by Tony » Sun Sep 30, 2018 9:49 am
They must have struggled with the decision. There She Goes was next played in October (87) at the Royal Court, and it was the short no-middle 8 version, just a couple verses. Then it got tucked away for a while.
And even then it took em another year to start integrating it into the set fully, basically because the single came out.
I've been asked on YouTube about that demo in Barry Sutton's flat, 'wouldn't it make more sense for it to be 1987, not 88?' I simply think it took them til '88 to solidify the song (the first studio attempt was with Leckie in spring 88), though Barry only joined in 88 anyway. And with the flat demo, and Leckie's attempts, this original Picket middle 8 is nowhere in sight.
A shame there isn't just one other recording with it, though overall I think they made the right choice