Interesting way the thread has gone.. although kinda what I would have expected. I was expecting Live to trounce The Dance, I'm glad it's not the case.
I remember listening to Live in the shower, screaming with Rhiannon, Not That Funny, etc. But the sound quality is kinda odd and the track selection as David alluded to, is quite bizarre. I could care less about Farmer's Daughter, I never want to hear FM play that ever again.
For me, it's not the DVD, although inevitably that influences you.
It's the sound. I'm not so big on the faux LB/SN romance, I care about the music.
The Dance has a superb tracklist with GOOD surprises. The Live album has a good tracklist with annoying surprises. The Dance has great sound quality. Live has okay sound quality.
I know Ken Caillat said they never released a whole concert due to one or two songs being bad in every concert, but that's every band.. I have heard many a show from the Tusk era, and there are whole performances which are superb!!
I would pick some Tusk-era bootlegs over the Live album (eg soundboard from FM rehearsing for the end of the Tusk tour). That's why I can't vote for it over the Dance, which is a genuinely excellent 'all in one' performance.
- Spike
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