Real Tears

Phoenixgypsy · #1 03-20-2010, 09:04 AM

I reall love this song...wish it had made it on an actual album! Any idea who the male background vocal is? Sounds familiar but I can't quite figure it out.

Christopher · #2 03-20-2010, 09:33 AM

Rupert Hine, OSOTM producer & co-writer, is singing those background vocals. He put out a couple of records & video's in the early eighties, They even played one back in the "I want MY MTV" days

wheart · #3 03-20-2010, 11:24 AM

I really like Real Tears. I think it would have fit in nicely on the Mirror album. I can't quite understand the exclusion of it from Enchanted, though.

BrokenHearted · #4 03-20-2010, 05:03 PM

I'm so glad this thread was created, Real Tears is one of those songs that hold a special place in my heart. I think OSoTM has some of Stevie's most tragic and heartfelt lyrics.

My favorites from this are:

"It was everything that I had not wanted
There were reasons to be crazy"

"Those were real tears
Make no mistake about it
I've always been unreal"

"Take a tear of a rose and push it into your hands
These are real tears..."

PenguinHead · #5 03-21-2010, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by wheart

I really like Real Tears. I think it would have fit in nicely on the Mirror album. I can't quite understand the exclusion of it from Enchanted, though.

It definately should have been included on the Enchanted box set. That was just one of a few grievious oversites with that box set. The live "Needles and Pins" with Tom Petty should have been included. It was released as a single.

mikebise · #6 03-21-2010, 03:28 PM

The original track listing of Enchanted Disc 2 had "Real Tears" after "Beauty and The Beast", but "Kind of Woman" took its place at the last minute apparently.

I love the backing lyrics:

"She woke up crying
Her eyes got wide
She walked with her head held high
And her hands held down at her sides...

Make no mistake about it,
Those were real tears
Make no mistake about it..."

And Stevie's voice is so strong when she sings:

"Down through the years,
She has accepted her life!"

wheart · #7 03-21-2010, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by PenguinHead

It definately should have been included on the Enchanted box set. That was just one of a few grievious oversites with that box set. The live "Needles and Pins" with Tom Petty should have been included. It was released as a single.

A few more I thought should have been on Enchanted: Insider w/T Petty and Magnet and Steel w/Walter Egan.

SuiteShangriLa · #8 03-21-2010, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Christopher

Rupert Hine, OSOTM producer & co-writer, is singing those background vocals. He put out a couple of records & video's in the early eighties, They even played one back in the "I want MY MTV" days

for some reason i recall that her brother Christopher sang on this...maybe im remembering things wrong?

PenguinHead · #9 03-21-2010, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by wheart

A few more I thought should have been on Enchanted: Insider w/T Petty and Magnet and Steel w/Walter Egan.

Yes indeed....and her duet with Sandy Stewart...can't recall the title....Pretend....

mikebise · #10 03-21-2010, 09:23 PM

"I Pretend".

I'd have preferred "Midnight Wind" over "Gold"...

PenguinHead · #11 03-21-2010, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mikebise

"I Pretend".

I'd have preferred "Midnight Wind" over "Gold"...

How could I forget the "I"!!

RockALittle250 · #12 08-25-2011, 11:49 PM

Years ago I had a great version of "Real Tears" in my collection, but for some reason, it disappeared.

Was the song intended for Rock A Little or TOSOTM? The version I had sounded like it was recorded for OSOTM, but I thought that she may have used it for a B-side for a single on RAL?

jellyman10 · #13 08-26-2011, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by mikebise

I'd have preferred "Midnight Wind" over "Gold"...

Love 'Midnight Wind'. It's very Mac-sounding to me. In a good way.

mikebise · #14 08-26-2011, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by RockALittle250

Years ago I had a great version of "Real Tears" in my collection, but for some reason, it disappeared.

Was the song intended for Rock A Little or TOSOTM? The version I had sounded like it was recorded for OSOTM, but I thought that she may have used it for a B-side for a single on RAL?

The only version we all have is recorded for The Other Side Of The Mirror, produced by Rupert Hine, who also sings the male back-up vocals.

"Real Tears" is the b-side of the U.S. single of "Two Kinds Of Love".

"Real Tears" is the b-side of the U.K. single of "Long Way To Go".

You might be having some Rock A Little thoughts because on the U.K. CD-single and 12", there is also the Red Rocks live version of "No Spoken Word" on there as well.

markolas · #15 08-26-2011, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by mikebise

The original track listing of Enchanted Disc 2 had "Real Tears" after "Beauty and The Beast", but "Kind of Woman" took its place at the last minute apparently.

Do you have the original track listing for all 3 discs? I'd love to see that. I continue to be baffled at some of the choices made for the box set. Although, Kind of Woman is a great song and definitely belongs there.