"Long Way To Go" Appreciation Thread

The Tower · #1 10-29-2005, 06:28 PM

Holy macaroni.... TOSOTM has been in my car CD player for the last three weeks and I'm too lazy to change it. Good thing, though. The perfect salve for nazzty LA traffic hatred is a good ol' dose of "Long Way To Go".

She is pissed on this song. Her vocal is fantastic- killer. Absolutely killer. My favorite things about this song:

1) Stevie plays tambourine and is rocking the joint.

2) The second verse- "High in my life"

3) ALL of the second verse (!!!)

and the best part of all

4) The vocal comeback after the guitar solo (!!!!!!!!!) Stevie as background vocalist to Stevie as lead vocal is such a great concept. Her background vocal on this line is so freeeeeking high and she rips that mo-fo.

"Can I be of any help TO YOU?!?!?!?!?
Help me, help her, help him, too BAY-BEH!!!!"

Yes, friends- "Long Way To Go" is the perfect rage-ohol for this rage-oholic...

Why the hell she never did this one live is beyond me.

ontheEdgeof17 · #2 10-29-2005, 06:31 PM

I made a "I'm fukcing pissed...and here's a song about it" Stevie Mix. LWTG is the first song on it. It's a great opener.....

The Tower · #3 10-29-2005, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I made a "I'm fukcing pissed...and here's a song about it" Stevie Mix. LWTG is the first song on it. It's a great opener.....

Of course, you also had to stick "Nothing Ever Changes" on that sucker, right?

ontheEdgeof17 · #4 10-29-2005, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by The Tower

Of course, you also had to stick "Nothing Ever Changes" on that sucker, right?

Here's the set list....it flows nicely

1. Long Way To Go
2. EFO
3. Planets of the Universe (extended version)
4. Smile At You
5. Kind of Woman
6. Silver Springs (Rumours Reissue)
7. Stop Dragging
8. Nothing Ever Changes
9. Freedom
10. Love Is Like A River
11. Fall From Grace
12. Edge of 17 (eh. it's angry in spots)

sparky · #5 10-29-2005, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by The Tower

4) The vocal comeback after the guitar solo (!!!!!!!!!) Stevie as background vocalist to Stevie as lead vocal is such a great concept.

No one sings backup for Stevie better than Stevie. That is the main reason I love Blue Denim so much. Well, that and the guitar lick.

Major props to this song.

I play it when I am mad and sing the **** out of it.

I just wish it had one more verse. And I love love love the long remix of it. The guitar work is outta this world. Michael Landau if my memory serves me correctly.

strandinthewind · #6 10-29-2005, 06:41 PM

and she nears but not to that A

The Tower · #7 10-29-2005, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

and she nears but not to that A

What are you talking about, Boozey???

strandinthewind · #8 10-29-2005, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by The Tower

What are you talking about, Boozey???

Her voice is very very high on that - does she go over A in middle C?

GypsySorcerer · #9 10-29-2005, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

and she nears but not to that A

I had to read that three times before I comprehended it.

And yes, LWTG is ace.

strandinthewind · #10 10-29-2005, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by GypsySorcerer

I had to read that three times before I comprehended it.

And yes, LWTG is ace.

I am glad SOMEONE with intelligence gets my reference

JazmenFlowers · #11 10-29-2005, 06:54 PM

LWTG is probably my favorite song, next to Ooh My Love, on TOSOTM.

The Tower · #12 10-29-2005, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Her voice is very very high on that - does she go over A in middle C?

The background part of "Can I be of any help" is Bb above middle C and the "to you!!" is an octave above middle C

Which is sooo outta control, cuz the top of my chest voice vocal range is C# an octave above middle C. But, the problem is that it is very difficult to sing the vowels from "to you" and hold those high notes consecutively. It's quite the vocal feat, which is why this song so fukcing kicks ass....

strandinthewind · #13 10-29-2005, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by The Tower

The background part of "Can I be of any help" is Bb above middle C and the "to you!!" is an octave above middle C

Which is sooo outta control, cuz the top of my chest voice vocal range is C# an octave above middle C. But, the problem is that it is very difficult to sing the vowels from "to you" and hold those high notes consecutively. It's quite the vocal feat, which is why this song so fukcing kicks ass....

I my youth I could with my chest voice go way up in Mezzo and in falsetto soprano was no prob. Now, I am a baritone with no difficulty and can do tenor if I behave the week before. Such is the life of a rock and roller while the heart breaks!!!

But, her vocal on that is OUTRAGEOUS considering the time in her life

Neal · #14 10-29-2005, 09:01 PM

I love everything TOSOTM, and this one's no exception. Definitely top 3 for me.

The Tower · #15 10-29-2005, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by JazmenFlowers

LWTG is probably my favorite song, next to Ooh My Love, on TOSOTM.

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Originally Posted by Neal

I love everything TOSOTM, and this one's no exception. Definitely top 3 for me.

Absolutely. The Great Triumverate of TOSOTM...

"Long Way to Go" = pissed

"Ooh My Love" = wistful magical beauty

"Doing the Best That I Can" = despair

TOSOTM is still my favorite Stevie album, despite the "Cry Wolf" and "Two Kinds of Love".