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OfflineMagicElliott

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I never thought it would end up like this!!
« on: June 01, 2021, 04:40:25 PM »
Which of Mark’s songs (solo or DS) do you now hear the live version and think “when I heard it on the record I never thought it would end up like this?”

For me, PfP is the best example of this. I don’t really enjoy the studio version nowadays. 2013 and 2015 versions were terrific but the 2019 version is even better. The horns really add to it I think.

Other examples are Marbletown (sorry but I enjoy it live-all 45 minutes of it), to an extent Why Aye Man (although I still like the studio version) and Broken Bones (maybe not a great opener but I loved Richard’s wah-wah solo on it live)

I would love to hear what “Fare Thee Well Northumberland” would have ended up like live but that’s another thread for another day.
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Re: I never thought it would end up like this!!
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2021, 04:48:07 PM »
First thought: Hill Farmer's Blues

The studio version ends strange and fast.
The live version is great.
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Re: I never thought it would end up like this!!
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2021, 05:05:52 PM »
PfP?
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Re: I never thought it would end up like this!!
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2021, 05:08:41 PM »
Postcards From Paraquay ?  ;)
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Re: I never thought it would end up like this!!
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2021, 05:24:03 PM »
Yon Two Crows - it ends so abruptly on the album but the live version at least has some guitar!!
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Re: I never thought it would end up like this!!
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2021, 05:36:50 PM »
Mighty Man in the live version sounds more beautiful.
Kingdom Of Gold too.
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Re: I never thought it would end up like this!!
« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2021, 05:59:24 PM »
Skydiver live has to be the ultimate anti climax.
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Re: I never thought it would end up like this!!
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2021, 06:08:55 PM »
"Matchstick Man" is beautiful in the 2019 tour... With the nostalgic speech ant the voice really deep and so melancolic.
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Re: I never thought it would end up like this!!
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2021, 06:09:46 PM »
Quote from: Robson on June 01, 2021, 05:08:41 PM
Postcards From Paraquay ?  ;)

Exactly. Sorry I didn’t make that clear.

Sometimes I love Skydiver, other times I find it boring. The best part of Skydiver live is when it’s followed by Laughs and Jokes which is great live and on the album.
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Re: I never thought it would end up like this!!
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2021, 06:29:44 PM »
solid rock is the only song for me where the live version could never match the original raw energy from the record.
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Re: I never thought it would end up like this!!
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2021, 07:00:25 PM »
Quote from: Pottel on June 01, 2021, 06:29:44 PM
solid rock is the only song for me where the live version could never match the original raw energy from the record.
The bad-ass OES tour version was stunning, though, albeit too much "hard-rock FM".
I think it is not the only song where the studio version is the best:
- What It Is, somehow falls flat live, the studio arrangements are loverly;
- Sailing to Philadelphia, studio version has a unique feel;
- Money for Nothing, hard to match this intro live;
- It never rains, live versions don't match the studio version.
- Love over gold, same.
And take two masterpieces, Sultans of Swing and Tunnel of Love, of course live versions are great, but the studio versions have a unique groove, a clean tone and perfect harmony between Mark and Pick, never matched live I think...

As for postcards, the original topic, I think nothing matches the simple yet beautiful 2007 AVO version... 2019 was fun, but more a joke ;) 2008-2015 were too heavy...
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Re: I never thought it would end up like this!!
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2021, 08:40:29 PM »
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Re: I never thought it would end up like this!!
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2021, 08:47:34 PM »
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Re: I never thought it would end up like this!!
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2021, 08:48:37 PM »
News live instrumental (final) part that heralds Private Investigations.
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Re: I never thought it would end up like this!!
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2021, 08:59:01 PM »
Quote from: Robson on June 01, 2021, 04:48:07 PM
First thought: Hill Farmer's Blues

The studio version ends strange and fast.
The live version is great.

I agree.
The Studio version ist great but the live version makes it even greater. One of my favourite live songs.
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