Damn it! Options

[FishOutaWater]

I listened to a random shuffle of Live music today in the car for a while. All I could think was: "Damn it!"

I know I shouldn't cling or be attached. I know I should be satisfied and not feel craving for more. But Damn it! Damn those guys did something special.

Can we make this thread a place for people to post their reactions when they listen to Live music or hear a Live song on the radio and the same reaction that I did today? Can we make this thread a catharsis?

Let's identify our feelings when you listen to Live music now.

Here are the highlights of my thoughts this morning:

1. There is no part of any song ever made that is better than the following:

he said, he said, he said,
"there was nothing to fear, boy"
and he said, he said, he said,
"worthless are your tears boy"

"just realize your senses
and realize your earth
just realize your essence first"

well, don't you know, now I
I'll never be the same again
I want to walk in the sun
I am alive and well again
no more bittersweet
no more good pain
no more



And it reminds me that Mental Jewelry is the greatest, most ambitious and perfect album ever made. Gracey's drumming is total Gracey. The bass it total Pat. The guitars are total Taylor. And the lyrics and vocals are pure, unadulterated Ed Kowalczyk staring down from the top of the mountain of every other singer who has ever tried the craft.

2. I had one moment in one song where I listened and heard something specific and special. I know we have all had this experience. For me it was this: At the 2:49 mark in Feel The Quiet River Rage, there are these little, perfectly spaced chords that Taylor threw in there. The perfect note, with the perfect timing in the perfect place in the song. That's what Chad does best. It is quintissential Live and it can't come from anywhere else.

3. Damn it. Why did it have to die?