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Either way, the song is still the hotness 13 years later, and I still feel for any brotha named Tyrone when it plays. In the case of ‘Tyrone” Live versus “Tyrone” Studio, the rawness and realness of the live performance gets my vote, but the studio version does have its appeal with the extra lyrics and polish. (See also, Maxwell‘s “This Woman’s Work” from MTV Unplugged then later Now.) Maybe it’s because I heard it first and that’s the version that I’m used to, so when another rendition by the same artist comes out I compare it to the version that I know. I typically gravitate more to the live recording. Interesting to me when an artist records a song live, then later goesīack to record the same song in the studio. Of the track, which I all but forgot about until recently–not because I didn’t like it, but I just didn’t love it like the live joint.
And in case you didn’t get enough with the live version, at the close of the album was the studio version