Stevie's Collaberation with Dave ?

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

I don't agree with that at all. I heard the demos of Gypsy and Gold Dust Woman. Those songs were very big collaborations. I don't care if she got sole songwriting credit or not. However, I don't mind it. She can write the words all she wants, as long as I get what I'm looking for and she has been the catalyst for some major songs. Shania Twain's career was based upon colloborations and so was Bjorks. Stevie is her own thing. Her failures are fascinating. However, when everything works there is no one better. I think she is a really good song crafter, very different than anyone else. But not being able to play instruements has hurt her. I also think she got spoiled. She gave Lindsey material and watched him turn her lesser works into big, significant songs. She tried hard in the early days to really craft songs, but after awhile, what is the point when you have someone like him around. She became too dependent on producers. It was their job to make the songs great, not hers.

I'm sorry, I wasn't talking about production, but the actual music itself.

It's not the same thing for those songs mentioned. Stevie came up with the chords, or the musical foundation, for those songs. Not so for the new songs; she started singing her words along to the music Dave was playing. That's different. That's the same as writing along to someone's track. The only thing different is that you're looking at a person who is playing an instrument instead of at a tape machine.