has anyone heard of this song "Walking Man" ?

[klein]

Just stumbled upon this old RollingStone article from 2001, and it contains this paragraph:

According to Wade, the set will feature "every song we know." That includes all twelve tracks from the band's platinum debut, No Name Face, including the will-not-go-away breakthrough single "Hanging by a Moment," which apparently has more lives than Robert Downey Jr. "We're definitely looking forward to the next single," says Wade. Rounding out the show will be an unreleased song, "Walking Man," as well as a couple of songs from their early demos -- when the band was known as Blyss -- such as "What's Wrong With That" and "Storm," which Wade will play solo on acoustic guitar.

www.rollingstone.com/music/news/lifehouse-ready-for-the-road-20010910#ixzz3fypR0Tmc

[ledvedderman]

I remember that article as well. To the best of my knowledge, they never played it. I think the only new songs played on the NNF tour were Climb, Take Me Away, Goodbye and Winds of Change. (I think the others were from the Blyss or FKA era)

[Robert]

I have to wonder if this mystery song became something else. Perhaps it was a very early draft of Stanley Climbfall? The standing/climbing theme seems like a more refined version of the concept of walking... just pulling thoughts out of the air though. I know the night they played Winds of Change was late September 2001.

[gogonutz]

Jul 16, 2015 8:17:16 GMT -5 ledvedderman said:

I remember that article as well. To the best of my knowledge, they never played it. I think the only new songs played on the NNF tour were Climb, Take Me Away, Goodbye and Winds of Change. (I think the others were from the Blyss or FKA era)

They also played Take The Weight, right?

[aminta]

Jul 16, 2015 13:28:06 GMT -5 Robert said:

I have to wonder if this mystery song became something else. Perhaps it was a very early draft of Stanley Climbfall? The standing/climbing theme seems like a more refined version of the concept of walking... just pulling thoughts out of the air though. I know the night they played Winds of Change was late September 2001.

Same thoughts, my guess was: "the Walking Man" might have turned into "Stanley Climbfall".

[gogonutz]

My first thought was Spin, but SCF might make more sense, yeah

[ledvedderman]

I thought Take The Weight was a Blyss song, but when I listen to the live version and the "You're the man, baby!" makes me think they'd already blown up and the JIH crowd was already in tact.
Good call.

[Robert]

Jul 17, 2015 8:11:03 GMT -5 ledvedderman said:

I thought Take The Weight was a Blyss song, but when I listen to the live version and the "You're the man, baby!" makes me think they'd already blown up and the JIH crowd was already in tact.
Good call.

Maybe that comment was directed to some bozo in the crowd from another bozo in the crowd (bozo because they don't care about the music, which is why you hear low conversations and such over Jason's playing). I always figured it's the audio portion of someone videotaping in a pub or small venue circa 1999 or early 2000.

Remember, that gold masters disc from a while back had the studio version which predates No Name Face by over a year! I doubt Jason would leave it off the album and then play it live on tour, plus it's leaning far closer to the Christian side that they almost completely strayed from by the time NNF debuted...

[gogonutz]

It does pre-date NNF but I seem to remember they did play it either just before the album dropped or a shortly after. I may be wrong. Seems to have stuck in my mind that way though.