00:00Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we'll be discussing instances where songs took on a
00:08life of their own when performed in front of an audience.
00:18Rock and roll all night — KISS Alive Yes, it may be true that KISS Alive was
00:24heavily doctored in the studio to achieve the best possible sonic outcome.
00:28But does that fact lessen its cultural impact?
00:37The LP actually helped save the group, which had, up until that point, not been reflecting
00:42their live reputation with comparable album sales.
00:46Alive changed all that, and effectively made live versions of studio songs like Rock and
00:51Roll All Night staples.
00:57Not only within KISS's concert set, but also concerning their future legacy.
01:04The performances captured and assisted here on Alive ensured that KISS's best musical
01:10foot was always put forward, effectively allowing them to continue on down their path to becoming
01:15the hottest band in the world.
01:19No Woman, No Cry, Bob Marley and the Wailers, live.
01:24The chances are probably pretty good that most casual fans of Bob Marley and the Wailers know
01:28this live version of No Woman, No Cry better than the studio cut included on Marley's Natty
01:34Dread LP from 1974.
01:41That's because the live album from 1975 managed to capture Bob Marley and the Wailers' kinetic
01:47energy on stage and distill it into an audio essence.
01:50Of course, it also helped that this live version of No Woman, No Cry was released as a single,
02:00with its subsequent radio play further ingraining the song into the public consciousness.
02:04Bob Marley's legacy as a reggae legend may be secure, but it was live performances like
02:14this one that helped carve it into the history books.
02:17No Woman, No Cry.
02:2010th Avenue Freeze Out, Bruce Springsteen, live 1975-85 box set.
02:26One of the aspects about seeing an artist live, particularly one of the caliber of Bruce
02:30Springsteen, is the chance to hear established studio songs in a looser and more relaxed setting.
02:35The studio version of 10th Avenue Freeze Out from Springsteen's Born to Run LP is fairly
02:45short, but this just makes it more exciting checking out other live performances from the
02:49Boss' classic era.
02:51Then make that change of town and the big man join the band.
02:58The version of 10th Avenue Freeze Out included on Springsteen's 1986 box set collection, live
03:031975-85, is a slightly extended cut that makes the most out of Bruce's onstage relationship
03:09with the saxophonist Clarence Clements.
03:12It's great stuff.
03:13I love you, me, I'm just…
03:17Both Sides Now, Joni Mitchell, Miles of Isles.
03:21Joni Mitchell's love of jazz music was explored thoroughly within the Canadian singer-songwriter's
03:26diverse discography.
03:27This live album from 1974 was released during the early years of Mitchell's incorporation
03:37of this approach.
03:38And this allowed for older songs like Both Sides Now to sparkle with new and vibrant colors.
03:43The LA Express were Mitchell's backup band during this era, and their jazz fusion chops
03:53were clearly felt on miles of aisles.
03:56Their instrumentation allowed for Mitchell's vocals to spread out along the musical meter,
04:00particularly on the verses.
04:02I've looked at love from both sides now.
04:06This loose and energetic feeling really captivates and essentially makes Both Sides Now sound brand-spankin'
04:11new.
04:17Seven Bridges Road, Steve Young, Eagles Live, Eagles.
04:21It reads like a textbook, really, a schematic on how to achieve perfect vocal harmonies in
04:26the live setting.
04:28And yes, it's been attested that the live version of Seven Bridges Road present on Eagles Live
04:37retains an arrangement that was swiped from the Monkees' Michael Nesmith and Ian Matthews'
04:421973 version.
04:43There is moonlightin'.
04:49This live adaptation wasn't properly credited by any Eagles members until Glenn Frey addressed
04:54the issue within the liner notes of a Greatest Hits package.
05:01Now, does this take away from how Seven Bridges Road works on Eagles Live?
05:09Not really.
05:10But it does remind us of a certain dude's opinion on the matter.
05:13I had a rough night and I hate the f***in' Eagles, man.
05:17Show Me The Way.
05:18Peter Frampton.
05:19Frampton Comes Alive.
05:21Single, double, and even triple live albums were big business back in the 1970s.
05:26But there's perhaps no example of this medium that was as monumental to a musician's career
05:31as Frampton Comes Alive from 1976.
05:33The former humble pie guitarist had released four studio LPs prior to this point in his career.
05:46Can you recall the last time you heard the studio version of Show Me The Way?
05:56Frampton Comes Alive.
05:58Contained the definitive version of not only this tune, but others, like Baby I Love Your
06:02Way and Do You Feel Like We Do, all of which essentially replaced the studio albums in the
06:07collections of fans.
06:16Turn the Page.
06:17Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band.
06:20Live Bullet.
06:21The career of Bob Seger was one that explored everything from raw garage rock to soul-searching
06:26acoustic Americana over the course of a multi-decade discography.
06:35The studio version of Seger's Turn the Page wasn't released as a single back in 1973, but
06:41that didn't stop the tune from being famously covered by artists such as Metallica.
06:46Fans of the Silver Bullet Band will likely point to this live version from 1976 as the turning
06:51point that made Turn the Page a hit, thanks to the atmosphere at play.
06:56See, here I am, on the road again.
07:02Live Bullet feels surprisingly intimate for a 70s rock live album, embracing the audience
07:07and pulling them close.
07:09As Seger sings the song of the road, its perils, and its consequences.
07:14Maybe I'm Amazed, Paul McCartney, Wings Over America.
07:25Sometimes, it takes a little while for a song to become a hit.
07:34Maybe I'm Amazed wasn't initially released as a single back when it was included on Paul
07:38McCartney's first solo LP.
07:40It took until the former Beatles started a new band, Wings, that a live version of Maybe
07:45I'm Amazed took flight towards the pop charts.
07:48Maybe I'm Amazed with the way you pulled me out of time.
07:53The studio version featured McCartney performing all of the instruments, whereas the cut on
07:58Wings Over America feels comparatively fuller and with a stronger band dynamic.
08:03Hey, my man, baby, I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of Sunday.
08:10This allowed for Maybe I'm Amazed to reach its full potential as one of McCartney's
08:13most defining solo tunes.
08:16Won't you help me to understand?
08:20I Want You to Want Me, Cheap Trick.
08:22Cheap Trick at Budokan.
08:24Cheap Trick may have formed in Rockford, Illinois, but it took a trip to Tokyo, Japan to make them
08:29superstars.
08:30I Want You to Want Me didn't do much business when it was released as a single from Cheap
08:39Trick's second album, In Color.
08:41The band found a rapturous reception overseas, however, and the resulting live album, Cheap
08:46Trick at Budokan, took cobbled together audio sources and created magic.
08:51The crowd noise is what really turns this version of I Want You to Want Me from good to great,
09:02as frontman Robin Zander enjoys a back-and-forth with a very receptive Japanese audience.
09:07The rest, as they say, is rock and roll history.
09:33Fulsome Prison Blues, Johnny Cash at Fulsome Prison.
09:42It was the album that helped signify a new era for country music legend Johnny Cash, while
09:47also revitalizing one of the Man in Black's signature songs for a new generation.
09:56The original studio collaboration with arranger Gordon Jenkins was released as a single in 1955,
10:02while also being included on Cash's debut solo LP in 57.
10:06And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when.
10:11Some fans might point to this live version recorded within the actual walls of California's
10:15Fulsome State Prison as being even better, however, thanks largely to the energy captured
10:21on tape.
10:22When I hear that whistle blowing, I hang my head and cry.
10:28The backing of his wife June Carter, Carl Perkins, and the Tennessee Three really fill
10:33everything out here, while Cash himself sounds in great form, bringing the house down on this
10:38tune.
10:39Have you ever been to a concert where an artist took a song you loved to a whole noter level?
10:51Shout out your favorite memory in the comments!
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