YMLF Live

[Macfan4life]

Let's discuss this gem of a song live in concert. Which was your favorite version. The band played 2 verses back to back for the Rumours and Tusk tours and then went to the album version for the Mirage tour. Chris went back to the over version for her solo concerts in 1984 and then I believe it all went back again to the Rumours version. I know for the Dance it did but I cant recall for the 1987 and 1990 tour without looking on youtube first.
Personally I love the 1982 version the best. It was the version that seduced me seeing Chris so elegant in red with that bar chair behind her. Stevie is not on vocals till the end which fits the song better IMHO. In the early tours she would join Chris during parts that she did in the more recent years. The earlier live versions does give the song some power in concert which is probably why they mixed it up. But I like the original version of the song with getting Lindsey on guitar battle with Chris's synthesizer. I love that it was the first song Chris did when she came back to the band (on the tour).
David is right. YMLF is definitely edited together on the Mirage show. Check out 2:48 when Lindsey yells. His mouth is not moving and his mouth is not near the microphone. Those shots of Stevie and Lindsey are from another night but edited in. Its almost flawless and if Lindsey had not made a verbal sound it would have been almost impossible to tell. Perhaps one night Stevie was off wondering the stage or something and they preferred to show them in line or something. But the audio track is amazing. I did not catch a change of clothes as David suggested but no doubt there are part of this song that are visually edited together from both nights at the Forum. There are probably more songs they did the same but we dont have an audio clue to notice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD-yCmHOVG4