Imagine The Possibilities Options

[Existentialist]

Say Live had decided to rush out The Distance to Here in time for summer 1998. This would have been immediately following their early demo session that is the first known recording session for TDTH. The tracklist likely could have been something along these lines:

Amphibious
Change
Don't Wait
Happy Hour
Sun
To The Great One
Vine Street
New City
Wash The Blood Away
Mallrat
Photograph
Overcome
Still Aroused

Although Mallrat and Photograph are admittedly not TDTH era songs, they could have fit nicely with that album. I think this album would probably have been as commercially successful as TDTH was, with Vine Street being the lead single. Then, let's say in 2000 in time for another big tour, they released their fifth album, let's say called Tat Sundarum. The tracklist could have been something along these lines:

The Dolphin's Cry
The Distance
Sparkle
Run to the Water
Deeper
Face and Ghost
Feel the Quiet River Rage
Meltdown
We Walk in the Dream
Dance With You
I Walk the Line
We Deal in Dreams

This is more similar to what TDTH ended up being and probably would have kept their momentum going through a fifth album instead of pretty much dying right then and there. Whatcha think? Hindsight is 20/20 I guess, but would that not have been a better direction for the band?

[Badman]

jonny died in 03 so no iwtl

Fvie may on 37 yu ohio po!

[Bremang]

Fvie may on 37 yu ohio po!

right it was put out late 01, i guess its possible that it could have been out in 2000.

[Existentialist]

I saw it played in concert in early October 2000, and I'm fairly certain it was recorded in May 2000.

[tswart1]

I saw it played in concert in early October 2000, and I'm fairly certain it was recorded in May 2000.

Yep. The video supports that timeline. The video was recorded late summer / early fall 2000.

[Badman]

Yep. The video supports that timeline. The video was recorded late summer / early fall 2000.

I remember when I saw it, I was like "wtf, there's no water in this video!"

[futureman]

Yep. The video supports that timeline. The video was recorded late summer / early fall 2000.

i walk the line was recorded in austin, tx for the sun records tribute when they were on tour with CC. the austin show was canceled due to inclement weather and LIVE went to a studio in austin to record the song....

[Badman]

i walk the line

Holy crap... You mean Bremang's post was legit? I thought he just typed in random letters to troll the thread roffles... "Jonny died in 03 so no iwtl" didn't even resemble a sentence to me.

[Merica]

"Jonny died in 03 so no iwtl" didn't even resemble a sentence to me.

I must admit to thinking the same, and your response didn't help either.

[Wambangalang]

wtf is everyone talking about?

anyway in reply to the original post, this clearly would have been a better direction for live. I really dont know why ed decided to make such a radical change with V, something when i watch the interview on the awake dvd is obvious he's not proud of.

I think it's also interesting to note the part 9/11 played in where Live went with BOP. Everyone was kinda expecting live to come out with something intense and provocative, exploring the psychological suffering of mankind, as live tend to do. So did ed realise that this was what everyone was obviousdly going to do, so he went the other way? I think its a significant factor in that decision.

[+Ed+]

bla bla

Tremendous thinking, in fact. Too bad we all know better when it is too late, huh?

Anyways Vine Street should have been the first song on that album. That would be a perfect opener. I bet.

I keep thinking Existentialist is Ed actually.

[Hoodstock]

It's hard to say if the album put together by Ex would have been more sucessful since I haven't even heard a few of the songs, like New City. I think that TDTH was a really good album and I know a few people who actually own it that are not big Live fans. I think the mis-step was with V. The band lost a lot of people there.

Vine Street should have been the first song on that album.

I think it should have been on an album too. It's a good song.

I keep thinking Existentialist is Ed actually.

I'm pretty sure he's Liverocks

This post has been edited by Hoodstock: Oct 6 2008, 12:13 pm