I think Christine & the band really miscalculate here. The B3 is all wrong for this song. She should have played the Yamaha on this one for a bouncy, springy musical texture similar to "Angel." The B3 just coats the whole thing in a thick syrup.
And the band's tempo choice here minimizes the impact of the vocal harmonies on the chorus & gives the performance the vague feel of a throwaway. The Mirage tour did not do well at all by "Love in Store," is my view.
"Gypsy" is another song that suffered on the road in 1982, for several of the same reasons (the B3, the avoidance of the album's lead riff, lazy vocal harmonies).
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