted liner notes. Is the version on Enchanted entirely a RAL outtake, was it re-recorded for Enchanted, or is it a mix of both? At what point did Don Henley do his vocal? I can normally tell these things just by Stevie's voice quality and tone, but I have trouble on this one. It seems a little too clear to be a RAL vocal and a little too "un-husky" to be a '98 vocal.

This question of mine was kind of lost amidst a long-ish post of mine. Anyone?

David · #64 10-27-2004, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by EveryHour

This question of mine was kind of lost amidst a long-ish post of mine. Anyone?

I just sort of assume that she recorded it with Iovine at the helm in '84 or early '85 -- at a time when he was still producing the album.

It may have been the first studio thing she recorded after "Violet & Blue."

GardenStateGirlie · #65 10-28-2004, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Now LAST YEAR was the NYE party though. I was again in NYC and my friends had a HUGE party. There were Rockettes there (we did high kicks to Merman ) and then at some point after midnight I stopped kissing whomever (what was their name

) and then the next thing I know this woman from the New York City Opera was singing IN FULL VOICE the suicide scene from Lucia. I then followed it with a slurred version of who the hell knows what (this is in a room full of theatre people mind you

) poured myself into the car and was driven home to be followed by "Excuse me sir - WAKE UP - you are home"

And I was called in the middle of his surreal drunken state..."Oh. My. God. The Soprano for the NYC Opera just sang to me!!!"

I <3 RAL. Favorite song? Some Become Strangers ::swoons::

Nixxxed · #66 10-28-2004, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Yeah, and Webster could bring The Rock to his knees.

I <3 Chrissie Hynde. She's the kind of chick you'd just want to shoot the **** and drink a beer with. And, for some reason, I just don't think Stevie is "gritty" enough to punch a French cop and then lay in the middle of the road to avoid arrest.

Also, didn't Chrissie attack Carly Simon at a Joni Mitchell club show once because Carly was singing along too loud (in the audience)?

When I was young, I used to think "Brass in Pocket" was talking about British coins of some sort. But we all really know she meant brass knuckles!!!

takenbythesky · #67 10-29-2004, 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Janet

God I can't say much but that I just love this album. It is my favorite Stevie album ( esp I Sing For the Things...how can anyone hate that song!)

My fav is If I Were You, but she didn't write that. I just think that could have been a hit. I just like it so much.

"I Sing For the Things"...

"If I Were You"...

But...According to nicksfix and my mistake-ridden Rock A Little CD booklet, it was written by Stevie Nicks and Rick Nowels...

David · #68 10-29-2004, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by takenbythesky

"If I Were You"...:bigthumbsup: But...According to nicksfix and my mistake-ridden Rock A Little CD booklet, it was written by Stevie Nicks and Rick Nowels...

Stevie says she wrote the "I believe that love is a living thing" stanza.

amber · #69 10-31-2004, 02:19 PM

okay, i finally got RAL. So far, 3 songs in, I love it. Of course, I Can't Wait was a good start. But i haven't liked any of the other Stevie albums this well, so soon...favorite album? maybe...oh, yeah, this album is good..

Amber

takenbythesky · #70 10-31-2004, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by amber

okay, i finally got RAL. So far, 3 songs in, I love it. Of course, I Can't Wait was a good start. But i haven't liked any of the other Stevie albums this well, so soon...favorite album? maybe...oh, yeah, this album is good..

Amber

Just wait until you get to "Imperial Hotel"...

-Justin

GypsySorcerer · #71 10-31-2004, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by takenbythesky

Just wait until you get to "Imperial Hotel"...

-Justin

I was going to type the same thing, but with a slightly different emoticon.

amber · #72 10-31-2004, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by takenbythesky

Just wait until you get to "Imperial Hotel"...

-Justin

hehe. Yep, there it is, and i am still veeeery happy.

I think i definitely found my fav. Stevie album.

jadegypsy · #73 10-31-2004, 05:21 PM

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okay, i finally got RAL. So far, 3 songs in, I love it. Of course, I Can't Wait was a good start. But i haven't liked any of the other Stevie albums this well, so soon...favorite album? maybe...oh, yeah, this album is good..

Yup, that's what i thought when I first listened to it, except one of my faves was "Sister Honey" that song is just fun!

no_spoken_word · #74 10-31-2004, 06:24 PM

I LOVE Rock A Little! It's my second favorite solo album (after TISL). Unlike most of her albums where I tend to just listen to certain songs because a lot of songs sound better live, or different versions sound better (Bella Donna especially), I listen to Rock A Little all the way through, except for I Sing For The Things (BLAH!). This album seems to sum up the coked-out buzz Stevie was living in at the time, which is actually kind of refreshing. I mean, when you look at the I Can't Wait video - Stevie wasnt trying to look all witchy there - she was just plain looking hot, that video was made to get Stevie laid, and in her cracked out bubble she probably thought it was the best idea ever. I like that we have Stevie's impulsive side documented forever.

DeadliestPoison · #75 10-31-2004, 07:40 PM

Can I just let everyone know that her RAL backswayers? Best ever.

ELISECIA 4EVA!!!!*!(@!()