20 years since Say You Will...

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

I worked part-time at Best Buy, and I really just did it out of my own excitement What was weird is that Best Buy got no promotion materials for it. No promo copy of the album, only a 24x24in vinyl slick that slid into the aisle endcaps... which overall was odd because Best Buy had heavily promoted The Dance.

Thats a REALLY cool story. I am glad you shared.

[StevieandChris]

I love this album. It has some of my favorite LB songs --- my top list of his FM songs would be I'm So Afraid, Go Your Own Way, and Big Love and then I'd skip to many of his songs from this record: Peacekeeper, Bleed to Love Her, Steal Your Heart Away, and Miranda.

My two complaints are 1) Lack of Christine songs 2) I wish Smile At You was recorded more like the demos without the sound effects, not sure of the tech language.

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by StevieandChris

I love this album. It has some of my favorite LB songs --- my top list of his FM songs would be I'm So Afraid, Go Your Own Way, and Big Love and then I'd skip to many of his songs from this record: Peacekeeper, Bleed to Love Her, Steal Your Heart Away, and Miranda.

My two complaints are 1) Lack of Christine songs 2) I wish Smile At You was recorded more like the demos without the sound effects, not sure of the tech language.

BTLY and SYHA are two of my favorite LB songs as well. These were absolutely great! And I’ve long felt that two of my favorite demos from Mirage: Smile at You and If You Were My Love…both absolutely horrible in their eventual released forms decades later. I hate Smile at You on this album. It isn’t one tenth of the song that it was originally.

[StevieandChris]

Originally Posted by jmn3

BTLY and SYHA are two of my favorite LB songs as well. These were absolutely great! And I’ve long felt that two of my favorite demos from Mirage: Smile at You and If You Were My Love…both absolutely horrible in their eventual released forms decades later. I hate Smile at You on this album. It isn’t one tenth of the song that it was originally.

Smile at You really pales in comparison to the demos! I like several of the demos I've heard, all better than the version of SYW.

But I do love the 24 Karat Gold version of If You Were My Love, and I also love the Mirage outtake of If You Were My Love. It depends on my mood. The final version on 24KG is moodier/darker and makes me feel sad/reflective, the outtake version funkier and more upbeat and defiant. It's like Silver Springs. Sometimes I want The Dance version, sometimes I want the Rumours version.