The Highwayman Vs. Beauty and the Beast

[TheWILDheart]

I know these songs are difficult to compare but I have recently converted my friend to a mac/Stevie fan and have lent her everything up to Rock a Little and she says she thinks BATB is crap and that The Highwayman is fantastic. I disagree. The Highwayman is good..BATB is AMAZING! Any thoughts peeps?

[foxyluva]

I don't think there is any contest between the two - and I think most Ledgies would agree with that.

'Beauty & the Beast' is one of Stevie's most heartfelt and amazing songs - and while 'The Highway Man' is nice enough - it is not on the level of 'Beauty & the Beast'

'The Highway Man' is possibly the only song on 'Bella Donna' I get tempted to skip.....

[vermicious knid]

The Highwayman is a listen-to-once-every-six-months song.

[strandinthewind]

Highwayman is one of my fav.'s ever. I think the lyrics are better than B&B - but they are both great to me.

[seeker007nmss]

B&B hands er... paws down!

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[David]

Beauty is a bigger favorite of mine, but I think Highwayman is a better song.

[sparky]

Sheesh. Odd. BATB is a different animal. The Highwayman is okay, but I cannot take seriously any song that begins with the word alas.

It always brings to mind a lass or an ass.

[SpyNote]

I think Beauty and the Beast is probably the strangest song Stevie ever took on the road. It's like her very own rock opera.

[carrie721]

The Highwayman, no contest. BATB is too masturbatory and ... something ... for me. Kind of like HAEWAFY. Ugh.

[foxyluva]

BATB is too masturbatory and ... something ... for me.

Im suprised its not right up your alley then ;) :lol:

[carrie721]

Im suprised its not right up your alley then ;) :lol:

dammit, michael, are you hiding in my closet again? :lol: :lol: :lol:

[foxyluva]

dammit, michael, are you hiding in my closet again? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Not the closet - guess again.... :laugh:

[carrie721]

Not the closet - guess again.... :laugh:

:lol: you're not a pocket gay, are you? because if so, i'm going to have to shake out all my pillow cases ...

[foxyluva]

:lol: you're not a pocket gay, are you? because if so, i'm going to have to shake out all my pillow cases ...

Haha! Im a pocket gay :blob2:

[carrie721]

:lol:

well then, i guess i'm screwed, and so are you if you choose to spy on me! wait, that didn't sound right ...

[foxyluva]

:lol:

well then, i guess i'm screwed, and so are you if you choose to spy on me! wait, that didn't sound right ...

Eww, girly bits :laugh:

[carrie721]

Eww, girly bits :laugh:

ew, boy bits! we've definitely hijacked this thread.

[ragandbone]

Haha! Im a pocket gay :blob2:
That is so cute! Like a tiny Polly Pocket, with her own folding house. I want one!

[carrie721]

That is so cute! Like a tiny Polly Pocket, with her own folding house. I want one!

gitcher own!!!!!!!

[foxyluva]

ew, boy bits! we've definitely hijacked this thread.

:lol:

I have a habit of taking the thread away from the topic. Trust me to spread you masturbation comment out for two pages :laugh:

[carrie721]

:lol:

I have a habit of taking the thread away from the topic. Trust me to spread you masturbation comment out for two pages :laugh:

:lol:

well i'd like to point out that my comment wasn't actually about masturbation until YOU came along, mister! :eek:

[foxyluva]

gitcher own!!!!!!!

Please people - one gay is more than enough for two :laugh:

[carrie721]

Please people - one gay is more than enough for two :laugh:

no way, man, i'm very bad at sharing, especially when it comes to meat. :lol:

[foxyluva]

no way, man, i'm very bad at sharing, especially when it comes to meat. :lol:

You carnivours are so selfish :laugh: gays are for everyone!!!!

well i'd like to point out that my comment wasn't actually about masturbation until YOU came along, mister!

Well, I just work with what you give me!! :D

[ragandbone]

About the songs. I used to love the Highwayman (though Sparky is right about "alas", that is kind of stinky) because it sounded authentically country to me, and I liked her voice singing that style of song. I think it is well-crafted, but by that I mean it follows a sort of standard form, and that could also be considered predictable. It sounds like a song she could have sold easily, and that it could have been sung by any number of uninteresting country singers. When I have listened to the song recently, it has sort of bored me.

BATB, on the other hand used to bug me, and I especially disliked the line "where is my beast". I loved the Cocteau film, though. Recently, I have listened to all of the live cuts posted, and I have been singing it to myself, and I really love parts of the melody. I especially like "Oh who is the beauty...who the beast
Would you die of grieving when I leave
Two children too blind to see
I would fall in your shadow...I believe" I think her voice can really soar in this song, and it still to inspire passion in her voice. So, I like BATB better now, and The Higwayman, less now.

There. I have said nothing definitive.

[carrie721]

Well, I just work with what you give me!! :D

That's what she said.

[foxyluva]

That's what she said.

:eek: You filthy, dirty minded lady!!! :laugh:

Gosh - I almost didn't get that one - I thought you had an attack of schizophrenia and switched personalitys on me :lol:

[carrie721]

:eek: You filthy, dirty minded lady!!! :laugh:

Gosh - I almost didn't get that one - I thought you had an attack of schizophrenia and switched personalitys on me :lol:

i wouldn't rule schizophrenia out, but it's definitely just a dirty joke. :laugh:

ok, i'm going to bed now. i'm totally punchy.

[foxyluva]

ok, i'm going to bed now. i'm totally punchy.

Nighty nite :wavey:

[michelle2677]

I agree with the majority that B&TB is legions above highwayman. I don't think I have ever even listend to HM in it's entirety because I can't bare it. I used to skip B&TB as well, but now it is in my top 5 favs of stevie's. I'm very weird like that. I won't listen to a song because it rubs me the wrong way. But then one day I guess I have a mood change and it touches me. Same thing happened with Sleeping Angel. OMG how I hated that song. And everyone would rave and rave about it and I just didnt' get it. Then one day I did and I love it. Which works out perfectly. It's like I discover little stevie greats over time so I'm not listening to the same thing over and over. Maybe one day I'll discover the highwayman. But I doubt it.

[BlackWidow]

Most of Stevie's songs take awhile to hit me..I don't love all of them.
I did love BATB right way...Stand Back took time..once again..her vocals had changed after Bella Donna & Mirage.
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[jannieC]

Even the title of this thread is blasphemous to me- :laugh: I adore B&TB.

[jwd]

It's a tie. Both songs exemplify Stevie's romanticism at its best.

[DavidMn]

Beauty And The Beast here.