"turn my head" is such a pretty song until [ed kowalczyk voice] DRUNK ON YOUR JUICESSSSS
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 14 June 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
it's a CRAZY, CRAZY, MIXED-UP TOWN
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 14 June 2021 19:15 (two years ago) link
Gas Hed is fun
"White, Discussion" is still their best though cos the chorus has no vocals
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Monday, 14 June 2021 19:16 (two years ago) link
The rack is full and so are weOf laughing gas and ennui
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 14 June 2021 19:18 (two years ago) link
wait wait how did I miss that they released an album called Birds of Pray
featuring a song called "Heaven"
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Monday, 14 June 2021 19:33 (two years ago) link
that song got some adult alternative heat and i used to hear it once a day while mopping the ice cream store i worked in during hs/college
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 14 June 2021 19:35 (two years ago) link
it is total dogshit
I knew it existed, I just...didn't know it was on an album called Birds of Pray, lmao
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Monday, 14 June 2021 19:37 (two years ago) link
^^Was that the album that not one but two movie themes on it? One of them was for Mummy II.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 14 June 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
lol one of our ILXors took it down for Stylus back in the day: http://stylusmagazine.com/review_ID_611.html
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Monday, 14 June 2021 19:40 (two years ago) link
Self-XP It was the album before that, entitt V, which had songs from Mummy Returns and the first Fast & Furious film.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 14 June 2021 19:45 (two years ago) link
The collection of songs that became V was never intended to be released as an album. Guitarist Chad Taylor said, "The goal was to prepare songs for the next studio session. MCA got a hold of the material and pushed us to call it an album." The songs were originally going to be released free to fans as a collection called Ecstatic Fanatic.
― blue whales on ambient (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 14 June 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
LET ME DRIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE (mom)https://mediafiveent.com/archive/artistlist/publicaffectionarchive/picture.jpg
― Jerome Percival Jesus (Old Lunch), Monday, 14 June 2021 22:59 (two years ago) link
"I like Flock of Seagulls"
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Monday, 14 June 2021 23:00 (two years ago) link
“I, Alone”, the second single off of Throwing Copper, according to Songfacts, this song is an adaptation of The Bible’s Luke 8:22-25, where Jesus Christ uses his holy powers to put a storm at bay.
lol @ citing other Genius.com-adjacent site as your source
― cancel culture club (Neanderthal), Monday, 14 June 2021 23:04 (two years ago) link
MORE SKIN
― Gymnopédie Pablo (Neanderthal), Friday, 3 June 2022 00:42 (two years ago) link
wooooow
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/live-alt-rock-band-crime-lawsuits-1234677011/
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 22:19 (one year ago) link
these URLs are why the band name is unfortunate
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 22:20 (one year ago) link
two paragraphs in and already wtffffffffff
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 22:21 (one year ago) link
Ed K. In Being Manipulated By Charismatic Conman SHOCKAH!
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 22:27 (one year ago) link
oh yeah it's amazing
wait what?
yes, but growing up in SE PA, these guys were so dudly they willed themselves classic. they wouldn't stop touring the area! and the mythology surrounding them was ridiculous. every roommate i had in college would tell me something about this band (they useta be skinheads/nazis, you know) - one d00d went so far as to hang a picture of them promoting whatever tour it was in '97 in our room!
VISIT ONE CHAMELEON CLUB.
― blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Tuesday, March 15, 2005 8:36 AM (seventeen years ago)
― obsidian crocogolem (sleeve), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 22:27 (one year ago) link
That seems apocryphal but I've wondered about that post
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 22:37 (one year ago) link
I used to remember people saying that's why Ed shaved his head, but it always felt urban legend-y, like a twist on Marilyn Manson's ribs or whatever.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 22:41 (one year ago) link
we already did this here btw: Defend the Indefensible: Live (the band)
― StanM, Tuesday, 21 February 2023 22:54 (one year ago) link
so thoughts after reading this:
*Tynes talks a lot of shit for someone with a demon's resume*How could you file bankruptcy 5 times in an 8 year span when a Chapter 11 takes 7 years to discharge*The fucking Charlotte Hornets's owner's kid was their temporary lead singer for a few years...lol*it's kinda not shocking that Ed just fired everyone and went on with hired guns. there's very little distinct about the bass, guitar playing, and drumming in this band, they sort of live or die by his vocals and songwriting (for better or worse). this isn't like Slayer changing drummers and having a different feel rhythmically, very plug and play.*Taylor seems naive to a ridiculous degree and he was a dick for what he did to his other bandmates in taking a larger cut*of course Gracey is a Trumper*Ed seems to let Hynes way too far off of the hook because of his anger at Taylor
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 01:54 (one year ago) link
I wonder if Ed K. is mad about wasting his last good scalp years with a shaved head.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 02:50 (one year ago) link
"Taylor tried producing movies, like the 2010 Ernest Borgnine-Cybill Shepherd film Another Harvest Moon"
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 03:10 (one year ago) link
"“They’d take money from one to pay for the other … and they were able to get meetings because they were the guys from Live. That’s what got them in the door. They used that all the time.”
who are these gullible people
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 03:14 (one year ago) link
Live fans.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 03:22 (one year ago) link
Back in the 1990s I went on a summer trip bringing together different high schools. One of the participants was Ed Kowalczyk’s sister. Some Live fans kept hovering around her, expecting her to give insights into Kowalczyk’s lyrics, even though she was years younger than her famous brother and probably wouldn’t know anything.
But I still remember decades later that these fans raved around <i>Throwing Copper</i>, but whenever the conversation turned to <i>Secret Samadhi</i> (then the most recent release), they seemed confused and somehow disappointed by the album.
― Melomane, Wednesday, 22 February 2023 03:30 (one year ago) link
whereas that was the one I did like, lol.
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 03:42 (one year ago) link
embarrassed that I purchased Mental Jewelry shortly after it came out, partly because of Jerry Harrison, partly because I actually liked a song on it
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 03:43 (one year ago) link
everyone in high school called this album Secret Sodomy― miccio (miccio), Monday, March 14, 2005 2:32 PM (seventeen years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 03:49 (one year ago) link
addendum: I have it on good authority that the people at Pachyderm Studios found a "metric ton" of porno mags stashed all over the place after Live vacated the premises.
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 21:10 (one year ago) link
A lotta Lakini's Juice spilled, no doubt.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 21:15 (one year ago) link
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 22 February 2023 21:18 (one year ago) link
I've had "Selling the Drama" (I think that's what it's called) playing non-stop in my head the last couple of days since reading that rolling stone article. These songs are so annoyingly catchy and this is reminding me why I got rid of "Throwing Copper" about a year after buying it (one of a handful of CDs I ever sold)
― silverfish, Friday, 24 February 2023 17:07 (one year ago) link
all it took was the article quoting the lyrics "and for christ the cross / and for me the chair". My brain does some dumb shit sometimes.
― silverfish, Friday, 24 February 2023 17:11 (one year ago) link
" there's very little distinct about the bass, guitar playing, and drumming in this band"
What was that <i>Throwing Copper</i>-era video where Kowalczyk is singing and grooving with great rockstar chrisma, while the rest of the band look confused at the camera like doofuses?
― Melomane, Friday, 24 February 2023 17:33 (one year ago) link
Ah, it was "I Alone". Yeah, after I saw this a few years ago, I pretty much wrote off the rest of the band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNrQOUtXYOo
― Melomane, Friday, 24 February 2023 17:34 (one year ago) link
Cosmic Egg Healing11 months agocan confirm: it’s 2022 and this song still goes hard af!
Valeen OI2 years agoThis song is a masterpiece.
Matt Barringer6 years agoOne of the best bands of the 90's hands down. Such intensity in Ed's voice.
tangobasso2 years agoCan confirm: It’s 2021 and this song still goes hard af.
Baron Von Sparklefarts6 years agoThe intro of this song is utterly unmistakable. 10/10
Baby Polo6 years agoListen closely to the bass in the verses.....so ominous and chilling....sounds like a living creature, its breath rising and falling. Amazing. Track gives me goosebumps. Earphones, loud!
SystemFailure8 years agoLive has always been a thinking persons type of band. The way the music and lyrics are laid out are very artistic and intelligently arranged. One of my favorite bands from the 90's
Jonas Butler6 years agoThis is the one song that convinced to buy some good speakers. It was about twenty years ago. Live deserves the best. My Mom loves Live. They are easily underrated, but loved by all.
― omar little, Friday, 24 February 2023 17:51 (one year ago) link
i associate this band with a friend i had from about 13-15 yo named m!tch. his dad was a software guy who did office-y looking mini wood and wire sculptures on the side - lots of aquamarine speckled with yellow, that sort of thing - dilbert vibes. m!tch and his dad were alright, i went with them to my first concert (dave matthews band lol). i never quite had m!tch's enthusiasm for live though.
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 24 February 2023 17:58 (one year ago) link
highly recommend anyone who hasn’t heard it check out their song about having sex on a couch in the middle of the club.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IScl9sX3Inw
― JoeStork, Friday, 24 February 2023 18:03 (one year ago) link
key lyrics
We hit a couch, the place was packedWith sweaty palms, sweaty thongs, and sweaty backsMy mouth was dry, my brain cold high, the groove was right, so I decided to igniteYour eyes met mine, you skirt began to rise, and so did INow you know that i took that prizeIn the middle of the club, in the middle of the club, in the middle of clubNow tell me!
― omar little, Friday, 24 February 2023 18:08 (one year ago) link
I like how there’s a completely baffling reference to the death of Christ just so you know you’re still listening to Live.
― JoeStork, Friday, 24 February 2023 18:27 (one year ago) link
i try to ruthlessly interrogate the opinions i had when i was a teenager but one that's remained unshakable is that the lyrics on secret samadhi are among the most embarrassing ever penned. and they just got worse from there
i love "lakini's juice" though i can't deny, potentially because it is one of the dumbest songs ever made
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 24 February 2023 18:33 (one year ago) link
I keep hearing MORE SKIN
in the voice of that one zombie from Return of the Living Dead
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Friday, 24 February 2023 18:35 (one year ago) link
no one:ed kowalczyk: DRUNK ON YOUR JUICES
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 24 February 2023 18:37 (one year ago) link
Nothing was worse than "Heaven" imo
― waiting for a czar to fall (Neanderthal), Friday, 24 February 2023 18:41 (one year ago) link
i got the juice like lakini
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 24 February 2023 18:42 (one year ago) link