I've always been hot and cold on Stevie, really enjoyed some of it. I like her low
throaty moany growl that she uses (think "Rooms On Fire"), but not the higher pitched
raspy whine ("Leather and Lace"). I have the box set that came out a few years ago,
which has an incredible song on it that is a true moment of beauty called "I Sing For
The Things" (maybe from "Rock A Little"?) She has her moments..."Trouble In
Shangri-La" didn't do too much for me; I liked the title track and one or two others,
but I found it mostly forgettable. And that plug at its release (coincidence?
Methinks not...) when she did the Destiny's Child video was just plain silly.
Reuben
In a message dated Fri, 25 Jan 2002 11:21:20 AM Eastern Standard Time, Steve Polifka
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> - --- Tyler Hewitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Me Too!
> > I cannot understand at all what people see in Stevie
> > Nicks. I used to live next to a small wood full of
> > feral cats. Used to hear them mating all the time in
> > the Summer. Whenever I heard this unique sound, I
> > would say to my partner "Stevie Nicks is singing in
> > the backyard again!"
> >
> Then Catherine wrote:
> >Whooo, Tyler! Aren't you the brave one! You know
> >you're going to catch it from the Stevie fans, but
> >it's probably worth it - this is so funny!
>
> I love Stevie and I love cats! Have you heard her sing With
> Kenny Loggins on "Whenever I call you friend"? That's her
> voice ideally. Now, she has moments on her new album Trouble in Shangri La
> (what a great fucking title for lost love!!!) which just shine, and moments
> where I want to slap her and say, "Stevie! Wake up! Stop dropping your
> notes at the end of a phrase! Enunciate, Dammit! Take deeper breaths..."
> The album is brilliant in some ways, but then(in her writing)she goes back
> into her sophomoric mysticsm which makes me want to break her pencil and
> say," Geez, woman, you got a great thing going, why do you want to ruin it
> with that crap?!"
> So there. Nothing like cats at all. More just like a lazy singer...
>
>
>
> Steve
