Jules Shear - If She Knew What She Wants

This is the guy who wrote this song and many others.

[notabeanie]

It's amazing how a little difference like third person vs first person can make the exact same song either a fun bop or just absolutely devastating

[ldmax]

Jules Shear is an absolute genius. One of the all time great songwriters.

[tommyboy]

It is just another tragedy that Jules was never bigger than he deserved. This album is a gem...lost to time. Thanks for the upload. If only society "knew what they want".

[SThompsonRAMM_]

I realize I’m a little late to this party but one of my favorite albums is “Walking A Changing Line (The Songs Of Jules Shear)” it just shows the brilliance of this man’s writing.

[Buc_Stops_Here]

He was a very good song writer - just others took his tunes in remakes and made them into huge hits. This of course was done a year later (1986, this was in 1985) by the Bangles. It is the exact same song by them made into a top 40 hit.

[BCSchmerker]

I don't blame the Bangles for picking this one to cover - it's a story many guys relate to.

(Jules Mark Shear) Funzalo Music/Juters Music, BMI

[trfesok]

In my Bangles playlist with his demo (which sounds better, IMHO) and their cover. Thanks for the upload!

[romeosyne]

Great tune, great writer/singer. Watch Dog is in my "very personal list" of greatest rock albums. this album is good too, but WD is just stunning, a revelation....

[blchiew]

I am here because a book I’m reading mentioned about this song. :)

[gerardcousineau]

The bangles version is very good ! Jules is the original though ! First time I heard his versions today ! Very nice ! I wonder who are doing the back vocals on this 85 recording ?

[garypeatling]

Suits Hoff's so much I thought she wrote it wonderful song

[williamcross]

(C) 1985 Maxell Records Inc. A Universal Music Group. All rights reserved.

[SpreadingtheMuse]

Makes you wonder what else is on the Bangles mp3 player

[hermes]

Shear was crazy for this girl... and me, crazy for his song : just logical !

[iamvered]

I love this song, but seriously the Bangles are the best thing to ever happen to this guy. The background vocalists sound like robots. I love it in the first person though, a man needs to cover it.

[critter]

I know Jules wrote the song, and this is good, but I like the Bangles version better.

[BenCulture]

Do you also own Watch Dog? I got musical whiplash when I first heard it, because Jules's singing style was so much calmer and less piercing. Particularly, the first song "Whispering Your Name", begins with a very LOW-pitched melody, though it gradually works its way up and has great falsetto harmonies in the chorus.
I paid $80-something for a copy of the Japanese CD of Watch Dog. If it's a bootleg, it's the best damn forgery I ever saw. Sounds every bit as good as the vinyl, if not better!

[renodavid]

Interesting. Why are his vocals so muffled?

[edsonandrade]

O impressionante é que na voz dele ñ fez sucesso, i na versão das the Bangles fez, parece mesmo marcação contra o artista, porque tanto faz ele como as Bangles estão perfeito

[bongodave]

The difference between this version and the much better known version by the Bangles is very telling. The change from first person to third person narrator exposes a lot about the male/female dynamic.
Especially now, since the imminent illegalization of abortion brings further burdens onto women. They have always had more to lose in a committed relationship. Even more, now.