"Special Kind of Love" appreciation post

[face of glass]

Originally posted by trackaghost
I can't stand You & I Pt II either. It always sounds to me as if it's recorded on a Casio keyboard with the bossanova beat playing or something.
Just dreadful.

That's one of the reasons I love it,and Johnny Stew's quote of the lyric is another. Not only does this song offer the much needed levity after the "playing-in-the-drama" of "WISYA", it also dirties the gloss of TITN a little. This is the album where they truly started to have that "audiophile approach" after all, so when there's something that sounds a bit "cheap" in there, it balances the situation out somewhat. For me, it is the only link on TITN to the childlike gorgeousness of "I Know I'm Not Wrong". *notices how Downonrodeo and Shackin'up get odd looks on their faces*

And "Special Kind Of Love"? I'd still take this over any Stevie demo that runs 10+ minutes.

[face of glass]

Originally posted by trackaghost
a shiny disposable pop song

I’d much rather have something like that than several songs that take themselves too seriously all the time. *cough* Stevie *cough*.

Originally posted by trackaghost
I think they thought that the Casio sound was bright and modern (which I guess it was in a way). Banish the gritty guitars and replace them with synths and glossy keyboards - t'was the time it was made. It didn't sound "cheap" or "dirty" at the time, and still doesn't to me. It just sounds lame.

It sounds a lot cheaper to me than the rest of the album. Ok, not exactly “dirty”. It something they probably tossed out in a few hours after spending several months for the rest of the stuff. But it’s definitely far more childish to me than the remainder of TITN and that’s a big plus for me.

Originally posted by trackaghost
Oh and I thought lyrics don't matter eh?

If Lindsey Buckingham, who had just hit his bottom in lyrics with “Family Man”, suddenly writes a great lyric at a time when he wasn’t “supposed to be” writing them, then it matters.

And if Stevie really wants to impress me with her way of words, she should write that book of hers. Otherwise, stick to singing girl.