"Smile At You" - Demo or SYW version

[LiquidBlue5000]

Originally Posted by vermicious knid

It is important to point out the difference in the Tusk demo and the Mirage demo. The Mirage "angry" demo is stellar and anybody who prefers the tepid SYW version is on crack.

[ontheEdgeof17]

I like the demos better. They are raw and more emotional. It makes for better vocals and performances.

Could you have imagined this song on the Mirage Tour? Wow. It would have become a classic.

[Janet]

Demo, demo, demo....by far........

[darklinensuit]

The demos are worlds better. For one thing, the choruses have melodies.

- Jake

[Kelly]

Oh boy, much as I hate to agree with LiquidBlue, I have to do it here. (j/k) There is no passion in the SYW vocal. Sorry but I am not hearing seething on the album cut. Now the demo...she is pissed hardcore. (my walls are flamin....ouch) I hear way more anger in EFO. I actually like both versions but like I said a long time ago, they are two different songs almost in my mind.

Goodbye Baby....gorgeous song. Lindsey handled it exactly right and her vocal gives me chills. Very lullaby'ish.

[xxxmx]

i had to go with the album version. i listened to a few different versions (i have sooo much time on my hands ) and just really prefer the SYW cut. the Angry demo just seems too out of reach for me, i definitely can't sing along with it while i'm baking a pie. maybe i would like the demos better if they were a little more finished, i really like LB's backing vocals on the album cut. anyways, i have to go take my pie out of the oven. and listen to the Tower...

[wheart]

I really don't like the SYW version at all. The demo version has such fire and Stevie's vocal has a lot of anger and power in it, which I love. And her wails towards end are awesome. I love the line "Don't ask me why..." towards the end.

I don't like the arrangement of the SYW version first of all. I don't think the acoustic guitar works. Given the lyrics, I think it needs to be louder. And the vocals, to me, sound a little strained. Probably one of my least favorite tracks on SYW.

[wheart]

Originally Posted by xxxmx

i had to go with the album version. i listened to a few different versions (i have sooo much time on my hands ) and just really prefer the SYW cut. the Angry demo just seems too out of reach for me, i definitely can't sing along with it while i'm baking a pie. maybe i would like the demos better if they were a little more finished, i really like LB's backing vocals on the album cut. anyways, i have to go take my pie out of the oven. and listen to the Tower...

demos aren't supposed to be finished. That's why they're demos.

[David]

Originally Posted by dudden22

I don't even listen to the Say You Will version, I don't like the vocal or the production.

I don't, either. It's like muzak to me. I just don't care for Fleetwood Mac's 2003 conception.

But I love Illume!

[Bandon]

I was completely dissapointed with the SYW version. It lacks the passion and depth of the demos. To me, the SYW version sounds very mechanical. They should have recorded and mastered the song sooner and put it on Mirage or Tango. What a waste. But then I was dissapointed with much of SYW anyway.

[David]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

I like the demos better. They are raw and more emotional. It makes for better vocals and performances.

I'm surprised to hear you say that. You don't generally go for the "raw."

Could you have imagined this song on the Mirage Tour? Wow. It would have become a classic.

Drop Dreams & Gypsy from that tour's set list & replace them with Smile at You -- or Straight Back & Gold Dust Woman.

Gold Dust Woman would have been primo to me in 1982.

[GypsySorcerer]

I like them both.

[gldstwmn]

Ah AHHHHHHHHH! My ears, my ears! A great song, ruined. Hopefully if they ever reissue Mirage we'll get that version. Mick Fleetwood made a mistake leaving this off of Mirage.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by Lux

The SYW version because it's also the only one I've heard and I love what was made of it on the album. Without John's bass I wouldn't bother listening to it for starters.

That's the only good thing about it. His bass on the demo is quite good also.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by diamondsnake

Agree 100%...

I think her voice is annoyingly high in the demo if memory serves me correct. I haven't listened to it in a while. Also, I loathe the way she says "lady" instead of "woman" in the demo. For some reason "lady" bugs me...

She sings "woman" in the Mirage demo.