Vanni
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No, this is not a thread for artists like Judas Bobby D who decided to ditch soppy acoustical folk in order to play electric rock, or artists like the Mac who made the very wise decision to stop playing blues and release chart topping pop albums like Rumours and Tusk instead. Neither does it refer to artists who released some truly terrible stuff like Radio Gaga, Don't Stop Believin', Eye of the Tiger or Simply the Best. No Sir!
This is for those alternate or demo versions which in your esteemed opinion are much better than the finished article. I'm aware that demos are generally only meant as a rough guide for artists to lay down the foundations of their tunes, before they start adding or removing bits here and there in a an effort to improve the final product. This usually means that the polished track we then hear on the artist's record is way better than the rough demo. But this is not always the case, hence the reason for my thread and the 'what were they thinking' part'. Naturally, this doesn't mean that I don't like the 'proper' song, it just means I consider the demo to be better.
Example 1 - The Cure's Hanging Garden.
The demo version -
Example 2 - Live From The Stage by Team Sleep (a side project of Deftones' Chino Moreno)
Demo version,recorded under a different working title -
This is for those alternate or demo versions which in your esteemed opinion are much better than the finished article. I'm aware that demos are generally only meant as a rough guide for artists to lay down the foundations of their tunes, before they start adding or removing bits here and there in a an effort to improve the final product. This usually means that the polished track we then hear on the artist's record is way better than the rough demo. But this is not always the case, hence the reason for my thread and the 'what were they thinking' part'. Naturally, this doesn't mean that I don't like the 'proper' song, it just means I consider the demo to be better.
Example 1 - The Cure's Hanging Garden.
The demo version -
Example 2 - Live From The Stage by Team Sleep (a side project of Deftones' Chino Moreno)
Demo version,recorded under a different working title -