Like or Dislike: HAEWAFY

[skcin]

I told you I might get a lil' crazy & go out of sequence. I'm a wild child sometimes, I live life on the edge.

So. I do not like this song that much. There. I said it. It's very bland to me - lyrics, vocal performance and music. I just don't feel what she's singing to me, it doesn't touch my heart & soul like I think it should. I do not tear up, I do not get chills - nothing. Very blah.

I can't stand "if not for me, then do it for the world." Way too sappy. Come on, Stevie, do it for the world? Please - do what for the world, and will anyone in the world really care what I've done? Not likely. The lyrics I do like are:

"And the rain comes down
There's no pain and there's no doubt"

and live:

"And when they ask her, about the men in her life - and they do ask her - she says well, they were poets. And yet, they were priests of nothing. But they were legends. Poet. Priest of nothing. Legend. Poet. Priest of nothing. Legend. poet. Priest of.........NOTHING!" That last NOTHING is pretty cool when she nails it.

Live - eh. Not that much better than the album, with the exception of the last lines I just quoted. I don't get up & leave or go to the bathroom or anything, but I don't get that connection with her that I feel on other tunes live (B&tB, Edge.)

Let the flogging begin.

[amber]

gross. It could be so much prettier with a few different note choices in the music. Some parts can be touching, but, really, I never, ever listen to it. Ever.

[mikeschmike]

I love when she sings it live.

"I want you to remember..."

don't worry, I will.

[Hawkeye]

I never cared much for this song, but its still one of the very best songs on RAL. But it was absolutely freaking AMAZING in Cleveland. And paula the only part of the song I dont care for is the Poets, Priests of Nothing, Legends thing. ESPECIALLY live. I hate the way the auidience went nuts when she says that line. Its like the first half of the song is all about her writing a song for someone and then for the whole world and its a great song lyrically and its beautiful and then she has to go talking about the freaking men in her life. WHO CARES about the men in your life, the men in your life have enoug songs, leave them out of this one.

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I love this song, I guess, more "live" than I do on the CD. I love the "And I thought that there was...a con-nec-tion" part live. And when she does her little "and they ask her about the men in her life" add ons.

Bright blessings, Barbara

[dudden22]

I only like it live. I think the vocals on the album are pretty weak. It could have been a great song, but it was just recorded when she was in such bad shape vocally and physically

[bikerchic]

Originally Posted by skcin

So. I do not like this song that much. There. I said it.

OUCH .....that hurt's. I love this song. I put it right up there with B&TB, there I said it. Stevie doesn't really have alot of ballad's (I mean serious ballad's) so i guess I just take what I can get, but definitely, it is way better live.

[StevieNicksEO17]

Originally Posted by skcin

"And when they ask her, about the men in her life - and they do ask her - she says well, they were poets. And yet, they were priests of nothing. But they were legends. Poet. Priest of nothing. Legend. Poet. Priest of nothing. Legend. poet. Priest of.........NOTHING!"

I love this song live, only becuase of that part. I'm not a huge fan of the album version.

[Neal]

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

This was always a pretty song to me, and I rarely skipped it, but I've come to really love these past few months. Mostly because I played it for my roommate a while back and he got really choked up, almost cried and wanted to hear it again. And again. I finally broke the awkward silence (I get uncomfortable when others cry) and asked what was wrong. Without going into too many details, he told me it made him think of the strained relationship he has with his family, and particularly his estranged younger brother who died a few years ago. Anyways, it just served to remind me of how Stevie's lyrics touch people in many different ways.

So the past few times I've heard HAEWAFY, I'm hearing it through his ears and it's like the first time.

[ontheEdgeof17]

I believe in this song. I think it's pretty good stuff. It has a nice background story to it....and I think it can be a really emotional song when it is in the right place, at the right time.

[Serrart]

I like it, especially live during this tour.

Romy

[skcin]

Originally Posted by Hawkeye

And paula the only part of the song I dont care for is the Poets, Priests of Nothing, Legends thing. ESPECIALLY live. I hate the way the auidience went nuts when she says that line. Its like the first half of the song is all about her writing a song for someone and then for the whole world and its a great song lyrically and its beautiful and then she has to go talking about the freaking men in her life. WHO CARES about the men in your life, the men in your life have enoug songs, leave them out of this one.

I see your point & I think I like her delivery of those lines better than the words themselves.

[BlackWidow]

I agree with you. I wish Stevie would sing the song like she recorded it.
Her additional lyrics take away from it's original meaning and power.
My friends and I often jokingly refer to that as her "Stevie-Rap"

[JazmenFlowers]

Originally Posted by StevieNicksEO17

I love this song live, only becuase of that part. I'm not a huge fan of the album version.

I'm the same way. I like the album version, but it really comes alive to me when it is performed live. I love the "if not for me, then, do it for yourself" and everything that follows.

[mcboo]

I only like it live, but she could sing the phone book and as long as it was live I would like it!