[Silver Springs]

Originally Posted by MacShadowsBall

The Chain is a good song and all, but I never really got the love that it gets - the album version that is. Now I love the numerous live versions, but the album version not so much.

Some songs are meant to be enjoyed live far more than they are in the somewhat insulated space of a studio. I always found Tusk, for example, alot more enjoyable live. Because you get the feeling that the song needs all that arm flailing, dramatic gestures and animalistic performance to make it what it is. For me it doesn't have the same edge when it's all prerecorded and stock still. And speaking of The Chain, I think it may be a case of familiarity breeding contempt with me. I've heard John's riff so many times on Formula One that all it means to me is that the Racing is about to start lol. And I'm not a fan of watching Sports of any kind, so the connotations make me feel a little less loving towards it.