Request - Unconditional Love
 

Hi everyone. :wavey:

A while ago someone posted an early version of Unconditional Love and I was wondering if anyone could re-upload it. Somehow I've lost it off my computer. It starts out with the music and a few seconds in there's this high pitched squeal. It's very faint, I don't know what it was. But other than that the whole version is incredible. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwRpG2BCDaQ

Here you go, person who doesn't even post here anymore.

I'm using what appears to be the only thread ever created for Unconditional Love to talk about how bizarre its lyrics are. I never paid attention to them before and I am now marveling at what I can only interpret as lyrics about a burgeoning open relationship. The speaker is making it clear that there is no such thing as being betrayed: she is unfazed by the confession that her lover has made to her, and doesn't mind because her love truly is unconditional. This is certainly an unexpected use of a trite title.

Don't explain
Just lay back and watch the rain
Cause darling I'm right here
And nothing's changed

Don't you know by now
I would not even know how
To keep myself from falling for you
I'll be around

Unconditional love
I'll be there when you fall
The one condition of love
Is there are none at all

Why would I
Be a fool and break these ties
When all the dreams that I believe
Are in your eyes

Don't you see at last
You don't even have to ask
I'll give you so much more
Than just a second chance

Hey, hey, hey my precious one
Hey, hey, hey my precious one

What a trainwreck. To think that the trite mess that is "Unconditional Love" was originally slated to be the first single from the doomed album "Street Angel". The single would have been dead on arrival - not that the eventual selection was any better.

I agree. I loathe this song. And get this......I actually like Street Angel as an album. But this cheezy thing is like nails down a chalkboard IMHO. The first time I heard it I was like.....really? Stevie really thinks this is a good song? I don't care for her vocal in it either. When I found out years later that it was supposed to be the first single surprised me. Its just as bad as her lead single off her next album Everyday.

The main thing that was wrong was the yelling of the title words to the chorus, complete with an overdubbed response of "UN-COND-I-TION-UUUULLL!!" It needed to be sweet and pretty, not strident.

That fix, combined with using the original Glyn Johns production would have salvaged the song for me.

The only point of interest for me about this song is that a music video was reportedly shot but never released because Stevie didn’t like the way she looked in it. There are some stills floating around from the vid - white dress, curly hair and lots of white candles. At this point it seems like it’ll never be leaked, if it even still exists in any form, but would be super interesting to see as a curiosity from the low point of Stevie’s career.

You mean these? Yes she doesn't seem to be at her best. And the concept fits more with Phantom of the Opera than with Unconditional Love.

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/26/d5/d4/2...ef81ea3c47.jpg

https://64.media.tumblr.com/aeaec133...cf32f99a9c.jpg

https://64.media.tumblr.com/1896d79d...7abf06be80.jpg

The video was shot before rehab? I can't remember the timeline on this one. She nearly finished Street Angel or finished Street Angel prior to rehab. When she got out she rearranged the album some booting off some tracks. I wonder if the video was shot in her klonopin haze and when she got sober she saw it and cringed.

In my opinion Unconditional Love is definitely not the worst song on Street Angel. I like it much better than Love is Like a River.

I’m with you, BLY. While I can’t disagree necessarily with the reasons other folks have said they don't like the song, for some reason despite the flaws, I like it a lot. I really enjoy the music and backing vocals, as well as the inflections in Stevie’s voice. It’s a pretty vague song, I mean I have no idea what the lyrics mean, but I certainly never got the idea that it was about open relationships LOL but to each their own.

Exactly! I love her voice and the backing vocals. I always loved Stevie’s songs for vocals and the music. I have never focused too much on the lyrics. That also goes for Fleetwood Mac and any of my other favorite musicians.

You used to call me wicked. I used to call you friend.

In the first picture she looks like Baby Jane. :laugh: Actually I like Street Angel and thought that she sounded amazing on that tour.

A lot of co-writers on that album too I think. And maybe three not written at all by Stevie? A Phantom of the Opera.

Is this really the single version they had ready to release? Good grief this is bad. I am guessing she was under the influence of tranquilizers when singing this?
Who is the male voice singing back up during the bridge?

BTW, the most cheeziest line ever: One condition of love is there are none at all.
That is so bad IMHO.

Just listening to this gives me side effects of klonopin. If there was a video of this no wonder its buried in a swamp somewhere.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XExN9bye6xc