If Anyone Falls...In Love?

newyawka · #1 07-03-2008, 05:19 PM

OK, somebody might have addressed this already but I missed it...

Since when did it become "If Anyone Falls In Love?" I thought it was just "If Anyone Falls." This has been driving me totally crazy.

nailatixela · #2 07-03-2008, 06:23 PM

Since 1983 (according to Stevie) - I have an audio from a wild heart show and Stevie introduces it as "this next song is off the new wiiiiiilllld heart album and it's called if anyone falls in love"

But I like the shortened title much better.

newyawka · #3 07-03-2008, 10:23 PM

i like the shortened version better too.

Moz · #4 07-03-2008, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by nailatixela

Since 1983 (according to Stevie) - I have an audio from a wild heart show and Stevie introduces it as "this next song is off the new wiiiiiilllld heart album and it's called if anyone falls in love"

But I like the shortened title much better.

Is that the interview where she's like, "it's so wild, and it's called the Wild Heart!" and uses the world "wild" like five times?

nailatixela · #5 07-04-2008, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Moz

Is that the interview where she's like, "it's so wild, and it's called the Wild Heart!" and uses the world "wild" like five times?

No, it's not an interview it's just her giving her little talk about the song before singing it. She just says the word wild once, but says it like "wiiiiiillllllld heart"

Haunted_Song · #6 07-04-2008, 09:50 AM

She's also referred to "How Still My Love" as "In the Still of the Night"...

David · #7 07-04-2008, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Moz

Is that the interview where she's like, "it's so wild, and it's called the Wild Heart!" and uses the world "wild" like five times?

You can hear & see it yourself:

starshine · #8 07-04-2008, 03:45 PM

I also liked the shorter title to this song.....

SpyNote · #9 07-04-2008, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by newyawka

OK, somebody might have addressed this already but I missed it...

Since when did it become "If Anyone Falls In Love?" I thought it was just "If Anyone Falls." This has been driving me totally crazy.

Well, officially since Crystal Visions: The Very Best of Stevie Nicks, which shows the song as "If Anyone Falls in Love."

starshine · #10 07-04-2008, 04:44 PM

It might be called that on CV but on the WH/TS/and probably Enchanted its still called 'If Anyone Falls'.......so to me thats the real title......

SpyNote · #11 07-04-2008, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by starshine

It might be called that on CV but on the WH/TS/and probably Enchanted its still called 'If Anyone Falls'.......so to me thats the real title......

Yup.

But if it makes it to print, I usually go by that title. (This doesn't apply to things printed outside the U.S.) And Stevie rarely ever calls it "If Anyone Falls" (if ever). That was some producer's vision.

starshine · #12 07-04-2008, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SpyNote

Yup.

But if it makes it to print, I usually go by that title. (This doesn't apply to things printed outside the U.S.) And Stevie rarely ever calls it "If Anyone Falls" (if ever). That was some producer's vision.

Thats fine ....you can call it what you like....but to me it'll always be 'If Anyone Falls'....and it was in print like that many, many years (meaning WH/TS/Enchanted box set...us versions too) .....& even it Stevie likes that title to thats fine...but to me its called IAF.....but to each his own.......

skuncles · #13 07-04-2008, 06:05 PM

That's like "Gold & Braid" which until "Enchanted" came out it was known as "Golden Braid" which makes a hell of a lot more sense than "Gold & Braid". Grammatically "Gold & Braid" doesn't work at all.

David · #14 07-05-2008, 12:16 AM

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That's like "Gold & Braid" which until "Enchanted" came out it was known as "Golden Braid" which makes a hell of a lot more sense than "Gold & Braid". Grammatically "Gold & Braid" doesn't work at all.

There was a People or Us magazine inside feature on Stevie before her first solo album came out -- probably back in 1980 at some point -- & the writer asked Stevie what some of the titles of her new songs would be (the writer saying the solo album would be "touched off with fantasy-tinged titles"). The writer wrote down four titles, as follows:

"Bella Donna"
"Blue Lamp"
"A Bit of Gold"
"Braid"

So we know that for this little interview, Stevie referred to the song as "A Bit of Golden Braid." (Say out loud "A Bit of Gold" & "Braid" -- & then say "A Bit of Golden Braid." See how that happened?)

She often elongates her song titles in speech -- we've all heard her do that. I don't think it necessarily means anything official, so to speak. Let's hope she doesn't start introducing her signature song onstage as "Rhiannon, Will You Ever Win?"

(Or "Who Is the Beauty, Who Is the Beast?" -- she'd probably add the verb.)

michelej1 · #15 07-05-2008, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by David

So we know that for this little interview, Stevie referred to the song as "A Bit of Golden Braid." (Say out loud "A Bit of Gold" & "Braid" -- & then say "A Bit of Golden Braid." See how that happened?)

I like your logic, but I disagree with the conclusion. Stevie must've said, "A bit of gold and braid" and that's why the writer thought they were two different songs, because he distinctly heard the and.

Michele