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Originally Posted by michelej1
Hold Me has gotten me through quite a lot and with the longing throughout, I'd say it's anything but light. Between the plea in the lyrics and the complexity of the instrumentation, it's like falling through depths of emotion. Of course, the simplicity of Stevie's voice, it's knowing and casual ache, in I Miss You and Love Is, has its very own depths. Both kinds are real enough to get buried in. Michele
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YES YES YES YES YES. So well put. And you totally picked the right songs from TISL -- and perfectly described their "knowing and causal ache" -- one with assist from Lindsey.
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Originally Posted by jbrownsjr
To me, I listen so closely to a song like Hold Me.... I can hear the angst you describe in the vocals of this tune.. a craving... a need.... the haromonies so closely match the feelings that I derive from it... the interchange between the piano and guitar... those notes from the acoustic guitar and acoustic upright piano dancing so close to running over each other but never stepping on each other.... so Pristine... so elegant... so far from a background tune...
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Hold Me is a great thing. Thank you for this.
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