Let's Talk About...ANGEL

[Dodfather]

I thought it was time to resurrect this thread and I don't think this one has been discussed yet (apologies if I'm wrong and should have hit search first!)...

Anyway, I loooooove this track. Believe it or not it wasn't an immediate favourite when I started getting into Tusk but after seeing the following incredible performance from the documentary (possibly my fave Stevie live performance ever) I finally got the song and it;s been one of my faves every since!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPoZTolLmik

So what are everyone's thoughts on this song? I know the popular interpretation is that it's all about Lindsey and how she still loves him, gets the same "wide eyes" when he walks in the room etc but I think it could also be about Mick, and not just because of Carol Ann Hariss's comments in Storms (I take everything in that book with a bucketload of salt!)

"It's funny that you understood"... This could be the surprise at their affair beginning

"we both pretend"... obviously if you're interpreting this as about Mick then it's about them hiding it...

I think the song could equally be interpreted as being about both men, which perhaps was Stevie's intention. Parts of it fit both Mick and Lindsey too well (especially the "look up" lines...she has to look up to everyone, she's very small after all hahaha!)

John really kicks ass on this tune too. That bass line is just fantastic. Really drives the song forward and oproves yet again how underrated he is. Other than The Chain, he gets forgotten!

Have to say I prefer live versions to the one on the album, and I still love that one, purely because of the energy Stevie brings to it. The Tusk tour performances are wonderful, with great interaction between her and Lindsey.

So, thoughts...?