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[Becks] Friday, March 05, 2010 1:02:21 PM
Judas Priest - obviously lol.
Metallica - apparently they play a lot more old stuff live now which is what I want to hear.
AC/DC - just got ticked off the list lol.
Motorhead
Megadeth
Testament
Saxon
That's just off the top of my head, I'd gladly go see other bands too. Motorhead and Megadeth, like Maiden, I couldn't afford to go see when they were here. So I'm saving my pennies hoping they come back lol. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by jimmyjames from Friday, March 05, 2010 12:57:50 PM)
jimmyjames wrote:
Who else is on your list?
Becks wrote:
I would be too, I've never seen them live and they're on my 'list' of bands to see LOL.
jimmyjames wrote:
If they decided to come back here on the Final Frontier tour I'd be there in two seconds, crap new album or not.
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Jimmy is right,Maiden are good live but the question is do you really want to go to the show if you don't like the new album? Because with this new album they will play at least 4 songs off it,then they will be playing at least a few songs off each album you don't like already,so that leaves very little room for old tracks,yes of course they will be playing old tracks but how many of them? If the new album sucks,I would recommend NOT going to the show and not supporting them with $money.
I hate the Nostradamus album and I actually bought tickets to see Priest before I heard the Nostradamus album,after I heard the entire Nostradamus album I sold my tickets as I was pissed off and would still do it again.Judas Priest are my favorite band yes,but since they put out a shit album it "ruined it for me" so much to the point of I don't even want to see them!! Fuck em' if they can't put out a killer album.To thoese who think Nostradamus is a "good" LP good for you guys(Guido and others) but for me it fucking "SUCKS" and I don't want to see "that" tour. Same goes with Maiden,if this new album sucks I will NOT be seeing them live.FUCK Em'.
If this next Priest album 'sucks" then I won't be buying the album or seeing the show,fuck em'. They are my favorite band but that doesn't mean they can do no wrong,I'm not a poser fanboy like the idiotic Brian -Maiden-fan-boy- Evans is.If Priest delivers I will support them,if they don't then fuck them.
(Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Friday, March 05, 2010 7:41:04 AM)
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
BLEAH!! That pic of Eddie sucks!!
Looks like Iron Maiden will be in Devore this June... hmmm...to go, or not to go? That is the question.
I would be too, I've never seen them live and they're on my 'list' of bands to see LOL.
jimmyjames wrote:
If they decided to come back here on the Final Frontier tour I'd be there in two seconds, crap new album or not.
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Jimmy is right,Maiden are good live but the question is do you really want to go to the show if you don't like the new album? Because with this new album they will play at least 4 songs off it,then they will be playing at least a few songs off each album you don't like already,so that leaves very little room for old tracks,yes of course they will be playing old tracks but how many of them? If the new album sucks,I would recommend NOT going to the show and not supporting them with $money.
I hate the Nostradamus album and I actually bought tickets to see Priest before I heard the Nostradamus album,after I heard the entire Nostradamus album I sold my tickets as I was pissed off and would still do it again.Judas Priest are my favorite band yes,but since they put out a shit album it "ruined it for me" so much to the point of I don't even want to see them!! Fuck em' if they can't put out a killer album.To thoese who think Nostradamus is a "good" LP good for you guys(Guido and others) but for me it fucking "SUCKS" and I don't want to see "that" tour. Same goes with Maiden,if this new album sucks I will NOT be seeing them live.FUCK Em'.
If this next Priest album 'sucks" then I won't be buying the album or seeing the show,fuck em'. They are my favorite band but that doesn't mean they can do no wrong,I'm not a poser fanboy like the idiotic Brian -Maiden-fan-boy- Evans is.If Priest delivers I will support them,if they don't then fuck them.
(Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Friday, March 05, 2010 7:41:04 AM)
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
BLEAH!! That pic of Eddie sucks!!
Looks like Iron Maiden will be in Devore this June... hmmm...to go, or not to go? That is the question.
I would be too, I've never seen them live and they're on my 'list' of bands to see LOL. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by jimmyjames from Friday, March 05, 2010 12:52:44 PM)
jimmyjames wrote:
If they decided to come back here on the Final Frontier tour I'd be there in two seconds, crap new album or not.
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Jimmy is right,Maiden are good live but the question is do you really want to go to the show if you don't like the new album? Because with this new album they will play at least 4 songs off it,then they will be playing at least a few songs off each album you don't like already,so that leaves very little room for old tracks,yes of course they will be playing old tracks but how many of them? If the new album sucks,I would recommend NOT going to the show and not supporting them with $money.
I hate the Nostradamus album and I actually bought tickets to see Priest before I heard the Nostradamus album,after I heard the entire Nostradamus album I sold my tickets as I was pissed off and would still do it again.Judas Priest are my favorite band yes,but since they put out a shit album it "ruined it for me" so much to the point of I don't even want to see them!! Fuck em' if they can't put out a killer album.To thoese who think Nostradamus is a "good" LP good for you guys(Guido and others) but for me it fucking "SUCKS" and I don't want to see "that" tour. Same goes with Maiden,if this new album sucks I will NOT be seeing them live.FUCK Em'.
If this next Priest album 'sucks" then I won't be buying the album or seeing the show,fuck em'. They are my favorite band but that doesn't mean they can do no wrong,I'm not a poser fanboy like the idiotic Brian -Maiden-fan-boy- Evans is.If Priest delivers I will support them,if they don't then fuck them.
(Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Friday, March 05, 2010 7:41:04 AM)
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
BLEAH!! That pic of Eddie sucks!!
Looks like Iron Maiden will be in Devore this June... hmmm...to go, or not to go? That is the question.
If they decided to come back here on the Final Frontier tour I'd be there in two seconds, crap new album or not. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by J.D. DIAMOND from Friday, March 05, 2010 12:37:34 PM)
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Jimmy is right,Maiden are good live but the question is do you really want to go to the show if you don't like the new album? Because with this new album they will play at least 4 songs off it,then they will be playing at least a few songs off each album you don't like already,so that leaves very little room for old tracks,yes of course they will be playing old tracks but how many of them? If the new album sucks,I would recommend NOT going to the show and not supporting them with $money.
I hate the Nostradamus album and I actually bought tickets to see Priest before I heard the Nostradamus album,after I heard the entire Nostradamus album I sold my tickets as I was pissed off and would still do it again.Judas Priest are my favorite band yes,but since they put out a shit album it "ruined it for me" so much to the point of I don't even want to see them!! Fuck em' if they can't put out a killer album.To thoese who think Nostradamus is a "good" LP good for you guys(Guido and others) but for me it fucking "SUCKS" and I don't want to see "that" tour. Same goes with Maiden,if this new album sucks I will NOT be seeing them live.FUCK Em'.
If this next Priest album 'sucks" then I won't be buying the album or seeing the show,fuck em'. They are my favorite band but that doesn't mean they can do no wrong,I'm not a poser fanboy like the idiotic Brian -Maiden-fan-boy- Evans is.If Priest delivers I will support them,if they don't then fuck them.
(Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Friday, March 05, 2010 7:41:04 AM)
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
BLEAH!! That pic of Eddie sucks!!
Looks like Iron Maiden will be in Devore this June... hmmm...to go, or not to go? That is the question.
Hmmm my lame-ometre went off when I saw the title of the new Maiden album. The Final Frontier - eh??? I see Star Trek has already been mentioned LOL, Star Trek concept album perhaps? Hopefully it's a better album than the title promises.
Vail - I'd still go see them live. I missed out when they were here last year (here just after my wedding and trip overseas so we couldn't afford it lol) and wish I could have gone. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Bazookajoe_666 from Thursday, March 04, 2010 12:10:24 PM)
Jimmy is right,Maiden are good live but the question is do you really want to go to the show if you don't like the new album? Because with this new album they will play at least 4 songs off it,then they will be playing at least a few songs off each album you don't like already,so that leaves very little room for old tracks,yes of course they will be playing old tracks but how many of them? If the new album sucks,I would recommend NOT going to the show and not supporting them with $money.
I hate the Nostradamus album and I actually bought tickets to see Priest before I heard the Nostradamus album,after I heard the entire Nostradamus album I sold my tickets as I was pissed off and would still do it again.Judas Priest are my favorite band yes,but since they put out a shit album it "ruined it for me" so much to the point of I don't even want to see them!! Fuck em' if they can't put out a killer album.To thoese who think Nostradamus is a "good" LP good for you guys(Guido and others) but for me it fucking "SUCKS" and I don't want to see "that" tour. Same goes with Maiden,if this new album sucks I will NOT be seeing them live.FUCK Em'.
If this next Priest album 'sucks" then I won't be buying the album or seeing the show,fuck em'. They are my favorite band but that doesn't mean they can do no wrong,I'm not a poser fanboy like the idiotic Brian -Maiden-fan-boy- Evans is.If Priest delivers I will support them,if they don't then fuck them.
He doesn't have the charisma of Kirk, the intelligence of Spock or the humanitarianism of Bones. He's dead meat. You can tell he's nervous because he's already got his phaser out. Hostile aliens will sense the fear and pounce. Star Trek was way ahead of it's time, this photo is probably 40 years old and you can see Kirk is texting. A Nostradamus moment from Gene Roddenberry.
HAAAA!! Just be sure that you are not the one in the red shirt!
jimmyjames wrote:
Yeah the pic looks a bit like the Predator. Have to agree the title The Final Frontier sounds very crap. Songs about Vulcan death grips, beaming down to places and being logical doesn't sound like much fun.
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Space,the final frontier....these are the voyagers of the less than average album creators(lol!) yes great news for nerds jimmy!! lol! I'm actually hoping that this album turns out good but I'm not holding my breath,especially with the album title and that terrible looking picture of what I hope not to be "Ediide" but album covers don't always tell the picture so we'll have to wait untill we hear it,then if it sucks wich it probably will we can bash it! lol!!
jimmyjames wrote:
The Final Frontier. It could be a concept album about Star Trek, great news for nerds.
[jimmyjames] Friday, March 05, 2010 12:24:13 PM
If Maiden are playing in your area you should definately go. Even if the album is crap they'll still play a whole bunch of classic songs as well. Iron Maiden is one of the best live acts around. I saw them in 08 and 09 and they were awesome. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Friday, March 05, 2010 7:41:04 AM)
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
BLEAH!! That pic of Eddie sucks!!
Looks like Iron Maiden will be in Devore this June... hmmm...to go, or not to go? That is the question.
I know Vail,its not a "bad picture" its just that its NOT Eddie,just like on the Fear Of The Dark album,that to me ws not "Eddie",and now this picture the least like Eddie out of any Iron Maiden album covers,unless its a decoy and the real Eddie is in the album cover somewhere? I don't know but if what we are seeing is the album cover than it sucks because its not Iron Maiden.And after 30 years "The Final Frontier" is the best title they can come up with? That title alone sucks.I have a huge vibe that this album is going to be terrible,but Brian Evans(the dumb one,not the original one)already loves it even though he hasn't heard it yet,because he has no opinions just fanboyism.Hey Brian.."FUCK YOU". [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Friday, March 05, 2010 7:41:04 AM)
Vaillant 3.0 wrote:
BLEAH!! That pic of Eddie sucks!!
Looks like Iron Maiden will be in Devore this June... hmmm...to go, or not to go? That is the question.
Looks like Iron Maiden will be in Devore this June... hmmm...to go, or not to go? That is the question. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Bazookajoe_666 from Thursday, March 04, 2010 12:10:24 PM)
HAAAA!! Just be sure that you are not the one in the red shirt!
jimmyjames wrote:
Yeah the pic looks a bit like the Predator. Have to agree the title The Final Frontier sounds very crap. Songs about Vulcan death grips, beaming down to places and being logical doesn't sound like much fun.
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Space,the final frontier....these are the voyagers of the less than average album creators(lol!) yes great news for nerds jimmy!! lol! I'm actually hoping that this album turns out good but I'm not holding my breath,especially with the album title and that terrible looking picture of what I hope not to be "Ediide" but album covers don't always tell the picture so we'll have to wait untill we hear it,then if it sucks wich it probably will we can bash it! lol!!
jimmyjames wrote:
The Final Frontier. It could be a concept album about Star Trek, great news for nerds.
[guidogodoy] Thursday, March 04, 2010 3:38:15 PM
HAAAA!! Just be sure that you are not the one in the red shirt!
Yeah the pic looks a bit like the Predator. Have to agree the title The Final Frontier sounds very crap. Songs about Vulcan death grips, beaming down to places and being logical doesn't sound like much fun.
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Space,the final frontier....these are the voyagers of the less than average album creators(lol!) yes great news for nerds jimmy!! lol! I'm actually hoping that this album turns out good but I'm not holding my breath,especially with the album title and that terrible looking picture of what I hope not to be "Ediide" but album covers don't always tell the picture so we'll have to wait untill we hear it,then if it sucks wich it probably will we can bash it! lol!!
jimmyjames wrote:
The Final Frontier. It could be a concept album about Star Trek, great news for nerds.
[jimmyjames] Thursday, March 04, 2010 3:25:26 PM
Yeah the pic looks a bit like the Predator. Have to agree the title The Final Frontier sounds very crap. Songs about Vulcan death grips, beaming down to places and being logical doesn't sound like much fun. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by J.D. DIAMOND from Thursday, March 04, 2010 3:20:48 PM)
J.D. DIAMOND wrote:
Space,the final frontier....these are the voyagers of the less than average album creators(lol!) yes great news for nerds jimmy!! lol! I'm actually hoping that this album turns out good but I'm not holding my breath,especially with the album title and that terrible looking picture of what I hope not to be "Ediide" but album covers don't always tell the picture so we'll have to wait untill we hear it,then if it sucks wich it probably will we can bash it! lol!!
jimmyjames wrote:
The Final Frontier. It could be a concept album about Star Trek, great news for nerds.
[J.D. DIAMOND] Thursday, March 04, 2010 3:20:48 PM
Space,the final frontier....these are the voyagers of the less than average album creators(lol!) yes great news for nerds jimmy!! lol! I'm actually hoping that this album turns out good but I'm not holding my breath,especially with the album title and that terrible looking picture of what I hope not to be "Ediide" but album covers don't always tell the picture so we'll have to wait untill we hear it,then if it sucks wich it probably will we can bash it! lol!! [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by jimmyjames from Thursday, March 04, 2010 3:11:27 PM)
jimmyjames wrote:
The Final Frontier. It could be a concept album about Star Trek, great news for nerds.
[jimmyjames] Thursday, March 04, 2010 3:11:27 PM
The Final Frontier. It could be a concept album about Star Trek, great news for nerds.
[J.D. DIAMOND] Thursday, March 04, 2010 2:17:00 PM
I hope that picture is not "Eddie"? That doesn't even look like Eddie at all,I'm NOT saying that it is but if it is,then thats the worst picture of Eddie I've ever seen! And Steve Harris has said that this new Iron Maiden is the LAST studio album ever by Iron Maiden,I don't believe him but if its actually true then... because why keep putting out less than average albums? [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by Bazookajoe_666 from Thursday, March 04, 2010 12:10:24 PM)
Yes, they still matter, if only to me. I still love to hear them, even if they are doctored up. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by JayDee Jepsen from Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:37:56 PM)
JayDee Jepsen wrote:
March 1, 2010
Judas Priest's "Unleashed in The East" makes the the top 40 list of best live albums of all time as written by Phil Freeman, editor n chief of Metaledge magazine.
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Listeners of Planet Rock radio recently voted for the Top 40 live albums of all time; the results were as follows.
01. THIN LIZZY - Live & Dangerous
02. DEEP PURPLE - Made In Japan
03. UFO - Strangers In The Night
04. THE WHO - Live At Leeds
05. AC/DC - If You Want Blood, You Got It
06. IRON MAIDEN - Live After Death
07. PINK FLOYD - PULSE
08. PETER FRAMPTON - Frampton Comes Alive
09. KISS - Alive
10. GENESIS - Seconds Out
11. STATUS QUO - Live!
12. YES - Yessongs
13. JETHRO TULL - Bursting Out
14. HAWKWIND - Space Ritual
15. CHEAP TRICK - At Budokan
16. WISHBONE ASH - Live Dates (1973)
17. LED ZEPPELIN - The Song Remains the Same
18. QUEEN - Live Killers
19. RUSH - All The World's A Stage
20. RUSH - Exit Stage Left
21. LYNYRD SKYNYRD - One More From The Road
22. MOTÖRHEAD - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
23. HUMBLE PIE - Rockin' The Filmore
24. URIAH HEEP - Live 1973
25. LED ZEPPELIN - How The West Was Won
26. QUEEN - Live at Wembley '86
27. ASIA - Fantasia
28. RORY GALLAGHER - Irish Tour '74
29. WHITESNAKE - Live in the Heart of the City
30. ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - Live at Fillmore East
31. SLADE - Slade Alive
32. METALLICA - S&M
33. THE ROLLING STONES - Get Yer Ya Ya's Out
34. FREE - Live
35. RUSH - Rush In Rio
36. THUNDER - 20 Years And Out: Hammersmith Apollo July 2009
37. RAINBOW - On Stage
38. "Woodstock" soundtrack
39. DAVID GILMOUR - Live in Gdansk 40. JUDAS PRIEST - Unleashed In The East
There's a lot that can be said about these results - like, "wow, Rush fans are friggin' nuts" and "where's Ted Nugent's Double Live Gonzo?" and "Asia? Really? Asia?!?" - but the real point is that other than David Gilmour's Live in Gdansk, Rush's Rush in Rio, Metallica's S&M and the Thunder disc, all of these albums are from the '70s or '80s. Which makes me question whether the live album has any value in the 21st Century.
There was a time when live albums served a clear purpose. They showed that bands could reproduce their songs live, which was somewhat important in the case of prog-rock groups like Genesis and Yes, with their lavish arrangements and super-deluxe production. Heavy blues and hard rock bands like Free, Humble Pie or Status Quo, whose songs were more bare-bones and basic, didn't really need to prove their case on that score, so their live albums became a showcase for extended jamming and solos. Live albums were also great if you lived in a town that never got bands coming through. New Yorkers and Californians didn't need 'em, but if you lived in rural Nebraska, If You Want Blood You Got It was as close as you were probably gonna get to seeing AC/DC.
But...but...now we have the Internet. And cell phone cameras. And YouTube. Pretty much every gig a band plays is uploaded online, in whole or in part. Some bands, Metallica most notably, record every concert and put them online in CD quality for purchase - not only can you own a Metallica live album, you can own the exact show you were at, if you choose. (Supposedly, Metallica are working with Greg Fidelmann, who engineered Death Magnetic, on an "official" live album. The question is, why? If all their concerts from the World Magnetic Tour are already available, couldn't fans just make their own? Maybe we're expected to pay for the effort the bandmembers and Fidelmann have put in, listening to version after version of "Broken, Beat & Scarred" and "That Was Just Your Life" to pull the best ones.)
Of course, there's also the idea, worth pondering, that there are very few bands big enough to "deserve" a live album these days. Half the point is to hear the roar of a sold-out stadium crowd behind the band, and which bands are still playing stadiums or even arenas? Judas Priest's recent A Touch of Evil - Live and Iron Maiden's Flight 666 were like relics left behind by old gods, bands taking victory laps knowing that nobody's coming up behind them. Similarly, Slipknot's 9.0: Live, released before their somewhat disappointing fourth studio album All Hope is Gone, felt like a combination of contract-filler and something they had to do to prove themselves more than just music for pissed-off kids at the mall, like a live album was something "real" bands did.
What do you think? Is the era of the live album over?
Edited at: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:42:08 PM
[guidogodoy] Tuesday, March 02, 2010 2:06:33 PM
Bleah! Kill me now!
Hawkwind? Wishbone Ash? ASIA?!? Erm, yeah. Must have been the Heat of the Moment. Cartman or Asia. THAT is the true vote!
Judas Priest's "Unleashed in The East" makes the the top 40 list of best live albums of all time as written by Phil Freeman, editor n chief of Metaledge magazine.
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Listeners of Planet Rock radio recently voted for the Top 40 live albums of all time; the results were as follows.
01. THIN LIZZY - Live & Dangerous
02. DEEP PURPLE - Made In Japan
03. UFO - Strangers In The Night
04. THE WHO - Live At Leeds
05. AC/DC - If You Want Blood, You Got It
06. IRON MAIDEN - Live After Death
07. PINK FLOYD - PULSE
08. PETER FRAMPTON - Frampton Comes Alive
09. KISS - Alive
10. GENESIS - Seconds Out
11. STATUS QUO - Live!
12. YES - Yessongs
13. JETHRO TULL - Bursting Out
14. HAWKWIND - Space Ritual
15. CHEAP TRICK - At Budokan
16. WISHBONE ASH - Live Dates (1973)
17. LED ZEPPELIN - The Song Remains the Same
18. QUEEN - Live Killers
19. RUSH - All The World's A Stage
20. RUSH - Exit Stage Left
21. LYNYRD SKYNYRD - One More From The Road
22. MOTÖRHEAD - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
23. HUMBLE PIE - Rockin' The Filmore
24. URIAH HEEP - Live 1973
25. LED ZEPPELIN - How The West Was Won
26. QUEEN - Live at Wembley '86
27. ASIA - Fantasia
28. RORY GALLAGHER - Irish Tour '74
29. WHITESNAKE - Live in the Heart of the City
30. ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - Live at Fillmore East
31. SLADE - Slade Alive
32. METALLICA - S&M
33. THE ROLLING STONES - Get Yer Ya Ya's Out
34. FREE - Live
35. RUSH - Rush In Rio
36. THUNDER - 20 Years And Out: Hammersmith Apollo July 2009
37. RAINBOW - On Stage
38. "Woodstock" soundtrack
39. DAVID GILMOUR - Live in Gdansk 40. JUDAS PRIEST - Unleashed In The East
There's a lot that can be said about these results - like, "wow, Rush fans are friggin' nuts" and "where's Ted Nugent's Double Live Gonzo?" and "Asia? Really? Asia?!?" - but the real point is that other than David Gilmour's Live in Gdansk, Rush's Rush in Rio, Metallica's S&M and the Thunder disc, all of these albums are from the '70s or '80s. Which makes me question whether the live album has any value in the 21st Century.
There was a time when live albums served a clear purpose. They showed that bands could reproduce their songs live, which was somewhat important in the case of prog-rock groups like Genesis and Yes, with their lavish arrangements and super-deluxe production. Heavy blues and hard rock bands like Free, Humble Pie or Status Quo, whose songs were more bare-bones and basic, didn't really need to prove their case on that score, so their live albums became a showcase for extended jamming and solos. Live albums were also great if you lived in a town that never got bands coming through. New Yorkers and Californians didn't need 'em, but if you lived in rural Nebraska, If You Want Blood You Got It was as close as you were probably gonna get to seeing AC/DC.
But...but...now we have the Internet. And cell phone cameras. And YouTube. Pretty much every gig a band plays is uploaded online, in whole or in part. Some bands, Metallica most notably, record every concert and put them online in CD quality for purchase - not only can you own a Metallica live album, you can own the exact show you were at, if you choose. (Supposedly, Metallica are working with Greg Fidelmann, who engineered Death Magnetic, on an "official" live album. The question is, why? If all their concerts from the World Magnetic Tour are already available, couldn't fans just make their own? Maybe we're expected to pay for the effort the bandmembers and Fidelmann have put in, listening to version after version of "Broken, Beat & Scarred" and "That Was Just Your Life" to pull the best ones.)
Of course, there's also the idea, worth pondering, that there are very few bands big enough to "deserve" a live album these days. Half the point is to hear the roar of a sold-out stadium crowd behind the band, and which bands are still playing stadiums or even arenas? Judas Priest's recent A Touch of Evil - Live and Iron Maiden's Flight 666 were like relics left behind by old gods, bands taking victory laps knowing that nobody's coming up behind them. Similarly, Slipknot's 9.0: Live, released before their somewhat disappointing fourth studio album All Hope is Gone, felt like a combination of contract-filler and something they had to do to prove themselves more than just music for pissed-off kids at the mall, like a live album was something "real" bands did.
What do you think? Is the era of the live album over?
Edited at: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:42:08 PM
Edited at: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 2:08:26 PM
[JayDee Jepsen] Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:37:56 PM
March 1, 2010
Judas Priest's "Unleashed in The East" makes the the top 40 list of best live albums of all time as written by Phil Freeman, editor n chief of Metaledge magazine.
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Listeners of Planet Rock radio recently voted for the Top 40 live albums of all time; the results were as follows.
01. THIN LIZZY - Live & Dangerous
02. DEEP PURPLE - Made In Japan
03. UFO - Strangers In The Night
04. THE WHO - Live At Leeds
05. AC/DC - If You Want Blood, You Got It
06. IRON MAIDEN - Live After Death
07. PINK FLOYD - PULSE
08. PETER FRAMPTON - Frampton Comes Alive
09. KISS - Alive
10. GENESIS - Seconds Out
11. STATUS QUO - Live!
12. YES - Yessongs
13. JETHRO TULL - Bursting Out
14. HAWKWIND - Space Ritual
15. CHEAP TRICK - At Budokan
16. WISHBONE ASH - Live Dates (1973)
17. LED ZEPPELIN - The Song Remains the Same
18. QUEEN - Live Killers
19. RUSH - All The World's A Stage
20. RUSH - Exit Stage Left
21. LYNYRD SKYNYRD - One More From The Road
22. MOTÖRHEAD - No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith
23. HUMBLE PIE - Rockin' The Filmore
24. URIAH HEEP - Live 1973
25. LED ZEPPELIN - How The West Was Won
26. QUEEN - Live at Wembley '86
27. ASIA - Fantasia
28. RORY GALLAGHER - Irish Tour '74
29. WHITESNAKE - Live in the Heart of the City
30. ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND - Live at Fillmore East
31. SLADE - Slade Alive
32. METALLICA - S&M
33. THE ROLLING STONES - Get Yer Ya Ya's Out
34. FREE - Live
35. RUSH - Rush In Rio
36. THUNDER - 20 Years And Out: Hammersmith Apollo July 2009
37. RAINBOW - On Stage
38. "Woodstock" soundtrack
39. DAVID GILMOUR - Live in Gdansk 40. JUDAS PRIEST - Unleashed In The East
There's a lot that can be said about these results - like, "wow, Rush fans are friggin' nuts" and "where's Ted Nugent's Double Live Gonzo?" and "Asia? Really? Asia?!?" - but the real point is that other than David Gilmour's Live in Gdansk, Rush's Rush in Rio, Metallica's S&M and the Thunder disc, all of these albums are from the '70s or '80s. Which makes me question whether the live album has any value in the 21st Century.
There was a time when live albums served a clear purpose. They showed that bands could reproduce their songs live, which was somewhat important in the case of prog-rock groups like Genesis and Yes, with their lavish arrangements and super-deluxe production. Heavy blues and hard rock bands like Free, Humble Pie or Status Quo, whose songs were more bare-bones and basic, didn't really need to prove their case on that score, so their live albums became a showcase for extended jamming and solos. Live albums were also great if you lived in a town that never got bands coming through. New Yorkers and Californians didn't need 'em, but if you lived in rural Nebraska, If You Want Blood You Got It was as close as you were probably gonna get to seeing AC/DC.
But...but...now we have the Internet. And cell phone cameras. And YouTube. Pretty much every gig a band plays is uploaded online, in whole or in part. Some bands, Metallica most notably, record every concert and put them online in CD quality for purchase - not only can you own a Metallica live album, you can own the exact show you were at, if you choose. (Supposedly, Metallica are working with Greg Fidelmann, who engineered Death Magnetic, on an "official" live album. The question is, why? If all their concerts from the World Magnetic Tour are already available, couldn't fans just make their own? Maybe we're expected to pay for the effort the bandmembers and Fidelmann have put in, listening to version after version of "Broken, Beat & Scarred" and "That Was Just Your Life" to pull the best ones.)
Of course, there's also the idea, worth pondering, that there are very few bands big enough to "deserve" a live album these days. Half the point is to hear the roar of a sold-out stadium crowd behind the band, and which bands are still playing stadiums or even arenas? Judas Priest's recent A Touch of Evil - Live and Iron Maiden's Flight 666 were like relics left behind by old gods, bands taking victory laps knowing that nobody's coming up behind them. Similarly, Slipknot's 9.0: Live, released before their somewhat disappointing fourth studio album All Hope is Gone, felt like a combination of contract-filler and something they had to do to prove themselves more than just music for pissed-off kids at the mall, like a live album was something "real" bands did.
What do you think? Is the era of the live album over?
Hopefully it's a better album than the title promises.
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Listeners of Planet Rock radio recently voted for the Top 40 live albums of all time; the results were as follows.