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What songs have you heard live that made you change your opinion about them?

MetskidocMetskidoc Posts: 6
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As a distraction to all of the gutted talk and waiting for tickets and after seeing some talk about how Getaway does not work well live it made me curious. What songs have you experienced live that totally changed your opinion of them both for better and for worse?
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  • eboweddieeboweddie Posts: 1,021
    Half full is much better live then on the lp
     

    i wish i wish i wish i wish, i guess it never stops
  • stuckinlinestuckinline Posts: 3,384
    Ole
  • Hawk123Hawk123 Posts: 2,305
    Leatherman
  • pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,903
    eboweddie said:
    Half full is much better live then on the lp
     
    Same
    ...got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...
  • DozierDozier Posts: 31
    Smile never really did anything for me until I saw Ed explain what the lyrics meant to him.
  • Hankj25Hankj25 Posts: 333
    Porch
    Nothing as it Seem
    small town
    Given to Fly
    low Light
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    Vancouver 5-6-24
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    Nashville 5-6-25


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  • KWOKWO Posts: 13
    The recorded version of Low Light is among my favourite PJ songs, but I feel like there's something slightly off about it live and it's made me question whether I really love it as a song, or if it's just nostalgia or the vibe of the recording. Counter to that, I've seen Light Years twice and, while the recorded version is great, each time live has brought new meaning to it, for me, and I love it more.
  • RP112579RP112579 Tinley Park, IL Posts: 3,382
    Off He Goes
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  • drakeheuer14drakeheuer14 Posts: 4,514
    Parachutes
    Pittsburgh 2013
    Cincinnati 2014
    Greenville 2016
    (Raleigh 2016)
    Columbia 2016
  • droptheleash9droptheleash9 Posts: 1,440
    Low Light - The studio version sounds flat to me. The live version is awesome.
    Small Town - I love both the studio and live versions but there's something about the live version (particularly Ed's electric guitar) that makes the song come alive more and have a totally different feel.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,545
    You Are , like it on the album not so much live actually if I don’t ever here live again that’d be ok with me ..
    Who You Are is way better ..
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Hankj25Hankj25 Posts: 333
    KWO said:
    The recorded version of Low Light is among my favourite PJ songs, but I feel like there's something slightly off about it live and it's made me question whether I really love it as a song, or if it's just nostalgia or the vibe of the recording. Counter to that, I've seen Light Years twice and, while the recorded version is great, each time live has brought new meaning to it, for me, and I love it more.
    Light Years is my white whale. Absolutely love that song. It’s awesome on the LP and the live versions I hear in XM are incredible.   
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    Denver 4-9-20
    Denver 9-22-22
    Noblesville 9-10-23
    Vancouver 5-6-24
    Seattle 5-30-24
    Nashville 5-6-25


    EV
    Chicago 2-9-22
    Tempe 2-26-23
  • PapPap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,391
    Hawk123 said:
    Leatherman
    I couldn't agree more! :smiley:
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  • JR86440JR86440 Posts: 750
    Present Tense in 2003
  • darwinstheorydarwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 6,723
    Given to Fly tobl open Wrigley 2 in the rain in 2018 was a personal game changer for me.
    "A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
  • pjhawkspjhawks Posts: 12,681
    Immortality


  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,876
    Lightning Bolt.  Used to think it was just a decent song but it really fucking rocks in concert.
  • DiscopijDiscopij Posts: 479
    Improved my outlook live:  DTE, Insignificance, Severed Hand, Inside Job

    Weaker live:  Force of Nature ... Getaway ... Alone post-94 (maybe if they played it more often it would sound tighter)
  • tdawetdawe Posts: 2,091
    I had written Jeremy off entirely until Wrigley 1 2016.

    I didn't NOT like I Got Shit before that show, but my opinion of that song also improved that night.
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  • Vedd HeddVedd Hedd Posts: 4,614
    I didn't like Do The Evolution until I heard it live.
    Turn this anger into
    Nuclear fission
  • mpedonempedone 540xxx - Manchester, NH Posts: 1,961
    drakeheuer14 said:
    Parachutes
    Same here. I still don't like the album version, but I really enjoyed seeing it live.
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  • JimmyVJimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,339
    Lightning Bolt. It was rough at Wrigley that first time but over the years it has grown on me.
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  • Matts3221Matts3221 Posts: 658

    I feel nearly every song is better live then on the album , just my opinion. Thread started with Getaway but the few version I have heard on the boots is better than the album version to me.

    That said I am also the person that loves "Sirens" "The End" and "Come Back" 

  • ponytdponytd Nashville Posts: 661
    Given to Fly - Liked it on the album, but really love it live
    Jeremy - while I like the song, it was probably my least favorite on Ten. Live though it's an awesome song with everyone singing along
  • CarryTheZeroCarryTheZero Posts: 3,126
    All Night at Memphis 2014. Wow! Didn’t really care for it before, but that’s all changed.
  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,565
    tdawe said:
    I had written Jeremy off entirely until Wrigley 1 2016.

    I didn't NOT like I Got Shit before that show, but my opinion of that song also improved that night.
    I Got Shit is one of my favorite studio songs.
    Don't care for the live version at all.
  • RhinoJamRhinoJam Raleighwood Posts: 596
    Lightning Bolt live helped me to appreciate that song a lot more... Sirens on the other hand has the opposite effect on me, l like the studio, but feel like it sucks the energy out of the crowd mid-set, should be reserved for like a second set opener 
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  • JPPJ84JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    mace1229 said:
    tdawe said:
    I had written Jeremy off entirely until Wrigley 1 2016.

    I didn't NOT like I Got Shit before that show, but my opinion of that song also improved that night.
    I Got Shit is one of my favorite studio songs.
    Don't care for the live version at all.
    Not even the 2000 touring band version? That’s my favorite by far
  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,565
    JPPJ84 said:
    mace1229 said:
    tdawe said:
    I had written Jeremy off entirely until Wrigley 1 2016.

    I didn't NOT like I Got Shit before that show, but my opinion of that song also improved that night.
    I Got Shit is one of my favorite studio songs.
    Don't care for the live version at all.
    Not even the 2000 touring band version? That’s my favorite by far
    Dont remember that version off the top of my head. I just know I've never heard a live version I like nearly as much as the studio. Could just be Neil's style vs Mike's for that song.
  • pjl44pjl44 Posts: 9,971
    Saw Can't Deny Me at Fenway and it clicked in a way that the studio version still doesn't for me.

    I liked Insignificance well enough on Binaural but seeing it live pushed it onto the short list of my favorite PJ songs.
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