In Praise of 'World Turning'

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Originally Posted by Ulpian

Unsurprisingly, I just don't agree. If you think about it, when they worked on a Chris song for live sets it usually sounded great. I reckon maybe the stuff they tried in rehearsal - and then dumped - is maybe what he was referring to.

For instance, I take the point about 'Hold Me' live. From the stuff I heard, it just didn't work or sound as great. Also, I think I read a brief interview with Chris in 1997 where she was asked why they weren't performing 'Little Lies', and she said 'It just wouldn't work' or something.

However, YMLF, SYLM, Don't Stop, Oh Daddy, World Turning, Songbird, Why, Everywhere are, I think, examples of her stuff working really well live. I even think Over My Head worked well, even though they dropped it after the MTV concert. (Incidentally, I never understood why that audience for The Dance was so lukewarm to Chris, but particularly on that track, which I thought they nailed.)

On the ones I made fat I agree. But most of those WERE in FM sets for a very long time. There were more CM-songs rehearsed that didn't make the set or just few times. Major radiothings like Think about me, Hold Me, LLies. Over And Over was gorgeous on the Tusktour, but also a major tempobreaker in the set.