"Italian Summer" ~ I'm Sappy & I LOVE IT! - Page 2

mikebise · #16 03-26-2011, 07:38 AM

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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"

I guess last night I was wanting to post some LOVE for that snippet of the song, which was getting the "dorky/corny" backlask (already!). But my eyes were truly tear~ing up all evening, remembering Stevie and that song. And the whole preview, as well.

mikebise · #17 03-26-2011, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by wildheart048

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...

I thought it was "call", too. But what's weird is that it is this "big romantic song" of Stevie's, but, for me, the small bit we hear is actually heart~breaking. Another one of those, "We can't be together" songs???

Whatever it is, it made me FEEL so strongly, and reminded me to EMBRACE love again. Thank you, Stevie.

J.Miller · #18 03-26-2011, 11:48 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!

Some trees drop their leaves in late summer before the chill comes in. If it were dead there wouldn't be what looks like empty seed pods in the high branches. Then again I could be totally wrong. I like the effect of seeing Stevie and the players through the branches as the camera pans away.

gldstwmn · #19 03-26-2011, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by FM77

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

It's definitely a movie song. I can tell from just the snippet.

gldstwmn · #20 03-26-2011, 12:51 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. It could be that they plucked the leaves off in order to get the shot and/or to underscore the point. But I thought I saw buds on the tree so I don't think it's dead.

J.Miller · #21 03-26-2011, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I noticed that too. It could be that they plucked the leaves off in order to get the shot and/or to underscore the point. But I thought I saw buds on the tree so I don't think it's dead.

Only a horticulturalist from California would know the answer to this one.

ejof17 · #22 03-26-2011, 01:45 PM

For some reason I think of Space Needle with this song. I wonder if any lyrics match?

FM77 · #23 03-26-2011, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by mikebise

I thought it was "call", too. But what's weird is that it is this "big romantic song" of Stevie's, but, for me, the small bit we hear is actually heart~breaking. Another one of those, "We can't be together" songs???

Whatever it is, it made me FEEL so strongly, and reminded me to EMBRACE love again. Thank you, Stevie.

Stevie said she wrote this during her trip to Ravello...she stayed in a stunning villa/hotel and the song is a love song in a way to Italy. The imagery of storms, thunder rolling in the sky and the vast blue ocean...she hand wrote the lyrics and left them for the owner of the villa and said "keep this---it's going to make this place very famous". (The hotel is already pretty famous--very well known). She had a fabulous room that looked out to the sea.

wildheart048 · #24 03-27-2011, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by mikebise

I thought it was "call", too. But what's weird is that it is this "big romantic song" of Stevie's, but, for me, the small bit we hear is actually heart~breaking. Another one of those, "We can't be together" songs???

Whatever it is, it made me FEEL so strongly, and reminded me to EMBRACE love again. Thank you, Stevie.

I just CAN'T wait to hear the whole thing!! It is sure to be both romantic and heartbreaking...my favorite kind of songs