Dread Pirate Robert Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Agree or not? Nothing like, imo, hearing a band live, with all the energy of the band and the crowd jumping and dancing and frolicing, etc. All that energy (visual, audial, even touch), just comes together to create an awesome experience that cannot be duplicated in recordings, whether audio or visual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumnut Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Even better when you are playing live!!! http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/Drumnut/Animalhalo.gif http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/Drumnut/rimshot.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberon Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 It depends. Largely, yes, but some bands I find to be less of an experience in a live context -- I'm thinking particularly Porcupine Tree. Of course they give a GREAT show, but the atmospheric subtleness of the studio recordings and, especially, of the keyb+synth player is mostly lost in the live context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustard Death Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Meh, you must be drunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppetKing2112 Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Depends on who it is... NIN is the best live band I've ever heard/seen on a video (sadly I have never actually seen thm though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Live recordings dont compare at all to the real thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydfanatic111 Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 Rush are a great live band. Some tracks were better live than studio as with Pink Floyd(I have many ROIO recordings of PF live plus the VOIO of The Wall 1980 and San Diego 1994) and Queen. I know Queen did loads in the studio but they were a stellar live band when Freddie Mercury was alive and John Deacon was on bass(watch the Queen on Fire Live at the Bowl or We Will Rock You 1981 DVDs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bardan Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 I prefer live music for the most part just because of the energy between the band and the audience and the fact that many bands take this opportunity to improvise and change things up a little from the studio versions. I admit however that some bands don't come across a well live as they do in the studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indica Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 QUOTE (Drumnut @ Dec 6 2005, 10:25 PM) Even better when you are playing live!!! http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/Drumnut/Animalhalo.gif http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y49/Drumnut/rimshot.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indica Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 QUOTE (Moonraker @ Dec 7 2005, 01:28 AM) Live recordings dont compare at all to the real thing. Very untrue. "All the Worlds a Stage" is a great example. I would rather hear "Anthem" and "Bastille day" and "In the End" live than on the studio any day. It sounds more powerful and raw. Geddys voice even sounds better. The studio versions sound weak compared, IMO. Some live songs doesn't sound as good but theres a lot of live CD's that blow away the studio versions. I feel this way about "The Song Remains the Same" also. "No quarter", "The Rain song", and a few others on that live album totally blow away the studio versions. I've seen some bands live and thought it was KILLER, bought the CD and threw it out the window on the way home from the music store because it was horrible. I've also bought live CD's from certain bands and it sounded so horrible that I couldn't stand to listen to it. It all depends who it is and what type of music it is. Matter of fact, I can't stand to listen to RIR because it sounds so washy and too much reverb or delay or something, the studio versions sound way better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 QUOTE (Indica @ Dec 7 2005, 10:11 AM) QUOTE (Moonraker @ Dec 7 2005, 01:28 AM) Live recordings dont compare at all to the real thing. Very untrue. "All the Worlds a Stage" is a great example. I would rather hear "Anthem" and "Bastille day" and "In the End" live than on the studio any day. It sounds more powerful and raw. Geddys voice even sounds better. The studio versions sound weak compared, IMO. Some live songs doesn't sound as good but theres a lot of live CD's that blow away the studio versions. I feel this way about "The Song Remains the Same" also. "No quarter", "The Rain song", and a few others on that live album totally blow away the studio versions. I've seen some bands live and thought it was KILLER, bought the CD and threw it out the window on the way home from the music store because it was horrible. I've also bought live CD's from certain bands and it sounded so horrible that I couldn't stand to listen to it. It all depends who it is and what type of music it is. Matter of fact, I can't stand to listen to RIR because it sounds so washy and too much reverb or delay or something, the studio versions sound way better. Are you actually telling me you would rather have the cd ATWAS instead of being at the show?? Seeing Rush in the mid 70's in what was probably a tiny club no bigger then 1500 people?? I didnt say that studio songs blow live recordings away, I meant that seeing them live in person blows live recordings away. Sorry if I didnt make that clear enough earlier, but I think you agree with me that shows are way better then live cds, heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indica Posted December 7, 2005 Share Posted December 7, 2005 QUOTE (Moonraker @ Dec 7 2005, 02:30 PM) QUOTE (Indica @ Dec 7 2005, 10:11 AM) QUOTE (Moonraker @ Dec 7 2005, 01:28 AM) Live recordings dont compare at all to the real thing. Very untrue. "All the Worlds a Stage" is a great example. I would rather hear "Anthem" and "Bastille day" and "In the End" live than on the studio any day. It sounds more powerful and raw. Geddys voice even sounds better. The studio versions sound weak compared, IMO. Some live songs doesn't sound as good but theres a lot of live CD's that blow away the studio versions. I feel this way about "The Song Remains the Same" also. "No quarter", "The Rain song", and a few others on that live album totally blow away the studio versions. I've seen some bands live and thought it was KILLER, bought the CD and threw it out the window on the way home from the music store because it was horrible. I've also bought live CD's from certain bands and it sounded so horrible that I couldn't stand to listen to it. It all depends who it is and what type of music it is. Matter of fact, I can't stand to listen to RIR because it sounds so washy and too much reverb or delay or something, the studio versions sound way better. Are you actually telling me you would rather have the cd ATWAS instead of being at the show?? Seeing Rush in the mid 70's in what was probably a tiny club no bigger then 1500 people?? I didnt say that studio songs blow live recordings away, I meant that seeing them live in person blows live recordings away. Sorry if I didnt make that clear enough earlier, but I think you agree with me that shows are way better then live cds, heh. Hell ya, live shows are way better for sure. I misunderstood you. The only plus side of a live recording is you can listen to it over and over but a live show is etched upon your brain for life. Sorry for misunderstanding you. Ya, you are correct definately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydfanatic111 Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 I play The Wall Live Is There Anybody Out There? moreso than the studio album. Many bands were superb live Pink Floyd Rush Queen Led Zeppelin The Who(superior onstage than studio) Supertramp(from their golden era 1974-80) Triumph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 I agree that a live performance is infinitely better than a recording of a live concert, as generally I'm not too into live recordings, save for a couple select bands and some jazz. Live is a great experience, but a rare experience. Give me a well crafted album any day because that you can enjoy all the time. Besides that, most people can't duplicate live what they can do in the studio given the opportunity for several takes and studio wizardry. Of course the benefit is the immediacy of the energy and the live experience. To me they're very different things entirely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indica Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 But I don't think we are comparing live recordings to studio albums are we? I thought we was comparing live albums to actually being there watching them live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 8, 2005 Share Posted December 8, 2005 QUOTE (Oberon @ Dec 6 2005, 11:41 PM) ...some bands I find to be less of an experience in a live context -- I'm thinking particularly Porcupine Tree. Of course they give a GREAT show, but the atmospheric subtleness of the studio recordings and, especially, of the keyb+synth player is mostly lost in the live context. Well they must be astounding on record then (I've not heard any of them) becasue I saw them in a small hall last night and it was one of the best rock shows I've ever seen... Disco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowdog Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 I've always felt that seeing a band live was the only way to accurately gauge how good of a band they really are. Almost anyone can sound good in a studio, especially with all of the studio wizardry available today. I much prefer live music. I even prefer live cd's that haven't had multiple parts re-recorded in the studio (KISS Alive, eg.) to regular studio cd's. edit:typos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustard Death Posted December 12, 2005 Share Posted December 12, 2005 Actually, I think Tool's Salival live disc is better than the studio versions... but not many other bands I've heard sound better live. As for actually being there, well, I can't drive and I don't have a lot of money, so... N/A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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