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Music Appreciation

ProfessorGAC

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9. A Whole Album Like That For Me

Reply to Rocknation (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2022, 11:13 AM

Jul 2022

Last edited Thu Jul 28, 2022, 12:38 PM - Edit history (1)

Dream of the Blue Turtles, by Sting.
Listened to it a lot, then my wife & I went up to Alpine Valley to see them live.
Shazam!
They were so good live I don't think I listened to the cassette again & only listened to the cd a few times.
Amazingly tight, powerful & enormous musicianship.

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I may NEVER listen to the studio version of this song again [View all] Rocknation Jul 2022 OP

I have a couple of those. Here is a live version that blows the studio version away. brewens Jul 2022 #1

Well, if I have a quintessential "studio version assassin" song, this is it Rocknation Jul 2022 #2

Awesome! Here's another favorite. brewens Jul 2022 #3

You set me up, LOL Rocknation Jul 2022 #4

For me, a lot of David Bowie's performances between 2002 and 2004 beat the highplainsdem Jul 2022 #5

I love a lot of those too. A few versions of Heroes I've seen. He could never belt it out like brewens Jul 2022 #10

Cheap Trick- I want You To Want Me must be the most played live song ever. It blows the studio brewens Jul 2022 #6

Budokan was an amazing live album. But my personal favorite there was always highplainsdem Jul 2022 #7

Bun bitches that they picked the one where he had a rimshot on the intro. I can't pick brewens Jul 2022 #8

Those are both great! "California Man" in particular puts highplainsdem Jul 2022 #11

A Whole Album Like That For Me ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #9