"Touched By An Angel", "My Heart" and "Thrown Down"

[sorcerer999]

So we all know that these were the three songs left off of TISL. My question(s):

Do you think any one of these songs or all three should have been kept on the record?

If so, what song or songs (that made it on to the record) would you take off to replace?

Or...would you just add all three to make it a 16 track record? Or not add any and leave TISL as it is?

Or I guess I could've just said, "Build your own Trouble In Shangri-La! Go!"

[markolas]

Any two of them could replace That Made Me Stronger & Too Far from Texas, and I'd be more than pleased.

[markolas]

btw, was there an actual finished version of Thrown Down for TISL? The "wall of sound" version I have features LB prominently, so I assume that version was recorded during the SYW sessions.

[mylittledemon]

TISL is what it is... There's no need to change it. I think Thrown Down was the strongest of the lot of those 3... I don't know if including it on the record would've made it that much stronger. Thrown Down ended up sounding the way it should... the FMac version edges out the TISL version. I don't think I'd change TISL.

[APerfectLie]

Originally Posted by markolas

btw, was there an actual finished version of Thrown Down for TISL? The "wall of sound" version I have features LB prominently, so I assume that version was recorded during the SYW sessions.

That version is the studio version for TISL. I think Mick is on it too, but it was on a 16 track version of TISL that Stevie played. As for having these songs on the album, I say add Touched By An Angel. I like My Heart, but something about it just doesn't feel like it should be on an album. And I am glad Thrown Down was held off until SYW. I prefer the SYW version much more. However, I do wish Have No Heart would have made it on TISL, and I would have replaced "It's Only Love".

[Jondalar]

Here is what I wish that album ended up like, granted it still would not of been great, but it would of been a lot better, and almost totally rock. These songs are not in order of the way would be sequenced.

TISL
Candlebright
Sorceror
Planets of the Universe (piano version)
Everyday
If you Ever Did Believe
Say You Will
Fall from Grace
Illume
Thrown Down (the TISL version, the SYW lyrics were too wacky)
Smile at You
Destiny Rules (a little better vocal please)
My Heart (a better vocal please)
I Miss You
Twisted (the demo version)

[Dodfather]

I've been looking for my copies of these 3 songs and I can't find them. Well, I found My Heart but it refuses to play. I know I had them somewhere but my computer went crazy a couple of months ago and I lost loads. I thought I'd managed to replace everything but I keep finding stuff isn't where it once was!

Can someone help? Are these up on mediafire?

[TerraRhiannon]

I definitely would have replaced That Made Me Stronger (Even though I like that song) or It's Only Love with Touched By An Angel!

[OooMissionary]

Trouble In Shangri-La Track Listing:

1-Trouble In Shangri-La
2-Candlebright
3-Sorcerer
4-Planets Of The Universe (ExtendedVersion)
5-Everyday
6-I Miss You
7-My Heart
8-If You Ever Did Believe
9-Love Changes
10-Touched By An Angel
11-Bombay Sapphires
12-Fall From Grace
13-Love Is

...For TISL, I threw out Too Far From Texas (I don't like her voice with Natalie Maines), Its Only Love (although her vocal is beautiful), That Made Me Stronger (Although the song is a major peice of her life during this period)... and I added My Heart, If You Ever Did Believe (Lindsey has realeased multiple versions of the same song, so why not Stevie) and Touched By An Angel... Mixing up the 'sequencing' a little to shake it up some...

...Thrown Down is great, but I think it has its place on SYW... As odd as the production of SYW was...and some of her vocals were left oddly raw in such heavy productions, I feel it gave Stevie a nice touch of edge...

[OooMissionary]

How the hell can you get 'Touched By An Angel'?

I had it a couple of years ago, but my computer crashed and I lost it.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Dodfather

I've been looking for my copies of these 3 songs and I can't find them. Well, I found My Heart but it refuses to play. I know I had them somewhere but my computer went crazy a couple of months ago and I lost loads. I thought I'd managed to replace everything but I keep finding stuff isn't where it once was!

Can someone help? Are these up on mediafire?

Hope this helps!

My Heart: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mj17p62g3meqpdr

Touched By An Angel: http://www.mediafire.com/?54jg9ad8c6rix5k

Thrown Down [Wall of Sound Version]: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?n7776jf937rxva3

And here's a bonus one, just incase you're interested

Have No Heart: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?7a95qafk5fkvmax

[OooMissionary]

Thank you!

[markolas]

Why are y'all removing It's Only Love? It's a beautiful song, and the first time I heard it, I thought it was her best vocal since the BD era. Definitely one of the best songs on the album.

[markolas]

Like I've said umpteen times before, the album would be perfect except for those two clunkers in the middle (TFFT & TMMS).

1. Trouble in Shangri-La
2. Candlebright
3. Sorcerer
4. Planets of the Universe
5. Every Day
6. Thrown Down
7. My Heart
8. It's Only Love
9. Love Changes
10. I Miss You
11. Bombay Sapphires
12. Fall from Grace
13. Love Is

[mezzoforte]

Originally Posted by markolas

Why are y'all removing It's Only Love? It's a beautiful song, and the first time I heard it, I thought it was her best vocal since the BD era. Definitely one of the best songs on the album.

I agree--It's Only Love is one of my favorites--easily the strongest vocal performance on TISL, IMO.
But people here seem to prefer material Stevie wrote herself. That's probably especially true of her ballads--we appreciate them more when they come from a more personal place.