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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.

    "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."

  • 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.

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
  • T The Cysko Kid

    What's yours? Mine is "Stop making sense" By the talking heads

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    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

    "God is great. Beer is good. People are crazy."

  • Don't know that I have one but tonight it's

    Our musical works to date http://www.arielsatticmusic.com/

  • 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.

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...

  • 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

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...

  • 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

    T 1 Reply

  • "You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970.
  • B BaconHound

    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

    @baconhound said:

    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.

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
  • T The Cysko Kid

    @baconhound said:

    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.

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    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.

    WSS

    www.westsidesteve.com www.myspace.com/westsidestevemusic www.cdbaby.com/artist/westsidestevesimmons

  • It's not for everyone. I don't like a lot of his hits but underneath those he has a lot of worthy songs

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
  • T The Cysko Kid

    It's not for everyone. I don't like a lot of his hits but underneath those he has a lot of worthy songs

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    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.

    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!

    WSS

    www.westsidesteve.com www.myspace.com/westsidestevemusic www.cdbaby.com/artist/westsidestevesimmons
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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

    T 1 Reply
  • W Westside Steve

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    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.

    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!

    WSS

    @westside-steve said:

    True and I've heard a few I like. Just mostly it seems to meander and go nowhere. I especially can't stand crash.

    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!

    WSS

    There's some songs on the crash album that I really like. Two step, #41, and drive in drive out come to mind.

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
  • VaporTrailV VaporTrail

    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

    @vaportrail said:

    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

    Nine inch nails easily makes my top five concerts that should have been awesome but we're totally ruined for me.

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
  • T The Cysko Kid

    @vaportrail said:

    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

    Nine inch nails easily makes my top five concerts that should have been awesome but we're totally ruined for me.

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    Nine inch nails easily makes my top five concerts that should have been awesome but we're totally ruined for me.

    Why's that? I've never seen them live.

  • The company I went with was bad. Fighting with a girlfriend at the time. The show was good but I had a hard time enjoying it.

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...

  • That was at further down the spiral tour in 99. actually now that I think of it I saw them with bowie once in maybe 96 or 97 and that was pretty sweet.

    Early man walked away as modern man took control. Their minds weren't all the same and to conquer was their goal. So He built his great empires and he slaughtered his own kind, and he died a confused man and killed himself in his own mind...
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