If this really is the end of LIVE, What are your feelings? Options

[SJN1279]

If these weekend shows end up being the end of Live's run as a band, what will your feelings be? I am really excited that Friday will be my 20th show. I also think its cool that it will also be my 5th Atlantic City show and I think it is a great place for the band to go out in the US. However, I also feel the band has more to offer musically and don't think any band could replace them for me(concert or CD wise). If the band does decide to part ways, it will leave a great void musically in my life, one that I don't imagine ever being filled again. I do hope the rumored DVD filming does happen this Friday, because it would be fitting end for the band to be able to share their final public performance with the world.

Now I am not saying for sure that Live is done as a band, but it looks like their long tour and run with Epic has come to an end. Many bands don't come back in the same form after a long hiatus, but hopefully this won't be the case with Live. I just hope people try their best to find their way to a concert this weekend, because if it is the end and you miss it when you could have made it, there will be a lot of regret in Liveland.

This post has been edited by SJN1279: Nov 11 2006, 2:57 pm

[sisterdew]

hope they're coming to the Netherlands (or Belgium) too!!!!!
I really don't think they will quit, and if they do than this is the first thing I hear about it...


sis

[SecretInsomnia]

hope they're coming to the Netherlands (or Belgium) too!!!!!
I really don't think they will quit, and if they do than this is the first thing I hear about it...
sis

I described it before in the other thread:
Dont be afraid> there is not a single reason why to suppose Live is gonna quit!

1. Just before the release of SFBM (it was already finished at that time), Ed told in an interview with a dutch music magazine that people must not be surprised if Live was gonna be experimental again in the future. You understand? FUTURE. Live has a future...
2. Ed promised on several performances in the SFBM-Tour to come back soon at that place. How the hell are they gonna come back there if they quit ??
3. Chad Gracey told in an interview that they hadn't discided yet if the next album (no.8, without counting Awake) will be more rockin' or not. Again, this fact shows us there will be a new album.
4. Speculations about a new Live DvD...I know, we heard it many times that a DvD was coming, but Ed said in march this year at a dutch radio station that one of the points by switching to Epic was that they wanted to release a live dvd.
5. As a final reason why it is ridiculous to think Live will quit, remember Ed's passion about the new music. His passion is still there man, not less than it used to. Maybe many fans don't like the stuff Ed is excited about, but you can't deny the fact that he is totally stunned by what he (or Live) has done with the new album. Remember all the interviews. Check out Ed's comment on the SFBM dvd about the songs of the album Maybe nobody wants that, but it will be a very good reason to write more albums (like SFBM or totally different, I can't say).

So like it or not, but Live/Ed is (in their/his own view) more ALIVE than ever, I think.

[SJN1279]

Dont be afraid> there is not a single reason why to suppose Live is gonna quit!
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2. Ed promised on several performances in the SFBM-Tour to come back soon at that place. How the hell are they gonna come back there if they quit ??
4. Speculations about a new Live DvD...I know, we heard it many times that a DvD was coming, but Ed said in march this year at a dutch radio station that one of the points by switching to Epic was that they wanted to release a live dvd.
5. As a final reason why it is ridiculous to think Live will quit, remember Ed's passion about the new music. His passion is still there man, not less than it used to. Maybe many fans don't like the stuff Ed is excited about, but you can't deny the fact that he is totally stunned by what he (or Live) has done with the new album. Remember all the interviews. Check out Ed's comment on the SFBM dvd about the songs of the album Maybe nobody wants that, but it will be a very good reason to write more albums (like SFBM or totally different, I can't say).

So like it or not, but Live/Ed is (in their/his own view) more ALIVE than ever, I think.

The whole point of this thread was to drive fans to go see Live for perhaps the last time in a long time this weekend. We've been spoiled with the constant touring this year, but in case this is the end, a proper goodbye is always nice. Of course I don't want Live to call it quits, but I think it is a very real possibility. Yes, Ed promised that the band would be back to a lot of places this year. He promised fall dates in Atlanta, NYC, Chicago etc. Where are the fall dates? Ed says a lot of things, and while he his passionate about his music, there is no guarantee others in the band feel the same way.

If a LIVE DVD does come out, it will likely end Live's contract with the label. I come to this conclusion because Epic moved Live to red distribution and barely promoted SFBM. It looks like that relationship is just about severed. Similar to when Geffen released Live's greatest hits to end their contract with the band.

Live may stay together. But it looks like the guys are physically and mentally burned out at this point and need a very long break from touring. They toured themselves out, and without the label pushing the CD to make it a success in the states, it must feel like a lot of work for nothing for them.

The point of this thread was to go see Live while you still at the chance(this w
I'd hope they come back in late 2007/early 2008 refreshed with the realization that they don't have to tour non-stop anymore. I also hope they can work together on a direction for their music.

[brett]

Live may stay together. But it looks like the guys are physically and mentally burned out at this point and need a very long break from touring. They toured themselves out, and without the label pushing the CD to make it a success in the states, it must feel like a lot of work for nothing for them.

and you draw your conclusion from what as far as them being physically and mentally burned out?

touring is where the real $ comes from for bands, so I hardly think it's for nothing. plus they love it. successful cd or not.