Her Mosty 'Coke'-y Song - Page 2

paleshadow · #16 05-23-2009, 07:42 PM

I think her most coke-y song is "Thousand Days".

With lyrics like:

"The closest you've ever come it me was to help me up the stairs
You stood in the middle of the stairway
You nearly dragged me up the stairs"

and:

"If there is no time, and there is no place
And if there was, well, you'd never leave a trace
And as all archangels do to you
And as all arch enemies will finally do to you, too
Well, I found you"

plus"

"The sun is here today now
and I requested a storm"

I think you'd be hard pressed to find a coke-yer song than this.

ontheEdgeof17 · #17 05-23-2009, 07:47 PM

I agree with the Rock A Little tracks, most definiately.

How about:

Gold Dust Woman
Nightbird
Battle of the Dragon

goldustsongbird · #18 05-23-2009, 10:05 PM

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'If you **** with my coke dealer, I'll get real ****ing angry."

So gangsta.

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Talk to Me, I Can't Wait, and Sister Honey!!!

Especially in Talk to Me "Is it all that hard, is it all that tough, well now you've taken all my dreams isn't that enough" -------> she says that so fast! And then all the babble at the end!

And I Can't Wait, well I don't think anything needs to be said.

The part that gets me from Talk To Me is the "veil a swelling tear" line, with that thing she does with her voice. She must have been hanging over that mirror all day.

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I agree with the Rock A Little tracks, most definiately.

How about:

Gold Dust Woman
Nightbird
Battle of the Dragon

What's cokey about Nightbird? It never occurred to me. GDW is a given.

Sorcerer is pretty cokey, lyrically. Also Violet and Blue and Whole Lotta Trouble, even though it's from OSOTM.

ElusiveDreamer · #19 05-23-2009, 10:27 PM

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... Sorcerer is pretty cokey, lyrically. ...

Yes - the first time I heard that song I thought it was all about addiction ... any kind of addiction.

ontheEdgeof17 · #20 05-23-2009, 10:53 PM

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What's cokey about Nightbird?

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It's random-ness...the way she describes herself....very dark....I picture her looking at herself through her coke mirror as she snorts up.

Without Sandy Stewart, I think this song would have been a total mess.

I love the song.

Moz · #21 05-24-2009, 01:30 AM

Alice is pretty coke-y too... or perhaps is it more tranquilizer-y...

BombaySapphire3 · #22 05-24-2009, 03:59 AM

"Alice" is Klonopin era .I agree about most of RAL..I would have to submit Seven Wonders as it was recorded around Halloween of 1985 right before Betty Ford and you know she had to have one last big blow out.It is the very last thing she recorded during the cocaine years.

petep9000 · #23 05-24-2009, 09:15 AM

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The SN song that makes my teeth numb just listening to it has to be Mirror Mirror. The title of the song, the insessant and relentless pulsing keyboard combined with the mindless "He said", "Oh well" "not really" lyrics, and her fluttering hyper-nasal incantations just conjure up images of a studio soundboard with one LONG RAIL from the bass knob to high-end knob. Ah...the 80's!!!

What song is the most coke-y to you ?

"I'm SOOOOO HAPPY THAT YOU STAYED"

Mirror, Mirror
Imperial Hotel
Sister Honey
Juliet demo (post Betty Ford?)
WHRAREDFY (post Betty Ford?)

petep9000 · #24 05-24-2009, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

"Alice" is Klonopin era .I agree about most of RAL..I would have to submit Seven Wonders as it was recorded around Halloween of 1985 right before Betty Ford and you know she had to have one last big blow out.It is the very last thing she recorded during the cocaine years.

Brilliant, I always count SW as 'old' Stevie, now I know why. Those vocals are still so RAL to be post Betty Ford.

bellagypsy79 · #25 05-24-2009, 09:46 AM

Sometimes it's hard for me to listen to her sing those songs where she does that "annoying baby" thing with her voice. She never used to sing like that before. Before her voice was so powerful and in your face and dynamic, then when she did "Tango" and "Rock A Little", her voice just changed. It was a different sound. As if she was also getting high off of helium. LOL!

"When I See You Again" (what's the matter baby...)
"Are You Mine" demo
"Rock A Little (Go Ahead Lily)" Which is still one of my favorites
"I Sing For The Things" also one of my favorites
Most of the "Rock A Little" album. I don't have the cd anymore so I can't really listen to the songs to hear them again. It's been a while.

After all of it though I still love her.

goldustsongbird · #26 05-24-2009, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

It's random-ness...the way she describes herself....very dark....I picture her looking at herself through her coke mirror as she snorts up.

Without Sandy Stewart, I think this song would have been a total mess.

I love the song.

It kind of verges on being a mess as it is, lol. I really like it, but there's too much going on in the chorus. They're all singing over each other and it's hard to sing along to.

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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

"Alice" is Klonopin era .I agree about most of RAL..I would have to submit Seven Wonders as it was recorded around Halloween of 1985 right before Betty Ford and you know she had to have one last big blow out.It is the very last thing she recorded during the cocaine years.

I love her vocals on Seven Wonders. It's one of the last great songs she recorded with the Mac.

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"When I See You Again" (what's the matter baby...)
"Are You Mine" demo
"Rock A Little (Go Ahead Lily)" Which is still one of my favorites
"I Sing For The Things" also one of my favorites
Most of the "Rock A Little" album. I don't have the cd anymore so I can't really listen to the songs to hear them again. It's been a while.

After all of it though I still love her.

When I See You Again is a total coke song! Hate that final "BAAAAYBAY" that she does, though. Cut that out, Stevie.

DashingDan · #27 05-25-2009, 08:51 AM

It's comforting to know, based on some of the responses on this thread, that many of you have never tried cocaine.

BellaDonna · #28 05-25-2009, 10:06 AM

I agree RAL is the most cokey album.. especially Sister Honey, Imperial Hotel and Rock a Little but I have grown to like them more now than I use to. But I do prefer her not-so-cokey voice... it's just a bit too helium-ish as BellaGypsy said.

gldstwmn · #29 05-25-2009, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

"Alice" is Klonopin era .I agree about most of RAL..I would have to submit Seven Wonders as it was recorded around Halloween of 1985 right before Betty Ford and you know she had to have one last big blow out.It is the very last thing she recorded during the cocaine years.

I always thought it was post rehab.

BombaySapphire3 · #30 05-25-2009, 02:05 PM

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I always thought it was post rehab.

I actually got the date wrong ,It was c. Halloween 1986 ,after the RAL tour that she recorded it, just before she went into Betty Ford.There is an interview somewhere where she discusses it .Welcome to the Room Sara is post Betty Ford.I'm not certain about When I See You again.