Lily Girl

golden braid · #1 04-14-2005, 01:16 PM

Lily Girl is now posted on sararhiannon.com. When I first heard the saxaphone I thought, "OH NO!" Not another song with Kenny G. This song ranks right up there with Dial the Number, Tragedy of One's Own Soul, and Don't Treat Me Like a Stranger. It just kind of drones on. But thanks for posting the song so now we get to hear it.

amber · #2 04-14-2005, 02:42 PM

Sweet! I've never heard it, or any of the other songs you mentioned. Thank you!

#3 04-14-2005, 05:53 PM

i just downloaded it myself....listened to about thirty seconds of it and that was it. i think this is mislabeled as being a RAL demo when it's clearly an OSOTM demo. that's obviously kenny g who played on the OSOTM sessions. plus, the song sounds a little too slow and sappy for anything she would have been doing during the RAL period.

GateandGarden · #4 04-14-2005, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by golden braid

Lily Girl is now posted on sararhiannon.com. When I first heard the saxaphone I thought, "OH NO!" Not another song with Kenny G. This song ranks right up there with Dial the Number, Tragedy of One's Own Soul, and Don't Treat Me Like a Stranger. It just kind of drones on. But thanks for posting the song so now we get to hear it.

OMG. I never hear anyone talking about "Don't Treat Me Like a Stranger." That song might be good if it didn't drone on and on, as you said. Ugh. I wanted to like it but couldn't. I have it on a CD of demos and such and I just skip it.

Johnny Stew · #5 04-14-2005, 06:17 PM

Ok, yeah, I'm just going to pretend like I never heard this... song.

MacMan · #6 04-14-2005, 06:23 PM

Yeah.. This is one for the shelf... But I actually like Dial The Number.

dissention · #7 04-14-2005, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Ok, yeah, I'm just going to pretend like I never heard this... song.

Ooh, it came in the mail....

I heard it awhile back and just stashed the CD in a drawer. No need to listen to it more than once, and even then, that's once too much.

sodascouts · #8 04-14-2005, 08:03 PM

Isn't this really another version of Tragedy of One's Own Soul? The same music with a few bells and whistles and a large amount of the same words.

sodascouts · #9 04-14-2005, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Ooh, it came in the mail....

And then something in the mail comes... she goes a little bit into shock!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

dissention · #10 04-14-2005, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by sodascouts

And then something in the mail comes... she goes a little bit into shock!

Sorry, couldn't resist.

That line is hysterical.

SaraRhiannon · #11 04-14-2005, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by joe

i just downloaded it myself....listened to about thirty seconds of it and that was it. i think this is mislabeled as being a RAL demo when it's clearly an OSOTM demo. that's obviously kenny g who played on the OSOTM sessions. plus, the song sounds a little too slow and sappy for anything she would have been doing during the RAL period.

Yep, it's definitely not from RAL. The song was dated 4-15-88 on the reel.

As for the song itself? Blech.

catinthedark · #12 04-14-2005, 09:55 PM

Uh-oh. Did too much traffic crash the site? I can't get in. I must hear this gem!!

catinthedark · #13 04-14-2005, 10:15 PM

Oh, good God. I got it.

Man, I hated this era of Stevie. Whoever introduced her to Kenny G. should be locked away in isolation for a very, very long time.

blinker12 · #14 04-15-2005, 03:25 AM

Is this really the same woman who wrote "Landslide" and "Silver Springs"?
Honestly, I can't stand most of the OSOTM outtakes. They all sound pretty much like this to me -- meandering synth tracks, strained vocals and that hideous sax.
Still, thanks so much for putting it out there, SaraRhiannon...

The Tower · #15 04-15-2005, 10:32 AM

Yes, the song is a piece of ****. But, you've got to give her a little bit of a break. All she was doing was taking prerecorded Kenny G tracks and adding cut-and-paste-journal lyrics and trying to make a melody out of it. I mean, come on- it's Kenny G fer chrissakes!!!

ALL of the songs from those Kenny G sessions suck ass. I think there are four of them, yes? "Tragedy of One's Own Soul" is just as abysmal as this one.

Despite the onset of Klonopin-itis, I think Stevie realized how ****ty this stuff was and wisely moved on to IMO one of her best efforts, The Other Side of the Mirror.