I really LIKE this version (on IYD) alot, but I LOVE the outtake version. I don't find it cheesy at all...I do think it (even for, and at, the time) sounds older ... almost like a Rock A Little outtake, more than a TISL one...but never the less I love it. I feel that there is more passion in Stevie's vocal delivery on the early version ... and I miss the words that are left out in the new one...
When I added the IYD album to my iPod, I did delete the original Annabel Lee, but I kept my heart figuring I'd wait and see...I think I'm going to end up keeping both...at least for awhile...
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