Live the band is awesome

NakedClown

facepollution wrote:

http://www.sonymusicstore.com/store/catalog/MerchandiseDetails.jsp?merchId=94515&skuId=94517

You can listen to 30 second clips of the new record at the above link.

All I can say is, what the fuck happened? When did Live become the most boring, middle of the road, Creed-lite band on the go? I'm genuinely shocked at how down hill this band has gone.

The first time I heard Live, was at a time when I really needed a record to completely consume me, I hated school, hated home and couldn't seem to get along with my friends, so I took myself down to the local record shop and bought Throwing Copper, I only heard of it through a friend who claimed they were just Pearl Jam wannabes, so i kind of wanted to prove him wrong. Anyway, that is probably the first album I remember listening to from scratch with no idea what to expect, that totally floored me. It still evokes a lot of emotion in me to this day, it is in my mind, an absolute masterpiece. So hearing how cliched and boring they sound these days, makes me pretty sad. I can hardly believe these are the same people that wrote songs like All over you, Lightning crashes, Iris etc. Let's hope the next one is better.......

Yeah, the only glimmer of hope I really hear on that album is "Sophia"...

I'm all for bands "progressing"... but not when they become bad...

Still one of my favorite bands... but I am not so much of a "homer" that I won't acknowledge the downturn.

Go find the MP3 of Sophia on fansoflive.com though,,, pretty sweet LIVE tune...

NakedClown

Human Tide wrote:

I think Mental Jewelry is easily their best work, and actually one of my favorite albums. The lyrics are really something beautiful. Throwing Copper is an undeniably great record, as well. I kept up with Live until I heard the first single from V.....I never heard the entirety of that album or Birds of Pray. I should probably give them a chance at some point...

Don't bother with V, but yes, give Birds of Pray a listen, it was a step in the right direction...

fakeplastictree

listening to Turn My Head

beautiful

Klumpie

NakedClown wrote:

Don't bother with V, but yes, give Birds of Pray a listen, it was a step in the right direction...

I tried it, but I never get into it. Their new song Sofia sounds promisfull.

afarid

Love LIVE i have all their albums but I am not going to buy the new album. Personally all their songs from DTH on wards pretty much sound the same. NOthing new, and like the previous post, they have become pretty boring. However the first two albums are Classic no doubt about that. They can put on really great show.
I think that band could have been much bigger, I think after "Throwing Copper" they lost thier mind and made a very unaccesible album. I find "Secret Samadhi" very hard to listen to. The Videos the lyrics were all wierd and since then they have been playing it safe.

However they are big in Europe and Australia and South America

melodyman22

i dont agree at all i think the album V was pretty good something new not there best work but some great songs overcome is one of there best songs and birds of prey was great had some rocking songs i dont agree with you people when you say live got boring

karma defect

moemoe6434 wrote:

Yep, did not like anything after throwing copper.... Ed is has an ego larger than the world and thinks his writings and thoughts are deeper than any ocean. They were much better when they were teenagers banging it out in York, PA

A what should I say: Great minds think alike. Hihihi. Oh shit maybe I fail to be modest here. O well whatever nevermind.

NakedClown

melodyman22 wrote:

i dont agree at all i think the album V was pretty good something new not there best work but some great songs overcome is one of there best songs and birds of prey was great had some rocking songs i dont agree with you people when you say live got boring

Overcome is great.. I will give you that... amd like I said, Birds of Pray ain't bad...