The Beautiful Letdown (Our Version) – Switchfoot
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Although Switchfoot has long been one of my favorite bands, I haven’t really enjoyed their past three releases (Covers (EP), interrobang, and this is our Christmas album). To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their breakthrough album The Beautiful Letdown, the band has completely re-recorded the album and released it as The Beautiful Letdown (Our Version). The band’s fourth studio album was released February 25, 2003 and has sold over three million copies. It features the popular songs “Meant to Live” and “Dare You to Move”.
This is not like U2 reimagining their songs on their recent Songs of Surrender album. There are not major changes to the songs here. There are a few minor lyric changes on “Gone”: “Al Pacino’s cash” is now “Al Capone’s cash“, “Lexus cages” is now “Tesla cages“, and “my high school sweets” is now “my high school sweethearts.”
This re-recording sounds great with a clean mix, and these songs remind me of why Switchfoot became one of my favorite bands in the first place.
The celebrate the anniversary of the album the band will be playing the album in its entirety for the first time on their current tour. For more information go here.
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Fragments – Time Out of Mind Sessions 1996-1997 The Bootleg Series Vol. 17 Deluxe Edition by Bob Dylan
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The latest edition of Bob Dylan’s acclaimed Bootleg Series gives us a deep dive on his 1997 midcareer masterpiece, Time Out of Mind. The record, Dylan’s thirtieth studio album, picked up three Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, in 1998. Time Out of Mind was also the last album Dylan made with a producer, in this case Daniel Lanois.
The Deluxe edition contains sixty songs, clocking in at more than six hours. It follows the evolution of songs written for the album, from the previously unreleased 1996 Teatro sessions through live versions from 1998-2001. It begins with a 2022 remix of the original album by Michael Brauer. Rare outtakes and alternate versions of songs written for the album include four original Dylan compositions – “Dreamin’ of You,” “Red River Shore,” “Mississippi” (later re-recorded for Love and Theft in 2001) and “Marchin’ to the City” – not included on the original 1997 album. A fifth unreleased performance is Dylan’s interpretation of “The Water is Wide,” a traditional folk song of Scottish origin. Twelve songs included here were previously available on The Bootleg Series Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs.
I enjoyed hearing the alternate versions of the songs from Time Out of Mind, some of which were very different from the version released on the 1997 album.
This release will be enjoyed by Dylan fans. All of the alternate versions/outtakes may be a bit much for some. For those, I highly recommend the remix of the original album by Michael Brauer.
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“Dare You to Move” by Switchfoot
This week’s song of the week is “Dare You to Move” from Switchfoot’s newly re-recorded The Beautiful Letdown (Our Version). The song was written by Jon Foreman. Watch the video for the song here.
[Verse 1]
It was a beautiful letdown
When I crashed and burned
When I found myself alone unknown and hurt
It was a beautiful letdown
The day I knew
That all the riches this world had to offer me
Would never do
[Pre-Chorus 1]
In a world full of bitter pain and bitter doubts
I was trying so hard to fit in, fit in
Until I found out
[Chorus]
That I don’t belong here (I don’t belong)
I don’t belong here (I don’t belong)
I will carry a cross and a song where I don’t belong (I don’t belong)
I don’t belong
[Verse 2]
It was a beautiful letdown
When you found me here
Yeah, for once in a rare blue moon
I see everything clear
I’ll be a beautiful let down
That’s what I’ll forever be
And though it may cost my soul
I’ll sing for free
[Pre-Chorus 2]
We’re still chasing our tails and the rising sun
And our dark water planet’s
Still spinning in a race
Where no one wins and no one’s won
[Chorus]
See, I don’t belong here (I don’t belong)
I don’t belong here (I don’t belong)
I will carry a cross and a song where I don’t belong (I don’t belong)
I don’t belong
I don’t belong here (I don’t belong)
I don’t belong here (I don’t belong)
[Post-Chorus]
I’m gonna set sight and set sail for the kingdom come
Kingdom come
Your kingdom come (I don’t belong)
Won’t you let me down yeah
Let my foolish pride
Forever let me down
[Bridge]
Easy living, you’re not much like your name
Easy dying
Hey, you look just about the same
Won’t you please take me off your list
Easy living, please come on and let me down[Verse 3]
We are a beautiful letdown
Painfully uncool
The church of the dropouts
The losers, the sinners, the failures and the fools
Oh, what a beautiful letdown
Are we salt in the wound?
Hey, let us sing one true tune
Yeah
[Outro]
I don’t belong here (I don’t belong)
No, I don’t belong here (I don’t belong)
No, I don’t belong here (I don’t belong)
Feels like I don’t belong here, yeah (I don’t belong)
I don’t belong here (I don’t belong)
Goes like I don’t belong here (I don’t belong)
No, I don’t belong-long-long-long (I don’t belong, I don’t belong)
Would you let me down (I don’t belong)
Come on and let me down (I don’t belong)
You always let me down (I don’t belong)
So glad that I’m let down, yeah (I don’t belong, I don’t belong)
Come on and let me down (I don’t belong)
‘Cause I don’t belong here
Please won’t you let me down
