Live recordings that are better than the original.

[Magnetic2]

What songs have your heard live/bought/downloaded that are better than the original recording? Mine is fortune son by Creedence Clearwater Revival

 

[Pipotchi]

I have live versions of Pink Floyd's Shine on you Crazy diamond and it is the best song I own. Hearing the crowd just makes it that much more enjoyable

 

[sammyfreak]

Jeff Buckley's album Live in Sin-É has some of the best covers i have ever heard. Night Flight - Led Zeppelin is one of the best ones on the album.

 

[Evil Lawyer]

I have live versions of Pink Floyd's Shine on you Crazy diamond and it is the best song I own. Hearing the crowd just makes it that much more enjoyable

Have to agree there. I would even go as far as to say their live version of Darkside of the Moon from Pulse was better than the album, but that's because David Gilmour is my guitar god and everything he does live is bloody fantastic, not to mention perfect.

Also I must mention Guns N' Roses 'Rocket Queen' is much better from their Live Era album.

Metallica's 'For Whom The Bell Tolls' is a great live song from any of their live albums. The Ride the Lightning version didn't do it for me, and then I heard the Live Shit:Binge and Purge version and was floored.

 

[Pipotchi]

I have live versions of Pink Floyd's Shine on you Crazy diamond and it is the best song I own. Hearing the crowd just makes it that much more enjoyable

Have to agree there. I would even go as far as to say their live version of Darkside of the Moon from Pulse was better than the album, but that's because David Gilmour is my guitar god and everything he does live is bloody fantastic, not to mention perfect.

oooh its a bold man that says anything is better than Dark side of the Moon Good choice though its definately a close thing. I think that album is the only one I have ever heard where the songs so seamlessly slot together to make something more than the sum of their parts. Breathtaking stuff and I agree on the David Gilmour front

 

[Predictable-joke]

There's a lot of Led Zeppelin songs that are absolutely amazing because Led Zeppelin was really good live mentioning a few and their data for as far as I was able to collect them.

Immigrant song - Fuck-o-shitting brilliant song (new therm) in 1972 in Australia. Can be found on youtube

Black Dog - The version on mothership(wich you should get now because mother ship is insane. The dvd version that is) is brilliant

We're gonna groove - 1970 royal albert hall can be seen on youtube

and a lot more but Im getting tired of writing this all

 

[Pipotchi]

There's a lot of Led Zeppelin songs that are absolutely amazing because Led Zeppelin was really good live mentioning a few and their data for as far as I was able to collect them.

Immigrant song - Fuck-o-shitting brilliant song (new therm) in 1972 in Australia. Can be found on youtube

Black Dog - The version on mothership(wich you should get now because mother ship is insane. The dvd version that is) is brilliant

We're gonna groove - 1970 royal albert hall can be seen on youtube

and a lot more but Im getting tired of writing this all

All true just makes me sad I am not old enough to have seen them in their prime

 

[Predictable-joke]

There's a lot of Led Zeppelin songs that are absolutely amazing because Led Zeppelin was really good live mentioning a few and their data for as far as I was able to collect them.

Immigrant song - Fuck-o-shitting brilliant song (new therm) in 1972 in Australia. Can be found on youtube

Black Dog - The version on mothership(wich you should get now because mother ship is insane. The dvd version that is) is brilliant

We're gonna groove - 1970 royal albert hall can be seen on youtube

and a lot more but Im getting tired of writing this all

All true just makes me sad I am not old enough to have seen them in their prime

I feel your pain I don't think it's allowed to put links in comments but if you want I can send you some real good links to live shows they played^^

I was born too early>.<

 

[the_tramp]

However geeky this may sound. If anyone likes the Final Fantasy music I highly advise getting any of the numerous live orchestral cd/dvds available.
~VOICES~, 20020220, More Friends, Tour De Japon.
Most of them are on Youtube, so if need be just go there but to truly appreciate the work buy it and enjoy the high quality audio/video.

 

[OneHP]

The Cooper Temple Clause's A.I.M. was incredible live because they somehow tweaked the bass so that it permeated every fibre of my being and didn't hurt one bit.

 

[MRMIdAS2k]

Def Leppard - Armageddon It (live in Montreal '96) - An epic song, that seems more epic live.
Def Leppard - Pour Some Sugar On Me (live in the clubs) - Just wow, the guitars are heavy, the drums rule and the crowd are in to it from the beginning

 

[Predictable-joke]

Also, Dir en grey used to be really good live but the head singer got vocal chords surgery and then they weren't anymore...

 

[Fire Daemon]

Rime of the Anchient Mariner sounds better when live. So does nearly every Iron Maiden song for that matter.

 

[jim_doki]

I'm a massive fan of Live Killers, the queen album. Live versions of Now I'm Here are always awesome