Music. Live or Studio ?

[Dis]

There are a lot of good live CD's though. Sometimes you get a performance that really has a lot of energy. And it sounds more pumped up than a tired old studio recording.

But then sometimes you do get a tired out live performance from a band just pumping out a live CD to fill their pocketbooks.

[Az]

Generally, my ratings are right, though I really really really liked Nailbomb live by Sepultura :headbang:

[Dis]

Is that an album? I haven't heard of that one. Of course I haven't shopped for an album in music stores in years. . In fact, Roorback is one of the last albums I actually bought.

I'll have to look for that online

[Az]

I think it was a promotional CD that I got some way. IIRC I bought it downtown, and it had a "not for sale" label on it.

'twas original, tho.

[evizaer]

This really depends on what band you are talking about.

A band that has incredibly complex arrangements needs to be heard best in the studio, because it is nearly impossible to get live sound anywhere near as enjoyable and clean as the studio product. I'm talking about bands like Spiral Architect.

For bands that take pleasure in adding flare and interesting arrangement modifications to their live show, sometimes the live albums can be superior.

[asleepathewheel]

live>studio, for the most part. I was hugely disappointed in the one DMB concert Iwent to, but that would be the exception.

Live cds are hit or miss for me, I purchased 2 in the past week, Green Day's and Wilco's. the green day one is a bit too choreographed for a live cd for me, but the Wilco one is quite nice, a bit better production than the bootlegs I have, though not nearly as spontaneous feeling.

[Timexwatch]

I'm a young Deadhead in spirit, so I'd have to say the studio recordngs were inferior to the live performances judging by the quality of shows that I've heard from live CDs and bootlegs. Jam bands shine in live performances. So do blues and jazz artists.

[Max Webster]

Roy Buchanan-Live in Japan

[Getao321]

jazz is better live I think, but the quality sometimes is lacking.

There is nothing better in classical music than hearing the end of a great performance of the song and hearing the audience jump out of their seats shouting bravo. The silent ending of stuiod classical (more noticeable in the smaller ensembles) is rather disheartening...

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Getao321
There is nothing better in classical music than hearing the end of a great performance of the song and hearing the audience jump out of their seats shouting bravo. The silent ending of stuiod classical (more noticeable in the smaller ensembles) is rather disheartening...

Meh, that depends on the music. If it's some sort of bravura piece like Beethoven's 9th or 1812 overture, sure. But after the Barber Adagio? Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde? The Mozart Requiem? No, I don't want audience noise then, I want a hefty silence so I can take in the emotional experience of those works.

One of the most amazing performances I ever saw was of the ballet of Stravinksy's The Rite of Spring.. The final Sacrificial Dance was basically staged as a gang rape, and the female dancer was totally nude. It was savagely powerful choreography, and when the orchestra slammed out the final chord (at which point the "sacrifice" dropped dead), we in the audience just sat there, stunned. I think it was almost a full 10 seconds before anyone started clapping. And that made it all the more powerful.

[Az]

Sounds awesome.

I should really go to the Opera some time...

[Dis]

esp if they have naked chicks. though I'm not sure about the rape thing...

I was actually listening to opera last night on my classical radio station here in Vegas. I must be insane. If anyone told me when I was a teenager I would be listening to opera, I'd laugh my ass off. I find it kind of amusing (even if it isn't intentional). The one last night was a bit of a comedy. And it was actually sung in English! . Though I still only understood about 1 out of every 4 words.

[Boris Godunov]

The Rite of Spring is ballet, people, not opera.

I encourage people to go to live music as much as possible, whatever the venue. It encourages artists to actually have live audiences. This trend towards soulless, sterile "performances" that are manipulated in a studio is disturbing...

[Kontiki]

Boris, just curious - do you listen to any non-classical/opera/ballet music or do you tend to stay strickly in those genres?

[Boris Godunov]

I listen to other stuff sometimes. Simon & Garfunkel and the Beatles, for instance. I have hodgepodge of non-classical music on my mp3 player, such as some musical soundtracks (Les Miserables, Avenue Q, West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, etc.). And there's some miscellaneous oddities, like Tom Lehrer, the Southpark movie soundtrack, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical, and others. I also have the Ethel Merman Disco Album to bring out and dazzle [horrify] people at parties.

I also listen to film soundtracks (Phillip Glass's Fog of War score is really neat). But that usually falls into the symphonic category.