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I've been putting off asking this for a while, thinking it was a dumb question. Anyway.
Try all you want is probably my favourite track on the debut, and i've always thought it sounded a lot like the excellent b-side Free Will. Does anyone know if they are indeed different versions of the same track? and if Marr or Sumner have ever talked about either in interviews?
Try All You Want was originally just an instrumental. Bernard added the lyrics at a much later stage, indeed beyond the point of where they'd actually performed it live (at the Dodgers Stadium & Hacienda anyway) so for those performances it was just a keyboard/sequencer number - no vox. I like the tune too but the lyrics are classic Barney I.e. nonsensical.
I think Johnny Marr stated in interview some years ago that Free Will was very much Bernard's baby to which he only contributed the guitar riffs by the end. So clearly a very Barney-centric number which is obvious. As the years have gone on I've appreciated that track more and more to the point of where it could probably have edged out the weaker (IMO) "Gangster" on the LP for me.
There's probably further info on Feel Every Beat if you check out the Songs section.
