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Post subject: Re: Live on Two Legs: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed September 02, 2015 5:08 pm
Broken Tamborine
Joined: Tue June 25, 2013 5:59 pm Posts: 383 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland
Holy shit, how are there no posts for this?
I played this today for the first time in a long while, and I'm glad that it is indeed as good as I remembered. What a gem. The tracklisting is damn near perfect, awesome flow to it. The performances are all top notch, and great instrument and vocal tones throughout. I think these versions of Red Mosquito, Even Flow, Do the Evolution and Fuckin' Up are my favorites. The packaging is also stellar with the photography and poster collages. I think this is the best sounding live recording of the band as well. 9/10
Post subject: Re: Live on Two Legs: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed September 02, 2015 7:55 pm
10Club Complaint Department
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 2:02 am Posts: 15145 Location: Gigatown
evenslow wrote:
I probably haven't listened to this in a decade. Need to remedy that.
You pretty much can't top '98 Pearl Jam. Matt was playing for his life and it adds some real urgency, IIRC.
I haven't listened to LO2L in that long too. This thread had inspired me to give it a listen as soon as I get a chance. I remember Red Mosquito being awesome (actually a friend of mine that is only a very fringe PJ fan always loved that version of the song, it was always his favorite PJ song and I'm not sure if he's ever heard the album cut).
Post subject: Re: Live on Two Legs: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed September 02, 2015 8:23 pm
Broken Tamborine
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 3:54 pm Posts: 418
LikeLukin wrote:
Holy shit, how are there no posts for this?
I played this today for the first time in a long while, and I'm glad that it is indeed as good as I remembered. What a gem. The tracklisting is damn near perfect, awesome flow to it. The performances are all top notch, and great instrument and vocal tones throughout. I think these versions of Red Mosquito, Even Flow, Do the Evolution and Fuckin' Up are my favorites. The packaging is also stellar with the photography and poster collages. I think this is the best sounding live recording of the band as well. 9/10
Nothing but glowing praise. What is missing that would push this to a 10?
Post subject: Re: Live on Two Legs: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed September 02, 2015 8:29 pm
tl;dr
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm Posts: 8595
Perfect live record -- great song selection, great sequencing, great performances. I have very fond memories of taking the city bus to buy this after school sophomore year and holing myself up in my room and bouncing around the room to it all night. After the $50 bootlegs, the live B-sides, the promise and subsequent redacting of "Give Way" -- a live Pearl Jam album just seemed so overdue. Why hasn't more 1998 stuff been released?
Post subject: Re: Live on Two Legs: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed September 02, 2015 9:17 pm
Commissioner
Joined: Wed March 13, 2013 12:48 am Posts: 11792
Yeah, if I remember correctly it was a mostly dark screen, and a lot of crowd noise. In one version, the commercial stopped there, and the release info was flashed across the screen. In the extended one, you'd hear the the first few seconds of Corduroy start.
Me and a good buddy of mine would always head up to the gymnastics room at our high school before we had to get ready for our hockey game. We'd warm up in there tossing the football around while cranking this album.
Post subject: Re: Live on Two Legs: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed September 02, 2015 9:30 pm
Posting (live)
Joined: Wed February 06, 2013 2:47 am Posts: 17547 Location: Scooby Doo
Strat wrote:
Me and a good buddy of mine would always head up to the gymnastics room at our high school before we had to get ready for our hockey game. We'd warm up in there tossingthe football aroundwhile cranking this album.
That's what I read and that's how I choose to believe.
Post subject: Re: Live on Two Legs: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed September 02, 2015 9:31 pm
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Lament wrote:
Yeah, if I remember correctly it was a mostly dark screen, and a lot of crowd noise. In one version, the commercial stopped there, and the release info was flashed across the screen. In the extended one, you'd hear the the first few seconds of Corduroy start.
Me and a good buddy of mine would always head up to the gymnastics room at our high school before we had to get ready for our hockey game. We'd warm up in there tossingthe football aroundwhile cranking this album.
That's what I read and that's how I choose to believe.
Post subject: Re: Live on Two Legs: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed September 02, 2015 9:45 pm
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Joined: Wed February 06, 2013 2:47 am Posts: 17547 Location: Scooby Doo
Strat wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:
Strat wrote:
Me and a good buddy of mine would always head up to the gymnastics room at our high school before we had to get ready for our hockey game. We'd warm up in there tossingthe football aroundwhile cranking this album.
That's what I read and that's how I choose to believe.
I think Matt being tossed into the eye of the storm paid big dividends on this. Everyone is on their toes but the sheer musicianship pulls them through.
Probably his best playing with the band.
Not sure I like it as much as Give Way, but the fact that it's close says a lot.
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