"Italian Summer" ~ I'm Sappy & I LOVE IT!

mikebise · #1 03-25-2011, 06:54 PM

Yep, just a few lines, and it's already in my TOP Stevie songs of ALL~TIME!

I cried for an hour after Babe, it was so sweet, it broke my heart, leaving me wondering why we aren't all loving to each other all of the time. Same with Sea Biscuit, when Tobey said you don't throw away something just because it's old or broken. Same with Brokeback Mountain, after Heath's daughter leaves at the end, and he's alone and the camera pans to Jake's shirt still there in his presence. Sorry, I guess I'm a sucker for those kinds of things.

Stevie's voice in those two lines... THAT NOTE... does the same thing to me. My dog Dino is wondering what's wrong, I start crying at a moment's notice, remembering that song.

Thanks, Stevie, for reminding me to FEEL those emotions, and not cut them off.

Annabell Lee · #2 03-25-2011, 07:32 PM

I couldn't have said it better !! After all these years, she never ceases to amaze me ! I love that woman That note at the end just gives me chills !

BombaySapphire3 · #3 03-25-2011, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Annabell Lee

I couldn't have said it better !! After all these years, she never ceases to amaze me ! I love that woman That note at the end just gives me chills !

Is she singing call or fall on that note?I like what I hear although it's not my favorite of the snippets .Will have to hear the entire song

HejiraNYC · #4 03-25-2011, 07:53 PM

I just noticed that in the video that they are all standing under what appears to be a dead tree- starkly denuded in contrast to the lush surroundings. Do you think that was unintentional, or was it a way of underscoring the "I died inside without you" longing? I'd hate to think that they killed a tree for this video!

SuiteShangriLa · #5 03-25-2011, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by mikebise

Stevie's voice in those two lines... THAT NOTE... does the same thing to me. My dog Dino is wondering what's wrong, I start crying at a moment's notice, remembering that song.

Thanks, Stevie, for reminding me to FEEL those emotions, and not cut them off.

Im glad Im not the only one who feels these things...Stevie can sing one word and it can tear right thru me to a feeling so deep inside me. But i dont talk about stuff like this cuase when i do i just usually get odd looks....

"She awakens things...that he says he thought were dead"

RockAlot · #6 03-25-2011, 08:43 PM

This is my favorite part!!!

Christopher · #7 03-25-2011, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SuiteShangriLa

Im glad Im not the only one who feels these things...Stevie can sing one word and it can tear right thru me to a feeling so deep inside me. But i dont talk about stuff like this cuase when i do i just usually get odd looks....

"She awakens things...that he says he thought were dead"

Your kidding! I thought that was obvious and one of the *many* reasons people were lured into Stevie. That *tear* or crack in her voice can slay me in a moment. When the Enchanted box set was released, and I heard Reconsider Me for the 1st time...I melted. Her voice in the opening verse, hadn't heard vocals like that, well since RAL.

But yea, her voice on this new record is giving me goosebumps, so restrained, controlled and understated on Moonlight. She's sounds all ablaze on Wide Sargasso Sea! And yes, I love that note she carries at the end of Italian Summer

Dave & Glen really captured and recorded Stevie's voice better than anyone I can remember in the last 10-15 years! Im amazed, Truly.

FM77 · #8 03-25-2011, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

Is she singing call or fall on that note?I like what I hear although it's not my favorite of the snippets .Will have to hear the entire song

It's "fall"...the song is stunning and so different musically from anything she has ever done. It belongs in a movie. Just beautiful.

Nathan · #9 03-25-2011, 09:46 PM

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It's "fall"...the song is stunning and so different musically from anything she has ever done. It belongs in a movie. Just beautiful.

have u seen a lyric sheet? sounds like 'you' to me.

fringed n fab · #10 03-25-2011, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

I just noticed that in the video that they are all standing under what appears to be a dead tree- starkly denuded in contrast to the lush surroundings. Do you think that was unintentional, or was it a way of underscoring the "I died inside without you" longing? I'd hate to think that they killed a tree for this video!

I noticed that too. I wasn't sure if they edited the tree that way or if it's natural and really there at all. I do know you can have lushness down here (FL) and still have a leafless tree every so often in winter amidst everything so maybe it's just like that in her video.

Christopher · #11 03-25-2011, 10:22 PM

^^^
They did a lot of the dreamscape video segments after the record was recorded. Remember when Dave was tweeting late Oct thru early Dec. that he was on his way to Stevie's for more performance filming a few times. Right around that timeframe, he also said he filmed the Cheaper Than Free video. I'm thinking that Italian Summer was filmed in late fall/early winter time, which explains the barren tree.

wildheart048 · #12 03-26-2011, 04:09 AM

YES! YES! YES! I'm so happy for this thread...I feel EXACTLY the same way...
and for the record...sounded like "call" to me...which would tie it in to "Sara" in most Stevie like way....but I've only watched it twice so far...

SaidSomething · #13 03-26-2011, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

Is she singing call or fall on that note?I like what I hear although it's not my favorite of the snippets .Will have to hear the entire song

I swear if it a love ballad Italian Summer....I swear it is...

I remember it all....and you just had to go.......

APerfectLie · #14 03-26-2011, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Nathan

have u seen a lyric sheet? sounds like 'you' to me.

"You just had to YOU"???
I hear "fall", which to me makes sense. She remembered it all, it was so easy to fall in love, that all she had to do was "fall".

mikebise · #15 03-26-2011, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

I just noticed that in the video that they are all standing under what appears to be a dead tree- starkly denuded in contrast to the lush surroundings. Do you think that was unintentional, or was it a way of underscoring the "I died inside without you" longing? I'd hate to think that they killed a tree for this video!

What an uncanny observation! Gives me even more chills!