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.

[mrmcpheezy]

pheezy pheezy pheezy !

While I'm still a huge Live fan, I appreaciate your long post because you want that the things you have to say are clear to everyone. I not always like your post, but you take the time to make clear what you think.

Although I'm not as critical on Live as you are (I like more of the new stuff than you do, I guess), I once asked you what songs you did like of Live and to which one you listen sometimes.(and you told me)
BUt now I'm wondering about the next question...which Live songs do you think ARE creative than, or original, or wel written, or anything. I once had a conversation with you about Lakini's Juice, cause you told me that wasn't anything original at all. Whearas I thought it was one of the more creative songs made by Live.
Do you think Live has brought us anything creative at all? And if they did, which songs?

thanks if you can take the time to comment,lookin'forward to read that

This is a good question.


I haven't listened to live much at all lately, so it's difficult for me to think of much that I could use in response to this off the top of my head.

I appreciate the question though, and I'll try to listen to a few songs that I think would be appropriate to mention and then I'll get back to you.