Seven Wonders...Sara????

[blinker12]

Now you're just trying to confuse me altogether!! That's a different song....Welcome to the Room, Sara...not Seven Wonders..

Yikes, you're right! Sorry about that...
*hangs head in shame*

[David]

Originally posted by The Chain
Some think she says "pharoh", which I have to go with, considering, it's about the "Seven Wonders", ...but that's just my oppinion

I dunno. "Pharaoh" seems a bit of a stretch. Why would Stevie utter such a word in the middle of her song? especially since only one of the ancient seven wonders was directly related to a pharaoh (the Great Pyramid of Giza) & one was only marginally related to a pharaoh (the Alexandria Lighthouse). The other five wonders had nothing to do with Egypt or Egyptian rulers. Stevie might just as well have uttered "Greco" or "Persian" or even "Nebuchadnezzar."

In fact, I think she should have said "Nebuchadnezzar"!

[SaraRhiannon]

Originally posted by David
The other five wonders had nothing to do with Egypt or Egyptian rulers. Stevie might just as well have uttered "Greco" or "Persian" or even "Nebuchadnezzar."

[EveryHour]

Originally posted by jmn3
Yes but we must remember, this is the same person who brought to us the word "drownding..."

I do not believe this is an uncommon mispronunciation...I've definitely heard other people do it. Everyone has some weird speech thing or another. And Stevie doesn't even do it every time she says it. It might be something she has to concentrate on to say "properly", so if she's caught up in song or whatever, it just comes out that way. (My dad, for instance, says "chimley" instead of "chimney" if he doesn't stop and think first.)
As far as the "Nag Champ'r'a" debate goes, I know it's been discussed it was perhaps a copyright issue. I really have to agree with that. I don't know there to be a seperate product with the 'r' in, and the fact that the lyrics are actually printed with with the 'r' in really brings up the question of copyright. As opposed to "drown'd'ing", which was (obviously) printed without the 'd' but just came out that way when she sang it. This to me proves that she intentionally sang "Nag Champ'r'a". Not to say it didn't take some getting used to, especially when I'm a long-time fan of the stuff.

[EveryHour]

...As for what she sings in Seven Wonders, I go back and forth between many of the words mentioned here every time I listen to it! Just when I think I'm convinced I know for sure, I change my mind! I seem to remember Stevie mentioning feeling suddenly and inexplicably compelled to sing "Sara" in the song in the book Rock Lives by Timothy White. Perhaps I'm hallucinating...I read it years ago. I'll investigate over the next couple days (if someone doesn't beat me to it ) and report back.

[blackdove]

For me it's 'Tara', always has been !!

Love Sarah

[golden braid]

I think she says Tara too.

[wondergirl9847]

My dad pronounces La Quinta...La Qwinta.



Has anyone ever asked Stevie over at NicksFix what she's saying? Or perhaps, I could ask her at the Fan Club, but that's a long shot at getting answered.

[shackin'up]

Well,
I've listened to this and I am convinced.
She's singing ARWAH.
Why?:

1. Why not?
2. Because she knows we are out there.
3. She likes to puzzle her public.
4. Because she was on Klonopkin, Coke or hasj or a combination of it.

On klonopkin I hear Tara, on coke sara on hasj Pharao.

but I still want to know what's the story behind " Erin"

Come on Debbie!

gerald

[David R]

I really think she is saying "hello"... it sure sounds like it. I always thought it was hello.

[Siri Ruane]

Originally posted by David R
I really think she is saying "hello"... it sure sounds like it. I always thought it was hello.

Cool. I thought I was crazy.

[The Catdancer]

Originally posted by strandinthewind
Wow - I never heard about that reference. Did Stevie or someone else say that? Otherwise how did you figure that out - I certainly never would have

Sandy told me so herself.

Debbie

[cliffdweller]

I vote for Sara, that's what I've always thought anyway.

[Ghosty]

I've always thought it was "Tara" and I could have swore I saw it in lyrics printed too. But my Tango album is packed away at the moment so can't go check. I think it looks like she is saying "Tara" too.... and on the album it says lyrics by Sandy Stewart and additional vocals by Stevie. That's kind of funny. I always wondered if she just added the Tara thing...but now I hear here about the Emmiline thing, so that makes sense.... Thanks for that info. I had not heard that before.

[EveryHour]

Originally posted by EveryHour
...As for what she sings in Seven Wonders, I go back and forth between many of the words mentioned here every time I listen to it! Just when I think I'm convinced I know for sure, I change my mind! I seem to remember Stevie mentioning feeling suddenly and inexplicably compelled to sing "Sara" in the song in the book Rock Lives by Timothy White. Perhaps I'm hallucinating...I read it years ago. I'll investigate over the next couple days (if someone doesn't beat me to it ) and report back.

Reporting back:
Well, I have NO IDEA where I dreamed up this account by Stevie regarding this song. Perhaps I literally DID dream it! If not, I really want to know where the heck I read it now! I was not TOTALLY crazy, though, in that she does discuss Seven Wonders in this book. (It's worth picking up at the library to read the FM segement of the book. It paints a good picture of Tango and Lindsey's departure from the band with lots of direct quotes.)

Stevie:
"But these kinds (referring to Prince's brief studio appearance to make his amazing synth contributions to Stand Back) of mystical accidents just happen to me all the time. The first song I gave to Tango was a demo my good songwriter friend Sandy Stewart had played for me called Seven Wonders. I gave the tape to Fleetwood Mac at a Halloween party in LA, to plant a seed, and when it came time for me to sing it live in the studio, I was somehow inspired to sing very different words that instantly transformed the song for all of us. In 300 subsequent takes, I could never sing those unwritten words of mine again, and the original live version we luckily preserved became the second hit from Tango!"

Doesn't solve the "Sara / Tara / never / hello", etc mystery, but I thought it was interesting.