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What is the best live song ever?
Top 10 Live Hit Songs
- Stevie Wonder – “Fingertips, Part 2” (1963)
- Cheap Trick – “I Want You To Want Me” (1979)
- Kiss – “Rock and Roll All Nite” (1975)
- Marvin Gaye – “Got To Give It Up Pt.
- Paul McCartney and Wings – “Coming Up (Live In Glasgow)” (1980)
- Alicia Keys – “Unbreakable (Unplugged)” (2005)
Why are live albums better?
The best live albums capture the very essence of a band’s energy in concert and manage to make a listener feel like they were actually there for what, in many cases, are historic performances.
What songs are better live?
Live versions of songs that are better than the studio version
- 1 of 21. “Folsom Prison Blues,” Johnny Cash (1968)
- 2 of 21. “St.
- 3 of 21. “Whipping Post,” The Allman Brothers Band (1971)
- 4 of 21. “No Woman, No Cry,” Bob Marley and the Wailers (1975)
- 5 of 21. “Strutter,” Kiss (1975)
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What’s the difference between live music and recorded music?
Music can be live or recorded. Live and recorded music have many differences and similarities that can be noticed and loved depending on the listener. Live music can be expensive, but the experience is full of entertainment and emotion. Recorded music can be cheap, but vocals and sounds are edited in a studio.
What is the number one selling live album?
Garth Brooks’ two-CD “Double Live” (Capitol Nashville) was certified for U.S. sales of 14 million copies in a January accounting by the Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA), making it the best-selling live album in history.
Which band has the most live albums?
Excluding bootleg recordings, rock band the Grateful Dead (USA) have released 167 full-length live albums since 1969 – an incredible 150 of which have appeared since the Californian collective disbanded in 1995 due to the untimely death of singer/songwriter/guitarist Jerry Garcia (b. 1942).
Are live recordings actually live?
We hate to break it to you, but live albums aren’t exactly ‘live’. But in reality, only a certain percentage of a live album is actually live, and the rest of what you hear is actually being performed in the studio as an overdub which was later mixed into the live recordings to make it all seamless.