O.A.R. (Of A Revolution) - Live From Madison Square Garden [LIVE] [2007]
OK, I am heading on vacation and making a mixed CD for the trip. I bought this album and wondered how many tracks I would use from it for my mix…I figured it would take up most of my mix CD. Well, it will take up none of it. Compared to other live OAR shows it is slowed down, flat, and generic, there is no energy to it. I love OAR and was VERY excited to get this CD as their other ones are just grand and full of catchy energy. For one thing, Mark’s vocals are just like him talking not singing….he just let’s the echoed mike do the output for him. He also does alot of, I don’t know how to explain it, but that wordy kind of talk you hear from jazzy beatniks, where he is filling in improv stuff. Unlike other shows where the improv stuff is catchy and slide in perfectly this sounds forced. The music is flawless but uninspiring, their is nothing like the bass/saxophone improv like “Chariots of Fire” on the previous live album. They just play along. They have totally lost that reggae/pop/rock/jam vibe and are now more adult/prog/top 40’s.
I heard that the band is revisiting their old material and retooling it as they get older because they were kids when they originally did it. But, I gotta say what I am hearing recently from them isn’t so great, it is like “adult” versions of their songs…very over produced and plain so it is radio friendly. I found myself thinking: what would I be doing at this show live, and the answer is I could see me sitting on a couch sipping a martini talking to friends and waiting for it to be over (and I dislike martinis but it seems to go with the feel of this show).
I hate to say this but I’ll have to hear their next live or studio album first before purchasing, they aren’t on my “must buy no matter what” list any more.
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1. Love And Memories.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
2. Untitled.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
3. Hey Girl.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
4. Risen.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
5. Living In The End.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
6. About Mr. Brown.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
7. Heard The World.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
8. About An Hour Ago.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
9. One Shot.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
10. James.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
11. Anyway.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
12. Dareh Meyod.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
13. Something Coming Over.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
14. Black Rock.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
15. Lay Down.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
16. That Was A Crazy Game Of Poker.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
17. 52-50.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
18. City On Down.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
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