Futher thoughts on Street Angel

markolas · #1 10-26-2005, 08:36 PM

I've been listening to this album a lot lately, and I really like a lot of the songs on it, but as a whole, it leaves something to be desired. So, I was thinking...you know, this would be a kickass little album if about four of these songs weren't on here, and she'd stuck Thousand Days on there instead.

So, I came up with an alternate tracklist:

1. Blue Denim
2. Greta
3. Street Angel
4. Thousand Days
5. Listen to the Rain
6. Destiny
7. Love Is Like a River
8. Rose Garden
9. Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind
10. Just Like a Woman

The only song I really hate...and I mean, it absolutely disgusts me...is Unconditional Love. Docklands just doesn't sound like Stevie. And Kick It & Jane have potential, but as they are, neither one does anything for me.

Richard B · #2 10-26-2005, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by markolas

Docklands just doesn't sound like Stevie.

That's why I really love 'Docklands.' It's a nice surprise and it doesn't fit her mold...no darkness, no mysticism. It's very fresh.

I like your tracklist. You got rid of the clunkers.

blinker12 · #3 10-27-2005, 11:01 AM

"Kick It" is one of my favorites on the album!
I've always loved this verse:

"It's a strange kind of love affair
A symphony of sorts
Strange kind of love affair
A declaration of war
No I won't be here tomorrow night
You won't see me smiling
Tomorrow when it's very dark, no crying..."

dissention · #4 10-27-2005, 11:25 AM

It should have been an EP.

1. Street Angel
2. Blue Denim
3. Just Like A Woman
4. Greta (original master reel mix, not the bad ersatz new wave on the album)

The rest can go rot.

markolas · #5 10-27-2005, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by blinker12

"Kick It" is one of my favorites on the album!
I've always loved this verse:

"It's a strange kind of love affair
A symphony of sorts
Strange kind of love affair
A declaration of war
No I won't be here tomorrow night
You won't see me smiling
Tomorrow when it's very dark, no crying..."

That is a great verse. I think the song has potential, but as it is, it just doesn't grab be for some reason.

amber · #6 10-27-2005, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by markolas

I've been listening to this album a lot lately, and I really like a lot of the songs on it, but as a whole, it leaves something to be desired. So, I was thinking...you know, this would be a kickass little album if about four of these songs weren't on here, and she'd stuck Thousand Days on there instead.

So, I came up with an alternate tracklist:

1. Blue Denim
2. Greta
3. Street Angel
4. Thousand Days
5. Listen to the Rain
6. Destiny
7. Love Is Like a River
8. Rose Garden
9. Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind
10. Just Like a Woman

The only song I really hate...and I mean, it absolutely disgusts me...is Unconditional Love. Docklands just doesn't sound like Stevie. And Kick It & Jane have potential, but as they are, neither one does anything for me.

Having a Street Angel without Kick It is like having a Diss without a loathing of Street Angel - it's just not right, it's just not natural. Kick It is great, Thousand Days sucks.

markolas · #7 10-27-2005, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

Having a Street Angel without Kick It is like having a Diss without a loathing of Street Angel - it's just not right, it's just not natural. Kick It is great, Thousand Days sucks.

Ohhh, noooo...I lurves me some Thousand Days.

amber · #8 10-27-2005, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by markolas

Ohhh, noooo...I lurves me some Thousand Days.

well, then now you know how I feel about Kick It. To be fair, I concur about Unconditional Love WCYM.

dissention · #9 10-27-2005, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

Having a Street Angel without Kick It is like having a Diss without a loathing of Street Angel - it's just not right, it's just not natural. Kick It is great, Thousand Days sucks.

Quiet now, songbird, just for one night
Well, I know that you love to sing
And, oh baby, well, I know that you love to write
You live by the light of the moon
and I live by light of desire
Ooh, such words to her over the phone
"Just how many people are there with you now"

Puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuke.

markolas · #10 10-27-2005, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

well, then now you know how I feel about Kick It.

I didn't know that many people liked Kick It. I don't hate it...it just doesn't grab me like some of the others. She should've done something to it, although I don't know what, exactly.

amber · #11 10-27-2005, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Quiet now, songbird, just for one night
Well, I know that you love to sing
And, oh baby, well, I know that you love to write
You live by the light of the moon
and I live by light of desire
Ooh, such words to her over the phone
"Just how many people are there with you now"

Puuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuke.

Wooow. I didn't even know the words and I didn't like it. This just makes it worse.

markolas · #12 10-27-2005, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

To be fair, I concur about Unconditional Love WCYM.

Unconditional Love has to be the worst song she's ever recorded. Those lyrics! Arrrgh!!

"The one condition of love...is there are none at all." Good lord, where do I start in picking apart that philosophy??

amber · #13 10-27-2005, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by markolas

I didn't know that many people liked Kick It. I don't hate it...it just doesn't grab me like some of the others. She should've done something to it, although I don't know what, exactly.

It's definitely one of the most "rocking" songs on there. It's practically the only one.
That's the first song I liked. None of the others grabbed me except that one at first. Followed closely by JLAW, because I knew it already and liked the old version.

All the rest had to grow on my like a fungus. The kind that rots the wood off of your fence where it is growing.
Which song grabbed you first?

markolas · #14 10-27-2005, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

Wooow. I didn't even know the words and I didn't like it. This just makes it worse.

That's actually my favorite verse.

dissention · #15 10-27-2005, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by amber

Wooow. I didn't even know the words and I didn't like it. This just makes it worse.

The first time I heard it, I was instantly struck by her terrible vocal. Then I focused on the horrid production. Then the lyrics. By the time I got around to actually listening to the lyrics, the song was having the same effect on me as ipecac syrup would.