IYD - iTunes Deluxe Edition

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by tabruns

I can totally see people being like "AHA! She only wrote the lyrics to "Cheaper Than Free" in half an hour! No wonder!"

She allegedly wrote Landslide in 5 minutes.. so I'm not impressed lol.

[WildHeart69]

Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

I'm really trying to like it, which might be part of the problem.

In sum:
Like the lyrics - but she says "soldier" too often.
Love the music
Love the vocal by Stevie - but not Lindsey's harmonies.

Considering it's my least favorite on the album, and yet giving a thumbs-up to the lyrics, music and vocal, I'd probably rate it about a C+ overall.

My sentiments EXACTLY. I like individial parts, but as a whole it just doesnt do it for me.

I tried counting how many times she said "soldier" and I got to 25 and stopped counting!

[PenguinHead]

Originally Posted by Ghosty

i have never even been to the itunes website. do you have to have an ipod for it? i'm not very up on new technology. didn't think stevie liked it either, yet sounds like the best perks came with this online itunes version.

i hope the different pictures will eventually get posted online.

thanks so much for posting the notes she made about each song.

I'm not an itunes user either, so I don't know what I'm really missing.

It's not a matter of Stevie not liking itunes -- she's just not interested/up on the technology. But she has a marketing team that is!

[aprilsrain]

Holy crap. I forgot this was today and I happened to see it today. So I went to my computer, and sure enough everything was already downloaded. A nice surprise! First listen through, right now!

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

I have no Stevie Nicks banner showcased on mine at all.

Oh...you know I think it only is now featured under the "Music" tab in iTunes.

[Phil]

I've been listening to the album for more than a week now and certain songs are taking shape in ways I wasn't expecting - for instance, "Wide Sargasso Sea" (which remains my least favourite) is revealing a little more substance and as a groove, I can now tolerate it.
Stevie's vocal on "Soldier's Angel" is more to my liking now, but I still can't get past the outlandishly patriotic sentiment of the utterly prosaic lyrics - they just make me cringe and actually play into the perceptions some have of her as being obtuse in the extreme. Such a shame because Lindsey's contributions to this track are sublime. As stated previously, I really love the production of this track, but believe it falls short in terms of what should have been a more meaningful, engaging and less literal lyric. Silly Stevie!!
"In Your Dreams" has also grown on me, but I do think it seems a little contrived, particularly in terms of attempting to approximate the sound of Taylor Swift. It actually also sounds strangely like The Travelling Wilburys on speed. Less prominent guitar, some tinkly piano and a little "sparkledust" could really transform this - maybe a single remix might attend to matters?
"The Ghosts Are Gone" is entrenching itself rather nicely, but I still think it's lacking something and of course, is at least a minute too long. I love epic songs, but this just seems to fall short of the mark. Both "Moonlight" and "Annabel Lee" are epic tracks that do not outstay their welcome, rather I wish they would both continue past their running times. I also would like "Everybody Loves You" to run for another minute or so with just the orchestral arrangement - how gorgeous would that be?
PS "New Orleans" is becoming more enchanting with each listen - I was wary of this song before hearing it, but it's charming the knickers off me...

[Ghosty]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

I'm not an itunes user either, so I don't know what I'm really missing.

It's not a matter of Stevie not liking itunes -- she's just not interested/up on the technology. But she has a marketing team that is!

ya. but i wish stevie would law down the law and tell them they need to make her best package available to ALL her fans, even those not into technology so much, like she herself.

but she maybe doesn't have much say in it. i am sure the business people wanted to do something to make it sell big on itunes, possibly even to show stevie how well it can do on itunes. but you'd think they'd make more money and more sales if they also did the extra photos and liner notes in a cd edition. if that was offered in the WB pre-sale, would have bought it and paid extra for it. but just the litho, since it was the same exact pic as the cd cover, it didn't tempt me at all. maybe if it was one of the other pics of stevie with the horse, and/or had all 25 pics that they say itunes has. now that would have been a very cool special edition (since it had my heart as well).

[Marty]

Does anyone have, or know how to get photo files of the extra pix on the iTunes deluxe version? I can't figure out how to save those pix or copy them. If anyone knows could you please post them or tell me how to save them? I'm dying to have that second picture of her with the horse!
Thanks!

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by Marty

Does anyone have, or know how to get photo files of the extra pix on the iTunes deluxe version? I can't figure out how to save those pix or copy them. If anyone knows could you please post them or tell me how to save them? I'm dying to have that second picture of her with the horse!
Thanks!

Buy it!

[Marty]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

Buy it!

I already have bought it; how else would I know what pictures are on there?
I'm asking how to get jpeg files of the pix that aren't in the CD booklet.

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by Marty

I already have bought it; how else would I know what pictures are on there?
I'm asking how to get jpeg files of the pix that aren't in the CD booklet.

hold on... do u have a mac or pc?

[Marty]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

hold on... do u have a mac or pc?

i have a PC

[Jondalar]

do you know how to take a screenshot of your computer screen? if so, just bring it up on iTunes, take a screenshot and then crop the pic. If you have a photo editing program, you can then turn the file into a jpeg

[Marty]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

do you know how to take a screenshot of your computer screen? if so, just bring it up on iTunes, take a screenshot and then crop the pic. If you have a photo editing program, you can then turn the file into a jpeg

Thanks a lot! I'll give that a try!

[fumidesigns]

i'm happy to report that Solider's Angel is another fav of mine. At first, i was like "this is ok" but now i'm like "oh yeah *turns on volume*"