Good Lord, has it
\nreally<\/i> been over 16 months since we featured Live on “The
\nDaily Vault”? I saw that information on the spreadsheet, and
\nimmediately headed into the Pierce Archives (“bring a bucket and a
\nmop”) and grabbed their 1994 release
\nThrowing Copper<\/i>, the album that turned Ed Kowalczyk and crew
\ninto rock stars.<\/p>\n
Had this Pennsylvania quartet stopped after their previous album<\/p>\n
Mental Jewelry<\/i>, they would have been remembered as a quirky
\npop band with elements of funk thrown in. However, thanks to
\nsingles like “Selling The Drama,” Live became the next great hope
\nfor the field of alternative music. A killer set at Woodstock ’94
\nsealed the deal, and Live was now the next big thing.<\/p>\n
Follow up singles such as “I Alone,” “All Over You” and
\n“Lightning Crashes” all further Live’s case; indeed the whole first
\nside of
\nThrowing Copper<\/i> is always a pleasure to listen to, even
\nthough some of these songs have been overplayed like many of their
\nbrethren. Of these seven songs, “Top” is possibly the closet
\nclassic that didn’t get the attention it deserved, fusing the sound
\nof
\nMental Jewelry<\/i> with the energy of Live at that time. This
\nwas a truly remarkable song.<\/p>\n
If the first side of
\nThrowing Copper<\/i> is the revelation for alternative music,
\nthen side two is the humongous dose of reality, featuring three
\nsongs that couldn’t be played on the radio for fear of violating
\nthe infamous “7 Words” rule that George Carlin made famous. “Shit
\nTowne” is an interesting way to open up the second half of the
\nalbum, losing none of the power that the first portion displayed
\nwhile adding a slightly harder edge to the lyrics. “Stage” and
\n“Waitress” do the same thing.<\/p>\n
“Wite, Discussion,” a song which got some minor airplay in this
\narea, seems to be a fitting way to close the album, a song that
\nmerges the funkiness that Live had shown in their past with the
\nharder edge of the lyrics, a song meant to be a slap in the face
\nagainst political correctness. However, just when you’re about to
\nturn the tape player off, here comes a hidden track! (Thankfully,
\nLive chose to start the song immediately after “White, Discussion”
\nfaded out – none of this ten minutes of silence bullshit.) This
\ntune has a country sound to it, and admittedly isn’t as strong as a
\nlot of the material on
\nThrowing Copper<\/i>. It is interesting to note that the song did
\noffer a peek at a bit of the sound that was to come on the
\nfollowup,
\nSecret Samadhi<\/i>.<\/p>\n
\nThrowing Copper<\/i> quite possibly was one of the best releases
\nof 1994, and it did make alternative radio fun to listen to again.
\nIt also spawned a whole slew of bands that tried to follow in the
\nvein of Live without directly copying their sound; the results were
\npretty predictable. But in Live’s short career,
\nThrowing Copper<\/i> strikes gold.<\/p>\n
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