Somebody's go to see this through.....

[ryan4136]

Simple Question


You Do or You Don't

OR

Bleed to Love Her

[bluefox4000]

Bleed to Love Her, but it has to be The Dance version. Studio is crapola.

Mick

[I'msoAfraid95]

Dance version of Bleed to Love Her.

[shackin'up]

Any version of Bleed To Love Her. One of his best songs ever.

[holidayroad]

I like either YDOYD or The Dance version of BTLH.

[redtulip]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

Any version of Bleed To Love Her. One of his best songs ever.

Agreed. But especially OMS. Perfection.

[lbfan]

You Do or You Don't is one my favorites. Bleed to Love Her is definitely a top 10 LB song. I don't understand the dislike of the studio version of BTLH. The "outro" is one of the best things about the song, and that isn't present on The Dance version or OMS.

[mylittledemon]

Originally Posted by bluefox4000

Bleed to Love Her, but it has to be The Dance version. Studio is crapola.

Mick

Aww, I like both! Actually I do prefer The Dance version, but I love the ending on the SYW version.

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by ryan4136

Simple Question


You Do or You Don't

OR

Bleed to Love Her

YDOYD

Adore the OMS version of BTLH so don't mind it not being in the FM set. But would love to hear YDOYD!

[michelej1]

He has talked about the BTLH lyrics though.

Michele

[Lori40]

Originally Posted by michelej1

He has talked about the BTLH lyrics though.

Michele

All I remember him saying about BTLH is that it was written over a number of years, and that part of the song was written at the beginning of a relationship, and part of it was written at the end of a relationship. I could be entirely wrong, and BTLH is really about a woman and not his band.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Lori40

All I remember him saying about BTLH is that it was written over a number of years, and that part of the song was written at the beginning of a relationship, and part of it was written at the end of a relationship. I could be entirely wrong, and BTLH is really about a woman and not his band.

Here are a couple of LB comments about it.

Bleed to Love Her: "It does have the element of having to sacrifice your blood in order to get back what is sometimes worthwhile and the elusiveness of it. I mean the verses, that was written over a period of years actually, that song, and the verses were much later. In other words, the chorus, "bleed to love her," was written at the top of a new relationship and the verses, "pretending that she's not there," you know, the elusiveness of all of that, was written near the end."

More BTLH: "That song actually sort of evolved over about a two year period and when I wrote the chorus in which that appears - "bleed to love her" - uh, I had just entered into a relationship with someone and I really felt that I, you know, would be willing to bleed in order to make that work. And then of course maybe two years later, uh, things had kind of, um, drifted a little bit and the verses in there are talking about how elusive someone can be, ah, which I guess is the other side of the coin."

[Lori40]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Here are a couple of LB comments about it.

Bleed to Love Her: "It does have the element of having to sacrifice your blood in order to get back what is sometimes worthwhile and the elusiveness of it. I mean the verses, that was written over a period of years actually, that song, and the verses were much later. In other words, the chorus, "bleed to love her," was written at the top of a new relationship and the verses, "pretending that she's not there," you know, the elusiveness of all of that, was written near the end."

More BTLH: "That song actually sort of evolved over about a two year period and when I wrote the chorus in which that appears - "bleed to love her" - uh, I had just entered into a relationship with someone and I really felt that I, you know, would be willing to bleed in order to make that work. And then of course maybe two years later, uh, things had kind of, um, drifted a little bit and the verses in there are talking about how elusive someone can be, ah, which I guess is the other side of the coin."

Thanks, Michele. I don't think I ever read the second quote anywhere else before. I guess that settles it, BTLH is about a relationship with a woman and not FM.

[elle]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Here are a couple of LB comments about it.

Bleed to Love Her: "It does have the element of having to sacrifice your blood in order to get back what is sometimes worthwhile and the elusiveness of it. I mean the verses, that was written over a period of years actually, that song, and the verses were much later. In other words, the chorus, "bleed to love her," was written at the top of a new relationship and the verses, "pretending that she's not there," you know, the elusiveness of all of that, was written near the end."

More BTLH: "That song actually sort of evolved over about a two year period and when I wrote the chorus in which that appears - "bleed to love her" - uh, I had just entered into a relationship with someone and I really felt that I, you know, would be willing to bleed in order to make that work. And then of course maybe two years later, uh, things had kind of, um, drifted a little bit and the verses in there are talking about how elusive someone can be, ah, which I guess is the other side of the coin."

thanks Michele.

he's so overdramatic sometimes with these "bleeding" "heroic" etc descriptions. sometimes i wonder whether he uses those words as much out of their regular meaning as when he says "burning the bridges"

which relationship was that btw? early 90s? he was with Anne Heche less than a year, right? so Cheri or someone else? seems it would be too early for Kristen, before the dance.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by elle

thanks Michele.

he's so overdramatic sometimes with these "bleeding" "heroic" etc descriptions.

Yes, ironic coming from someone who is NOT the romantic one.

LB: Stevie's always been more the romantic and the poet. She romanticizes her own romanticism. That's what makes her Stevie. I tend to be more of a realist in my lyrics. She's more up in the clouds with her vision, and I'm tending to be more on the ground.