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Originally Posted by empress
ah yeah i've heard it! i just listened to it again and it's great, really anything him and The Band did was great, but i don't think it really compares with the acoustic version... there's something gloomy/melancholic about the original version that gets to me. thanks for posting that again though!
the stripped version of it is obviously good too as it doesn't stray too far from the other version, but it's missing that little piano riff that i love! hahaha it's a perfect song though isn't it? i can't even point out exactly what's so great about it but it just is. :P
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It's almost as though the studio version and the live 1966 version of "One Too Many Mornings" are two entirely different songs, so they are almost like apples and oranges, I think. I know what you mean about the stark, melancholic beauty of the original. The live version I've always found sexy for some reason!
I agree with you about missing that rolling piano riff on the official "Watching the Wheels". Now that you've mentioned it, I realize it's
that riff which renders something special instrumentally -- it rolls circularly, like the "wheels" John is watching. What I prefer about the other version is the clarity of John's vocals, the fact that they are not double-tracked. One YouTube commenter stated the song would have been even better musically had McCartney and Starr played on it, and I agree. Paul's melodic bass stylings and Ringo's very musical drumming would have suited this track perfectly.
09-02-2012, 02:44 AM
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