I contemplated not listening to this one and waiting... But considering I've already heard it live a million times, it was justifyable.
Immediately put the live version on right after...
The studio one is definatly the better of the two, which is funny as I feel the opposite towards Copy Of A, live is better.
This song is definatly growing on me. Absolutly HATED it when I first heard it live at Lollapalooza. Thought it was the most boring thing in the world, but after multiple listened over the last month, it always gets better.
I read an interview where he said during the recording of the album it almost felt like these were demo versions of an unfinished product because they were so damn minimal, so they er-recorded everything with actual instruments instead only to scrap it all and say "yeah, the direction we originally took was right" I can definatly see what he means by this comment. This and Copy Of A almost seem like they sould belong on a "demos and remixes" CD. The vocals in particular seem quite weak, very echoy, like they aren't mixed properly...
Maybe it will be different on the CD.But the vocals seem very faint in this and Copy of A.