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!

[Costakoui]

V is just ok. It has some very good songs, it is better than SFBM but not than BoP. And I agree that V killed Live commercially, but I think that this what the band wanted. Ed, in his Awake: The Best of Live interview said that "art" for him means to destroy everything one has done so far and rebuild it. So this is perhaps what we have. Live, possibly geared by Ed’s philosophy, has destroyed much with V, BoP but especially with SFBM, and perhaps this is the time to rebuild. Maybe that’s why we have songs like the Purifier, Take me up to Zion and the intention to release Hold me up.

[seriakiLLa]

Live, possibly geared by Ed’s philosophy, has destroyed much with V, BoP but especially with SFBM, and perhaps this is the time to rebuild. Maybe that’s why we have songs like the Purifier, Take me up to Zion and the intention to release Hold me up.

I like this idea. Maybe this is all a part of Live's journey of discovering and rediscovering.