Moonlight/Lady From the Mountain - Page 4

UndoingTheLaces · #46 05-04-2011, 02:29 AM

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Originally Posted by jeffd8382

Thanks! And sure, no problem... you can find it in this mediafire folder along with some other rarities:
http://www.mediafire.com/?gur55z4tdofma

OMG, I had downloaded this at work when it was first posted but forgot to bring it home to put on my iPod. Thanks for posting again, if anyone didn't get it the first time it's stunning. Great job on the enhancements. Thank you so much.

darklinensuit · #47 05-04-2011, 02:48 AM

There are several RAL-era outtakes/demos for LFTM. I've heard people say that they sound alike, but I hear big differences. My favorite by far is this one (the 1st half of the video, not the 2nd). I love the vocal, guitar, keyboard. Very different vocally from the others in several parts, including the "so go wiiith her..."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=887RF...el_video_title

- Jake

WildHearted · #48 05-04-2011, 03:35 PM

What I wonder is, how did it occur to her to add onto LFTM with the Twilight stuff?

Like, was she sitting there watching the movie and just thinks, "Lady from the mountains..."

If you know what I'm asking.

tabruns · #49 05-04-2011, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by WildHearted

What I wonder is, how did it occur to her to add onto LFTM with the Twilight stuff?

Like, was she sitting there watching the movie and just thinks, "Lady from the mountains..."

If you know what I'm asking.

I thought she said somewhere that there was a scene in New Moon which reminded her of a line in LFTM and that's what started the ball rolling.

WildHearted · #50 05-04-2011, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by tabruns

I thought she said somewhere that there was a scene in New Moon which reminded her of a line in LFTM and that's what started the ball rolling.

I must have missed that.

realsavagelike · #51 05-05-2011, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Zanobbi

I think the song has lost something, some kind of feeling. Yes, the beginning is great, the way she sings the very first verses is really something, but for me it all ends when she gets to the chorus, the "...strange" part.

I know what you mean. I really like Moonlight, but for me the absolute best part of LFTM was when she pauses and then says "Oh... go... with her... you know that you want her..." And the music kicks back in on "with her." That pause, and the way she sings that line... ohhh! I feel such strong emotion listening to that part. And throughout Moonlight I'm waiting for it but it never comes. That said, I do like Moonlight a lot, but you're right, the chorus has a very different feel (to me).

Zanobbi · #52 05-05-2011, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by realsavagelike

I know what you mean. I really like Moonlight, but for me the absolute best part of LFTM was when she pauses and then says "Oh... go... with her... you know that you want her..." And the music kicks back in on "with her." That pause, and the way she sings that line... ohhh! I feel such strong emotion listening to that part. And throughout Moonlight I'm waiting for it but it never comes. That said, I do like Moonlight a lot, but you're right, the chorus has a very different feel (to me).

Don't you think she could have made two great different songs (LFTM and Twilight), instead of one?

Livia · #53 05-05-2011, 10:19 AM

I purposely did not pull out my LFTM demo to listen to before listening to IYD. I honestly could not recall anything about it. But as soon as I heard the plunky keyboard intro, it all came back to me, and I LOVE it! Do y'all think that's Stevie playing the piano on Moonlight? I do...I love how that piano melody part continues through all of Moonlight.

markolas · #54 05-05-2011, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Livia

I purposely did not pull out my LFTM demo to listen to before listening to IYD. I honestly could not recall anything about it. But as soon as I heard the plunky keyboard intro, it all came back to me, and I LOVE it! Do y'all think that's Stevie playing the piano on Moonlight? I do...I love how that piano melody part continues through all of Moonlight.

I dunno if it's Stevie playing or not - but I love what she did with LFTM. The demo is nice, but wouldn't have really worked as a song as-is. She did a beautiful job.

MariaA37 · #55 05-05-2011, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Zanobbi

Don't you think she could have made two great different songs (LFTM and Twilight), instead of one?

I love both but I was thinking the same thing!

I hope someone hears it and puts it on the next Twilight soundtrack.

~Maria

darklinensuit · #56 05-06-2011, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Livia

I purposely did not pull out my LFTM demo to listen to before listening to IYD. I honestly could not recall anything about it. But as soon as I heard the plunky keyboard intro, it all came back to me, and I LOVE it! Do y'all think that's Stevie playing the piano on Moonlight? I do...I love how that piano melody part continues through all of Moonlight.

I like that you can still hear it with the strings at the end.

- Jake

MASMAC · #57 05-08-2011, 12:25 AM

Actually, I think Moonlight is the "crown jewel" of the whole collection!
But at first I was underwhelmed by it.

louielouie2000 · #58 05-08-2011, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Livia

I purposely did not pull out my LFTM demo to listen to before listening to IYD. I honestly could not recall anything about it. But as soon as I heard the plunky keyboard intro, it all came back to me, and I LOVE it! Do y'all think that's Stevie playing the piano on Moonlight? I do...I love how that piano melody part continues through all of Moonlight.

See? It's the very clunky piano intro which negates some credibility from this song (in my eyes). It just sounds like something a small child would do. Initially this song was my fav on IYD. But as time has passed, it comes across to me as stereotypical/cliche Stevie Nicks. The production on the chorus especially sounds very retroactive... it could have been plucked right off of TISL.

Don't get me wrong, I still love the song and it's undoubtedly very strong and undeniably beautiful. I guess at this point in my fandom though, I enjoy it far more when Stevie steps outside of her comfort zone and pushes her boundaries some. For instance, I think the very spare and jarring Soldier's Angel is far more interesting, and is more telling of who Stevie Nicks is now at age 62. Yes, Stevie's Wild Heart is still in tact and very much showcased on songs like Moonlight. But the other tracks show she has so many more layers than just that.

darklinensuit · #59 05-08-2011, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

The production on the chorus especially sounds very retroactive... it could have been plucked right off of TISL.

As I keep saying, the chorus on "Moonlight" sounds almost exactly like the one in the song "Trouble in Shangri-la" to me. Especially near the end of "Moonlight" with the "He slows down" repetitions. The drums especially in that part sound pretty similar. For me that simple piano thing along with the superior vocal (and lest I forget, the violin) are what make "Moonlight" a little different from the earlier song. (I also think, coming from Stevie, lyrics about a brokenhearted woman staring in a chair are much more believable than lyrics about pillars of color and the shadow of death, but that's for another thread).

- Jake

mikebise · #60 05-08-2011, 10:58 AM

I really love "Moonlight", especially "Strange........."

Great job, Stevie!!!!!!!