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Originally Posted by michelej1
I agree about Can't Go Back. Those acoustic flicks, the echoing arrangement, the great vocals that weave around the song's message, expressing everything elusive and distant. When the way those 3 sing together leaves one with a sense that they're falling away, it makes for a very emotional experience (as it also did in Hold Me). This song offers a Beatles' melody, combined with some of LB's best lyrics.
Michele
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I am not entirely convinced that Stevie even sings on "Can't Go Back" or even "Hold Me." In fact, other than her own songs, I think Stevie only appears on "Love in Store," "Book of Love" and "Eyes of the World." Everything else seems to be Christine, Lindsey and "Fake Stevie," aka Lindsey with a variable speed oscillator.
Personally I despise "Can't Go Back"- it's just a bit too sappy and sugary for my taste, much in the same way that I despise "You and I Pt. II." Upon first hearing it all those years ago, my initial reaction was that Lindsey was trying too hard to be commercial, and that it was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek joke in a way. And the fact that they tossed it out there as a b-side to the "Hold Me" single says it all; I've always considered album-cuts-that-become-b-sides to be the biggest insult of all. It's basically the band or record label saying that the song sucks so badly that it would never stand a chance of becoming an A-side or even a radio hit.