Live are really the reason I even decided to do this top 5 thing. You see my car doesn't have a CD player, it only has a tape deck and I have just a few tapes that I listen to in it. For the past 6 months I've been listening to a RHCP mix over and over and over and over, and so in the weekend I changed tapes and put in Live. Now the reason I just happen to have Live tapes is because when I started listening to Live in about 1998 I didn't have a CD player, and also I copied them all from Uma. So anyway I put in this tape, and it sounded really bad for awhile because my tape player sucks... but then it sorted itself out and then I heard the first chord of Lakini's Juice (a live version) and I realised how much I love and miss Live.I went through a stage (of a few years) of not respecting them as much and consequently not listening to them. This was in the wake of their 5th and 6th albums which I didn't like as much as their first 4. But now I've realised that I do actually love V (their 5th album) and how awesome their earlier albums are - so they jumped right up from about 12th back to the top 5. Lucky them.
Now Live are brilliant Live. Haha. I've seen them thrice and although the first performance was far superior to the second and third each time I was suitably impressed with their stage show. Incidentally I rank them probably 6th or 7th for their Live performance.
1st Red Hot Chili Peppers (no question, I'm not being biased, they were amazing).
2nd Mars Volta
3rd REM (very professional)
4th Jane's Addiction (would have been higher but I didn't feel a huge amount of chemistry)
And probably some other bands I can't remember right now. I'm not a big Metallica fan but I do respect them... they were awesome at the Big Day Out, and played an extended set, and came on early to fill the stage after the dickhead Strokes were too drunk to play their set. I think that's pretty awesome of a band to do... normally bands dick around keeping you waiting for ages, don't even think about them coming on early! Also in my performance bad books are the Dandy Warhols... which is a band I love... but they really sucked live. Like they just seemed like they weren't at all ready, and they actually kept screwing up.
Anyway Live are great. I don't believe they'll be around too much longer... although I could be terribly wrong. They have so many songs I love and I can't even think of one single one to say... just listen to the whole Secret Samadhi album (pictured above).
:-) M
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Live is a band I would go so far as to say I really dont like. This is no reflection on you Mindy because you are fantastic. It all sounds the same like they are trying to make you cry. I dont like bands who try to make me cry.
But we knew this already.
I am going to add my top 5 flatmates:
1 Mindy
2 Bradley
3 Patrick
4 That dying plant in the kitchen
5 I had better add Andrew sometime I guess.....
Oh I don't think they sound the same at all! Maybe you should listen to some of the more upbeat happier Live songs. Well you know, one day maybe. When I think of one.
Is my plant still dying? I thought you'd fixed it so I was ignoring it. I guess I will stop ignoring it now and show it some tender loving care.
My top 5 flatmates:
1. Kirsty
2. Bradley
3. O'Neil
4. Patrick
5. Carlos
Sorry Andrew you were next... ;-) But don't feel bad... I mean look at the competition! (For those who don't know Bradley is a cat, O'Neil is a rock, Patrick is a cushion, and Carlos is a clock).
Oooo Nick is right, the Living End is good live. I think I've seen them twice... good value.
Yeah they were only a little different Nick, we did have two of the same bands in there. Oh actually only one, but we both think Live are very good live.
I like Live a lot, and I agree with all comments about the Dandy Warholes and the Strokes since I was also there :)
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