Alive - My Version, Live Could Have Made A Great Album Options

[Hoodstock]

I actually listen to my edited version of the album. Looks like this (with my personal opinions):

1. Drive (like a child lyric drives me nuts, but the sound of the song is alright)
2. The Great Beyond (personally I dig the song)
3. Grace (actually think this is a pretty good song)
4. Stand (alright - solid on an album but not a single, drop "what are we fighting" lyric to improve)
5. Zion (really good song - best Ed has done in a long time)
6. Just in Time (never liked until I heard the Enmore version with the Intro. Sounds like a good concert song. Concert intro should have been part of the studio track)
7. Eat Your Love (may leave the list - up in the air on this one because I find lyrics cheesy)
8. A New World (can't believe it wasn't on the actual album - good song)

*All songs not listed are automatic skips to me so I've dropped them completely from my playlist!

I have to say I personally like this album better than V, BOP, or SFBM. For me it has more "listenable" songs.

I would have liked to have seen how this album would have turned out if it had legitimate creative input from C,C & P on the sounds and lyrics, a few different songs based on their input and the direction they wanted, and a polished up improved version of Believe that had drastically improved lyrics written by the whole band and a final cut of riffs to more similar to "Honest Man".

I think the combined forces (if allowed to actually have input) could have put out a really good album with Live performed and written versions of "Alive" tracks and an amped up version of "Believe" (scrapped and redone) as a starting point.

I'm assuming some of my list would have been improved and possibly B-Side since I'm sure a cooperative Live would have collectively put together some great stuff.

Thanks to Ed's ego and attitude we'll never actually know!

This post has been edited by Hoodstock: Jun 1 2011, 8:58 pm