Break Down of Street Angel

[The Tower]

Another mixed bag. Highly criticized, but a little underrated in my opinion...

Greater God: Rose Garden, Destiny

Lesser God: Blue Denim, Love Is Like a River, Jane

Demi-god: Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind, Street Angel

Human: Listen to the Rain, Kick It

Spermatazoa: Docklands, Just Like a Woman

Wart on the ass of a spermatazoa: Unconditional Love, Greta

I was going to give "Greta" an even LOWER rating, but then that would be lower than I gave "The Nightmare", which is the worst song Stevie ever released.... So, there you have it!

Again, props to Hawkeye for starting these threads, which are very cool...

[ontheEdgeof17]

I enjoy this album. My ears don't have a problem with it.



Love: Greta, Blue Demin, Rose Garden, Destiny, Kick It, Love Is Like A River. Maybe Love, Just Like A Woman

Like: Street Angel, Listen to Rain, Unconditional Love

Eh, I listen to it sometimes: Docklands, Jane


-Curt

[GypsySorcerer]

Greatness: Blue Denim

Goodness: Kick It, Greta, Street Angel

Eh, Ok: Unconditional Love, Maybe Love Will Change your Mind, Love is Like a River, Just Like a Woman, Destiny, Rose Garden

What the hell was she thinking: Docklands, Jane, Listen to the Rain

[Hawkeye]

I've made it very clear that I love Street Angel.

AMAZING: Kick It, Docklands, Blue Denim, Love Is Like a River, Street Angel, Destiny, Just Like a Woman

REALLY Good: Listen to the Rain, Jane

Good: Maybe love Will Change Your Mind, Greta

Would be good song but HORRID vocals: Rose garden

Just Plain Bad: Unconditional Love

[joe]

Blue Denim: Loved it when i first heard it on the radio, yes, radio believe it or not. and i think that was the only time i heard it there. Still love it today. Wish she would do it live again. One of my favorite "newer" stevie songs.

Greta: Love it. However, i kind of like the demo a little better.

Street Angel: Didn't like it at first, but i like it now. however, i don't listen to it all the time with the others that i like. the thing that annoys me is the line, "no amount of CRYINNNNNNGGGGGG". It's a little too Dylan'ish.

Docklands: Despite the at times cheesy lyrics. I do like this song. It has grown on me. The "i beg of you" lines save this song.

Listen to the Rain: Yes, i'll listen to the rain instead of this dud.

Destiny: I skip over this, although i think the vocal is good. It's a just a little too mushy for me. I like "enchanted" better.

Unconditional Love: ugh, i listen to this. not all the time though. the chorus hooks me. yes, it sucks me in, although i cringe at the "hey hey hey, my precious one" lines.

Love is Like a River: absolute greatness. love it. it's catchy and cool and very funky. but i always substitute for the opening lines: "you used to call me ricky....i used to call you fred" (i love lucy)....hahahaha. anyway, wished she would have done this live. i think you're uptight lady!!!

Rose Garden: Love it. Simply stated.

Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind: I wasn't nuts about this when it was released. I thought it was too middle of the road. It still is, especially now. But that's ok. i love the bridge, and especially the "reveal your other side" line.

Just Like a Woman: Don't like it. Nope. Maybe i'll grow to like it someday.

Kick It: After hearing Docklands and all the laundromat/brushing your hair lines, i assumed this was about quitting smoking. To my delight, it was not. I think this is one of the strongest tunes on the record. I thought it should have been a candidate for a single.

Jane: Sorry Jane Goodall. Gotta pass on this one, although i liked the demo better.

[dissention]

Great: None

Good: Greta, Just Like A Woman, Street Angel

Eh: Blue Denim, Love Is Like A River (incomprehensible, but alright because it's the only rocker), Maybe Love

Feh: Listen To the Rain, Destiny, Rose Garden

Bleh: Docklands, Unconditional Love, Jane, Kick It

[Claudia]

Great - Street Angel, Blue Denim
Good - Maybe Love, Greta, Jane, Kick It, Destiny
Average - Docklands, Unconditional Love, Love Is Like A River
Not a favourite - Just Like A Woman, Listen To the Rain, Rose Garden,

[TheBlueLamp]

Outta Sight: Kick It, Just Like A Woman, Love Is Like A River, Street Angel, Greta

Really Good: Blue Denim, Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind, Destiny

Good: Unconditional Love, Docklands, Listen To The Rain

I Don't Really Like: Rose Garden

I Always Skip: Jane

Nick

[chiliD]

:thumbsup: = Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind, Street Angel, Blue Denim, Docklands, Listen To The Rain, Destiny

:shrug: = Rose Garden, Unconditional Love

:sorry: = the rest

[amber]

Chip Like - Kick It
Juicy Hamburger - Just Like a Woman, Blue Denim, Greta
Homemade Sandwich With Pepperoncini - Street Angel, Love is Like a Rivah (You used to call me wickeyd (wicked), I used to call you frieynd (friend) :thumbsup: )
I'm Not Really Hungry - Listen to the Rain, Docklands
Corned Beef & Cabbage *barf* - Rose Garden(bleah), Destiny, Unconditional Love, Maybe Love Will etc.
AMber

[Neal]

:] Rose Garden, Greta, Maybe Love...

:nod: Blue Denim, Just Like A Woman, Kick It, Destiny, Jane.

:o Unconditional Love, Docklands, Listen To The Rain, Love Is Like A River, Street Angel.

[Hippocampus]

Simply The Best: Street Angel, Rose Garden

Great: Destiny, Maybe Love, Jane, God's Garden, Inspiration

Good: Blue Denim, Greta, Docklands, Love Is Like A River, Kick It

Ok: Listen To The Rain, Unconditional Love (terrible lyrics), Just Like A Woman (+ Thousand Days)

[Gypsy3]

Amazing: :shrug:

Great: Blue Denim, Love Is Like A River, Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind, Kick It

Good: Rose Garden

Okay: Listen To The Rain

Not A Favorite: Greta, Street Angel, Docklands, Destiny, Unconditional Love, Just Like A Woman, Jane

Definitely my least favorite Stevie album. :sorry:

[TISL]

:D Blue Denim, Rose Garden, Listen to The Rain
:o Kick It, Maybe Love, Street Angel, Destiny
:confused: Greta, Jane
:eek: Unconditional Love, Docklands, Love Is Like A River, Just Like A Woman

[sparky]

:D Blue Denim, Rose Garden, Listen to The Rain
:o Kick It, Maybe Love, Street Angel, Destiny
:confused: Greta, Jane
:eek: Unconditional Love, Docklands, Love Is Like A River, Just Like A Woman

This rating system is stellar.

[teedee]

I always liked this album even tho most dissed it. the only song i have trouble listening to is street angel, other than that i have always enjoyed it.

[face of glass]

Grab other people by their clothes on the street and force them to listen: "Blue Denim".

Play them in the stereo once in a while so the roommate might see the light: "Destiny", "Docklands", "Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind", "Street Angel".

Something that the open-minded might appreciate: "Kick It"; "Greta", "Jane", "Love Is Like A River".

Would play these for others only when working in a factory with earplugs on: "Unconditional Love", "Listen To The Rain".

Taking some valium might help me get through these: "Rose Garden", "Just Like A Woman".

[SaraRhiannon]

Good: Blue Denim, Docklands, Destiny, Kick It

Okay: Listen to the Rain, Rose Garden, Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind, Love is Like a River

Dreadful: Greta, Street Angel, Unconditional Love, Just Like a Woman, Jane

[David]

Awesome: Greta, Street Angel, Unconditional Love, Just Like a Woman

Okay: Listen to the Rain, Rose Garden, Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind, Love is Like a River

Dreadful: Blue DenimCool!! Another serious fan of Just Like a Woman!!

[amber]

Cool!! Another serious fan of Just Like a Woman!!
Me,too...It's my second fav.
AMber

[strandinthewind]

Me,too...It's my second fav.
AMber

I really like it was well and I think her voice soars on it.

The only songs I dislike are Docklands (which has one or two good moments but none worthy of Stevie IMO) and Listen to the Rain, which I think rocks, but is just too off for me.

I LOVE Jane.

[Cristian]

A gift from the Gods:....hmmm... "Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind"

Really good songs: "Blue Denim", "Rose Garden", "Street Angel", "Jane" (in spite of that monkey line)

So-so: "Docklands", "Just Like A Woman", "Destiny", "Kick It"

Terrible: "Unconditional Love", "Greta", "Listen To The Rain", "Love Is Like A River"

[shane]

The ones that helped: Destiny, Blue Denim, Love Is Like A River, Street Angel, Maybe Love Will Change Your MInd, Listen to The Rain, Kick It

Good in the right mood: Jane, Rose Garden

Almost in the worst category: Greta

Leave these off and it would have been a great cd: Docklands...why oh why or why..... and Just Like A Woman.

[macmar71]

Best~~ Blue Denim, Kick It, Rose Garden





Good~~~ Greta, Listen to The Rain, Love Is Like A River, Destiny





Loathe~~~ Street Angel, Docklands, Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind, Unconditional Love, Jane, Just Like A Woman

[EveryHour]

Love Is Like A River (incomprehensible, but alright because it's the only rocker)

You don't think Listen To The Rain is even more of a rocker than this one? :shrug:

[dissention]

You don't think Listen To The Rain is even more of a rocker than this one? :shrug:

No. I think Listen To the Rain is a mess. :sorry:

Love Is Like A River is the most rocking song on the record, IMO.

[EveryHour]

No. I think Listen To the Rain is a mess. :sorry:

Love Is Like A River is the most rocking song on the record, IMO.

Can a mess not rock? :shrug:

:)

[blinker12]

A: Blue Denim, Rose Garden

B: Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind, Kick It

C: Greta, Destiny, Docklands

D: Street Angel, Listen to the Rain, Unconditional Love, Just Like a Woman

F: Love Is Like a River, Jane

[dissention]

Can a mess not rock? :shrug:

:)

Not when compared to Love Is Like A River. :shrug:

[GateandGarden]

Alright, (I don't believe that's a word but I'll use it as a shout-out to one of my fave FM tunes) this was a Christmas gift so I think I'm ready to do the rating thing, or at least the initial reaction thing.

I'll probably wind up copying several people's rating systems.

:] Um, none of them seem to call for this emoticon

:nod: "Blue Denim" (though I like the Enchanted box set version better), "Listen to the Rain," "Love is Like a River," "Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind"

:) "Destiny" (nice, but not "Enchanted"--and it steals Enchanted's lyrics too much)

:o "Docklands," "Greta," "Kick it"

:confused: "Rose Garden," "Just Like a Woman," "Street Angel"

:eek: "Jane," "Unconditional Love"

Hillary

[Serrart]

Absolutely Beautiful: Greta

Very nice listening: Blue Denim, Destiny, Rose Garden, Just Like A woman, Inspiration

Not that bad: MLWCYM, Street Angel

FOrgettable: Jane, Kick it, Love Is Like A River, Listen To The Rain, Unconditional Love, God's Garden

Senseless: Docklands

Romy

[David]

Perfect: Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind, Blue Denim, Destiny, Jane, Unconditional Love

Absolutely Brilliant: Rose Garden, Just Like a Woman, Street Angel, Jane, Kick It, Love Is Like a River, Listen to the Rain

Docklands would have been the best thing in Stevie's entire career if it hadn't been for the engineering/sound gaffes in it.

[ontheEdgeof17]

I enjoy this album. My ears don't have a problem with it.



Love: Greta, Blue Demin, Rose Garden, Destiny, Kick It, Love Is Like A River. Maybe Love, Just Like A Woman

Like: Street Angel, Listen to Rain, Unconditional Love

Eh, I listen to it sometimes: Docklands, Jane


-Curt

Street Angel is now one of my favorite songs. Listen to The Rain is a love now, too. Docklands and Jane are still the weak points, but I like them more than I did then. :o

[GateandGarden]

Street Angel is now one of my favorite songs. Listen to The Rain is a love now, too. Docklands and Jane are still the weak points, but I like them more than I did then. :oIsn't it crazy how we change our minds about this stuff? Well, I suppose it's understandable. I may change my mind about some of the Street Angel songs. It's strange. At first, "Think About It" was my favorite Stevie song, but now I still love it but don't count it as a favorite. At first, I didn't like "I Can't Wait," but I dig it now, 'cept for the intro.

Hillary

[takenbythesky]

Okay, so I actually enjoy the Street Angel album. :shrug:

An instant flash of light that shines: Blue Denim, Greta, Street Angel, Destiny, Rose Garden, Kick It

Sweet but lacking that kind of touch, electricity of love: Jane, Unconditional Love, Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind

Limp as a broken rag doll: Love Is Like A River, Listen To The Rain,

They might as well have put us both in prison: Docklands, Just Like A Woman

As for how time will affect my breakdown? I gotta disagree with Stevie on this one: I DO believe in time, you know changin' anybody's mind. :)

[GateandGarden]

I DO believe in time, you know changin' anybody's mind. :)You know, ever since I first heard that song, I've hated that she says that. There have been so many times in my life that I've been dependent on the idea that time changes minds. I have found it to be true in many cases, so I'm going to have to adamantly disagree with her. :shrug:

Hillary

[skcin]

I love it so much I want to marry it: Blue Denim, Rose Garden, Street Angel (this one has grown on me a lot over time)

I will tolerate it: Jane, Destiny, Just Like a Woman, Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind

I don't want to be anywhere near it: Listen to the Rain, Docklands (I do like the music despite the horrid lyrics), Greta

It makes me sick to my stomach to even think about it: Unconditional Love, Kick It, Love is Like a River

[amber]

Okay, so I actually enjoy the Street Angel album. :shrug:

An instant flash of light that shines: Blue Denim, Greta, Street Angel, Destiny, Rose Garden, Kick It

Sweet but lacking that kind of touch, electricity of love: Jane, Unconditional Love, Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind

Limp as a broken rag doll: Love Is Like A River, Listen To The Rain,

They might as well have put us both in prison: Docklands, Just Like A Woman

As for how time will affect my breakdown? I gotta disagree with Stevie on this one: I DO believe in time, you know changin' anybody's mind. :)
:laugh: :lol:
Love your categories. :xoxo:

[amber]

It's raining here today, and i have to clean my house, so that means i'm gonna need to listen to Street Angel. :D

Some Call It Love - Kick It, Greta, Love is Like a Rivah, Blue Denim, Just Like a Woman

Change With the Wind, But They're Always Bright - Street Angel, Listen to the Rain, Docklands

Destined to Fall - Rose Garden, Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind, Destiny, Unconditional Love, Jane.

[takenbythesky]

:laugh: :lol:
Love your categories. :xoxo:
Thank you, I enjoyed breaking down this album. Your categories are even better! :xoxo:

Whoa...I'm cleaning my room and listening to Street Angel while doing so, too. :nod: "Listen To The Rain" seems so true now: Open up the window/And listen to the rain/Take some time to smell the roses/And throw away the pain. Just like you said so long ago, it's a foggy kind of toned down type of album.:D