1982 Sara

[jmn3]

The Live album version was cleaned up in the studio, but to be honest, I also love the bootleg version from that Cleveland show. It isn't radically different. I have always had a soft spot for the Yokohama and Melbourne Sara's from 1980.

One of the things missing from any Sara post-1980 is right after the "when you build your house..." part, during the Tusk tour they (always sounds like Stevie and Lindsey to me) did this, "ohhhhhhh, Saraaaaaaaaaaaa" thing for a few measures before heading into the "all I ever wanted was to know that you were dreaming" and then the ending. In 1982 it just went into a short guitar solo and then ended. It's not bad per se, but I'd describe it as half-assing what, to me, was the best part of the song.

The modern ones (since she resurrected it in 2004) aren't bad...but nothing has come close to the Tusk Tour versions.