I'm interested on hearing some thoughts about what you prefer to listen to, as far as the actual recordings of the music goes. Simply put: do you have a strong preference towards one over the other in nearly every case, or is it more of a case-by-case situation?
Personally I'd have to go with the latter. Some bands and solo performers are just simply amazing in a crowd setting, wheras others don't really translate well for several reasons, mainly because the numerous instrumentals that they use don't translate well in a different acoustic environment from where the original studio recording was done, or because -and this is a real annoyance- some lead singers just don't seem to take concerts seriously, like they think that they can get away with half-assing it just because everyone in the building knows the lyrics anyway.
I don't think that I was ever all that interested in any kind of metal, punk, or Post-hardcore until I happened to stumble onto a few live concert recordings on Youtube of Sparta and Pantera, and now I've learned to appreciate them, and similar acts, a lot more. Conversely, however, I thought that the Rolling Stones made an embarrassment out of themselves a couple of years ago at the Super Bowl halftime, but to be fair, they've been playing some of those same songs for 25+ years now and they are definitely no longer exactly in the prime of their careers.
Personally I'd have to go with the latter. Some bands and solo performers are just simply amazing in a crowd setting, wheras others don't really translate well for several reasons, mainly because the numerous instrumentals that they use don't translate well in a different acoustic environment from where the original studio recording was done, or because -and this is a real annoyance- some lead singers just don't seem to take concerts seriously, like they think that they can get away with half-assing it just because everyone in the building knows the lyrics anyway.
I don't think that I was ever all that interested in any kind of metal, punk, or Post-hardcore until I happened to stumble onto a few live concert recordings on Youtube of Sparta and Pantera, and now I've learned to appreciate them, and similar acts, a lot more. Conversely, however, I thought that the Rolling Stones made an embarrassment out of themselves a couple of years ago at the Super Bowl halftime, but to be fair, they've been playing some of those same songs for 25+ years now and they are definitely no longer exactly in the prime of their careers.
