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   In rec.sport.football.college Bill Lang  wrote:   
   > I don't chew my cabbage twice,    
   >   
   >>> I meant duplicating the quality of their music...not an exact   
   >>> copy of what they recorded.  I was thinking about the number of   
   >>> bands that sound considerably worse live than they do in   
   >>> studio.   
   >>   
   >> ...and those are bands I think suck... All my favorite bands   
   >> sound better live than in studio recordings mostly (everyone has   
   >> an occassional off night).   
   >   
   > Malarky.   
   >   
   > Bands rarely sound "better" live.   
      
   Wrong - pretty much all bands that engage in exstensive live   
   improvisation sound better live than on studio recordings.   
      
   Grateful Dead   
   Leftover Salmon   
   Primus/Sausage/Frog Brigade   
   Phish   
   Galactic   
   Allman Brothers Band   
   Jimi Hendryx & Band of Gypsies   
      
   We're not talking sound quality - we're talking about the quality of the   
   music being played.   
      
   I'll take a monstrous 1969 "Other One" over the studio version any day.   
      
   I'll take that New Years eve 1969 "Machine Gun" over the studio   
   version any day.   
      
   > Nearly everyone falls well short.   
      
   Then you listen to bands that aren't very good live.   
      
   > Now, there is an increased entertainment value to live music if they   
   > play things different like varied riffs, songs they haven't recorded,   
   > covers, etc.  If you're lucky, the accoustics are better than your   
   > living room but you're not going to find that except in rare venues.   
   > I've been in a total of ONE venue where I could say that, and that   
   > was the Strathmore Center in DC.  To say live is "better music" is   
   > just more music snobbery hooey.   
      
   No - its respecting musicians who can actually play the music, and   
   improvise, over studio whores who can assemble a product in the   
   studio - but can't actually play it.   
      
   --   
   Aaron   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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