What differences are there between songs sung live and on albums?
Besides the obvious differences between live performances and studio recordings, there is a difference in “I Know You’re Out There Somewhere.” The first couple of years the Moodies performed this song in concert, they did the entire song. However, for the last few years, they’ve done the shortened single version, which leaves out the verse beginning, “The words that I remember… .” When Justin Hayward started touring to support “The View From The Hill”, he included “The Land Of Make Believe” as part of his set list. Justin usually joked with the audience about not remembering all the lyrics so he was cutting the song short by the last three verses, even though they’re a repeat of those sung earlier in the song. The live version of “Strange Times,” which was played in concert for two years before the album was released, has “doots” (as in “doot-do-do-doot do-do-doot strange times, strange times”) but the album version does not. Some live versions of “The Voice” delete the last two vers
