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3 Libras

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"3 Libras" by A Perfect Circle has to be my all time favorite song. The lyrics, Maynard's voice. The violin. The guitars. The meaning. The depth. The song is brilliant. This brings a tear to my eye. One of the most emotional songs ever...I would suggest the whole A Perfect Circle album but this song is amazing.

This single has a 'nice' remix of 3 libras, the feel my ice dub. But I do not see the big deal as other posters have said, it is nice and soothing, but also at the same time unfulfilling as it never builds to anything like the original song does.

The live songs are again terrific, are from the same concert as the live song on CD1.

A better single than the purple version in that it has a better remix and 2 live songs. Good also for getting the live version of sleeping beauty which is not found on aus releases of 3 libras or the special bonus disc handed out with mer de noms (both have live versions of magdalena).

The "Feel My Ice" remix of the title track is a song you could put on repeat in your player and listen to forever. Chilling and soothing, the song is one of the best remixes I've heard in my entire life. Listen!

Though it is their most heart wrenching track, Perfect Circle decided NOT to include the Feel My Ice Dub (a.k.a "Danny Lohner") Remix of 3 Libras on their new 2001 winter tour. This is probably due to three reasons:

1.) Lohner uses a lot of "stuttering-voice digitization" special effects in his latest remixes (NIN - where is everybody [Version], Perfect Circle - Judith [Remix], and Perfect Circle 3 Libras [Feel My Ice Dub]), which cannot be replicated live unless the "stuttering" part is played as background to the main singer. Playing a pre-recorded digitized voice during a live show is not only difficult and distracting, it would basically lose all of it's worth because it is background music that would get lost in the tidal wave of Maynard's beautiful, careening voice, the guitars of Billy, and the loud, thudding drums of Freese.

2.) Since Lohner is no longer in the group, Perfect Circle may not wish to play tracks produced by someone who is not playing them live.

3.) Concerts are all about tracks to shake the crowd ; this track would have made the crowd, if anything, cry. If you play music like that of TOOL and Perfect Circle, you don't NOT want to leave your audience floored at your live shows.

If you get the opportunity, pick up this hauntingly-beautiful nihilistic gem of a single...

"And the whole of the Law is 'Thy Will Be Done.'" -Aleister Crowley