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[sh4rpz]

Just wanted to add something sort of 'on topic' ... I was buying some cds over on amazon.com and I came across someone selling something I was interested in - looking at their profile, I noticed they had purchased 'V' on amazon - so I clicked the CD cover, which of course took me to the item etc.

I then noticed the comments made about the album - something I hadn't read at the time. I just glanced over a few of them, especially the many positive ones from circa Sep 2001 and early 2002. I then found these 2 consecutive posts, which I found really interesting for different reasons...

Reviewing the new Live album. 20 Sep, 2001
Another one from live as the musical world, waits?....no, anticipates?...no, no, how about DOESNT EVEN NOTICE
The album has been out for 2 days now, and I get the first review, well hear it goes ---> When is someone going to put Ed Kowalczyk out of our misery. Its enough already, stop waisting the recording space. You want a review for real? It sounds like nothing.
By the way, who really wrote Throwing Copper?

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I can't believe live put this alblum out 20 Sep, 2001
Normally I have nothing but praise for live. I own all there cd's and have never been dissapointed with any of their music. I even like Secret Samadhi, which I know a lot of fans dislike. There are maybe three songs that I like on this disc. simple creed, deep enough and call me a fool are quite good, which is the reason I gave it even two stars. The rest of the songs sound forced, overproduced. The emotion dosen't ring true in these songs as it does on all their previous alblums. I don't want another Throwing Copper, I just want an alblum that has consistently good tunes.

Just wondering if many or any of you might have commented on amazon, and what your initial 1st listens felt like. I'll be honest - I quite liked 'Simple Creed' when I 1st heard it - but once I bought V, I got bored of it very very quickly.

Would like to hear your thoughts...if any

[sh4rpz]

by the by: for those interested, here's the link to the product page on amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/V-Live/dp/B00005NZKG..._mus_ep_dpi_lnk

comments are a bit further down the page.

Edit: for those not so interested, here's the amazon review:

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
When Live debuted in the mainstream in 1991, the band's earnest alt-rock effort Mental Jewelry balanced high-strung emotions with aggressive guitar work. On the band's fifth album, V, the earnestness has completely disappeared. Everything about this record feels forced and overproduced. Electronic beeps and loops swirl through songs like a U2 record gone bad. Guitar solos squeal in overarching metal-band style, and front man Ed Kowalczyk's vocals are so overdramatically pained, you can almost feel the veins popping off his neck for the most mundane subject matter. Even the band's use of Eastern influences feels slapped on, as in the intro to the nu-metal disaster "Like a Soldier." The guest appearance by Tricky--a partnership that only Kowalczyk's appearance on the last Tricky album can match in oddity--feels like nothing but a gimmick. What started out as a college rock act has sadly become just another attempt at grandiose sound with invisible substance. --Jennifer Maerz

This post has been edited by sh4rpz: Jul 16 2010, 5:29 pm