What are your unpopular Stevie opinions - Page 18

SapphireSister · #**256** 03-06-2006, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by lagringader&r

Hi everybody! Long time, no see. But I couldn't miss this topic! Ghosttracker, I usually agree with you but I don't on this one.

1. I think Stevie has had the hugest crush on Tom Petty since she met him and Tom looks at Stevie as the little sister he never had and is enchanted by her half the time and completely annoyed by her the other half. I think he might be the one musician she didn't do.

2. I think Stevie has had lesbian *affairs* but nothing serious. Just flings.

3. I think Stevie's greatest loves are:
Fleetwood
Walsh
Buckingham
Henley
In that order
On edit: There was another great love of Stevie's. She hooked up with him in San Francisco while she was with Lindsey in the early 70s and had to decide between the two. I think he is neck and neck with Lindsey in the *greatest loves* department. I think she still thinks about him.

4. I think Stevie has had more than a few *almost serious* relationships in the last 10 years.
Buckingham wasn't one of them

5. I think Stevie isn't the one packin up, shackin up these days and that Buckingham not only hasn't hooked back up with her in the last 20 years but has hooked up with at least one non-Stevie in the last few.
I think that pisses Stevie off but only because of pride

6. I love Street Angel

7. Stevie still smokes
Both weed and cigs

8. I think Stevie is a snob but doesn't know it

9. I think Stevie is clingy to this day to Mick and needs him by her side at functions and in personal life. I think his wife gets this and has made peace with it. I think they need each other in almost a spiritual way that won't die until one of them do
And probably not even then

10. I think Stevie tours and works all the time because she can't face her personal life or how her life has turned out in other areas. Her work is her distraction and her escape. If she stopped touring, she might melt down

11. I think Stevie wishes she had had kids. The whole *giving it up for the sake of her art* is a ruse. She never hooked up with the right guy at the right time, made ****ty choices and by the time she figured all that out and got clean, it was too late. The *giving it up* thing is to mask the pain that has caused her

I'll think of more later but the last one is:

12. I don't think anything is ever on the surface with Stevie. She sticks with what she knows, which is making great music. Everything else, and even to herself, should be taken with a grain of salt. She hasn't figured herself out so the rest of the world doesn't stand a chance. But she knows she's loved and adored by millions and that's what gets her through the night.

Beauitifully stated. What a wonderful post and I agree with a lot of what you said, especially 10, 11, and 12. Welcome back my dear! Where have you been? You must pm me and let me know what's up. I've missed you Sue, we have a lot of catching up to do.

lagringader&r · #**257** 03-06-2006, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by SapphireSister

Beauitifully stated. What a wonderful post and I agree with a lot of what you said, especially 10, 11, and 12. Welcome back my dear! Where have you been? You must pm me and let me know what's up. I've missed you Sue, we have a lot of catching up to do.

Lindsay girl! Yep, we do! I'll pm you when I sign back on. Also I'll be flying back to LA sometime this spring or summer so we have to hook up. Too bad we can't hit a show together but we'll manage to find some trouble to get into, I'm sure.

Livia · #**258** 03-06-2006, 01:23 AM

Welcome back, lagringa! I agree with almost everything - I'm "meh" over Street Angel.

lagringader&r · #**259** 03-06-2006, 01:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Livia

Welcome back, lagringa! I agree with almost everything - I'm "meh" over Street Angel.

Thanks! Yep, I'm alone on SA. I've accepted that.

Livia · #**260** 03-06-2006, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by lagringader&r

Thanks! Yep, I'm alone on SA. I've accepted that.

No, you're not. Remember, SA is Curtis' faaaavorite!

lagringader&r · #**261** 03-06-2006, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Livia

No, you're not. Remember, SA is Curtis' faaaavorite!

Thank gawd! And thanks for reminding me! I hate feeling alone like that.

Oykamu · #**262** 03-06-2006, 03:19 AM

I was wondering if I was the only one who suspected that Stevie never actually slept with Tom Petty. Apparently not. Their relationship seems different than all of the others. I don't think I've ever heard her say something bad about him.

I completely agree that Stevie wouldn't know what to do with herself if she stopped touring. She seems to have a profound fear of staying in one place.

Kelly · #**263** 03-06-2006, 08:05 AM

Mick is not Stevie's greatest love, IMHO. She would not be flaunting Mick if she was still in love with him either. He is convenient and no threat. Mick has actually caused problems in her life, esp during SYW.
In the last ten years I do not think Stevie has dated anyone seriously. I do not think Petty looked at Stevie like anything other than a sister. Tom also "'gets"' her realtionship with Buckingham. He wrote Insider, enuff said. Stevie, at one point, I think, wanted Tom in a big way, I think it was more of a conquest challenge type thing. I agree Stevie smokes...alot...cigarettes and weed. There are some who have rose colored glasses and think she is a good girl.

Stevie likes her pot as much as Lindsey, IMHO. I do not think she ever had a lesbian relationship but maybe she experimented with her man and another girl? I def do not think she is a lesbian who is secretly in love with Sheryl Crow and Lori Nicks though...I find that talk ridiculous.
I have always thought she strongly wanted children and Stevie used to express that sentiment all the time. It was only after she got "'too old"' to have them that we started hearing about it being a decision she consciously made. It had nothing to do with finding the right guy at the right time either. I think this was actually a huge cause of her depression in the early 90s. The crap she spins now about compromising her art if she would have had children is what she says publically........I do not think it is what she feels deep inside.
I think it is a given she has been with Buckingham in the last 20 years at some point. Hell, the last month!

DestinyRules · #**264** 03-06-2006, 10:20 AM

The Reeboks don't bother me.

I think she should have opened for Sheryl Crow on the TISL tour.

Some of her songs ("Destiny," anyone?) are utter crap.

"Landslide" is overrated.

I'm sick to death of "Dreams."

"Storms" isn't that good.

Stevie should open her shows with "I Need To Know."

I'm sick to death of the studio version of "Stand Back."

jannieC · #**265** 03-06-2006, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by David

I've often wondered. I've never thought of Stevie as a bitch. She has always seemed to me way too sweet to everyone all the time. That's one of the reasons I don't really love her. But other people have told me that they thought Stevie might be bitchy in a prima donna way.

I've had some time to think about this and I would like to clarify my thoughts a bit. "Bitch" is not the right word, as far as I'm concerned. I have often suspected that Stevie was a bit on the conceited side. Not her looks, but regarding her talent. As I stated earlier, just a tad self-important.

And as far as her relationships go, I think the whole "it's too hard to have a relationship with a famous woman...she's always leaving..." is B.S. People do it all the time. I think Stevie likes her gypsy life (she's *always* had one) and uses that as an excuse not to be involved in a serious relationship.

Ghost_Tracker · #**266** 03-06-2006, 11:52 AM

OH-kay, so how's THIS for an unpopular Stevie opinion???

Stevie's lyrics are NOT obscure!!! They're PERFECTLY CLEAR to anyone who is paying attention and reads between the lines! ( With the obvious exception of "Sable on Blonde." ) grrrrrr!!! BARK-BARK-BARK!!! GROOOWWWL.

okay, thanks, I just needed to get that off my chest.

Ghost_Tracker · #**267** 03-06-2006, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by diamondsnake

What are you talking about?

"Life, the Universe, and - well - YOU know - - - EVERY-thing!!!"

( i.m.o., couples often tend to follow a pattern where, when they're young, one is more "assertive," one more "bitchy," one more "shy," etc. I can tell you for a fact that my parents have been married for decades, and in way, to a point, it's definitely happened with them. Assuming that I'm right that this has happened, to see it happen with Lindsey and Stevie is just amazing. I'm not saying they're together - What I am saying is that it's pretty freaking amazing to see the pattern "assert itself" anyway.
Assuming I'm right, it's more than a little bit interesting.

)

P.S. - I know it's more complex than that, and just for example, Stevie was known for being "outgoing" when she was young - but couldn't it be said, for example, that at first she was really shy and somewhat submissive in the studio, compared to Lindsey being the assertive one who was so sure of himself and would never, never cry in front of her in a million years? It's classic.

StevieRox2 · #**268** 03-06-2006, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by The Catdancer

Question: a couple of people had a comment about her personal assistant ( someone said she was scary, another person said she could take a hike etc), what's up with that? Isn't she nice to the fans????

No, Karen is not nice to Stevie fans, is pretty much a bitch!

Ghost_Tracker · #**269** 03-06-2006, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jannieC

And as far as her relationships go, I think the whole "it's too hard to have a relationship with a famous woman...she's always leaving..." is B.S. People do it all the time. I think Stevie likes her gypsy life (she's *always* had one) and uses that as an excuse not to be involved in a serious relationship.

I think there may be something more to it. . . . While I still feel that Stevie isn't as wealthy as some people view her - sorry but Bill Gates she's not, there's LITERALLY thousands of people in the U.S. alone who are MANY times wealthier than she - she still is, bottom-line, an extremely wealthy person. While "something of a dreamer," I'm sure she's pretty realistic about what the "statistics" would predict about someone in her position ( Big Wealthy Famous Busy Rock Star ) - getting married - whether it would last over the long term. Stevie has worked and fought HARD for whatever money she does have, and it's VERY important to her because - well, let's just say she almost certainly is big on "generational wealth" and leave it at that. That trailer on the hill left a mark, i.m.o. I really do feel that it's almost 100% that the things her grandfather taught her weren't exactly done idly -
this guy was "smarter than he looked." She also wants to donate large amounts of money to charity - City of Hope, Arizona Heart Institute, etc., and now I guess also for the soldiers. This stuff runs VERY deep and it would be very hard for Stevie to even take a chance of not being able to do these things to the degree she wants (and has been taught to...).

SapphireSister · #**270** 03-06-2006, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by jannieC

And as far as her relationships go, I think the whole "it's too hard to have a relationship with a famous woman...she's always leaving..." is B.S. People do it all the time. I think Stevie likes her gypsy life (she's *always* had one) and uses that as an excuse not to be involved in a serious relationship.

OR to cover one up...

And you're right, that's total B.S. Famous people do it all the time Stevie!