Let's talk about... TROUBLE IN SHANGRI-LA

[Musicman408]

Originally Posted by DashingDan

My friend insists that this song predicted the 9/11 attacks.

I think if Stevie was going to make a prediction that bold, and include it in a song, I'm sure she would have said something about it at another time as well!

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Lala

Without being any kind of expert on what she's said in interviews, it seems lines like "You can consume all the beauty in the room/I know you can/I've seen you do it" could be about Lindsey on stage. But if it was written pre-Dance, that may not be the case, considering in 1995 they hadn't really been on stage much together in basically 13 years.

Unless she's talking about the show-stopping performance at Bill Clinton's Inagural Ball...ha!

Thinking of what you wrote: their first encounter, the way she describes seeing him, coming into the room, him in the center, drawing her right to him, California Dreaming and all -- I guess that sort of fits in with consuming all the beauty.

Generally though, I believe her when she says she thinks Lindsey is beautiful, but I don't get the impression that she thinks he consumes beauty, especially when they're on stage together. I think she thinks she's consuming it.

I think she sees him as a more internal, introverted, smouldering beneath the surface person, dominating in small circles, rather than the room sucking kind of guy. So, I guess I always gave him the "intensity" because she said so, but I didn't associate those other lines with him.

Originally Posted by Musicman408

I think if Stevie was going to make a prediction that bold, and include it in a song, I'm sure she would have said something about it at another time as well!

I never thought of the song as a 911 prediction, but it does carry a trepidation throughout that speaks of something horrible, some disaster. Also, the album cover has her running through a doorway and you seem to cross the threshold into a sea, into nothingness. Ominous. I like the way it matches the moodiness of the song.

Michele

[Lala]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Generally though, I believe her when she says she thinks Lindsey is beautiful, but I don't get the impression that she thinks he consumes beauty, especially when they're on stage together. I think she thinks she's consuming it.

I think she sees him as a more internal, introverted, smouldering beneath the surface person, dominating in small circles, rather than the room sucking kind of guy. So, I guess I always gave him the "intensity" because she said so, but I didn't associate those other lines with him.

See...I associate it with Lindsey when he is the center of attention...ie. I'm So Afraid or Come...moments where Stevie actually leaves the stage. But like I said, if it was written pre-Dance, that doesn't really make sense, except in my head.

[daniellaaarisen]

I'm kinda with Michele on this one. Part of Stevie's persona relies on her mystical and ethereal side that can kinda be swept away with the beauty of everything surrounding her. I think its about losing that into cynicism.

[Matthew]

This song is awesome openner to awesome album too. My favourite from TISL album.
She should record something new again, pleeeeaaaase!