In later years, Arthur said that he thought that the original version was more haunting. But I do love the Out Here reading as well....we still have the song's crazed despair ringing in our ears as we are startled by the unadorned beauty of Listen To My Song...a masterpiece of sequencing!
In actual fact, the 2003 performance (on the Forever Changes Concert)combines the best of both....we really can have it all!