Yay! A List! This, my darlings, is my top 5 Live Records list. In some sort of particular order, though, who knows, maybe it's in random order. I can't figure that out myself.
5)Pink Floyd - Ummagumma (Disc 1) - This record is a great representation of early Floyd, but with a lineup sans Syd Barrett. Though the second disc is studio material, I'm choosing to take Disc 1 and count it as a seperate entity. A Saucerful of Secrets is an especially great track to wrap it all up.
4)The Doors - In Concert - This record is actually a compilation of other live records, (such as Absolutely Live and Live at the Hollywood Bowl) but I'm doing the opposite of the Ummagumma thing, and including more than I should. See how that works. I spit in the face of rules. Songs like Celebration of the Lizard and Gloria, which are not included in any studio album, really enhance the experience overall. Not to be skipped over is Jim Morrison's incessant banter with the crowds and house announcers.
3)Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds - Live at Luther College - This is a 2 disc collection of Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds songs pre-Before These Crowded Streets. Acoustic versions of Two Step, Halloween, Stream, and Seek Up are especially good. More witty banter with the crowd, which I think should be something some live albums should have. Otherwise, how do we know it's really live? Conspiracy? Have you been watching the Pink Panther lately?
2)Blues Traveler - Live From the Fall - Maybe my favorite, maybe not. It's really a toss up between this, and the other #1. Closing Down the Park and Alone are two of my favorite live performances of all time. Some more great banter (seeing a trend here?), and absolutely great live jam band shenaniganry. The echoing harmonica on Closing Down the Park is a John Popper tradition, and I gotta say, there's really no other sound quite like it.
1)Rush - Exit...Stage Left - All right everyone, you know I had to have a Rush record on here, and why not put it at #1? This tour was in support of their Moving Pictures record, which was a kind of climax of that stage of their music. YYZ is impeccable, and if you're lucky enough to have it on vinyl, or have the remastered 1997 version, you'll get to hear a wonderful rendering of Passage to Bangkok. Wicked awesome version of La Villa Strangiato as well.
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C'mon baby, light my fire.
I've been sittin here in the cold
For oh so long.
What's taking you?
Light the damn fire!
Rush and Dave Mathews come on Man, We ain't playing horseshoes.
what, pray tell, about rush and dave matthews is just close, but not good enough?
I might be wrong, but shouldn't you include Radiohead's live album?
Good words.
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