Just gave both a listen on headphones. It’s a bit odd, the CD version starts really muddy, very bass-heavy, but becomes crisper as the song goes on. Jon feels very under mixed at the start but then is perfectly balanced at the end. The youtube version is almost the opposite; crisper beginning, Jon under the mix by the end. Then again, even at HD settings, there’s compression on youtube that’ll be adding to any difference. Also I would like to point out that this song is utterly beautiful regardless, like a sort of desperate, charging Springsteen end of summer and childhood number. It’s my SOTY and I doubt anything is going to shift it.
