Album Analysis II, V Options

[Hoodstock]

The analysis of Throwing Copper seems to have run it's course, so it's time to move on.

The Idea - Analyze the album (in this case V) song by song, stating whatever you want or whatever comes to mind about each song. Go into as much or as little detail as you want and then summarize your overall thoughts on the album at the end. Just speak your mind openly. If there is a lot of feedback, we can do it again with another album at a later time.

You can copy and paste the following to make it easy if you want:

1. Intro

2. Simple Creed

3. Deep Enough

4. Like A Soldier

5. People Like You

6. Transmit Your Love

7. Forever May Not Be Long Enough

8. Call Me A Fool

9. Flow

10. The Ride

11. Nobody Knows

12. OK?

13. Overcome

14. Hero Of Love

15. Deep Enough (Remix)

Overall Summary:

[SecretInsomnia]

ofcourse I don't think V is their best album, and ofcourse I don't like all the songs, but I don't agree on many songs with you Hoodstock>

But for sure, everyone's entitled to their own opinion

1. Intro
Although it sounds cool, and good as an intro, in fact it's nothing really special, it's just mixed sounds and some tricky, but not special, and for a real intro I would like to hear a longer track.

2. Simple Creed
Good songs, and good choice as single, cool guitar riffs and text is oke, although not ground breaking, but it's cool&positive at the same moment. Tricky fits good in this song

3. Deep Enough
Actually the most rockin' song on the album and with my 3 favo's of this album. Can't believe people say this is bad, cause it's good and catchy and rocks from beginning to the end. This should have been a single.

4. Like A Soldier
Well, and this one shouldn't! It's not that I think it's bad, but it's not by the best of the album. Especially the chorus isn't great, like a soldier through storms of love, or whatever. Mwoa.

5. People Like You
I really dig this one. The fast part singing in the chorus is really cool, but the lyrics are not their best. The calling of famous names is original, at least in Live's music, its something new.

6. Transmit Your Love
This one's more of a Live sound than the others, and when I first listened the album I really liked the lyrics. "Tell your leaders love's in town!!" Like them still, actually. It has a good 'overall-sound'

7. Forever May Not Be Long Enough
A really really weird sound for a Live song (especially at first hearing), but really good, mysterious, rocking and (not good) but quite cool lyrics. It sounds like a modern SS song!!

8. Call Me A Fool
Not very bad, but a little too 'Ed-ish', a song Ed can play alone on his guitar at concerts, like Get Ready. Not really a fan of it, but the high notes and parts are really good, I must admit.

9. Flow
The part from the quiet intro to the guitars kickin' in, is maybe the most rockin' second of the whole album! Really well done. Rest of the song is oke, and great. Ohw btw Hoodstock, I like the Flow, flow, floooohoow parts!

10. The Ride
Maybe a song with good intentions and not a bad idea, but it can;t hit me, and I don't like most the lyrics. In the west, we think we're the best" A little weak , compared to MJ lyrics for example.But yeah, you can't compare MJ and V lyrics at all I guess

11. Nobody Knows
1. Why did they put this one (as a non single!!!) on Awake? 2. Why is it one of Ed favo's (well maybe that explained 1. ) and 3. why does the chorus sound as a quite bad love song?? "Nobody knows what I would do for you, no body knows how much I lovvvve you baby" next!!

12. OK?
I like the songs. Ed's rap is not really good, I agree. And the song is a little over the tip. But still liking this one.

13. Overcome
I heard this one for the first time when on the radio, and thought: I dont know this one, and sounds like Live, a new song! Than I listened it till the end, and liked this song from the this very first time. I (almost) never ever like a song at first hearing, not any song in the world. But this one sounds like an ultimate classic at first time

14. Hero Of Love
A lill a softy, but good musically, and an okee ending of the cd

15. Deep Enough - remix
weird to place a remix on a Live studio album, but let's say it fits the whole non-Live feeling on the whole album but the original is better.

Album V:
I agree with much fans that it was experimental for Live's style, and in some cases the experiment turned out bad. But still it has some good sounds, lyrics that flow good together and after all (yes I know it's written for TDTH), V gave us Overcome and for that alone we should be thankfull. Not my no.1 album of Live, but I don't think it deserves the negativism that it mostly gets.