Stevie on coke & her voice..

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by ragandbone

. . . The rock and roll life was like The Red Shoes for her, dancing and dancing more beautifully, even while it was killing her.

Beautiful analogy!!!!!

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by ragandbone

Right, well the coke iteself numbs the throat and nasal passages (if consumed through the nose or mount—ahem) and that means you ravage the vocal cords a bit, by not feeling when they are hurting. I think, though that she probably had those steroid shots for chronic laryngitis (because that was standard at the time) and those shots, in fact, even chloraseptic will do allow same damage.

Another weird affect from cocaine, and any amphetamine is dehydration, and lack of proper rest which are terrible for your voice, and pretty much ever other part of you.

Being pushed to the edge, physically, and being fabulously high, as she was, probably did account for some of the wild sounds she was making though. The rock and roll life was like The Red Shoes for her, dancing and dancing more beautifully, even while it was killing her.

good analogy.....

[ELIUD]

"Obsessive crazy people...you know...there's nothing to really like about those people."
Well at least she knows I'm alive.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by BlackWidow

..in retrospect..she sounded pretty good..visually she was a mess.
By that point everyone knew she was really in trouble.

In trouble with what?

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by skcin

In trouble with what?

That's my point too. I think she knew SA was a comparative financial failure -- but her tour did ok and she was clean from the pills. So, as far as I am concerned, that was the beginning of the rise. It took a year or two and she had some slip ups like the usual weight gain, but it was the beginning.

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

That's my point too. I think she knew SA was a comparative financial failure -- but her tour did ok and she was clean from the pills. So, as far as I am concerned, that was the beginning of the rise. It took a year or two and she had some slip ups like the usual weight gain, but it was the beginning.

She was still addicted to Klonopin on the SA Tour! 86-94 ..thats eight years.
She was very unhealthy is my point.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by BlackWidow

She was still addicted to Klonopin on the SA Tour! 86-94 ..thats eight years.
She was very unhealthy is my point.

I think she said she beat the Klonopin and then was horrified that she had to go out and promote the hazy SA record

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by BlackWidow

She was still addicted to Klonopin on the SA Tour! 86-94 ..thats eight years.
She was very unhealthy is my point.

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I think she said she beat the Klonopin and then was horrified that she had to go out and promote the hazy SA record

Strand is right -- she kicked the Klonopin several months before the tour.
In fact, she has said that it was only after she came out of rehab and listened to the work she'd done with Glyn Johns, that she realized she needed to go back into the studio to try and fix it a little bit... which is when she and Thom Panunzio overdubbed and remixed it.

[BlackWidow]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Strand is right -- she kicked the Klonopin several months before the tour.
In fact, she has said that it was only after she came out of rehab and listened to the work she'd done with Glyn Johns, that she realized she needed to go back into the studio to try and fix it a little bit... which is when she and Thom Panunzio overdubbed and remixed it.

hmm...her behind the music said she checked into rehab directly after the SA Tour ended.

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by BlackWidow

hmm...her behind the music said she checked into rehab directly after the SA Tour ended.

Are you sure you're not thinking of when she checked into Betty Ford right after the Rock a Little tour ended?

I also recall that Stevie was clean/clear for the SA tour, and I think the proof was in her passionate singing throughout that jaunt.

[Kelly]

I thought she checked in rehab in December of 1993 and stayed through Jan. 94, then toured for Street Angel in the Summer of 94? After she got out of rehab, she said she listened to Street Angel and was unhappy so she tried to "fix it" but eventually gave up and had to go out and promote something she was not happy with. Her energy on the Street Angel tour was totally different than the Mirror, Cage or BTM tours. I personally thought she rocked out on the SA tour. She seemed much more "on" than the prior tours. She was heavy, yes..but her voice was incredible when I saw her live.

[skcin]

^ What she said.

[BlackWidow]

I will look into it...