Live roll call (and question about 9:32)

Anyone going to see Live this weekend at Merriweather? It's been several years since I last saw them. They put on a great show, even if their music hasn't kept up.

By the way, can someone tell me if the 9:32 is enclosed or covered? It looks like heavy rain on Saturday and I dont want to get drenched hanging out there. Thanks, all…..

Duck!

It's covered….

10 years ago, I would be running you over to get to this show. It's too bad really, they were a good band and had a lot going for them. But whatever happened after Throwing Copper sent them into a spin. You can even deal with parts of Shitty Samadhi and The Distance to Here, but 5 is just plain awful and i never even bothered to pick up Bird of Pray. As we would say in 5th grade, "that's just gay." It is too bad though. I'm waiting for them to play smaller venues again, so maybe i can relive some of my youth. I never need to see them play a shed again.

Only time I saw them was when PJ Harvey and Veruca Salt opened for them at Merriweather. I was there just for PJ but decided to give Live a chance. Left after 3 songs.

Originally posted by redsock:
10 years ago, I would be running you over to get to this show.

And believe me, he's big enough to run anyone over!!!!!!!!!!

Live has become qiute the interesting quandry in my eyes.

It's a completely tolerable experience to see them acoustic (borderline enjoyable if they pick the right songs, and it doesn't have to be limited to Throwing Copper tunes), but a train wreck "plugged in" and it doesn't matter what songs they pick anymore. I've seen them many times and would rate them in this order:

The peak: mid nineties supporting throwing copper

The Slide: all acoustic opening for Janes in 2001

The end: plugged in out in Hershey, PA in 2003.

Originally posted by redsock:
10 years ago, I would be running you over to get to this show. It's too bad really, they were a good band and had a lot going for them. But whatever happened after Throwing Copper sent them into a spin.

ditto.

well, throwing copper wasn't a terribly exciting album either. someone, be it the band, producer or label, decided that the band would be better served focusing on the less talented members of the band (i.e., ed and that other guitarist), instead of keeping the focus on the two very talented members of the band (i.e., drummer and bassist).

lamb, saw that show in salt lake city in 96.. .live did an acoustical bit in the middle of their set, where they played one or two gbv songs. loved the pj harvey set though.

Live sucks. Terrible lyrics as well. I remember one song they used to play on the radio that said something like "let's hang out in a church, we'll go find lurch". And also something about "let's go hang out in a mall" and somehow rhyming that with the word smorgasboard.

When Live came out we all thought they were just some cheap Jane's knockoff, and I wasn't a huge Jane's fan anyway.

I used to say Live sucked Live. I saw them about a month ago, didn't pay much attention, but they were at least 5% better live than there were a few years ago.

Agreed that Live has really fallen off. The last time I saw them was about six years ago at the Fillmore in SF. That venue tends to elevate bands, so I had a good time regardless.

But….I figure….I've got lots of drink tix for the 9:32 and for $10, it's probably a cheaper night out than just about any other bar in the area :=)

I was a big fan in early 90â??s & saw them a few times at the old 930. But, each album after Mental Jewelry got progressively worse. If I want to hear live now, Iâ??ll turn on mix 107.3

Originally posted by Sieve-Fisted:
If I want to hear live now, Iâ??ll turn on mix 107.3

Is that the local soccer mom station?

Originally posted by chaz:

Originally posted by Sieve-Fisted:
If I want to hear live now, Iâ??ll turn on mix 107.3

Is that the local soccer mom station?

Itâ??s the best mix of 80â??s, 90â??s & today!

Originally posted by Sieve-Fisted:

Originally posted by chaz:

Originally posted by Sieve-Fisted:
If I want to hear live now, Iâ??ll turn on mix 107.3

Is that the local soccer mom station?

Itâ??s the best mix of 80â??s, 90â??s & today!

Of course it is! :D

I may just enjoy re-living my mid-90's grunge hey day, but I feel I must defend this poor band. They've def had ups and downs…i pretty much like every other album. Throwing copper, good stuff, but secret samadhi, too introspective and the points they were trying to make got very much lost in the randomness of the lyrical imagery. Distance to here was brilliant (for a mainstream grungish rock act) but they tried to hard to get back into the swing of the times with V. I'm relatively happy with the simple pleasures of hearing Live rock out again on their new album, even though it's not another throwing copper qualitywise. Thing about them is that they are extremely straighforward in having earnest messages to their music, even if it's not exactly the deepest stuff in the world. Case in point, "I believe in the sanctity of dreams", some reviewer said that only Live could pull that crap off with any validity and he's right. I've seen them in concert twice and both times it was a blast, Ed takes a while to loosen up but then you can tell that he's really enjoying this. At heart they are still the hometown boys from central PA that made it good.

Originally posted by Arthwys:
I may just enjoy re-living my mid-90's grunge hey day, but I feel I must defend this poor band. They've def had ups and downs…i pretty much like every other album. Throwing copper, good stuff, but secret samadhi, too introspective and the points they were trying to make got very much lost in the randomness of the lyrical imagery. Distance to here was brilliant (for a mainstream grungish rock act) but they tried to hard to get back into the swing of the times with V. I'm relatively happy with the simple pleasures of hearing Live rock out again on their new album, even though it's not another throwing copper qualitywise. Thing about them is that they are extremely straighforward in having earnest messages to their music, even if it's not exactly the deepest stuff in the world. Case in point, "I believe in the sanctity of dreams", some reviewer said that only Live could pull that crap off with any validity and he's right. I've seen them in concert twice and both times it was a blast, Ed takes a while to loosen up but then you can tell that he's really enjoying this. At heart they are still the hometown boys from central PA that made it good.

I agree. Five I thought was a major disappointment. However, I disagree with everyone's opinion on their acoustic set. I saw the acoustic set when they opened up for JA at Nissan a few years ago, and it was great. I will be there Sat. for sure. I've seen them plenty of times, and enjoyed it every time. And the guys in the band are all nice, down to earth people.

back to question #2:

9:32 is covered and enclosed. IMHO, the few ceiling fans aren't enough for adequate ventilation…buy your drink there (only place in the joint to buy a full tin of amstel or heineken), but if its not raining best to go out and enjoy the weather.

Originally posted by Ikarus:
back to question #2:

9:32 is covered and enclosed. IMHO, the few ceiling fans aren't enough for adequate ventilation…buy your drink there (only place in the joint to buy a full tin of amstel or heineken), but if its not raining best to go out and enjoy the weather.

I was thinking that during the Cure – it was unseasonably cool. I wonder if the place is hot as hell during a more normal August evening… I'd still hang out if Kosmo's DJing, of course. :D

for $15? i'm there! lake trout is opening, and even if the last few albums are shoite, they will still play songs from mental jewelry. which is by far their best album. not to mention live rarely give a poor performance.