"Smile At You" - Demo or SYW version
 

Which version do you prefer and why???

I like both........ when I first heard the SYW version I was like EH?? But I have grown to love it as much as the demos...... Now don't get me started on Goodbye Baby :distress:

Amy

i like "Goodbye Baby", but nothing compares to "The Tower"... her voice so high and pretty... she could never really do that demo justice in my opinion, but i am glad she took it out of her vault and released it officially... too good not to... still waiting on "China Doll", however... :shrug:

I have to agree--The Tower was just perfect!! Ooooo--I would love to hear China Doll and Knocking on Doors........ :D And Lady From the Mountains, Mistaken Love, etc etc etc!!!

Amy

I prefer the 'Say You Will' version. The demos are great, but for 'SYW,' Lindsey and Stevie took the song to another plane. Love the Middle-Eastern flare, and the way Stevie's current, more-weathered voice seems to add so much more to the lyrics.

Agree 100%...

I think her voice is annoyingly high in the demo if memory serves me correct. I haven't listened to it in a while. Also, I loathe the way she says "lady" instead of "woman" in the demo. For some reason "lady" bugs me...

I prefer the demo version. The SYW one is ok, but it's one of the songs I tend to skip on that cd now. I think I would have been a lot more impressed with it had I never heard the greatness that was the original. I appreciate what Lindsey & the rest of the band members did with it (I wouldn't have wanted them to try to re-create the demo version), but that song will always be one big missed opportunity to me.

Except she carries the vocal with so little passion.. she might as well just have spoken the lyrics... at least in the demo version, you can actually "feel" what she is singing... i fall asleep halfway through the SYW version everytime i listen to it... :rolleyes:

I like both but I prefer the demo version. Maybe it's just because I heard the demo one first but I feel the passion in Stevie's voice more in the demo version. The SYW version is like a different song almost which is probably good because they couldn't have redone it like they did 20 some years ago.

Definately the demo version. I don't even listen to the Say You Will version, I don't like the vocal or the production.

I respect your opinion, even if I disagree. :)

I "feel" her statement far moreso in the 'SYW' version. Her anger is boiling just under the surface. She's not lashing out as she did in the demo -- she's seething. And I love that.

I agree. That was one pissed off woman. She's angry in such a cutting way and I can so feel it when I listen. I almost feel angry with her. Seething is the way that song is supposed to be sung.

I like the demo better. I randomly found it online one night while I was supposed to be working on a paper...and fell in love with it. It was pretty soon before SYW came out, and I was disappointed when I first heard the album version. I've grown to like it, but I still prefer the demo.

It is important to point out the difference in the Tusk demo and the Mirage demo. The Mirage "angry" demo is stellar and anybody who prefers the tepid SYW version is on crack.

Demo version hands down. All that piss & vinegar not mellowed out? What's not to love?!?!?!?! Now a days, it's all sweet and syrupy like. Like the truth of it has been glossed over cause she's "older" now. Please. She was livid when she wrote that song, and I like the guts and matter of factness of it.