The Default Thread: Music Edition.

[Hannahrain]

One time my mother and I were sleeping in a Dead show parking lot and awoke to find our tent slit violently down the middle by somebody who thought we were the drug dealer with a near identical tent sleeping in a near identical parking lot. He intended to rob us of our drugs and money before learning that we were a mother and child with very little cash and only our rightful share of drugs. Oh, childhood.

[bmack86]

But, did they play Dark Star?

[getbetter]

I have to the come conclusion that "Ahmed's Wild Dream" is the best live album ever.

[zenidogx]

I saw The Mountain Goats when they recently played the Fillmore. It was the day of Sandy Hook, so JD played lullabies that he usually sings to his kid; one was "Ripple."

Also, after that Mountain Goats show, we lined up for autographs and I made a snarky comment about being the token person of color at his shows. His response was pretty amazing. Wish I could remember what he said verbatim, oh well.

[IceyHotshot]

JD is amazing.

[bmack86]

I have to the come conclusion that "Ahmed's Wild Dream" is the best live album ever.

My gut instinct goes to Otis Redding - Live in Europe or The Who - Live at Leeds. That'd be a fun discussion though.

[TallGuyCM]

My gut instinct goes to Otis Redding - Live in Europe or The Who - Live at Leeds. That'd be a fun discussion though.

My vote:

[Zafocaine]

I'll have to listen to that. The only Grateful Dead I've ever listened to is American Beauty, and I like that album a lot.

Grateful Dead are known for their live shows over their studio albums. American Beauty is a cool studio album, but Live from the Mars Hotel is the album that really hooked me. Live/ Dead is great, though there are literally hundreds+ of recorded GD albums and tapes floating around. Zappa and the Dead were two of the greatest live musical acts ever. Cheap Thrills has to be one of the best live albums of all time, though it's not taken from a single show, and it has some studio work in it. Zappa's Baby Snakes dvd is my favorite live video performance of a single act. Dylan and the Dead, together and separate have great live albums. Live at Budokan by Bob Dylan is another specific favorite. Variations on themes. Guess I'm lost in the past. Neil Young's Berlin video is pretty awesome, and Live Rust is a pretty good album. The guy likes to play a song correctly. Yessongs, The Song Remains the Same, Woodstock '94 (one of my favorite performances on that being the Henry Rollins Band).

[ods..]

My gut instinct goes to Otis Redding - Live in Europe or The Who - Live at Leeds. That'd be a fun discussion though.

Hmmmmmm

Gotta give it to Sam Cooke - Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963, off the top of my head.

[RotationSlimWang]

Portishead at Roseland goes pretty high up there.

[Spooks]

On top of what was already mentioned, I think these are my favorites:

Bob Dylan: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 4: Bob Dylan Live, 1966: The Royal Albert Hall Concert
Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
Jimi Hendrix: Live at Monterey
Miles Davis: Live at the Fillmore East
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Live Rust
Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium

[bmack86]

The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads. The second disc, from the Remain in Light tour. Pure gold.

But yeah, some great calls.

[ods..]

The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads. The second disc, from the Remain in Light tour. Pure gold.

But yeah, some great calls.

Yes. Yes.

That's my top two. Sam Cooke and NoTBiTH. Especially the second disc. Good fucking god... When I first heard that and watched Rome '80 on youtube, my life completely changed.

[Miroir Noir]

[SoulDischarge]

[Miroir Noir]

The Allman Brothers Live at Fillmore East is a close second for me.

Really, any correct answer to this question probably needs to be a '70s album.

[nosurprises12]

[bmack86]

Damn straight.

If they ever officially released it, D'Angelo's 2000 set in Stockholm Sweden would be my no-brainer number one. As it stands, that is my favorite bootleg. 11+ minute Left and Right workout, 20 minute Jonz in my Bonz.

Not a best, but one of my favorites:



And

[Miroir Noir]

Obligatory honorable mention:

[zircona1]

I'm not big on Daft Punk's studio albums but I love this.

[Miroir Noir]

Another honorable mention, Springsteen and an ace E Street lineup validating their hype to a skeptical British press in 1975, fully exhumed in all its ridiculous-hatted glory in 2005:

[Zafocaine]

Bad Brains' The Youth Are Getting Restless live album is pretty sick, with a cool Day Tripper/ She's a Rainbow cover (though not their best)

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

I was re-listening to And All That Could Have Been recently, and holy hell that's a great live album. Song selection, sequence, sound quality, and most of all the actual performances/interpretations of the songs played are all so amazing. i like a lot of the versions on this album more than the studio versions. The Pretty Hate Machine and Broken material in particular just so much meaner and fuller with that live band.

[zircona1]

i like a lot of the versions on this album more than the studio versions. The Pretty Hate Machine and Broken material in particular just so much meaner and fuller with that live band.

Agreed. The live versions of Sin, March of the Pigs, Gave Up and Starfuckers Inc are great to jog to.

[FEELS]

Why did it take me so long to listen to Big Black? After all the acknowledgements Bmack gives them..

Songs About Fucking is great. Uncomfortable, raw, and loud in the best ways possible. (Holy shit, Fish Fry.)

[malcolmjamalawesome]

I intend on curating a Late 90s/Early 00s Vocal Trance Pop and Euro thread

[getbetter]

DONT SAY IT! DO IT!

[malcolmjamalawesome]

Inspiration, by getbetter

[zircona1]

Why did it take me so long to listen to Big Black? After all the acknowledgements Bmack gives them..

Songs About Fucking is great. Uncomfortable, raw, and loud in the best ways possible. (Holy shit, Fish Fry.)

I really like it too, but I wish I could understand what Albini is saying in all the songs 'cause he seems to have a really dark sense of humor (which is one of the things I like about him).

[RotationSlimWang]

The Allman Brothers Live at Fillmore East is a close second for me.

Really, any correct answer to this question probably needs to be a '70s album.

The Cocksucking Allman Brothers? Seriously? My god, you are one seriously middle aged white suburban motherfucker aren't you. Keep that honky pap away.