Live is better than ever

I saw Live with Collective Soul last night. It's a co-headline tour, but since Live's name was first on the tickets and they went second... It's the second time seeing Collective Soul and 12th time seeing Live. While it was sweet seeing CS, they're one of the rare bands that I think is better on the CD than in concert. The guitars seemed "dumbed down" from what's on the CD. The guitar solo 2 minutes into Heavy for example wasn't nearly as complex as it is on the CD. They played a lot of new stuff, which had people sitting for a lot of their performance. Now also they went first, before the sun was down, so they didn't have the benefit of using the lights.

Then Live came out and opened with The Dam at Otter Creek, which I've never heard them play in concert before. And it's a great opener. Followed by The Dolphin's Cry and The River, I was wondering if they'd just play a water-related set list. They have enough songs to do it. I would wager that last night's Live performance was the best I've seen. And I've seen them in a lot of different venues and cities from Chicago to Rockville. They're at the top of their game. Ed's vocals are awesome, the music is perfect. You can really tell these guys have been playing together for over twenty years, they're a well oiled machine of rock. Chad Taylor's stomping on stage during Lakini's Juice, awesome.

And if you read this and have no clue what I'm talking about, thank you for reading anyway! I saw two of the biggest rock bands of the 90s last night...

Live

Collective Soul