What are your unpopular Stevie opinions

[DestinyRules]

The Reeboks don't bother me.
I HATE "Landslide."
Fleetwood Mac should perform "Fall From Grace."
The studio version of "Stand Back" is unlistenable.
Stevie should bring "Face The Promise" back to the set list.

[FierySequences]

Originally Posted by DestinyRules

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Stevie should bring "Face The Promise" back to the set list.

I love that you mention this, although I don't agree.

Many are quick to judge her "covers" and I see their point given the fact she has so many songs of her own to chose from.

I actually love it when she performs I Need to Know and I didn't think her take on Crash Into Me was bad.

[I'msoAfraid95]

I can't stand Landslide.
I'm not a fan of her wardrobe, but she would hate mine

[whitewingdove]

~ I have a very odd love/hate feeling about Go Your Own Way. Most of the time I literally hate the guts out of it and I literally can't sit through it without getting furious and changing it. It literally pisses me off to no end!! But every once in a while I like to turn up my stereo and just dance around my room in a oblivion it on full blast. It's not that I don't think its an amazing song, I know it is! It's probably their second best (matter of opinion) aside from Dreams, but I personally don't like it very much.

~There are times when I almost maybe like Wild Heart as much as Bella Donna

~ I personally think In Your Dreams is very overrated. It's a great album but overall i prefer TISL over it.

~I wish Stevie would have done Sorcerer on her own, because I think Sheryl wrecked it. I don't like the way their voices sound together at all.

~I would replace any song off of OSOTM except Doing The Best That I Can for Thousand Days. It is Stevie's best demo in my opinion. (Maybe tied with Blue Lamp)

~I prefer the backstage of the Rolling Stone shoot version of Wild Heart more than the actual recording, I find it quite boring. The lyrics are awesome! But I find it quite blah

~This is more of a Mick confession here, but I personally think that Stevie really just thinks of him as a really good friend. But I think that Mick still loves Stevie, not enough to do anything about it, I think he knows that she's happy with things are, plus he's probably a little scared of Lindsey (:P who wouldn't be, I would!)

~I am a HUMUNGOUS BN shipper, and I would give my life for them to be back together. But I honestly believe that they will never be back together again. I don't even think they'll have another affair (lol i just made them sound like sluts, didn't mean for it to sound that way!) I really can't see it happening. Lindsey is somewhat happy with Kristen (for some f***ed up reason) and if Stevie has made it this far without giving in to him, I'm sure she can go longer. It really upsets me to think of this, but really don't think they have a future together.

~I just want to warn people that I am NOT trying to offend anyone, and this is just simply my opinion based on what I have gathered. I think that there is MUCH more that Stevie hasn't told us. Mainly for the purpose of saving Lindsey's ass and obviously because it's quite personal.
I think that Stevie left Lindsey because he was abusive to her. As we all know drugs made him a little crazy, and they broke up right around the recording of Rumours, right? Right around when the cocaine started going around. I think he was already getting on her nerves (and vice versa) and when he started getting violent she finally said that's enough and broke up with him. I have no proof that he did so, and I'm not some sick person who wants to believe he caused her harm or grief, but that's my opinion. If he did it to Carol during the recording of Rumours (based on what I read in Ken's book), I don't see why he didn't to Stevie. Even is he did, we'll never know for sure because Stevie's not really the gossip type, they've kind of settled a truce. Besides why do we need to know this, its not our buisness. Ms. Nicks is probably hiding quite a bit of things from us. I guess it's better that way.

[Musicman408]

Rock a Little, OSOTM and SA are some of the best, as well as Desert Angel.
The super popular singles are some of my least favorite.
She should hire me to play keyboard in her band!

[KenshiMaster16]

- I think Rock A Little is her worst album, far worse than Street Angel.
- Trouble In Shangri-La is hands down my favorite album of hers, beating Bella Donna.
- For What It's Worth is probably her worst single release of all time. How it got picked over something like In Your Dreams or Ghosts Are Gone is beyond me.
- I cannot stand her solo versions of Fleetwood Mac songs, or Waddy's playing of them (especially Gold Dust Woman).

Those are the only I can think of that'd probably make people raise eyebrows at me. lol

[Ghost_Tracker]

I have five unpopular Stevie opinions. uht-oh.


1.) Stevie is not a prolific songwriter. In fact, she only writes once in a blue moon. She writes maybe 2 songs per year.

2.) Along those same lines, she has almost completely lost her confidence in her ability to write new songs. New songs. Literally almost 100% lost it.

3.) Despite sincere, best efforts, Stevie has little understanding on a deep level of how hard most people work. I feel she sort of understands it in a "basic" way but she doesn't actually "get" it. i.m.o. you can tell this from several interviews - perfect example, how "spotless" the house where she worked as a cleaning lady was - how "hard" she worked at that job - - the guy eventually commented on it and said the reality was she did a very poor job and anybody else probably would have fired her.

4.) I think Stevie is a lot more "self-educated" than she might "pretend" to be - - I think overall, she's a VERY bright person and I think she reads a lot. It's very easy to find photos where she's either carrying a book or has one near her.

5.) I think Stevie's a lot more business-savvy than people realize - for example the house she recently sold in Pacific Palisades, where she claimed it was because there were "ghosts" haunting the house that were scaring her. I think that was just Stevie being Stevie, playing up her "image," and I think the place was almost 100% a real estate investment for her - throw it on the pile, ka-CHING, Bay-bee! And I feel less-certain of this part but I think the image-building with "seeing ghosts" goes all the way back to the early '80s - she claimed in one of her first interviews as a solo artist that she had "seen ghosts" in her hotel room but I wouldn't be surprised if that was again totally for publicity. I think these things may have even been the record company's idea, rather than her own. But Stevie's been at this a LONG time and she knows how to "work her image." Along those same "practical" lines, I think she also sold the Phoenix house totally or mostly for business reasons - because of the real estate taxes and maintenance - and - I think all of these business things are about one thing only - - creating generational wealth for her niece.

Rock on - just my thoughts - nobody's perfect.

ps - to be more accurate, imo she publishes one or two songs, on the average, per year. I love many of the demos but in a way it seems it doesn't count in terms of being "prolific," if it's just sitting in a filing cabinet somewhere gathering dust.

[NoLight77]

Originally Posted by Ghost_Tracker

I have five unpopular Stevie opinions. uht-oh.


1.) Stevie is not a prolific songwriter. In fact, she only writes once in a blue moon. She writes maybe 2 songs per year.

2.) Along those same lines, she has almost completely lost her confidence in her ability to write new songs. New songs. Literally almost 100% lost it.

3.) Despite sincere, best efforts, Stevie has little understanding on a deep level of how hard most people work. I feel she sort of understands it in a "basic" way but she doesn't actually "get" it. i.m.o. you can tell this from several interviews - perfect example, how "spotless" the house where she worked as a cleaning lady was - how "hard" she worked at that job - - the guy eventually commented on it and said the reality was she did a very poor job and anybody else probably would have fired her.

4.) I think Stevie is a lot more "self-educated" than she might "pretend" to be - - I think overall, she's a VERY bright person and I think she reads a lot. It's very easy to find photos where she's either carrying a book or has one near her.

5.) I think Stevie's a lot more business-savvy than people realize - for example the house she recently sold in Pacific Palisades, where she claimed it was because there were "ghosts" haunting the house that were scaring her. I think that was just Stevie being Stevie, playing up her "image," and I think the place was almost 100% a real estate investment for her - throw it on the pile, ka-CHING, Bay-bee! And I feel less-certain of this part but I think the image-building with "seeing ghosts" goes all the way back to the early '80s - she claimed in one of her first interviews as a solo artist that she had "seen ghosts" in her hotel room but I wouldn't be surprised if that was again totally for publicity. I think these things may have even been the record company's idea, rather than her own. But Stevie's been at this a LONG time and she knows how to "work her image." Along those same "practical" lines, I think she also sold the Phoenix house totally or mostly for business reasons - because of the real estate taxes and maintenance - and - I think all of these business things are about one thing only - - creating generational wealth for her niece.

Rock on - just my thoughts - nobody's perfect.

ps - to be more accurate, imo she publishes one or two songs, on the average, per year. I love many of the demos but in a way it seems it doesn't count in terms of being "prolific," if it's just sitting in a filing cabinet somewhere gathering dust.

Did she recently sell her house? The one she made IYD in? I thought she still owns it, but lives in the condo. Other than the Robin story, I've never heard about her and ghosts. Her Robin story would go well on Celebrity Ghost Stories--Robin rocking Matthew's cradle. This is the only ghost story I've heard from her.

[nicolasjz]

- The Highwayman is my all-time favorite Stevie song. I think it's a masterpiece.
- I've always thought Rhiannon was very over-rated. I love the late 70s live version but other than that I don't understand all the fuss around it.
- I love I Will Run to You.
- For What It's worth sucks. IMO the worse song on IYD.
- I prefer the TISL version of Sorcerer to the Rumours demo.
- I love Sheryl Crow's production on TISL.
- I don't mind Jane. I'm a big fan of Jane Goodall, so I'm kinda biased
- I don't like her new voice nearly as much as her old one.

[Ghost_Tracker]

Originally Posted by NoLight77

Did she recently sell her house? The one she made IYD in? I thought she still owns it, but lives in the condo. Other than the Robin story, I've never heard about her and ghosts. Her Robin story would go well on Celebrity Ghost Stories--Robin rocking Matthew's cradle. This is the only ghost story I've heard from her.

It may be that she tried to sell it and then took it back off the market. I can tell you that a couple of articles with photos made the rounds awhile back, saying she was selling it and including the "ghost" story, but come to think of it I guess I don't remember seeing specifically yet that it was actually sold.

[Tango]

This old thread needs updating - what else is on your mind?

[David]

On those few occasions when she sings higher than F4, she makes an offputting braying noise. I can't take it. I actually want her to avoid a higher note. The exception is an acoustic song.

[Frankenstein]

Stevie’s voice on the Mirage tour was often shot but those are some of my favorite performances because of how raw they are.

Annabel Lee is my favorite song on IYD.

I never got the hype about the Wild Heart dressing room version.

[Tango]

I'd like to see both Stevie and Lindsey get inducted into the Music Hall of Fame at the same time for their solo careers and work outside of Fleetwood Mac.

I'd like Lindsey to sing: "What Makes You Think You're The One" at induction with Stevie on the stage.
I'd like Stevie to sing: "Fall From Grace" at induction with Lindsey on the stage.

[Hawkeye]

Originally Posted by David

On those few occasions when she sings higher than F4, she makes an offputting braying noise. I can't take it. I actually want her to avoid a higher note. The exception is an acoustic song.

Can you elaborate a little more on this. I have no technical knowledge of vocal notes. Maybe point me to some examples Within certain songs? I really wish I understood that stuff and I should being such a detail oriented fan of hers but I just can’t wrap my head around that. Kind of like Stevie herself I guess.