Your favorite Stevie album cover

[Villavic]

Mine is The Wild Heart

[bikerchic]

Bella Donna

[ontheEdgeof17]

I really don't love any of them. If I had to choose for a matter of life and death, OSTOM would be my pick. It's all about setting the mood with the cover, and that one does it well.


-Curt

[GypsySorcerer]

I voted Belladonna. TISL is my second favorite.

[David]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I really don't love any of them. If I had to choose for a matter of life and death, OSTOM would be my pick. It's all about setting the mood with the cover, and that one does it well.

If the mood happens to be one of stumbling over the folds of your dress. . . .

[David]

Originally Posted by bikerchic

Bella Donna

I like Bella Donna the best, too. It's reminiscent of the Tusk Tour.

I showed The Wild Heart cover to a friend in 1983, & he said, "Why does she look successively dumber in each figure?"

And then there's Rock a Little, which features a Stevie kewpie-doll-on-a-stick. Are you supposed to twirl it between thumb & index finger?

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by David

I like Bella Donna the best, too. It's reminiscent of the Tusk Tour.

I thought you said you prefer the 'Street Angel' cover, the last time this question was asked?

[David]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I thought you said you prefer the 'Street Angel' cover, the last time this question was asked?

I hope I didn't say anything like that. Could I have said just "album"? I love those songs, but that frou-frou pink cover? Yeesh. It represents everything I detest about Stevie's fans.

Nope, it's definitely the Bella Donna cover I like the best. It's a ROCK star on the cover -- a rock star with charisma.

It's all about bone-crunching bass, drums & guitar, Stew. The farther Stevie gets from that, the closer she gets to Hallmark greeting cards. And when that happens, somebody help me pull the taffy outta my head.

[bikerchic]

Originally Posted by David

And then there's Rock a Little, which features a Stevie kewpie-doll-on-a-stick. Are you supposed to twirl it between thumb & index finger?

I haven't liked this cover since I read on here somewhere, that she looks constipated

[bikerchic]

Besides, the RAL cover, it doesn't even look like her IMO!

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by David

I hope I didn't say anything like that. Could I have said just "album"? I love those songs, but that frou-frou pink cover? Yeesh. It represents everything I detest about Stevie's fans.

Nope, it's definitely the Bella Donna cover I like the best. It's a ROCK star on the cover -- a rock star with charisma.

It's all about bone-crunching bass, drums & guitar, Stew. The farther Stevie gets from that, the closer she gets to Hallmark greeting cards. And when that happens, somebody help me pull the taffy outta my head.

Unfortunately this will probably end up steering Villavic's thread away from its original intentions, but may I ask about your comment, David?

Why is it that "Stevie fans" have become something to detest or treat with ridicule?
I mean, I admit I too cringe at some of the extremes people sometimes go to... but then, that's true of any fanbase, from everything I've ever observed.

Stevie is a woman who's always loved fairy-tales, glamour, romance, etc. So what's so wrong with her fans loving the same things?
Why does it automatically cast them as flighty people of a presumed lower-intellect? (I'm not implying that you've said "Stevie Fans" are of a lower-intellect... I'm just commenting on a common assumption I have seen.)

And why can Stevie not sing about those things without making people "cringe," and wish she'd be more down to earth?

I think this world has a lot of gruff, cynical people in it... people who actually boast about their jadedness as if it were a badge of honour. And who think you can't be intelligent if you don't view everything sardonically.

Must everyone be tough, angry, and aggressive?
I'm not saying we should all be passive dreamers with no drive or ambition... but isn't there something to be said, for not allowing this world to make you hardened?

I've worked hard to make sure that the things I've experienced, haven't turned me into a complete cynic.
I like finding the beauty in things, rather than just the ugliness.

I think that's yet another thing that's always drawn me to Stevie... she's a strong woman, and yet she still possesses a softness and gentleness.

Rock music is littered with "rrriot girls"... I like that Stevie stands out from the crowd.

(I should also note that I'm not saying that you're "gruff," "cynical," "jaded," etc... just that it surprises me that you're not more embracing/accepting of those who aren't. You've always struck me as someone who appreciates differences.)

[chiffon head]

Johnny Stew,I just want to let you know that I've been reading your posts for a long time (ever since the old ledge) and I really like the way you express yourself. Your post above is so true.

I have used a few different screen names around here (renee & nae) because of computer problems and the one I have now I got from someone around here calling Stevie fans Chiffon Heads. I think he was trying to put us down, but I thought it was funny. I guess I'm used to people putting down Stevie and her fans.

Anyway, just wanted to let you know that I really dig your attitude. Life can be pretty ugly, why not hold on to some beauty.

Renee

[David]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Must everyone be tough, angry, and aggressive? I'm not saying we should all be passive dreamers with no drive or ambition... but isn't there something to be said, for not allowing this world to make you hardened? I should also note that I'm not saying that you're "gruff," "cynical," "jaded," etc... just that it surprises me that you're not more embracing/accepting of those who aren't. You've always struck me as someone who appreciates differences.

Good comments, Stew. All those years on Usenet made me gruff & jaded. It's a dog-eat-dog world over there.

[Claudia]

My favorite is the Trouble In Shangri-La cover. I love the colours in it. I also like the The Other Side Of The Mirror cover a lot.

[diamondsnake]

I didn't vote besause I just plain can't decide.... I'm going with a tie between TOSOTM and TISL and RAL being a close third.