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Originally Posted by ko210
Flowers is my favorite too, followed closely by Knots and Little Bird. But just as a lead-off single, to catch people's immediate attention, Knots or What'll I Do would've been really great choices. A Sail is great live but something about the keyboards is too... sleepy? I don't know, the live version from 09 with just the regular piano has such a rhythm to it, but this mellow version doesn't really work as a first single - for me.
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I guess you mean this live version:
I definitely prefer the piano version (= live version) to the studio version though they are not that different - and as I couldn't detect the keyboards on the studio version could it be that you meant the glockenspiel played with a bow as Donagh does in the video?
What I liked about the studio version though is that it sounded sort of raw and not too processed. I was pleasently surprised by that because Lisa once said of Sea Sew that she liked that it sounded raw and squeaky whereas I always felt that Sea Sew was a little too flat (nevertheless a superb album, don't get me wrong!). And I agree with riotana about Lisa's voice sounding a little hoarse which I really like because it gives Lisa's vocals a nice edge.
Anyway, I am really excited to hear the studio versions of the other songs, especially Little Bird and Knots!