Hot Take/ Musical Confession Thread!

BjorgenFjorgen said:
Their studio material, yes, but most people agree with that.
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I don’t like live albums as a general rule. Live music is an experience requiring the physical presence of both the artist and myself in the audience for me to enjoy it. Anything else is a poor approximation of a fixed moment in time.
 
Chucktshoes said:
I don’t like live albums as a general rule. Live music is an experience requiring the physical presence of both the artist and myself in the audience for me to enjoy it. Anything else is a poor approximation of a fixed moment in time.
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To each his own but I really enjoy recorded live music (with the caveat that it is recorded well) I would never get to experience a Grateful Dead show or Neil Young in the 1970s or The Band, etc.. but I can listen to some amazing live albums thankfully. Lots of live music (even when recorded) have a heightened energy attached to music as the audience and band feed off of each other. Also, I go to a lot of concert and enjoy them for the most part, but it is easy to be distracted by everything else that is going on during the concert going experience, a nice recorded live album, give you the sole focus of the music being performed which is nice.
 
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
To each his own but I really enjoy recorded live music (with the caveat that is is recorded well) I would never get to experience a Grateful Dead show or Neil Young in the 1970s or The Band, etc.. but I can listen to some amazing live albums thankfully. Lots of live music (even when recorded) have a heightened energy attached to music as the audience and band feed off of each other. Also, I go to a lot of concert and enjoy them for the most part, but it is easy to be distracted by everything else that is going on during the concert going experience, a nice recorded live album, give you the sole focus of the music being performed which is nice.
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For me, live albums can be hit or miss. I really hate it when I come across those fake live recordings that were popular in the 70's. And some musicians are just better in the studio than they are on stage. That said, there are some live albums where the energy from the audience is something that enhances the performances. Johnny Cash's prison albums crackle with energy because of that audience. There is an electricity to that live version of 'Folsom Prison Blues' that is unmatched on the very good studio version. I wouldn't have wanted to be in that audience, for obvious reasons, so being able to experience those live recordings outside of that actual setting is ideal.

But you also have other live albums that have their own unique atmosphere that sort of transports you to that scene where they were recorded. Holly Golightly's "Up The Empire" has bootleg quality sound, but whenever I listen to it, I feel like I'm in a dark British pub watching Holly and her band tear through a great set of songs. I could never have actually been there in that place and in that time, but that album always makes me feel like I am there.
 
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Aron said:
For me, live albums can be hit or miss. I really hate it when I come across those fake live recordings that were popular in the 70's. And some musicians are just better on the studio than they are on stage. That said, there are some live albums where the energy from the audience is something that enhances the performances. Johnny Cash's prison albums crackle with energy because of that audience. There is an electricity to that live version of 'Folsom Prison Blues' that is unmatched on the very good studio version. I wouldn't have wanted to be in that audience, for obvious reasons, so being able to experience those live recordings outside of that actual setting is ideal.

But you also have other live albums that have their own unique atmosphere that sort of transports you to that scene where they were recorded. Holly Golightly's "Up The Empire" has bootleg quality sound, but whenever I listen to it, I feel like I'm in a dark British pub watching Holly and her band tear through a great set of songs. I could never have actually been there in that place and in that time, but that album always makes me feel like I am there.
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Completely agree, as with most thing the good ones are brilliant and the bad ones are terrible.
 
Aron said:
For me, live albums can be hit or miss. I really hate it when I come across those fake live recordings that were popular in the 70's. And some musicians are just better in the studio than they are on stage. That said, there are some live albums where the energy from the audience is something that enhances the performances. Johnny Cash's prison albums crackle with energy because of that audience. There is an electricity to that live version of 'Folsom Prison Blues' that is unmatched on the very good studio version. I wouldn't have wanted to be in that audience, for obvious reasons, so being able to experience those live recordings outside of that actual setting is ideal.

But you also have other live albums that have their own unique atmosphere that sort of transports you to that scene where they were recorded. Holly Golightly's "Up The Empire" has bootleg quality sound, but whenever I listen to it, I feel like I'm in a dark British pub watching Holly and her band tear through a great set of songs. I could never have actually been there in that place and in that time, but that album always makes me feel like I am there.
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I think Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club is a good example of this. I heard they have turned down the audience volume on reissues, which seems a weird choice to me. I think the original is incredible.
 
dhodo said:
I think Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club is a good example of this. I heard they have turned down the audience volume on reissues, which seems a weird choice to me. I think the original is incredible.
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Yes. This is another great example of a live record that puts you in that place with that crowd. The crowd on the reissue I have is still pretty damn loud and into it.
 
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