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Old 04-19-2019, 05:27 PM
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Default Which Angel is your favorite?

I was debating this a minute ago and was curious to see what others thought. The song Angel (from Tusk) is a song I never seek out but always puts me in a good mood, no matter what variation. It's weird because the renditions are SO different from each other.

The 1979 album version
The 1979 outtake
The 1980 live in St Louis Version (either on Deluxe or in the documentary)
The 1981 Bella Donna Tour live version

On one hand I love the bass heavy album version, but the vocal on the outtake is like nothing I've ever heard out of her before. I can't tell if it's a head cold or she's trying to be sultry or what, but I love it. Lindsey's dual vocal and extra guitar work on the Tusk Tour version really make it stand out, the band sounds like they're having an absolute blast playing the song. And then there's the 81 version, which sounds like a whole nother song to my ears. Even though the bass is stripped out, the keyboardist is just jamming the whole time and Stevie and the girls kick ass vocally. Its strange how she made such a Fleetwood Mac sounding song turn into a Tom Petty song but it really works.

What do you guys think?
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Old 04-19-2019, 07:52 PM
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The Sausalito soundboard version, 1974. lol

But re: THIS “Angel”, I’d go with the album. Or with the version that was used on the box set of THE CHAIN.
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Old 04-19-2019, 08:40 PM
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Bob Welch's version.
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Old 04-19-2019, 09:33 PM
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Live 1980.
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Old 04-20-2019, 06:20 AM
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Bob Welch's version.
Ha! Touche!


To the poll. You forgot 1983 Wild Heart live version. My Wild Heart tour stop had no Sara but Angel instead. She performed Angel at the US Festival and a handful of early Wild Heart dates. But all 1981 tour songs were better than 1983 tour songs.

I like the upbeat and rocking versions of Gold Dust Woman and Angel from 1981. Those are the only FM songs that I think her band did a great job on and sound better than the Mac version. Imitation is rarely better than the original.
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Old 04-20-2019, 08:15 AM
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Bella Donna tour. Love the energy.
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Old 04-20-2019, 08:27 AM
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Please note: I should get the first touché!
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Old 04-20-2019, 12:06 PM
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Old 04-23-2019, 09:22 AM
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Is The Wild Heart Tour version bad?
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Old 04-23-2019, 09:37 AM
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I like the production on the Tusk original, but the sultry vocal on the alternate is sublime and really fits the song nicely. Overall though, I love the "that girl, that girl was me on the live version. Gives me goosebumps when she pushed her voice to that sexy as hell growl and it works beautifully on Angel.

I don't really care for Bob Welch's Angel, I find it kind of boring when placed next to Hypnotized or Future Games.
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I don't really care for Bob Welch's Angel, I find it kind of boring when placed next to Hypnotized or Future Games.
HAHTF studio version can get a little tedious but the Sausalito soundboard version is incredible--as is the Hempsted version, both from the HAHTF tour. In fact, both of Bob's Heroes' songs (Bermuda Triangle and Angel) are WAYYYYY better live. The band is cooking on them.

I love the St. Louis version of Angel, a rousing, pumping version. The three singers are all a touch below their notes in the best possible way (I do not mean this ironically) and the energy is incredible.
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I wonder why, given how popular this song is, it was performed so little?
About 150 times according to “setlist”
And never, by the band, after 1980..
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I wonder why, given how popular this song is, it was performed so little?
About 150 times according to “setlist”
And never, by the band, after 1980..
I think I've seen speculation around here that one of the reasons that "Angel" hasn't been resurrected during the post-Dance era is because it's difficult to sing. I don't know if there's any truth to that, but I could see it being true.

It's become one of my favorites too, and I wish I could have heard it prior to the events of 2018.
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HAHTF studio version can get a little tedious but the Sausalito soundboard version is incredible--as is the Hempsted version, both from the HAHTF tour. In fact, both of Bob's Heroes' songs (Bermuda Triangle and Angel) are WAYYYYY better live. The band is cooking on them.

I love the St. Louis version of Angel, a rousing, pumping version. The three singers are all a touch below their notes in the best possible way (I do not mean this ironically) and the energy is incredible.
It's funny how Christine's piano helps these songs come alive. She's so good!
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Have you guys heard Angel from other stops on the 1979–80 tour, like Los Angeles or Mobile? The St. Louis performance isn't the only good one. It was a long tour with plenty of great Angel performances.

I've wondered, too, why no performance of it by Fleetwood Mac since 1980. I really have no clue. But the electronic keyboard Chris used onstage (the Yamaha CP30) was such an essential layer in the track — with a sort of squawky jazz-guitar attack — that its absence (she ditched the board after her 1984 solo tour) may account for the band's decision not to resurrect.
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