“Satan Said Dance” – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Some Loud Thunder
KEXP played a live version of this song fairly frequently between the release of the first and second CYHSY albums. I was glad to see it on Some Loud Thunder, but the almost lighthearted execution of the “Said dance!” line on the studio cut unfortunately betrays the otherwise unsettling, sinister feel of the track in a way the live version does not. I sifted through some of the live versions on YouTube, but—you’re not going to believe this—they were mostly just snippets of unlistenable quality. I know, I was as shocked as you are. Here, this one from Lollapalooza isn’t too bad. And hey, that version is on Rhapsody as well with nice sound quality.
Tangent: note the vocal flub at 3:12 on the Some Loud Thunder version, where Alec Ounsworth starts to come in early, but cuts himself off. It’s interesting that they went with that take. I was trying to come up with other studio tracks in which vocal flubs were left in, and all I could come up with was “Louie Louie,” where Jack Ely also comes back in early at 1:58 and then self-corrects. I figure the Kingsmen went with this take because they ran out of quarters for the “make your own record” machine before they could record another one; CYHSY had more choice in the matter.
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