Article From Many Moons Ago.., Them's fighting words! Options

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Hope this link works It may have been posted before - I'm new here

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/02.../live-9709.html

LOVE Secret Samadhi! One of my favourite albums. So this pissed me off.

[dangum]

That article is brutal! Secret Samadhi wasn't well received upon release, even fans of Live questioned the lyrics and sound. What did you think of the album when you first heard it?

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That article is brutal! Secret Samadhi wasn't well received upon release, even fans of Live questioned the lyrics and sound. What did you think of the album when you first heard it?

OK to be honest and I confess I am a new LIVE fanatic. I mean LIVE has always been there in the background, however after watching their performance at Woodstock 99 a little while ago, I was hooked and have become a hardcore LIVE fan only in the last 6 months! I mean, where the F*!K have I been?!! and why didn't somebody throw MJ or TC at me back in the day and say "you need to listen to this!!" I was in reality probably too busy having a family and listening to Matchbox 20 So I've bought all the albums and googled every concert/film clip/interview there is and to be honest my obsession is now bordering unhealthy.. ..midlife crisis??

In regard to Secret Samadhi, I initially didn't like it. It was very different and dark. But as a loyal LIVE fan, I needed to give it a chance and I'm so glad I persevered. Yeah some of the lyrics are a bit out there (special thanks to the gardener in Jamaica) but the music is brilliant! Every song on that album is a favourite of mine. I can listen to it over and over again and not tire of it. Secret Samadhi is up there with Throwing Copper in my opinion. Big call hey.

Yeah the article was very brutal and over the top.