Originally Posted by
jobucats
I agree about "Going Down" being a wonderful song; however, for it to have been a hit contender, IMO, it would have needed to remastered or even re-recorded with a more Snake Pit instrumentalist vibe. To me, the instrumentation/mix was not gritty enough...too sterile sounding. I've often speculated that it sounds like the West Coast musicians with maybe Jamerson being dubbed in. Although it was nice to hear the stereo version with the extra 'Save me, save me' lines added, I felt those extra backing vocals took away from the distressed pleading 'Saaave me' we heard on the mono version.