Some Live PJ songs are too short sometimes
Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting that you go to a PJ show and wind up seeing 7 25-minute songs! And I've heard extended versions of certain songs that provide these elements over the years, but they shoud do that more!
I can see a song like Marker in the Sand going into a musical interulude prior to the last verse, and extending the end to have a real keyboards solo followed by a ripping guitar solo, and maybe even go back into the last chorus to end the song. It's a new song so maybe it will develop more Live over time.
Given to Fly is another example where various live version can go into different musical directions between versuses sometimes.
Well, there are LOTS of examples I could give. It just seems sometimes that a song ends when it's in the middle of a groove. If your groovin', keep on groovin' !
I'd really like to see more of that.
And more keyboards too! Anytime anyone asks about keyboard solos, there is only one song they get pointed too, what's up with that? It's almost like a statement PJ is making about what Rock and Roll is all about (electric guitars!)
I can see a song like Marker in the Sand going into a musical interulude prior to the last verse, and extending the end to have a real keyboards solo followed by a ripping guitar solo, and maybe even go back into the last chorus to end the song. It's a new song so maybe it will develop more Live over time.
Given to Fly is another example where various live version can go into different musical directions between versuses sometimes.
Well, there are LOTS of examples I could give. It just seems sometimes that a song ends when it's in the middle of a groove. If your groovin', keep on groovin' !
I'd really like to see more of that.
And more keyboards too! Anytime anyone asks about keyboard solos, there is only one song they get pointed too, what's up with that? It's almost like a statement PJ is making about what Rock and Roll is all about (electric guitars!)
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couldn't agree with you more on RVM. porch can get kinda annoying too but daughter and crazy mary are incredible! how can one not like boom and mike trading parts in crazy mary?!
you're crazy. That long ass period of noise is the only thing interesting about RVM anymore.
It used to be one of my favorite songs, but it's gotten kind of stale .... except for the extended jam part.
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I have always felt like that about Severed Hand since the first time I heard it. I always get the feeling that they should just repeat the chorus one more time, and have a little outro, and end it. I don't know, just feels cut off a little prematurely to me.
Severed Hand is too short live purely for the reason that they play it WAY too up tempo...often, it's playing time is 30 seconds shorter live. They just fly way too fast through it.
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I was thinking kind of like more Led Zeppelin style extendo than psychedelic GD style. Just keep a groove going longer, as apposed to exploring the univese through the music.
Granted the solos are generally different every time, but I'd like to hear some more bluesy/jazz-type soloing from Mike and Stone where they feed off of each other. Now it's like "well here comes Mikes part" -Mike plays for a couple of minutes...song over.
I will smoke-signal Boom later tonight, and suggest it.
In fact, I would rather just see two 87.5 minute songs.
Like, do "Alive" as their A-side. Take a break, come back and do "Given to Fly."
And then, goodnight!
GREAT idea for a concert. I'm not even joking. I'm totally in love with this idea.
And then they'll do an encore that'll last 14 years.
Boom'll go crazy!
Its not that the song is faster live that I'm talking about, cause that doesn't really bother me. I just think that it would sound more complete with one more run through the chorus.
I love RVM and I loved each time they do something different with it, at the same time I'm thinking "if we speed this up we might be able to get Light Years and maybe a Footsteps in the set list"
On the other hand if Ed would shut the hell up, and refrain from his drunk ramblings we might be able to listen to lots of songs with long plays!!!
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Same here, after hearing the song on the album, I thought for sure this would become an extended jam song, esp. because it has a similar feel to Porch.
It does seem like they haul ass thru it quite a bit...
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I don't remember ever feeling the need to sit down though.
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And of course the addition on the end of the song, with the choppy chords, phasing, and lighting, is just f'n killer. Unbelievable. Big love to RVM always.
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I agree with most of what you said. I'd rather see Crazy Mary and RVM shortened and a couple of songs from the forgotten album "No Code" played instead of the extended jam sessions.
I don't sit down and would never do that, but when you see multiple shows on a tour - though slightly different each time the jams on RVM and Crazy Mary get a little boring and drawn out.
But as long as the guys in the band enjoy it - who am I to complain.
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I agree with Severed Hand being played too fast. Another one they play too fast is Given to Fly - I love the studio version so much, and the live version always seems rushed to me. I'd like it if they could slow these down, just a little bit, AND extend them a little bit . . .
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