What to expect from +Live+..., now that Ed is back Options

[throwing_cheetahs]

I think the first thing might be SS related, but i'm up for anything as i'm sure most fans are. Have at it, what do you think!?

TC

This post has been edited by throwing_cheetahs: Oct 26 2016, 1:57 am

[Liveman94]

Maybe this is a bump back on topic...

I re-watched some tracks from Paradiso recently and it struck me hard and Cold to notice how choppy the editing was of that DVD - in fact the quick cuts alone made it almost unpleasant to watch...but worse I noticed for the first time how all of the edits and footage seemed designed to place Ed at the front and centre of everything.

Don't take this the wrong way; I'm not trying to start a war. Re-watch it for yourself and u will notice too that it's 90% Ed and few steady long band shots - ive been to liVe concerts and Ed shows and I KNOW they are a good enough band to nail DVD quality takes of songs without them having to be chopped up and edited into a whole.

So it got me thinking as to why this was the case...I looked at the cover and remembered CT complaints about ed being only one in colour and it dawned on me...it was choppily edited and poorly framed intentionally to keep Ed at the front - it was Ed Kowalczyk Live at the Paradiso with LiVe.

Not at all LIVE at the Paradiso.

So what do I expect from LiVe now and into the future?

I hope that the ego is left at the door and Ed realizes once and for all that it's not about Him.

The songs, the band, the fans are bigger than the words he wrote and chords he strummed - it's about US not just Ed.

We deserve him to sing those songs for US the fans to lift us up and bring us together - LiVe are one of the few remaining Bands on the PLANET who are capable of doing this. U2 in their day, Springsteen and others who see their job not as 2 hours of music but as a communal, a gathering, a rising. A moment out of time where people can forget all of the fucked up bullshit that's going on around the world and soar with the music regardless of whether they have money or are of a certain race or set of beliefs.

If Ed and CT and the guys realize that this is it for them - their last stop before a nostalgia act and they are dead serious about making real music again. Then this is what I expect from LiVe..

I expect Ed to go out with His brothers and shred his voice every night like the boss, I expect him to reach deep within himself and find the guts to admit he wouldn't be nothing but an old bald drunk from York if it wasn't for the fans and the music and repay each and every one of us with the performances and passion we deserve.

Run to the water, lightning crashes, heaven, tsufl, lakini, O S, wings, S T D, etc....

These songs are bigger than LiVe and if the band delivers them to us in the way we deserve and the way the songs deserve.

We will give them the best fucking shows they can imagine.

Those fans at Paradiso got ripped off - it was a bullshit wankfest for Ed and his projected high voice. And they still sung every word and made it magic - the fans - not the band.

If the same show happens again and my favorite band LiVe shows up and really plays - REALLY - plays like they mean it. None of us will care if they ever sell a record again - they'll be doing what they were meant to do. Lift people up and bring them together by the power of their music.

I don't think I'm expecting too much...