Not Make Believe vs. Silver Girl

[Christopher]

Originally quoted by Joe:

"running through the garden" reminds me of what i liked about stevie in the older days...it's got a LOT of energy and her vocal shows it...i'm so glad they decided to use this song. i don't know why it's getting such a bad rap.

I LOVE RTTG!!! I agree totally JOE-This song soooo reminds me of mid 80's Stevie without sounding completely retro..It sorta reminds me of 80's new wave-with Lindseys punky arrangement and punctuated guitar licks. And Stevie really brings the lyrics to the table on this- I think they are among her best!! This one is my favorite SYW track at the moment. And I agree w/ you, even though I hate to compare her songs here to her songs on TISL(and that CD was fantastic!)...I Think her 10 songs here are better than TISL as a whole!...I also love the way Lindsey has got her out of that slow to mid-tempo arena she meanders in alot....
I love the snappy tempo in : Thrown Down, Say You Will & Destiny Rules. Running through the Garden rocks!, Everybody Finds Out is outright danceable. & Illume has that incredible funky Mcvie bass w/ wild percussion splashes...that match the quirkiness of Stevies lyrics and delivery. I just love the diversity of all her tracks!!the only song that really really had a pulse on TISL was FFG.

Not Make Believe is pretty good.....but not great, kinda like Silver Girl- its really a toss up as far as which one I think should have made the CD- I suspect because Stevie already has a good 5 up-tempo songs coupled w/ the fact that it was inspired by Sheryl somewhat.Stevie probably lobbied to make sure this one made the cut ...Howerver, I would take both of these songs over at least 2 songs that come to mind on TISL: TMMS & TFFT.