I really dig You Do Or You Don't, but I prefer Bleed To Love Her - it's a superb song. I have to say I am more partial to the live version on The Dance, but appreciate the extended outro on the studio take. I think the harmonies during the chorus are more pronounced on The Dance than on Say You Will and I always thought there had been a concerted effort to mix Christine's backing vocals up in the mix at the expense of Stevie's (she can be heard more clearly on the live version). I also think that the studio version suffers slightly from what sounds like a kind of synthetic mid 1990's production whereas The Dance version is more acoustic sounding. (I realise that The Dance as a whole is not exactly live as it had been tweaked to death in post-production.)
I've always wanted Lindsey and Stevie to attempt a truly acoustic version of Bleed To Love Her (and also Down On Rodeo) in concert.
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