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love the song! but we don't say New Orleeenz!, it' New Orlenz! wish she had consulted me first. but the emotion is deep and profound!

someone should tell Anne Rice about this song, it is great

Several people have on her Facebook fanpage. She runs the page herself, she's very active on it.

when I had my personal page, I used to speak with her, she is really, really nice. She is working on a book about Atlantis. :) Anyway, I'm sure she would love and appreciate this song and album.

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i cheated and listened to a few tracks , louie! only the sizzl reel songs and New Orleans, you are hereby absolved buddy. i'll be in Austin in July if you wanna toast at OCH.

Somebody posted the Rolling Stone link to her page and her response was: "I've heard this. How nice."

SHAME ON YOU! :lol:

Do drop me a line when you're in Austin. I'm too old and settled to go to OCH, but perhaps we can say hi somewhere else :).

I had to laugh when I heard the way she pronounced it! Its just we are so used to how we hear it and say it that it sounds funny when someone says New Orleeenz. I was disappointed in the song; it could have gone so much deeper considering all we went through with the storm. I have been saying she should have consulted me! ;)

She probably pronounced it that way because it rolls of the tongue better when you sing it... at it sounds more dramatic? :shrug: We all know how Stevie loves her drama. ;)

I too wish the song had more lyrical depth. After all her grand proclamations we've heard for years about this tune, the lyrics definitely don't live up to the hype. Musically, it's catchy, though. It's interesting, I expected this song to be something special, and for Soldier's Angel to be absolutely an abomination. It turned out quite the opposite!

I like it a lot lyrically. She captures the spirit of New Orleans. It's not a sad song. More of a hopeful song. I really like Soldier's Angel too. That song has unique perspective and musically adds more depth to the album.

I really like this more than I thought I would. From her descriptions of wanting to get a certain New Orleans sound with the right producer, I was worried she would try to have horns or something.

As for pronunciation, she's too busy trying the English accent in "Everybody Loves You" to try to sound southern in this one. And imagine if she threw in a cajun accent.:lol:

- Jake

For some reason I'm really loving this song. It has made me want to visit New Orleans more than ever, and I actually very much want to start reading some Ann Rice- which I never have before. Suggestions?

BTW, For whatever reason I didn't realize we had any New Orleans guys on here!!!

Oh Anne Rice.

The Mayfair Witches are reallyyyyyyyy good. :blob2:

!!!! Wow oh wow, I can't wait to read an Anne Rice-penned book on Atlantis!

Interview with the Vampire is her first book in the vampire series so you should definitely start there.

The Witching Hour is a huge book about witches but it was set in New Orleans and it stands fairly outside the vampires sequence so you could start with this one as well.

Blackwood Farm is a later book in the vampire series but it doesn't rely so heavily on the built-up mythology of previous books, and its also very New Orleans-area based (and also very good).