tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post6761359499769920193..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Black Sabbath: Live EvilUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-31669093416171154442014-08-28T21:29:08.358+04:002014-08-28T21:29:08.358+04:00I love that the audience is mixed so oddly distant...I love that the audience is mixed so oddly distant. It always puts me in mind of thousands of people cowering in fear behind stone barriers, hundreds of miles away from the actual cataclysmic nuclear event that was the concert itself. If you remember the storyline concerning the group Disaster Area in Douglas Adam's "The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe", you'll get what I mean. Malxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17260547693221778146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-6339092874801636572014-08-28T15:45:49.975+04:002014-08-28T15:45:49.975+04:00That's a Neon Knight in the foreground; the Ir...That's a Neon Knight in the foreground; the Iron Man is all the way in the back, just to the left of the War Pig's head.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-65011165131347922332014-08-28T14:34:52.618+04:002014-08-28T14:34:52.618+04:00Made in Japan is the standard I compare every live...Made in Japan is the standard I compare every live album to. Alas Live Evil pales. To my taste the band relies way too much on experience and professionalism. For me a live album of a hardrock or heavy metal band only works when experience and professionalism are in service of energy and aggression. The latter is seriously lacking here. Then I prefer the studio versions of the songs. What sense does a live album make if the band doesn't try to kick my ass from here to Tokyo?<br />The production doesn't help either. Made in Japan makes me feel as if the musicians are playing for me personally. When listening to Live Evil I'm feeling as if I'm sitting on the back row. As a result I struggle to hold up my attention.<br />A near contemporary example that succeeds is No Sleep 'til Hammersmith; and I'm not even a fan of Motorhead. A remarkable failure for the same reason is We Want Moore. When performing with Colosseum II and with Greg Lake Gary Moore did display all the energy. His version of 21st Century Schizoid Man is scorching.<br />So my favourite live recording of the Sabsters is the show in Paris 1970. There and then the guys were determined to impress and convince.<br /><br />"whose tempo gives him no time to properly savor any of the syllables"<br />Oh come on, Kill the King and Light in the Black (live versions are bootlegged on YouTube) are faster than Paranoid and Dio totally could do it. The second reason is the one. He is simply not capable of expressing the mental deficiency that belongs to the song. There is a precedence. I have always disliked Mistreated version On Stage, mainly because Dio sings it flatly. Only on the version from Munich 1977 Dio displays the dispair the song demands.MNbnoreply@blogger.com