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:

[Distance to Me]

Hate being in the minority all the time, but I guess I'll suck it up...

1. Simple Creed: One of the greatest guitar intros by Live kicks off another one of Live's greatest faster paced songs. A fun song with slightly cheesy lyrics (a common thing on this album and Secret Samadhi) and a classic Live chorus.

2. Deep Enough:A soft intro kicks off into a rocking song. More cheesy lyrics. The rhythm and guitar solo make this a great song. The interlude's kinda nice too.

3. Like A Soldier:This upbeat single is a song that grew on me. A chorus I can hum to is nice (humming isn't much of Live's thing), and I personally like the rapping interlude, it's something different. I guess the soft-hard formula that live does to death (especially on Secret Samadhi and Throwing Copper) doesn't wear down others as much as it does me, so I appreciate the different stuff a little more I guess.

4. People Like You:I must say I really hate the lyrics in a couple of verses. The chorus saves it a little bit, fast-paced and angry, but this is probably my least favorite song on the album.

5. Transmit Your Love:"The outside world is a goddamn shame." Bam. That just happened. The "Tell your leaders love is in town" is some more cheese but it rocks and the guitar "solo" is cool.

6. Forever May Not Be Long Enough:This song took a while to grow on me, but now I love it. It has the old-school Live formula kickin' and it is really catchy.

7. Call Me A Fool:There's a lot of hate on this song, but I think it's beautiful. Some of the best lyrics on the album. It also doesn't stay long enough to let the monotony kill you.

8. Flow:This song has a nice quiet intro, rocks it out, and is catchy as hell. Real nice song.

9. The Ride:Great song. Catchy and uplifting chorus. This song really takes me to that other place. Was my favorite on the album for a long time.

10. Nobody Knows:The verses in the song are beautiful, the whistling is beautiful, the rest is not. Balances out to a slightly above average song (for Live) and my 2nd least favorite on the album.

11. Ok?:Funky song with an amazing bass line. I really like it. Not many do. Sue me.

12. Overcome:Beautiful piano. Beautiful lyrics. Beautiful period.

13. Hero of Love:Honestly, who does not like this song? The chorus is simply amazing. One of the most underrated songs created by them. And it happens to be the last true song on Live's "worst" album.

Conclusion:I'm young, right? So I'm stupid, right? V's my 2nd favorite album. The only album they have that makes you want to dance, get up and jump. Cheesy, yes. Different, yes. But Live could've cranked out Throwing Copper and Secret Samadhi over and over again. Would it have gotten repetitive? I guess we'll never know. So why cry that a band is changing? Go read the Rolling Stone's reviews on the Live albums. Their with me. V is tied with TDTH for 2nd best according to them. But I don't trust them that much because they gave all the albums less than 5 stars