favorite live album
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I'm not a big fan of live albums but I guess I might pick Wings over America.
WSS
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Wings Over America? McCartney?
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Wings Over America? McCartney?
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I listen to Rock in Rio by Iron Maiden a lot.
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AC/DC - "If You Want Blood(You've Got It)
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Not a big fan of the live album's. But some of the unplugged stuff is good. Alice in Chains and Nirvana come to mind.
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I'm not typically a fan of live albums either as they usually sound like shit but there are some performers who get a reputation as "live acts" due to their shows. The talking heads are one such band. Billy Joel has garnered a reputation as a live performer as well. I've seen him twice and he kicked ass both times.
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What's yours? Mine is "Stop making sense" By the talking heads
What's yours? Mine is "Stop making sense" By the talking heads
I saw the Talking Heads a couple of times on the "Stop Making Sense" Tour and each show was 'killer' from beginning to end. I believe that tour was the pinnacle of that band's existence.
In terms of live ALBUMS, though, I still have to say it's the Allman Brothers Live at Filmore East, circa 1971. Blazing
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The foo fighters have a great reputation as a live band as well. This is the best version of this song in my opinion yes even over Freddie mercury. Taylor Hawkins rocks it out.
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Of course no one could work the crowd like Fred mercury. Watching the sea of people mimicking his hand gestures is a thing of beauty
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Not a big Dave Matthews Band fan anymore but Live at Red Rocks is incredible
Since I'm a Pearl Jam guy I'll say Live at Benaroya Hall
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Not a big Dave Matthews Band fan anymore but Live at Red Rocks is incredible
Since I'm a Pearl Jam guy I'll say Live at Benaroya Hall
Not a big Dave Matthews Band fan anymore but Live at Red Rocks is incredible
Since I'm a Pearl Jam guy I'll say Live at Benaroya Hall
Actually DMB has a number of good live albums.
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Not a big Dave Matthews Band fan anymore but Live at Red Rocks is incredible
Since I'm a Pearl Jam guy I'll say Live at Benaroya Hall
Actually DMB has a number of good live albums.
Actually DMB has a number of good live albums.
Well I don't hate him but for some reason I just can't get next to Dave Matthews.
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It's not for everyone. I don't like a lot of his hits but underneath those he has a lot of worthy songs
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It's not for everyone. I don't like a lot of his hits but underneath those he has a lot of worthy songs
True and I've heard a few I like. Just mostly it seems to meander and go nowhere. I especially can't stand crash.It's not for everyone. I don't like a lot of his hits but underneath those he has a lot of worthy songs
On first listen to him in general I thought it would be somebody I would be on board for but couldn't close it.
still I like him better than Jack Johnson!
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I don't really have an entire album that's my favorite, but here are some of my favorite songs that are better when they're performed live. In Pink Floyd's Learning to Fly, the solos and riffs have so much more feeling than the studio version. The acoustics of the concert version give the bass and vocals a reverberation that booms versus the rather plain sounding studio version. The trio of female backup vox has a whole hell of a lot more soul in person.
Into the distance, a ribbon of black
Stretched to the point of no turning back
A flight of fancy on a windswept field
Standing alone my senses reeled
A fatal attraction is holding me fast,
How can I escape this irresistible grasp?
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I
Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
Unheeded warnings, I thought, I thought of everything
No navigator to find my way home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone
A soul in tension -- that's learning to fly
Condition grounded but determined to try
Can't keep my eyes from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I
Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
My grubby halo, a vapour trail in the empty air,
Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
Out of the corner of my watering eye
A dream unthreatened by the morning light
Could blow this soul right through the roof of the night
There's no sensation to compare with this
Suspended animation, a state of bliss
Can't keep my mind from the circling skies
Tongue-tied and twisted just an earth-bound misfit, I -
Again, the studio version of this song is pedestrian, minimizing the role of the guitar, and instead relying on an unsettling emptiness accompanying the industrial synth. In the live version, they crank up the distortion on the guitars, creating a driving force as a lead-in to a much more emotional performance from vocalist Trent Reznor. The anger and emotion that he's able to channel through his voice through this song regularly sends shivers down my spine. The cheers from the crowd at the opening of the song get the adrenaline flowing, and this song is a staple of my lifting playlist.
hey God
why are you doing this to me?
am i not living up to what i'm supposed to be?
why am i seething with this animosity?
hey God
i think you owe me a great big apology.
terrible lie
terrible lie
terrible lie
terrible lie
hey God
i really don't know what you mean.
seems like salvation come only in our dreams.
i feel my hatred grow all the more extreme.
hey God
can this world really be as sad as it seems?
terrible lie
terrible lie
terrible lie
terrible lie
don't take it away from me.
i need someone to hold on to.
don't take it away from me.
i need someone to hold on to.
hey God
there's nothing left for me to hide.
i lost my ignorance, security and pride.
i'm all alone in a world you must despise.
hey God
i believed your promises, your promises and lies.
terrible lie
terrible lie
terrible lie
terrible lie
you made me throw it all away.
my morals left to decay.
how many you betray.
you've taken everything.
terrible lie.
my head is filled with disease.
my skin is begging you please.
i'm on my hands and knees.
i want so much to believe.
i need someone to hold on to.
i need someone to hold on to.
i need someone i need someone.
i need someone to hold on to.
i give you everything.
my sweet everything.
hey God
i really don't know who i am.
in this world of piss
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