Which live versions are better than the recorded ones?

[stavros]

I once had a fantastic live MP3 of The Cure's "Disintegration" which was mind-blowingly good. I'm now slsk-ing it.

 

[El Jefe]

stuff on Thin Lizzy's Live & Dangerous, although how much is actually "live" is debatable.

Most of the stuff on Van Morrison's Too Late To Stop Now is better than the album versions..

 

[ouchmonkey]

I once had a fantastic live MP3 of The Cure's "Disintegration" which was mind-blowingly good. I'm now slsk-ing it.

There was a live album of the whole of disintegration, minus the singles.
I've got it somewhere though I can't remember the name of it. It's not quite as huge as Disintegration tho'. pity. The Cure generally are good for a better live version of things - depending on Bob's mood I think

 

[El Jefe]

the live versions of The Billiard Player Song and The End of Radio by Shellac are much better than the recorded ones because Albini riffs a lot more on the stories or images involved... Especially, with EOR, the Peel Session they recorded just after Peel died.

 

[ouchmonkey]

Shellac are shit

 

[El Jefe]

shut your face, goth.

 

[ouchmonkey]

you bit sucker

they're not really.



they just have one song.


but it's a good one.

 

[El Jefe]

they have TWO fucking songs, dammit.

the slow one and the fast one.

You know NOTHING

 

[ouchmonkey]

the slow one always seem to turn into the fast one tho'

 

[El Jefe]

the slow one always seem to turn into the fast one tho'

you know NOTHING.

 

[ouchmonkey]

that futurist thing

that's a bit pants

 

[El Jefe]

well yes.

 

[ouchmonkey]

Ha. oh my lord are you unwell?

 

[El Jefe]

nah, The Futurist is pretty crap. But then it was never intended for proper release..

 

[Idaho]

Most 'live' recordings are heavily embellished, re-produced and remastered with all kinds of stuff added on.

Probably the modern 'live' song is much more similar to the way studio recordings were done 40-50 years ago.