"Special Kind of Love" appreciation post

[misterbug]

Does anybody else really like "Special Kind of Love"?

(The song is very short and apparently an outtake from Tango sessions).

[golden braid]

I don't like this song. It's too cheesy.

[Siri Ruane]

I don't recall ever hearing it... :shrug:

[gldstwmn]

No.

[DownOnRodeo]

The cheesiest thing I feel is the chord progression. I can only hope that if they were to develop it into an album song they would've added a lot to it, especially in lyric department! ;) But as it was I guess it was sort of a 'chorus demo', much like Goodbye Angel. :)

[golden braid]

Originally posted by DownOnRodeo
But as it was I guess it was sort of a 'chorus demo', much like Goodbye Angel. :)

I like Goodbye Angel.l :angel:

[sodascouts]

Ugh. That is one lame "song", if you can even call it that. There was a reason it was never completed! Very annoying.

So I guess I can't join in the appreciation. :(

[Mad4stevie]

Originally posted by sodascouts
Ugh. That is one lame "song", if you can even call it that. There was a reason it was never completed! Very annoying.

So I guess I can't join in the appreciation. :(

I don't like it either. It IS very annoying!

[blinker12]

Yucko. Couldn't even listen once through.

[Johnny Stew]

"If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all"..... so i'll keep my opinion of "Special Kind Of Love" to myself! *lol*

But I wanted to show my support for "Goodbye Angel," which I think is a terrific song.
Definitely one of Lindsey's best from that era. :)

[DownOnRodeo]

Hmm I can't say I ever listen to it, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that (considering we were never meant to hear it) it may just have been turned into a half decent song. That said, 'You & I pt II ' makes me retch and its much of a same thing. :p

[DownOnRodeo]

Originally posted by trackaghost
I can't stand You & I Pt II either. It always sounds to me as if it's recorded on a Casio keyboard with the bossanova beat playing or something.
Just dreadful.
:laugh: Great description, Sharon.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally posted by DownOnRodeo
That said, 'You & I pt II ' makes me retch and its much of a same thing. :p If for no other reason, "You And I, Part II" is a keeper simply for the line, "Keep your heart open and your eyes shut tight... what will be, will be."

I love that lyric. :)

[chiliD]

I wouldn't be surprised to see "Special Kind Of Love" on the Rhino remastered Tango In The Night

[misterbug]

Hmm I can't say I ever listen to it, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that (considering we were never meant to hear it) it may just have been turned into a half decent song. That said, 'You & I pt II ' makes me retch and its much of a same thing.

haha i didn't expect so much distaste for special..., or for you & i part ii. in all honesty, i started a you & i (both parts) appreciation post a few months ago. i don't remember if there was a chorus of praise for the songs or not. i think special... is catchy. if it wasn't so cheesy i would like it less. since its so short, if i'm going to listen to it, i repeat it 3-5 times.

i hope it's on the reissue of tango.

[face of glass]

Originally posted by trackaghost
I can't stand You & I Pt II either. It always sounds to me as if it's recorded on a Casio keyboard with the bossanova beat playing or something.
Just dreadful.

That's one of the reasons I love it,and Johnny Stew's quote of the lyric is another. Not only does this song offer the much needed levity after the "playing-in-the-drama" of "WISYA", it also dirties the gloss of TITN a little. This is the album where they truly started to have that "audiophile approach" after all, so when there's something that sounds a bit "cheap" in there, it balances the situation out somewhat. For me, it is the only link on TITN to the childlike gorgeousness of "I Know I'm Not Wrong". *notices how Downonrodeo and Shackin'up get odd looks on their faces* ;)

And "Special Kind Of Love"? I'd still take this over any Stevie demo that runs 10+ minutes. ;)

[face of glass]

Originally posted by trackaghost
a shiny disposable pop song

I’d much rather have something like that than several songs that take themselves too seriously all the time. *cough* Stevie *cough*.

Originally posted by trackaghost
I think they thought that the Casio sound was bright and modern (which I guess it was in a way). Banish the gritty guitars and replace them with synths and glossy keyboards - t'was the time it was made. It didn't sound "cheap" or "dirty" at the time, and still doesn't to me. It just sounds lame.

It sounds a lot cheaper to me than the rest of the album. Ok, not exactly “dirty”. It something they probably tossed out in a few hours after spending several months for the rest of the stuff. But it’s definitely far more childish to me than the remainder of TITN and that’s a big plus for me.

Originally posted by trackaghost
Oh and I thought lyrics don't matter eh?

If Lindsey Buckingham, who had just hit his bottom in lyrics with “Family Man”, suddenly writes a great lyric at a time when he wasn’t “supposed to be” writing them, then it matters. :)

And if Stevie really wants to impress me with her way of words, she should write that book of hers. Otherwise, stick to singing girl. ;)