Hatfield wrote:Is the version for the video different than the album version (the one streaming on iTunes)?
I got so used to the video version, it is taking me a little time to enjoy this version as much.
Yeah it's different, the video was a live take.
I really prefer that take. From Mike's tone to the lack of that droning sound that BoB is adding.
Am I the only one? I wonder if it is just me being used to the other take.
Personally I think the pluses of the studio version outweigh the pluses of the live one. There's certainly more guitar in the live take, but I don't like Matt's drum intro at all, it's out of time, and I think other things are rusty. I'm ashamed to say that BoB's piano performance here is better than Boom's on the video. The delay on Mike's siren-like solo doesn't clash with the drums on the studio version. And I really like Stone's reverby sliding guitars and Mike's twelve-string. The studio track is more awash with atmosphere, which some won't like but I do.
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I wish I could like it but for me there's just no embracing such an unapologetic power ballad. I can't stop hearing it as Night Ranger, even as I know that's unfair.
Hatfield wrote:Is the version for the video different than the album version (the one streaming on iTunes)?
I got so used to the video version, it is taking me a little time to enjoy this version as much.
Yeah it's different, the video was a live take.
I really prefer that take. From Mike's tone to the lack of that droning sound that BoB is adding.
Am I the only one? I wonder if it is just me being used to the other take.
Personally I think the pluses of the studio version outweigh the pluses of the live one. There's certainly more guitar in the live take, but I don't like Matt's drum intro at all, it's out of time, and I think other things are rusty. I'm ashamed to say that BoB's piano performance here is better than Boom's on the video. The delay on Mike's siren-like solo doesn't clash with the drums on the studio version. And I really like Stone's reverby sliding guitars and Mike's twelve-string. The studio track is more awash with atmosphere, which some won't like but I do.
I've come to prefer the studio version as well, largely for the atmosphere
And don't worry, when my time traveling future self showed up with a copy of album #11 the other day I made sure he gave me some context so I better understand the circumstances under which the album was made and released. I'll make sure to pass all of this information on in my review.
For realz. It's not at all what I was expecting from all the discussion about it. I'm a big fan. Listening to it right now for the third time and I'm all aflutter.
