Blue Water
 

I finally made it all the way through the "Blue Water" demo. I find it overlong and repetitive (and I don't believe that level of reverb was intentional). As someone new to the song, I really like what they did with it on 24K. The first minute is true to the demo, but then they give it some much-needed groove with the guitar and drums. It sounds more Americana than country, like a really good Bonnie Raitt song.

I think just about everything on the new album works. But if you prefer the original demo, you can always listen to that too. Just my 2 cents.

Nothing can beat the remastered demo of Blue Water but I really love the 24K version also. This makes me doubly satisfied.

I too love the 24K "Blue Water" better than the demo version. I am sure no one else gets this, but I feel an early 80s/late 70s Pointer Sisters vibe with it...which I love all Pointer Sisters. Like a distant cousin of "Slow Hand" but in Stevie Nicks land. :)

like all of you, I definitely hear an R&B vibe to this song. In my mind I was thinking of the similarlity to Crusin' (Together), by Smokey Robinson. You have to get through the first minute and 2 seconds of the song to reach it, but it's R&B all the way to me! Great song!

The 24k version is a classic.

I've always liked the demo but the album version improves on the demo so much. It's one of the best songs on the album, too.