times where the demo version is better than the official/final version (any artist)

[The Siren 30,523]

im listening to this demo and find it more emotional than the album version

 

theres also this one where its more of an unreleased explicit version rather than a demo but its included

 

nd the demo for this song is just all around better (different lyrics, slightly diff production etc)

 

as for lana, 

 

 

 

post your opinions below x

[plastiscguy 63,438]

By Lana... 

 

Lolita 

Summertime Sadness 

Yayo 

God Knows I Tried

Lust for Life 

Best American Record 

Beautiful People 

Tomorrow Never Came 

So Good 

Doin Time 

Beautiful 

Thunder 

Living Legend

 

By Gaga...

 

Sex Dreams 

ARTPOP

Aura

I Wanna Be With You

1000 Doves 

 

Random, but by Troye, I prefer the for him demo and by Marina, the lies demo (or alt version?)

[Becausewhynot 4]

 

[Gravitate 3,921]

Melanie Martinez - Drama Club

 

Katy Perry - Black Widow (released by Iggy Azalea)

 

Madison Love - Sour Candy (released by Lady Gaga & BLACKPINK)

 

MARINA - You (can't find link to demo but here is the original it's good too lol)

 

Lana Del Rey - Beautiful People Beautiful Problems

 

[house of balloons 12,793]

the strokes - the adults are talking, not entirely better than the final version but that bridge they axed was too good 

[finalgirl 2,412]

 

from lana, these two are classics

 

 

[The Siren 30,523]

1 hour ago, plastiscguy said:

 

Random, but by Troye, I prefer the for him demo and by Marina, the lies demo (or alt version?)

theres a for him demo?

thats not a Lies demo, it was on the album sampler

[Beautiful Loser 48,985]

I'll never forgive Tame Impala for releasing a new mix of Borderline for the album and removing the single from streaming. It was perfect!

[shadesofloveduthenandnow 20,610]

This is THE definitive version of Silver Springs for me. The final version doesn’t do this song enough justice imo. The intensifying repetition of the last two lines really adds to the song and drives it home for me.

 

 

Spoiler

Also both of the Planets of the Universe demos and the Think About It demo from the Rumours deluxe version blow Stevie’s solo versions out of the water I’m sorry

 

[kitsunegari101 1,463]

 

hands fucking DOWN the best version of the song and an international crime that it isn't on streaming

[Super Movie 51,715]

The only Lana songs where I truly believe the demos are better than the original are Lolita and Lust For Life  For other artists though, as much as I love the Extraordinary Machine (Fiona Apple) that was released, the Jon Brion produced version of it is fucking incredible. I've been listening to a lot of Nirvana demos lately as well and I really love them

[Inferno Euphoria 6,494]

No Angel (SOPHIE Demo) - Charli XCX is miles better than whatever got released  I'm still mad about it to this day

As for Lana:

Lust For Life

Beautiful People

Next Best American Record

Lolita (But I still love the released version, it's just that the demo is even better)

[plastiscguy 63,438]

7 hours ago, The Siren said:

theres a for him demo?

thats not a Lies demo, it was on the album sampler

Yeah, with the bridge sang by Troye, not the feature

 

And I was talking about the version with the alt. lyrics in the bridge  marina sang them live, so I assumed there must be a demo

[Platinum Greenwich 13,848]

I maintain that the Bad Romance demo is superior to the final version, as I have through the years

[the ocean 67,601]

the way that this thread is gonna make me seek out and listen to the demos of songs in my library

like i've never sought out demos ever

[heatwaves 827]

this demo of crawling

 

the demo of "how can i" by charli eats the album version

 

& the sophie demo of after the afterparty

 

nowadays i tend 2 like bits and pieces of demos tht would've worked in the final song, whether it's lyrics, an added verse or instrumental changes

[The Siren 30,523]

4 hours ago, plastiscguy said:

 

And I was talking about the version with the alt. lyrics in the bridge  marina sang them live, so I assumed there must be a demo

oh i know what youre talkign about. 

the album sampler just has a longer inst in the bridge and she kinda adlibs over it.

i prefer that to the album version

 

[Barry 5,940]

Future - Drunk In Love instead of Beyonce

 

 

[Ultra Violet 18,991]

Freak Like Me Too- even tho Freak is one of my favs

Dark Paradise (Demo 1 more)

Architecture

Lust For Life- pretty much all demos but especially the first that leaked

Young and In Love

Beautiful People (all of them)

So Good

 

Plenty that I can't choose from either, like which Lolita, Million Dollar Man, TIWMUG, Mermaid Motel,

And some where I prefer something in the demo, but not the whole demo overall- the Drive bridge > Ride bridge, and that Summertime Sadness demo where it goes heavy at the end. 

 

 

From other artists, one that really gets to me is how much better both Time To Dance demos by P!ATD are. Some Evanescence demos from Fallen that I think had better guitar, piano or electronic parts than the album versions too. 

[Make me your Dream Life 87,996]