46. Who You Are vs. Lightning Bolt

Post by **stip** » Wed March 06, 2019 12:52 am

Who You Are (Berlin 1996-11-03) vs. Lightning Bolt (Oklahoma City 2013-11-16)

Post by **stip** » Wed March 06, 2019 12:55 am

Who You Are may well be my favorite song on No Code, but I'm not a huge fan of this version. Eddie is to nasally, the music doesn't have the subtly of the studio version, and most importantly the playfulness seems a bit lost. It seems like it is taking itself a bit too seriously, and Who You Are is kind of a stupid song if it's not winking at itself (and it took me way too many years to catch on to the fact that it is).

I'm not sure I ever caught that Eddie sings 'bend a little' during the bridge, so at least I learned that (or remembered it)

Post by **stip** » Wed March 06, 2019 12:58 am

As much as I love Lightning Bolt, those first 45 seconds really aren't very good. Force of Nature is kind of the same way. Two of my top 3 songs on the last two albums, but you have to be a bit forgiving at the start.

Mike is doing great work on this version.

Post by **stip** » Wed March 06, 2019 1:01 am

it's such a shame they didn't write this song a few years younger. Eddie does struggle to keep up with this live, but he's also not carrying these performances. Great outro.

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CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Wed March 06, 2019 12:12 pm

Who You Are is the worst written PJ song.

JuanHamm · Post by **JuanHamm** » Wed March 06, 2019 12:42 pm

CopperTom wrote:Who You Are is the worst written PJ song.

It's not great, but it's definitely better than PJ by numbers lightning bolt.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Wed March 06, 2019 3:21 pm

Its who you are. Im not a fan of either, but still its WYA.

LB is kinda of a shame...Ed doesnt know how to properly sing it, the band sounds kinda tired until the end where its really growing into something cool. Yeah, Mike does a great job.

Post by **stip** » Wed March 06, 2019 6:21 pm

I do like the studio performance, where it builds to something breathless while not actually being out of breath. But that's not the case here.

wease · Post by **wease** » Wed March 06, 2019 11:11 pm

CopperTom wrote:Who You Are is the worst written PJ song.

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Wed March 06, 2019 11:24 pm

Who You Are

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Thu March 07, 2019 7:00 am

doone · Post by **doone** » Thu March 07, 2019 1:24 pm

yeah, Ed can't sing LB very well

Anders · Post by **Anders** » Fri March 08, 2019 10:05 pm

Never has.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Sat March 09, 2019 8:03 am

stip wrote:it's such a shame they didn't write this song a few years younger. Eddie does struggle to keep up with this live, but he's also not carrying these performances. Great outro.

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PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Sat March 09, 2019 8:04 am

I didn’t think either of these were the best I’ve heard. That said, I think this version of LB was a little better based on the outro on LB and the lyric flubs on WYA.

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