One amazing moment in Oslo during the soundcheck

[hypehat]

Why would they do Warmth Of The Sun, I Can Hear Music, and Surf's Up during the soundcheck, but not the actual performance? Why would they need to practice those songs? Hmm.

Sometimes songs might be rehearsed just to see how they could sound and if they would qualify for "official" rehearsal.
Songs might be rehearsed but they don't get to be in the shape needed to be performed in concert.
Or they could just be rehearsed for fun.

While a band or performer can use a soundcheck to rehearse songs, a soundcheck is basically what the title implies.  Getting house levels set and eq'd, getting monitor levels set and eq'd, etc.  In this case, it appears the band just played these tunes for fun.  Beats running through the same old songs that you've already played 50 times on the tour.  

IIRC, they also played a Who song (Won't Get Fooled Again?) during soundcheck, and no-one's seriously suggesting they were going to drop that in the set.

Also interesting that Scott Bennett called it the "My Gods". So now, from official sources, we have "My God", "Bygone", and "Michael". JEEZ.

So who do we believe?! The man with the lyric sheet who recorded the first instance (Desper, in the Michael corner), the men who wrote it (Brian & Van Dyke, in the  By Gone corner) and the man they told to sing it (Scott Bennett, in the 'My God' corner)..... Argzhvfvcbx

[Justin]

I've always heard it as "My God", myself. 

[pixletwin]

Why would they do Warmth Of The Sun, I Can Hear Music, and Surf's Up during the soundcheck, but not the actual performance? Why would they need to practice those songs? Hmm.

Sometimes songs might be rehearsed just to see how they could sound and if they would qualify for "official" rehearsal.
Songs might be rehearsed but they don't get to be in the shape needed to be performed in concert.
Or they could just be rehearsed for fun.

While a band or performer can use a soundcheck to rehearse songs, a soundcheck is basically what the title implies.  Getting house levels set and eq'd, getting monitor levels set and eq'd, etc.  In this case, it appears the band just played these tunes for fun.  Beats running through the same old songs that you've already played 50 times on the tour.  

IIRC, they also played a Who song (Won't Get Fooled Again?) during soundcheck, and no-one's seriously suggesting they were going to drop that in the set.

Also interesting that Scott Bennett called it the "My Gods". So now, from official sources, we have "My God", "Bygone", and "Michael". JEEZ.

So who do we believe?! The man with the lyric sheet who recorded the first instance (Desper, in the Michael corner), the men who wrote it (Brian & Van Dyke, in the  By Gone corner) and the man they told to sing it (Scott Bennett, in the 'My God' corner)..... Argzhvfvcbx

Or we can believe Carl's isolated vocal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc5GSsdMPuM

Bygone.

[Aegir]

that's definitely bygone.

I used to think it was "like a, like a".

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

Lyric sheet says "Michael"

Which is interesting because Michael means "with god" so "My God" also makes sense there.

By gone... what could it mean?

[Chris Brown]

Or we can believe Carl's isolated vocal:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc5GSsdMPuM

Bygone.

Holy hell - how have I never heard this?  That was extremely cool, I had no idea such a mix existed.  Thanks!

[pixletwin]

Lyric sheet says "Michael"

Which is interesting because Michael means "with god" so "My God" also makes sense there.

By gone... what could it mean?

Noun   1.   bygone - past events to be put aside; "let bygones be bygones"
water under the bridge
past, past times, yesteryear - the time that has elapsed; "forget the past"
Adj.   1.   bygone - well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era"
bypast, departed, foregone, gone
past - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"

Sure seems to mesh with the rest of the lyrics.

[Ziggy Stardust]

Haha, i used to think it was "By gun, by gun.."

[Aegir]

And for awhile i thought it was "baigon, baigon" and i figured "baigon" was some asian word

[STE]

I'm pretty sure it's "Mike Love Mike Love"

[runnersdialzero]

It really sounds like Jeff is singing "Bacon, bacon" on the 2004 version. I can't listen to it with a straight face anymore.

[pixletwin]

I'm hungry.