gvox
Ghost of Love
I'm glad Lillywhite convinced them to actually have a chorus in the song and mostly that they dropped the saccharine arrangement/lyric of the alternative version. And making Native Son - Vertigo.
I also am glad if he's the one behind turning Xanax and wine into Fast cars and picking the closing Yahweh over the alternate mix (a little less if he's guilty of losing the alt All because of you lyric but we can't have it all...).
Xanax & Wine >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fast Cars.
Native Son >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Vertigo.
Yahweh mixes are equally good.
Alt Sometimes is great in it's own way, I feel it is a bit closer to what he was originally feeling (how can I possibly know this, is a good question, I can't really) and I like the 'made up' verse just fine. I also don't even care that "and it's you when I look in the mirror..." etc is not in the alt version. The subtle "sometimes you can't make it on your own" by itself is equally brilliant imo and I don't really see the alt version as being 'saccharine' in fact if anything it's the other way around, the alt is grittier and rawer to these ears. Also, I hear more Edge, and that's always a good thing.