Like or Dislike: Talk To Me

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I don't care if she didn't write it, I love this song! The music is perfect - esp. the tempo: not slow & dragging, but not too hard & fast either. But that drum at the beginning scares the crap out of me every time if I have the stereo up too loud.

The lyrics? There's not a single line that I don't like. Not a one. I really dig the following:

"though we lay, face to face and cheek to cheek,
our voices stray, from the common grounds where they can meet,
the walls run high, to veil a swelling tear,
let the walls burn down, set your secrets free,
you can break their bounds, cause you're safe with me, you can lose your doubt, cause you'll find no danger, not here!"

Stevie delivers one of her best vocal performances here, IMO. Her range & control is amazing. My karaoke-like performance (for myself) whenever I hear this tune is ridiculous.

The video - ah, yes, the video. This video rocks. My only complaint is that there aren't enough close-ups - most shots are so far away you can't see her facial expression at all. Not the "closeups" themselves, obviously - I mean when she's busting those badass moves in the big white room. Speaking of those moves - teeheehee . Guilty pleasure to the max. I have done their little silly line dance in my living room many times. Love it. Much better than the marching in the I Can't Wait vid.

Live? It was good on the RAL tour, but I think it was phenomenal on the Street Angel tour. "we both know, there's somethin' HAPPENIN' HERE, OOOO YEAH!" I admit I was extremely disappointed that she did not do this in Vegas, or during the rest of the tour. Maybe some day...