Angry Smile at You

MirrorInTheSky · #1 08-22-2007, 02:34 AM

Ok....I know this is an elementary question, but when was the "Angry" version of SMAT recorded. She sounds late 70s early 80s, but I'm not sure. Thanks.

michelle2677 · #2 08-22-2007, 06:26 AM

if i'm not mistaken, it was recorded during the mirage era. so that would have been, what? 81, 82 ish?

Chrislit18 · #3 08-27-2007, 07:37 AM

probably 81, as thats when mirage was recorded

TheWILDheart · #4 08-28-2007, 01:17 PM

I've always understood it to be a Tusk demo?

LiamMcConville · #5 08-28-2007, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by TheWILDheart

I've always understood it to be a Tusk demo?

I believe there are three or four Tusk demo's and two or so Mirage demo's.

michelle2677 · #6 08-28-2007, 06:20 PM

but i thought the actual "angry version" was from mirage.

Dreamz19 · #7 08-28-2007, 06:24 PM

Was FM the backing band on the angry version?

michelle2677 · #8 08-28-2007, 06:32 PM

^^idk, but I know I picture her looking straight at lindsey right at the beginning when she says "sing it with a lot of feeling" to which I always add "ASSHOLE" to the end of

LiamMcConville · #9 08-28-2007, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Dreamz19

Was FM the backing band on the angry version?

Definitely.

And yes Michelle, the most commonly referred to "Angry Version" is from the Mirage Era.

Dreamz19 · #10 08-28-2007, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by michelle2677

^^idk, but I know I picture her looking straight at lindsey right at the beginning when she says "sing it with a lot of feeling" to which I always add "ASSHOLE" to the end of

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Originally Posted by LiamMcConville

Definitely.

Thanks for letting me know. I used to think maybe it was the band she used for BD.

LiamMcConville · #11 08-28-2007, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Dreamz19

Thanks for letting me know. I used to think maybe it was the band she used for BD.

No problem.

I think this was one of those songs she KNEW was a Fleetwood Mac song from the get-go.

JazmenFlowers · #12 08-29-2007, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by LiamMcConville

No problem.

I think this was one of those songs she KNEW was a Fleetwood Mac song from the get-go.

but why didn't they put it on Mirage? that's the million-dollar question. the demo, as it is, would have been fine by me. it is SUCH a great song and a great vocal that most will never hear.

The Catdancer · #13 08-29-2007, 09:19 AM

I think it was recorded before Mirage. When I was in France in 1981 they played the tape of it all the time like they did with the BD album so I assumed it was a Bella Donna song.

aleuzzi · #14 08-29-2007, 10:10 AM

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but why didn't they put it on Mirage? that's the million-dollar question. the demo, as it is, would have been fine by me. it is SUCH a great song and a great vocal that most will never hear.

Yeah, I know! As charming as That's Alright is, and though her fans like Straight Back, neither of them work half as well...

I think the real question is, why didn't she use it on Tango?! I always thought Smile at You and Planets would have been great on that record instead of the duds she contributed there.

sarachristine · #15 08-29-2007, 10:36 PM

Once I heard all the demos for Smile at You (especially the angry version), I could not believe it never made it on Mirage or Tango. It is Stevie more than almost any other song. It's like the early live Rhiannon's -- raw and electric. Nobody ever sounded like this woman. They blew it leaving off this song on some album. The version on SYW just doesn't do it for me. I also love the MAC version of If you Were My Love with Lindsey singing on the chorus at the end. That one too had great vocals and was supposed to be on Mirage. Stevie is singing that song at the Rolling Stone photo shoot and it's playing in the background. So go figure their Stevie song selection especially on Tango. Yuck!!!. Such a shame. There are so many other great ones like Mirror Mirror that should have made it on an album. What were they/she thinking? Don't tell me it was because of space issues like with what happened with Silver Springs on Rumours.