Inappropriate Poll #3: When did Stevie jump the shark?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by ELIUD

This reminds me. What about her duet with that dumbass from MTV? Ewww. Truthfully I've never listened to it and nobody can make me.

"You're my little saviour...."

I like that song.

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by ELIUD

This reminds me. What about her duet with that dumbass from MTV? Ewww. Truthfully I've never listened to it and nobody can make me.

Doh! How could I forget Jesse Camp?! That right there is THE defining moment.

I did buy this CD used for something like $2 years ago. You have to be a diehard Stevie collector in order to own this.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by Livia

"You're my little saviour...."

I like that song.

I do, too, actually... even though I couldn't stand Jesse Camp when he was on MTV.
Stevie's vocal on that track is awfully pretty.

[chiliD]

By default, I'd say the Rock A Little tour because I think you're starting the poll too late chronologically. The shark had been jumped, caught, filleted & BBQ'd by then.

She was on the downward slide during the Mirage tour.

[goldie]

Gonna have to say OSOTM tour. If there was a choice for "when she started taking Klonopin" I may have had to go with that. I can't remember when exactly she started taking it. Don't tell me it was the OSOTM tour?

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by goldie

Gonna have to say OSOTM tour. If there was a choice for "when she started taking Klonopin" I may have had to go with that. I can't remember when exactly she started taking it. Don't tell me it was the OSOTM tour?

i'm pretty sure it was late 86/early 87. don't think it was as late as 89, tho.

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by chiliD

By default, I'd say the Rock A Little tour because I think you're starting the poll too late chronologically. The shark had been jumped, caught, filleted & BBQ'd by then.

She was on the downward slide during the Mirage tour.

Her voice was a bit rough at spots on the Mirage tour indeed. But that was probably the top of the mountain as far as her singing, commercial success, and writing abilities are concerned. Oh, and she was quite the piece of a$$ too!

I must admit that I was a bit disappointed by RAL when it first came out (I even wrote a bad review for the school newspaper ). But as dated as it sounds, it really has held up as quite a little gem. It rocks. It's campy. It's soothing. The tour, on the other hand...

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Her voice was a bit rough at spots on the Mirage tour indeed. But that was probably the top of the mountain as far as her singing, commercial success, and writing abilities are concerned. Oh, and she was quite the piece of a$$ too!

I must admit that I was a bit disappointed by RAL when it first came out (I even wrote a bad review for the school newspaper ). But as dated as it sounds, it really has held up as quite a little gem. It rocks. It's campy. It's soothing. The tour, on the other hand...

maybe as a combined whole, but her vocal peak was on the SA tour.

but she was ****ing fine on the mirage tour.

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by carrie721

i'm pretty sure it was late 86/early 87. don't think it was as late as 89, tho.

During the "Shake the Cage" tour, I had heard that Stevie was soldiering on despite having come down with Epstein Barr. And at the time I was thinking bullshirt! She would have been totally unable to perform if that was the case. Perhaps that was something cooked up by her publicist to help explain how her demeanor could have so completely flattened out within the space of a year. Don't get me wrong... I really, really liked the 1987 tour... but I did think something was a bit strange. Maybe it's not a coincidence that she started wearing those awful poofy sleeves and pirate hats when she started Klonopin.

I suspect she didn't become a total drone until OSOTM. As with any other addictive drug, she had probably built a tolerance and started taking escalating amounts to maintain an even keel. I have seen heroin addicts getting detoxed with all kinds of nasty ***** like Klonopin and Methadone... and I just wondered why they didn't just stay on heroin. Pick your poison.

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by carrie721

but she was ****ing fine on the mirage tour.

Nobody before or since has been able to rock a tablecloth on her head like Mama!

[TheWILDheart]

I can't answer this...It's too tough. OSOTM was a great album but the Timespace tracks were desperate. However, allthough Street Angel was abysmal, TISL was amazing so she sorta dunked in the early 90's until The Dance and then she was back with a bang in '97 and is still incredible today IMO.

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by carrie721

maybe as a combined whole, but her vocal peak was on the SA tour . . . .

The SA tour was a different voice than WH (mostly) and before. Though her voice was strong and very clear on SA, she never went near the octaves she used to on WH and prior.

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I do, too, actually... even though I couldn't stand Jesse Camp when he was on MTV.
Stevie's vocal on that track is awfully pretty.

I know. I hate Jesse, but Stevie's harmony gives me chills. every time. I wish they could just remove his part and let her sing it!

[ontheEdgeof17]

Stevie has never jumped shark.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

Stevie has never jumped shark.

You're right. She jumped the donut.