Copy Clerk  Posts: 107 Joined: 18 Mar 2008     | |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 64 Joined: 17 Jan 2008    | I have live versions of Pink Floyd's Shine on you Crazy diamond and it is the best song I own. Hearing the crowd just makes it that much more enjoyable |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1537 Joined: 5 Dec 2007    | Jeff Buckley's album Live in Sin-É has some of the best covers i have ever heard. Night Flight - Led Zeppelin is one of the best ones on the album. |
Paperboy  Posts: 48 Joined: 30 Dec 2007 |
Have to agree there. I would even go as far as to say their live version of Darkside of the Moon from Pulse was better than the album, but that's because David Gilmour is my guitar god and everything he does live is bloody fantastic, not to mention perfect. Also I must mention Guns N' Roses 'Rocket Queen' is much better from their Live Era album. Metallica's 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' is a great live song from any of their live albums. The Ride the Lightning version didn't do it for me, and then I heard the Live Shit:Binge and Purge version and was floored. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 64 Joined: 17 Jan 2008 |
Have to agree there. I would even go as far as to say their live version of Darkside of the Moon from Pulse was better than the album, but that's because David Gilmour is my guitar god and everything he does live is bloody fantastic, not to mention perfect. oooh its a bold man that says anything is better than Dark side of the Moon :) Good choice though its definately a close thing. I think that album is the only one I have ever heard where the songs so seamlessly slot together to make something more than the sum of their parts. Breathtaking stuff and I agree on the David Gilmour front |
Paperboy  Posts: 21 Joined: 16 May 2008 | There's a lot of Led Zeppelin songs that are absolutely amazing because Led Zeppelin was really good live mentioning a few and their data for as far as I was able to collect them. Immigrant song - Fuck-o-shitting brilliant song (new therm) in 1972 in Australia. Can be found on youtube Black Dog - The version on mothership(wich you should get now because mother ship is insane. The dvd version that is) is brilliant We're gonna groove - 1970 royal albert hall can be seen on youtube and a lot more but Im getting tired of writing this all |
Copy Clerk Posts: 64 Joined: 17 Jan 2008 |
All true just makes me sad I am not old enough to have seen them in their prime :( |
Paperboy Posts: 21 Joined: 16 May 2008 |
I feel your pain I don't think it's allowed to put links in comments but if you want I can send you some real good links to live shows they played^^ I was born too early>.< |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1811 Joined: 14 Nov 2007 | Buckethead's live performance of Whitewash, as can be seen on Youtube, is absolutely jaw-dropping. Some of the best guitar playing I have ever heard. Also, Iron Maiden playing Fear Of The Dark at Rock In Rio 2001. Stunning in every way. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 113 Joined: 16 May 2008 | However geeky this may sound. If anyone likes the Final Fantasy music I highly advise getting any of the numerous live orchestral cd/dvds available. |
Beat Writer Posts: 162 Joined: 31 Jan 2008  | The Cooper Temple Clause's A.I.M. was incredible live because they somehow tweaked the bass so that it permeated every fibre of my being and didn't hurt one bit. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3808 Joined: 26 Feb 2008    | I don't know if they even have a studio recorded version but Nightwishes' track Roll Tide (Crimson Tide) has some great chanting going on in the live version that I think would take away from the sound if it was missing... |
Muckraker  Posts: 293 Joined: 23 Apr 2008  | Def Leppard - Armageddon It (live in Montreal '96) - An epic song, that seems more epic live. |
Paperboy Posts: 21 Joined: 16 May 2008 | Also, Dir en grey used to be really good live but the head singer got vocal chords surgery and then they weren't anymore... |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2445 Joined: 18 Dec 2007  | Rime of the Anchient Mariner sounds better when live. So does nearly every Iron Maiden song for that matter. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4854 Joined: 30 Jan 2008  |
Bite your tongue.....oh I can't stand it...you're half right, with some of the stuff (particularly their current material) sounding best on the C.Ds. But actually live is best. My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama - a live version done by Steve Vai. Sounds metric tons better than Frank Zappas version. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 873 Joined: 29 Mar 2008    | I'm a massive fan of Live Killers, the queen album. Live versions of Now I'm Here are always awesome |
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What songs have your heard live/bought/downloaded that are better than the original recording? Mine is fortune son by Creedence Clearwater Revival