Stevie to perform on this Sunday's Grammy Awards - Page 27

trackaghost · #**391** 02-01-2010, 01:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

Courtney Love wrote Stevie a couple of songs for TISL that never made the cut.

Courtney wrote them wanting Stevie to sing them but they never actually worked together. At the moment Courtney is desperate to work with Stevie, she keeps posting about it on her Twitter.

carrie721 · #**392** 02-01-2010, 01:38 AM

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Originally Posted by trackaghost

I agree, I have no clue why she's working with these girls. I don't even think she needs to be paired with seasoned pros but she just sounds wrong with all these girly voices. The night before at the pre-Grammys event Sheryl was singing with Neko Case. I'd love to see Stevie sing with someone like that. Unfortunately she's probably not high profile enough for Stevie to consider it.

i think stevie likes to think of herself as the fairy godmother for all these young starlets. unfortunately, most of them suck.

Fiver · #**393** 02-01-2010, 01:41 AM

Hearing Taylor Swift sing Fleetwood Mac with Stevie Nicks was like watching some kid playing Rock Band...
frankieinglese - twitter.com - 1 minute ago

This is my favorite reaction so far!

trackaghost · #**394** 02-01-2010, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

i think stevie likes to think of herself as the fairy godmother for all these young starlets. unfortunately, most of them suck.

They're all really similar too, I think. I know some people here hate Sheryl Crow and Natalie Maines but I think they have more of a connection musically to Stevie than the likes of Vanessa Carlton and Taylor Swift.

Jondalar · #**395** 02-01-2010, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by trackaghost

Courtney wrote them wanting Stevie to sing them but they never actually worked together. At the moment Courtney is desperate to work with Stevie, she keeps posting about it on her Twitter.

I'm going to get creamed for this, but I think Courtney Love is a great lyricist. Maybe Stevie could reach out to Courtney a little. I know Courtney is the creepy, obsessive type, but she was the first in the 90s to get the Stevie Nicks ball rolling when no one was talking about Stevie. She put Stevie in the news when grundge ruled the day—sung her praises, recorded Gold Dust Woman.

It's obvious that Courtney is going to die. It may be her own fault, but Stevie had a problem with addiction herself. Love already lost her daughter. Maybe working with her idol would help her get out of her hole and gain some self-esteem and get better.

Just a thought....

carrie721 · #**396** 02-01-2010, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by trackaghost

They're all really similar too, I think. I know some people here hate Sheryl Crow and Natalie Maines but I think they have more of a connection musically to Stevie than the likes of Vanessa Carlton and Taylor Swift.

sheryl and natalie are both rockers, and at one point, so was stevie. vanessa and taylor? not so much. watching taylor try to wrap her voice around the rhiannon melody was unfortunate.

carrie721 · #**397** 02-01-2010, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

I'm going to get creamed for this, but I think Courtney Love is a great lyricist. Maybe Stevie could reach out to Courtney a little. I know Courtney is the creepy, obsessive type, but she was the first in the 90s to get the Stevie Nicks ball rolling when no one was talking about Stevie. She put Stevie in the news when grundge ruled the day—sung her praises, recorded Gold Dust Woman.

It's obvious that Courtney is going to die. It may be her own fault, but Stevie had a problem with addiction herself. Love already lost her daughter. Maybe working with her idol would help her get out of her hole and gain some self-esteem and get better.

Just a thought....

that sounds like putting a band-aid on a tumor to me, but i agree that courtney is a good and sometimes great lyricist. malibu anyone?

LiamMcConville · #**398** 02-01-2010, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

sheryl and natalie are both rockers, and at one point, so was stevie. vanessa and taylor? not so much. watching taylor try to wrap her voice around the rhiannon melody was unfortunate.

I'm the first to admit Stevie generally sucks, but I can confidently say that Taylor was far worse tonight.

louielouie2000 · #**399** 02-01-2010, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Fiver

Hearing Taylor Swift sing Fleetwood Mac with Stevie Nicks was like watching some kid playing Rock Band...
frankieinglese - twitter.com - 1 minute ago

This is my favorite reaction so far!

That was my reaction too... it was like watching a teenage girl sing along to Stevie in her bedroom.

trackaghost · #**400** 02-01-2010, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

I'm going to get creamed for this, but I think Courtney Love is a great lyricist. Maybe Stevie could reach out to Courtney a little. I know Courtney is the creepy, obsessive type, but she was the first in the 90s to get the Stevie Nicks ball rolling when no one was talking about Stevie. She put Stevie in the news when grundge ruled the day—sung her praises, recorded Gold Dust Woman.

I'm not going to shoot you down because I actually agree with you, I think she's a great lyricist too. I'd love to see the results of her working with something like Courtney rather than these squeaky clean pop starlets. Like you say, it would probably help Courtney too a great deal.

carrie721 · #**401** 02-01-2010, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by LiamMcConville

I'm the first to admit Stevie generally sucks, but I can confidently say that Taylor was far worse tonight.

i am well aware.

and yeah, i agree. my expectations were low because i've never, ever seen a good live performance by taylor. but sh*t. rhiannon? really?

Jondalar · #**402** 02-01-2010, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

that sounds like putting a band-aid on a tumor to me, but i agree that courtney is a good and sometimes great lyricist. malibu anyone?

Well, Stevie will work with Taylor, Vanessa, Jesse Camp, Crow, Maines and a host of others but not Courtney.

Courtney doesn't have a great voice, yet, she's churned out some great albums. Stevie's voice has tanked. It seems like Courtney knows how to take voice out of the equation and a collaboration between might really work. Her songs are powerful and Nicks could sing all of her songs.

carrie721 · #**403** 02-01-2010, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

Well, Stevie will work with Taylor, Vanessa, Jesse Camp, Crow, Maines and a host of others but not Courtney.

Courtney doesn't have a great voice, yet, she's churned out some great albums. Stevie's voice has tanked. It seems like Courtney knows how to take voice out of the equation and a collaboration between might really work. Her songs are powerful and Nicks could sing all of her songs.

i'm not disagreeing that they should work together ... i'm disagreeing with your prognosis for courtney. i think it would be great if they'd collaborate.

trackaghost · #**404** 02-01-2010, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

sheryl and natalie are both rockers, and at one point, so was stevie. vanessa and taylor? not so much. watching taylor try to wrap her voice around the rhiannon melody was unfortunate.

You know it's funny because when she was younger she was so adamant that she was a rocker, you know the "Rock & Roll Woman", and now she seems to be trying to move away from that. I guess we all change and our tastes mature but I definitely prefer Stevie the rocker than Stevie the pop fairygodmother.

Jondalar · #**405** 02-01-2010, 01:58 AM

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Originally Posted by carrie721

i'm not disagreeing that they should work together ... i'm disagreeing with your prognosis for courtney. i think it would be great if they'd collaborate.

Me too! Secretly, I've always wondered if Stevie was warry or scared of her. Courtney reminds me of one of those girls in Girl, Interrupted.