Hindsight (2020 Version)

This was the only song from the 2015 RPM Challenge that did anything for me at the time. I clearly remember that. What I didn’t remember until I read the notes from that 2015 alonetone post (which I did about four minutes ago) was that the guitar in the verses is seriously ripped off of a Throwing Muses song. Damn it! I forgot about that!

You be the judge:
youtube.com/watch?v=wjZ28GR2BZo

Then after you judge go and listen to every note that Throwing Muses ever recorded and go completely off your rocker for them the way I did back in the 80’s. I would take a bullet for that band.

Anyway, I liked this one as I was doing it and I put it on the original 2015 re-recording list. It just took me half a decade to get to it. I have to listen to the two versions back to back before I can decide which is better. The original had the two part vocal harmonies doubled and it sounded massive. I was going to do that again but decided against it in the end. As cool as the choir sounded before, I think I like it better with just two voices instead of four.

The rhythm guitar is my Gibson SG Standard into a Ryra the Klone pedal and two amps, a Vox AC15 and a Fender Bassbreaker 15. The lead is my Gibson Les Paul Custom into an MXR Phase 90 and a Klon KTR and the same two amps.

If I only knew
What I put you through
I would make it easier on you

If I could ever say
Why it feels this way
I would know just what to do

If it could all have been true
I’d have had a clue
I would never have delayed