Now that you mention those particular songs, I have to rethink this... the live versions of Big Love and Go Insane have always conveyed more emotion for me than the original studio versions... I think it's because the originals always sound over-produced to me. So that does lend weight to the theory that the production is not the be all and end all. Or does it? Whereas those songs do sound better stripped down, I don't think it's true that every single song of Lindsey's could have the same done to them and still come out with as good an effect. If you were seriously going to put on a live performance with just the three instruments, you would have to be extremely discriminating with the setlist, or you could find yourself detracting from the original beauty of the song.
Laura.
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