Belle Fleur

[BombaySapphire3]

I noticed there was not a thread for this song which I feel is one of the highlights of the album as well as one of the three songs that IMHO are the biggest upgrades from the demo.I love the way that the intro which IMO is one of the best of her solo career gives no clue of the song until it at last segues into the familiar and melodic chords of the demo.The outro with the first verse repeated is also great.I see it is on a lot of people's top 6 but someone also posted that they hated it.Would love to see Belle Fleur performed live someday I think it would be incredible.

[KarmaContestant]

I don't think of this firsthand as a favorite, but each time I hear it, I love it more and more.

[AliceLover]

I don't like how it's so slow up until the end. Love how those chords come in at the 1 minute marker, but it leads to nowhere. Much like many of the songs on this album.

[BombaySapphire3]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

I don't like how it's so slow up until the end. Love how those chords come in at the 1 minute marker, but it leads to nowhere. Much like many of the songs on this album.

Really? I think that the song actually has quite a bit of melodic variety and tension until it finally leads up the ' ' bell blue ..bell flower' part of the chorus and then descends again for the outro..I'm sorry you don't like the album. I think it is like a great lost and then decades later discovered album from her glory years,

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3

Really? I think that the song actually has quite a bit of melodic variety and tension until it finally leads up the ' ' bell blue ..bell flower' part of the chorus and then descends again for the outro..I'm sorry you don't like the album. I think it is like a great lost and then decades later discovered album from her glory years,

I LOVE the melody. I just hate that the first two verses are so slow!

[sorcerer999]

Yes!!! Love this song and it is definitely one of my favorites on the album! I love it right before the outro begins and Stevie and the girls sing that final line, "It's only lo-ah-uh-ah-oveeeee..." Simply beautiful!

[goldenground]

I love how different it is from the demo. I was expecting a more simple arrangement and was pleasantly surprised at how intricate they got with it. The intro absolutely rocks, and that last repeated verse, "Voice rings, 'Are you looking for a man'" is really cool.

[Jondalar]

I love this song. Could of been on Bella Donna. To me it feels like a late 1960s song. Joni Mitchell meets John Fogerty or Lynard Skynard. Hippie, swamp music. Original.

[HoursAndHours]

I'm really loving the intro (well, the whole thing, but especially the intro). It could be extended for a really great set (or encore) opener.

[gssmith]

My favorite from this great album

[jwd]

I've got to say that is one of the best intros to a song I have ever heard!