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Originally posted by Johnny Stew
You seem to really enjoy the "Wall Of Sound" version, so it surprises me that you'd hold your dislike of the album version against her in your overall judgement of her 'SYW' contributions.
But then I guess one bad apple can spoil the whole bushel, if the apple is that unappealing to you! 
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Let's settle the "Thrown Down Affair" right now!
1. I love the lyrics to the song.
2. I feel that the WOS version has incredibly passionate vocals from Stevie, and ESPECIALLY from Lindsey. He is amazing on that song.
3. I don't like the album vocal one bit. The emotion seems forced (which is the very first Stevie song to ever seem that way to me), it's flat and monotonal, and the music doesn't complement her voice very well.
4. The album version is missing the "passionate Lindsey" and would have greatly benefitted from having him go off like on the WOS version.
5. The WOS version just seemed to have a completely new dimension to the song than the album version. It was two ex-lovers singing to each to each other and you could hear the heartache. That's completely missing from the album version.
6. While the WOS version doesn't have the most fantastic music, the uptempo quality of it is much better suited for the song. Because Stevie's voice is so unappelaing to me on the album version because of her flat and monotonous delivery, the slow and plodding music of that version really makes it sink, IMO.
7. The album version seems VERY rushed, like there was more to the song but it was edited due to time.
8. Finally, the climax of the album version doesn't pay off at all. Those final two lyrics should have been hammered home, but instead, they were just...
sung.
Hope this clarifies my lack of Thrown Down love.