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What bands are much better live than on their albums?

I say, Seachange. I saw them live, and even though I've only heard two songs that were recorded in a studio, I also read a review that said they were better live, and I have to agree. They are so good live that I don't think it could be as good in studio, and it isn't.

The Foo Fighters are good live too, but it's not as big of a difference, except for the length of the songs.

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 17 April 2004 20:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Secret Machines. Though their records are good, too.

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Saturday, 17 April 2004 20:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Shall I say Mission of Burma, too?

I think it's true.

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 17 April 2004 20:53 (twenty-two years ago)

For the last three albums or so, definitely Stereolab.

― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 17 April 2004 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

AMM

― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Saturday, 17 April 2004 21:28 (twenty-two years ago)

R.E.M., though I do always kind of like their albums.

― Tim Ellison, Saturday, 17 April 2004 21:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Moldy Peaches

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Saturday, 17 April 2004 21:33 (twenty-two years ago)

The Meat Puppets....a thousand times more interesting live than on record.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Saturday, 17 April 2004 21:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Like Seachange.

Well, maybe not a thousand times, but a whole lot more

― Aja (aja), Saturday, 17 April 2004 21:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Liars own this thread. Saw them last night, and it was epic. The new album finally makes "sense", if that's the right word to assign to something as uncanny as what they're up to these days.

― Collardio Gelatinous (collardio), Saturday, 17 April 2004 23:08 (twenty-two years ago)

OTM about the Meat Puppets. 1985 in Kansas City, MO The Grand Emporium.
Awesome. The record is like hearing it from down the street.

XTC Black Sea Tour Hollywood Palladium - Definitely added something to the album-listening.

1980 Dead Kennedys, Santa Monica Civic
The first album nowhere NEAR captured the live show.

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 18 April 2004 06:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh and I forgot one. The Boomtown Rats, Mondo Bongo Tour 1981, Santa Monica Civic--unexpectedly the best live show I'd seen--much more interesting that the album itself and placed the album in a sort of overall context w/ Fine Art of Surfacing.

― Orbit (Orbit), Sunday, 18 April 2004 06:17 (twenty-two years ago)

XTC Black Sea Tour Hollywood Palladium - Definitely added something to the album-listening.

You saw this? I SEETHE with envy!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 18 April 2004 15:40 (twenty-two years ago)

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