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LIVE - THE WAY WE WALK VOLUME TWO - THE LONGSGenesisSymphonic Prog2.96 | 428 ratings |
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Guillermo
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This is better than the "Vol.1" CD. The release of this CD was announced with a note in
the "Vol. 1" CD as a "Limited Edition" release. But I don`t think that it really was a "Limited
Edition" release, because since it was released in early 1993 I still have seen several new
copies of this CD in the record shops. So, this "Limited Edition" announcement was more a
marketing strategy done by their record labels (Virgin and Atlantic).The recording and
mixing of this CD is as good as in the "Vol. 1" CD. This "Vol. 2" has more "Progressive
songs", and it could have been more intereresting for Prog Fans. The "Old medley" is good,
but it shows that the band was tired of the past, so they played some old songs as part of
a medley. This live version of "Driving the Last Spike" has very good drums by Chester
Thompson, and it is better than the original version, despite having a change to a lower
tone in the last verses of the song, as maybe Collins didn`t feel comfortable singing this
part of the song in the original tone. "Domino" is also better in this live version, with
excellent drums by Thompson, and without electronic drums as the original version (but it
still has the drum machine, a basic part of the song). "Fading Lights" is the best song in this
CD, with an enegetic live version played as a trio by Banks/Collins/Rutherford, a live version
with a few changes, as it has a few additional instrumental parts to give time to Collins, who
was singing in the front of the stage, to go to play his drums in the back of the stage. The
main instrumental part is very good, with Collins`very good drums, Banks`very good solos
and a very good lead guitar by Rutheford (who plays guitar and bass pedals in all the parts
of this song). As Rutherford ends his solo and the instrumental part is finished by the band,
Collins returns to the front of the stage to sing the last verses of the song. "Home by the
Sea/Second Home by the Sea" " is another song which I don`t like very much, but this live
version is better than the studio version as it is played with acoustic drums, and it has
some "power" added in the mainly instrumental section called "Second Home by the Sea",
with very good drums by Collins and Thompson. The last musical piece in this CD is
the "Drum Duet" by Collins and Thompson, which credites both drummers as composers of
this "drum duet", which is really a "composition" (as other "drum duets" by them) because it
has some basic parts played in the same order in the drums by both drummers, and some
parts on which they "answer" each other, playing "complements" to each other`s drums
playing.
Guillermo |
4/5 |
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