Everyone's got their favourite songs live, the time-to-go-to-the-loo/bar songs, the ones always expected never played, the too many times played, etc...
But there is one thing about live songs which I would like to highlight and that's the special parts of a particular song, not the whole of it, maybe just 2 seconds or a whole verse, for whatever reason, but not lyrically.
As an example, a couple of my personal best bits live in no particular order or relevance:
LET'S GO TO BED: the beginning of the third verse: you can't even see now, so you ask me the way!
SHAKE DOG SHAKE: towards the end, the first shake dog shake after and follow me to where the real fun is.
ONE HUNDRED YEARS: the bit a hundred years of blood, crimson the ribbon tightens round my throat...
PICTURES OF YOU: the bit there was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more
PIGGY IN THE MIRROR: as I dance dance back to the body in my bed
and many more, sure.
and yours?
(notice I didn't include FTEOTDGS put your hands in the sky, sort of hackeneyed, isnt' it?)
Charlotte Sometimes - all of it!! Faith - Cry like the stone white clown and stand, lost for ever in a happy crowd A Night Like This - Your trust the most gorgeously stupid thing I ever cut in the world Push - Like strawberries and cream .........
My favorite parts A Forest - The agains...the more the more exciting Prayers for Rain- When Robert holds the Raaaaaaaaaain for a long time. (Vancouver 96) Primary- When Robert separates FOR. GET. YOUR. NAME. and the drum beat follows it (Glastonbury 86) The Walk - The growl on Howling Woman and when Robert puts his hands on face for the Japanese Baby line The Kiss - the wacka wacka sound at the end (I have no idea what it's called haha) Happy The Man - ha ha ha ha ha happy the man ha ha ha ha ha He sounds like a cat in pain and I love it. One Hundred Years - When he emphasizes the the P on the word Pigs.
I'm sure I will think of more.
Bathroom moments
IBD.. blah give a rest.
And Surprisingly I do not like when Simon makes the bass thing he does at the end of A Forest really long. Even though I love A Forest.
I'd find it special if they'd never perform One Hundred Years again live. There's a whole other wonderful album of songs on Pornography I'd rather hear. How special to hear one of those!
Can't forget the sheer brilliance & traffic stopping beauty of the guitar solo in just about any 1981 version of M. Bob makes it sound like there's about 5 guitars in there.
Haven't given much thought yet but 2 quick ones: The Figurehead, closing drums The Drowning Man, various intro, crescendos and outro esp Maa-aaaaa-aaaa-nnn