33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: Wed February 27, 2019 12:49 am
Sleight Of Hand (Chicago 2000-10-09) vs Brother (Melbourne 2009-11-20)
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33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
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Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: 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.
Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: Wed February 27, 2019 12:53 am
I really like Brother but SOH from the 2000 tour is amazing. All that Sonic Youth influence...
Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: Wed February 27, 2019 12:53 am
Eddie sounds so good. It's a shame this performance was wasted on this song.
Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: 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
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Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: Wed February 27, 2019 1:10 am
Oh my good god, stip. 
Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: 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'
Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: Wed February 27, 2019 1:26 am
You are probably right. But since you said that I’ll give it a listen in a bit.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'
Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: Wed February 27, 2019 1:52 am
I listened. What did you specifically think I’d love about Brother?PHATJ wrote:You are probably right. But since you said that I’ll give it a listen in a bit.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'
Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: Wed February 27, 2019 2:21 am
that it's a great performance!
Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: Wed February 27, 2019 5:44 pm
Aren't we supposed to judge each of these matchups by the individual live performances, not how they fit into a setlist?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
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Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: 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.
Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: Wed February 27, 2019 9:08 pm
gotcha there stipMonkey_Driven wrote:Aren't we supposed to judge each of these matchups by the individual live performances, not how they fit into a setlist?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
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nicely putdigster 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.
Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: Wed February 27, 2019 9:13 pm
Those of you who voted for brother should be ashamed of yourselves.
Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: Thu February 28, 2019 12:05 am
JuanHamm wrote:Those of you who voted for brother should be ashamed of yourselves.
Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: 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."
Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: Thu February 28, 2019 1:03 am
that's what I'm doing. After my meta commentary about the song I pointed out that this performance exceeded my usual expectationsdoone wrote:gotcha there stipMonkey_Driven wrote:Aren't we supposed to judge each of these matchups by the individual live performances, not how they fit into a setlist?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
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Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: Thu February 28, 2019 1:04 am
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.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.
Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: Thu February 28, 2019 1:08 am
let me clarify - rock/anthem style performance.
Re: 33. Sleight of Hand vs. Brother
Posted: 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.