What's so wrong with writing in the third person?

[SmthngOfADreamr]

Personally I have never really been a fan of Stevie's songs written entirely in the third person. If you take a look at what most people, even casual fans, would consider her best work, songs such as Dreams, Sara, Storms, Beautiful Child, Gypsy, Edge of 17, Stand Back, and even songs from TISL such as Sorcerer, TISL, Planets... NONE of it is written in the third person. The obvious exception to me is Rhiannon, but even that is written in a different perspective that Thrown Down. Rhiannon does not rely on the "he said, she said" or "he did this, she did this" forumla that Thrown Down is based upon. Rhiannon is a simple narritive, and the "she" and "her" in the song are defined. There is not this anonomous "She" and "He."

I think the reason that some people, including myself, dislike the "he said she said" third person in Stevie's writing is simply because it can be cumbersome to listen to and I think it is easier to convey feelings and emotions, which are primary elements in most of Stevie's work, if you write from the first person. Imagine Storms written in this third person, or Beautiful Child, or anything really that she wrote in the first person. It awful! "She had always been a storm?" "He said it will be harder in the morning. She waits for him to say just go. His hand held hers..." I mean I could go on and on. When you write about the things that Stevie writes about, I think it's obvious that first person is just better (at least to my ears!)