It’s not quite the same but I like Daft Punk’s Alive 2007 as a mash up of their two albums. Nightwish’s Ghost Love Score and Green Day’s Jesus of Suburbia.
Portishead (Roseland NYC) and Wax Tailor (Phonovisions)
Roger Waters - The Wall
Led Zeppelin - How the West Was Won
I’d heard many times from people who were old enough to see them live that it was a completely unique experience, describing how the band fed off the energy of the crowd.
Didn’t fully comprehend the magnitude of that truth until I heard that live album. I’ve heard other live albums from other artists where it was performed roughly the same as the studio version with the further addition of a cheering crowd. This was a completely different animal.
How The West Was Won really showcased how malleable a work is in the hands of truly talented artists.
This album was a game changer/lifesaver for this band. Had it not been for the success of the live version of “Rock & Roll All Night”, they may have never been as much a draw as they were/are? I dunno either but “ KISS Alive” brought the goods of three previous studio albums into a masterpiece of technical significance. Live recordings with studio overdubs. It was great & we loved it. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive!_(Kiss_album)
Clavicle (Live acoustic in London) 05/11/2005 - Alkaline Trio
I first heard this version around 2008 and it would pop up in my head over the years. My high school best friend and I moved into our first apartment together and we both love this band. Early youtube days meant that we found a lot of live shows to listen to until we got cable. I couldn’t find it for so long and thought it was lost media, only to exist in our heads, for years. I finally found the whole show 2 months ago and sent him the links. We’ve been listening to it on repeat ever since.
John Farnham was incredible live, but a special shout out for his version of Help, the one with the orchestra backing (edit: Melbourne Symphony).
For me he’s up there with the best male vocalists ever, Help was the last song after 3 hours or so on stage and you can tell he’s loving every moment as much as the crowd are. The album version is excellent but the live one…
Josh Ritter’s Kathleen performance from Live at the Iveagh Gardens has far and away subsumed the studio version for me. The original track is fine, I guess, but there’s some kind of alchemy in that live performance that takes it from a kinda sleepy singer/songwriter ballad to a roots rock revival jam. Or something like that. Idk, I’m certainly no music critic, but I know which version I prefer.
chris de burgh - high on emotion live is better than the studio
Alice in Chains MTV acoustic album
A lot of the Unplugged concerts are so much better, IMO
Ohhh, excellent example. That album is fantastic.
Oooohhh Layne had such a beautiful haunting voice. I still remember the first time I listened to Jar of flies, I just stood still taking in this new sound and the lyrics were so depressing and obscure and… man! I feel 16 again just typing this up. I brcame an instant fan and would have loved to see them live.
Rush-dreamline: studio version is so weak. Live has epic energy
Cheap trick-want you to want me : there is a reason you never hear the studio version. Its terrible.
Tool’s Third Eye hits differently when live for me.
Iggy Pop’s live version of I Wanna Be Your Dog from the Crow: City of Angels Soundtrack. It’s noisy and raw, sounds great.
This version is just superior.
Man idk what I was doing before I started listening to Idles last year. So fucking good
Yeah! IDLES and Viagra boys are saving me the last few months.
Add Tropical Fuck Storm to the list
Reel Big Fish’s “Our Live Album is Better Than Your Live Album” is a masterpiece of ska
I saw them live 7-8 years ago in Dallas, awesome show! Went to the bar run by the same concert venue afterwards, they were in there hanging out! I got to take photo with them and everything, loved it!
Love this album, and I still sometimes jokingly shout “shut up! I’m trying to be funny” at my friends if they interrupt me. The songs are amazing but the crowd interaction is just as memorable for me
I think Rage Against the Machine should’ve just avoided the studio altogether. They were so good live. Killing in the Name is great.
Haven’t seems Muse since Black Holes, but they were also very good live.
