I just heard Lenny & Cree's version and it was pretty cool. I may even like it more than Van & Nikka's version. Strange thing is, I have Cree's album and NEVER listened to it and found it last night after hearing Mean Sleep on Sirius'The Flow radio station. I will now listen to her entire album and see what other gems could be on there.

MuthaFunka said:

I think you'll be pleasantly suprised

Lenny & Cree for me. Love their vocals, separate and especially together, love the music.

Never could get into Van and Nikka one much.

unkemptpueblo said:

Cool, I hope so. I've had it for over 2 years now. It was given to me by an ex-chick of mine.

JackieBlue said:

Yeah, I agree. Their vocals matched a lot better than V&N's.

I'll have to get yet another copy of Cree's & hear it again (I got it & sold it back twice ), but I do like Van & Nikka's

CalhounSq said:

Why?

MuthaFunka said:

I got it when it first came out, never gave it a chance, sold it. Years later I was curious about it again, so I bought it used, still didn't give it a chance, sold it This was before the whole "rip everything I own to ITunes" so I'm still without it. But I can pick it up used for like $1

I bought Street Faerie when it first came out and it became the soundtrack through my ventures in London all those years ago.

To this day, I love that album like it first dropped. I won't play it for months and then put it on with anticipation and run it for weeks with no skipping. There's a real raw grit about it that I dig, plus her voice, the lyrics... I still have hopes that one day she'll record again one day.
[Edited 9/12/07 13:52pm]

CalhounSq said:

y'all are sleepin

CalhounSq said:

Oh ok.

I'll say the same thing I say every time this topic comes up:

I love them both.

AlexdeParis said:

Oh, it's been brought up before? I'm late then.

MuthaFunka said:

about once a month...i time my periods on these threads.

sosgemini said:

I like Cree, but I didn't dig Street Faerie. I bought it after having really enjoyed the earlier album Womb Amnesia by her band Subject to Change. Anyone hip to them?

I think "Revelation Sunshine" was on both albums, but Subject to Change's stuff had a harder edge. They needed some polishing, but they had promise. If Cree records again -- and I hope she does -- I'd really enjoy if it were with them.

unkemptpueblo said:

Ok, I just got thru listening to it and I like Deliciously Down, Mean Sleep (of course), and Curious White Boy. It was a little bit to "rockish" for my taste but I would be intrigued by another release by her to see how she's grown.

unkemptpueblo said:

No doubt.

I like Cree & Lenny's version, but there's a certain detachment about their rendition of it. Van wrote it and you can tell it was about SOMETHING because you can hear it in his voice. That, and there's a certain "darkness" about it that the Lenny & Cree version doesn't have. It almost makes their version sound too happy in comparison.

guitarslinger44 said:

Wow I didn't know Van wrote it. I just checked the credits and he surely did.

This was a very underrated and slept on CD.....