Vow (Garbage song)

Live performances

"Vow" was first performed live at Garbage's first gig in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 5 November 1995. "Vow" has been performed regularly throughout the band's four world tours. It has also been performed acoustically in concert a number of times.

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On live performances Shirley often ad-libs lyrics from Patti Smith's "Revenge"—usually the lines "I feel upset, so let's do some celebrating. I gave you a wristwatch, baby. You wouldn't even give me the time of day. Don't leave me no space in your little boat, you ain't gonna need, no, you ain't gonna need no little boat. You are living on my time, my dear"

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She also has ad-libbed lines from Cole Porter's "Let's Do It" in 1999. The lines from the song that Shirley sang were "The birds do it, the bees do it, even sentimental fools do it, so let's do it, let's fall in love, just one more time, one time tonight"

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Shirley Manson also sang lines from Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Mystery Girl" in 2002—"The girl hit hot like a barracuda baby, She was a primal instituation, She was a danger to herself." For the 2005 tour Shirley often sang the lines "Oh, they don't love you like I love you" from Yeah Yeah Yeahs' song "Maps" as well as the Bright Eyes lyric "I want a lover I don't have to love, I want a lover that I do not have to fuck" from their song "Lover I Don't Have To Love".

Related Topics:
Yeah Yeah Yeah - Bright Eyes

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Shirley has also ad-libbed lines in "Vow" from Marianne Faithfull's "Why D'Ya Do It?", The Beatles "Why Don't We Do It In The Road" and Carly Simon's "You're So Vain".

Related Topics:
Marianne Faithfull - The Beatles - Carly Simon

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A live version of the song appeared on the Version 2.0 Special Live Edition, recorded live at the band's performance at the Roskilde Festival, Denmark on 26 June 1998. It also appeared on the 'Live Edition' EP and on the Japanese 'Special Collection' release.

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