33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother

Post by **stip** » Wed February 27, 2019 12:49 am

Sleight Of Hand (Chicago 2000-10-09) vs Brother (Melbourne 2009-11-20)

Post by **stip** » Wed February 27, 2019 12:51 am

Brother is a silly song, and I went in expecting nothing, but that was a shockingly good version.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Wed February 27, 2019 12:53 am

I really like Brother but SOH from the 2000 tour is amazing. All that Sonic Youth influence...

Post by **stip** » Wed February 27, 2019 12:53 am

Eddie sounds so good. It's a shame this performance was wasted on this song.

Post by **stip** » Wed February 27, 2019 1:01 am

sleight of hand is a show stopper in the worst sense of the word, and has been all the times i've seen it. Granted I'm not a big booster of the song to begin with, but it's atmosphere is hard to replicate live and its pacing, while appropriate for a record, just grinds live momentum to a halt. So this is a (to me) surprisingly good live version, but I'm still blown away by that Brother

Vote for Brother

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Wed February 27, 2019 1:10 am

Oh my good god, stip.

Post by **stip** » Wed February 27, 2019 1:17 am

I saw you log on, and thought 'man, PhatJ would love this version of brother but it's up against SoH. He won't even listen'

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Wed February 27, 2019 1:26 am

stip wrote:I saw you log on, and thought 'man, PhatJ would love this version of brother but it's up against SoH. He won't even listen'

You are probably right. But since you said that I’ll give it a listen in a bit.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Wed February 27, 2019 1:52 am

PHATJ wrote:
stip wrote:I saw you log on, and thought 'man, PhatJ would love this version of brother but it's up against SoH. He won't even listen'
You are probably right. But since you said that I’ll give it a listen in a bit.

I listened. What did you specifically think I’d love about Brother?

Post by **stip** » Wed February 27, 2019 2:21 am

that it's a great performance!

Monkey_Driven · Post by **Monkey_Driven** » Wed February 27, 2019 5:44 pm

stip wrote:sleight of hand is a show stopper in the worst sense of the word, and has been all the times i've seen it. Granted I'm not a big booster of the song to begin with, but it's atmosphere is hard to replicate live and its pacing, while appropriate for a record, just grinds live momentum to a halt. So this is a (to me) surprisingly good live version, but I'm still blown away by that Brother

Vote for Brother

Aren't we supposed to judge each of these matchups by the individual live performances, not how they fit into a setlist?

digster · Post by **digster** » Wed February 27, 2019 8:47 pm

This may be one of the easiest matches thus far, and the vote's for Sleight of Hand. I don't know if they ever replicated the feel of the studio version, but in 2000 they came close many times, including in this performance. The song has emotional heft, the excitement of them pushing against the walls of their prior sound and a hell of a performance. Brother, it's....I don't know, it's just there. It's not a terrible song, but I forget it the second it's over. It's not hard to see why they left it off Ten.

doone · Post by **doone** » Wed February 27, 2019 9:08 pm

Monkey_Driven wrote:
stip wrote:sleight of hand is a show stopper in the worst sense of the word, and has been all the times i've seen it. Granted I'm not a big booster of the song to begin with, but it's atmosphere is hard to replicate live and its pacing, while appropriate for a record, just grinds live momentum to a halt. So this is a (to me) surprisingly good live version, but I'm still blown away by that Brother

Vote for Brother
Aren't we supposed to judge each of these matchups by the individual live performances, not how they fit into a setlist?

gotcha there stip

digster wrote: Brother, it's....I don't know, it's just there. It's not a terrible song, but I forget it the second it's over. It's not hard to see why they left it off Ten.

nicely put

JuanHamm · Post by **JuanHamm** » Wed February 27, 2019 9:13 pm

Those of you who voted for brother should be ashamed of yourselves.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Thu February 28, 2019 12:05 am

JuanHamm wrote:Those of you who voted for brother should be ashamed of yourselves.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Thu February 28, 2019 12:44 am

I actually really love this performance of "Brother," Eddie's singing during the bridge especially -- a good example of a great performance elevating a relatively average song. But it's no Chicago 2000 "Sleight of Hand."

Post by **stip** » Thu February 28, 2019 1:03 am

doone wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:
stip wrote:sleight of hand is a show stopper in the worst sense of the word, and has been all the times i've seen it. Granted I'm not a big booster of the song to begin with, but it's atmosphere is hard to replicate live and its pacing, while appropriate for a record, just grinds live momentum to a halt. So this is a (to me) surprisingly good live version, but I'm still blown away by that Brother

Vote for Brother
Aren't we supposed to judge each of these matchups by the individual live performances, not how they fit into a setlist?
gotcha there stip

that's what I'm doing. After my meta commentary about the song I pointed out that this performance exceeded my usual expectations

Post by **stip** » Thu February 28, 2019 1:04 am

Kevin Davis wrote:I actually really love this performance of "Brother," Eddie's singing during the bridge especially -- a good example of a great performance elevating a relatively average song.

I lack encyclopedic knowledge of the performances of this ear, but I think it's maybe the best post 2005 Eddie performance I can think of. It's a shame it's on this nothing song.

Post by **stip** » Thu February 28, 2019 1:08 am

let me clarify - rock/anthem style performance.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Thu February 28, 2019 1:12 am

It's definitely among my favorites from this 2009-2010 era, which was shaky overall but wasn't without its share of stellar individual performances.

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