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General => General Music Discussion => Topic started by: dparrott on September 23, 2016, 05:20:54 PM
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New EP ("mixtape" they call it) featuring a cover of Who Shot Ya? by Notorious BIG. They're still kickin ass after 30 years! :metal
https://youtu.be/9Cp1NbyWYwQ
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Awesome cover! Glad to see they are still around
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Saw this when it came out.
Don't know the original song, but Living Colour does a great job with it.
Still need to pick up a copy of A Chair In The Doorway.
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... and the winner of the All-Time Fugliest Pick-Holding Technique Award is... VERNON REID! Runner-up goes to Tom Morello. Vernon Reid was also runner-up to Kirk Hammet in the "Too Much Wahhhhhhhh" category.
Unfortunately, the song doesn't do anything for me. :(
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I have been listening to Vivid non stop the past few days. So damn good :metal
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I love every Living Colour album I've heard except A Chair In The Doorway which I don't have yet.
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I picked up Time's up two weeks ago and I love it
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One of my all time favorite bands. They were supposed to release a full length entitled "Shade," a couple of years ago, but they never got around to finishing it.
The best three records are vivid, stain, and time's up, in no particular order. Collideoscope is a bit of a mess, and while Chair in the Doorway has some good stuff (Burned Bridges is huge, and Vernon Reid shreds), the mix and production are awful, and the guitars (like on said solo in burned bridges) are buried.
However, they are INCREDIBLE live, and hopefully they get back to making just as great studio records soon. Corey Glover has one of the best voices in the history of rock and metal, bar none. And Vernon Reid can play circles around many of these supposed prog/shred guitar gods people talk about. The guy was legit while most of them were in grade school. :lol
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The only song I've ever heard by these guys was Cult of Personality.
Where should I start?
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The only song I've ever heard by these guys was Cult of Personality.
Where should I start?
Get the album Vivid first. That's where I started. After a few listens, I was addicted.
Besides cult of personality, Middle man, Desperate people and funny vibe are three of my favorites off that album, but the whole thing is great.
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The only song I've ever heard by these guys was Cult of Personality.
Where should I start?
Get the album Vivid first. That's where I started. After a few listens, I was addicted.
Besides cult of personality, Middle man, Desperate people and funny vibe are three of my favorites off that album, but the whole thing is great.
I'd go in chronological order:
Vivid
Times Up
Stain
Collideoscope
Still don't have A Chair In The Doorway...yet.
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Get chair inside the doorway. You're really missing out.
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Get chair inside the doorway. You're really missing out.
I fully intend to. But there is so much music out there.
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Yes there is. Still an increddible band, though!
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I picked up collideøscope since I have listened to the living shit out of their first 3 albums and needed MORE. Its actually pretty solid.
I LOVE this band :heart
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I picked up collideøscope since I have listened to the living shit out of their first 3 albums and needed MORE. Its actually pretty solid.
I LOVE this band :heart
Being a hardcore, I jumped on Collideoscope when it came out, but I ultimately really don't enjoy the record a ton. "Flying" is the best song, and being a native NYer, the tune has always creeped me out. Solid, solid song, but tough to listen to. "Sacred Ground" was something they had lying around for awhile, but I dig that too. I think the other tunes are OK, but overall, I probably vote for Collideoscope being their worst record, personally. The covers of Back in Black and Tomorrow Never Knows are really good, but other than Flying and Sacred Ground, I could pass on the rest.
I really enjoyed The Chair in the Doorway a lot more...except the mix was horrendous. Vernon absolutely shreds in Burned Bridges, and the guitars are pushed all the way to the back. :facepalm:
I'm really looking forward to Shade, whenever they finally put it out there. I've seen Living Colour live a ton of times, and they are always a must see band.
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May as well be consistent and say I still don't have Chair yet!
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New song from new album
https://www.metalsucks.net/2017/08/03/get-with-the-program-and-crank-the-new-living-colour-song/
Me likey
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I like it too. The record sounds MUCH better produced than the last couple. The song is decent. I think the best is yet to come. Living Colour is so varied, so you never know what you're gonna get. :lol
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Still no Chair.....ha ha. I better get on that!
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Still no Chair.....ha ha. I better get on that!
honestly, the production sucks. Burned Bridges is amazing, and vernon fucking goes off like a madman...but yiu can barely hear him.
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Still no Chair.....ha ha. I better get on that!
honestly, the production sucks. Burned Bridges is amazing, and vernon fucking goes off like a madman...but yiu can barely hear him.
I'll just have to deal with it then!
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Today is out Living Colour's Shade. My first impression it's really superior than Collideoscope and The Chair in The Doorway, records which I like a lot, but they are kind of a more "mature" Living Colour. On Shade that younger agressivity and intricate drumming from the first 3 records are back which I'm very happy with!
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From first impressions, I definitely feel like its a step up from the previous two albums. Feels more inspired to a degree and I love the agressive edge to it.
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Pumped to hear it. My copy arrives today. I'll check it out tonight. Been avoiding the songs except for a couple I already heard live over the past few years from them. Love what you guys are saying though...
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Will be spinning on Spotify today or sometime over the weekend.
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On first spin, I love it! Not big on comparing albums because it's early but definitely an amazing album.Out of the 13 songs, I don't think there is a weak one on there. I do wish that there wasn't that long talking into to Program, it was cool the 1st time but gets old. That is a song that was released ahead of time. Anyhow, very aggressive at times, very bluesy and of course great solid rock.
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Listened through the new record once, pretty good first impression! The band sounds killer.
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I forgot about AutoRip from Amazon, so yep, I had it in my account and listened to it twice already. I really like it. The production is 1000x better than the last two records, it has aggressive moments (some great guitar work, obviously) and the songs are pretty dynamic. Need to listen more. I'm not picking out any standout moments yet, but that's OK. I'll let the whole thing resonate for a while.
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Really like this quote from Vernon in an interview.
Paste: Living Colour has been out on the road recently. What kind of sense do you get for where the country is at these days?
Vernon Reid: There’s a really, really interesting tension. There’s a tendency to think of Trump voters as one particular thing. Now I’m not into Donald Trump—can’t stand him. But this whole idea of castigating the people who voted for him and being paternalistic toward them is wrong-headed. It just deepens the divide. We have to get past all the name-calling
Just a very open minded response. Not trying to make this thread political but just like the openness of it. Very refreshing.
Second time through. That Always Wrong chorus is fantastic. Two Sides is such a great way to end the album. Very bluesy and moving.
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Really like this quote from Vernon in an interview.
Paste: Living Colour has been out on the road recently. What kind of sense do you get for where the country is at these days?
Vernon Reid: There’s a really, really interesting tension. There’s a tendency to think of Trump voters as one particular thing. Now I’m not into Donald Trump—can’t stand him. But this whole idea of castigating the people who voted for him and being paternalistic toward them is wrong-headed. It just deepens the divide. We have to get past all the name-calling
Just a very open minded response. Not trying to make this thread political but just like the openness of it. Very refreshing.
Second time through. That Always Wrong chorus is fantastic. Two Sides is such a great way to end the album. Very bluesy and moving.
Agreed on all counts. Love Two Sides as a closer. Just perfect.
I don't always agree with Corey and Vernon, but I respect the hell out of both of them. They truly do think about things pretty deeply. Vernon is spot on with that quote.
I just got through spin #3...
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Really like this quote from Vernon in an interview.
Paste: Living Colour has been out on the road recently. What kind of sense do you get for where the country is at these days?
Vernon Reid: There’s a really, really interesting tension. There’s a tendency to think of Trump voters as one particular thing. Now I’m not into Donald Trump—can’t stand him. But this whole idea of castigating the people who voted for him and being paternalistic toward them is wrong-headed. It just deepens the divide. We have to get past all the name-calling
Just a very open minded response. Not trying to make this thread political but just like the openness of it. Very refreshing.
Second time through. That Always Wrong chorus is fantastic. Two Sides is such a great way to end the album. Very bluesy and moving.
Agreed on all counts. Love Two Sides as a closer. Just perfect.
I don't always agree with Corey and Vernon, but I respect the hell out of both of them. They truly do think about things pretty deeply. Vernon is spot on with that quote.
I just got through spin #3...
Spin 3?? Damn, I have to catch up.
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Listened about 3 more times this weekend. Really strong album top to bottom. Can't wait to hear these songs live.
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Managed to listen to it once in full on the weekend. Yeah, it is a really strong record. I'm noticing things on subsequent plays of the album, which is always a good thing. I don't think it gets up to the level of the first three (Vivid, Time's Up, or Stain), but I didn't expect it to. What I love is how well produced and mixed it is. You can hear Vernon, and the band sounds incredibly energized.
They need to have Collideoscope and especially Chair in the Doorway remixed. "Burned Bridges" from the latter is one of Vernon's (and the band as a whole) finer moments IMO, and you can barely hear Vernon.
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Managed to listen to it once in full on the weekend. Yeah, it is a really strong record. I'm noticing things on subsequent plays of the album, which is always a good thing. I don't think it gets up to the level of the first three (Vivid, Time's Up, or Stain), but I didn't expect it to. What I love is how well produced and mixed it is. You can hear Vernon, and the band sounds incredibly energized.
They need to have Collideoscope and especially Chair in the Doorway remixed. "Burned Bridges" from the latter is one of Vernon's (and the band as a whole) finer moments IMO, and you can barely hear Vernon.
It's strange that those two albums get almost no love live. They played Flying a few years ago which was amazing(appropriate today) and occasionally Behind the Sun, which is one of my favorites. When I saw them last a few months ago when they asked for requests. I said Behind the Sun and Doug said something like Vernon loves that song and can play it all night. Someone else said Decadence from the same album and Doug(who was holding the mic to the people) said that no one but him remembers how to play that song. If you're curious they wound up playing Glamour Boys. I have no idea if that was pre planned, but it was not on the set list.
As far as the new album, yes every new listen you pick up on new things. Preachin' Blues has some really great sounding bass guitar.
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I really like it upon first listen. Really strong record.
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Managed to listen to it once in full on the weekend. Yeah, it is a really strong record. I'm noticing things on subsequent plays of the album, which is always a good thing. I don't think it gets up to the level of the first three (Vivid, Time's Up, or Stain), but I didn't expect it to. What I love is how well produced and mixed it is. You can hear Vernon, and the band sounds incredibly energized.
They need to have Collideoscope and especially Chair in the Doorway remixed. "Burned Bridges" from the latter is one of Vernon's (and the band as a whole) finer moments IMO, and you can barely hear Vernon.
It's strange that those two albums get almost no love live. They played Flying a few years ago which was amazing(appropriate today) and occasionally Behind the Sun, which is one of my favorites. When I saw them last a few months ago when they asked for requests. I said Behind the Sun and Doug said something like Vernon loves that song and can play it all night. Someone else said Decadence from the same album and Doug(who was holding the mic to the people) said that no one but him remembers how to play that song. If you're curious they wound up playing Glamour Boys. I have no idea if that was pre planned, but it was not on the set list.
As far as the new album, yes every new listen you pick up on new things. Preachin' Blues has some really great sounding bass guitar.
I'm planning on picking up Shade soon. Hopefully they will play some newer stuff live. I'd rather hear them play what they want to play rather than a hits set.
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Managed to listen to it once in full on the weekend. Yeah, it is a really strong record. I'm noticing things on subsequent plays of the album, which is always a good thing. I don't think it gets up to the level of the first three (Vivid, Time's Up, or Stain), but I didn't expect it to. What I love is how well produced and mixed it is. You can hear Vernon, and the band sounds incredibly energized.
They need to have Collideoscope and especially Chair in the Doorway remixed. "Burned Bridges" from the latter is one of Vernon's (and the band as a whole) finer moments IMO, and you can barely hear Vernon.
It's strange that those two albums get almost no love live. They played Flying a few years ago which was amazing(appropriate today) and occasionally Behind the Sun, which is one of my favorites. When I saw them last a few months ago when they asked for requests. I said Behind the Sun and Doug said something like Vernon loves that song and can play it all night. Someone else said Decadence from the same album and Doug(who was holding the mic to the people) said that no one but him remembers how to play that song. If you're curious they wound up playing Glamour Boys. I have no idea if that was pre planned, but it was not on the set list.
As far as the new album, yes every new listen you pick up on new things. Preachin' Blues has some really great sounding bass guitar.
Bill,
They did on their respective tours. I saw them a couple of times on Collideoscope, and they played Sacred Ground, Flying, Operation Mind Control, A ? Of When, and a couple of others. I saw them once or twice on the Chair in the Doorway tour, and they played...I want to say three or four from that record. My memory is hazy because I also saw them on the Vivid 25th Anniversary tour, and then a couple times in 2014 -- once was a festival appearance at an amphitheater (had Corey Taylor on the bill, Anthrax, etc.), and then a headline show (both of these were summer 2014). If I remember right, they did Preachin Blues at that headline show. i want to say they did Who Shot Ya...but I don't think they did. I think it was before they had that ready.
I saw them once in May 2002 (my first time), and that was pre-Collideoscope. And I absolutely remember Sacred Ground, because they turned it into a 20 minute jam session, and it went on forever. And there were a couple of other tunes at the time I didn't recognize.
I saw them next in April 2003 and Collideoscope was out, or close to being out, and they played a bunch from it (I have the set list at home...this was at The Downtown in Farmingdale, NY). I didn't see them again until Sept. 2005, and they played a few then -- https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/living-colour/2005/the-independent-san-francisco-ca-33c7c88d.html. Five years later, I saw them again, but don't remember the set. But it was right after the release of Chair in the Doorway, and they did play a bunch of it (can't find the setlist, but remember the gig). It wasn't until 2013 I saw them next, which was the Vivid 25th I mentioned earlier. And then the two 2014 gigs I mentioned.
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Managed to listen to it once in full on the weekend. Yeah, it is a really strong record. I'm noticing things on subsequent plays of the album, which is always a good thing. I don't think it gets up to the level of the first three (Vivid, Time's Up, or Stain), but I didn't expect it to. What I love is how well produced and mixed it is. You can hear Vernon, and the band sounds incredibly energized.
They need to have Collideoscope and especially Chair in the Doorway remixed. "Burned Bridges" from the latter is one of Vernon's (and the band as a whole) finer moments IMO, and you can barely hear Vernon.
It's strange that those two albums get almost no love live. They played Flying a few years ago which was amazing(appropriate today) and occasionally Behind the Sun, which is one of my favorites. When I saw them last a few months ago when they asked for requests. I said Behind the Sun and Doug said something like Vernon loves that song and can play it all night. Someone else said Decadence from the same album and Doug(who was holding the mic to the people) said that no one but him remembers how to play that song. If you're curious they wound up playing Glamour Boys. I have no idea if that was pre planned, but it was not on the set list.
As far as the new album, yes every new listen you pick up on new things. Preachin' Blues has some really great sounding bass guitar.
Bill,
They did on their respective tours. I saw them a couple of times on Collideoscope, and they played Sacred Ground, Flying, Operation Mind Control, A ? Of When, and a couple of others. I saw them once or twice on the Chair in the Doorway tour, and they played...I want to say three or four from that record. My memory is hazy because I also saw them on the Vivid 25th Anniversary tour, and then a couple times in 2014 -- once was a festival appearance at an amphitheater (had Corey Taylor on the bill, Anthrax, etc.), and then a headline show (both of these were summer 2014). If I remember right, they did Preachin Blues at that headline show. i want to say they did Who Shot Ya...but I don't think they did. I think it was before they had that ready.
I saw them once in May 2002 (my first time), and that was pre-Collideoscope. And I absolutely remember Sacred Ground, because they turned it into a 20 minute jam session, and it went on forever. And there were a couple of other tunes at the time I didn't recognize.
I saw them next in April 2003 and Collideoscope was out, or close to being out, and they played a bunch from it (I have the set list at home...this was at The Downtown in Farmingdale, NY). I didn't see them again until Sept. 2005, and they played a few then -- https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/living-colour/2005/the-independent-san-francisco-ca-33c7c88d.html. Five years later, I saw them again, but don't remember the set. But it was right after the release of Chair in the Doorway, and they did play a bunch of it (can't find the setlist, but remember the gig). It wasn't until 2013 I saw them next, which was the Vivid 25th I mentioned earlier. And then the two 2014 gigs I mentioned.
I have only seen them between albums starting with 2014. So they played a variety of songs. I think at 2 of the 3 shows they played Who's That? and for all 3 I am pretty sure they opened with Preachin Blues. and played Who Shot Ya? I didn't care for Who Shot Ya? at first and now really enjoy it. Great guitar in it. Looking forward to the Shade tour. I just missed Vivid in it's entirety. Would have loved to seen that. The first show I went to they were selling a copy of it for 10 bucks, cash only but I had no cash. I figured I could get it online but no luck. I even emailed the website but never got a response.
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I've been hoping they'd celebrate the anniversaries of Time's Up and Stain, as I never got to see them during that initial run from 1988-1994, but they haven't so far. The "classic 3" are still, to me, the best in their catalog. I really like Shade, but I'd probably put it fourth.
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I've been hoping they'd celebrate the anniversaries of Time's Up and Stain, as I never got to see them during that initial run from 1988-1994, but they haven't so far. The "classic 3" are still, to me, the best in their catalog. I really like Shade, but I'd probably put it fourth.
I agree. Vivid, Time's Up and Stain are an amazing run. I as well would put Shade 4th, possibly above Time's Up or at least on par with. I really enjoy the Chair, Behind the Sun alone elevates the album then Collideøscope. Although Collideøscope has Flying, Lost Halo and Holy Roller. all of which are amazing!
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They just kicked off their London Shade tour run. Curious to see the set list and how much of the new material they play.
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Caught these guys again last night. Planned to get the album, but since I didn't buy an advance ticket like I planned to I didn't have the cash for the CD.
Though the show was awesome, really beautiful bass solo by Doug (and a cool solo by Wil) I wish they didn't focus so much on Vivid. Have to say it was great to hear Elvis is Dead and Should I Stay Or Should I go. New stuff was great too. Wish there was more of it.
Probably my favorite show of the three I've seen over the last 15 years.
First show of the US Tour which I guess is kind of neat. Mistakes were made but it was still pretty fun.
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Shade is good but some of the songs sound a bit muddy/garage style in the production.
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Shade is good but some of the songs sound a bit muddy/garage style in the production.
That may have been a style choice or they just may not have been economically feasible.