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Originally Posted by mitzo
To me the Stevie PM version was an opportunity lost. Her vocals at the beginning of the song are flat and grating and false, but the latter part of the song with its dreamy flowing instrumentals and whispery vocals are really beautiful. If the whole song had that quality I'd choose it as the winner, but the White Album version is my choice despite the fact that it is not really Stevie.
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I agree. Her voice is too strong in the beginning. I like how it gets softer at the end but I think that's how she should've sang it from the start. I think that's the problem with her voice now is that there's no softness left to it.
Funny this thread came up as I just started listening the the FM Crystal a few weeks back. I was up in the mountains taking some pics of winter scenes with partially frozen streams and snow and icicles etc and this song seemed so appropriate with all of its imagery. I voted for the FM version. I like them all and even the PM version because the production on it is pretty nice. I used to like the BN version over the FM one but not the case right now.
I have since been playing from the White album: I'm So Afraid, Crystal, then Sugar Daddy. Just those three. It's my favorite sequence lately. Hadn't really listened to those in a long time. ISA is so freaking heavy and dark and magnificent!!!