Does anyone else think that pretty much any PJ song significantly improves when Ed sings the vocals higher live than the studio recording? Some examples:

Black during MTV Unplugged ("I take a walk outside...")
Man of the Hour when he sings the bridge an octave higher
LBC when he sings "All you need is love" an octave higher at the end
Thumbing My Way ("Now there's no turning back")
Off He Goes (...it doesn't look the same up on the rack. we go way back.)

It seems to add a little bit more color and feeling to some of the vocally-lower songs.

i definitely agree...i always think it sounds so much better and adds so much to the song. especially on this last tour, his singing voice has really improved.

i haven't heard it in a while, but doesn't he actually go lower during the MOTH bridge?

On the studio version, but not on some live versions.

all or none (msg2 when he sings the second verse high)
nothing as it seems - detroit
more versions of crazy mary

all excellent.

none

Long Road

how I wish for you todaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy

Kitchener 05

Unreal!

2003 versions of LBC "Sometimes life, it don't leave you alone". much better - emphasises the meaning of the song.

usually--but its not the higher register per say--it is when he really lets his voice soar that does it

all but black

Only on the sensitive, slow songs. The live version of Thumbing My Way is a perfect example, especially during the verse that begins "All the rusted signs...".

When Ed goes high during Low Light near the end (its very ironic) and also in Sad during the part ' Hoping that dreams would bring her back...'.

The bridge on "Severed Hand" when it was played on SNL....pretty sweet!

definitely..I don´t like the way he sings it now...

I love when he slips into the upper register for most songs. Man of the Hour comes to mind the most. It's chilling.

Ahh, i actually prefer the way he sings it now. I think he struggled slightly with it when he sang higher, now he seems more comfortable.

Any version of Crazy Mary post-2003
Long Road in '05/'06, as someone already mentioned. "How i wish for you todaaaaaaaaaaaaaay", it's breathtaking.

Thank you for pointing that version of All or None out, one of my fav songs and I hadnt listened to the version until now, its incredible.

I'm always disappointed when he doesn't do that in other versions of Long Road now.

yes, he´s definitely more comfortable now, but I think the song lost a bit of feeling that way

We lucked out and got it that way last year in cincy. it was the first time i'd ever heard it sung like that (i don't buy many boots ) and it absolutely blew me away. good stuff.