Edge with Commentary..from WB - Page 4

ragandbone · #46 03-14-2007, 04:23 AM

See, now I am excited about this release. Thanks so much for pointing us to these videos!
She really is funny and self-aware here—that Stand back commentary is hilarious.

UndoingTheLaces · #47 03-14-2007, 04:50 AM

I just about fell out when I watched the Stand Back video. I mean "you can't shoot that man in my video!" That's absolutely priceless. I think it's smart of WB to post these because people who might not have thought to get CV will see these and think twice. All smart companies give little promo goodies away to get people to buy their products. I can't wait to see what she says about Talk To Me. "This is a sad song, why am I smiling so much???" and "What's with that giant candy, anyway?"

At any rate, I posted this on my LiveJournal page and thought you guys might like to read what I wrote. Here's what it said:

Okay, people wonder why I adore Stevie Nicks so much, and this is it. Yes, I learned to sing by picking apart her vocals, yes I learned to write songs by dissecting her lyrics, yes she has inspired me in ways that nobody else ever will. But what a lot of people don't know is that she is also a total riot! I just about fell out when I saw this. Okay, a little background. You probably know the song Stand Back and you probably have seen the video with Stevie on the treadmill and all the dancers (leftover from Flashdance, I'm sure) but many people don't know that there was another version of this video that was scrapped. I read about it in the MTV Book of Videos back in the mid-80's and was dying that I'd never get to see it. I finally got a horrible copy of it on a bootleg VHS and after many years sat there, mouth agape, thinking "What the hell???" Oooh, it's bad. Stevie, I love ya, but ooh, good call on nixing this little gem.

So now, many years after that, Warner Bros. is releasing a special Best of CD/DVD called Crystal Visions which has all of Stevie's Videos with, and I still don't believe this, commentary! And in a stroke of genius, the WB has lovingly gifted Stevie's fans with this preview on YouTube. If I didn't know that this was a real project, I swear I would have thought this came directly from MadTV. I just about pissed myself watching this. I can't wait for this DVD.

Gypsy-Rhiannon · #48 03-14-2007, 05:37 AM

Wow....I can't wait to hear her commentary for the rest of the DVD! Thanks for posting these!

Kelly · #49 03-14-2007, 06:33 AM

The commentary to Stand Back was hilarious. She is too funny.
"this very small armoire".....

danax6 · #50 03-14-2007, 06:44 AM

OMG!

I almost chocked during the commentary for Stand Back.

In fact, I am still choking. My favourite part is where she does her Scarlett impersonation and asks where her maid is and what the chickens are doing there.

Thanks, Stevie.

danax6 · #51 03-14-2007, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by golden braid

In the Edge commentary first she says her Uncle Bill died and then she calls him Michael a few seconds later. Was that a mistake or did two people die?

Weird. All these years she said her uncle's name was John. And now she first calls him Bill and then Michael? Right, Stevie.

The Catdancer · #52 03-14-2007, 07:03 AM

I love the Stand Back comments. She is hilarious!!!! "I'm gonna have a drink, a STIFF drink". She is so funny!!! I can't wait to hear the rest. I wonder what she's going to say about Talk to Me and I Can't Wait. It's gonna be good.

skuncles · #53 03-14-2007, 07:32 AM

She does call him her Uncle Bill and in every interview she's ever done about the song, it's been Uncle Jonathan. She does NOT call him Michael though, she's saying "my uncle" go back and listen again. But she always said it was about the two John's, her uncle and Lennon.

-Al

Kelly · #54 03-14-2007, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by danax6

Weird. All these years she said her uncle's name was John. And now she first calls him Bill and then Michael? Right, Stevie.

Plus, her cousin's name is John. How about the beginning when she says "Edge of 17 is about John Lennon".

I am sure his death certainly brought up alot of memories and unsettling feelings for her, though.

carrie721 · #55 03-14-2007, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Kelly

The commentary to Stand Back was hilarious. She is too funny.
"this very small armoire".....

lol ... is that what she was saying? at first i thought she said "tiny," but then i thought i heard "tidy" ... i thought maybe she was a messy person

Kelly · #56 03-14-2007, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by skuncles

She does call him her Uncle Bill and in every interview she's ever done about the song, it's been Uncle Jonathan. She does NOT call him Michael though, she's saying "my uncle" go back and listen again. But she always said it was about the two John's, her uncle and Lennon.

-Al

Yup, that is what she always says. With the exception of the "running up the stairs and down the hall" verse, I have a hard time relating the lyrics to Lennon or her Uncle. I doubt she went forth with the age old desire, ahem, to please...her Uncle. Edge has always had a very sexual undertone to me...especially the howl in the middle and the "ooh, ooh, ooooooo's", (yea, I know the WWD makes that sound too), and the 'age old desire to please' line.
I do think the deaths of her Uncle and Lennon impacted her a great deal and that turmoil led to her writing a great song.
I do think the unreleased Edge video is pretty interesting. Especially the part when she tosses the baby doll on the floor and runs away.

Kelly · #57 03-14-2007, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

lol ... is that what she was saying? at first i thought she said "tiny," but then i thought i heard "tidy" ... i thought maybe she was a messy person

I had to watch again.

She does say "my very tiny armoire". She is such a pisser.

carrie721 · #58 03-14-2007, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Kelly

I had to watch again.

She does say "my very tiny armoire". She is such a pisser.

lol, she is. i wish she would be like that more often in interviews!

johnny4406 · #59 03-14-2007, 08:35 AM

I'm kinda upset... Did everyone notice how she was saying..

"I don't think Fleetwood Mac ever filmed an entire show... not like this (WHITE WINGED DOVE / IN CONCERT 81 VIDEO).. I mean we filmed seperate cuts for Rhiannon, Dreams, Sara, Gypsy, Sisters of the Moon.. but never an entire performance...."

Does she not realize the Mirage VHS /Lazer Disc was once released!!!

Which was a full band filming! in Los Angeles!

It was a bad time for her..........

strandinthewind · #60 03-14-2007, 09:03 AM

She qualified it by saying with a video director like Marty C.

Also, I think in her head, she means up until this time and they never used the entire footage from one concert in one produced video.

Of course, she could have just forgotten

And- her Bosendorfer - Le Sigh