necessary sacrifice

Tbh when Stevie talks about the stolen demo tapes (those would be where the coffee plant demos came from), it reminds me of Lana’s email being hacked and all the songs leaking. At least lots of Stevie’s 80s demos are floating around because she’s a little too generous giving out songs if people simply enjoy them. But it’s weird to think there’s so many Stevie Nicks demo vinyls out there that someone must’ve somehow pressed back then. It seems like so much more work. Although apparently the 3 in the 80s were sold in the back of rock magazines so that would’ve at least been convenient when looking for unreleased music. I’ve heard Abba had lots of unofficial vinyls of demos and live songs circulating back in the day too. But yeah it’s so weird thinking about songs leaking and spreading before the internet.

To go with my recent pre-code films obsession, I just started reading Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood by Mick LaSalle. I watched the documentary last month and didn’t even realize it was a book first.

I just watched Miss Pinkerton this morning. It was entertaining, but the plot was a little thin.

Happy birthday to this fabulous album! A decade of Lana already and this album started it all... I’m so glad we have this masterpiece. My fave songs are probably Oh Say Can You See and Raise Me Up.

I’m getting the vibe she probably didn’t realize she needed her label’s input. She probably decided it and recorded it herself then assumed she could just upload it the day of. But whenever artists try releasing stuff on their own without consulting their label, it always backfires and the labels usually demand input. She doesn’t care much about making money but they do and her contract probably requires for her to release everything through them so they can profit. I honestly think she just realized AKA’s anniversary was coming up and decided the poetry album last minute without thinking it through.

Tbh this is what I’m hoping. This is my beacon of hope. I mean, NFR was supposed to be a low key release but ended up having a hundred different vinyls and cassettes and an ice cream truck n shit. Especially with NFR’s acclaim, I could see her label wanting to make this spoken word album as profitable as possible. Maybe some extra mixing to clean it up. Maybe physical copies. Maybe they’ll get her to do a high budget video lol. For all we know, her label could be trying to get her to add a couple songs between poems to release as singles. Also I bet it’ll be released on a Friday like regular releases. But yeah I could see her label listening to files of her speaking over white noise and being like “lol no way” and wanting it a little more produced.

Tbh I didn’t even know there was a Stevie Nicks thread til now (I only knew about the Fleetwood Mac one). Just the other day I received an unofficial FM fan club vinyl full of mostly just Stevie’s demos (including lots of the coffee plant demos and a nice 14min demo of Storms). The vinyl is called Almanac and started circulating in 1978 (I wonder how Stevie’s fans reacted to the much shorter version of Storms the following year if they had this). Anyway, after I received it, I took pics of my updated Stevie collection and I think I’ll post them here bc why not, I’m weirdly proud lol. I’m still hoping to eventually acquire the three different “Uncirculated Rumours” vinyls full of Stevie demos that circulated in 1980s. All three are on eBay right now (and the second rarely is) but it’s not my time to have them yet.

The Greatest vs Body Electric

But then in 2017 when FJM got bad reviews for his coachella performance (apparently it was just overlong guitar solos and political rants), Lana was still championing his performance and thought the critics were wrong. She even comments on the critics being mean in her song. If she had a circle of white girls on stage singing kumbaya or something and got bad reviews, she’d probably just say they were being mean and keep doing what she’s doing.

What a disappointment. Mostly just annoyed she waited till today to tell us it’s delayed. My guesses are either 1) part of the poetry album was stolen and she was hoping she’d get it back in time, 2) she’s afraid it could hurt her Grammy campaign and needs to wait til after, 3) she never worked the plans out properly with her label so they want to find a way to make it more marketable first. Hopefully the delay means physical copies and not that this is scrapped. I do think she should have told us before today though. Maybe it’s passive aggressive after hers and Chuck’s stuff were stolen (someone did predict she might hold this album hostage because of it). Hopefully it’s just waiting til after the Grammys or til physical copies are ready. But maybe I’m being optimistic with those options.

Old Money vs The Greatest

I kinda wonder if this red target one will have fancier packaging like the blue one did or if it’ll be exactly the same as the standard’s packaging.

Since the date she gave us is also the anniversary of her first album, I believe she does intend on releasing it. Albums (or books) don’t generally get released on Saturdays and it’s clear she chose that date for the reason above. If she said any other date, I might still be skeptical. I feel like she just wanted to put something out that day and maybe she didn’t even care much what she would put out, it just had to be something. Idk it just seems like a very specific plan.

Mine’s really boring because I like listening to ABBA’s Super Trouper album at New Years every year for obvious reasons, but anyway....... Last song of 2019: Me and I - ABBA First song of 2020: Happy New Year - ABBA

Shades of Cool vs For K Part 2

We’re less than a week now!!! I’m so pumped for this. The fact that we know almost nothing about it other than it’s spoken word poetry makes it even more exciting. I’m just really looking forward to experience this. I love poetry, I love Lana’s speaking voice, and I love surprises. I hope she doesn’t tease it on Instagram first since we truly know nothing and I wanna keep it that way. I also hope she releases physical copies, even if they’re just for a limited time or for record store day or something. I can’t wait to find out what type of background music it has or whatever. I wonder if she’ll read poems she’s already posted or completely new ones. There’s just so much to find out. Sorry that this isn’t going anywhere.

I totally thought this was gonna be a hypothetical “who would win in a fight” thread because I forgot about her saying she’s not a furry lol.

You should add that Arthur dude, the one with the hard-on for America and diet mountain dew. Idk if anyone would pick him but he’s another notable one I remembered. And I guess Rob, the one that died, would be another notable one that people might actually pick too. I’m sure someone else can remember some more.

Barrie, hands down. Only right answer.

Today’s the 36th anniversary of Dennis Wilson’s death. Idk I thought that was relevant since it’s referenced in this song. Anyway, stream The Greatest.

Wayamaya vs Methamphetamines

This is so sad and disgusting. During the holidays too. I’m really disappointed in whoever did this. This is why Lana has such an uncomfortable relationship with her fans, because of ones like this. People need to learn boundaries. People need to learn basic respect. The fact that she still has crazy fans breaking in and stealing shit is just sad. They didn’t just lose their work that can’t be recreated, but they also have to live in constant fear of people violating their privacy and safety. I would never want anyone to be in the position Lana and Chuck are in. I hope whoever did this gets what’s coming to them.

Not that anyone cares, but I finally acquired a copy of In Perfect Harmony!!!! Joni Mitchell and James Taylor recorded this live album together in 1970 and wanted to release it, by their labels wouldn’t let them, so they had them pressed themselves and gave out a limited amount. The one I got is even a first edition!!! I’m so excited! Now that I have this album, here’s my up to date Joni Mitchell vinyl collection. (The new one is the first album in the second picture)

I prefer Happiness is a Butterfly personally, but they’re such different songs that it’s interesting to see them compared and contrasted. I hope people do more comparisons like this. Anyway, movebaby’s argument for Happiness was probably stronger since Rorman’s depended more on people not understanding metaphors. I like reading both sides though since both songs have pros and cons and it’s fascinating seeing how different people analyze the songs. And I agree with whoever said this should’ve been a poll.