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DavidMn
05-25-2006, 12:46 PM
I was listening to this song yesterday and it's really starting to grow on me.:)
chiliD
05-25-2006, 01:11 PM
I really like Christine's piano on it. Danny kicks some butt on the guitar, too.
bretonbanquet
05-25-2006, 02:17 PM
The only problem I have with the studio version is Chris's vocal - she was surely capable of a better performance - otherwise it's a great song. The live versions I've heard kick ass.
macfan 57
05-25-2006, 03:59 PM
The only problem I have with the studio version is Chris's vocal - she was surely capable of a better performance - otherwise it's a great song. The live versions I've heard kick ass.

I agree about the vocal. Musically, I love the song. It was recorded during that "vocally challenged" period for Chris. That Heroes bootleg version is fantastic!!
DavidMn
05-25-2006, 05:19 PM
I agree about the vocal. Musically, I love the song. It was recorded during that "vocally challenged" period for Chris. That Heroes bootleg version is fantastic!!
Heroes? I thought it was on Bare Trees?
macfan 57
05-25-2006, 06:24 PM
Heroes? I thought it was on Bare Trees?

"Homeward Bound" is on the Bare Trees album. I was referring to the live 1974 Hempstead bootleg version.
DavidMn
05-25-2006, 06:25 PM
"Homeward Bound" is on the Bare Trees album. I was referring to the live 1974 Hempstead bootleg version.Oh I'm sorry. FOrgive me for being ignorant.:o
Gailh
05-26-2006, 05:50 AM
The only problem I have with the studio version is Chris's vocal - she was surely capable of a better performance - otherwise it's a great song. The live versions I've heard kick ass.

I agree with you on that.

I'd love to hear a live version of it.

Maybe MacFan could post it? Grovel Grovel

Gail
macfan 57
05-26-2006, 06:12 AM
I agree with you on that.

I'd love to hear a live version of it.

Maybe MacFan could post it? Grovel Grovel

Gail

Gail, I'll post "Homeward Bound" from the Hempstead boot later this morning. I've got to eat breakfast first.:) I'll be surprised if you don't really like it.
Gailh
05-26-2006, 07:05 AM
Gail, I'll post "Homeward Bound" from the Hempstead boot later this morning. I've got to eat breakfast first.:) I'll be surprised if you don't really like it.

You are a little treasure!

Gail
chiliD
05-26-2006, 10:03 AM
The version on the 1972 Live In Seattle boot is pretty darn good, too.:nod:
macfan 57
05-26-2006, 10:31 AM
Here you go, Gail. This is "Homeward Bound" from Hempstead, NY in October 1974. Enjoy!

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=F205EB955ABB2740
aleuzzi
05-26-2006, 11:27 AM
As evolved as Chris's voice is now since 1972, I still think she'd have difficulty singing "Homeward Bound." It's a pretty tough song to sing and not a great fit for her voice. I might be talking out of turn here, though...
Gailh
05-26-2006, 12:15 PM
Here you go, Gail. This is "Homeward Bound" from Hempstead, NY in October 1974. Enjoy!

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=F205EB955ABB2740

thanks for that - it's certainly much better than th studion version

Gail
foxyluva
05-28-2006, 10:17 PM
I like the song - just not the singing. Her vocals are just not good at all :sorry:
Richard B
05-29-2006, 04:58 PM
"So I'll have another drink and a cigarette just to consule myself somehow"

Yeah, I love it. Always have. Her voice fits perfectly to the lyrics of being worn out, fatigued and sick of traveling.

"Home life to me seems really neat"
jbrownsjr
05-31-2006, 01:06 AM
i've always loved the studio version... hmmmm

don't like the live as much... :shrug:
goldustsongbird
05-31-2006, 08:52 PM
I've never heard the live version(s). Anyone care to share? Mary Anne? ;)
macfan 57
06-01-2006, 05:38 AM
I've never heard the live version(s). Anyone care to share? Mary Anne? ;)

I posted it earlier in this thread.;) You'd better hurry, it's expires in another day. It's from Hempstead, NY in Oct. 1974.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=F205EB955ABB2740
David
06-02-2006, 11:35 AM
"Homeward Bound" is an interesting song because you tend to think of pining ballads filled with homesickness as being slow, languid melodies, not rollicking rock & roll songs. So Chris deftly creates a tension here, given the anomalistic pairing of plaintive lyrics & powerchorded, rolling, even crunching music, which creates an emotional dichotomy & a thematic disjoint, leaving the listener breathless & disjangled, cruising in the neurasthenic twilight of a jingly buzz.
carrie721
06-02-2006, 12:44 PM
I've never heard the live version(s). Anyone care to share? Mary Anne? ;)

i believe i have some ... if i can find the box where my boots are, i'll send 'em to ya :)
goldustsongbird
06-02-2006, 03:29 PM
I posted it earlier in this thread.;)


Oh, duh. I have to learn how to read. I was too late, though, the file expired. :(
macfan 57
06-02-2006, 05:13 PM
Oh, duh. I have to learn how to read. I was too late, though, the file expired. :(

Do you want me to post it again?
goldustsongbird
06-02-2006, 07:09 PM
Do you want me to post it again?

Could you? Please? :o
macfan 57
06-03-2006, 05:39 AM
Could you? Please? :o

Here you go.:)

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=8F192CB8340A5330