My Morning Jacket Double Live Album!

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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    cobrah wrote:
    You'll get plenty of covers when they release this year's Bonnaroo show. They better release that soon, dammit. I disagree with it just being a replaying, in my opinion 95% of the Okonokos songs blow the studio versions away. Yes, they mainly stick to the existing song structures but these were already amazing to begin with and besides, they're not a jamband.
    They are releaseing the Bonnaroo show?

    That is awesome. Isn't that the show they played for over 3 hours?
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  • clayton12
    clayton12 Athens, GA Posts: 374
    i highly doubt they will release officially the bonnaroo show because compared to other bonnaroo releases, its way too long. They would have to make it a three disc download and it would cost a lot more than the other.

    However, if they do it will have covers by the velvet underground, stones, misfits, the band, flying burrito brothers, and the most rocked out cover of all time, A Quick One by The Who.

    You can go over to archive and download a pretty go version of the show. its intense. I was there, best show i have ever and will ever witness.
  • porchdweller
    porchdweller Posts: 228
    clayton12 wrote:
    i highly doubt they will release officially the bonnaroo show because compared to other bonnaroo releases, its way too long. They would have to make it a three disc download and it would cost a lot more than the other.

    However, if they do it will have covers by the velvet underground, stones, misfits, the band, flying burrito brothers, and the most rocked out cover of all time, A Quick One by The Who.

    You can go over to archive and download a pretty go version of the show. its intense. I was there, best show i have ever and will ever witness.


    This man is speaking the truth.
    "That's part of the curse: If you're gonna play the song, you better play it. I've tried to phone in "Jeremy" a few times, and it's tough. It doesn't work."

    EV
  • WickedJeremy
    WickedJeremy Posts: 229
    porchdweller wrote:
    That's part of the curse: If you're gonna play the song, you better play it. I've tried to phone in "Jeremy" a few times, and it's tough. It doesn't work."

    What in the hell was eddie talking about?
    -Jeremy
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    CM1847 wrote:
    I think you said it best when you hit on the intro and the outro's of the live songs. They do add some nice intros here and play some extended jams at the end of the songs. But that is all. They don't enchance the actual songs any, just spend time jamming at the end or throwing in a new intro.

    I like the album, but it is far from necessary if you have their studio albums. They should have thrown in some covers here, because nothing on this album is essential if you own the studio versions of these songs.

    It is a very good replaying of a lot of very good studio songs, but there just isn't much more than that here. I'm a fan of the band and I really do like the live album, but I can't help but feeling that it could have been better.

    what would have made it better? also, do you buy pearl jam bootlegs? in what way is a given pearl jam show any different from what you just described, minus the covers? i dont go to shows to see covers, i go to see bands kick the shit out of their material.
  • AvocadoLady
    AvocadoLady Posts: 680
    covers by the velvet underground, stones, misfits, the band, flying burrito brothers, and the most rocked out cover of all time, A Quick One by The Who.
    Wow, seriously? That must have been an amazing show. (Why did I skip Bonnaroo??) What did they cover by the Flying Burrito Bros??

    Heh, I've seen them 4 times this year, 5 in November, and I they didn't play any covers, as far as I remember. I love a good cover, keeps things interesting!
    "What happens when so many people agree on something? Can we take this beyond the parking lot when we leave tonight?" -EV, Iconoclasts
  • clayton12
    clayton12 Athens, GA Posts: 374
    they did Older Guys. Yeah during most of their shows they stick to their songs but the past two years at bonnaroo have been special. In '05 they did their best cover yet, which is I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man by Prince. Unreal. Checkout their version of Rocketman as well. Jim voice is beautiful in that song.
  • CM1847
    CM1847 Posts: 577
    cobrah wrote:
    You'll get plenty of covers when they release this year's Bonnaroo show. They better release that soon, dammit. I disagree with it just being a replaying, in my opinion 95% of the Okonokos songs blow the studio versions away. Yes, they mainly stick to the existing song structures but these were already amazing to begin with and besides, they're not a jamband.
    They are great songs to begin with and they are great live, but I don't see where they enchance them any in a live setting, they are still great live but not any better than they were in studio. I don't expect or want 15 minute versions of all of their songs but I wanted something. They have the Foo Fighters syndrome, they are obviously a great band, they can easily recreate studio songs in a live setting and they match the quality, but I don't want to go to a live show to hear the studio songs straight up. Do something, throw in some covers, change some song structures on a track or two, just do something to keep it from being a straight up replaying of studio songs.

    As I've said in every post, I really do like this album, but I can't help but wonder whether I will have any incentive to pick it up and listen to it over their studio albums a few months from now.
  • CM1847
    CM1847 Posts: 577
    soulsinging wrote:
    what would have made it better? also, do you buy pearl jam bootlegs? in what way is a given pearl jam show any different from what you just described, minus the covers? i dont go to shows to see covers, i go to see bands kick the shit out of their material.
    It is a good album, I like it.

    It could have been better by changing up some songs, playing some covers or adding some more in-song jamming. I don't go to a show to see covers, but seeing covers is often one of the highlights of most shows I see. A band forced out of its own sound by playing a cover is an amazing experience to hear. Pearl Jam has made a cover like Rocking IN the Free World their own, so it isn't as exciting to hear, but when they pull out a new cover it is always great to hear. Other factors in what makes Pearl Jam boots good IMO(and yes, I only own about 10 of them, but I do buy them) are tracklisting, energy and the crowd. The recording on Okonokos keeps the crowd quietly in the background most of the album. James's vocals are full of energy which is one reason why I do like the album, and the tracklisting is good.

    This is in no way a bad set, I like it, but if Pearl Jam played a comperable set(no covers, no changing up any of the song structures, no stage talk, low crowd levels on the recording) I don't thnk many people would be rushing to download that show. I simply want to hear something different on live albums, something you can't hear in the studio, and other than JJ's screaming, there isn't anything on Okonokos that separates it from a studio album.
  • AvocadoLady
    AvocadoLady Posts: 680
    there isn't anything on Okonokos that separates it from a studio album.
    Well, there are the bears... ;)
    "What happens when so many people agree on something? Can we take this beyond the parking lot when we leave tonight?" -EV, Iconoclasts
  • deadmosquito
    deadmosquito Posts: 729
    did anyone else preorder this from the mmj site and still not receive it yet?
  • Ghostmutt
    Ghostmutt Posts: 17
    http://www.archive.org/details/etree

    This is a great site for live concerts. There are 72 different My Morning Jacket concerts available.
    Pearl Jam Concert Resume: 1998-09-13 Hartford, 1998-09-16 Mansfield, 2000-08-29 Mansfield, 2000-08-30 Mansfield, 2003-07-02 Mansfield, 2003-07-03 Mansfield, 2003-07-09 NYC, 2003-07-11 Mansfield, 2004-09-28 Boston, 2004-09-29 Boston, 2006-05-13 Hartford, 2006-05-24 Boston, 2006-05-25 Boston
  • Jeff Murray
    Jeff Murray Posts: 1,259
    I am still waiting on mine. I did the regular shipping though. Hopefully today or next week. I just downloaded the Bonnaroo sets from '04 and '05 so that will tide me over for a while.

    By the way the Bonnaroo sets are usually download only. So the '06 show probably won't be released via retail. I hope it is released for download at least. Sounds like a great show.
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  • Jeff Murray
    Jeff Murray Posts: 1,259
    Ghostmutt wrote:
    http://www.archive.org/details/etree

    This is a great site for live concerts. There are 72 different My Morning Jacket concerts available.

    Thanks for the link. I was able to find a live version of Honest Man on that site. I wish they would play that song on their current tour.
    If there were no Angels would there be no sin?
  • AvocadoLady
    AvocadoLady Posts: 680
    That Bonnaroo setlist is awesome. I didn't realize Andrew Bird played with them there too. I have a couple Andy Bird boots where he's backed by MMJ, but none the other way around ;)
    "What happens when so many people agree on something? Can we take this beyond the parking lot when we leave tonight?" -EV, Iconoclasts
  • marino13
    marino13 Posts: 31
    Have you guys seen the professionally done videos on Youtube from an '03 Austin show? Lighting is bad, but sound is absolutely terrific. The whole show is on there. I would specifically recommend "War Begun", it is nothing like the Tennessee Fire version. Here's a link:

    http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=my%20morning%20jacket%20austin&search_sort=video_date_uploaded&search_category=0
  • porchdweller
    porchdweller Posts: 228
    WickedJeremy wrote:
    What in the hell was eddie talking about?


    Talking about playing Jeremy so many times and it being a crowd pleaser, but they don't necessarily like playing it that much.
    "That's part of the curse: If you're gonna play the song, you better play it. I've tried to phone in "Jeremy" a few times, and it's tough. It doesn't work."

    EV
  • THE BAND
    THE BAND Posts: 83
    Bonnaroo was cool this year! New album is smoking. new kasabian too!
  • FreshTendrils
    FreshTendrils Posts: 267
    Disc 2 is amazing, absolutely in love with it.
    I share a cigarette with negativity.
  • LBC1076
    LBC1076 Posts: 224
    About the bears....

    For what is worth, there is a song called "The Bear" on Tennessee Fire and a bear on the cover of It Still Moves.

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