3. Falling Down vs. Ole

Post by **stip** » Sun February 10, 2019 2:43 pm

Falling Down (Red Rocks 1995-06-20) vs. Olé (Ottawa 2011-09-14)

Post by **stip** » Sun February 10, 2019 2:46 pm

Falling Down never really struck a chord with me (surprisingly). I wish the studio version of Ole felt a little less polished the way this live one does (and the solo/outro of that song are pretty great). But the best part of that song doesn't translate well live, and the Falling Down performance is just better.

Easy vote for Falling Down

bada · Post by **bada** » Mon February 11, 2019 2:36 pm

I like nothing about Ole.

doone · Post by **doone** » Mon February 11, 2019 7:02 pm

bada wrote:I like nothing about Falling Down.

bada · Post by **bada** » Mon February 11, 2019 7:40 pm

Post by **epilogue** » Mon February 11, 2019 8:57 pm

Ole is awesome and I love everything about it.

That version in the clip, is... I have no idea. The recording is bad. The sound is bad. I can't tell whether its a good live version or not.

I'm gonna vote for the other thing, even though I don't really care for it, because at least I can hear it.

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Mon February 11, 2019 10:55 pm

I hate Ole, but since I heard this one first hand, Ole it is.

EJ · Post by EJ » Mon February 11, 2019 11:04 pm

This should have been the Ole nominee.

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Mon February 11, 2019 11:20 pm

I would like Falling Down a lot more if it didn't sound like Ed had marbles in his mouth. It wins here because that recording of Ole is terrible.

Post by **evenslow** » Tue February 12, 2019 3:13 am

EJ wrote:

This should have been the Ole nominee.

singing and unhappy

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Tue February 12, 2019 3:41 am

bada wrote:I like nothing about Ole.

Post by **evenslow** » Tue February 12, 2019 3:52 am

Ole has aged very well for me. For instance, it's approximately 3,004,803 x better than Can't Deny Me, if that helps.

Post by **evenslow** » Tue February 12, 2019 3:54 am

and any song that delivers the caption "singing and unhappy" is a winner in my book.

doone · Post by **doone** » Tue February 12, 2019 2:09 pm

Don't go by that video version, the Definitive Live recording sounds much better.

kreng · Post by **kreng** » Tue February 12, 2019 8:43 pm

they both kind of suck, but Ole is probably the worst song in the PJ catalog.

Post by **stip** » Tue February 12, 2019 11:33 pm

Ole is a lot better than Can't Deny Me - at least parts of Ole are really good

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