Like or Dislike: Stand Back

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I don't even know what to say about this song. This, along with Edge, is just classic Stevie to me. Most everyone is familiar with it, even the most casual fan. The lyrics - well, yes, they can be confusing at times (I'm not going to even start on her explanations - "well, you know, like standing in a welfare line...") But I love it anyway.

Somehow, despite all the synthesizers, this sounds like a rock song to me, not a dance tune. I mean, you can dance to it & everything, but it's not really a "dance" song. KnowwhatI'msayin?

Live - spectacular. I love the energy she gets when she's singing. The drum intro can get pretty tired, but this tour's percussion w/ Taku & Jimmy was really incredible. Mac or solo, I really don't care, it's all good - LIB is exceptionally great. But I have yet to hear a live version that disappointed me. Sure, some are better than others, but I've never thought any live version I've heard was truly terrible. I do, however, think she does it better now than in the past. Sounded way too much like the studio version on the 83 tour - it's way looser now, more hard rockin'.

The video? In all it's 80's cheesy glory? I adore it, of course. Grew up with it when we first got MTV. Civil War version - sure, I'll take that one too.