The Official OWB Thread

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Originally Posted by Lx_Nen

Well, I guess I might as well chip in with my thoughts...

Anyway... Glam Bucket. I really, really wish I hadn't seen how amazing this was as a live rock-out before hearing the much tamer album version. The other way round would have been a wonderful surprise, but as it it the album version is overshadowed by the live take. One of the perils of being a band that constantly reworks tracks is that sometimes things get better after you've committed the supposedly definitive version to vinyl, and the annoyingly shrill synth stabs neat the end are a definite 'oh, drat we thought of the pete townsend guitar whirl ending too late' moment.

isn't that almost always the case?

in fact, i heard 'crocodile' and 'beautiful burnout' both live
first, and now after hearing the album/studio versions, i
find them both lacking, even though they are probably
the best songs on the new album..

there's something about hearing a track live, when the
improvise/extend or add other elements to it...that can't
be captured in the studio most of the times..

i haven't listened to the album enough (3 times only now),
to really form an opinion, but i'm leaning to the better
than 'adho' not quite 'beacoup fish' level so far..

i liked the riverrun tracks better, but that wasn't actually
an album was it?

later
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