I just fell in love with Ed again..... Options

[Kymra]

So, here I am at work in the middle of the night. I am bored stiff, so I decided to do some searching at YouTube. I just watched 2 videos (thank you Omahaangel!!) and my love for Ed and the whole band just came back 10 fold. Of course, the love for Ed is the 'forbidden' variety

I watched Lakini's Juice from the '97 tour in DC and a cool one of them recording the 'Walk the Line' cover that has a quick interview. See it here -Cool Walk the Line Cover

I just really miss that exuberance, the passion that they used to perform with. Well, I guess it's really Ed I'm talking about here. The rest of the boys still play with a lot of heart. But remember when Ed was just SO out there and into the music he looked like he was in a trance?

Now I'm in a trance

Just thought I'd share

This post has been edited by Kymra: Oct 2 2006, 12:15 am

[FishOutaWater]

So, here I am at work in the middle of the night. I am bored stiff, so I decided to do some searching at YouTube. I just watched 2 videos (thank you Omahaangel!!) and my love for Ed and the whole band just came back 10 fold. Of course, the love for Ed is the 'forbidden' variety

I watched Lakini's Juice from the '97 tour in DC and a cool one of them recording the 'Walk the Line' cover that has a quick interview. See it here -Cool Walk the Line Cover

I just really miss that exuberance, the passion that they used to perform with. Well, I guess it's really Ed I'm talking about here. The rest of the boys still play with a lot of heart. But remember when Ed was just SO out there and into the music he looked like he was in a trance?

Now I'm in a trance

Just thought I'd share

Kymra,

That is so great!

Thank you so much for tipping me off to the presence of old live concert footage on youtube. I don't know why, but I never thought to look for that and HOLY CRAP, that stuff on there is a freaking gold mine. I just watched them play Negation in a little club when the band looked all of about 20 years old and those performances of Mirror Song and Pain Lies on the Dennis Miller show are absolute magic! So young and so full of passion and angst and rebellion. The way that Ed changed up the lyrics to Mirror Song was very insightful into the lyrics. Pat could really work that bass on so many of those early clips! And I love the early Chad Gracey drums! I could sit and watch that all day. I don't care what anybody around here says, I love the stuff they do now, especially songs like Love Shines and Wings, although it doesn't pick me up and move me (actually throw me) from where I stand like the old stuff did. But the stuff that Live did from 1990 to 2000 stands alone as something that truly amazes and inspires my spirit and for those performances alone they will forever be my all time favorite band. Those guitar riffs and drum beats and heartfealt, screamed lyrics about my soul, and blasphemous teachers and finding the truth are all so powerfully amazing. It's like Ed was screaming and searching and expressing it for everyone else watching who has those same feelings and searching for the same things. I am one of those people who shares that common search and struggle with finding truth and early Live is a vehicle that helps carry that struggle and search toward the path to self discovery and spiritual discovery.

I know I got a bit deep there, but that just sort of spilled out of me in the moment.

[Kymra]

Kymra,

That is so great!

Thank you so much for tipping me off to the presence of old live concert footage on youtube. I don't know why, but I never thought to look for that and HOLY CRAP, that stuff on there is a freaking gold mine. I just watched them play Negation in a little club when the band looked all of about 20 years old and those performances of Mirror Song and Pain Lies on the Dennis Miller show are absolute magic! So young and so full of passion and angst and rebellion. The way that Ed changed up the lyrics to Mirror Song was very insightful into the lyrics. Pat could really work that bass on so many of those early clips! And I love the early Chad Gracey drums! I could sit and watch that all day. I don't care what anybody around here says, I love the stuff they do now, especially songs like Love Shines and Wings, although it doesn't pick me up and move me (actually throw me) from where I stand like the old stuff did. But the stuff that Live did from 1990 to 2000 stands alone as something that truly amazes and inspires my spirit and for those performances alone they will forever be my all time favorite band. Those guitar riffs and drum beats and heartfealt, screamed lyrics about my soul, and blasphemous teachers and finding the truth are all so powerfully amazing. It's like Ed was screaming and searching and expressing it for everyone else watching who has those same feelings and searching for the same things. I am one of those people who shares that common search and struggle with finding truth and early Live is a vehicle that helps carry that struggle and search toward the path to self discovery and spiritual discovery.

I know I got a bit deep there, but that just sort of spilled out of me in the moment.

I know, it IS a goldmine!!

I'm so glad it made you happy.