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Re: Lifehouse compilations.



----- Original Message ----- From: "O'Neal, Kevin W."

> I disagree.
> My Lifehouse compilation has SIO as the final song.
> It has to be.

It's a dillema.  It can't follow WGFA, but it has to be the last song.  I'm
confounded.

> Climaxing is good, but isn't the post-climax cigarette a nice feel and
perspective?

That's a good way of looking at it.

> What, do you just blow your wad ;-) and then walk away?

Even better.  Song is Over is like two hours of cuddling.

> SIO is a wrapping up of Lifehouse.
> The last words of Lifehouse should be "playing so free like a breath
rippling by..".

Yes.  It *has* to be the last song and the Pure and Easy reprise is perfect.

> It's such an appropriate opportunity for reflection right after the
explosion of energy of WGFA.

That's what doesn't work for me.  It's just too light, too wistful.  I like
my rock operas to end with more punch than that.  The haunting resignation
of Listening To You and the raw emotion of Love Reign O'er Me are perfect
endings.  Song is Over just leaves me flat.  Like, "I just went through the
most powerful eight minutes in rock and that's all you've got?"

> Jim M., I noticed that you don't have "Mary" on your list.
> To me, a vital track.

Is there a Who version?  I wanted to end up with something that sounded like
it could have been a real album.  Maybe I should reconsider.  Consistency
should probably be less important than content.  Any other suggestions
anyone?  What about Slip Kid and Who Are You, which Pete put on Chronicles?
Do they belong?

Jim M