"Stoney End"
What's the messsge of the song? Is it autoboographical? Is it related in some ways to the Biblical stories of sinner women stoned to death (as I read somewhere in the internet), and Laura Nyro's...
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Well, "Stoney End" is about a lonely, unfulfilled woman who is tired of one night stands and a life of jaded excess. She longs to become "innocent" again and return to her sin-free youth. The "stoney...
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Along with the Gibb creations, this song is filled with cryptic metaphors. I still wonder what is meant by the mother working the mines.
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^^ Nyro wrote "Stoney End" very early in her career -- she was just a teenager. She was drawn to romantic, emotional themes at that time and I think the "mines" are representative of the blue-collar...
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BARBRA KNOWS VERY WELL WHAT THE SONG IS ABOUT. BELIEVE ME, SHE COULDN'T HAVE HAD A HIT WITH IT IF SHE DIDN'T.
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For me the image of a woman in the coal mines perfectly summarises a moment in history when sixties counterculture was using folk vocabulary to reference and project itself to the world. Pop music...
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vwpatterson3 wrote:Well, "Stoney End" is about a lonely, unfulfilled woman who is tired of one night stands and a life of jaded excess. She longs to become "innocent" again and return to her sin-free...
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abfabbabs wrote:vwpatterson3 wrote:Well, "Stoney End" is about a lonely, unfulfilled woman who is tired of one night stands and a life of jaded excess. She longs to become "innocent" again and return...
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YODADDYSHERE wrote:BARBRA KNOWS VERY WELL WHAT THE SONG IS ABOUT. BELIEVE ME, SHE COULDN'T HAVE HAD A HIT WITH IT IF SHE DIDN'T.Don't be too sure about that. Let's not forget that Elaine Stritch, by...
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Vern, have you ever heard The Supremes' version of "Time And Love"? It's quite good and lead singer Jean Terrell does it quite well.
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vee wrote:Vern, have you ever heard The Supremes' version of "Time And Love"? It's quite good and lead singer Jean Terrell does it quite well.Personally, I like Diana Ross' solo version (which she...
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abfabbabs wrote:vee wrote:Vern, have you ever heard The Supremes' version of "Time And Love"? It's quite good and lead singer Jean Terrell does it quite well.Personally, I like Diana Ross' solo...
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I'll have to listen to both versions again. I think that Jean had a great voice.
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Well, IMO, the Supremes and Diana Ross versions are fine but not as successful as Barbra's. The arrangements are clunky and Jean (who did have a great voice) is mixed way down. I do love the way Jean...
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vwpatterson3 wrote:abfabbabs wrote:vwpatterson3 wrote:Well, "Stoney End" is about a lonely, unfulfilled woman who is tired of one night stands and a life of jaded excess. She longs to become...
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How I wish that Barbra had done a duet with Nyro. I wonder if it was ever even discussed. Or with Joni Mitchell or Cass Elliot.
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tomasp2 wrote:abfabbabs wrote:vee wrote:Vern, have you ever heard The Supremes' version of "Time And Love"? It's quite good and lead singer Jean Terrell does it quite well.Personally, I like Diana...
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Joshz wrote:Don't be too sure about that. Let's not forget that Elaine Stritch, by her own admission, originally thought "a piece of Mahler's" referred to a slice of cake. AND WE ALL KNOW HOW MANY...
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This has been an enlightening thread! I didn't even know about Nyro and Sondheim's brief (and ill-fated) collaboration,and Vern's take on the song really does shed some light on previously obscure...
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