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| I'm a proud Street Angel!!! |
   
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14 | 35.90% |
| I'm a Street Angel, but not so proud of the fact. |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Street Angels are OK with me. |
  
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14 | 35.90% |
| Ugh - not those damned Street Angels again. |
  
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6 | 15.38% |
| I hate Street Angels. HATE them! |
  
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5 | 12.82% |
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#1
09-25-2005, 11:24 AM
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Like or Dislike: Street Angel
I never, ever got into this song initially (I think I had Enchanted before I had Street Angel, so I probably heard it first in 98.) Maybe because it's so dark, and in 98 with Enchanted & Storytellers & all that happiness & energy, it didn't fit Stevie for me. For years, I payed it no attention.
Over the past 3 or 4 years, I began to appreciate this song. A lot. Now I like it because it's a bit dark. Haunting. It's very different, I think she really took a risk here. The harmonies with David Crosby? Chilling. The music is so...minimal? Sparse? I can't find the right word (man, I need a thesaurus.) It just sets the mood, hanging out in the background letting the lyrics tell the story & not overshadowing the vocals at all. I know people say this is about the homeless, and I think Stevie has said as much in interviews, but I don't think that's the whole story. Not all of the lyrics fit with that explanation. Of course, when is a song of Stevie's only about 1 thing?  Favorite lyrics: No amount of crying...changes your mind No amount of praying...brings you inside I know that you love me... and that you always will You just stand outside and call to me... My sweet street angel A Charles Dickens character, with your top hat and your scarf When you pull me through the rainbow... I thought you'd stop But you didn't...you turned around... You went back to the children...and your music... And the people that you love AND So I ended it all...for the both of us I fell down the stairs...a broken rag doll But you never knew...you just thought I went away With nothing more to hope for... But you don't hear voices anymore No...my sweet street angel Love the vocal on this verse: I can't help but wonder if... Every once in a while...you remember the girl When you were a homeless angel... that drove you wild Strange and elusive. This could have been great if not for the last 2 wretched lines: I've been walking under rainbows...too long to tell You keep walking down mean streets... my street angel I try to bring you in...out of the cold But street angels live on the street... And they always will 
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09-25-2005, 11:47 AM
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I totally love this song. The Enchanted version doesnt have the same zing (?) to it. I really like the punchy guitar bit at the start. The whole idea of a "street angel" is kinda stupid when you think about, but when you don't the song is really great. Haunting.
I love the way she sings the lines: No amount of crying...changes your mind No amount of praying...brings you inside I'd say it was a top twenty song for me, but I think I've said that about every song so far in the "Like Or Dislike" threads 
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09-25-2005, 11:56 AM
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I like the song a lot. My fav verse is one that you've already mentioned, but
"i can't help but wonder if...every once in a while you remember the girl-when you were a homeless angel that drove you wild strange and elusive" by far the best line I'm a proud street angel fan. btw..we are JUST talking about the song, right?
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09-25-2005, 12:03 PM
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09-25-2005, 12:03 PM
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that's what I'm screaming!
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09-25-2005, 12:56 PM
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I like the song. I think her use of imagery is great though it borders on adolescent metaphors (rag doll, etc. ) as she tends to do. But, I just relate to that song as I do almost all of her opening songs.
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09-25-2005, 01:24 PM
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I don't like it at all. That's it.
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09-25-2005, 02:34 PM
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S/A is OK with me!
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09-25-2005, 02:52 PM
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I'm shocked at just that! Strangely, I feel almost the same way Paula does about it, for the same reasons. It wasn't my favorite at first, but the music really turned it around for me. It is strange, spare, and haunting. Just gorgeous. I like that weird drum thing...that sounds more like hollow popping? (don't know what it is).
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09-25-2005, 03:02 PM
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Best.Song.Ever.
Really, it is.
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09-25-2005, 03:20 PM
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the most depressingly boring Stevie Nicks song ever... even God's Garden is more uplifting
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09-25-2005, 04:15 PM
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I like it, not my favourite on Street Angel (that's Greta) but it's a very nice song.
Romy
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09-25-2005, 04:56 PM
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I'm definitely a proud Street Angel. That song is ace.
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Kimberly
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