I love V. Options

[Merica]

Yup, no lies, tricks, or rick rolls; I love V.

Today whilst working on post-production logging for my film I rocked V twice in a row, all the way through. It was cracking. I know many don't like it, but I really dig the explosion of creativity. It's all over the place, the album. There's some rock, rap, techno, even middle-eastern flavours here and there. I think it all mashes together in the form of a pretty decent roller coaster ride, with some really cool lyrics in there (admittedly, there are also a few doozies). In terms of songs, in particular, and I care not for any haters this might bring on, I really dig Flow and Ok?. They're both just great exmaples of the creativity boom Ed had. Only song I question is Call Me a Fool. Catchy as it is, it stands out as slightly weak amongst the rest, and his voice sounds kinda sharp and somewhat grating throughout it.

But yes, I am a fan of V, in all it's mismatched cheesy glory. I fell back in love with Live this afternoon. Not that I ever fell out of love, but today I just got really high on Live. Great stuff!

[Schlomo]

I just listened to this while walking my dog.

I discovered all of Live at once, and I think in the very beginning V may have been my favorite album without really digesting any of them. There's just a ton of energy. The lyrics are pretty weak and there are defenitely some cringeworthy moments but there's a lot of good stuff on here.

Like a Soldier and Simple Creed are awesome.
People like you, if you ignore the name dropping is a pretty kick ass song.
The Ride is underrated in my opinion.
Flow and Hero of love are solid.

I wouldn't reccomend this as someone new to Live but once you're a fan you can appreciate how outside of their norm they went and look past the bad on V to see all the good.