"beginning to wonder why/feeling it's time to try..."
wins hands down....i was completely enchanted by this version when i first heard/saw the Rosebud video ages ago. I never was a really big fan of the song until then. It completely changed it for me. I figured the Rosebud clips were recorded during the making of the Rumours album and that it was an early version of the song that they were still experimenting with. I think Stevie's harmonies add so much. When i heard the outtake version on the Rumours reissue i was more than delighted and surprised. I had always imagined what the studio version would sound like if they used those lyrics and harmonies. They should have kept it that way. The final version seems empty when i hear it now. Additionally, i like how the last verse, "don't...don't break the spell", is actually added in as the second verse as well. Does that make sense? You know what i mean!
What's kind of cool is that even though they dropped stevie's harmony from the final recording, they kept it in for the live versions...at least till the Mirage tour.
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