Chucktshoes
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Let’s get a topical.
The Grateful Dead have a couple of good pop singles, but overall are pretty meh.
The Grateful Dead have a couple of good pop singles, but overall are pretty meh.
nelly was a one hit wonder that somehow managed to hang on.
which song is the hit? “Country Grammar”?
Their studio material, yes, but most people agree with that.Let’s get a topical.
The Grateful Dead have a couple of good pop singles, but overall are pretty meh.
Their studio material, yes, but most people agree with that.
Now there's a hot, obviously wrong, take!Studio material is better!
Now there's a hot, obviously wrong, take!
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.Their studio material, yes, but most people agree with that.
I think their studio stuff is underrated that being said, what makes them special is their live music.Studio material is better!
(but what the hell do I know all I listen to is American Beauty and Blues For Allah)
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.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.
I think their studio stuff is underrated that being said, what makes them special is their live music.
That is fine, I also enjoy Jazz but your average Jazz musician doesn’t make dope psych rock.Idk man what they do live Is what average jazz musicians do every time they get up on stage.
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.
Johnny Cash's prison albums
Completely agree, as with most thing the good ones are brilliant and the bad ones are terrible.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.
Completely agree, as with most thing the good ones are brilliant and the bad ones are terrible.
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.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.
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.
Idk man what they do live Is what average jazz musicians do every time they get up on stage.
The fake live medley on Gram Parsons' "Grievous Angel" is a blemish on an otherwise wonderful album.