what would have made V better? Options

[fearisnottheend]

Hey ya'll! I'm new to the board but i'm not a new fan. I've been hooked since 95. I saw them for the first time in Birmingham, Alabama in 97. I've seen them 9 times total. I used to post on the subculture of dreams message board. I was so excited when i found out about this board.


My least favorite LIVE album is V. I really feel like there are alot of good things about the album mixed in with a few things that just didn't work for me.

If i could change some things about V, i would start with taking out the keyboards and samples. No offense to Railo but i just didn't like it. It worked on TDTH but not on V (in my opinion).

I would completely remove Deep Enough, FMNBLE, and Ok. Just don't care for them at all. Also, Overcome wouldn't be on it either but more on that in a minute.

I would take out all the rap on the album. All the "puppy scruff", "write a song so good it make a midget grow", "bowh bowh everybody in the hotel", all that stuff. Ed is a great songwriter and frontman. He can and has done MUCH better than that.

Overcome would have the whole band on it instead of the piano and orchestra stuff. I heard a clip of LIVE doing this song at a Tibet House function years back. It was "haunting". Totally different sound from what they put out. I would have put it on TDTH. I met Ed a few years back after a show on the TDTH tour. I asked about Overcome and he said they were saving it for the next album. Wish they wouldn't have.

Anyways, I think V has some GREAT guitar riffs. It could have been a really strong album. I listen to it and try to ignore the lyrics.

What do ya'll think?

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[fearisnottheend]

Yeah, i totally agree that the lyrics on V overall are not completely "rap" but there is too much on there for my taste.

I guess its just the overall message of the lyrics. Songs like Deep Enough and Transmit seem somehow average lyrically to most of live's other songs.

How much time did he put in to the lyric "with LIVE its game 7 every single night" ? There are tons of examples like that on the album.

That being said, its fun to crank the speakers and listen to the riffs on most of the songs.
I absolutely love the part in Transmit where Chad goes off when Ed is singing "Tell your leaders love is in town". Unbelievable.

Thanks for the responses.