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iamstevienicks
10-20-2006, 04:17 PM
Personally it is my favourite Stevie Song :eek:
GODDESS6
10-20-2006, 04:27 PM
i worship this song!!!~ especially the lyrics:

It's just a game...that...we...play
Someone steals it...


Someone...steals it away
Scares you to death...~
goldustsongbird
10-20-2006, 04:27 PM
eh, not so good. I kind of like the lyrics, though. But the song itself is pretty subpar.
foxyluva
10-20-2006, 04:33 PM
^^^ I feel completely the opposite. Some of the lyrics are ridiculous, but the melody is amazing. A song I love to sing along to :)
iamstevienicks
10-20-2006, 04:35 PM
Yes Yes Yes it is the melody that I LOVE, aswell as the very very very catchy chorus

God I wish she had done this live :(
SpyNote
10-20-2006, 04:39 PM
It's kind of a forgotten track, but I enjoy it. I like the the vocal throughout, especially in the outro.

"Do IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII love you" :woohoo:
goldustsongbird
10-20-2006, 04:42 PM
^^^ I feel completely the opposite. Some of the lyrics are ridiculous, but the melody is amazing. A song I love to sing along to :)

Yeah? I only really like the "so to the red rose, grows the passion" part. :shrug: The melody does nothing for me. Most of the WH album does nothing for me, except serve as a way to knock me out before bedtime.
JazmenFlowers
10-20-2006, 04:42 PM
I really like it once it kicks in. the harmonies, the melody - just make me smile.


WOOOAHHHH DO I LOOOOOOOVE YOUUUU! AHAAAAA!
iamstevienicks
10-20-2006, 04:43 PM
It is a very poppy stevie song, which is what I personally love about it
foxyluva
10-20-2006, 04:44 PM
Yeah? I only really like the "so to the red rose, grows the passion" part. :shrug: The melody does nothing for me. Most of the WH album does nothing for me, except serve as a way to knock me out before bedtime.

:laugh: I HAVE heard alot of people say WH is boring. And to be honest, I did not like the album when I first got it - it took me a good six months to finally realise it's majesty. It sort of just clicked...
iamstevienicks
10-20-2006, 04:44 PM
I really like it once it kicks in. the harmonies, the melody - just make me smile.


WOOOAHHHH DO I LOOOOOOOVE YOUUUU! AHAAAAA!

I listened to it on repeat this morning on my way to work and smiled all the way there :)
goldustsongbird
10-20-2006, 04:47 PM
:laugh: I HAVE heard alot of people say WH is boring. And to be honest, I did not like the album when I first got it - it took me a good six months to finally realise it's majesty. It sort of just clicked...

It's a snooze, babe. I only bought it because it was there... and under ten bucks.
JazmenFlowers
10-20-2006, 04:50 PM
It's a snooze, babe. I only bought it because it was there... and under ten bucks.
oh - my.heart.breaks. :distress:

:laugh:
goldustsongbird
10-20-2006, 04:54 PM
oh - my.heart.breaks. :distress:

:laugh:

:p If it helps, I sort of like RAL. And I have it on vinyl!
foxyluva
10-20-2006, 05:10 PM
It's a snooze, babe. I only bought it because it was there... and under ten bucks.

If you keep an open mind, you'll come around - seriously - it happend to me :)
goldustsongbird
10-20-2006, 05:12 PM
If you keep an open mind, you'll come around - seriously - it happend to me :)

Hmm... maybe. If you'll do it for I Drove All Night, I'll give WH another spin.
:D :wavey:
foxyluva
10-20-2006, 05:14 PM
Hmm... maybe. If you'll do it for I Drove All Night, I'll give WH another spin.
:D :wavey:

Its a deal :laugh:
ELIUD
10-20-2006, 06:11 PM
The "Do I love you?" parts at the end make the song for me. It's gorgeus and I love it.
sparky
10-20-2006, 09:05 PM
Hate it.
It's about nothing and it never really goes anywhere.
I still remember the first time I heard it thinking "WTF?"
paleshadow
10-20-2006, 09:44 PM
Hate it.
It's about nothing and it never really goes anywhere.
I still remember the first time I heard it thinking "WTF?"


Actually, if you listen carefully to the words it pretty much parallels the story of Beauty and the Beast. The garden was gaurded by the beast. Beauty's father picked the red rose for her. In the story, the Beast repeatedly asked Beauty "Do you love me?" to which she always answered no, until the end. "Do I love you"?
BlackWidow
10-20-2006, 09:51 PM
Actually, if you listen carefully to the words it pretty much parallels the story of Beauty and the Beast. The garden was gaurded by the beast. Beauty's father picked the red rose for her. In the story, the Beast repeatedly asked Beauty "Do you love me?" to which she always answered no, until the end. "Do I love you"?

That's a "Real Long Way To GO"!!!:laugh:
Musicman408
10-20-2006, 10:27 PM
Well I mean, G and G Is a very good song, but it isn't really, in my opinion, on of her elite, but it is very good none the less.....

Much Love,
Ethan
paleshadow
10-20-2006, 10:28 PM
That's a "Real Long Way To GO"!!!:laugh:

You must not be that familiar with the fairy tale. The lyrics fit very well within it's context.
sparky
10-20-2006, 10:29 PM
Actually, if you listen carefully to the words it pretty much parallels the story of Beauty and the Beast. The garden was gaurded by the beast. Beauty's father picked the red rose for her. In the story, the Beast repeatedly asked Beauty "Do you love me?" to which she always answered no, until the end. "Do I love you"?

:shocked: Wow. That's a stretch. Admit it, you're really Stevie. Or at the very least you're on Klonopin.
paleshadow
10-20-2006, 10:51 PM
:shocked: Wow. That's a stretch. Admit it, you're really Stevie. Or at the very least you're on Klonopin.


Nah, a stretch would be that Sable on Blonde is about Rhiannon. Which in a way the two are connected. In Sable on Blonde there is the line that goes "In silence she says 'Excalibur'". If you are familiar with Arthurian legend you'll know that Vivian or "The Lady in the Lake" who was the keeper of Excalibur translates from older legend as none other than Rhiannon. I'm not saying that I... I mean Stevie;) consciously wrote Gate and Garden about Beauty and the Beast, but since Stevie has been known to "borrow" directly from authors and we know that Beauty and the Beast is her favorite story, and given the similarity between the lyrics and text from the story, it isn't a stretch at all to think that she would be inspired by it.
sparky
10-20-2006, 11:09 PM
Well, there are only seven stories, so it's easy to loosely connect a lot of her things. I'm familiar with all the source material, but I don't agree with the idea that those songs are really connected. And I still think Gate and Garden is an incoherent mess.:shrug: :laugh:



Nah, a stretch would be that Sable on Blonde is about Rhiannon. Which in a way the two are connected. In Sable on Blonde there is the line that goes "In silence she says 'Excalibur'". If you are familiar with Arthurian legend you'll know that Vivian or "The Lady in the Lake" who was the keeper of Excalibur translates from older legend as none other than Rhiannon. I'm not saying that I... I mean Stevie;) consciously wrote Gate and Garden about Beauty and the Beast, but since Stevie has been known to "borrow" directly from authors and we know that Beauty and the Beast is her favorite story, and given the similarity between the lyrics and text from the story, it isn't a stretch at all to think that she would be inspired by it.
EveryHour
10-20-2006, 11:29 PM
Top Ten for me.
Miss Vicky
10-21-2006, 12:40 AM
Never liked it.

There's a gate, it can be gaurded, well it is not heaven and it has a garden... :rolleyes:

:eek:
Ghost_Tracker
10-21-2006, 05:05 AM
I absolutely love it, personally.! :thumbsup:

Actually, to be honest, I think it's literally genius - i.m.o. Gate and Garden is actually Stevie's raciest song, believe it or not. Read a certain way, it's got TONS of sexual symbolism in it. I think, personally, that that's what it's really about; and I feel it's very well-done and very clever. :shocked:

I also feel that it's just plain a nice song to listen to, and very beautiful. :nod: