Least Favorite Stevie song from Mirage

[MacShadowsBall]

Gypsy, Straight Back, That's Alright - pick your least favorite...

Poll closes in 4 days.

[Fiver]

Straight Back, just because Gypsy and That's Alright are two of my all-time favorites from SN.

[louielouie2000]

That's Alright. I'm no fan of country & the Mac colliding.

[vivfox]

I absolutely love all three of these songs so I cannot vote in this poll.

[Dreamz19]

^^^Agreed. Stevie's songs saved this album for me. I loved all of her songs and disliked a lot of Christine and Lindsey's songs.

[Sleepless-Child]

Originally Posted by vivfox

I absolutely love all three of these songs so I cannot vote in this poll.

Yes, it's like the Holy Trinity to me. Can't touch this.

[McTrouble]

Gypsy is one of my all time favs.

Plumped for Straight Back even though I like both the other two.

[xxxmx]

Prediction: Gypsy will be the only song on Mirage that does not get a single vote. As it should be.

Straight Back got my vote. There are some cool lyrics in there, but I just really like the other two more.

For those who dislike That's Alright - I totally understand. But I love the demo, and that love carries over to the album version. Anyone remember the contest from a few years ago? Brian (LB5) ran it. Mikki did an AMAZING version of TA that I actually have on my iPod because I loved it so much. Would make Stevie proud...

[cbBen]

That's Alright is one of my very favorite Stevie songs. My best of Stevie disc includes Gypsy as well.

So Straight Back, hands down.

[darklinensuit]

Yup, I did it, I voted "Gypsy". All three songs are great lyrically (and far better than anything else on Mirage), but for me "Gypsy" loses based on the vocal & (over)production. There's nothing wrong with Stevie's voice on it, but I don't think the production lets her voice shine as much as it should. Her voice takes a back seat to the guitar for several notes, for example. The other two songs keep a more pronounced emphasis on Stevie's voice, which was stellar in 1982. (One of the Stevie/Heartbreakers "Gypsy" outtakes also manages this task, which is to be expected since it was recorded for her solo work, where naturally the focus would be on Stevie alone.) I like "Gypsy", I just think that it's a bit overrated (especially live, not that live has anything to do with this poll). Much of the magic I associate with hearing the song comes more from remembering the great video when I listen.


- Jake

[Artemis]

Like Viv, I can't vote on this poll. All three songs are incredibly potent, and I love them all. On Mirage, Stevie remains as consistent as she'd been on the previous three albums.

Too bad she fell from grace, in a rather spectacular fashion, on Tango.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by xxxmx

Prediction: Gypsy will be the only song on Mirage that does not get a single vote. As it should be.

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Because I didn't vote, I can't see the poll. If I HAD TO PICK one song, but I won't do it. I just can't do it. But if I had to pick one it would be Gypsy. I base this on if I was gonna listen to Stevie's songs on Mirage, in which order would I play them. The answer is SB, TA & Gypsy, in that order.

[markolas]

Never got all the hoopla over Straight Back. It's certainly not bad, just the least interesting - probably the most forgettable of all SN's Mac songs. I do like that CM is so prominent on it. It's the closest thing we ever got to a Stevie/Christine duet.

Anyone who thinks Gypsy is "over-produced" has tin ears.

[DallasDude]

Easy....Straight Back. Almost always skip it. I'm in the camp that loves Stevie with a country-tinged song, so That's Alright ranks very high for me. Which is probably why I also highly-rate After The Glitter Fades and For What Its Worth.

I actually think that the younger Stevie was meant for rockin, but the older Stevie is meant for crooning. And I mean that in the very best sense. As we get older, our views and observations on life take a more wistful turn. As I say, you can't be on the "Edge of 17" your entire life.

[ontheEdgeof17]

Well, all three of these are in my top of the top when it comes to Stevie's songs. I voted with the majority.