What's up with all the Sheryl Crow hating?

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

She is a shameless self promoter and some of us think she would show up to the opening of an envelope.

Most definitely. Starbucks, American Airlines, Discover Card, you name it. She's a whore, but I love her.

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

There are also those who think she used Stevie, to a certain extent. I don't feel that way.

I don't, either. What in the world would she use Stevie for? She's already got a huge audience (including the youth audience) and sells millions more records.

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Originally Posted by David

The tag out on "Wild Heart" produced by J. Iovine comes to mind.

And that's not even a falsetto. Wasn't the song Wild Heart produced by Gordon Perry, though?

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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Quite simply the woman has no business being behind the control board, as evidenced by her spotty 1996 self-produced follow-up to her stellar debut album produced by Bill Bottrell.

You have to admit in retospect, the vocal on Leaving Las Vegas is horrific in comparison to what Sheryl's actually capable of.

[CreepingDeath]

Originally Posted by trackaghost

Fishstick hehe!!! I feel sorry for the kid, not only is she called Apple, she has weeping Gwynnie and Mr Coldplay as her parents. Poor child.

Now listening to "shoot an apple off my head" from Clocks is enjoyable.

P.S. Coldplay sucks.

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Originally Posted by littlecricket2

I thought it was "Fall From Grace" that Stevie said Sheryl didn't know what to do with. I remember this on the Rosie O'Donnell show. Rosie was raving about "Fall From Grace" and Stevie told her that it almost didn't make the album because Sheryl couldn't figure out what to do with it.

That said, I respect Sheryl's musical talent and dedication--and I own some of her clothes, , so I can't hate on her too much.

I thought it was Planets Of The Universe.

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Originally Posted by dissention

Oh, man. I made a Sheryl mix CD and put It's Only Love and Safe and Sound back to back; it gives me chills every time I listen to it. Brilliant.

Safe And Sound is incredible. It's one of those songs that play in my head a lot.
"I don't blame you for quitting, I know you really tried..."

[Serrart]

I like a lot Sheryl Crow, and think she did a wonderful work with TISL, she did an awesome job with BN demos, IMO and wrote for Stevie a truly great song. I also appreciate her as a solo artist. Moreover, her performance at MTV awards in 2002, singing "Safe And Sound" was really a poweful moment.

Romy

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Originally Posted by GateandGarden

Also, when "Soak Up the Sun" was popular, I really wanted to gouge my eyes out and plug my ears every time the video came on.

Like I've said before, that song is oddly juxtaposed to a recent national tragedy. It's just weird timing in my mind and something about it wasn't "right". It grew on me though.

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Originally Posted by EveryHour

Particularly All I Wanna Do .

That song was more of a collaborative effort on the part of the "Tuesday Night Music Club." The lyrics are actually from a poem called Fun by Wyn Cooper.

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Originally Posted by gldstwmn

You have to admit in retospect, the vocal on Leaving Las Vegas is horrific in comparison to what Sheryl's actually capable of.

A lot of that first album is rather horrific in retrospect. She blew me away with her follow-up in '96. A Change, Every Day Is A Winding Road, Love Is A Good Thing, If It Makes You Happy, Sweet Rosalyn, Redemption Day, Home, Hard To Make A Stand, Oh Marie, etc. That sucker is jaw-droppingly good and still holds up. It's her masterpiece, imo, which says a lot because Globe Sessions is amazing.

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Originally Posted by LiquidBlue5000

Reason #2... Ms. Crow writes a song called "It's Only Love" for Stevie.. Stevie records it and puts it on her solo album... so Stevie then returns the favor and writes a song for Sheryl... and what does Ms. Crow do?? instead of putting it on her own solo record, she releases "You're Not The One" as some obscure german import B-side... and not only that, she then re-records "It's Only Love" for herself and puts THAT on her album instead... Ms. Crow, by re-recording a song you write for someone else, you take away the sweetness of doing it in the first place... Was "It's Only Love" REALLY written for Stevie??

That never made sense to me either.

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Originally Posted by Livia

I LOVE that song! The first time I heard it was when she did it live for that 9/11 concert. Very poignant lyrics, and strikingly appropriate, made me bawl like a baby!!

I remember that. It was incredible.

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Originally Posted by LiquidBlue5000

for a person who decided to put gas in his car than see any of the Stevie/Don shows, you are not one to speak of such things.. her performances with Don blow anything she ever did with Sheryl onstage completely out of the water...

Oh man, give that a rest already.

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Originally Posted by darklinensuit

Also, I thought I remember Sheryl saying that she decided to included It's Only Love on her own album only after it was clear that Stevie's label would not use it for a single. I think Sheryl took that as a bit of a snub, not that I mean to criticize anybody's decisions.

- Jake

She should have known It's Only Love was not single material. It's a ballad. Ms. Crow has very good ideas about what gets played on the radio.

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Originally Posted by trackaghost

Fishstick hehe!!! I feel sorry for the kid, not only is she called Apple, she has weeping Gwynnie and Mr Coldplay as her parents. Poor child.

Now, his songs drive me batty.