Weirdest Stevie Song or Lyric

[ricohv]

sheesh...I can't quit replying to my own thread!
"Come around tonight, indecent" bugged me in the same way that "but you never scared me cuz the whole things phoney" did: these words just don't seem to fit her normal dreamy soft-edged vocabulary...indecent and phoney are so typical and jr. high schooly. They sound so blunt next to her other stuff.

Speaking of jr. high-schooley, this thought crossed my mind when I was listening to Bella Donna this morning (and ties into my "weird lyric" thread in some cracked out way!):

What if there was a video to Think About it, where she's swirling & twirling as per usual, but when it gets past the part "and the heart says danger" it cuts to Stevie with straight hair and pony tails in school girl plaid skirt and stockings holding her hands in a "W" on her forehead..."and the heart says..WHATEVER"!!!(w/ one hand on hip and head cocked to the side.

P.s. Weird Lyric song that no one has mentioned: The Nightmare. "This is not the world..not the real world." No Stevie, honey, it's not.

[sodascouts]

The weirdest lyric I've heard of hers is from Nightmare "In the dark through the net of the face" or something to that effect. Bizarre!!!

Oh, and what do you mean she's not talking about eyeshadow in that song? How else do you see the real color of the skin of her eyelids? :-)

Goldfish and the Ladybug...UGH. IMO, it's pretty lame. And, along with that, "When I See You Again" - I'm acually embarrassed for Stevie when I hear that. You know Lindsey and the gang must have been "What the heck is this?!"

BUT I do have a theory about "Undercover music lover"....

A lover who's a musician....and does his best work UNDER the COVERS! I can think of one.....

[Rumours]

Originally posted by sodascouts
The weirdest lyric I've heard of hers is from Nightmare "In the dark through the net of the face" or something to that effect. Bizarre!!!

Actually, that song I think you're referring to is Nightbird......not The Nightmare.
The lyric is "And the darkened eyes, thru the net of the lace..."

And what is so wrong with Nightbird?? I like that song.....especially live......so much better than the album version....thank goodness for Saturday Night Live and Solid Gold--I love those performances.....Stevie & Lori sharing the lyrics and the mic....

Stephanie

[sulamith]

Nancy!

Girl, now you're making me want to give that song another listen!

I LIKE your theory about that UNDER the COVERS line! LOL!

There's also a line in "Violet and Blue" I just love - (I know we're supposed to be talking about wierd, but what the hey -)

When you close your eyes
I can't see inside you


THAT made my stomach flip flop!

In Nightbird, well, knowing Stevie it could be about make up after all!

HAHAHAhahaha!!
Sharon

[estranged4life]

from the 'Mac song Angel "Chasing a ghost through the fog"...I find that lyric funny and it makes ya wonder how exactly do ya chase a ghost through the fog?...LOL...Brian

[Rumours]

Hmmm....what I have to ask is WHY do ya wanna chase a ghost!!!????

Stephanie

[estranged4life]

about chasing the ghost...LOL...Kinda ironic that song is playing on my CD-R right now...Hehehe...Brian

[ERigby818]

Yes, and she tracks a ghost through the fog again in "Sweet Girl"

I agree, Stephanie, Nightbird rocks live. Love the Solid Gold version.

Nancy, I think it actually is about makeup, doesn't she say "eye makeup dark..." later on?
Singing about makeup might sound silly, but if you think about it, makeup represents something very psychological for a lot of women so why not write a song or poem about it?!

Ricohv, your "whatever" idea is so incredibly "weed" I don't know how to deal!

-Sonia

[sodascouts]

Originally posted by Rumours

Actually, that song I think you're referring to is Nightbird......not The Nightmare.
The lyric is "And the darkened eyes, thru the net of the lace..."

And what is so wrong with Nightbird?? I like that song.....especially live......so much better than the album version....thank goodness for Saturday Night Live and Solid Gold--I love those performances.....Stevie & Lori sharing the lyrics and the mic....

Stephanie

You know, I was thinking "nightbird" - and yet, that's not what I typed! lol

I actually do like that song - I love the part where they go back and forth "And when I call you (when I call you) you walk gently through my shadow...it's the ones who sing and night (cries the nightbird) the ones who sing at night" - BUT those net lyrics always DID seem nonsensical to me. And isn't it written on the lyric sheet as "net of the face"? I remember because I couldn't believe it when I read it! Net of the lace DOES make a lot more sense.

[ejof17]

"Ooohhh and you're consistent...hey! and that's good!" from LTTR and from LAHGTP (even though she didn't write it!) I hate how she phrases "Well there's more to love than makin' time" I always thought it was "well, there's more to love than naked time!" I swear, it made me cringe!

And about "Jane" I will say that I always loved these lines:

"Such a little girl...such a hard life
You could look a challenge straight between the eyes
Disappointment...would become her middle name"

I love when they play that over that fabulous footage from the "Hold Me" video where she is looking very sultry with her smokey eyes and pouty lips on her BTM on VH-1. Watch it again, a faboo clip!

[highpriestess53]

Originally posted by ricohv
in regards to edge of 17...I remember reading an interview where Stevie said Tom Petty's wife was talking about something (can't remember what) and said..."the age of 17" but because of her southern drawl Stevie thought she said "edge of 17". Some comedic miscommunication ensued and Stevie said "...you know..one day Jane I'm gonna write a song called Edge of 17!". So this serious dark song about 2 people named John who were dying/or dead, and their spirits leaving as represented by the "white winged dove"..got it's title from a funny mix-up in conversation. So I thought well maybe someone in the story of Edge of 17 was actually around 17yrs old so she was able to be ironic and use that title after all (and still give a tongue in cheek nod to Jane Petty). However, from everything I've ever heard...everyone involved in the story behind the song were well over 17. Hmmm....foiled again!!!!!!

(and I wonder why my friends think I'm weird spending so much time thinking and writing about a 20 year old rock song,and if you're reading this somehow I think you understand...mhmm )

Besides the John Lennon dying connection to the Edge of 17 the other John was Stevie's Uncle, he died while she was visiting him, there was one other person with her and that was her cousin he was young at the time......a teenager I believe.....and the rest of the song pretty much describes the situ Stevie was in...

[annaweasel27]

id have to say that the nightbird one makes you really think....and i really dont understand rose garden...i mean i think we get the point...she has a ring on her finger!!!!! lol
§ mal §

[miriamswell]

Umm which song is LTTR? And LAHGTP?
Thanks,
~Mim

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Listen To The Rain and Love's A Hard Game To PLay

Pip

[saintbernard]

I've always thought the lyrics to Rooms on Fire and Angel made complete sense.

"Somewhere out in the back of your mind...comes your real life and the life that you know"

I think this means that she's thinking about the life or images that she presents to everyone (the life that you know) compared to how she really is or thinks (your real life)


"Track a ghost through the fog"

I think this means that someone is chasing after something (or someone) they can't have and it is constantly disappearing before them as a ghost would in fog.


The song that I really find to be 'odd' is Goldfish and Ladybug. It's not a bad song but it just isn't that great either. It's kind of childish--but, I think it was written for a children's project Stevie wanted to do.

I also totally agree about the 'undercover music lover' verse in One More Big Time Rock and Roll Star. It's a great song all but that verse.

Jennifer