58. Light Years vs. Parachutes

Post by **stip** » Tue March 12, 2019 11:32 pm

Light Years (Boston 2000-08-30) vs. Parachutes (Portland 2006-07-20)

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

this should be a good match - two similar off kilter songs

Post by **stip** » Tue March 12, 2019 11:40 pm

I love the parachutes studio track, but always assumed they could never capture its quirky sing songy beauty. But they pull it off here. This was great. Why wasn't this in regular rotation?

Post by **stip** » Tue March 12, 2019 11:41 pm

Not a big fan of light years studio, but that's usually a song I think comes into its own live. So lets see...

(I thought they were going to break into Not For You at the start of this)

wease · Post by **wease** » Tue March 12, 2019 11:44 pm

Light Years is sooooo good.

Parachutes is not

Post by **stip** » Tue March 12, 2019 11:45 pm

that was okay. Easy vote for parachutes

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Wed March 13, 2019 6:00 am

I’ve grown to really like both of these songs. I’m feeling Light Years right now.

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Wed March 13, 2019 6:55 pm

Stip's disdain for all things Binaural continues to befuddle me.

I like Parachutes a lot, but Light Years wins.

Post by **stip** » Thu March 14, 2019 10:31 pm

*most things binaural

digster · Post by **digster** » Fri March 15, 2019 12:57 am

This is tough; Light Years is the better song, but it's a song that I think tended to suffer in the transition to live (Matt and Eddie had a tendency to play it way too fast); I also don't think the song's ever sounded great live outside of 2000. This version is a solid tempo, but it's a bit sloppy. Parachutes is a lesser song, but it's captured very well here. I'll go with Parachutes and probably end up changing my mind.

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