Favorite performance of Take The Time

MetropolisxPt1 · April 09, 2011, 11:59:48 AM

Just curious what everyone's favorite rendition of the song is live or studio

Imo TTT is probably the most inconsistent song in their repertoire.

My favorite version is from the bootleg KM please come to the stage, labrie's singing of the pensive fear verse is impeccable and rivals the album version.

Implode · April 09, 2011, 12:02:06 PM

Do you know where I might find said bootleg? I was going to say the album version. Even back in the day, he seems to slightly struggle throgh that verse.

MetropolisxPt1 · April 09, 2011, 12:03:54 PM

Quote from: Implode on April 09, 2011, 12:02:06 PM
Do you know where I might find said bootleg? I was going to say the album version. Even back in the day, he seems to slightly struggle throgh that verse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez8sEUQt2Rg

KevShmev · April 09, 2011, 12:04:31 PM

No live version I've ever heard comes close to the studio version. I always thought the "Take the time" in the chorus would be something the live crowd would always sing loud enough to where the band didn't have to sing it, but it has never turned out that way. Combine that with the second verse being difficult for JLB to nail live (when they actually attempt it) along with Portnoy often ruining the first verse by singing the first half of the first verse, and it is easy to take the studio version over any live version.

wasteland · April 09, 2011, 12:38:01 PM

I would say that this may be one of the best performances of TTT, at least vocally. It is close to the album version as it can be a song performed live for the very first time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_06pw120QA

The Live@Tokyo version isn't bad either, IMO

juice · April 09, 2011, 12:40:03 PM

Probably the studio version.

IdoSC · April 09, 2011, 03:08:45 PM

2007 IaW 15th anniversary, followed by Tokyo's.

Implode · April 09, 2011, 03:57:14 PM

After watching those... the studio version wins.

The Silent Cody · April 09, 2011, 04:20:30 PM

Studio or demo version definitly. Studio version is pure awesomness, demo has some great vocals from JLB... I hate video version, I feel like I would listening to a shortcut of the song... $:\$

Chino · April 09, 2011, 04:50:57 PM

TTT/Freebird

Jirpo · April 09, 2011, 07:30:36 PM

The Studio version for me.

Portrucci · April 09, 2011, 07:57:06 PM

I like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKQEFMRM4TA

SnakeEyes · April 09, 2011, 08:40:06 PM

I've never heard an absolutely stunning version of Take the Time live. There's always SOMETHING wrong with it and it's always LaBrie that's the problem. Don't get me wrong, I don't think it's necessarily his 'fault,' but I just think the song was written way too high for him to perform consistently night after night. It's almost inhuman how high that vocal line is and to do it on a tour every single night..... I can't even imagine that.

? · April 09, 2011, 10:53:36 PM

Studio version for me too. There's always something missing in the live version: in the I&W days James could sing the song very well, but there were no backing vocals on the chorus, nowadays there's back-up singing, but James has trouble with the high notes.

The Silent Cody · April 09, 2011, 11:25:59 PM

Quote from: Portrucci on April 09, 2011, 07:57:06 PM
I like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKQEFMRM4TA

Lol, a great one performance of TTT, didn't saw this. JLB in good form, JP a little bit to quiet when not soloing but what the hell. And, first of all, great performance from JR! That was time when KM gone and JR replaced him for some shows right?That video is before A Change Of Seasons release?Am I right?

orcus116 · April 09, 2011, 11:42:48 PM

Studio without a doubt. Like others have said the live versions just don't really come close for a variety of reasons but:

Quote from: Chino on April 09, 2011, 04:50:57 PM
TTT/Freebird

this version definitely matches the fun of the song the most.

Mladen · April 10, 2011, 12:54:57 AM

The one on Chaos in motion is great. Yes, it misses the second verse, but the rest is just perfect, and James nails every single tone.

hefdaddy42 · April 10, 2011, 01:40:03 AM

Quote from: KevShmev on April 09, 2011, 12:04:31 PM
No live version I've ever heard comes close to the studio version.

This. In fact, this is the only song in the DT catalogue that I can think of offhand that I would categorize this way.

tri.ad · April 10, 2011, 02:08:40 AM

It has to be the studio version for me.

Metabog · April 10, 2011, 03:16:49 AM

This is just one of the songs that doesn't work well live, imo.

RaiseTheKnife · April 10, 2011, 04:18:21 AM

Kick Into a Dream bootleg (NY 10/28/94). It was the first time I heard Evenings of Mist, and really appreciated Derek's sound and role in the band. What a jam.

KM Come to the Stage: damn, they are playing the song at double speed, never heard it THAT fast.

JR first gig: That video must be the same source of the MP3 i got back in the 90's, cuz it too has no guitars in the mix. Hahaha, the MP3 however does not have the intro about KM becoming an astronaut, lol

The Silent Cody · April 10, 2011, 04:23:32 AM

Quote from: RaiseTheKnife on April 10, 2011, 04:18:21 AM

KM Come to the Stage: damn, they are playing the song at double speed, never heard it THAT fast.

This

MetropolisxPt1 · April 10, 2011, 09:26:15 AM

Quote from: The Silent Cody on April 10, 2011, 04:23:32 AM
Quote from: RaiseTheKnife on April 10, 2011, 04:18:21 AM

KM Come to the Stage: damn, they are playing the song at double speed, never heard it THAT fast.

This

that entire bootleg is virtually spotless they went all out for their euro fans

orcus116 · April 10, 2011, 02:28:16 PM

Quote from: hefdaddy42 on April 10, 2011, 01:40:03 AM
Quote from: KevShmev on April 09, 2011, 12:04:31 PM
No live version I've ever heard comes close to the studio version.
This. In fact, this is the only song in the DT catalogue that I can think of offhand that I would categorize this way.

Really? I could think of a lot of songs where the studio versions are superior. They're one of those bands that rarely create a live version of a song that transcends to that next level.

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