Say You Will as a Stevie Solo Album ~ Works? - Page 3

sorcerer999 · #31 02-28-2011, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by SapphireSister

I agree with this statement but I'm glad they all came out on the same album because I happen to love 3 of Lindsey's songs and never would have listened to them if they were on a solo album (Murrow, Say Goodbye, Cum).

Ummm...I think you might have misspelled that last song title...

SapphireSister · #32 02-28-2011, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by sorcerer999

Ummm...I think you might have misspelled that last song title...

OMG, I swear, that was a Freudian slip!

markolas · #33 02-28-2011, 08:47 PM

Where can I get ahold of an mp3 file of the SYW version of Not Make Believe? Not that I really like it, but still...

I haven't listened to SYW for a long time, but RTTG has been in heavy rotation on my iPod lately. Probably my favorite SN song on the album. Stevie's SYW material is not her strongest, IMO - for every RTTG or EFO, there's a boring SYW or Thrown Down.

SapphireSister · #34 02-28-2011, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by markolas

Where can I get ahold of an mp3 file of the SYW version of Not Make Believe? Not that I really like it, but still...

I'll post it if you say you really like it

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markolas · #35 02-28-2011, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SapphireSister

I'll post it if you say you really like it

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Well, I'd like it for completion's sake.

I have the TISL demo, but not the SYW version.

David · #36 02-28-2011, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Artemis

For me, RTTG, not Thrown Down, is THE standout song on SYW.

Yeah, but I think her best one is "Destiny Rules." I think that is practically a classic.

markolas · #37 02-28-2011, 09:06 PM

I can't get past her vocal on Destiny Rules. Ugh. Everything else about it rocks, it just sounds like she had a clothespin on her nose when she was recording it.

SapphireSister · #38 02-28-2011, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by markolas

Well, I'd like it for completion's sake.

I have the TISL demo, but not the SYW version.

Here you go...it's mp4 so I hope that's o.k. This version is SO MUCH better than the demo version from SYW which is like totally boring. This song has such a great feel to it and the production is great to me. Wish it had been included on the regular album and not as a bonus track

. Let me know what you think!
http://www.mediafire.com/?0k5h38xdk2dj790

SapphireSister · #39 02-28-2011, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by markolas

I can't get past her vocal on Destiny Rules. Ugh. Everything else about it rocks, it just sounds like she had a clothespin on her nose when she was recording it.

She did...

David · #40 02-28-2011, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by markolas

I can't get past her vocal on Destiny Rules. Ugh. Everything else about it rocks, it just sounds like she had a clothespin on her nose when she was recording it.

Yes, it's a pretty bizarre decision to emphasize her nasality with digital phasing or whatever those guys used. I have to force myself to get past those first few seconds when I listen to it.

I wish they had done it live when I last saw them in 2003 in Los Angeles. I might have woken up.

I have this weird theory that the production team on "Say You Will" is deliberately rubbing our noses in Stevie's deteriorating instrument (& Lindsey's too). Why? I don't know. It seems to be an artistic statement of some sort, maybe a kind of primitivism or something modeled on a 20th century art movement, where a distasteful aspect is amplified on the canvas to bring out its "beauty" or its coarse humanity.

I think it's a testament to the song's quality that it totally stands up to the miscalculations. It's the kind of strong song that can be sung around campfires or on American Idol shows. That chorus is catchy enough to get everyone singing.

markolas · #41 02-28-2011, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SapphireSister

Here you go...it's mp4 so I hope that's o.k. This version is SO MUCH better than the demo version from SYW which is like totally boring. This song has such a great feel to it and the production is great to me. Wish it had been included on the regular album and not as a bonus track

. Let me know what you think!
http://www.mediafire.com/?0k5h38xdk2dj790

TYVM! Will give it a listen.

michelej1 · #42 02-28-2011, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SapphireSister

OMG, I swear, that was a Freudian slip!

But then again, it's what Lindsey intended.

Michele

michelej1 · #43 02-28-2011, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by David

It seems to be an artistic statement of some sort, maybe a kind of primitivism or something modeled on a 20th century art movement, where a distasteful aspect is amplified on the canvas to bring out its "beauty" or its coarse humanity.

Which is the same thing I think Kristen was going for with her Gift of Screws cover art.

Michele

mikebise · #44 03-01-2011, 08:49 AM

I think Stevie's vocals on "Not Make Believe" are incredibly beautiful and touching. The first time I heard that on release date April 2003, I almost started crying, it touched me so. I think the lyrics are also some of Stevie's most introspective, along with "Love Changes". However, I did like that extra little line from the TISL demo:

"It's written on the wind
We're not make believing now..."

"Running Through The Garden" is another favourite of mine, totally wicked singing by Stevie. I wish she'd left the line from the Rock A Little version:

"Don't trust me!"

Jondalar · #45 03-01-2011, 09:15 AM

You know Stevie got flack for her bad vocals on that Taylor Swift duet, too. There were lots of people who called her a legend and said that Taylor ruined songs. But there were also plenty of people who noted how terrible Stevie sounded too. I'm hoping that that has made her try harder on the new album. No more Destiny Rules vocals, although it is one of my favorite songs from her off that CD.