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Originally Posted by WildHearted

This is why I hate genre labeling -

agree re genre labeling and i cannot say that i'm very good at it either. just trying to express what i'm thinking the best way i can...

Originally Posted by WildHearted

my natural tendency wouldn't be to lump a majority of Stevie's stuff in with that...

agree, most of Stevie's stuff is not rock in my mind, whichever way i've seen rock defined.

Originally Posted by WildHearted

So do you think Edge of Seventeen is just a pop song or what?

i'd say it's a great [rocking] pop song, yes.

Originally Posted by WildHearted

I just personally don't think that GDW is all THAT much different than it has been in the past. There's the extended ending, yes, but it's not as if she's stopped the wails, cut out all the guitars, and stripped it down to a piano ballad. It's still intense to me.

i'm with you that the first part of the song is still as it was in the past (still i do miss 2009 jazzed up guitar version throughout; hoping against hope that will show up in Europe maybe?)... but the song is now >11 minutes long and by youtube vids timing the last part with no music whatsoever is about 1.5 minute. so this last part is what bothers me. by the time the song comes to a close, i have forgotten how great it was when it started over 10 minutes earlier.

Originally Posted by WildHearted

Tthen again, I like the song with just an acoustic guitar too so maybe I'm just not very selective.

i don't think i've heard that, can you link me up?