The New HDNet/DVD Thread

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

exactly. and that's why it's not the same as the original. it NEEDS to be done fullblast vocal live, BECAUSE it gets new meaning. But it doesn't make it any better than the studioversion, which is so delicate and vulnerable it makes your skin fall off. I understand people who hate his vocal on it. It's embarrasing. But exactly that makes it the most honest song I've ever heard.

I would agree with you, except that I don't find the SUD vocals very honest on the record. I think they're contrived. If that was Lindsey's true, broken voice, then I would agree with you. You know like when he is offkey or raspy in concert, because he's given the show his all and stripped his throat, I don't care what he sounds like then. It doesn't detract from the performance. But on the studio version of SUD, the sound is affected, created rather than organic. So, that keeps me from thinking, "Oh, it's just so honest."

I don't hate the song or anything. Living with it for awhile prepared me for UTS and so I didn't see a thing odd about the UTS vocals at all. It was like SUD had been my innoculation and I had all necessary immunities by the time I heard the album. The vocals on UTS sounded normal by that time. It's like he says in Steve's Riff: He wore me down.

Michele