Stevie's weirdest songs

mitzo · #1 02-13-2017, 07:01 PM

Stevie has in her catalogue a large number of unusual songs.... shifting, complex melodies, bizarre inscrutable lyrics, mysterious references, odd vocal styling, strange production, and so on. Two of my top weird Stevie songs are

Thousand Days - the loud brassy production and the urgent vocals and complete nonsense lyrics

When I See You Again - a wisp of a song made intriguing by the repetitive and odd vocals

RAL and TISL seem to have more than their share.

dreamsunwind · #2 02-13-2017, 07:34 PM

I think the music on WISYA is beautiful. The lyrics and melody are heinous but the music is really gorgeous imo. It sounds like a summer night.

bombaysaffires · #3 02-13-2017, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by mitzo

Stevie has in her catalogue a large number of unusual songs.... shifting, complex melodies, bizarre inscrutable lyrics, mysterious references, odd vocal styling, strange production, and so on. Two of my top weird Stevie songs are

Thousand Days - the loud brassy production and the urgent vocals and complete nonsense lyrics

When I See You Again - a wisp of a song made intriguing by the repetitive and odd vocals

RAL and TISL seem to have more than their share.

I believe Thousand Days is about Prince and the story of her falling asleep on his kitchen floor so in that context it makes (Stevie)sense to me

Now Mabel Normand, on the other hand........

And poor Jane....

annabellee · #4 02-13-2017, 08:26 PM

Not that I don't love them but I must add...
Cathouse Blues
Ooh My Love
Doing the Best I Can (Escape from Berlin)
Desert Angel
Greta
Wide Sargasso Sea

I think these all fit the original criteria in one way or another...

blinker12 · #5 02-13-2017, 08:32 PM

Space Needle (adore it though)
Sweet Girl (out of left field chorus)
Goldfish and the Ladybug (uh...)
Blue Lamp
Battle of the Dragon

24karatstevie · #6 02-13-2017, 09:19 PM

Sister Honey is kinda strange haha, but I love it!

bwboy · #7 02-13-2017, 10:02 PM

Weird is such a subjective term... for me, confusing or bad lyrics don't necessarily make a song weird, but if it did, Docklands or Jane would make my list.

However, in terms of weird like bizarre, I would go with Sisters of the Moon, along with Blue Lamp and maybe the Nightmare. All three have unusual music with a hint of supernatural menace.

Frankenstein · #8 02-14-2017, 04:28 PM

Silver Girl
Sister Honey
Docklands
Jane
Bombay Sapphires
I Don't Care
Cathouse Blues
Welcome to the Room... Sara

pryderi · #9 02-14-2017, 06:24 PM

I don't have a list but when Sisters of the Moon was released as a single, I called our local am radio station and asked why they weren't playing it. He said that it sounded too weird. I asked the same question to the same guy when "Fireflies" was released. He said it sounded too much like Sara.

ricohv · #10 02-15-2017, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by bwboy

Weird is such a subjective term... for me, confusing or bad lyrics don't necessarily make a song weird, but if it did, Docklands or Jane would make my list.

However, in terms of weird like bizarre, I would go with Sisters of the Moon, along with Blue Lamp and maybe the Nightmare. All three have unusual music with a hint of supernatural menace.

A hint of supernatural menace is 1) a brilliant description and 2) part of what pulls me in to so many of Stevie's songs!

*Ricoh*

vivfox · #11 02-15-2017, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by pryderi

I don't have a list but when Sisters of the Moon was released as a single, I called our local am radio station and asked why they weren't playing it. He said that it sounded too weird. I asked the same question to the same guy when "Fireflies" was released. He said it sounded too much like Sara.

I love hearing stuff like this and it is so rare to read stories from another fan on The Ledge like me who was into FM back then.
I heard SOTM on the radio only one time in 1980. I was at a bonfire in the woods. If it weren't for the memory of that song I would have never remembered that party.