Song of the Moment: Infallible

[Shaun Jam]

So is this the first LB song to get the half step-down treatment live?

[dimejinky99]

X

[dimejinky99]

There's an almost impossibly high and sustained note at the end of this.
One I haven't heard him attempt since 'the safest place' line in Dissident.
I'm ok with it being dropped down.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

I can't get this one out of my head this morning

[numbers]

I can't get this one out of my head this morning

Same here, been humming that chorus since I woke up.

[numbers]

How was this not the single?

[harmless]

There's an almost impossibly high and sustained note at the end of this.
One I haven't heard him attempt since 'the safest place' line in Dissident.
I'm ok with it being dropped down.

I don't mind what he does with the vocal, live, but I'd prefer they didn't tune the whole song down. I'm glad they haven't with this one.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

Listening to this one again now

So good

[dprival78]

So is this the first LB song to get the half step-down treatment live?

my vote is getaway

[harmless]

So is this the first LB song to get the half step-down treatment live?

my vote is getaway

They already did it with My Father's Son. They didn't downtune this one.

[Strat]

I only listened to the live MFS once but i didnt notice any downtuning. Are we sure?


Also, why does that bother people?

[harmless]

Yup, they played it down a key.

It's only a bit irritating because it gives the song a different feel than it has on the album. Luckily it didn't diminish MFS too much, but it has killed the mood of songs before. I say if you can't sing it at the right key, record it lower.

[Shaun Jam]

Yeah Getaway might get that treatment too. Sleeping By Myself if they ever play it? It'll probably sound like the Ukulele Songs version live.

[dprival78]

I only listened to the live MFS once but i didnt notice any downtuning. Are we sure?

i thought it may have been, but i wasn't really sure.. i thought eddie was just kind of holding back, but that it wasn't tuned down. i'll have to listen again.

Also, why does that bother people?

it bothered me a bit with the backspacer stuff. to me, if eddie can't sing something in a higher register without studio "help", then i'd prefer they didn't record it. or, just drop the key on the studio version. it makes it seem a little.. not phony - that's too harsh, but.. i don't know what word i want to use.

[harmless]

Na, it's phony. I don't want a more polished performance on a CD than he can manage live.

[Jorge]

Na, it's phony. I don't want a more polished performance on a CD than he can manage live.

Too bad, 'cause that's what you'll always get.

[harmless]

Na, it's phony. I don't want a more polished performance on a CD than he can manage live.

Too bad, 'cause that's what you'll always get.

The statement was far too generalised. I know, they'll use studio trickery to make Ed sound nice, and he can sound as rough as he wants live, as long as they don't have to play all the songs in a different key so he can sing them. That in particular is what I meant.

[harmless]

But hey, I'll take the rough with the smooth as long as I like an album.

[delanoche]

Also, why does that bother people?

It just makes the song feel "off" to me when I'm at the show. Like something's not quite right. Then I realize they dropped the tuning and I can kinda settle into it. But if I'm listening to a boot and a dropped song comes on I skip it because it just doesn't sound right.

[stip]

I could care less as long as the final live product sounds good