(07-10-2013, 07:44 PM)Tusk Wrote: (07-10-2013, 07:16 PM)My Alter Ego Wrote: It would have been interesting, true, but as you have repeatedly reminded us, Tusk, Haley was reluctant to perform Undone . I wonder if RML asked Haley which song she preferred to be aired, if one had to be cut?
On the other, the information that John has presented (lack of views for "Oh My" on Youtube) does seem surprising! It is an infectious ditty!
In a way, both very real scenarios are puzzling -- at least, it is to me.
She hasn't been subtle about her reluctance to perform Undone either, she's basically said as much.
When asked, cautiously, by the host of that private party in LA, "You can't do ....Undone...?", Haley hesitated even then, then turned to Keith to see if he knew it.
(Keith hasn't been at the keys in all of Haley's live performances of Undone. Keith did not play, I believe, it's debut performance @ Americana or her iHeart performance of it)
That being said, that performance of the song in LA was amaaaaazing, heartfelt and soaring, combined with Keith's keys on the baby grand......
When I listen to her retool "Free" from Vegas, I almost get the feeling that she is doing in that performance what she can't seem to do, organically, while performing "Undone". In the Vegas "Free" there is the longing, the sadness, heartstrings. You would think that she could pull from the same resources to perform "Undone" that way, yet, it just doesn't come easily for her.
When asked, cautiously, by the host of that private party in LA, "You can't do ....Undone...?", Haley hesitated even then, then turned to Keith to see if he knew it.
As if hoping he didn't??
Given the Youtube recording you posted, she put in a perfunctory performance of the song, which is not the Haley we know and expect. On the other hand, in listening to this again I picked up on something that
MAY (
don't read more into this than the speculation that it is, folks) have something to do with it.
What I hear is her having a hard time with the lower notes that are written in this song. Depending on circumstances such as how tired she might be, what she might have eaten (food may not impact her like it does me), air quality, etc., the lowest notes that she can sometimes hit can shift. The key that
Undone is in, was likely written in that key for a reason. But Haley may not always be able to sing in that key. And, yes, they could change (raise) the key to one more accommodating to her range on a consistent basis, but that may not provide the melancholy sound the song is intended to have. Just a possibility...
