Like or Dislike: Rock a Little

[skcin]

I'm sure we will get many different opinions on this tune.

Initially, I couldn't stand this song. I usually skipped it. I didn't like the music at all, I thought it was weird & halting & didn't flow well. After the title tracks of Bella Donna & Wild Heart, it was a real disappointment to me when I first heard it. I assumed it should be a great, powerful, epic song like those two were for me & it just wasn't. I hated all the "hit it"s.

Now, a few years after I first listened, it's grown on me. Still not a big favorite, but I don't skip it & I actually really like singing along to it. Now I think the lyrics are great, with the exception of this drivel:

"He knows his daughter, says
Where does she live?
He says, Oh, up there somewhere"

I really don't like that line, it doesn't seem to fit, IMO.

Her vocal - not powerful at all, but so raspy & sexy. Hawt.

[DrummerDeanna]

I really like this song. The sound is just - well Ican't explain it - there's just something about that opening and her airy lyrics....man - it's a dated song - but I really like it

[KarmaContestant]

This is one of my favorites lately - but not always. It strikes a particular mood in me...Rock A Little....some wine....candles....a rainy night. They all go together well. I like the alternate that was released in the UK better than the one on the record, but they both strike a similar chord with me.

[golden braid]

I like almost all of Stevie's songs but this is not one of them. This song does not rock at all and I can't get into the music. It's probably one of my least favorite Stevie songs.

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Oh wow, the "up there...somewhere" line is my fav in the song, her voice is so frail and fragile but strong, too...I ADORE this song, it ROCKS A LOT LOL!
Barbara

Originally Posted by skcin

I'm sure we will get many different opinions on this tune.

Initially, I couldn't stand this song. I usually skipped it. I didn't like the music at all, I thought it was weird & halting & didn't flow well. After the title tracks of Bella Donna & Wild Heart, it was a real disappointment to me when I first heard it. I assumed it should be a great, powerful, epic song like those two were for me & it just wasn't. I hated all the "hit it"s.

Now, a few years after I first listened, it's grown on me. Still not a big favorite, but I don't skip it & I actually really like singing along to it. Now I think the lyrics are great, with the exception of this drivel:

"He knows his daughter, says
Where does she live?
He says, Oh, up there somewhere"

I really don't like that line, it doesn't seem to fit, IMO.

Her vocal - not powerful at all, but so raspy & sexy. Hawt.

[1934mission]

I feel the emotion in her frail voice. I like the smokey rasp. Her voice works better here than on Sister Honey or Imperial Hotel.

[David]

Originally Posted by skcin

Now, a few years after I first listened, it's grown on me. Still not a big favorite, but I don't skip it & I actually really like singing along to it. Now I think the lyrics are great, with the exception of this drivel:

"He knows his daughter, says
Where does she live?
He says, Oh, up there somewhere"

I really don't like that line, it doesn't seem to fit, IMO.

That's my favorite line in the whole song. It fits beautifully. It adds to the mystique. It's very Hollywood Hillsy.

[TheBlueLamp]

Quite possibly her best song ever. I love the raspy detached voice. At times it seems like she has no idea of what she's doing...kinda like Lily in the song I guess.

Everything about this song is great...The pain, her phrasing, the rasp...

Rock A Little (Go Ahead Lily) is definitely one of her best.

[sarafield]

I really like this one. Don't throw tomatoes, but sometimes I get a teeny bit tired of belting-it-out Stevie and the softness is refreshing. As for the lyrics, "I've gone far beyond" trying to figure those out!

[GateandGarden]

I've never understood the title. It doesn't really rock at all. Basically, I never could get into it. A lot of the production on RAL is too much for me.

[AliceLover]

Dislike. Never could really get into this one for some reason. I don't like her voice on it. But I do like her voice on I sing for the Things.

[LiquidBlue5000]

it took me awhile to really appreciate this song, but i do now... it is a bit of an oddball song compared to the rest of the album, but it's unique in so many ways.. still not my favorite, but i do enjoy it...

[The Tower]

Meaningless dreck. I don't know what she was thinking- but, then again, this is from the RAL era so it doesn't surprise me.

No cohesion- the lyrics are so scattered, it's one non-sequitur to another. Add to it her battered, tobacco-shattered croak of a voice and you've got the recipe for disaster.

The music is OKAY. However, only truly great music could have compensated for all the other weaknesses. In any case, this is certainly not a title track by any stretch.

[Hawkeye]

I really cant stand this whole album, but for some reason I really love this song at times. I have to be in the mood but when I am its the best song on the album. I love the intro, that wild guitar thing. And her voice on this song was never like this before or after. Its so unique. This song also makes me think of crazy Stevie and Jimmy Iovine leaving her.

[face of glass]

I shouldn't probably love this song, since I sometimes find her utmost intimacy a bit pushy (example: "When I See You Again"), but here it works in a completely appropriate musical setting. Probably my favourite of all of her album title tracks.