Defend the Indefensible: Live (the band)

Dated May 18, 2007 - Greenwich Village, NYC

Hey, it's Adam, I just wanted to let all our fans know that Counting Crows will hit the road this summer on a tour of America's baseball parks. We're starting on July 22nd in Wilmington, DE at Daniel S. Frawley Stadium, the Home of the Blue Rocks. We're gonna hit 23 different ballyards all across the country (they're all listed below), mostly in smaller towns.

One of the reasons I'm so excited about this little jaunt we've decided to call "The Rock 'n' Roll Triple Play Ballpark Tour" is that we got really lucky and talked both Live and Collective Soul into coming along for the summer. We've even got Third Eye Blind hopping on for a few shows. Most of you probably know that Live and are both old friends AND old touring partners of ours. We spent the summer together when CC was touring on our 3rd album "This Desert Life." What you may not know is that on Saturday, May 21st, 1994, Third Eye Blind played their 1st show ever opening for Counting Crows at the historic Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. We've never toured with Collective Soul before, but we've played festivals together and...well, they're just a great band.

The other reason I'm really excited about this summer is that I grew up in a college town and I've always loved those kinds of places. That's why Counting Crows has always done so many tours outside the big cities. I'm definitely a city boy myself. Hell, I live in New York City. But this is a big country and, as much as I love a city, too many bands forget that there's a hell of a lot of America out there that's not New York or Chicago or LA. We haven't forgotten that and we're never going to forget it.

So if you live in Pawtucket, Rhode Island or Fargo, North Dakota or Sedalia, Missouri or Sauget, Illinois or any of the other 20 or so yards we'll be playing this summer, then we'll see you there. If not, get in the car and take a drive. Like I said, it's a big beautiful country. You 'ought a see it anyway. That's what I'm gonna do.

Okay. So that's settled. Now on to the "press release" part of this...uh...press release. I didn't write this next part but it's still important (it's got all the tour dates, after all) so read the whole thing. Anyway, this is the end of my personal compositional involvement (note the big word usage). It's been nice talkin' at ya. Here's the rest:

Read the entire Press Release here.

Tickets for all shows begin going on sale towards the end of May, check CountingCrows.com for on sale dates and fan club presales. All children under 12 will be admitted for free! A complete listing of dates is below:

July 22nd - Daniel S. Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, DE
Home of the Blue Rocks
July 24th - Classic Park in Eastlake, OH
Home of the Lake County Captains
July 25th - Consol Energy Park in Washington, PA
Home of the Wild Things
July 27th - Fifth Third Field in Dayton, OH
Home of the Dragons
July 28th - Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park, MI
Home of the West Michigan Whitecaps
July 31st - Jerry Uht Park in Erie, PA
Home of the Seawolves
August 1st - Dunne Tire Park in Buffalo, NY
Home of the Bisons
August 3rd - Louisville Slugger Field in Louisville, KY
Home of the Bats
August 4th - Victory Field in Indianapolis, IN
Home of the Indians
August 7th - GCS Ballpark in Sauget, IL
Home of the Gateway Grizzlies
August 8th - Drillers Stadium in Tulsa, OK
Home of the Drillers
August 10th - Sedalia, MO – without Live/Collective Soul or TEB
August 11th - Principal Park in Des Moines, IA
Home of the Iowa Cubs
August 14th - Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen, MD
Home of the Ironbirds
August 15th - Harry Grove Stadium in Frederick, MD
Home of the Keys
August 17th - MerchantsAuto.com Stadium in Manchester, NH
Home of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats
August 18th - New Britain Stadium in New Britain, CT
Home of the Rock Cats
August 21st - Blair County Ballpark in Altoona, PA Home of the Curve
August 22nd - First Energy Park in Lakewood, NJ
Home of the BlueClaws
August 24th - McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, RI
Home of the Paw Sox
August 25th - Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, NY
Home of the Hudson Valley Renegades
August 27th - Syracuse, NY – without Live/Collective Soul or TEB
August 28th - Allentown, PA- without Live/Collective Soul or TEB
August 30th - Memorial Stadium in Ft. Wayne, IN
Home of the Wizards
September 1st - Midway Stadium in St. Paul, MN
Home of the Saints
September 2nd - Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo, ND
Home of the Redhawks

OF COURSE THEY COME TO SEDALIA WITHOUT LIVE

DAMNIT!

Does one have to leave the city when Collective Soul and Live get together? Or is it sufficient to spend all night hiding in the closet / in church (depending on your preference)?

You can shove Live where the sun don't shine.

Yeah. I'd rather listen to friggin' Air Supply than Live.

And the classic Butt-head line regarding that video was "I know this video is supposed to be freaking me out, but I'm totally unfreaked."

Yeah. I'd rather listen to friggin' Air Supply than Live.

Jesus, lord. Even I don't know the answer to this conundrum. But I have to say, saying Air Supply are better than Live is...suspect. Or something. Look I don't want to hear either of them. I refuse to compare them just to come up with a winner. I don't care.

And besides Blur's "Caramel" is sounding about a billion times cooler about now.

They are way better than Dave Matthews Band, Hootie & The Blowfish and Nickleback. If that means something.....

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.

Was just about to start this thread, and "Live" is not easy to search either.

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

I was always a fan of Secret Samadhi, but that was about it for me.

"Pain Lies by the Riverside" is a solid tune though....

Lightning crashes a new mother cries
Her placenta falls to the floor

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.

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