True. It was pretty good live...when I first heard it on the CD I was slightly less impressed, it paled more...then I got the LP! The LP of Sub-Lingual Tablet is a better mix (confounding but that's how it should be...I've re-learned the hard way that vinyl is usually best).
It's pretty damn good on the vinyl then, but it's best viewed / heard as a re-write (which it is, lyrically) than a cover.