Defend the Indefensible: Live (the band)

i cant stand this band, but am amazed at the consistency with which bands who start out virulently anti-god eventually turn christian. live is exhibit a. smashing pumpkins is exhibit b. more tk.

yeah I didn't really keep up with these dudes after mental jewelry, because well they're the absolute pits, but I was always under the impression they were definitely not down with the J-man. so when did they get borned again? after mega-success of that retarded song that was played 7 times an hour on MTV circa '94? praise be.

I am a devoted LIVE fan and I think it's pretty sad that you guys have nothing better to do that sit around a bash them. What are you doing with your life???? I think you all just need to get over yourselves! Find something important to talk about.
-- Lele

This basically sums up my image of the typical Live fan.

ian johnson to thread

Livealo's reprezent

Simply not possible.

THIS IS NOT MUSIC

OFF TOPIC

STOP

dude from young & the restless was in the 'lightning crashes' video

so when did they get borned again?

they didn't! the lead singer's always been into eastern religions and shit like that.

they were totally featured heavily on VH1's "best of the nineties"

the video for "I Alone" is hysterical, especially with the sound turned off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHnGWX0kYgc

the placenta falls to the floor

"you forgot your drums, dillhole"

the video for "I Alone" is hysterical, especially with the sound turned off.

"With the sound turned off" is the only way I can stand it.

take my wife, please!

wrong thread

THE ANGEL OPENS HER EYYYYYEESS, PALE BLUE COLORED EYES

holy shit what an idea to make fun of Live!

i think making fun of live would take a lot of work

true

if I were to try to defend Live, I guess I'd say that their big songs (I've never heard the albums) were full of angry groaning that could conceivably get you pumped up as you got ready to play basketball.

Car full of high school kids were bumping "Lakini's Juice" at a red light yesterday.

awesome

never a big fan but throwing copper earned its massive play. phaser on lightning crashes rules. never douchebags that i've heard of.

creed blame falls squarely on pearl jam bros.

i know a dude with a Live (The Band) tattoo

Parentheses his?

that's awesome!

i think it's their logo

http://www.vulture.com/2014/12/dave-holmes-top-40-cheryl-strayed-1995.html

37. "Lightning Crashes," Live
True story: Just after I’d moved to Los Angeles a decade or so ago, I met some friends for drinks at Barney’s Beanery, a giant, noisy West Hollywood bro-bar that smells like how they describe Valerie Cherish’s trailer on the new season of The Comeback. It was karaoke night, which it somehow almost always is there, and sometime around midnight we all heard the opening chords to “Lightning Crashes.” “Oh, dear God,” I said. “Who would do this?” And seriously: Who wants to sing a song about death in childbirth underneath a TV with SportsCenter on it? Who gets drunk and sings the word placenta? I turned toward the stage and felt a twinge of recognition, and when he began singing, it hit me: The person who would unleash Live’s “Lightning Crashes” on a karaoke night crowd was Live’s own Ed Kowalczyk. I walked toward the stage in disbelief, as did about half the crowd. And as he sang, we all scanned each other’s faces for cues so we’d know how to react: Like, is this the coolest thing we have ever experienced, or is it unspeakably sad? You guys, I still have no idea.

5. "All Over You," Live
Now, if I were Ed Kowalczyk, and I were meeting friends for draft beers and potato skins at a bar that smells like throw-up, and it were karaoke night, and I were determined to sing my own song, I’d go with this one. This is your crowd-pleaser, Kowalczyk; keep your placenta to yourself.

http://autoaction.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/E7R3323-700x466.jpg

The "I Alone" video is one of the 20th Century's greatest works of high comedy.

Oh my god, that karaoke story is insanely funny

Listening to Ed Kowalczyk sing "drunk on your juuuuuices" in "Turn My Head" is an excellent natural emetic.

wa·ter - /ˈwôdər,ˈwädər/ (noun)
1. a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that is commonly pinned down and abused for being strange: "Our love is like water."

I am overcooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooome

The singer's bouncing so-mo rattail in the "I Alone" video has haunted my dreams for nigh-on 20 years.

popular haircut with spanish crust punks

That performance with tricky on conan is worth a view

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FPkktfthLmo

i love how his "intense" wide-eyed stare resembles no one so much as andy kaufman

Can't get enough of this truck you guys.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b3/6f/81/b36f8172dc1af184ccf2fd6719d11cd8.jpg

All flyin' through the air, blastin' Heaven Wore a Shirt.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CH3XooFWoAQNHsn.jpg:large

The headlights and grill appear to be painted on these things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxuUogulD2M

i bought a couple of this bands albums last year from the cheap bins : 'birds of prey' and 'secret samadhi'.
one even came with a live dvd !
not sure i have ever made it through either of them.

live gets some props for using the word "placenta" in a pop song. some

ok, as per the premise of the thread : the opening 3 mins of 'the dam at otter creek' is rather good ..
the rest of the song is standard college rock, but those gated drums and atmospherics in the build up are kinda cool.

I have watched "The Dolphin's Cry" maybe 4 or 5 times this week bcz it is so totally bombastic and OTT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBHmcORu4og

I genuinely love "Lakini's Juice"

same

great karaoke song

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