Thread: Favorite Stevie song from Tusk
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Old 10-08-2010, 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC View Post
Don't get me wrong, I think SOTM is fine and everything, but I can't help but feel that people are sentimental about it only because of the fiery live performance in the Mirage live video. But at the end of the day, the live version and the studio version are virtually two entirely different songs; the studio version comes nowhere close to the live version's intensity and passion. It's not her greatest song musically or lyrically and for me it seems to be nothing more than a really cool way to end Side 2. It would definitely be regarded as one of Stevie's lesser tracks if there wasn't that incendiary live version to think about..
You & I have diametrically opposed tastes in music, it seems.

I think the live versions of SOTM are WAY over the top (as opposed to the live vs studio "Rhiannon"s) and don't really care for them. I have always thought that the studio version IS the definitive version of the song.
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