Moonlight/Lady From the Mountain - Page 2

Sahara · #16 04-30-2011, 09:28 PM

Twilight haters do seem to have a begrudging respect for the soundtracks.

Sahara · #17 05-01-2011, 06:42 PM

I've been thinking all day about the song appearing on a Twilight soundtrack. I think it would make heaps of sense! As I said, the soundtracks are extremely popular, even among haters. I've heard bits and pieces of them and I think the sound of this song could really fit in there. JMO!

I wonder how long it'll be before some fanvideos appear set to this song?

sorcerer999 · #18 05-01-2011, 07:53 PM

Just like the Mirage version and SYW version of "Smile At You", just like the Rumours and TISL versions of "Planets", and so forth, I think of them all as different songs, and enjoy them as such in their various incarnations.

I will always love the "Lady From The Mountain" demos, but I also love "Moonlight". It very well might be my favorite song off the new album.

DarkUponLight · #19 05-01-2011, 07:56 PM

It would be cool if Stevie got rights to scenes from "New Moon" & used them in the video for Moonlight, although I don't really think it'll happen. I remember when they cut BATB from the Soundstage DVD cuz she used clips from the 1947 French movie on the screens behind her & Criterion wouldn't approve it so they could release it on the DVD which really pissed me off, but oh well, at least we got it on the CD, which is better than nothing.

Ghosty · #20 05-01-2011, 08:59 PM

i never read the books or saw the movies, but that doesn't matter so much to me. i love the song. LFTM was one of my favorite demos and i used to listen to it a lot in the 90's.

it was a weird jump into the new chorus for me, but i love the chorus, it's catchy and awesome.and i miss the lyrics as some others here mentioned - "so go with her" - that part. that was the most goosebumpy, intense part of the demo. but ya, we still have the demo too. we'll always have that.

i felt that way with smile at you too, though. if i looked at it as a totally new song, not compared to the demos, i liked it a lot. and we still have the demos.

i'm loving moonlight.

belladonnadream · #21 05-02-2011, 08:17 AM

I absolutely love "Moonlight"!~ I think how she morphed "Lady from the Mountain" with it made the lady more alive and brought new life in a crazy intense way ~ from the day the trailer came out I was In Love with" Moonlight"..and immediately loved the "Strange" part....and the "They dropped to the forest floor..frozen" part...it has 'hit' written all over it in a typical Stevie mysterious way,,kinda like a new millenium" Rhiannon" or "Sister of the Moon"..its very catchy and I think it does sound like a theme song..like it could be on the Soundtrack of 'Breaking Dawn' or something..I don't know how I feel about that but it would fit the Saga of the 'Twilight' movies..

chiffon head · #22 05-03-2011, 01:44 AM

After listening to the demo for many years,
I'm so excited to hear this on disc! I love this song. I can't stop hitting the back button~the melody and the lyric is so sweet, so Stevie & Lindsey/FM..."She couldn't do it anyway"

chiffon head · #23 05-03-2011, 02:15 AM

and then I hear "Highway Man"...ok, need to sleep, just really happy to hear this

darklinensuit · #24 05-03-2011, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by tabruns

I really don't get the complaints about demos. I mean, you still have the demo that you love so how is it "ruined" by being turned into another song?

In the case of LFTM, for me at least, I want a cleaner version than what's come down to us through bootlegs. My favorite version of LFTM - which is probably my favorite Stevie song - is pretty muffled. Same is true for many other demos.

As for "Moonlight" itself, I am glad I don't hate it, given my love of the demo. "Moonlight" is my favorite song on the album. That having been said, I do prefer the raspy vocal on the one demo, but there is no way she could replicate it today. Given her current voice, I am thrilled by the vocal on "Moonlight".
But as with POTU on the last album, I'd still prefer she left more of my favorite lyrics in. (I love the "burning...hopefully learning" part.) Yes, I still have the demo - this is just a matter of wanting the released song to be as good as possible.

- Jake

Zanobbi · #25 05-03-2011, 10:54 AM

For me, the best part of "Moonlight" is the LFTM part. It's hard for me to explain in English, but 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.
Well, I can listen to the old demos... or the Black Heart cover, to get that feeling back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hkBgqty47E

greendaze5 · #26 05-03-2011, 11:24 AM

My absolute FAVE from the new album.

Now I even want to rent 'New Moon'! (I only saw the first one, 'Twilight').

Kena · #27 05-03-2011, 11:28 AM

Okayyyy, this is my favorite song on the album - as of now - after 3 listens to the entire album behind me.

I don't care if it's about Twilight....actually, considering I didn't see any of the movies (not cause I was anti- twilight - just didn't take the time to watch them) I think I will go rent them.

Personally, I don't get why there are so many complaints about Stevie being inspired by Twilight...I mean, why did yall even watch the movie to begin with? Stevie's not the only one to get inspirations from little random things - like a look - in a movie now is she?

KarmaContestant · #28 05-03-2011, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Kena

Okayyyy, this is my favorite song on the album - as of now - after 3 listens to the entire album behind me.

I don't care if it's about Twilight....actually, considering I didn't see any of the movies (not cause I was anti- twilight - just didn't take the time to watch them) I think I will go rent them.

Personally, I don't get why there are so many complaints about Stevie being inspired by Twilight...I mean, why did yall even watch the movie to begin with? Stevie's not the only one to get inspirations from little random things - like a look - in a movie now is she?

I've seen the first Twilight movie, when my boyfriend got it on DVD...and despite every effort to ...resist... my ass was on the couch in less than 10 minutes after it started playing.

Kena · #29 05-03-2011, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

I've seen the first Twilight movie, when my boyfriend got it on DVD...and despite every effort to ...resist... my ass was on the couch in less than 10 minutes after it started playing.

No resisting for me...I'm doing it. The worst that can happen is I will get a nap out of it. Anyways, it's not like it's a Lifetime network movie, not that I watch those or anything.

UndoingTheLaces · #30 05-03-2011, 02:10 PM

My favorite version of Lady From the Mountain is the Rock a Little demo. It's so powerful. But I couldn't see that being made into a full song because as artsy and delicious as it is, it kind of meanders and would kind of drag an album down. Then again, Red Rover kind of did that on Say You Will and it's one of my favorite songs from that album. But I did notice something. The line from Moonlight "they dropped to the forest floor... frozen" did you guys notice it has the same feeling as when she repeats "burning out" at the end of LFTM. So it's not really just a matter of adding new parts to an older song, it really is like the original song grew up and matured a bit. But the feeling and meaning is still there. It's like looking at a portrait of an old woman and seeing the eyes of the young girl she once was, and in a lot of ways still is. You can look fondly at the photos of the young girl but you can love the woman she's become.