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Dirty Vegas — Days Go By (acoustic)
Album: Dirty Vegas
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Released: 2002
Length: 2:39
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You
You

You are still a whisper on my lips
A feeling at my fingertips
That's pulling at my skin

You leave me when I'm at my worst
A feeling as if I've been cursed
Bitter cold within

Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn't live my life without you
Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn't live my life without you
Without you
Without you

You are still a whisper on my lips
A feeling at my fingertips
That's pulling at my skin

You leave me when I'm at my worst
A feeling as if I've been cursed
Bitter cold within

Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn't live my life without you
Without you
Without you

Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn't live my life without you
Days go by and still I think of you
Days when I couldn't live my life without you
Without you
Without you
Without you
Without you
Without you
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This caught my attention in a negative, knee-jerk reflexive reaction to a cover that's distinctly different than the original...or what I thought was the original.  Turns out this is apparently the original?  And knee-jerk reactions are valid, but need to be considered.  I still don't really care for this version, but sounds like others did, so I'm glad it exists.  
Posted 1 year ago by Clarentine    [ Reply ]
Boy, though the original is good, I just can't get enough of this acoustic version. Ahhhhh.
Posted 13 years ago by shettler    [ Reply ]

This title needs to return to the section reviewing, for at least six months, to see what your panel of 'expert and very selective reviewers' , 30 or 40 members, has to say or vote on these performances...


Posted 13 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]

Just crazy for sick minds. This song reveals the moment of decay across the world of music, like all Ga Ga that roam around. Diversity  and ecletic does not explain everything, while, in parallel, RP is "deaf ears" to the music of renowned quality, but from other sources than the American "fashion" market. This is the drug of today. Bahhhh. RP, do not go there ......

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Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
This version is a little boring—the original (non-acoustic) is much better...
Posted 15 years ago by TravelRat    [ Reply ]
Very unmemorable .. no need to play this again ,,
Posted 15 years ago by brians201    [ Reply ]
 meydele wrote:
And again. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
 
But in this case, "if it don't need fixed, break it." Yuuccchhh.
Posted 15 years ago by shutter    [ Reply ]
{#Ask}don't know what i think about this song...maybe it's not that good
Posted 15 years ago by spiritual76    [ Reply ]

You
Leave me when I'm at my worst
Feeling as if I've been cursed
Bitter cold within

Posted 15 years ago by vandal    [ Reply ]
Crowded House singer?
Posted 15 years ago by OHMish    [ Reply ]
I can't believe you went to mitsu site to get the price :D
Posted 15 years ago by oscar_driver    [ Reply ]
The Mitsubishi Eclipse. Nicely equipped at $21,475. I like the club remix a little better, but this isn't bad.
Posted 15 years ago by baltimorelovejoy    [ Reply ]
This song just strikes me as a "why bother"? Nothing unique, notable, striking, unpleasant anything special about it. It just is.
Posted 15 years ago by ArbiterOfGoodTaste    [ Reply ]
pushplay wrote:
A far cry from the commercial version i am familiar with. Really a pleasant surprise.
..Yeh I want to see the kids in the Mitsubishi commercial try car dancing to This! ...mental image...
Posted 15 years ago by Taraincognito    [ Reply ]
A far cry from the commercial version i am familiar with. Really a pleasant surprise.
Posted 16 years ago by pushplay    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by robco1    [ Reply ]
boy george's voice stolen.
Posted 16 years ago by mefrombrazil    [ Reply ]
well call me a 60 cent special postage stamp.
Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
LorraineV1 wrote:
I actually thought it was Neil at 1st.
Not that it would be unexpected, of course. Neil is no stranger to RP. Yes, I heard it too.
Posted 16 years ago by timc    [ Reply ]
I actually thought it was Neil at 1st. shakitten wrote:
Anybody else hear traces of a Finn? Nice cover...I like both versions. This sounds a bit more intense, though.
Posted 16 years ago by LorraineV1    [ Reply ]
Great tune. As someone else mentioned, the above link is incorrect.
Posted 16 years ago by Manbird    [ Reply ]
Agent510 wrote:
I wish they'd redo the Mitsubishi commercial or the video using this version, maybe with those pop-locking dancers sitting around all melancholy.
That's a picture!
Posted 16 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
Anybody else hear traces of a Finn? Nice cover...I like both versions. This sounds a bit more intense, though.
Posted 16 years ago by shakitten    [ Reply ]
Bah! Tuned into RP today only to miss this spectacular version of a great (if slightly overexposed) tune.
Posted 17 years ago by Ixion    [ Reply ]
I really like this song (both versions) I didn' like the rest of the album :(
Posted 17 years ago by h2o    [ Reply ]
Love the original, don't love the acoustic version quite as much but still like it a lot. And I'm impressed with this group for recording both. I wish they'd redo the Mitsubishi commercial or the video using this version, maybe with those pop-locking dancers sitting around all melancholy.
Posted 17 years ago by Agent510    [ Reply ]
meydele wrote:
God help me, but I love the techno version. . . and this one too. I am more embarassed to admit this than to say I love ABBA. Oy vey.
No reason to be ebarassed. It's a good tune. It got beat around a bit a few years ago in mainstream media, but that's no less reason to like it.
Posted 17 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]
stratrjb wrote:
and again...today...
And again. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
God help me, but I love the techno version. . . and this one too. I am more embarassed to admit this than to say I love ABBA. Oy vey.
Posted 17 years ago by meydele    [ Reply ]
pinkfu wrote:
And again today!
and again...today...
Posted 17 years ago by stratrjb    [ Reply ]
Incorrect CD artwork..... The above is from the CD "One".
Posted 17 years ago by bigB_3    [ Reply ]
betterdaze wrote:
First time I've heard this, and I like it better than the techno one. Very nice......
Totally agree.
Posted 17 years ago by jkschmidt    [ Reply ]
Dirty Vegas is redundant. Send me now.
Posted 17 years ago by slartibart_O    [ Reply ]
gradys_kitchen wrote:
canadianbug wrote: great tune! hey - elliot smith's 'waltz #2' follows it again! hmm..
And again today.
And again today!
Posted 17 years ago by pinkfu    [ Reply ]
First time I've heard this, and I like it better than the techno one. Very nice......
Posted 17 years ago by betterdaze    [ Reply ]
canadianbug wrote:
great tune! hey - elliot smith's 'waltz #2' follows it again! hmm..
And again today.
Posted 17 years ago by gradys_kitchen    [ Reply ]
Just what I am in the mood for today. Thanks Bill!
Posted 17 years ago by hippiechick    [ Reply ]
RichardPrins wrote:
Quite Lickable
... cute ...
Posted 17 years ago by four_felicity    [ Reply ]
crazycow wrote:
Hmmm, hate their techno-ish top 40 version of the song, but this one is nice.
I really like the techno version, but this one is great too. I did a mix combining the two versions and the combo was ausome. I dont think RP played the entire acustic song though. It is much longer.
Posted 18 years ago by h2o    [ Reply ]
I prefer this version, even though it leans toward the Creed/Live camp.
Posted 18 years ago by shakylegs    [ Reply ]
Hmmm, hate their techno-ish top 40 version of the song, but this one is nice.
Posted 18 years ago by crazycow    [ Reply ]
Quite Lickable
Posted 18 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
that was in response to this: Trustocity wrote:
Well, if you're gonna get technical... :oops: I guess I was wailing that day. PMS? Probably not - I'm a dude. Just seems to be a plethora of acoustic guitar on RP and not so much trance/trip hop/club music. Of course, at the moment, Elliott Smith's "Waltz #2" is playing, and that song's a masterpiece, so I'm fresh out of complaints.
Posted 18 years ago by canadianbug    [ Reply ]
great tune! hey - elliot smith's 'waltz #2' follows it again! hmm..
Posted 18 years ago by canadianbug    [ Reply ]
NEGIRL wrote:
SCAREY!!! reminds me of a tortous Cher cover...oh the agony!
I'm not sure what 'tortous' means (tortoise? tortuous? torturous?), but that comment made me laugh anyhow.
Posted 18 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
the whole album is very, very, very good.
Posted 18 years ago by nohopenofearnoname    [ Reply ]
Always happy when this tune comes up in the playlist.
Posted 18 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]
No thanks.
Posted 18 years ago by Gish05    [ Reply ]
Love both versions of this song. I always thought it did a wonderful job of using minimal lyrics for maximum effect. Just several lines repeated, and yet it paints a picture. There are always images conjured when I hear this song.
Posted 18 years ago by StellarSwarm    [ Reply ]
I like this version ... at first I thought it was one of the Finn brothers singing then I heard the chorous and I got what it was / who it was Very nice... shows that they more talent I gave them credit for
Posted 18 years ago by huebdoo    [ Reply ]
Yes. RP keeps playing great tunes this morning. Makes me happy and keeps me posting :) surreal1221 wrote:
Man this is one amazingly beautiful song. I remember years ago downloading it (uh oh!), and then being so happy with the cd I just went and bought it. Man, great song.
Posted 18 years ago by Kerly    [ Reply ]
Man this is one amazingly beautiful song. I remember years ago downloading it (uh oh!), and then being so happy with the cd I just went and bought it. Man, great song.
Posted 18 years ago by surreal1221    [ Reply ]
Trustocity wrote:
Sorry to dissent this time, but yeah, this sucks. Paltry lyrics, slightly-above average vocals, but it's a crime to remove the electronics. And shame on everyone who pretends they like acoustic folk better than electronica. Your posts on one-quarter of all other RP songs says otherwise.
Gotta back you up here, T. I'm not a big fan of the original version, but this just does not work.
Posted 18 years ago by winter    [ Reply ]
Couldnt have said it better myselfJoJopugs wrote:
THIS IS SOOOOO MUCH BETTER THAN THE VERSION FROM THE CAR COMMERCIALS!!
Posted 18 years ago by red2u    [ Reply ]
THIS IS SOOOOO MUCH BETTER THAN THE VERSION FROM THE CAR COMMERCIALS!!
Posted 18 years ago by JoJopugs    [ Reply ]
Mikey wrote:
Isn't Dirty and Vegas a bit redundant?
Damn it, Mikey, you stole my joke! :-) As I've commented on this one before, I don't want to go over my quota.
Posted 18 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
bobringer wrote:
Examples please?
Well, if you're gonna get technical... :oops: I guess I was wailing that day. PMS? Probably not - I'm a dude. Just seems to be a plethora of acoustic guitar on RP and not so much trance/trip hop/club music. Of course, at the moment, Elliott Smith's "Waltz #2" is playing, and that song's a masterpiece, so I'm fresh out of complaints.
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]
Trustocity wrote:
And shame on everyone who pretends they like acoustic folk better than electronica. Your posts on one-quarter of all other RP songs says otherwise.
Examples please?
Posted 19 years ago by bobringer    [ Reply ]
Well put together, I like it almost as much, and in some ways more than the original!
Posted 19 years ago by Ixion    [ Reply ]
Isn't Dirty and Vegas a bit redundant? Mitsubishi should use the juiced-down version to sell their new electronic hybrids.
Posted 19 years ago by Mikey    [ Reply ]
Atrail wrote:
This is so wrong. This song without the electronic backbeats is horrible...
Sorry to dissent this time, but yeah, this sucks. Paltry lyrics, slightly-above average vocals, but it's a crime to remove the electronics. And shame on everyone who pretends they like acoustic folk better than electronica. Your posts on one-quarter of all other RP songs says otherwise.
Posted 19 years ago by Trustocity    [ Reply ]
Roverfish wrote:
I thought I heard a touch of Neil Finn here. Sounds good to me!
You got it... I knew who this was so I knew it wasn't NF. His voice isn't exactly the same but he uses it in very similar ways... especially in the verses. The guitar playing reminds one of NF as well. This song is very well done...
Posted 19 years ago by bobringer    [ Reply ]
Dirty Vegas! Dirty , naughty Vegas! She must be spanked!
Posted 19 years ago by trekhead    [ Reply ]
Phew! Dirty Vegas. Thought it was Train for a minute.
Posted 19 years ago by mig7    [ Reply ]
It's a good album if you like what you've heard so far. I like to listen to it on road trips especially. iggy33 wrote:
Don't know DV..how's the rest of the album..?
Posted 19 years ago by cubsfreak    [ Reply ]
I have to disagree. It's better than nothing, but the attention's all on the straining voice and not the melancholic instrumentation that really made the original version of the song for me.
Posted 20 years ago by oakenguy    [ Reply ]
A third for soooo much better than the rocker version!
Posted 20 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
Suskind wrote:
i highly agree
I agree, and I would like to do so highly, if that's an option.
Posted 20 years ago by rgj13    [ Reply ]
zipper wrote:
excellent. sooooooo much better than the electronic one
i highly agree
Posted 20 years ago by Suskind    [ Reply ]
excellent. sooooooo much better than the electronic one :daisy.gif:
Posted 20 years ago by zipper    [ Reply ]
I thought I heard a touch of Neil Finn here. Sounds good to me!
Posted 20 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
Don't know DV..how's the rest of the album..?
Posted 20 years ago by iggy33    [ Reply ]
I like it. Being different is what I like best about radioparadise and the music.
Posted 21 years ago by zolt    [ Reply ]
Damn car commercial ruined this song for me. Beh.
Posted 21 years ago by nealcs    [ Reply ]
Oh... I like this
Posted 21 years ago by Heathen    [ Reply ]
This is so wrong. This song without the electronic backbeats is horrible...
Posted 21 years ago by Atrail    [ Reply ]
Nice re-rendering... kind of like \"Live\"... except not really, then kind of like someone else.... but... no.... sigh. I need to go to bed. I liked it. :roll:
Posted 21 years ago by keenevision    [ Reply ]
Ok ok, just so everyone understands. There\'s no remix, no Mitsubishi version, no dance mix. There are, however, two versions of this song, and both of them are album versions. The upbeat, techno-ish one is the one that got released as the single, and the one that was featured on the Mitsubishi commercial.
Posted 21 years ago by mlsully7    [ Reply ]
Wow. sounds different. Didn\'t know it was the same band. It is odd because I heard Dirty Vegas perform this song live on some show (Late Night or something) and it sounded just like the techno dance version rather than this acoustic version.
Posted 21 years ago by jbmckee    [ Reply ]
This was really quite strange. So, the question is, is this an acoustic song that became a dance mix, or a dance mix that became acoustic? I am strangely intrigued.
Posted 21 years ago by zaknafein    [ Reply ]
OOO, this is excellent.
Posted 21 years ago by triviagal    [ Reply ]
I really like this acoustic version! :D
Posted 21 years ago by folkieokie    [ Reply ]
In case you guys are wondering, there are two versions on the album. The one that always gets played (with the beat, and on the video) is the \"Mitsbushi Mix\", featured in the Eclipse US commercials.
Posted 21 years ago by ajudd    [ Reply ]
good to see I\'m not the only one freaked out...
Posted 21 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
Bill, you\'re freaking me out: I know this as a dance track (with a very cool video - guy dancing on the sidewalk, people stop to watch him, someone says the dancer does this every year on the same day - know the one?), and a darn good one, so what is this? Is this the original version? (and the CDNow link is no help - they reckon it\'s from a car ad!!!)
Posted 21 years ago by apd    [ Reply ]
This entire album is going up on my top 10 list for 2002. Although I am a bit of techno-nut I actually prefer this acoustic version to the \"Mitsubishi Mix\". There are several decent acoustics on this album, and is really worth checking out. I really like the liner notes, which sort of indicate the whole band/album was a bit of a fluke... a good one if you ask me.
Posted 21 years ago by ajudd    [ Reply ]
rather hear the upbeat version and that\'s overplayed.
Posted 21 years ago by red    [ Reply ]
This is one of the most bizarre things I have ever heard. Just a slight departure from the original?? I think I like both.
Posted 21 years ago by bobringer    [ Reply ]