Demos/alt. versions better?

[ontheEdgeof17]

Originally Posted by EnchantedSLN

Oh, duh... Bombay Sapphires alt version!

100 times better than the album cut.

Others I like better:

-Love Is Demo

-Sable on Blond (too bad it's cut)

-POTU (Rumours Reissue)

-Bella Donna Piano Master Reel

-Sara "Cleaning Lady" Outtake

[Kelly]

Love Is...piano demo blows the album cut out of this world.

GDW...alternate version on Rumours reissue.

Sorcerer...the Buckingham Nicks version will always be ultimate for me. Same goes for Candlebright and Designs of Love.

Think About It...OMG..the Fleetwood Mac version is so much better. It has a more committed vocal, the music is rockier with a stronger beat. Ugh, the Belladonna version seems so plodding when I compare the two. If I had never heard the Mac version, I am sure I would like the solo version just fine though.

Bombay Sapphires.....Why she dropped those few "dreams" lyrics is a mystery to me. They add sooo much. "It's my dream or so it seems...."


I love the SYW version of Goodbye Baby. Personally, I think LB did a wonderful job with a song that probably has deep meaning for Stevie. He obviously kept the song simple, gentle and soothing for a reason. I love how he arranged it and the calming feeling of it reminds me of a lullabye. Not to mention the vocal that he coaxed out of Stevie...it may be hushed and whispered as someone described above but that was intentional. You can feel the emotion in every single word she sings starting with the very first "Don't". That is pretty powerful, imho. Comparing it to The Tower is difficult because TT is just a simple piano demo and we would never get something like that as a finished album cut. I do like the original lyrics better and wish she would have kept them. I am not really sure why I think she changed the lyrics for GB. At first I thought it was to compliment Linds' SG...it was a sweet way to end the album, with goodbye songs to each other. Since TT or GB is not really a goodbye song to LB, I felt like that reasoning was pretty disingenuous, if it was the case. It is more likely, IMHO, that she changed the lyrics for other reasons, perhaps to make them less personal. It certainly avoids questions if it sounds like just another goodbye song to Lindsey, doesn't it?
Whether you believe the song is about the loss of a child, either Rhiannon's (Jason) or Stevie's or not, the lyrics are pretty powerful and always overwhelm me with emotion. Especially live. Stevie cited this as one of the three songs that was the most emotional to sing everynight. (further confirmation in my mind that this is not a song about the Rhiannon myth....that is a good cover for her though)

[GateandGarden]

Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

-Sara "Cleaning Lady" Outtake

I don't know why I didn't mention that before. I much prefer that one!

[TheBlueLamp]

Greta - I love the version that ended up on SA, but really would have preferred something more akin to this upbeat 80s demo

Fall From Grace - The demo version doesn't rock as hard as the released version but I think it's darker and I like the extra verse. I prefer this a whole lot more than the version that made TISL

She/I Calls You Missing - I'm not sure what the sound of this is --Middle Eastern? Whatever it is I think it's a heap more interesting than Love Is LIke A River. I'm actually not sure whether to include this one but I think it has enough LILAR lyrics to warrant a mention.

RTTG - Duelling vocals. Say no more.

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

Speak up if you don't, I'd be happy to hook you up!

Ive always wanted to hear this too!

[Serendipity]

I've never been much of a demo person, since I only just got broadband and can finally download things! Where can I find the FM version of "Think About It"? I'd really like to hear that one.

~Nicki

[amber]

Originally Posted by Serendipity

I've never been much of a demo person, since I only just got broadband and can finally download things! Where can I find the FM version of "Think About It"? I'd really like to hear that one.

~Nicki

You can find it on the reissued Rumours CD.

[gldstwmn]

Originally Posted by golden braid

I prefer the the alternate take of Maybe Love Will Change Your Mind.

So do I. The vocal is better, the backing vocals are better and the song just seems so much more happy.

[Serendipity]

Originally Posted by amber

You can find it on the reissued Rumours CD.

Thanks, I keep meaning to buy that. Such a bad fan....still havent gotten around to it!

~Nicki

[michelle2677]

o.k..I am SUCH a wierd person. (Just thought I'd throw that out there since you guys probably don't know that yet...well..unless you read the OCD thread*L*)

anywhoo...I just recently started listening to demos, so most of the songs I had already heard the album version first. And I'm usually one of those-the first way I hear it, and get used to it that way, I'm gonna like that version the best. Hence-not liking remakes. I realize that the demos were the "First" but it wasn't the first way I heard it. the only one I can think of where I listened to the demo and was totally blown away and said. "holy ****...this blows the album out of the water" is Smile at you..but someone already mentioned that

[Dealer]

Agree with most of the other comments.

Juliet - the FM version
Sara - "Cleaning Lady"
Also love one of the Gypsy piano versions that's really long and just stevie on vocals.
and esp FFG demo - As goofy as it may seem out of context, I love the extra lyrics of "Fallin down in a crystal ball, into crystal stairs...."

[SapphireSister]

I'm not going to repeat myself over and over about my take on demos...

Ok you guys how could I have just now discovered the Love Is Demo! OMG I'm in love. I've had those TISL sessions for 3 years now but I think when I first listened to them I wasn't as in love with Love Is as I have become so when someobody commented on this thread I had to go back and listen. Wow, what an incredibly beautiful song. I would not say I love it more than the album version (which is true in most cases with me) but still great to hear another version of a song I adore so much.
Do you guys think she is playing the piano on the Love Is demo? I could just see her sitting down and singing that. Wow...
I wonder of all of these demos going around how many of them is it actually Stevie playing the piano??

[The Tower]

Originally Posted by SapphireSister

Do you guys think she is playing the piano on the Love Is demo?

Not a chance. She's not that good of a piano player.

The "Love Is" demo is fast moving into my Stevie top 10. It has such a 70's feel to it. I love the "whoooo-hooooo" way up high in her falsetto register at the beginning of the song.

"Do not call or come around here-
Do not tell...
You know that I loved you then
Ohhhhhh, well....."

And, yeah- what the hell was that all about cutting the best part of "Planets of the Universe" for the version that made the album??? That was really stupid.

"And dooon't condescend to me!
Take your leave- take your leave- take your leave of me now
Disappear... into the air-
Well, I wish you gone and I don't care!!!"

[SapphireSister]

Originally Posted by The Tower

Not a chance. She's not that good of a piano player.

Awww bummer. It was a nice thought though .

[stormy]

Where can I find all of these demos? I would really like to hear the Love Is demo.