"We sing, we dance, we steal things" has my favorite songs, beginning with "Butterfly" and "The Dynamo of Volition". My biggest issue is the fact that the first time I got a chance to hear them was through Youtube, with videos of live performances. There was something really special about the way Jason performed in his Ovation TV episode.
Nonetheless, listening to the CD, it is almost impossible to overhear the outstanding differences between, for example, the DVD and the studio version of "If it kills me". There's a sense of hurry in the way the songs flow in the audio CD that I have never found (or noticed) in any other material of concerts that I have found in the internet.
The interesting thing is that all the songs in the album sound much better live. This preference includes, of course, the "Live High" feature in France, proving that it is not a matter of instrumentation.
There are two theories that dance in my mind, trying to explain the reason of this:
1. Performing live puts Jason in another level, surrounding him with an energy that pulls him out from the technicalities of a recording studio, freeing the core of the song.
2. The songs were written the way they were recorded, but have developed throughout gigs, tours, promotions and, of course, improvisations.
Having never actually been to a Mraz concert, it is difficult to say which I'd like better between listening to "We sing, we dance, we steal things" and a live experience. But I'm guessing that it would be the latter.
Which version do you prefer to listen?
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