An Experiment: if The Flood and the Mercy was by Live Options

[LiveFan92]

Over the Easter weekend, I saw some old friends that I used to listen to Live with in high school when we were growing up in the York area. They hadn't really liked anything after V, although they still bought each album and listened a few times with hope, etc. They hadn't even really heard the band had broken up.

So I invited them over to my place to listen to "something cool" and I played The Flood and the Mercy for them. I didn't say it was Live or just Ed, but I could tell they hadn't heard any of it before.

The general reaction was: "Wow, Live is really getting back to good form! If they keep this up, the next album could be amazing."

And then I had to tell them it was just Ed, etc, and explain about the new Live with a new lead singer, etc.

But they really got me thinking... if The Flood and the Mercy had been put out by Live after The Distance to Here or maybe V, how would it have been received?

Any thoughts on that?

[Voodoo Lady]

No. "V" is my least favorite Live album, but at least I am able to give it a complete spin. I couldn't even make it through "The Flood (of garbage)." I shut it off on "Seven"--Couldn't believe that song was penned by the same man who once gave me "White Discussion" and "Lakini's Juice."

The only way we will get a well received Live album is when Ed rejoins and they rock our faces off with material comparable to the good ole days. Don't say they will never get back together. If DLR rejoined Van Halen, anything is possible!

[Costakoui]

No. "V" is my least favorite Live album, but at least I am able to give it a complete spin. I couldn't even make it through "The Flood (of garbage)." I shut it off on "Seven"--Couldn't believe that song was penned by the same man who once gave me "White Discussion" and "Lakini's Juice."

The only way we will get a well received Live album is when Ed rejoins and they rock our faces off with material comparable to the good ole days. Don't say they will never get back together. If DLR rejoined Van Halen, anything is possible!

Due to the release of TWAIT i listened to many Live songs form the 1990s and 2000s again as well as Ed’s stuff. I definitely prefer the 1990s Live but if this is not possible i want the Chris Shinn Live – i am sorry but V, SFBM, most of BoP and Ed’s stuff including The Flood and the Mercy are generic forgettable poppy rock. It is also hard for me to believe that Ed did Iris and The River or Seven. It is schizophrenic to say the list. So let Ed do his staff and be happy and the new Live rock us with some new songs.