Should Live Call It Quits?, Is it time? Options

[Hoodstock]

I am a huge Live fan. I have enjoyed every CD (except V, which I can't even listen to except for Simple Creed) but I'm finding that the band has lost originality. I tried making a CD of my favorite songs recently and had trouble placing songs in order since every song is about love or includes water in it in some way. I miss the fun songs like Waitress and Shit Towne, they are lacking from newer live CD's. Instead we get songs that include earth elements, are about love over and over again, and sorry attempts to protest the war in some way. I would appreciate a new live CD that did not include songs about love, and had nothing to do with water (streams, rivers, ect.) or the sun, and did not mention the war (those songs especially never even seem to be very good at all) (p.s. I am not stating this as any type of comment on the war). Unless Ed can come up with lyrics on original topics that are radio worthy in the U.S., or that make me want to turn up Live and rock my speakers again , maybe live should hang up their hat and do greatest hits tours ever so often.

The newer Live seems stale and old before I even replay the CD.

[edstipe]

I blame Live's decline on the Europeans. Every time they go to Holland or Denmark they sell out tickets in seconds and have masses of rabid fans come to their shows. The band therefore regains their belief that they are making great music, and decides to stick with the formula since it is working so well for them. What we are left with is V, BoP, and SFBM.

LIVE just needs a wake up call. They need to start playing to half-full clubs in Amsterdam and half-hearted crowds everywhere. They need something to get angry and/or passionate about (anything except a hurricane, typhoon, or other water-based topic will do). They need to stop making babies and start making powerful riffs and meaningful lyrics. Ed needs to start reading Henry Miller and Jiddu Krishamurti again. The whole band needs to get testicle re-attachment surgery. And, as a final step, the entire band needs to be locked inside a room together and forced to listen to SFBM on repeat for a full 24 hours.

When this happens, great music will pour out of their souls, or else we might as well all lose hope.

[sherocker]

I blame Live's decline on the Europeans. Every time they go to Holland or Denmark they sell out tickets in seconds and have masses of rabid fans come to their shows. The band therefore regains their belief that they are making great music, and decides to stick with the formula since it is working so well for them. What we are left with is V, BoP, and SFBM.

that's just............BULL!! in Holland we think the same as many of u American fans doabout their latest material, the only difference is that we are (maybe) more devoted ? i also detest the phrase 'rabid fans' a wee bit....

This post has been edited by sherocker: Sep 11 2006, 12:16 pm

[edstipe]

that's just............BULL!! in Holland we think the same as many of u American fans doabout their latest material, the only difference is that we are (maybe) more devoted ? i also detest the phrase 'rabid fans' a wee bit....

I can't tell from your response, but I do hope you understand that my entire post was said with complete sarcasm. To honestly blame LIVE's recent, eh, slippage, on Europeans would be pretty silly.