Hot Take/ Musical Confession Thread!

TheMythOfSisyphus said:
#2? How did these numbers get handed out - like a deli counter?

Who is number one? Cause I’m gonna have to pull out some kind of “Before Abraham was, I am” card.
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Hahaha! As a firm believer in staking claim where I see fit, I self-assigned this ranking. I, obviously, put @Lee Newman at #1. HOWEVER, we can always have a "Prince-off" competition to battle for Purple Supremacy :)
 
TheMythOfSisyphus said:
See bold portion. I like your philosophy and I will follow suit. I declare myself #1, vested with full and total authority to assign, make judgments, and contradict myself regarding all things Prince. As such, the first annual N&G Prince-off competition has come and passed with the following results....

I win!

Furthermore, I reserve spots 2-10 for myself as a buffer. For your presumption to both assign the number one spot and claim the number two spot, you will be assigned #117 for a probationary period of 5 years, after which time we will reevaluate your ranking on the leaderboard.

Jumanji!
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HAHA!

Unless I get #319, I shall not be happy. I will deny you the throne and LIVE FOREVER!
 
Chucktshoes said:
I don’t like live albums as a general rule. Live music is an experience requiring the physical presence of both the artist and myself in the audience for me to enjoy it. Anything else is a poor approximation of a fixed moment in time.
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To each his own but I really enjoy recorded live music (with the caveat that it is recorded well) I would never get to experience a Grateful Dead show or Neil Young in the 1970s or The Band, etc.. but I can listen to some amazing live albums thankfully. Lots of live music (even when recorded) have a heightened energy attached to music as the audience and band feed off of each other. Also, I go to a lot of concert and enjoy them for the most part, but it is easy to be distracted by everything else that is going on during the concert going experience, a nice recorded live album, give you the sole focus of the music being performed which is nice.
 
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
To each his own but I really enjoy recorded live music (with the caveat that is is recorded well) I would never get to experience a Grateful Dead show or Neil Young in the 1970s or The Band, etc.. but I can listen to some amazing live albums thankfully. Lots of live music (even when recorded) have a heightened energy attached to music as the audience and band feed off of each other. Also, I go to a lot of concert and enjoy them for the most part, but it is easy to be distracted by everything else that is going on during the concert going experience, a nice recorded live album, give you the sole focus of the music being performed which is nice.
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For me, live albums can be hit or miss. I really hate it when I come across those fake live recordings that were popular in the 70's. And some musicians are just better in the studio than they are on stage. That said, there are some live albums where the energy from the audience is something that enhances the performances. Johnny Cash's prison albums crackle with energy because of that audience. There is an electricity to that live version of 'Folsom Prison Blues' that is unmatched on the very good studio version. I wouldn't have wanted to be in that audience, for obvious reasons, so being able to experience those live recordings outside of that actual setting is ideal.

But you also have other live albums that have their own unique atmosphere that sort of transports you to that scene where they were recorded. Holly Golightly's "Up The Empire" has bootleg quality sound, but whenever I listen to it, I feel like I'm in a dark British pub watching Holly and her band tear through a great set of songs. I could never have actually been there in that place and in that time, but that album always makes me feel like I am there.
 
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Aron said:
For me, live albums can be hit or miss. I really hate it when I come across those fake live recordings that were popular in the 70's. And some musicians are just better on the studio than they are on stage. That said, there are some live albums where the energy from the audience is something that enhances the performances. Johnny Cash's prison albums crackle with energy because of that audience. There is an electricity to that live version of 'Folsom Prison Blues' that is unmatched on the very good studio version. I wouldn't have wanted to be in that audience, for obvious reasons, so being able to experience those live recordings outside of that actual setting is ideal.

But you also have other live albums that have their own unique atmosphere that sort of transports you to that scene where they were recorded. Holly Golightly's "Up The Empire" has bootleg quality sound, but whenever I listen to it, I feel like I'm in a dark British pub watching Holly and her band tear through a great set of songs. I could never have actually been there in that place and in that time, but that album always makes me feel like I am there.
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Completely agree, as with most thing the good ones are brilliant and the bad ones are terrible.
 
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