Hands down: "How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore."

Both songs are nice, though.

Cindy said:

I love you...

This.

I would say "ILYBDTUA" because of the emotional intensity in which he sang it with. He performed "HCYDCMA" more teasing and tauntingly, especially when he perfomed it in concert.

anc282 said:

This is really up for debate?

rdhull said:

Didn't you know anything written in the 80's is better than anything written in the 90's??

I prefer How come you don't call me in terms of lyrics and humor. But I prefer I Love you in terms of singing (less pyrotechnics than HCYDCMA, but just more beautifully sung) and emotional content.

So I am going to set them at a tie.

dance4me3121 said:

rdhull said:

This is really up for debate?

Yeah why not? I wanted to see which one is favored more.there both equally great song to me

coldasice said:

Seriously?

Cindy said:

I love you...

stop it

purplethunder3121 said:

Cindy said:

I love you...

This.

behave

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

I would say "ILYBDTUA"

*giggle*... you nearly had me there for a minute

Cindy said:

Oh lordy How Come U Don't Call Me every single time. Astonishing songwriting, powerful singing, you can feel the enthusiasm and excitement flying off the tape machine. There's a reason that it brought the house down live, and that it was a staple of his live show throughout his career, and that is because it is a great frickin song.

.

And there's a reason he didn't play I Love U live very often. It is a muted bit of fluff with crap lyrics. The music is very nice indeed but the vocal... I wish for our sakes, and particularly Ani DiFranco's, that he had found a more nuanced way of singing about a gay relationship. We know that he is capable of it.

soladeo1 said:

How Come is a nice song... I Love U... is SEARING...

go to your room

How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore, by loads and loads.

fishwillbite said:

Tie

Toofunkyinhere said:

Tie

prankster

I like both but HCYDCMA seems to me more like a pastiche of a sound and lyrically about a situation that could be just general, the way Courtin Time is etc. I love you is a heart felt and seems like a reflection of a very personal situation.

So with that I prefer I Love You... but because of the reasons above Ive got to be in the mood.

MoBettaBliss said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

I would say "ILYBDTUA"

*giggle*... you nearly had me there for a minute

dance4me3121 said:

fishwillbite said:

Oh lordy How Come U Don't Call Me every single time. Astonishing songwriting, powerful singing, you can feel the enthusiasm and excitement flying off the tape machine. There's a reason that it brought the house down live, and that it was a staple of his live show throughout his career, and that is because it is a great frickin song.

.

And there's a reason he didn't play I Love U live very often. It is a muted bit of fluff with crap lyrics. The music is very nice indeed but the vocal... I wish for our sakes, and particularly Ani DiFranco's, that he had found a more nuanced way of singing about a gay relationship. We know that he is capable of it.

He played it during the montroux shows in 2009.He really did that song justice when he performed it live.i think he didn't perform it often because it was too personal

Hey Dance4Me, it's true I did enjoy the live version of I Love U much more than the recording. I'm not familiar with the personal story behind the song, can you elaborate?

MoBettaBliss said:

soladeo1 said:

How Come is a nice song... I Love U... is SEARING...

go to your room

fishwillbite said:

How Come is a classic beautiful song i love it, i wish it hadn't faded so soon... I Love U is a good song as well but not at How Come level.