Your favorite stevie ''hidden Gem'' album track

[Jondalar]

bad choices...

how about Sable on Blonde
the Highwayman

[Dodfather]

Oh yes! The Highwayman! I love it and I'll never understand why it's not more of a fan favourite.

[nailatixela]

Originally Posted by Nikolaj

Thanks, Christopher, that was very impressive. I seem to recall someone (Viv?) saying that 'Annabelle Lee' was almost verbatim from Poe.

Yeah, that was the whole point. Stevie was just setting the poem to music. It wasn't like she was just stealing a line or two from Poe and adding it to a song, like she has done with some of the other example here. (not from Poe, but from others)

And on the escape from Berlin bit. I remember seeing an interview where Stevie (very zonked out) just said that it was added because it reminded her of escaping from some place. Which is kind of obvious and not helpful, but oh well. I love the song, but the title is long enough already without the Berlin bit.

[wheart]

Originally Posted by nailatixela

And on the escape from Berlin bit. I remember seeing an interview where Stevie (very zonked out) just said that it was added because it reminded her of escaping from some place. Which is kind of obvious and not helpful, but oh well. I love the song, but the title is long enough already without the Berlin bit.

yeah, I saw that interview..I think it was filmed in London where she recorded TOSOTM, in that fabulous castle that cost $25K to rent a month. I don't think she blinked or moved her head once during that whole interview. Anyway, I think she should have just named it "Escape from Berlin" and been done with it. It would have been a far more mysterious and mystical title, rather than the obvious "Doing the Best that I Can". Regardless, it is a great song!