Red Rover
 

So I have recently fallen in love with Red Rover. Does anyone have any demo/solo/acoustic/live/alternate versions of it?

It was recorded for Gift of Screws so iirc the "original" Gift of Screws version and the SYW versions are the same, so no demos. Seen it on a few bootlegs though and it's on his Soundstage DVD, he lowers the key and slows it down a bit live but it's still great! I'll PM something your way shortly :nod:

I LOVE the Soundstage version. That's the one I listen to most, actually. To me, it suits the song better, when he uses his stronger, lower voice... like the gods' booming voices!

This is from one of Lindsey's tour videos...I took just the part where he's doing a soundcheck, playing Red Rover. I like it 'cause at the time I was trying to figure out which guitar part Lindsey was playing ( and which Neal or Brett was playing ) and this showed me clearly that Lindsey was playing both of the parts I was hearing ( I don't play, obviously :o )!!
I shoulda known...

http://www.mediafire.com/file/v7nmgw...k_RedRover.avi

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same here - love soundstage version of both red rover and murrow much more then gos/syw version.

thanks for the tour video reminder, forgot it had red rover on it...

This was my least favourite song on SYW for ages, but now I can't get enough of it. What a tour de force, and those lyrics, and those vocals that show everything his voice can do ... sublime. :thumbsup:

Ooh, yes, I love Murrow on there, too. Very cool done live and the audience is so into it. They're into the whole concert really...it's a love fest :blob1: IMO, every LB fan should own ( or at least borrow ) Soundstage. DOR is excellent too, and Big Love...WOW. Go Insane is really intense too. I could go on...

Isn't Stevie on the SYW version tho? I swear I hear her on the "take you over" part.

I must say, I never could get into Red Rover, but over the past few months it has seriously became one of my favorite Lindsey songs ever. And I love love love the Soundstage version. I wish they would have played Red Rover and Thrown Down for Unleashed. So sad that SYW was completely forgotten.

Hearing Red Rover on the SYW tour was so neat. It was like Lindsey had truly stepped out Stevie Nicks shadow, and showcased his own quirkiness. There were even official Red Rover sanctioned t-shirts for that tour. I still remember seeing them like it was yesterday... hard to believe that's been 8 years ago now. I always liked the song, and it was even my bf's (at the time) fav song on the album. I hardly ever listen to SYW these days... thanks for reminding me to play this song, it's still great and very fresh sounding nearly a decade later!

Yes to all of this, especially Murrow. I love his growly vocals on the word Murrow :)

Never knew this was played on SYW -- very cool. Brave move, perhaps?

i don't think red rover was played on SYW tour. it was played on lindsey's soundstage, and somebody (brett or neile i think, or maybe even lindsey) commented in some interview how they had to really work to get it just right live. maybe they did it on syw live after succesful soundstage effort, but if so, i've never heard of it.

soundstage was the first thing i purchased when i started looking into lindsey/mac. it was a great start and i enjoy coming back to it. agree that big love and go insane are excellent on it too... also NGBA. DOR and SYHA - eh, i like GOS/UTS versions better, too stripped on soundstage for my taste. also not very fond of soundstage peacekeeper.

Big Love is incredible on Soundstage, I love how it starts so strongly, it just explodes into your ears :)

Yesss thank you again, you are awesome :woohoo::woohoo:

Red Rover definitely took a while to grow on me but now I love it a lot. I've read a few reviews and it seems like most reviewers just passed it off as a Big Love acoustic clone... they're both amazing songs, I think Red Rover is more focused more towards the vocals while Big Love acoustic is more of a guitar showcase.

Re:Murrow on the Soundstage DVD... "Ed Murrow had a child, in his grave, the damn thing went wild, in his grave" :lol: I really don't like the solo though... too slow a song for I'm So Afraid's solo. I didn't really expect him to pull off the studio version's though.