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jbrownsjr 10-29-2005 08:16 PM

Do you remember,The face of a pretty girl
 
I've always loved this lyric

Karlie 10-29-2005 08:20 PM

Whoa... I was just listening to Isnt It Midnight as you posted this!

jbrownsjr 10-29-2005 08:44 PM

I was listening to it too, that's why i posted it..


haha

goldustsongbird 10-29-2005 09:50 PM

You had a knack, a knack of making women know
 
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Originally Posted by jbrownsjr
I've always loved this lyric

Great song, but definitely doesn't work in concert. :eek:

jbrownsjr 10-29-2005 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by goldustsongbird
Great song, but definitely doesn't work in concert. :eek:

i didn't like it live either

the studio versions are very clean

macfan 57 10-30-2005 06:41 AM

I've got to disagree with you guys. I like the studio/album version, but I LOVE the Tango/BTM live versions. I think it was a great rocker live!!!

By the way, I've also loved that lyric, "Do you remember, the face of a pretty girl".

Wild_Heart03 10-30-2005 07:30 AM

I remember when I first bought TITN, and just being totally impressed by this song. For some reason, I love that distinct metallic sound (almost sounds like someone hitting a fence) that they play right before Christine starts to sing the chorus.

David 10-30-2005 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by macfan 57
I've got to disagree with you guys. I like the studio/album version, but I LOVE the Tango/BTM live versions. I think it was a great rocker live!!!

It was a super-duper rocker, marred only by the xylophonic hardware. They didn't need the damn ticky-tocky in a touring band already devoted to crowding the arrangements.

The line is a beautiful one -- Timothy White said it was an evocative representation of romantic alienation, or something like that.

Gailh 10-30-2005 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by goldustsongbird
Great song, but definitely doesn't work in concert. :eek:

I've always thought the live version was better than the studio version.

The studio version sounds like (in keeping with a lot of her Tango in the Night songs) it has been speeded up

Great song though!

Gail

goldustsongbird 10-30-2005 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by macfan 57
I've got to disagree with you guys. I like the studio/album version, but I LOVE the Tango/BTM live versions. I think it was a great rocker live!!!

By the way, I've also loved that lyric, "Do you remember, the face of a pretty girl".

Depends on which versions you have, I guess! The three or so that I own aren't really impressive...

ontheEdgeof17 10-30-2005 04:59 PM

They should have milked TITN a little longer and released this as a single.

macfan 57 10-30-2005 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17
They should have milked TITN a little longer and released this as a single.

They did do that in the U.K. Unfortunately, they released "Family Man" as the fifth single here in the U.S.

GypsySongbird 10-30-2005 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by macfan 57
I've got to disagree with you guys. I like the studio/album version, but I LOVE the Tango/BTM live versions. I think it was a great rocker live!!!

By the way, I've also loved that lyric, "Do you remember, the face of a pretty girl".

yea me too! i think the tango live version is amazing! one of the best on the dvd! i especially love the live harmony part when they sing "do you remember" and also the well.....s before the chorus, the only thing with that harmony is that i love chris singing the chorus, theres just something really special about her voice there, especially on the "do you remember" line -which i also love by the way - that i just fell in love with, i dont know what it is, her voice is just so beautiful!

& i love the lyrics of this song, maybe her best! the chorus is just amazing!!!! i would love to know what was really in her mind when she wrote this song!

AliceLover 10-30-2005 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by macfan 57
I've got to disagree with you guys. I like the studio/album version, but I LOVE the Tango/BTM live versions. I think it was a great rocker live!!!

By the way, I've also loved that lyric, "Do you remember, the face of a pretty girl".

When I first saw the tango video I fell in love with this. I think I can truthfully say this id my favorite Christine McVie song. It totally worked live and was in a great spot in the set. The crowd also ate it up.. Everytime she introduced it on the MASK tour she got an overwhelming reponse.

macfan 57 10-31-2005 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by GypsySongbird
i would love to know what was really in her mind when she wrote this song!

She has said she wrote this song about someone she had a relationship with years & years before, probably someone we've never heard about. She said she was just thinking about him & wondering if it was midnight where he was. He must have lived far away from her at that time.


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