Like or Dislike: HAEWAFY

[dissention]

Yeah, I've heard it sing it.

I would have given it a lower grade if it wasn't for some of her live performances. The song itself sticks out like a sore thumb on the mess that is Rock A Little and it has too many cheesy lines ("And the rain comes down," "This is your song," etc.) for me to like a whole lot. She also doesn't seem to be into that much on the album cut as much as she does live. In a live setting, there are times when she sings in an emotionally honest manner as Janis Joplin once did. It's just kind of boring on the album, maybe too earnest for it's own good. She once said she banged it out in five minutes and you can tell when you listen to it.

[AliceLover]

Ive heard her sing this in concert on two tours, thats enough!

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by dissention

Yeah, I've heard it sing it.

I would have given it a lower grade if it wasn't for some of her live performances. The song itself sticks out like a sore thumb on the mess that is Rock A Little and it has too many cheesy lines ("And the rain comes down," "This is your song," etc.) for me to like a whole lot. She also doesn't seem to be into that much on the album cut as much as she does live. In a live setting, there are times when she sings in an emotionally honest manner as Janis Joplin once did. It's just kind of boring on the album, maybe too earnest for it's own good. She once said she banged it out in five minutes and you can tell when you listen to it.

it is somewhat bland on the album. it doesn't have huge swells and lots of vocal acrobatics, but I think it is what it is and I really think the lyrics are nice and as you say, live it is a totally different creature.

and I don't like it ending RAL

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by Neal

I guess I'm in the minority; I like the album version better than most live versions.

You're not the only one. But then again I tend to prefer album versions in a lot of cases.

I used to love, love, love it. When I first became a fan, I would've told you this was one of my very favorite songs of hers. I used to cry when I listened to it because of the lyrics, music, and performance. Nowadays I still consider it one of the best tracks on RAL and I think it's beautiful but I'm rather sick of it as well. I don't play it so much anymore.

[jannieC]

Hey guys- my computer (at home) puked out for a while, so I'm at the library now. Anyway- I was a teen-ager when this song first came out and I loved it. I used to listen to it right after my father died, and somehow made it MY song. When I saw her on the RAL tour, she said something to the effect that she wished she could sit down and talk to each one of us individually (or something drug induced like that) and again, being a teenager I just LOVED it.

So yes, I love this song. Every time I see Stevie live, I'm afraid it may be the last time, so when she sings, "I want you to remember me...", I get all choked up.

[golden braid]

I love this song, epsecially the live versions. My favorite versions are when she ended with "and I thought that there was a connection."

[equeen102289]

I love this song on the album and live. My favorite versions are the one Red Rocks and the one from Storytellers. They end differently, but she nails them both.

[1934mission]

I like that this song is special to her and that she sings it with such conviction live.

[TheBlueLamp]

It's alright. I'd tend to skip it a lot though when listening to Stevie stuff. I think it's totally out of place on Rock A Little though.

[DrummerDeanna]

I believe in this song too

But - I've got a little background with it - someone wrote it down for me once etc...lots of emotional ties for me with that song.

[sarafield]

Originally Posted by dissention

She once said she banged it out in five minutes and you can tell when you listen to it.

Indeed. I've never heard it done live, and maybe my opinion would change if I had - but I gave it the lowest rating. I like simple melodies, so it's not that - it's the lyrics. "Do it for the world" may not have been so bad if she'd sung it plainly, but the extra vocals overdo it.

"Well I have... I have given that to you..." I'm sorry, but I always think "Don't break your arm patting yourself on the back, Stevie!"

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This song, and in the old days "Songbird" with Fleetwood Mac, and "Edge Of Seventeen" her solo tours, always made me cry, because I knew that meant the concert was almost finished and the night of Magick was done...I would not see her again for who knows how long....

~Barbara

[The Tower]

I love all of it. Album version, live version- all of it. For me, the conviction pulls off anything that might be cliche ("this is your song") or trite ("and the rain comes down").

It's a totally selfless song. It's the complete 180 of all her self-absorbed crap like "Greta" and the like.

"It was easy to say, 'I believed in you every day'"

It's a very sad, longing song- urging someone to not give up, to not give into despair. Again, entirely selfless-

"If not for me, then do it for yourself
If not for me, then do it for the world"

The Day In The Garden performance is so awesomely heavy. I get goosebumps just thinking about it.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by The Tower

The Day In The Garden performance is so awesomely heavy. I get goosebumps just thinking about it.

I'll give you that. That whole show was spectacular, but HAEWAFY was truly amazing that day.

[Macfanforever]

Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You, Yes Stevie did. Numver one fave..