Open Arms - from the Dark Side.

by **TRAGChick** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:38 am

Just in case you missed this, the first time around...

"Open Arms" ~ with a "Frontiers" delivery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwCwrYwKbUg

by **conversationpc** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:08 am

That's one of the better renditions I've heard. There are several good videos from that show. I wish they'd release it on DVD.

by **scarygirl** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 6:52 am

conversationpc wrote:That's one of the better renditions I've heard. There are several good videos from that show. I wish they'd release it on DVD.

He seems so sad there. Better than the high flying Escape version, imo.

I don't understand why they can't get more of this stuff out on DVD. :cry:

by **SteveForever** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:09 am

Oh so sincere....thanks Nora, love it.

by **Rick** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:12 am

SteveForever wrote:Oh so sincere....thanks Nora, love it.

Nora is great about giving us the good stuff.

by **SteveForever** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:15 am

Rick wrote:
SteveForever wrote:Oh so sincere....thanks Nora, love it.

Nora is great about giving us the good stuff.

Agreed...

love her......

by **ohsherrie** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:06 am

And those damned morons think they can replace that with just anybody that can hit the notes. They make me want to

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by **TRAGChick** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:05 am

SteveForever wrote:
Rick wrote:
SteveForever wrote:Oh so sincere....thanks Nora, love it.

Nora is great about giving us the good stuff.

Agreed... love her......

Love ya too, chick

Thanx for the nice comments, guys. :mrgreen:

Love the look on Neal's face at the very end...to me, it looks like:

"DAMN that was good."

by **G.I.Jim** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:18 am

To me, what seems so amazing in this clip is how he seems so into the song. Don't get me wrong, I've seen just about every clip out there, but on this one he seems like he really feels the song! He has a LOT of emotion in it, and he seems like he's singing to himself...almost like the crowd isn't even there. I think this is probably the coolest version of this song I've heard. It's not perfect, but I really like how steve changed the phrasing and timing of a few of the words. Thanks for sharing!!!

by **TRAGChick** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:33 am

G.I.Jim wrote:To me, what seems so amazing in this clip is how he seems so into the song. Don't get me wrong, I've seen just about every clip out there, but on this one he seems like he really feels the song! He has a LOT of emotion in it, and he seems like he's singing to himself...almost like the crowd isn't even there. I think this is probably the coolest version of this song I've heard. It's not perfect, but I really like how steve changed the phrasing and timing of a few of the words. Thanks for sharing!!!

Well thanx to Gunbot...otherwise, it wouldn't be on the 'Tube **round of applause**

I just realized something:

Yes; I called it the "Dark Side", because it was a delivery that incorporated everything you said above.

BUT -

It goes beyond that:

The male/female singing voice does not fully mature until you are in your early 30s...think about it: Steve recorded the original when he was 31; by the time this tour came around, he was 33/34. In this version, there are A LOT MORE mid/low tones than the original....
Yet, it's in the same key.

Pair that up with the amount of vocal chord stress / touring beforehand, and voila....change of voice (IMO).

I'm so happy this version is available to the general public....because you're right...SO much emotion...

...it seems to me that this song became "personal" to him once he realized how Journey was "taking off"...and taking him AWAY from family / personal relations.

Just my .02

by **scarygirl** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:34 am

G.I.Jim wrote:To me, what seems so amazing in this clip is how he seems so into the song. Don't get me wrong, I've seen just about every clip out there, but on this one he seems like he really feels the song! He has a LOT of emotion in it, and he seems like he's singing to himself...almost like the crowd isn't even there. I think this is probably the coolest version of this song I've heard. It's not perfect, but I really like how steve changed the phrasing and timing of a few of the words. Thanks for sharing!!!

Oh, I agree. I think he was totally somewhere else.

by **KenTheDude** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:24 pm

From the same concert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jubogiBa ... re=related

MR

Open Arms - from the Dark Side.

Open Arms - from the Dark Side.

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