The "Something Exquisite" appreciation thread

[sorcerer999]

I've been listening to this song a lot lately for some reason. Most likely because her lyrics are resonating with me in my own personal life at the moment.

The musicality of it - the oriental feel of the synth, reminds me a lot of "Battle Of The Dragon" even though the two songs sound completely different. But it's the synth here in "Something Exquisite" that sets the tone of the song. I LOVE IT!!! It's catchy and you want more of it, yet it's got a dark undertone - and that fits quite perfectly with the "strange misgiving" lyric.

The lyrics, like any Stevie song, are always up to the individual listener's interpretation. Some if it is quite straightforward while others aren't. Clearly she's infatuated by a new man in her life ("Well I knew that I had come face to face with a stranger, with someone that I knew was crazier that you were...") and likewise she wants him to be just as fascinated with her ("your great eyes looking down, your ways…well, I want to learn them...I want my life to concern him...").

Then there's the train metaphor in the second verse which likens this guy to someone who lives a crazy life (much like her at the time) and doesn't know how to stop. And because of this, she has a "strange misgiving".

"Still on the edge of something exquisite". PERFECT description for anyone who hasn't had very much luck in finding their soul mate because maybe they keep falling in love with the wrong people.

I dunno. All of this is my own silly interpretation. But I just love this song. And I wouldn't mind it if she revisited it in the future, maybe for "SFTV part 2" or a Fleetwood Mac album or something - IF she could improve upon the original, that is. I also wouldn't mind it if better versions of the RAL outtakes were discovered or released on a reissue. I love what we have but I just wish the sound quality was better.

Anyways, what do you guys think of this song? Seeing as how the Stevie forum is in desperate need of new topics, I figured this song would be something fun to discuss. I hardly ever see it brought up here.