I Lost My Little Girl "new" verse

[onosideboards]

This is just an observation...perhaps it will spur some discussion.

On the Paul boot, "The Piano Tape" (and on Artifacts III), there's a version of "I Lost My Little Girl." It's on piano, obvoiusly, which is interesting anyway. However, the really interesting part is that he sings that same "new" verse he sings on "Unplugged." You know, "now let me tell you a story about the very first song I wrote..."

But this is from 1974 (or some say '78)! This is actually pretty typical Macca thinking, isn't it? I mean for him to remember something as silly as that "new" verse, and then use it like 20 years later.

[darkhorse]

I didn't know it was "added" for Unplugged so that was a surprise. But anyway it was sort of stupid to say "let me tell you the story about the very first song I wrote" in the very first song you wrote, isn't it. images/icons/smile.gif

Then again, resurrecting verses and bits from old songs was something that Paul (and John) used to do a lot. I think John more so than Paul... he didn't like to waste any lines or verses, and so he'd end up throwing them at songs that didn't have much anything to do with them originally. And it's kind of cool that Paul used that verse twenty years after that 70's demo, which I think I might have in one of those MP3 CDs around here... images/icons/wink.gif

Thanks for the info. images/icons/smile.gif

[onosideboards]

Oh yeah, I realize that they'd take bits of full songs that never made it and throw them into new songs, but this was just such a lark of sorts, you know? I was just surprised to hear it sung like that so long ago. And it's not like he was singing to an audience on the piano tape. Unless his family or something.

[Legs]

You would think that he used such a line only in front of an audience. I always thought that he only sang it during the Unplugged performance. But everything with Paul is pre planned and nothing is spontaneous. I saw Paul for the first time live this year, still I could predict everything he was going to do and tell.

[onosideboards]

Originally Posted By Legs:
[QB] But everything with Paul is pre planned and nothing is spontaneous. QB]<font size="2" face="Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif">So true. Maybe he as thinking of performing it live some place else. Or maybe he was just pretending there was a crowd. Oh, what a dork. images/icons/smile.gif

[joelcrowservo]

With Paul, even if he did it 20 years ago, if he thinks you havent heard it, it'll be released and promoted as 'new'. "Freedom" being a good case in point. He behaved as though it was something he'd totally written in the heat of 9/11, but in fact had been partially written years earlier. But no one dares call him on it. I wouldnt for a kick off!

[mindgames]

I never knew that about "Freedom".

[onosideboards]

Can anyone tell me more about how Paul actually wrote the core of Freedom before 9/11?

[onosideboards]

Now that I've heard more of Paul's home demos and shows from the early '90s, it's safe to say that Paul had written that new verse to I Lost My Little Girl sometime in the 80s. So, I was freakin' out over nothing. He did it during the '93 tour even.