DCAHNM was to be Stevie's? - Page 2

amber · #16 02-22-2007, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by sparky

I heard in some interview years ago with TP that she was supposed to sing, and that Sharon and maybe Lori showed up instead.
I can't imagine Stevie in that era being late.

The bg vox are definitely in the Stevie mode.

For some reason I thought I heard that the song was about Stevie at one time, as she really used to pester Tom a lot when they lived in the same neighborhood. I remember him specifically saying, "She was kind of a pest!"

Yeah, that was with the story I heard. Like, the song was kind of about her.

UndoingTheLaces · #17 02-22-2007, 03:01 AM

Does anyone have an mp3 of the live version with Stevie singing backup? I'd love to hear it.

jkmaletic · #18 02-22-2007, 08:46 AM

I always thought it was Stevie on the background vocals of that tune!

This sounds nuts, but anyone know anything about her possibly being on the background vocals of Lynard Skynards' "That Smell"? Sounds like her.

Johnny Stew · #19 02-22-2007, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by UndoingTheLaces

Does anyone have an mp3 of the live version with Stevie singing backup? I'd love to hear it.

I sure do!
Here you go....

"Don't Come Around Here No More" (Gainesville, FL, 09-21-06)

LikeAWillow · #20 02-22-2007, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I sure do!
Here you go....

"Don't Come Around Here No More" (Gainesville, FL, 09-21-06)

Thanks for that! I'm still so mad I didn't manage to catch a Stevie/Tom show.

carrie721 · #21 02-22-2007, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by LikeAWillow

Thanks for that! I'm still so mad I didn't manage to catch a Stevie/Tom show.

dude, me too. let's be pissed about it in pittsburgh.

JazmenFlowers · #22 02-22-2007, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by LikeAWillow

Thanks for that! I'm still so mad I didn't manage to catch a Stevie/Tom show.

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Originally Posted by carrie721

dude, me too. let's be pissed about it in pittsburgh.

you both should be. it was a.mazing.

I will never live to match the beauty of her DCAHNM dance again.

carrie721 · #23 02-22-2007, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

you both should be. it was a.mazing.

I will never live to match the beauty of her DCAHNM dance again.

i hate you.

no, seriously.

JazmenFlowers · #24 02-22-2007, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

i hate you.

no, seriously.

don't hate...delegate.

at least, that's my mantra at work!

carrie721 · #25 02-22-2007, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

don't hate...delegate.

at least, that's my mantra at work!

my mantra at work is "don't hate ... castigate!"

BlackWidow · #26 02-22-2007, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

As has been said, the song was written for Stevie... plus Tom thought Dave Stewart would also be an ideal candidate to take over production on 'Rock A Little,' since Jimmy Iovine had quit. Apparently Stevie & Dave never really clicked though.

Anyway, there are two different versions of the story behind this song.
One goes that Stevie initially started working on the song, and had already laid down some vocals, but abandoned it when she came into the studio late one day and saw that Tom was singing lead as the band was rehearsing it.
Now, depending on who's telling that version, there are two different reactions: She was either pissed that they didn't wait for her and said, "fine -- then you just do the song"... or... she heard Tom singing it and felt it was better suited to him than her.
Either way, in this version of the story, it is said that there are some of Stevie's vocals still on the completed track.

The other story is somewhat similiar, but the difference is that Stevie never sang a note of the song -- coming in to find Tom rehearsing it with the band, and getting pissed that they didn't wait for her.

I can't remember where... I think a VH1 interview within the last 5 or 6 years... but I'm pretty certain that Stevie said her vocals ARE on the finished studio track.

I don't think Stevie sang a note on it. I heard Tom Petty say in an interview
that Stevie's "back-up" singers happened to be in the studio the day it was recorded and he used them after a session they were booked in for was cancelled. He never mentioned Stevie being involved at all. He was like..they were there..so I used them. Don't forget..Sharon can sound hauntingly like Stevie when she wants to.

UndoingTheLaces · #27 02-23-2007, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I sure do!
Here you go....

"Don't Come Around Here No More" (Gainesville, FL, 09-21-06)

Thank you thank you thank you, yay!!!

After reading this thread I went to iTunes and bought the original (I've always liked the song so why not) and listened really close. There is a voice in the chorus that sounds a little Stevie like but I can't imagine Stevie doing a vocal where she only sings the line and doesn't add at least one little oooh or aaah so that you can tell it's her.

Although I seem to recall that there was also a BB King album where Stevie was listed as singing backup on "Drowning In A Sea Of Love" (how appropriate) but when I listened you could barely hear her and she actually did pretty much sing one phrase over and over and that was it. So I could be proved wrong. LOL!

I'm listening to this mp3 right now and am amazed and what a great recording this is, awesome.

Now what is this about Stevie's dance during this song?

Phoenix · #28 02-23-2007, 02:47 AM

[QUOTE=UndoingTheLaces;652070]
Now what is this about Stevie's dance during this song?[/QUOTE]

prepare to smile

, It went like this.....

Phoenix · #29 02-23-2007, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I sure do!
Here you go....

"Don't Come Around Here No More" (Gainesville, FL, 09-21-06)

THANK YOU!

WildHeart69 · #30 02-23-2007, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by LikeAWillow

Thanks for that! I'm still so mad I didn't manage to catch a Stevie/Tom show.

I joined the damn Highway Companions Fan Club too in hopes she would be at the Philly(Camden) show, when I knew she wasnt going to be I didnt even buy tickets... that was 30 bucks well spent!!

We know that "These Dreams" (Heart) was written for Stevie to sing too, right?