What's the appeal of live albums?

the jamming.

>>127269479 (OP)
If you even have to ask you're probably autistic

yeah, I don't get it, listening to other people enjoying themselves on a concert you weren't on is like watching videos of other people fucking
it's kinda cucky

It captures a different energy that studio albums dont always emit based on the emotions the performers put into it. Sometimes theres better solos.
Take your favorite song and then listen to the live version, sometimes its nice to change it up

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sRTZbriokAw&pp=ygUpTWF6enkgc3RhciBvbGF5IHdpdGggZmlyZSBsaXZlIGNvcGVuaHNnZW4%3D

>>127269479 (OP)
Back in the day, live albums usually had more energy and grit than the studio albums.

Example.
Studio version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wr9ie2J2690

Live album version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0zJCpovwyY

I personally think the live version of this song blows the studio recording out of the water. It has more energy, faster pace, everyone is performing at the edge of their ability. The studio version, all though good, just feel too restrained.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NCTUDJ8RPcM&pp=ygUdSm9obm55IHRoaW5kZXJzIHNvIGFsb25lIGxpdmU%3D

See if this helps you understand why some people emjoy live versions

>>127269479 (OP)
Live at Pompeii, at least Echoes, is hardly live. Even in their own movie you can see them doing overdub takes for the Pompeii film. They played live that day but it essentially functioned as a scratch track for them to be able to retake and edit later. There's video on youtube of David and Rick matching their studio vocal performance to what was taped at Pompeii, same for David's solos. That said, the Pompeii versions are better overall.

it has a different vibe and sounds cool. And sometimes it’s like completely different from the albums.

>>127269479 (OP)
They show you how good your "favorite" band actually is. 99% of your (and my) favorites are utter trash. Enjoy.

>>127269479 (OP)
It's for small children who's parents won't let them go to the actual concert.

Make not a lot of sense to me

they use to play that film at the midnight movies back in the day.
-boomer

>>127269507
This

>>127269520
You're online too much.

>>127269479 (OP)
Sometimes, the live performance is better than the album recording.

>>127269594
This. I'm not into Deep Purple but I could say the same about Roxy Music. Listen to Viva (their first live album, arguably at their peak) and then listen to the songs on their respective albums and they're good but just lacking that special energy.

>>127269479 (OP)
better than the studio versions

For rock music, I like live albums because bands are obsessed with overdubbing shit for absolutely no reason. So albums like Yessongs are the main way to actually hear them perform as the ensemble they advertise themselves to be in the first place. Jazz is obvious, a different recording will be a totally different rendition be it studio or live

With most classical music, live recordings suck unless the performer didn't do a studio version. You will just hear the same piece but with a bunch of people coughing over it constantly. It's less bad for orchestral music, but chamber and solo instrument music is just miserable to hear live whenever I do decide to listen to a recording of a piece of music. But this is mainly for recordings. Actual live performances are pretty cool to hear still in person and that I definitely do not hate

>>127269479 (OP)
sometimes if the band has evolved after the studio versions were put down you get different versions of the songs interpreted through their era at the time of the show
also as mentioned the live show energy

>>127269507
spbp