Live version of a song that makes you appreciate how good it is....

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  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    PJ23 wrote:
    Haven't heard the Vegas version yet, but the Dublin version of Inside Job was easily the best I've heard. Have a listen to that one if you get a chance.
    it was absolutely PERFECT as an opener.
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  • PJ23 wrote:
    Haven't heard the Vegas version yet, but the Dublin version of Inside Job was easily the best I've heard. Have a listen to that one if you get a chance.

    Yeah i've heard Dublin too, its fantastic. They're both almost perfect, but there is just something about the Vegas version, something i can't put my finger on. I remember thinking that this was the night they finally nailed the song live.
    "This town deserves a better class of criminal... and I'm gonna give it to them."

  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    it was absolutely PERFECT as an opener.


    *nods in total agreement*

    it's a great build-up song... actually i'm changing my first post on this thread to Inside Job... i liked the song but hearing it at Dublin put it on a higher shelf... next to Razzle
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    dunkman wrote:
    *nods in total agreement*
    :eek:

    *drops dead*
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    :eek:

    *drops dead*


    woo-hoo... err i mean 'oh thats a shame'
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • satansbedbugssatansbedbugs On Tour Posts: 2,412
    my favs from shows ive been to are:

    RVM- gorge '05

    crazy mary - philly'05

    indifference- east rutherford '06

    wash- philly '05

    undone- gorge '05

    i got shit- d.c. '06

    present tense- d.c. '06
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  • opsopcopolisopsopcopolis Posts: 1,197
    Any In My Tree with the drum intro
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  • TrixieCatTrixieCat Posts: 5,756
    Better Man

    I could not stomach this song until I heard it on a few bootlegs.
    All cheery and upbeat...
    Live, it totally changed for me.

    Also Indifference. The Torino( I think) did it for me.
    Cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
    And I don't feel right when you're gone away
  • PJ23PJ23 Posts: 73
    TrixieCat wrote:
    Better Man

    I could not stomach this song until I heard it on a few bootlegs.
    All cheery and upbeat...
    Live, it totally changed for me.

    I totally agree, especially when they open with it like they did in Sydney3 2006. That version and Toronto 2003 are easily the best ones I've ever heard by far, have a listen to those if you get a chance.
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  • Off I Go.Off I Go. Posts: 204
    "Of The Girl" they opened with it in Sendai 2003 The anticipation and excitement after the wait for them to start was tremendous! also Bushleager from the same show was excellent.
    "Go" from Bern 2006 a tremendous opener!! all these songs I didnt realise how extremely good they were until I experienced them live!!
    The opener for Wembley 2007 is a firm favourite anyway "The Long Road"
    I must say I think the songs they open with always sound fantastic --I think its all part of the waiting, from getting the tickets to actually being there and seeing them again!!!
    The waiting drove me mad!!!
  • little_wishlittle_wish England, The North Posts: 532
    I have to throw in 'Garden' from Lisbon II.

    When I hear the crowd harmonising with Ed on the chorus it gives me chills! And for anyone who was there, they will know how LOUD it was!

    An amazing song and an incredible version
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  • A lot of the songs from the Vic really make me remember how good they are. (Ex: Sad, Education, God's Dice)
  • RicsardRicsard Posts: 1,943
    In My Tree - New York City 2003 = It's a lot fuckin better than the studio version IMHO!

    Rearviewmirror - Katowice 2007 = the heaviest version ever!

    Big Wave - Antwerp 2006 = I started to love this song!

    Lukin - maybe any live version they have done so far!!!

    Bushleaguer - Arnhem 2006

    Can't Keep, Down - Benaroya

    Blood - Verona??? - OMG, that is hugeeee!

    Of The Girl - London 2000
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  • little_wishlittle_wish England, The North Posts: 532
    i never really appreciated rockin til i heard it for the first time live last year.

    ooh and rvm is a definite kick ass song live for me, i didnt realise just how much i loved it til i heard it live
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  • Same Old FriendSame Old Friend Hamilton, ON Posts: 76
    Of the girl - Benaroya '03

    I Got Shit - Buffalo '03

    Severed Hand - Honolulu '06

    Picture In a Frame - Milan '06

    Habit - Barrie '98

    All Those yesterdays - Manfield '03 (Acoustic set)

    Release - Atlanta '94

    Crown of Thorns - Vegas '00
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  • brainofPJbrainofPJ Posts: 2,361
    Sleight Of Hand...

    wow.

    i mean, wow


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    hi Esther, now we are all going to be sick, thanks
  • I think at this point in my listening I'm in the opposite boat; I've spent so much time listening to these songs in their live incarnations, the studio versions are bringing a new level of appreciation to them. "RVM" for example, the live version is a warhorse to me at this point, but the studio version sounds fresh and exciting, with that McCready lead behind the second verse, and that beautifully *short* middle section.

    But to actually answer the question, "Don't Gimme No Lip" from Portland really sold me on the song. It's a total throwaway track, but it works really well in concert as a rousing getup number with Stone on vocals. And most live versions of "Inside Job," which never grabbed me on record.
  • StaffanStaffan Posts: 606
    Yellow ledbetter has become a favorite of mine since I first heard it live this year, now I've downloaded a bunch of shows where this song is absolutely great, I didn't like it at all as the b-side of the Jjeremy single, the production was just awful, but now I understand the greatness of that song.

    Also Love Boat Captain from Cincinatti -06 shined a new light on a song that I was not quite happy about before.

    BTW, on that boot you can find a lot of great performances of a lot of songs.
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  • PJ23PJ23 Posts: 73
    I think at this point in my listening I'm in the opposite boat; I've spent so much time listening to these songs in their live incarnations, the studio versions are bringing a new level of appreciation to them. "RVM" for example, the live version is a warhorse to me at this point, but the studio version sounds fresh and exciting, with that McCready lead behind the second verse, and that beautifully *short* middle section.

    But to actually answer the question, "Don't Gimme No Lip" from Portland really sold me on the song. It's a total throwaway track, but it works really well in concert as a rousing getup number with Stone on vocals. And most live versions of "Inside Job," which never grabbed me on record.

    I agree about a new appreciation for some of the studio songs, and RVM & I Am Mine are easily at the top of my list. Other than those two though, I can't seem to find any other songs that I would prefer to hear the studio version over a good live version of it.
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  • Inside Job (Dublin '06) - never gave it much thought on the album but WOW, what a way to open a show

    Faithfull (Wembley '07) - again never really liked it that much on the album but that song takes on a spiritual life of it's own when played live, one of the stand-out songs for me from that gig
    Dublin - August 23rd 2006
    Wembley - June 18th 2007
    Hopefully many more to come...
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,050
    PJ23 wrote:
    Songs that you might forget about for a bit until you hear a certain version of it, then you realize how good it actually is. Below are a few of mine and where they played it that made me start listening to them more:

    Long Road (Tribute to Hero's)
    In Hiding (VIC 07)
    Inside Job (Dublin 06)
    Insignificance (Newcastle 06)
    Green Disease (Atlantic City 05)
    In My Tree (Live at the Garden)

    Anyone have any others? (or even know what I mean here lol)

    I agree 100% that ALL PJ songs sound better live.
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  • satansbedbugssatansbedbugs On Tour Posts: 2,412
    RVM is THE best song to hear live. The lights the screams, the guitar work, just AWESOME!
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  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    Inside Job (Dublin '06) - never gave it much thought on the album but WOW, what a way to open a show

    perfect opener... sounds perfect on the boot

    still the standout for me from the 2006 euro boots
  • my2handsmy2hands Posts: 17,117
    Of the girl - Benaroya '03

    I Got Shit - Buffalo '03

    Severed Hand - Honolulu '06

    Picture In a Frame - Milan '06

    Habit - Barrie '98

    All Those yesterdays - Manfield '03 (Acoustic set)

    Release - Atlanta '94

    Crown of Thorns - Vegas '00

    not bad at all... i agree with at least half

    of the girl from benaroya is $
  • StuartCStuartC Posts: 33
    Alot of people have been throwing around a bunch of Yield songs. I think you can make the argument that almost all the songs from that album seem so much greater when performed live, i.e. Do The Evolution, Faithful, Given to Fly, All Those Yesterdays, Wishlist. They just seem to have such an energy while playing them.

    I have to make an argument for Porch. It's hard to compare the live versions to the album version, but its so tremendous in concert.
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  • Get Right from Vancouver 2003. Super tight version
  • mjbmjb Posts: 1,315
    "You Are" 05/10/2006 Toronto. Never appreciated the song or the bass line until I heard it live...maybe I was just entranced by the nifty laser show!

    "Present Tense" live also gave the song new meaning for me (with audience participation).
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