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Backspacer Speed of Sound vs. demo version

PJFAN_seattlePJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
edited September 2009 in The Porch
I wasn't really into this song when I heard the demo but I love the backspacer version now!
I love this song now, I think its really great musically and lyrically and its gonna be great live.

Which version do you like better?
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,079
    I'm the other way around- the first time I heard it, I liked the demo MUCH better, but the album version is starting to grow on me
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    PJ_kidd_9-21-22 wrote:
    I wasn't really into this song when I heard the demo but I love the backspacer version now!
    I love this song now, I think its really great musically and lyrically and its gonna be great live.

    Which version do you like better?


    i agree...i liked the demo but i knew the band would do great things with it and i was right :mrgreen:
  • jimbojones1138jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    demo, w/o a doube by far... i think the album version has too much going on in it...however i dont really see this as a problem, since i have the demo as well...that is the only fault that i see w the new album...if you wanna call it a fault... oh well...

    regardless the flow of this album is spot on
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  • lostdogs89lostdogs89 Posts: 134
    When I first heard speed of sound (demo) I fell in love with it it was just amazing. It hit me personally cause of what I was going through, so I love the lyrics. And I remember thinking I hope the album version isnt much different. I played the Album version and I dont like it at all its like a happy drum beat with sad lyrics it just confuses the brain. I think they only added drums cause it would be too similar to Just Breathe and The End. So I must say the demo version is best and for me personally would have worked better without the drums just the way it was in the demo but I understand why they put drums in it. The only thing I dont understand is why they put 1980s organ in it hahaha.
  • theanswersarefataltheanswersarefatal Posts: 239
    in the case of 'speed of sound', less was more.

    i like the demo much better. the backspacer version is good, but just not as good as the demo. the more-produced version changes the feel of the song, i think. it sounds more full and the literal "emptiness" of the song is lost. the demo had some really quiet moments that i feel didn't need any more color. gotta admit i was kind of disappointed when i heard it on backspacer and how much more was added to it.

    overall though, great song anyway...and it's not like i'm skipping past it, or any of the songs for that matter. ;)
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  • lostdogs89lostdogs89 Posts: 134
    jimbojones1138 wrote:
    demo, w/o a doube by far... i think the album version has too much going on in it...however i dont really see this as a problem, since i have the demo as well...that is the only fault that i see w the new album...if you wanna call it a fault... oh well...

    regardless the flow of this album is spot on


    i agree there is just way too much going on I hope they play it just Ed and Mike or Ed and stone
  • platjiveplatjive Posts: 24
    Sorry, I've been out of the loop for a bit. Where did you guys get the demo version?
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  • EquallyWorthlessEquallyWorthless Posts: 3,993
    LukinFan wrote:
    I'm the other way around- the first time I heard it, I liked the demo MUCH better, but the album version is starting to grow on me


    same here. i listened to the demo today for the first time since it surfaced and I think i like the album version better.
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  • OGT92OGT92 Posts: 1,588
    edited September 2009
    platjive wrote:
    Sorry, I've been out of the loop for a bit. Where did you guys get the demo version?

    They scattered the 9 pics on the Backspacer cover around different sites a couple months back. When you found all, the prize was the demo.
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  • growinUpgrowinUp Posts: 31
    platjive wrote:
    Sorry, I've been out of the loop for a bit. Where did you guys get the demo version?

    http://www.gremmie.net, i think you`ll find the demo there.....
    like the demo version much better then the album version
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  • platjiveplatjive Posts: 24
    growinUp wrote:
    platjive wrote:
    Sorry, I've been out of the loop for a bit. Where did you guys get the demo version?

    http://www.gremmie.net, i think you`ll find the demo there.....
    like the demo version much better then the album version



    Thanks a ton!
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,567
    So i've heard the new version a hundred times now and i just miss those really beautiful whaling notes (dont know the technical name for them?)
  • wolfamongwolveswolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    lostdogs89 wrote:
    When I first heard speed of sound (demo) I fell in love with it it was just amazing. It hit me personally cause of what I was going through, so I love the lyrics. And I remember thinking I hope the album version isnt much different. I played the Album version and I dont like it at all its like a happy drum beat with sad lyrics it just confuses the brain. I think they only added drums cause it would be too similar to Just Breathe and The End. So I must say the demo version is best and for me personally would have worked better without the drums just the way it was in the demo but I understand why they put drums in it. The only thing I dont understand is why they put 1980s organ in it hahaha.

    ditto
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  • wolfamongwolveswolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    Brisk. wrote:
    So i've heard the new version a hundred times now and i just miss those really beautiful whaling notes (dont know the technical name for them?)

    It's Ebow.

    And I totally agree
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  • DeckDeck Posts: 76
    Album version by far. Love the piano in it.
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  • I_GOT_no_IDeaI_GOT_no_IDea Posts: 653
    Full band version is way more listenable to in my opinion - ed's solo version sounds a bit wafty and discordant to me and it's hard to pick up the rhythm at the start.
    I can see why some people would prefer the solo version though, perhaps without the keyboards/synthesized elements added.
    Great song in any case - how great is this album!
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  • givn2fly26givn2fly26 Posts: 395
    I like the demo too but like both versions. They seem very different.

    I would love to hear a demo/acoustic version of Just Breathe and The End (without the strings).
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