The "Street Angel" Survivor Challenge - Round One

[darklinensuit]

Originally Posted by ahafan02

Sorry I had to leave three tracks off cause the poll feature only allows 10 choices

I get that, I just wish others had been left off instead. It’s harder to vote when one’s first choices aren’t there.

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

SAVE DOCKLANDS!

I’m not voting it off anytime soon. I think it’s a really good vocal, & I like the harmonies on it as well.

Originally Posted by xxxmx

Oh, and I think that some parts of Jane are singable, and if she didn't include the word Chimpanzee, it might not be as hated by the world.

I think you’re correct, the explicit chimp reference drives most people nuts. Not me, though, I think it works okay in the context of the song topic. I’m FAR more bothered by the trite/sappy angel crap in the chorus.


- Jake

[mitzo]

Let it be Rose Garden, please, oh please, the most abhorrent thing Stevie has ever released.

[On Ice]

I've always liked Street Angel but could do without Docklands, Jane and Rose Garden. After hearing the stellar Mirror, Mirror and If You Were My Love this week, this could have surpassed the Wild Heart on the album quality list. Why would Docklands replace those gorgeous songs is beyond me.

[Artemis]

I actually really like Docklands. I haven't heard it for a while, but, I remember that Stevie's voice was great on it.

I voted for Jane and Just Like A Woman, although, this is because I totally didn't see Unconditional Love on there. The worst song Stevie's ever done.

[StevieNicksfann]

I'm voting off the 2 covers that are not Maybe Love - Docklands and Just Like A Woman.

[mitzo]

You gotta give Jane some love - it is about Jane Goodall, for god's sake, and she researched the chimpanzees and worked to save them from extinction. Beats most of the dreck on SA like Listen to the Rain, Blue Denim, Street Angel, Rose Garden....

[MacShadowsBall]

For me "Jane" is sorta in that middle gray area between loving it and hating it.

[Christopher]

Originally Posted by Artemis

I actually really like Docklands. I haven't heard it for a while, but, I remember that Stevie's voice was great on it.

I voted for Jane and Just Like A Woman, although, this is because I totally didn't see Unconditional Love on there. The worst song Stevie's ever done.

I love "Docklands" always have, I'd go a far a saying I think it would've made a decent single. It's catchy and Stevie sings the sh*t out of it! I think most fans objected to the hearing their Stevie singing about going down to the laundromat (thats too much reality for some in a Stevie Nicks song). And the fact that Stevie didn't write it will almost always stacks the cards against a song. I thought Stevie covering "Docklands was a bold and quirky choice and it suited Stevie's voice marvelously too.

[In Your Dreams]

I think most fans objected to the hearing their Stevie singing about going down to the laundromat (thats too much reality for some in a Stevie Nicks song).

I remember on the SA tour she replaced "laundromat" with "river" like she knew that people just weren't connecting with her singing that. .

But I too like this song a lot, especially the bridge "i beg of you", the third verse and the coda at the end "give me your hand/ i beg of you". And I always thought that she connected with the lyrics - "sometimes i feel like I'm in a foreign land and there's a mirror I'm looking through lost in the place where i was born without a hand to hold onto" - I think that seems like a lyric Stevie could write.

[windbecame]

I never really objected to "laundromat" ....but whenever I sing along I DO tend to sing "liquor store" .... lol

[markolas]

I've never understood why people hate Just Like a Woman so much, unless it's another one of those "Stevie didn't write it, so it's garbage" deals. It's one of the better songs on the album, IMO. I voted for Jane and Unconditional Love. If Maybe Love had been included, I'd have voted for that instead of Jane; it's certainly not a favorite of this fan.

Let me save us all some time here. These are the only worthwhile songs on Street Angel:

- Blue Denim
- Street Angel
- Love Is Like a River
- Destiny

Greta, Docklands, & Just Like a Woman aren't bad. Everything else could go on a "worst songs Stevie's ever recorded" compilation.