Latest LIVE Facebook update, Is this Ed? Options

[zmanpga]

It's not........Ed.

really???

[Hobbsy]

If you're gonna have LIVE without Ed then you need to have someone who sounds like Ed to belt out all of their best songs. If the guy can remain an individual and come up with some killer new tracks - written by him or collectively then I haven't got a problem with that. Take AC/DC as an example. Brian Johnson can sound similar to Bon Scott or at least carry those older songs but he's still his own person and he has his own individuality in a band that lost their lead singer.

[thefunkyredcaboose]

If you're not interested, then go listen to the Gracious Few. Because we all know how well that worked out...

Yeah, one of my favorite damn albums of the last 10 years, what of it?

[thefunkyredcaboose]

If you're gonna have LIVE without Ed then you need to have someone who sounds like Ed to belt out all of their best songs. If the guy can remain an individual and come up with some killer new tracks - written by him or collectively then I haven't got a problem with that. Take AC/DC as an example. Brian Johnson can sound similar to Bon Scott or at least carry those older songs but he's still his own person and he has his own individuality in a band that lost their lead singer.

This is a matter of taste. I prefer groups who have taken a chance when in this situation, see: Van Halen, Genesis, etc.. Leave the soundalikes to the legacy bands like Journey. If that's what Live has decided to be, count me out.

Also, I would find it to be disrespectful to Ed and what he did for the band.

[thefunkyredcaboose]

Do we have any idea what the recording even IS? My first thought was an early demo of STD that we had never heard before.

[zmanpga]

whos the NEWBIE douche bag bustin THE GRACIOUS FEW??? clueless simpleton! go listen to Nickelback!
and to that kid from Jersey
STFU!

I really shouldnt be so mean but why bust TGF??? thats just bein a jackwagon

This post has been edited by zmanpga: Nov 15 2011, 9:15 am

[mattyeagles]

This is a matter of taste. I prefer groups who have taken a chance when in this situation, see: Van Halen, Genesis, etc.. Leave the soundalikes to the legacy bands like Journey. If that's what Live has decided to be, count me out.

Also, I would find it to be disrespectful to Ed and what he did for the band.

agreed----having the band named live with a lead singer who sings like ed but isnt actually ed sounds like a bad dream to me...open to liking the new stuff, but dont like the sounds of this (if that recording isnt ed)

[thefunkyredcaboose]

whos the NEWBIE douche bag bustin THE GRACIOUS FEW??? clueless simpleton! go listen to Nickelback!
and to that kid from Jersey
STFU!

Hahaha

I am not sure who the "kid from Jersey" is though!

[thefunkyredcaboose]

agreed----having the band named live with a lead singer who sings like ed but isnt actually ed sounds like a bad dream to me...open to liking the new stuff, but dont like the sounds of this (if that recording isnt ed)

Yeah just to clarify, I'd check out the new album too. I'd be a lot less excited about it though.

[zmanpga]

why dont you guys/gals just wait until you hear the new singer at a show or a recording to make your decisions about the choice??

[FishOutaWater]

I will just say this. Assume that hypothetically this is a new recording by Live with a new lead singer, who can obviously sing this song in a way that sounds like Ed. That recording sounds better than Ed playing that song with his back-up band of session musicians. I would rather hear and see CCP and that lead singer play that song than Ed play that song with his "rock'in" band.

Listen to that recording again. Everyone is listening to it, focused on the lead singer's voice. But listen to it again and focus on the guitars and drums. Go do it right now and then come back...

Nice, huh? Do you hear the beating that Gracey is giving to those skins? Do you hear that wailing that Chad Taylor is doing on the guitar, with that part at the end? That is a tight group of musicians who created this masterpiece and have been playing it together for 20 years. THAT is what Live sounds like. That is why, for all the attempts to take credit for everything Live did, Ed is not Live. And with a new lead singer that sounds like this (again hypothetically) then I say to you that new Live is more Live than Ed and his band. It is carrying on the Legacy of Live.

I think much of it will ride on the personaility and presence of the whoever this lead singer is. He doesn't have to be an Ed impersonator. But for it to work, he has to be someone that we can all gravitate to. I wish it was Adam Kowalczyk. He is probably the one person that I know, sitting here today, that I could accept immediately upon introduction without any questions asked.

Will new Live be enough Live for you... or you... or you? Everyone will have their own answer to that question.

This post has been edited by FishOutaWater: Nov 15 2011, 9:28 am

[zmanpga]

I will just say this. Assume that hypothetically this is a new recording by Live with a new lead singer, who can obviously sing this song in a way that sounds like Ed. That recording sounds better than Ed playing that song with his back-up band of session musicians. I would rather hear and see CCP and that lead singer play that song than Ed play that song with his "rock'in" band.

Listen to that recording again. Everyone is listening to it, focused on the lead singer's voice. But listen to it again and focus on the guitars and drums. Go do it right now and then come back...

Nice, huh? Do you hear the beating that Gracey is giving to those skins? Do you hear that wailing that Chad Taylor is doing on the guitar, with that part at the end? That is a tight group of musicians who created this masterpiece and have been playing it together for 20 years. THAT is what Live sounds like. That is why, for all the attempts to take credit for everything Live did, Ed is not Live. And with a new lead singer that sounds like this (again hypothetically) then I say to you that new Live is more Live than Ed and his band. It is carrying on the Legacy of Live.

I think much of it will ride on the personaility and presence of the whoever this lead singer is. He doesn't have to be an Ed impersonator. But for it to work, he has to be someone that we can all gravitate to. I wish it was Adam Kowalczyk. He is probably the one person that I know, sitting here today, that I could accept immediately upon introduction without any questions asked.

Will new Live be enough Live for you... or you... or you? Everyone will have their own answer to that question.

kudos my brother for another "keepin it real" post from FOW!
Adam?? that would be cool, but highly unlikely, was just thinking how he should be some HUGE rock star by now!
if that is a new singer on that song, it had me stumped

This post has been edited by zmanpga: Nov 15 2011, 9:43 am

[T.B.D]

My vote is that is Ed. There are lots of outtakes out there, which we know are Ed, but don't sound like him. But since the STD recording isn't labeled, there is speculation.

The only thing that would make me say "no", is that it seems like a slap in the face to the new lead singer. Why post old material, when we (CCP + new guy) are making new music together.

[jclive]

Just a cry for attention......

Whatever the reason, it has a handful of people talking about Live right now.

[possum]

Whatever the reason, it has a handful of people talking about Live right now.

Agreed. The finally threw us a bone and I got chills listening to the clip. Little nuggets like this will help hold us over until they are ready with the finished product. If Out to Dry says that it's not Ed then I really think we have to believe him.