What’s the best song post ‘87?

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by aleuzzi

I forgot about the Say You Will album!

The two songs you mention from it, and “Say Goodbye,” are my favorites. “Throw Down” runs a close fourth…and I actually love “Illume.” It captures the paranoia of the time very well.

OMG Yes. Its so rare to find someone else that appreciates Illume. Its all Lindsey. How do turn a poem about a horrific tragedy into music and song. How could you even begin to put it to music? I would use anger instead of paranoia but it has that vibe. It could fit on Law and Order or Tusk. The criticisms of the song on this board over the years make me go insane......"you cant sing to it" "It has no chorus" "It makes no sense"
Not all music is supposed to be fun pop verse, chorus, repeat. Sometimes like album covers music is made to make you think. Stevie was so masterful in describing her personal experience at a NYC hotel during 9/11. Like all poetry there are metaphors and indirect words, phrases, etc. I really appreciate Lindsey's craft of this song. The song puts you at unease and takes you down a path of uncertainty. That's the entire point of the song. I think the unease and uncertainty the song projects turns people off. When the band went on stage in NYC on the SYW tour they should have played it. People really expected a sing along chorus to 9/11 or a get up and dance number? I don't get it.