I’m seem to remember a version of this song with lyrics called “Cold Smoke”. When Cold Smoke was debuted, the old bort was in an uproar about the lyrics and particularly how the chorus didn’t fit the song very well.
It appeared the song was shelved for a while, then re-introduced as an instrumental called “Go To Hell”.
I’ve always suspected that the new name was the band’s reaction to all the negative comments from the bort following the debut of “Cold Smoke”. Maybe this is just my imagination and a coincidence, but I hope not. Their tongue-in-cheek witty sense of humor and the fact that they may have played the fans on the bort is one of the reasons I love the band.
IIRC there’s one version where afterward Bayliss or Jake says something like “that was called Go To Hell. As in, if you don’t like that song you can go to hell.”
Bayliss sang that one, so I’d assume his lyrics. The vocal delivery was just super forced into the composition. Definitely a really awkward tune vocally, they were wise to ditch the lyrics.
I like GtH as well. I’m also willing to admit I liked Cold Smoke and thought it just needed to be fleshed out a little. I like the melody of the lyrics and was a little bummed when they turned it into an instrumental.
Hahaha! Great Suggestion. Another tune I really enjoy. I can see the what you mean by the vocals feeling forced on the chorus and particularly on the bridge though.
I’m looking for it. Thought it was Asheville Winter 2011, but I don’t hear it in the recording. That was one of the first few times they played it after being rewritten, so I thought it was it. Maybe I need to check the Knox show later that year. I’ve seen a bunch of GtH.