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Post by Richard W on Jun 16, 2016 18:40:52 GMT -5
I was discussing this song with someone and mentioned how much better it was without the "la la las" in the bridge ("la la la" runs counter to the emotional grain of the song to my ear). They said they would love to hear it.
I can't find it! Anyone know where I could?
I can't remember if it was an alternate studio take or a live version. Guitar replaced "la la las".
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Post by rumba on Jun 16, 2016 20:39:21 GMT -5
I was discussing this song with someone and mentioned how much better it was without the "la la las" in the bridge ("la la la" runs counter to the emotional grain of the song to my ear). They said they would love to hear it. I can't find it! Anyone know where I could? I can't remember if it was an alternate studio take or a live version. Guitar replaced "la la las". I don't remember that the la las were used on the Hasten tour I saw way back then with Cub Scout uniform. I'm so used to hearing them from the album that it's part of the song for me. Maybe when she had female backing singers later that the las were reinstated Live? |
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Post by Richard W on Jun 16, 2016 20:52:22 GMT -5
Found it!
From the Offenbach, Germany concert:
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Post by vegasamg on Jun 16, 2016 21:53:31 GMT -5
My favorite song by Linda but only the live and You Tube versions. The one referenced by Richard is one of the best. The version from the Universal Amphitheater LA 11/3/1976 show is my favorite.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2022 8:10:45 GMT -5
It sounds starker, more desperate for sure.
Atlanta 1977, Linda sings it a bit softer and sweeter.
It is closer to Karla Bonoff's album version
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2022 8:29:09 GMT -5
Amsterdam 1976 from 17:54. Closer to Germany, same tour, but subtle differences.
Linda had no female backing of course, so a lone woman singing with Waddy's great bluesy guitar sounds much lonelier, emotionally close to the desperation Hank Williams had in many of his songs. My favourite Karla Bonoff written song.
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Post by prisonerindisguise on May 20, 2022 11:28:32 GMT -5
I've always preferred the 1977 Atlanta version of this song over all others. Her singing is best there (in my opinion), and her singing seems more confident than it did in Germany in 1976 (also my opinion). I love the small changes she made in the way she sang some of the words, and everything just feels better about the song over all to me. Except that piano intro. I've never liked that much. It's fine when it's 20 seconds like on the studio version, but 2 and a half minutes of piano before we get to the song is a bit much for me. I like it on its own, it's just that the piano intro is longer than some of her songs and it just feels too long for an intro.
Do you all think there's any chance at us getting a Live in Atlanta album from Linda? I'd love to hear that show with better audio quality, some of the ones on YouTube (like Poor Poor Pitiful Me) seem to have something wrong with the audio where her voice sounds very... alone? I don't know how to describe it, but everything about the audio there is different from the rest of them. I think Lose Again had this issue too, but I can't remember and am at school right now so I can't check.
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