Mysterious Mysteries...

[The Tower]

Stevie shoulda......

1) Sang lead on the white album version of "Crystal"

2) Insisted on one or two more songs on Tusk.

3) Performed "Storms" on the Tusk tour instead of "Landslide"

4) Ditched "After the Glitter Fades" and "How Still My Love" for "The Dealer", "Julia" and "Blue Lamp" on Bella Donna. (Eleven songs would have been better than ten)

5) Performed "That's Alright" on the Mirage tour in favor of "Dreams".

6) Made the smart decision to not pick up smoking three packs of Kools a day. Just think how great her voice would have stayed to this day.

6) "Sleeping Angel", "Violet and Blue" and a forced-to-rework "Sanctuary" should have been on The Wild Heart instead of "If Anything Falls" and "Beauty and the Beast".

7) Kept Jimmy Iovine on as producer for Rock A Little and made an album that wasn't a synth-based piece of crap. Hello!!! "Reconsider Me" should have been there! Ditch the synthesizers and bring back the guitars.

8) Told Fleetwood Mac to go their own way for Tango in the Night.

9) Performed "Ooh My Love" on the OSOTM tour rather than "Alice".

10) Told that Klonopin doctor to f*ck off.

11) '90 through '96 would have had two or three GREAT Stevie solo albums without the tranquilizers.

12) The Dance would have been more about Stevie coming back than Lindsey coming back.

13) Performed "Sara" and "Sisters of the Moon" on The Dance tour in favor of "Dreams" and "Rhiannon"

13) Eliminated David Kahne, "It's Only Love", "That Made Me Stronger" and "Too Far From Texas" from TISL in favor of "Space Needle" and other, better material.

14) Opened the TISL with "Bella Donna" !!!!!!!!!

14) Performed "Everybody Finds Out" and "Smile at You" (with a rock-out arrangement on the half-end) on the ENTIRE Say You Will tour.

15) "Landslide" would have been retired from live performances after 1980, only to come back with much poignancy for The Dance tour..

I could go on for hours........

[eclipse]

I agree with some of your listing- although you know what they say about Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda....
Doesn't really matter cuz you have landed where you are; by taking and chosing whichever path you needed to take, at the time...isn't that poignent?

Anyway,some of my Stevies' Shoulda's...

-kept up with the glamor photo shoots, HH Worthington? something like that-captured the essense of Stevie in photo's
-Re-thought the rebok's, and the less than genuine bow to Lindsey on the Live in Boston DVD
-written more of her own newer material for TISL, and lost a lot of the guests she didn't need to back her up-Too far from Texas- who cares? and Bombay Saphires, it's a drink not a duet with Macy Grey (and personnaly I don't even think she liked her), I mean Sheryl Crowe is cool and adds something...the rest-No need
-Newer songs too for SYW- the Tower and Smile at You....already done
-re-though the whole "I want to be a star-I don't want to be a cleaning lady" intro to Sara...taints the whole song for me
-finally, and I am sure I can think of more...
not gone out with Mick!
Just not the fair thing to do to Lindsey-He may have been crazy but he did really love her and that was SUCH a slap in the face to him...worse than Don Henly or any other guy she hooked up with... and never never ever tell a heatbroken man that you have been sleeping with a man he respects-It's worse than the break-up!!
Hey just my opinion
1 more....Stevie shoulda sang more vocals with Christine when the band was still together (just the two of them). Any one heard "You make Lovin fun"? on the re-release with Christine singing lead and Stevie backing her up? Excellent!! Better than Lindsey/Christine version-
Again ....just my humble opinions
Let me know what you think
~~eclipse~~

[amber]

Originally Posted by eclipse

I agree with some of your listing- although you know what they say about Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda....
Doesn't really matter cuz you have landed where you are; by taking and chosing whichever path you needed to take, at the time...isn't that poignent?

Anyway,some of my Stevies' Shoulda's...

-kept up with the glamor photo shoots, HH Worthington? something like that-captured the essense of Stevie in photo's
-Re-thought the rebok's, and the less than genuine bow to Lindsey on the Live in Boston DVD
-written more of her own newer material for TISL, and lost a lot of the guests she didn't need to back her up-Too far from Texas- who cares? and Bombay Saphires, it's a drink not a duet with Macy Grey (and personnaly I don't even think she liked her), I mean Sheryl Crowe is cool and adds something...the rest-No need
-Newer songs too for SYW- the Tower and Smile at You....already done
-re-though the whole "I want to be a star-I don't want to be a cleaning lady" intro to Sara...taints the whole song for me
-finally, and I am sure I can think of more...
not gone out with Mick!
Just not the fair thing to do to Lindsey-He may have been crazy but he did really love her and that was SUCH a slap in the face to him...worse than Don Henly or any other guy she hooked up with... and never never ever tell a heatbroken man that you have been sleeping with a man he respects-It's worse than the break-up!!
Hey just my opinion
1 more....Stevie shoulda sang more vocals with Christine when the band was still together (just the two of them). Any one heard "You make Lovin fun"? on the re-release with Christine singing lead and Stevie backing her up? Excellent!! Better than Lindsey/Christine version-
Again ....just my humble opinions
Let me know what you think
~~eclipse~~

Here's what I think - I'm glad she went out with Mick, and from what I can tell, Lindsey was being a major A** to her, and she usually did try to spare his feelings, while he didn't put to much effort in sparing his...he's the one who brought around girlfriends and stuff, which she said she never did to him.
TFFT? Who cares? Me, I love that song.
agree about Macy Gray, but don't like Bombay Saphire too much anywhoo
Agree on singing more with Christine
Could care less if Stevie weares 'boks' although what i want for her is to be more mobile on stage, instead of just shaking her arms really fast, and the 'boks didn't make her too much more mobile, as far as I can tell.
What I want for her is to wear a nice, slimming pantsuit thingy, like she was wearing in Destiny Rules...looks soooooo much better, and the boks go better with it...
Amber

[Livia]

Stevie should never EVER wear those Frankenbocks on stage again. Period. Find something more stylish to wear with dresses if your feet hurt. The only time athletic shoes should be worn with a skirt is on a tennis court or if you're a cheerleader.

6) Made the smart decision to not pick up smoking three packs of Kools a day. Just think how great her voice would have stayed to this day.

You can tell Ann Wilson (Heart) has either never smoked, or gave it up as a teenager. Her voice hasn't changed one bit since the 70's!

[David]

Originally Posted by The Tower

2) Insisted on one or two more songs on Tusk.

I don't think the band gave in much to her demands in those days. I can visualize all of them lounging around Studio D, Village Recorder, & Stevie "insisting" she wants to add a song. The rest of them just chuckle, & go back to what they were doing.

5) Performed "That's Alright" on the Mirage tour in favor of "Dreams".

Oooh, now THAT would have been fantastic.

6) "Sleeping Angel", "Violet and Blue" and a forced-to-rework "Sanctuary" should have been on The Wild Heart instead of "If Anything Falls" and "Beauty and the Beast".

Bite your tongue -- "If Anyone Falls" was one of the highlights of the tour.

8) Told Fleetwood Mac to go their own way for Tango in the Night.

The album? The tour? Both?

10) Told that Klonopin doctor to f*ck off.

Likewise to the doc who's currently giving her pain pills.

12) The Dance would have been more about Stevie coming back than Lindsey coming back.

She was "back" already. Rolling Stone was running Q&As with Stevie, fashion magazines were profiling Stevie's older clothes, rock stars were coming out of the woodwork saying how much they liked Stevie, & Stevie herself was already back from her despondency after the '94 tour & doing charity shows on her own.

15) "Landslide" would have been retired from live performances after 1980, only to come back with much poignancy for The Dance tour..

You don't like "Landslide" much, do you? You already said you wanted it dropped from the '80 tour in favor of "Storms" (an unusual notion to begin with). I couldn't drop "Landslide" at that point because my favorite "Landslide" performances were on the '82 tour.

[David]

Originally Posted by eclipse

-re-though the whole "I want to be a star-I don't want to be a cleaning lady" intro to Sara...taints the whole song for me

I'm not sure there was much there to rethink. It was probably nothing more than jabbering a little before the vocal began -- akin to clearing your throat at the mic.

Maybe she was having a conversation with her friends or the engineers about her days cleaning Keith Olsen's house.

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by David

I don't think the band gave in much to her demands in those days. I can visualize all of them lounging around Studio D, Village Recorder, & Stevie "insisting" she wants to add a song. The rest of them just chuckle, & go back to what they were doing.

You mean smoking hash and listening to botched song takes?

[amber]

Originally Posted by David

I'm not sure there was much there to rethink. It was probably nothing more than jabbering a little before the vocal began -- akin to clearing your throat at the mic.

Maybe she was having a conversation with her friends or the engineers about her days cleaning Keith Olsen's house.

Well, that's actually my favorite part of Sara...