'Moonlight -- A Vampire's Dream' written in Brisbane, 2009 - Page 3

Josh2003 · #31 02-10-2011, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

True, true, all of the above. But what strikes me about the new song is that the subject matter is so close to the inspiration. It's one thing if she wrote a song about the relationships among the main characters in the movie in a generic kind of way. But this is literally about vampires, which would be like her writing a song called "Silver Springs: Dreams of a Highway Sign."

How do we know it's about vampires? She has said it was "inspired by" the movies. And if you reference the "A Vampire's Dream" in the title, I'll point you to "Doing the Best that I Can (Escape from Berlin)".

Josh2003 · #32 02-10-2011, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by sorcerer999

BTW - I think "Wide Sargasso Sea" was a pretty good movie...made out of a GREAT story. I'm actually a bit more curious to see what THIS song sounds like more than the others.

It could be...I've never seen it. I was just going off of the Wikipedia entry on it. Doesn't look like it had much staying power, or did very well commercially.

Phoenix · #33 02-10-2011, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh2003

How do we know it's about vampires? She has said it was "inspired by" the movies. And if you reference the "A Vampire's Dream" in the title, I'll point you to "Doing the Best that I Can (Escape from Berlin)".

That is a great example.

HejiraNYC · #34 02-10-2011, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh2003

How do we know it's about vampires? She has said it was "inspired by" the movies. And if you reference the "A Vampire's Dream" in the title, I'll point you to "Doing the Best that I Can (Escape from Berlin)".

The connection to Berlin is a bit of a head scratcher, but at least she had the honesty to put it in parentheses, i.e., "in words unspoken..."

Since it is highly unlikely that the phrase "A Vampire's Dream" could be a recurrent refrain in the song (at least I hope not), I am guessing that this will be one of those Stevie songs where the song title does not get mentioned (or barely mentioned) in the lyrics, e.g., "Dreams," "Gate and Garden," "Sable on Blond," "The Nightmare," "Battle of the Dragon," "Edge of Seventeen," etc. Let's just hope the imagery is gothic but stops short of baring fangs and sucking blood.

Jondalar · #35 02-10-2011, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Josh2003

How do we know it's about vampires? She has said it was "inspired by" the movies. And if you reference the "A Vampire's Dream" in the title, I'll point you to "Doing the Best that I Can (Escape from Berlin)".

Well a good hint came from David Wilde when he said that her album is full of vampires and ghosts

michelej1 · #36 02-10-2011, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by APerfectLie

Perhaps I am in the minority, but this really excites me! I have had an obsession with vampires since way before the lamestream obsession hit.

Yes, I have been attracted to vampires. It started in my childhood. I'm not sure I needed a song about them, but as everyone has pointed out, it's not like TISL is about the OJ Simpson trial. So, there might not be any cause for concern.

Michele

michelej1 · #37 02-10-2011, 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Let's just hope the imagery is gothic but stops short of baring fangs and sucking blood.

And for the gothic part, to me the main tension in a good vampire story is the same as it is in Jane Eyre. We can never be together and the longing for something that can never be might not be just dangerous, but deadly. The song can easily capture that theme without any stakes through the heart.

Michele

Jondalar · #38 02-10-2011, 07:09 PM

Anne Rice got me hooked on Vampires. No one writes likes her and Concrete Blondes Bloodletting is a great album based on her vampires.

daniellaaarisen · #39 02-10-2011, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by sorcerer999

Keep in mind that she said she was "inspired" by the Twilight movie. The lyrics could very well have nothing to do with those horrible stories.

I think my problem is the title. I mean, what the f*ck.

daniellaaarisen · #40 02-10-2011, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I'm choosing to look at this song like it'll be the next Illume. Remember how Illume has (9/11) next to it? But unless you knew the back story from Stevie herself, you'd never guess it was a song about the terrorist attacks. I think Stevie's classier than just making blatant references... she always has been. For instance, according to her, Edge Of 17 is about John Lennon's murder. God knows, none of us would have ever been able to pick that one out had she not explained it to us. With the exception of That Made Me Stronger, Stevie's not very literal. I'm hoping it'll be the same way for this Twilight inspired song!!

Every time Stevie does something that makes me want to rip her hair out, you put common sense back into me and make me feel like she hasn't failed us (yet). This is why we're married.

Hawkeye · #41 02-10-2011, 08:19 PM

Do you guys realize Stevie in this article is saying that not only did she write a song about Twighlight:

"I had written a song in Brisbane, Australia when I was on tour with Fleetwood Mac in 2009 called 'Moonlight -- A Vampire's Dream' which was inspired by the 'New Moon' film. When I finished writing that song, which came together really quickly, I knew the time was right to start recording."

So the TISL album catalyst is OJ SImpson and In Your Dreams is the Twighlight saga

BombaySapphire3 · #42 02-10-2011, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Hawkeye

Do you guys realize Stevie in this article is saying that not only did she write a song about Twighlight:

"I had written a song in Brisbane, Australia when I was on tour with Fleetwood Mac in 2009 called 'Moonlight -- A Vampire's Dream' which was inspired by the 'New Moon' film. When I finished writing that song, which came together really quickly, I knew the time was right to start recording."

So the TISL album catalyst is OJ SImpson and In Your Dreams is the Twighlight saga

I think she is just saying that writing the new song..apparently the first she had written in a couple of years, gave her the inspiration to make another album .It does not indicate to me that the theme of the album is the Twilight movie, after all it isn't even the title of the album.However if one of those lame teenybopper films inspried her to finally record again perhaps that is the sole redeaming quality that they posses.

Artemis · #43 02-10-2011, 08:34 PM

I'm still completely blown away that Stevie Nicks has even HEARD of Twlight, never mind watching the dire dire dire movies.

I've SEEN New Moon. It's sole redeeming feature? Quite a lot of nice men take their tops off.

The rest? Oh dear God, make the **** acting stop.

vivfox · #44 02-10-2011, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Ruh-roh.

I'm suddenly not feeling so good about this album.

It'll probably end up being your favorite song on the record.

jannieC · #45 02-10-2011, 09:39 PM

I can't believe we're not speculating more on this:

The first single "Secret Love" written by Nicks is currently on iTunes. "It was 1976 and Fleetwood Mac was opening for Peter Frampton at the time. It was written about a forbidden relationship -- not Peter and I," laughed Nicks. "I always knew that one day I was going to record the song."