Hailing from York, Pennsylvania, the group is comprised of Ed Kowalczyk (lead vocals & guitar), Chad Taylor (lead guitar), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass) and Chad Gracey (drums). Since approximately 1999, Live has toured with Ed’s younger brother, Adam Kowalczyk as a rhythm guitarist, and, previously, British keyboardist Michael “Railo” Railton.
Kowalczyk, Taylor, Dahlheimer, and Gracey first came together for a middle-school talent show in the Pennsylvania blue-collar town of York. The group remained together throughout high school, going through a handful of band names and new-wave covers before settling on the moniker Public Affection and recording a self-released cassette of originals, The Death of a Dictionary, in 1989. Frequent trips into New York to play at CBGB helped net the band a deal with Radioactive Records in 1991. With the new name Live, the band entered the studio with former Talking Heads keyboardist Jerry Harrison that year and began recording the EP Four Songs. The single “Operation spirit (the tyranny of tradition)” went to #9 on the Modern Rock chart, and paved the way for the band’s Harrison-produced, full-length debut, 1991’s Mental Jewelry (#73). The album lyrics, penned by Kowalczyk, were heavily inspired by Indian guru Jiddu Krishnamurti.
Fueled by heavy touring (including billing at Woodstock ‘94 and Peter Gabriel’s WOMAD tour) and a string of hit singles (“I Alone”, “All Over You” and the #1 Modern Rock hits “Selling the drama” and “Lightning crashes”), their next album, Throwing Copper, went to #1 in 1994. It is their best-selling, and often most highly regarded by fans and critics, album to date. The band was even asked to perform on Saturday Night Live where they performed their hits “I Alone” and “Selling the Drama” and to this day, they are the only band to receive a standing ovation at the party after the broadcast.[citation needed]
The momentum continued long enough to help 1997’s Secret Samadhi (coproduced by the band and Jay Healey) debut at #1. Deriving its name from a state of Hindu meditation, the album spawned four Modern Rock hit singles, but failed to match its predecessor’s success, with sales topping off at 2 million. The band performed “lakini’s juice” and “Heropsychodreamer” from this album on NBC’s Saturday Night Live.
Harrison came back on board as coproducer for 1999’s The Distance to Here, which debuted at #4 and featured the minor US hit single “The Dolphin’s Cry.”
In September 2001, the more experimental V (originally scheduled to be titled “Ecstatic Fanatic”) was issued to mixed reviews, preceded by “Simple creed” as the first single. However, with the events of 9/11—which occurred a week before V ‘s release—the melancholic “Overcome” began receiving significant airplay, superseding “Simple Creed” and becoming V’s selling point. Unfortunately, Live’s commercial stock—compounded by their petering radio airplay—had fallen further since The Distance to Here, with V merely reaching #22 at home, failing to reach gold status.
Birds of Pray appeared in May 2003, bolstered by the unexpected success of “Heaven”, Live’s first US Hot 100-placing since “The Dolphin’s Cry.” Reaching #28, Birds of Pray ultimately outsold V, although it too received mixed reviews and failed to reach gold status.
In November 2004, Live released Awake: The Best of Live, a career-spanning compilation that included “We deal in dreams”, a previously unreleased song from the Throwing Copper sessions, and a cover of Johnny Cash’s “I Walk The Line”, as well as Birds of Pray’s “Run Away”, re-imagined with Shelby Lynne on co-lead vocals.
In 2005, Live signed with Sony BMG Music Entertainment’s Epic label, and released a new album entitled Songs From Black Mountain in June 2006, preceded by “The river” as lead single. Thus far, while the album has achieved international success, it has proven Live’s lowest-seller yet domestically, only reaching #52 in the US before quickly disappearing from the charts.
While Live remain only moderately popular in terms of record sales in the United States, much of their current sales come from places in Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Ed Kowalczyk has said that “Holland is the center of the Live universe” [citation needed].
The group made news in January 2006 as three band members (Chad Taylor, Patrick Dahlheimer and touring rhythm guitar Adam Kowalczyk) and two members of the band’s road crew were on a United Airlines flight when smoke filled the cabin, requiring the pilot to make an emergency landing.
On season 5 of American Idol, finalist Chris Daughtry was accused of performing Live’s rendition of Johnny Cash’s “I Walk the Line” and calling it his own. This angered some Live fans, but one week later Daughtry acknowledged it was not his own rendition, even saying Live was one of his favorite bands. In May 2006, Live appeared on The Howard Stern Show and addressed this issue.
On May 24, 2006, the band and Chris Daughtry performed “Mystery” on the season finale of American Idol, and on June 7, a new version of “Mystery” was released on the Friends of Live website featuring Chris Daughtry on guest vocals.
The members of Live announced in June 2009 that the band would be taking a two-year hiatus as they work on other projects. On November 30, 2009, guitarist Chad Taylor confirmed that the hiatus of the band was most likely a permanent rift. See the Wikipedia page for more. During the first European tour of the new band of Taylor, Gracey and Dahlheimer (The Gracious Few), Taylor commented both on stage and in post-show discussions that he believes Live may still come back together, though he also stated that the chances of Kowalczyk joining them in this effort may be very small. In an exclusive blogpost[1] on website The Comet, Taylor confirmed that the remaining members of the band would be working on new material for Live in Nashville early July 2011.
The band returned from their nearly three-year hiatus on March 12, 2012, with Chris Shinn, formerly of Unified Theory, as their new lead singer. The new line-up performed before an invited audience at the Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center in York. The band performed as a six-piece with The Gracious Few's Sean Hennesy on guitar and Alexander Lefever on keyboards
[1]: http://thecomet.com/posts/exclusive_blog_chad_taylor_talks_the_gracious_few_and_live
There's another band with the same name:
2. Live was a 70s-era Progressive Rock group from Germany. Formed in 1971, the outfit appeared to be a strangely named band indeed.
In October 1972 their guitarist Martin Knaden went to Curly Curve. Throughout their history only one member has remained, the multi-talented keyboards and flute player Norbert Aufmhof. Although in existence for a decade Live never got to record a proper studio album, or gain a contract, which surely they should have. Maybe the band name was a bit of a jinx?!
Their earlier history was originally just documented by a single. Only more recently did an LP surface collecting 1974 recordings. Quite obviously a collection of rehearsal session tapes, the LP reveals a band with promise albeit rather grottily recorded with often barely understandable muffled lyrics in English. Musically, there are nods to early Satin Whale and Jane, but with lots of classical touches, notably Grieg and Bach, and a penchant to meander rather nicely during the instrumentals.
Based on the ROCK OFFERS track "Sea Fever", they had blossomed and changed focus somewhat, as a much more sophisticated symphonic progressive of the Pancake and Jane type, typical of the mid/late-1970's.
In all, during their history, three different versions of Live existed, but eventually the band split in 1976. A full history of the band is included in the GEVELSBERG CD, which documents other oddments, sessions, and a live recording!
Forever
Live Lyrics
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is nothing more then a waste of my time
i've always sure to be above these feelings
they always seem to mess up my mind
i said you'd never catch me in the corner of my room
gazing at a picture of you
and now that all don't mean nothing
ciz every time i think about thinking
chorus
and forever for the rest of my life
through it all girl i'll be right by your side
i'll give my heart baby, i'll give you my mind
i'll be the one that brings joy to your life
and if you're wiling girl, just give me the chance
and i promise i will be a good man
and forever for the rest of my life
i'll be right by your side
now the love you give to me
is sweeter then the sprinkles
on top of mamas apple pie
i know you know i'm in love
when you stare at the sprakle that appears in the corner of my eye
you don't have to worry about it, no
all the things i said before
because i'm so in love and ai't nothing goin' to stop it, no
i'd bet it on the moon and the stars in the sky above
chorus
i never thought that it could happen to me
that i could fall in love
i can't belive it baby, but i see that you're
you are the only one that i'm thinking of
it doesn't matter, baby
i don't really care no more
as long as were together
baby i'll be right there
i won't go no where
i want your love forever
chorus
The lyrics to Live's song Forever express a change in the singer's attitude towards love. Initially, the singer sees love as "nothing more than a waste of [their] time" and has always been "sure to be above these feelings." However, after being captured by the "sparkle that appears in the corner of [their] eye" when their love interest is around, the singer becomes a believer in love and devotes themselves to their partner fully. They promise to be there for their partner for "the rest of [their] life" and bring joy into their life.
What is significant about the lyrics is the shift in the singer's perspective on love. They go from dismissing it entirely to dedicating their life to someone else. The lyrics suggest that the singer has had their mind changed by their love interest and has fallen head over heels for them.
In relatable real-life terms, the lyrics show how someone's perception of love can shift dramatically when they meet the right person. They can go from being cynical and distant to devoting themselves to their partner wholly, as the singer does in the song.
Line by Line Meaning
now i'm fully sure that love
I am now certain that love
is nothing more then a waste of my time
Has no value and is not worth my time
i've always sure to be above these feelings
I have always tried to avoid having these emotions
they always seem to mess up my mind
They tend to confuse and disturb me mentally
i said you'd never catch me in the corner of my room
I once claimed I would never be found in a corner of my room
gazing at a picture of you
Staring at a photo or depiction of you
and now that all don't mean nothing
That is no longer the case
ciz every time i think about thinking
Because whenever I ponder
girl i'm thinking of you
You're the one occupying my thoughts
and forever for the rest of my life
Eternity, until my very last breath
through it all girl i'll be right by your side
I will stand with you through thick and thin
i'll give my heart baby, i'll give you my mind
I offer you not only my heart, but also my soul and being
i'll be the one that brings joy to your life
I vow to be the source of happiness in your life
and if you're wiling girl, just give me the chance
If you're willing, all I ask is for a fair shot
and i promise i will be a good man
I make a solemn vow to be a virtuous partner
now the love you give to me
The affection you show me
is sweeter then the sprinkles
Is tangibly more pleasant
on top of mamas apple pie
Than the sugary topping on a mother's baked food
i know you know i'm in love
You are aware that I have fallen in love
when you stare at the sprakle that appears in the corner of my eye
As evidenced by the gleam in my eye that you notice
you don't have to worry about it, no
You need not be concern
all the things i said before
My prior words on this matter
because i'm so in love and ai't nothing goin' to stop it, no
My passion is insurmountable, and no obstacle will prevent it
i'd bet it on the moon and the stars in the sky above
I would stake this on even the heavens themselves
i never thought that it could happen to me
I never once believed it could happen to me
that i could fall in love
That I could experience romantic love
i can't belive it baby, but i see that you're
I can hardly fathom it, but it is clear that you are
you are the only one that i'm thinking of
You are the sole object of my thoughts
it doesn't matter, baby
Nothing else bears importance
i don't really care no more
I am nonchalant about everything else
as long as were together
So long as we are united
baby i'll be right there
I vow to be with you
i won't go no where
I will never depart
i want your love forever
I crave your unfaltering devotion for eternity
Writer(s): Katy Steele, Edward Joel Kowalczyk, Steven van Zandt, Bryan Michael Cox Copyright: Mucho Loco Music Ltd., Noontime South Inc., Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Australia) Pty Lim, Babyboy'S Little Publishing Company, Blue Midnight Music, W.B.M. Music Corp.
Contributed by Nicholas O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@oliverholzl8606
Recipe for Oasis-songs:
1. Tambourine
2. Psychedelic lyrics
3. REALLY loud mixed guitars
4. That one chord you don't see coming
5. Melodies that seem simple but get stuck in your head easily
6. A voice that can handle emotion and sarcasm at the same time as good as Liam
7. "I said maybe" (optional)
Somehow it works.
@9rave
"Live Forever"
Maybe I don't really wanna know
How your garden grows
'Cause I just wanna fly
Lately did you ever feel the pain
In the morning rain
As it soaks you to the bone
Maybe I just wanna fly
Want to live I don't wanna die
Maybe I just wanna breathe
Maybe I just don't believe
Maybe you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I are gonna live forever
I said, maybe I don't really wanna know
How your garden grows
'Cause I just wanna fly
Lately did you ever feel the pain
In the morning rain
As it soaks you to the bone
Maybe I will never be
All the things that I wanna be
Now is not the time to cry
Now's the time to find out why
I think you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I are gonna live forever
Maybe I don't really wanna know
How your garden grows
'Cause I just wanna fly
Lately did you ever feel the pain
In the morning rain
As it soaks you to the bone
Maybe I just wanna fly
Want to live I don't wanna die
Maybe I just wanna breathe
Maybe I just don't believe
Maybe you're the same as me
We see things they'll never see
You and I are gonna live forever
@maksymmikulich4994
This spaghetti was extraordinary and unique 😢
@Thekendralee
Damn😭
@hf6064
fr
@eiiiketiiieke672
Scene so hard i almost cried🤣
@devonpaige2
LoL
@lmfao1773
whats the rick and morty version called?
@3rdBestMJ
I said maybe
Normal people: youre gonna be the one that saves me
Men of culture: I don't really wanna know
@sb9246
Spot on mate!
@Godzilla360
Wow you JUST NOW made me realize this about both songs 😳🤯
@brittanydolotina5296
Wonda wal eh