Favorite song from live Rock albums?

Submitted by Ashgeauxbleaux on August 12th, 2022 at 2:32 PM

Talking lead singers got me to thinking about some of my favorite songs from live albums,

Live Bullet-I always crank up Heavy Music and of course Nutbush City Limits.

J.Geils-From live Full House Hard Drivin Man and Whammer Jammer

J.Geils-Blow Your Face Out,I musta got lost

Journey-Lovin touchin squeezin “I’m talking to you Deetroit 

St Joe Blues

August 12th, 2022 at 3:20 PM ^

There's seems to be a need to get in all the OT threads before OT ends. Maybe I should start an OT thread asking what people want to see as OT threads:

  • Olivia Newton-John just died. Who was your teenage celebrity crush?
  • No politics, but who are you voting for this fall?
  • What's the best car and why?
  • Justin Feagin
  • What caused you to hate Staee so much?
  • Jinxes: How valid are they?
  • Which celeb would you rather see Chris Evans date, Kim Kardashian or Brittney Spears and why?
  • Which games on this season's schedule should be night games?
  • What's your favorite Keith Jackson moment and what game this season do you predict will provide the next one?
  • What's your favorite vegetable? Raw or cooked?
  • Cake or pie?

That should be enough to get us started.

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TXWolverine44

August 12th, 2022 at 2:41 PM ^

I always loved the Live on St. Patrick's Day from the Dropkick Murphys. Recorded in Boston (of course) and you could just hear the energy of the crowd through it.

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GPCharles

August 12th, 2022 at 2:58 PM ^

I have always been a big fan of The Who's Live at Leeds album from 1970.  The raw power of their live performance is incredible.  In the last few years they released the entire performance and the additional songs are great too.

Favorite song?  Either My Generation or Magic Bus.

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DonAZ

August 12th, 2022 at 3:24 PM ^

I'm a huge fan of John Entwistle on bass.  On the song Substitute, he provided a great deal of what you hear, as Pete Townshend's guitar is a relatively simple pattern.  When live, Entwistle would often take the lead role while Townshend bashed out rhythm.

Here's a video by a guy doing a cover of Entwistle's bass on Live at Leeds.  It's a really good cover.  Watch and listen to what he's doing to propel the song. 

https://youtu.be/BJalqeGxomc

I attended a Who concert in the Pontiac Silverdome back in 1982.  I had binoculars, and I watched Entwistle's hands.  They were a blur, both of them.

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mgoblue78

August 12th, 2022 at 8:20 PM ^

I was privileged to see The Who at The Oxford Theatre in Spring 1974. Tickets were offered two days before the show for an unnamed act...word got out quickly that it was The Who, a dress rehearsal for their upcoming tour. We snatched up dozens of tickets for our housemates and classmates. Stunning show...a stadium sized concert in a bandbox hall, and Keith was still alive. Unforgettable.

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DonAZ

August 13th, 2022 at 6:16 AM ^

The one from your list that should be most prominent is James Jamerson.  I'd bet every one of the others on the list would cite Jamerson as being an influence, including Entwistle. 

For those not familiar, Jamerson was the bassist for the studio musicians on the Motown songs of the 1960s and early 1970s.  The documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown had people recalling those days, and saying that Jamerson was a genius.  He brought, from his jazz background, a fluid, melodic approach to bass to rock music, which others heard and emulated.  Paul McCartney, in particular, picked up Jamerson's style, and you can hear it on most of the Beatles songs.

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MGoGrendel

August 12th, 2022 at 3:01 PM ^

I have one Spotify playlist called "In Concert" with 47+ hours of live music, sorted alphabetically by the artist.  Depending what I'm in the mood for, I scroll down and listen to a dozen songs from that band.  Dave Mathews has gotten a lot of attention lately. 

I have another playlist called "Five Nights" that has the top song or couple of songs from individual bands.  It's roughly sorted into five 2 hour segments for British bands, Southern Rock, etc. 

My top live songs really depend on what kind of day I had and what's in the glass.

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Robbie Moore

August 12th, 2022 at 3:28 PM ^

"Green Grass and High Tides - Outlaws - Live"

The Outlaws! Great live act.

Also, in response to the OP...J. Geils Lookin' for a Love from the Full House album. Recorded at the Cinderella Ballroom in Detroit in April 1972. Had a friend who wanted me to go with him but I had "other things to do." That decision has been a regret ever since. Whoever the girl was who was the other thing to do...well...she was not memorable at all.

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Eleven Year Wo…

August 12th, 2022 at 3:20 PM ^

Grateful Dead--kind of cheating here as The Dead are almost always better live.

St. Stephen > Not Fade Away > St. Stephen > Morning Dew from 5/8/77  (Widely bootlegged but released as official live 5 lp set as Cornell 5/8/77,

 

Also Jack Straw from Europe 72.

Hüsker Dü

Don't wanna know if you are lonely and The Girl Who Lives on Heaven Hill from The Living End.

U2

40 from Under a Blood Red Sky

 

(also +1 for the above Musta Got Lost from J.Geils Band.)

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M Ascending

August 13th, 2022 at 7:21 PM ^

Thank you.  Europe '72 was an astonishing album.  Every cut a classic.   My faves: Brown Eyed Women, He's Gone, Rambling Rose,  and Tennessee Jed.  But I could keep going.

  I  grew up with the Dead. Saw both their concerts at Hill in '72, with the New Riders opening for them. Went to more than a dozen Dead shows in the '70s.  I miss Jerry so much.

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