The Buzzcocks' '78 Lyceum gig included in the Product box set is great, but then I'm biased as I was there.
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| Author: | Simon Los Love [ Sat Sep 18, 2004 5:46 pm ] |
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The reason The Strokes have scrapped their live lp is that live lps are only any good if- a) you have more than 2 lps to choose songs from b) if not very many people saw you live during your bands life or c) if you do different versions of the songs you've already recorded... Some good live lps Bob Dylan "1966- Live at the Manchester Free Trade Hall" The Velvet Underground "1969" and "Max's Kansas City" The Who "Live At Leeds" (The extended version not the original LP) MC5 "Kick Out The Jams" (Though this may not count seeing as how it was their first LP) Randy Newman "Live" (But I think it's only me who likes this) I can think of no more which proves my point...maybe "Get Yer Ya-Yas Out" but even that's not that good... |
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| Author: | SPT [ Sat Sep 18, 2004 5:54 pm ] |
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More great live albums Carole King - Live at Carnegie Hall John Cale - Fragments of a Rainy Season Mark Eitzel - Songs of Love Motorhead - No Sleep til Hammersmith |
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| Author: | Guestie [ Sat Sep 18, 2004 5:55 pm ] |
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Paul Weller- Days of Speed... seriously, it's excellent. |
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| Author: | Bola [ Sat Sep 18, 2004 6:37 pm ] |
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Generally agree that live LPs are rubbsih. New Order's Live At Glastonbury a promes example. However my faves: The Pixies Live CD that came in the limited version of "Death To The Pixies". Tops! Mighty Lemon Drops - "All The Way" - seriously! Front 242 - "Live Target" - Head hunt this........ Pretenders - "Isle Of View" - Amazingly and shockingly good! |
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| Author: | VenusInFurs [ Sat Sep 18, 2004 7:46 pm ] |
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Lou Reed, John Cale, & Nico - Le Bataclan 72. Great live album. |
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| Author: | Bazza [ Sat Sep 18, 2004 8:26 pm ] |
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My favourite live album is "Dance Craze". But even a few songs off that have been touched up in the studio. |
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| Author: | Johnny Anarchy [ Sun Sep 19, 2004 1:55 am ] |
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good live albums? A tiny category. Ones that come to mind are: Soft Boys: Live at the Portland Arms Live at the Vortex (Wire and Johnny Moped especially) And I suspect that that Strokes news was press hype from the git-go. Like Simon Luv says, they're a bit light on songs and they're a bit shite full stop. But it got them a few half-pages in their fanzine, err the NME. Besides, that story had bigger holes than Catweazel's underpants: Casablancas wouldn't know a decent sound if it kicked him in the bell-end - old posh twat has to be told everything. |
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| Author: | Simon Los Love [ Sun Sep 19, 2004 11:01 am ] |
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Oooh I've not heard that Soft Boys live thing... Is it old Soft Boys or from the reunion tour? |
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| Author: | Tim (Guest) [ Sun Sep 19, 2004 11:14 am ] |
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REM's 'New Adventures In Hi-Fi' doesn't strictly count as a live album, but most of the tracks were recorded live and it is a fine album. |
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| Author: | Tony Tourette [ Sun Sep 19, 2004 12:58 pm ] |
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| Author: | Phlegmy Toad [ Sun Sep 19, 2004 3:53 pm ] |
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The Buzzcocks' '78 Lyceum gig included in the Product box set is great, but then I'm biased as I was there.
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| Author: | Cavey! [ Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:45 pm ] |
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Neil Diamond live - I shit you not - it's a gem. Neil - 'We're gonna do a little song now that UB40 took all the way to number one for me...' (he kind of sounds pissed off by the fact but strangely amused by it too) before breaking out into 'Red, red wine....' Just beautiful and 'Elvis live at Madison Square Garden'...when he sings Polk Salad Annie he takes me to another place..   Elvis   Huh huh...
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| Author: | Bovine Juice [ Sun Sep 19, 2004 11:00 pm ] |
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| Author: | Johnny Anarchy [ Mon Sep 20, 2004 12:33 am ] |
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| Author: | Bazza [ Mon Sep 20, 2004 1:07 am ] |
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| Author: | Bola [ Mon Sep 20, 2004 10:06 am ] |
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| Author: | Simon Los Love [ Mon Sep 20, 2004 12:48 pm ] |
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| Author: | SPT [ Mon Sep 20, 2004 1:46 pm ] |
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| Author: | Enid Coleslaw [ Mon Sep 20, 2004 2:17 pm ] |
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| Author: | jannerboy [ Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:56 pm ] |
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Not really one for Live albums, although one that always makes me laugh is The Pooh Sticks' "Trademark of Quality", as it documents a rather disasterous gig in Southampton (the power even cuts out 20 minutes into the set, so it is only a one-sided LP), so it's an entertaining antidote to all the ego-inflating contractual obligation fillers that tend to dominate the genre. |
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