My Heart: the new version
 

I just heard this new version today and I really like it. The way they redid it by downplaying the versus and letting Stevie sing low suits her voice and the song. The middle part with all the oohhh yeeeahs is really creative. I find I love the new instrumentation to this song.

I have two problems with this song though. I don't think it flows that well after any song and should be an opener because of the way it is done. I also wish there was more verses and less chorus. I think her singing the versus is the best part of the song. This song belongs on TISL and would of given it a boost and I wish TISL was produced like this.

I actually liked the demo but could not listen to it because of her voice. This is soo much better to me.

What do you think about the new version?

I was considering starting a thread on the song today myself! :) I had an initial knee jerk reaction against the song the first few times I listened to it. I've enjoyed the TISL outtake for nearly a decade now, and have personal meaning attached to it. Now that I've listened to it several times, I'm starting to really dig the new version, though. They removed the overly sappy/cheesy aspects of the original, updated the production to make it sound more current, and made the song a cheery celebration of love vs love lost. I like it... the new version really makes me smile vs the original which made me mourn someone from my past :).

^Exactly my feelings. :)

I liked the new one on the Barnes and Noble better, actually. Sounds great!

I have been listening to this song over and over on repeat. I love this thing. I just think it belongs on TISL. The versus are great.

I feel like this one is missing all of the passion and feeling of the TISL version (I almost said "the original"). The verses have been watered down, melodically...and while I love the guitars, and the fact that they kept much of the music the same, the fact that the verses have been changed rather disappoints me :-(

This part of your post hit it home for me, Louie. I think that's what made Dave's work on this album so great -- he took an average cheese sandwich of an outtake and turned it into a tasty grilled cheese, complete with a delicious tomato soup mandolin part on the side.

I really LIKE this version (on IYD) alot, but I LOVE the outtake version. I don't find it cheesy at all...I do think it (even for, and at, the time) sounds older ... almost like a Rock A Little outtake, more than a TISL one...but never the less I love it. I feel that there is more passion in Stevie's vocal delivery on the early version ... and I miss the words that are left out in the new one...
When I added the IYD album to my iPod, I did delete the original Annabel Lee, but I kept my heart figuring I'd wait and see...I think I'm going to end up keeping both...at least for awhile...

Gee, I'd love to hear it too but B&N won't get off their lazy rumps and SEND MY FRICKIN CD!!!

;)

That sucks! I ordered from WB, and I'm still waiting for the litho, but at least my cd came on the third so I can't complain...much :laugh: I hope you get it today!!

I haven't gotten any of my WB cds but I got the litho.

Now that is just weird! And it would annoy me NO END! ARGH! I hope you get yours today, and I get mine and everybody gets theirs! :thumbsup: There's no excuse at all! Funny enough, I put my netflix vids in the mailbox on the 1st and they sent me an email on the 2nd saying they received them and I was like "and WB couldn't get the cd to me today? I mean it's the same postal service? :cool: but then I got it on the third so I was happy...:]

I really can't stand it. I wanted to like it, really I did. It seems looser than the original (just like Stevie's "Free Fallin'" sounds looser than Tom's), maybe even with less of a hook.
For me the worst part is the vocal, which is often (at least by the middle of the song) every bit as rough and nasal as in the TISL version.
The one thing I don't mind is the lyrics. At least on paper, they look like they could have amounted to a decent song.

- Jake

so the only way to get this song is to buy the whole cd from barnes and noble? I already bought my cd at target on tuesday...will itunes post the song for us to buy on their site or any other site I can buy "my heart?"

Well, I finally heard the damn thing. :laugh:

I'm not sure that it fits on the album, but putting that aside...it's an okay song. They removed the strings-laden verses, which makes it punchier, but I dunno...it kinda seems like it loses something. The TISL version reminds me of someone from my past as well, and this one doesn't. But for me, that's not a good thing. Taking it on its own merits, tho, I'd say that the IYD version is on par with the TISL one. They're different, but not radically so. And I always liked her vocals on My Heart. :)

Honestly, I don't see a big difference between her voice on IYD and her voice on TISL.