Illume Lyrics... - Page 5

UndoingTheLaces · #61 09-07-2005, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Stevie_Buck

And I've heard her say "I'm" as "am" many times... like in this video.
"Don't turn away--am listenin'." lol

That was actually a very common thing in the 70's rock scene. I think people started pronounciating words more distinctly in the 80's, but once you are trained to sing a certain way it becomes part of your style.

I did a cover of Castaway for the Gold Dust Project and found myself doing it the way she does "He knows that ah do not see him... Ah could leave today". And of course singing the word mystery as mist'ry. Which I just loved doing.

UndoingTheLaces · #62 09-07-2005, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by David

Stevie once referred to Warren as the songwriter who could "write about a Waring blender & get away with it," & she certainly wasn't referring to the Lanham Act.

And she convinced them to get a BUNN coffee maker during the Tust documentary. Hmmm, maybe she's getting a cut for all the personal endorsements she makes. LOL!!!

Coffee's making!!!

sarafield · #63 09-07-2005, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by UndoingTheLaces

That was actually a very common thing in the 70's rock scene. I think people started pronounciating words more distinctly in the 80's, but once you are trained to sing a certain way it becomes part of your style.

I did a cover of Castaway for the Gold Dust Project and found myself doing it the way she does "He knows that ah do not see him... Ah could leave today". And of course singing the word mystery as mist'ry. Which I just loved doing.

Yeah, singers seem to just pronounce things differently. I mean, how often does someone in real life say "Oh look at that little GUHL, she's so cute, what an anGELLLLLL. I wish I could grab her and run ay-WAY with her!"

Does anyone else hear "RAck on, Gold Dust Woman?" I know Stevie has a different sort of flatish accent sometimes but when I was little, man I didn't know WHAT that first word was supposed to be.

JazmenFlowers · #64 09-07-2005, 10:10 PM

to me it almost sounds like Stevie's wearing a retainer when she speaks - it's so weird - really evident in the ET interview around the time of Enchanted

as far as her singing style...I think it's cool and I like that she does thing slightly off norm

Phoenix · #65 09-07-2005, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

to me it almost sounds like Stevie's wearing a retainer when she speaks - it's so weird - really evident in the ET interview around the time of Enchanted

as far as her singing style...I think it's cool and I like that she does thing slightly off norm

Well, that would explain the mysterious vanishing of her overbite!

Stevie_Buck · #66 09-07-2005, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

to me it almost sounds like Stevie's wearing a retainer when she speaks - it's so weird - really evident in the ET interview around the time of Enchanted

as far as her singing style...I think it's cool and I like that she does thing slightly off norm

Ya know...
I've noticed something like that too... but it's only every now and then.
Like, it's really evident in The Making of Rumours and when she's on the couch for D.R.

Anyone else?

StreetAngel86 · #67 09-09-2005, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

Sandy Stewart wrote the song and created a demo. They real lyrics were "you held the line"....Stevie thought she said "Emmiline".

so she's not illiterate she's deaf?

StreetAngel86 · #68 09-09-2005, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by sarafield

I always thought she was singing Illumine there, but I guess not? Then I thought maybe there was an accent on the last "e" in Illume, on the candles, but no:

http://www.illumecandles.com/

what's wrong with the way Stevie pronounces Illume? I always thought that was the normal way....but with an accent

being an aussie I pronounce e's as a's so I say ill-ooh-meh i always thought it was weird tho

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Originally Posted by SapphireSister

Well that puts an entirely new twist to it and kills my whole theory that she was mispronouncing it on the record. So now we know that she knew the correct way of saying it so why in the heck would she intentionally mispronounce it on the album if it wasn't a trademark issue? She's weird....lol.

Speaking of Illume, what do you guys think of the song itself? When I first got SYW it was my favorite song on the album. They lyrics are profound and the message and story behind it, well I don't even need to go there. I love the tribal beat. The song has such an original sound and the production is amazing. Stevie has never done a song that sounds like Illume. It has faded as being one of my favorites but every once in a while I go back and listen to it and realize what a truly amazing song it is. Very spiritual, very powerful.

i was totally in love with this song the first couple of times I listened to SYW but then RTTG and EFO consumed my life and i havent looked back.

personally i think the sound is VERY sexy......that tribal beat. if she didn't have the 9/11 disclaimer with the song or it's lyrics (coz the actual song is called Illume 9/11 I would not have pegged this as a worldly-disaster-terrorist-inspired-great-mayorship song. you could look at the song in terms of a relationship (ie S&L) OR in terms of the history of FM.

I don't like this song as much as I used to but it's a song i HAVE to have LOUD