Are you a fan of live albums and recordings?
I have a love/hate relationship with live albums. I find them to be rather hit-and-miss ... the ones that "hit" are incredible, but the ones that "miss" become the most loathed albums in my entire collection.
On one hand, it's really great to hear some my favourites band play live (since I rarely get the opportunity to see them in concert), but sometimes the "warts and all" approach of live recordings can really be disasterous if not handled with care ...
Live Albums??
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I love live music, but have no interest in live albums (as well as %99 of "un-plugged" albums).
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4-Way Street by C, S, N & Y was one of the best live albums and, for it's day, extremely well produced even with a bunch of studio touch ups. Yessongs was the coolest live album of the 70s but, alas, intensity is the point and when it gets really intense Howe, Squire and Wakeman can sound like clangy aluminum siding grinding glass between them. I've been hoping for a reworked and digitally remastered Double CD set and some people tell me one's out but I have yet to see it...
The best live album I encounted in the 80s was Neil Young and Crazy Horse's Live Rust
The best live album I encounted in the 80s was Neil Young and Crazy Horse's Live Rust
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I love live albums. My favorites:
"Year of the Horse," Neil Young
"The Wall Live: 1980-81," Pink Floyd
"Earphoria," Smashing Pumpkins
"From the Mudy Banks of the Wishkah," Nirvana
"Unplugged," Nirvana
"Pulse," Pink Floyd
and a couple selected Pearl Jam concerts
"The Kids Are Alright," the Who
"Year of the Horse," Neil Young
"The Wall Live: 1980-81," Pink Floyd
"Earphoria," Smashing Pumpkins
"From the Mudy Banks of the Wishkah," Nirvana
"Unplugged," Nirvana
"Pulse," Pink Floyd
and a couple selected Pearl Jam concerts
"The Kids Are Alright," the Who
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Like anything else, some are great:
-Frampton Comes Alive
-Delicate Sound of Thunder
And some are horrible:
-The Song Remains the Same
-The Police Live
The whole point is to capture a moment in time, and that's really difficult if you're not there, in the moment.
-Frampton Comes Alive
-Delicate Sound of Thunder
And some are horrible:
-The Song Remains the Same
-The Police Live
The whole point is to capture a moment in time, and that's really difficult if you're not there, in the moment.
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Don't forget the power of the audience to absolutely blow away a live recording. I'm sure you can think of many examples--here are a few off the top off my head:
The audience singing almost all of Breakdown off Pack Up the Plantation Live!-Tom Petty, "You guys are gonna put me out of a job..."
Certain parts of Live Aid--like U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday and We Will Rock You-Queen , i.e.
and the person screaming in ectasy at exactly the right part of The Inner Mounting Flame by The Mahavishnu Orchestra that makes you envision a bird taking flight...ahhh, wonderful stuff!
And what about Woodstock for gods sake? NO RAIN NO RAIN! and David Crosby's famous line (re: C, S, N & Y) "This is the first time we've played before a live audience and we're scared s***less!"
Yes they can mark definate events and moments of time when you'd never see artists preforming with one another. Crap I'm always blown away wherever I see the playlist of Woodstock, let's look:
Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Tim Hardin,
Ravi Shankar, Richie Havens, Sly and the Family Stone,
Sweetwater, Quill, Canned Heat,
Jefferson Airplane, The Who, Grateful Dead,
Crosby, Stills & Nash (&Young), Santana, Jeff Beck Group,
Ten Years After, Johnny Winter, Jimi Hendrix,
Joe Cocker, Mountain, Melanie,
John Sebastian, Country Joe and the Fish, Paul Butterfield Blues Band,
Incredible String Band, Bert Sommer, Creedence Clearwater Revival,
Keef Hartley, The Band, Janis Joplin,
Sha-Na-Na, Blood, Sweat and Tears...
The audience singing almost all of Breakdown off Pack Up the Plantation Live!-Tom Petty, "You guys are gonna put me out of a job..."
Certain parts of Live Aid--like U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday and We Will Rock You-Queen , i.e.
and the person screaming in ectasy at exactly the right part of The Inner Mounting Flame by The Mahavishnu Orchestra that makes you envision a bird taking flight...ahhh, wonderful stuff!
And what about Woodstock for gods sake? NO RAIN NO RAIN! and David Crosby's famous line (re: C, S, N & Y) "This is the first time we've played before a live audience and we're scared s***less!"
Yes they can mark definate events and moments of time when you'd never see artists preforming with one another. Crap I'm always blown away wherever I see the playlist of Woodstock, let's look:
Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Tim Hardin,
Ravi Shankar, Richie Havens, Sly and the Family Stone,
Sweetwater, Quill, Canned Heat,
Jefferson Airplane, The Who, Grateful Dead,
Crosby, Stills & Nash (&Young), Santana, Jeff Beck Group,
Ten Years After, Johnny Winter, Jimi Hendrix,
Joe Cocker, Mountain, Melanie,
John Sebastian, Country Joe and the Fish, Paul Butterfield Blues Band,
Incredible String Band, Bert Sommer, Creedence Clearwater Revival,
Keef Hartley, The Band, Janis Joplin,
Sha-Na-Na, Blood, Sweat and Tears...
fall far and well Pilots!
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I love the energy and the theatrical/dynamic nature that live recordings have over studio albums, which is why I usually always love a great live version of a song more than its studio counterpart (The Beatles are an exception). Here's my top 4:
1) Procol Harum Live in Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra 1972
2) King Crimson Live in Central Park 1974
3) Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
4) Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live (the studio album is great, but Roger Waters meant The Wall for the live format)
1) Procol Harum Live in Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra 1972
2) King Crimson Live in Central Park 1974
3) Pink Floyd - Live at Pompeii
4) Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live (the studio album is great, but Roger Waters meant The Wall for the live format)
Comparing the bands that I have seen live,
and the studio versions of the songs,
the studio versions sound a lot better than live (IMO)
However... there are some live albums that I really DO enjoy.
Samples:
Santana - Sacred Fire
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same
Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening
Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound Of Thunder or Pulse
Moody Blues - Live At Red Rocks
Though I haven't seen Zeppelin in the flesh,
I like the above mentioned album better than the studio recordings.
The rest of the bands listed above I HAVE seen in the flesh and
like most of their live material more than some studio versions.
and the studio versions of the songs,
the studio versions sound a lot better than live (IMO)
However... there are some live albums that I really DO enjoy.
Samples:
Santana - Sacred Fire
Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same
Blue Oyster Cult - Some Enchanted Evening
Pink Floyd - Delicate Sound Of Thunder or Pulse
Moody Blues - Live At Red Rocks
Though I haven't seen Zeppelin in the flesh,
I like the above mentioned album better than the studio recordings.
The rest of the bands listed above I HAVE seen in the flesh and
like most of their live material more than some studio versions.
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Ohhh, I forgot about Some Enchanted Evening. That's probably my fave. The Song Remains the Same (to my ears) just doesn't sound right. How the West Was Won on the other hand....
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Talking Heads and Cheap Trick are 2 reasons why live albums are necessary. There are so many memorable live moments that I am glad to have heard.... Robert Plant asking "Does anybody remember laugter?" during Stairway to Heaven....bands like U2 are magic live, and it transfers to the recording well. Bands like Rush are amazing live, because they sound like the studio recordings. Frampton.....thank God that was recorded. And that's just skimming off off rock music. Imagine how much classical and Jazz were recorded live. I doubt that any orchestra doesn't record live; can you imagine 150 instruments setting down their tracks separately? I can, but I like the way they do it better, live.
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Jackson Browne's "Running on Empty" album was all original material recorded live in concert. Even tho I'm not a fan, it's still pretty good stuff.
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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The only live RUSH I have in my "library" is
"All The World's A Stage". Very good IMO
"All The World's A Stage". Very good IMO
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Tribute and Speak of the Devil from Ozzy are awesome...as are Iced Earth's "Alive in Athens", Pantera's "Live 101 Proof"...and...Metallica "Live S**t Binge and Purge"...a good end to the career of Metallica
Think on that, and be dismayed
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Oh yeah, a few more albums I came across in my collection...
Black Sabbath - "Live at Last" (Older stuff w/ Ozzie)
and for those old-time rockers who know this name:
Frank Marino & Mahagany Rush - "Live" (Best stuff I heard from him)
Black Sabbath - "Live at Last" (Older stuff w/ Ozzie)
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Frank Marino & Mahagany Rush - "Live" (Best stuff I heard from him)
Have you hugged your arghule today?
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"For millions of years
mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened
that unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk."
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If PRO and CON are opposites,
then the opposite of PROgress must be...
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"For millions of years
mankind lived just like the animals.
Then something happened
that unleashed the power of our imagination -
we learned to talk."
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then the opposite of PROgress must be...
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gotta minute?