JayD, I agree with you, the BFG on Bat 3 was fine, maybe I came across as a bit critical in my comment, BUT the live version posted in this thread is absolutely breathtaking in parts and I think the OP was saying that it would have been amazing to hear BFG done when Meat was at his peak, and I agree with that.
On he other side of the coin, I think there are certain songs which will always sound better live than in the studio and I think this proves that BFG is one of those songs. A perfect example of another one is "Frying pan", I still think it sounds tooo slow on Bat 2, although the production is fantastic, I prefer the pacing of the live version (and actually the version on "Bad for good" in terms of pacing works better, although everything else is better on the BAT 2 version IMO).
As for left in the dark, it's a toss up for me, I really like the spoken intro on Bad for Good and both Jim and Meat have the intensity in their versions, but quite simply Meat is a much better singer than Jim so Meat's version edges it. For what it's worth I think the production of the Cecilia Wennersten version beats them both and also it's clearly a female vocal and I don't like Streissand!!!
This is the beauty of loving music for me, the fact that we all like different versions of the same song and long may it continue.
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