Ouch, my ears!

[Cheyenne]

Our local radio station is playing "live" versions of various artists today. They have played (several times) one song from a Creed concert here a few years ago. The only problem is, Creed is WAY off key. The singing more than the instruments. But off enough that they sound worse than a high school garage band.

Ouch, my ears! Why kill a really good song by broadcasting such a poor version of it? I don't care if it is "live!" It stinks!

 

[ksmybuttons]

Live is only the best when it is..

Oh, yes. The energy at the concert is the music high. The magic. Unless the concert is produced to be recorded, it shouldn't.

 

[Mistress]

A lot of bands are shitty Live now-a-days.

 

[Fly_On_Wall]

If the song is music dependent, turning it acustic or live sucks ass
there are few songs that it's good with

Incubus - Stellar, that is a good song live. but I agree creed should only be listened to on cd lol.

 

[Cheyenne]

ARRRRGGGGG!!! Now they are playing another one that is even more awful than the first one! At least I understand the reasoning. The intro by the band says this radio station played Creed before they ever had a record deal. The station is NOT doing them a favor by playing this "live" show back on air now!

EWWWW.... it really is painful. If I didn't love Creed already I would NEVER go buy a cd of theirs based on the noise the radio is playing. I hope they aren't this terrible in real life all the time. I know a few people going to their concert soon.

 

[SINthysist]

FREEBIRD!

 

[batter]

Cheyenne

how do you like the Puddle of Mudd cd?
i am just curious.

 

[SINthysist]

Some bands are meant to be heard Live only

Stones
Metallica
AC/DC
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Guns&Roses
Sex Pistols
etc.,

Putting them onto vinyl, I mean CD, just seems to kill them. The studio work does not give you what the band is...

 

[Unclebill]

Originally posted by Cheyenne
ARRRRGGGGG!!! Now they are playing another one that is even more awful than the first one! At least I understand the reasoning. The intro by the band says this radio station played Creed before they ever had a record deal. The station is NOT doing them a favor by playing this "live" show back on air now!

EWWWW.... it really is painful. If I didn't love Creed already I would NEVER go buy a cd of theirs based on the noise the radio is playing. I hope they aren't this terrible in real life all the time. I know a few people going to their concert soon.

I realize that a pragmatic approach is likely not the acceptable one, but if it's really that bad, have you considered changing the station or even turning it OFF?

 

[Basia]

bands that depend on tech. in the recording studio suck live. Take Powerman 5000 for instance:

the record kicks ass, but spider one might as well been the newest member of milli vanilli. His vocals were way off and he couldn't keep up with the tempo of the music.

 

[Thumper]

BEST live recording ever...

"Live After Death" by Iron Maiden..bar none.

Listen to it with headphones and listen for the solo changes.....smoooth! Plus all the other subtle things going on...

Only a few bands sound better live...Kiss is one. Rock n Roll All Nite in the studio just sounds geeky...

 

[Cheyenne]

Re: Cheyenne

how do you like the Puddle of Mudd cd?
i am just curious.

I like it! I played it in my house until it was time to take the Christmas music out of my car. Now it is in rotation with Creed's latest cd for my commute to/from work.

 

[Cheyenne]

I realize that a pragmatic approach is likely not the acceptable one, but if it's really that bad, have you considered changing the station or even turning it OFF?

Most of the stuff they were playing wasn't bad. Just the Creed Live songs that came on every 1 1/2 to 2 hours. It is also the only station in town that plays the music I want to hear.

 

[Marxist]

Cheyenne, you're listening to Creed, this decade's REO Speedwagon minus the talent plus extra drive.

You're complaining about the "Live" recording?

 

[Laurel]

I love live shows, but I hate listening to live versions on CD. The exception is certain well-recorded acoustic versions - Coldplay has a few good "live" acoustic songs, and there's a good live-ish Travis MP3 out of them acoustically covering Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time" (which is actually a decent song they way they do it). But arena-recorded live stuff is lame. It's all the bad parts of being at a concert with none of the good - sucky sound, but no crowd vibe. Every time I hear the band yell "HOW ARE YOU, SAN DIEGO/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO!!!", my temple vein throbs.

 

[Cheyenne]

Funny, I always listed to REO Speedwagon, too. "You can tune a piano but you can't tuna fish" always cracked me up. Even saw them in concert back when they could fill a stadium.