"Sometime's It's A Bitch" Appreciation thread - Page 3

jannieC · #31 10-05-2005, 08:37 AM

I don't think I loved it when it first came out, but over the years it has grown on me. And of course the video is one of her best. I guess as *I* have gotten older, I can relate to the lyrics more.

danax6 · #32 10-05-2005, 09:42 AM

I really, really like this song, so I'd like to join the club, please.

I particularly like to sing along to it when I am in a bad mood, so I can emphasize the BITCH parts.

Raeven Skye · #33 10-05-2005, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by danax6

I really, really like this song, so I'd like to join the club, please.

I particularly like to sing along to it when I am in a bad mood, so I can emphasize the BITCH parts.

and if you replace the "well"s with "Bitch", like someone here said they did once, then you get to say Bitch A LOT....maybe I'll try that next time, too! hehehe

UndoingTheLaces · #34 10-05-2005, 05:36 PM

Okay, I don't ever like to poo poo anything Stevie's done and if you guys read through my threads you'll see they are all mostly flattering. And I do like this song. Not my favorite but it has some great imagery and he did really do a great job of capturing her life. I think he did write it specifically for her, didn't he?

Okay, here's my "bitch". "Was it all worth it only THE heart can measure". I hate the way this line is sung. I mean, if you are singing a bunch of words that are supposed to just sound cool together then fine, it works, but to sing something so litteral and put the accent on "the", well I just cringe every time I hear it. Sorry Stevie, I had to get that off my chest.

Enchanted_Stevi · #35 10-05-2005, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bikerchic

Not a big fan of the song.

Oh, oh. Then you won't last long around here

Joking

It all depends on what people say....I'm not always in a sensitive mood....I have dpression and my mood flucuates all day.

Johnny Stew · #36 10-05-2005, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by UndoingTheLaces

Okay, here's my "bitch". "Was it all worth it only THE heart can measure". I hate the way this line is sung. I mean, if you are singing a bunch of words that are supposed to just sound cool together then fine, it works, but to sing something so litteral and put the accent on "the", well I just cringe every time I hear it. Sorry Stevie, I had to get that off my chest.

Not that it eases the problem of which word is accented, but the line is actually, "what's it all worth, only the heart can measure."

I always thought "what's it all worth, only MY heart can measure," might have worked a little better.

Johnny Stew · #37 10-05-2005, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Enchanted_Stevi

It all depends on what people say....I'm not always in a sensitive mood....I have dpression and my mood flucuates all day.

Just always remember one thing, sweetheart... if YOU like something, then that's all that matters.
Other people's opinions are interesting to hear, but they should never affect your enjoyment of something.

GateandGarden · #38 10-05-2005, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by David

I think it's pretty awful, too. Not a high point for Stevie in terms of covering material. Stevie's managerial people told her to try something by Bon Jovi because they (really wrongheadedly) thought that she needed something "youthful" & "popular" to connect to an audience again. But to select Bon Jovi ... I'm sorry, but that band was just so much cock rock -- bland, corporate, faceless, interchangeable with dozens of dumb songs by the likes of the hair bands of the late '80s & early '90s, like Poison & Whitesnake. Bon Jovi may have had a slightly better ear for melodic hooks, but otherwise this is very undistinguished music. To saddle Stevie Nicks with this goop was really a terrible, terrible idea. And of course, the song didn't knock anybody over; it just sank from nothing into nothing (ex nihilo ad nihilo?).

The other song she did -- the one by Poison -- was actually even worse. It's the kind of song that scrappy teenage boys might try to play in garages across America, trying to emulate their hair-band idols. These two songs stick out like inflamed hemorrhoids on "Timespace."

To top it all off, Stevie circa 1991 was not the vocalist to try to bring any charm to these lumbering, dumb songs. Maybe the Stevie of 1976 could have saved these songs, but it's just even more indicative of what a bad idea it was all around. Stevie really did need to go away for a little while, to remember how to feel.

This is the appreciation thread, but I really love that post. I just love it.

And of course I don't really care for the song at all.

Initially I thought it was wonderful. I think I felt that way because I was going through my "Stevie can do virtually no wrong" phase.

rbs3676 · #39 10-05-2005, 06:24 PM

I was in Los Angeles when this song was released and I must have listened to it about a thousand times that summer. TIMESPACE had yet to be released, but the single was available. And the video, of course, was a great one. I love the energy of this song. I think Bon Jovi did as good of a job as he could capturing what HE thought was a reflection on Stevie's life.

That being said, had this song been released about 3 years earlier, it would have been a HUGE hit, in my opinion.

And someone posted that this song sounds great really, really loud in a car.
I agree. Especially with a great stereo system...it's that energy, again.

I love this song!

Enchanted_Stevi · #40 10-05-2005, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Just always remember one thing, sweetheart... if YOU like something, then that's all that matters.
Other people's opinions are interesting to hear, but they should never affect your enjoyment of something.

Thanx