how come no one likes Welcome TTRS

[dissention]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

Family Man is GREATNESS!!

I think it's funny to hear people who love WTTR...S say Family Man is crap. Quite ironic, actually.

[wondergirl9847]

Ya'll are making me wanna go listen to Tango!! I adore the album to much. It's tied with Rumours and Tusk as my fave FM album. LOL If I HAD to rank them....Rumours, then Tango, then Tusk. I don't care how d**** it sounds or whatever, I LOVE it!!

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by dougb

After reading posts for a year now Ive come to the conclusion that alot of people dont like welcome to the room sara.I have always really liked this song and am curious why the dislike.

I like the song.

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by wondergirl9847

Family Man is GREATNESS!!

I think it's funny that Stevie has a hint of a British accent or something during WTTRS...."did I come heah..." LOL

Not a fan of Family Man. Sorry.
To me, Stevie's British accent is most pronounced on Amber: "You've a daughtuh..."

- Jake

[GypsySorcerer]

I love TITN.....McBuck at their finest.

I don't like WTTR...S and WISYA because of Stevie's vocals. I love her, I really do, but during that period her voice was shot. I don't like the lyrics all that much to WTTR...S but a better vocal would have made it more tolerable. I think her vocal on Seven Wonders is atrocious as well, but the song is so damn catchy. I love it, even though I shouldn't.

[CarneVaca]

Originally Posted by dissention

I think it's funny to hear people who love WTTR...S say Family Man is crap. Quite ironic, actually.

Yeah, to even put them in the same category is silly. WWTR Sara comes across as if pretty much everyone had given up. Stevie had given up trying to write and sing, Lindsey had given up trying to turn **** into gold.

Family man, at least musically, is wonderful.

[madformac]

I think there is more structure in a pile of dog**** than "Welcome To The Room... Sara" IMHO.

Having said that, I think "Family Man" is one of Lindsey's weaker numbers too (athough the guitar and song structure is fine).

Tango is essentially, for me, Christine's album although the original "Big Love" is my favorite track.

[Villavic]

I do like the song
and I also like Family Man. I like the Tango album a lot!!!!

I like WTTRS more than Straight Back

[Carolina Girl]

Originally Posted by stevierocks87

I really like this song, and love singing along too. I think the lyrics are great- about Stevie's rehab at Betty Ford. I especially love "This is a dream- right? Deja Vu..." and the lyrics from Blue Lamp. Like wondergirl said, its no Rhiannon, but as far as songs go, I think its great.

adam

My opinion couldn't be more opposite! "This is a dream - right?" is just embarrassing. It makes me cringe.

[wondergirl9847]

Originally Posted by Villavic

I do like the song
and I also like Family Man. I like the Tango album a lot!!!!

I like WTTRS more than Straight Back

I wouldn't go THAT far. LOL Straight Back is GREATNESS!

[tommer]

Originally Posted by dissention

I don't like it because it's just a jumbled mess and none of it works or stands out. There is no hook whatsoever and the music is quite cheesy and half-baked. If this was written when she was in Betty Ford, you can certainly tell, the lyrics are a mess. Very sloppy and ill-conceived. Play it for a casual fan and you'll get a look of sheer confusion. The cryptic references to her management is what really puts me over the edge of despising this song. And the stolen lyrics from Blue Lamp.

i couldn't disagree more.

1. it's not a "jumbled mess", it's just the 'untamed' nicks. unlike silver girl, or say you will, this is one of her more raw stuff.

2. yes, it doesn't have a hook, heck, it doesn't have a chorus even! but actually, it's quite bold if you ask me, and besides, this song connects with Sara, which doesn't have a chorus either despite being 20 minutes long.

3. you sound to me like those old purists who go "oh... those 'modern artists' they can't even sketch properly, that's why they create such abstract paintings", that's funny, ms. nicks is a skillful, professional and award-winning songwriter, it's not like she "forgets" a chorus or a hook, there are times (such as wttr...s) when her writing's SO brilliant, that she doesn't even NEED those. she's in fact singing a poem and not a song, which i think is truly admirable.

4. in fact, i did use this song a coupla times as an example for people who claimed FM or SN's music to be shallow or too commercial, and usually it worked.

[Merf]

Originally Posted by Villavic

I do like the song
and I also like Family Man. I like the Tango album a lot!!!!

I like WTTRS more than Straight Back

GASP! *dies*

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Please not this again!
The last thread on this song went on for, like, 40 pages!
Johnny Stew will explain just why he thinks the song is greatness.
Then CarneVaca and Gaius will say how useless Stevie was in the mid 80s.

Crap, I'm getting too predictable!

Anyway, of Stevie's three 'Tango' songs, I'd say that "Welcome To The Room... Sara," is my least favorite. Though I certainly don't hate it by any means.

Yes, it's unstructured and offbeat... but then, I thought that "different" was supposed to be a good thing?
And hey, at least it's not "just another love song" thematically.

I think it's moving when taken in context, but I can see why it would be off-putting to the casual listener.
But when I first heard it (as a very new fan), I was totally intrigued because I had no idea what she was singing about... so that lent a mystery to the song, which had great appeal for me. I actually usually prefer when a song's meaning is rather enigmatic, rather than be hit over the head with it... and that's yet another reason Stevie's songs have always had so much appeal to me.
Even the more straight-forward songs have their element of mystery.

I think "WTTR...S" is one of those "love it or hate it" kind of songs, and it just all has to do with what appeals to you, or what you look for in a song.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Yes, it's unstructured and offbeat... but then, I thought that "different" was supposed to be a good thing?

Yeah, if the end result is worthwhile.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by CarneVaca

Yeah, to even put ("Family Man" and "Welcome To The Room... Sara") in the same category is silly. WWTR Sara comes across as if pretty much everyone had given up. Stevie had given up trying to write and sing, Lindsey had given up trying to turn **** into gold.

Family man, at least musically, is wonderful.

Proving once again that, while I may be a "Stevie Defender," you are the great Lindsey Defender.

Seriously though, I find appeal in both songs... "Family Man" is spunky and good plain fun, and "WTTR...S" is funky and striking.