Desert Angel

David · #1 09-03-2008, 12:23 PM

I consider "Desert Angel" Stevie's one unassailable masterpiece, her grandest summing up of the ineffable crystal vision. It is her Yeatsian "widening gyre," her uncanniest misprision yet of all visions of Hell (compare her "great huge beast" with the "rough beast" of "The Second Coming"), & it ranks with the greatest of them. Tolstoy, Kafka,
Dante, de Mautrillard -- they're all here, & inseparable.

nailatixela · #2 09-03-2008, 02:26 PM

I agree!...I think...

LOL yes I LOVE Desert Angel...my favorite part is the end when she yells - operation desert STORM!

vivfox · #3 09-03-2008, 03:06 PM

The "great huge beast" she sings about is my precious Camelback Mountain in Phoenix, Arizona. If you live there or someone you know does, ask them to send you a postcard. It really does resemble a camel. I could see a head, complete with eyes, nose and mouth defined in rocks. Along with neck and hump but sadly no tail.

I agree it's one of her masterpieces. This would sound so good live.

Enchanted_Stevi · #4 09-03-2008, 03:31 PM

I LOOOVE this song!!! I wish she had done more with the song..maybe perform it live or something. She has SO many awesome songs that people never heard before.

SpyNote · #5 09-03-2008, 05:58 PM

I think the same chords are used for "If You Were My Love."

priestofnothing · #6 09-03-2008, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by SpyNote

I think the same chords are used for "If You Were My Love."

Stevie is green
She recycles.

Musicman408 · #7 09-03-2008, 06:26 PM

I've always really loved this song. I enjoy the Asian flare, and the lyrics are so very powerful. It is a classic song.

Bella Figura · #8 09-03-2008, 09:42 PM

I do love this little gem buried at the end of Timespace...it sounds so corny and overyly dramatic at first but sooner or later, you can't get away from that bridge..."where is my father, where has he gone? where is my husband and where is my son?"

and the song keeps standing the test of time...personally I like the fact that this is a true Stevie fan song, only us and the armed forces know this one is special..

SpyNote · #9 09-04-2008, 12:52 AM

It's a moody little song. I dig it.

Enchanted_Stevi · #10 09-04-2008, 12:46 PM

Spynote I LOVE your avatar!! Whats it from?

starshine · #11 09-04-2008, 06:50 PM

I've always loved this song as well.....I also love the picture of her in front of the American flag....I have the original poster also....there was only so many made for the troops back than....its awesome......

omigodstevie · #12 09-04-2008, 08:01 PM

Totally agree. I fell in love with it the moment I heard it three years ago.

SpyNote · #13 09-04-2008, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Enchanted_Stevi

Spynote I LOVE your avatar!! Whats it from?

It's a screen cap from the Melbourne 2006 DVD. At that moment, she's singing "and yet, they were priests of nothing."

Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You (4:56)

Enchanted_Stevi · #14 09-05-2008, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpyNote

It's a screen cap from the Melbourne 2006 DVD. At that moment, she's singing "and yet, they were priests of nothing."

Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You (4:56)

Thanks! I love that video...I love the whole concert haha

galestreet · #15 09-05-2008, 12:57 PM

I love this song too! I have enjoyed reading this thread, thanks!