DDIO in a different key?

Here you go. I remember him playing it in D, and it's exactly what he says:

https://youtu.be/s_51CDl8lBg

Thank you... I'm relieved to find that it wasn't a figment of my imagination.

It sounds great, but I think I can hear why he typically uses the original key. It just adds a little something to the song, even if it does test his range.

on a related note...I could swear Neil recorded an alternate version of DDIO in the studio which was largely acoustic, and I'm pretty sure it was also in D. I think it was done around that era and used for some kind of show or movie. In my memory it was very similar to the above performance but with some light production values added. Maybe I'm imagining things but I don't think so. I wonder if @Jaffaman might have a clue what I'm thinking of?

This sounds like a version recorded autumn 1997 for the Princess Diana album that was released. I still don't think I have ever heard this. It was in the days before iTunes and I didn't have the money to spend just to hear this track.

Around Try Whistling This and One Nil / One All, Neil often played this acoustic at shows.

@Monsieur Nick posted:

This sounds like a version recorded autumn 1997 for the Princess Diana album

Yes, I think that's it! I can't find the album digitally anywhere, but used CDs are available for a few bucks. Might order it out of curiosity

That version plays on Fangradio occasionally.

I’ve heard artists change the key of a song to better accommodate their voice in that moment. Mostly I’ve heard this happen during a morning radio show performance when an artists’ voice either hasn’t recovered from the prior night’s performance or the singer just isn’t a morning person.

I remember hearing Tim do this on several occasions with “Six Months…” I don’t think it’s particularly unusual and certainly doesn’t indicate that the artist no longer prefers the original key, unless something has permanently changed with their vocal range, due to age or maybe smoking.

Here’s the Diana, Princess of Wales version by Neil:

https://youtu.be/46cZ0_9OPW4

I used to use a capo on DDIO just because it was easier to finger some of the chords!