New "Direction" - Page 2

Richard B · #16 09-25-2005, 01:26 PM

Might be kind of fun to hear her do some blues standards. She nailed 'At Last' and made it her own.

wolfontherun · #17 09-25-2005, 01:35 PM

Torch singer would be a great way to go for her at her age. Classic standards and or blues would be awesome.

In the Destiny Rules doc when they were practicing for the tour on that sound stage she improvises some song that sounds very bluesy and its just her singing and it is fabulous.

Please not country! Oh boy did I hate that duet with Natalie Maines.

Country tinged is cool ala Thats Alright.

Is Illume really that off the wall for her? Its edgy, chant like, commanding, a declaration of sorts, all very Stevie-ish, in a way its similar the the original GDW dont you think?

Miss Vicky · #18 09-25-2005, 01:56 PM

Umm... Stevie doing country or folk would not be a reinvention, but rather her music coming full circle, since country and folk are where her roots lay.

Karlie · #19 09-25-2005, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by snowman

I think it would be cool if Stevie kinda shifted direction. In other words if she went into a different genre. I'm thinking country music (not the homoginized stuff from Nashville). Or folk music (contemporary- not " Michael Row Your Boat Ashore").

And I think it would be cool if she teamed up with someone new like: Chrissie Hynde, Mark Knopfler, or Annie Lennox.

Don't get me wrong- she's the best. She could sing Yankee Doodle and I'd be mesmorized. But if she kinda re-invented herself, how should she do it?

Stevie would never change directions like that. But it would be really cool if she teamed up with Chrissie Hynde!

danax6 · #20 09-25-2005, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard B

Might be kind of fun to hear her do some blues standards. She nailed 'At Last' and made it her own.

I agree with this. I was going to bring up her live cover of At Last (and don't forget Sunday Kind of Love), which I think totally suits her current voice, even though she sang them a couple of years ago already. So, blues, okay if she decided to do something else, but I don't really need or want her to.

WildInTheWind · #21 09-25-2005, 02:12 PM

Bluesy stuff would fit her current voice. I would love to hear that. Not a whole album, of course, but a song or two in this genre would probably make for a good listen.

As far as the country thing....old style country I don't mind. I like her older songs that have that little bit of country hint to them. Too Far From Texas is countryish and I think it blows.

If she were to record country now....I think it would suck. Alot of modern country is more like radio friendly pop with a little twang. I have a feeling that is what it would be like.

ShangriLaTroubl · #22 09-25-2005, 02:47 PM

I would love for her to do a country/bluegrass album....it's a great direction to try especially in older age,plus it is respectable..
but just for ONE album lol

Chris

ragandbone · #23 09-25-2005, 03:19 PM

I love her folky/country songs, and I have always wanted her to do an album that focused on that style, but I have a feeling she wouldn't want to do it. Most of her friends and collaborators seem to be rock musicians. I especially hoped she would go in that direction, back in the late 80's, early 90's, instead of dolling up and synthing out.

I remember reading in Waddy Q&A that he encouraged Stevie to pay attention to Dolly Parton.

I would just like her to do an album that is more pared down, production-wise, more acoustic. She sounded great with Lindsey on his Soundstage show. They could do a kind of Gillian Welch/David Rawlings thing.

Hey, if Dolly Parton can cover "Stairway To Heaven"... (and in my opinion, she really pulls it off!)

snowman · #24 09-25-2005, 03:51 PM

Chrissie's unplugged version of "Back on the Chain Gang" is beautiful...

eclipse · #25 09-25-2005, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by golddustorm

This is totally not about the thread, but, Eclipse - who's the artist that created the painting in your signature?

Sadly I have no idea...I am a large moon follower and go to many different sites (including Webshots.com...it's free, check it out

)
and download pictures, most of these don't have an artist's signature at the bottom, so I really don't know.
If I did I would be crediting them cuz Lordy knows...I can't draw

stick people are a challenge

eclipse · #26 09-25-2005, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Stevie has never reinvented herself musically. Never. I doubt she ever will. "Illume" is the only thing she's ever recorded that was completely out of left field and surprising from a "Wow, this is a Stevie Nicks song?" standpoint. I'm still a bit shocked over that one. If people crave artists that continue to grow musically, listen to David Byrne, Emmylou Harris, Blondie, Elvis Costello, etc. As much as we might want her to, Stevie isn't going to. I've always thought that if Stevie ever wanted to branch off and record something truly different from everything she's done in the past, now is the perfect time to do. She's in the final stages of her career where she isn't a huge seller anymore, so that gives her a lot of leeway to try different things without worrying about alienating her audience. Her audience is her die-hard fans and a few casual fans who will pretty much buy whatever she puts out.

when I said she alreday has...
the rest of the post is about already doing county and folk.
Not that she has already re-invented herself...

Just wanted to clarify..

diamondsnake · #27 09-25-2005, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by markolas

I'm not even sure what "off the chain" means.

I think it means "totally awesome", but I was just joking. If Stevie did a rap album, I would be very disturbed! Although, I've always wanted to hear her do Bootylicious. I don't think that song counts as rap though.

Richard B · #28 09-25-2005, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ragandbone

Hey, if Dolly Parton can cover "Stairway To Heaven"... (and in my opinion, she really pulls it off!)

Speaking of Dolly (and she did not pull of STH, she did better with Peace Train)...she's about to release a new album of covers.

1. Those Were The Days (w/ Mary Hopkin and The Opry Gang)
2. Blowin In The Wind (w/ Nickel Creek)
3. Where Have All The Flowers Gone? (w/ Norah Jones & Lee Ann Womack)
4. Twelfth Of Never (w/ Keith Urban)
5. Where Do The Children Play (w/ Cat Stevens)
6. Me And Bobby McGee (w/ Kris Kristofferson)
7. Crimson And Clover (w/ Tommy James)
8. The Cruel War (w/ Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski & Mindy Smith)
9. Turn, Turn, Turn (w/ Roger McGuinn)
10. If I Were A Carpenter (duet w/ Joe Nichols)
11. Both Sides Now (w/ Judy Collins and Rhonda Vincent)
12. Imagine
Release: October 11, 2005 by Sugar Hill Records
Produced by Dolly Parton

DavidMn · #29 09-25-2005, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by WildInTheWind

Stevie going country would be just awful for me. I would be one very unhappy fan.

Ditto on that.

ragandbone · #30 09-25-2005, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard B

Speaking of Dolly (and she did not pull of STH, she did better with Peace Train)...she's about to release a new album of covers.

OK, I don't want to get into a debate about Dolly, or STH, but let me just qualify my comment about her "pullig it off". In no way does she ROCK that song, or match Led Zeppelin, the way Ann Wilson could do. When I first heard it, I thoght, "weird" and then "no" and "Uh, Oh, cheezeball" but then (IMO) she managed to apprehend some of that mystical religious quality the original had for me, in 7th grade. She does it by going overboard, because the original was bloated and overboard too.

I haven't listened to it (Dolly STH) since it came out, so maybe I would wince to hear it now. Don't know. Doesn't matter.

I have to check out "Peace Train"

It is weird for Dolly to cover so many songs, when she has been such a prolific songwriter. And, I wouldn't want to see Stevie do an album of Old Timey covers, just something more acoustic (Ok, maybe pedal steel in there too)