Streeter Seidell is a comedy writer and (mediocre) drummer living in Brooklyn, NY. During the day he edits the front page of CollegeHumor.com but when the sun goes down he takes his place at the helm of the Indablog. He maintains a personal blog at StreeterSeidell.com and wants to make sure you know he once wrote something for the New York Times and that it was, in the words of his mother, "Amazing! You're so talented!"
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Tuesday July 01, 2008 at 08:00 AM |
A journalist at The Independent has declared the live album dead! Say it aint so!
Well, apparently it is. It's no secret that the live album as an art form is not what it used to be. As the author notes, back in the day a live album could send a relatively unknown musician into the stratosphere of stardom (See: Peter Frampton). These days though, we rarely see a live album that isn't accompanied by a live DVD. And, as the author also notes, these live DVDs rarely have the magic of a show when you take the images away. Thank God for the Internet!
It is time to say farewell to some of the greatest albums ever made, albums that made careers, defined genres, and celebrated the raw power of music. Because the live album, once a rite of passage for every act of substance, is dead.
Yes, some bands may still make live albums: Muse, in particular, have released three live sets in a career of just four studio albums, but they are the exception. And just as there is no such thing as radio with pictures – it becomes television – then the live DVD is different from the live album. The visuals overwhelm the music, the spectacle takes over, and the sound loses its primacy.
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Tuesday July 01, 2008 at 08:40 AM
Great post! It is so true and there are many possible reasons for it. Rock music is not what it used to be. People don't jam in the same way. There is a place for the 5-10 minute guitar jam or drum solo. With that in mind, I can't fathom what a live pop, rap or hip hop album would be like or even why anyone would buy it.
That's just me tho. :)
Tuesday July 01, 2008 at 01:14 PM
Great point Joe - maybe that's part of the problem. I mean I can think of live albums in the last 10 years that I really like, but they're all Dave Matthews or other jam bands...we should create some consumer demand for more live rock albums...
Tuesday July 01, 2008 at 08:14 PM
I (Streeter) thought that Blink 182's "The Mark, Tom and Travis Show" was good. But aside from that it's all DMB/jam bands.
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