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Originally Posted by MistreatedLewis
Explain to me what it is about the Busted Stuff versions of Raven, Big Eyed Fish, and Captain that do anything like kick the crap out of the studio versions of IIHIA, What You Are, and Sleep To Dream Her.
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Well, they're better songs, barring what they did to Captain which boggles my mind to this day. By a rather large amount. If you feel that Sleep To Dream Her, What You Are, and If I Had It All are better songs than Raven and Big Eyed Fish, you're more than welcome to disagree. I think the BS songs are full of the musical complexity and arranging skills I love about this band, along with Dave's vocals and lyrics. The lyrics on Everyday, while better than they are given credit for, are still problematic and worse when coupled with some very bad music coupled with glossy, uninteresting production. I could go on, but that is basically my viewpoint.
I also don't understand what you picking those songs has anything to do with my original statement, which had to do with all of BS. There are quite a few other songs on BS, even if you do have problems with the three specific songs you mentioned. Now, discounting all of that, are you willing to say that anything on Everyday comes anywhere near the poetry and power on songs like Busted Stuff, Grey Street, You Never Know, Grace is Gone and Bartender? I understand that there are significant problems with BS, but despite that fact great songs tend to make for better albums than crappy songs.