putting in some placeholder lyrics (at least that's what I hope the case is). But if you have the choice, definitely listen to the Pat and Rivers version.

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Green/Maladroit Bundle.

And it's easy to say that the Patrick and Rivers version is much better.

The instruments sound the same. The solo version starts out with some coughing and then Rivers singing his way through it halfheartedly, like he doesn't know the lyrics.

I'm guessing Rivers was...

Only thing is, as he wasn't focused on music at the time, the recording quality isn't great. It's a lot better than most of the Maladroit demos. But it's scratchy and Rivers sounds like he's just trying to get through the song.

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evidence for this, but I think The Life I Never Lived was Rivers looking at his live, the paths before him, and considering what else could have been.

The Life I Never Lived later becomes Lonely Man (which has a better buildup). But TLINL is pretty good as it is. It has a very Billy Joel vibe...

The few songs he made in this time were mostly forgotten, especially as they were snapshots of his mentality at the time.

Case in point - The Life I Never Lived.

After two albums of writing songs about nothing, Rivers returned to writing about real things for Make Believe. And I don't have much...

Yeah, that is pretty cool when they put a lot of work into making each show unique. Makes it worth it, if one could afford it.

42 times is impressive!

the song a little more poppy.

I like this take on it. The only thing is about version 9: the only vocals are during the chorus.

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somewhat different.

This has full instrumentation. But the guitars sound extra crunchy (ha) here. They'll get better, but it really stands out here.

Especially if you just listened to The Ballad of St. George.

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