Share your favorite live records with us!

Here are some questions for discussion:

What performances really stand out for you? What is unique about the way the band performs live? What draws you to the live performance? Do you prefer a live version of a song over the recording? Why?

    • slowd0wn@kbin.social
      3·
      1 year ago

      Oh man thanks for the link! I’ve only started listening to The Weakerthans in the past few years and will definitely be checking out this performance

      • DJDarren@beehaw.orgM
        2·
        1 year ago

        Welcome to the Sad Dad club, where the music we enjoy is about feelings and missing cats. You’ll never be happy again, but you’ll love the music nonetheless!

    • thehardestpart@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      I got into The Weakerthans within the last year or two as well. I listened to Propagandhi a lot as a teenager and never really followed what happened with John when he left. Teenage me would not have appreciated/enjoyed it probably, but adult me is loving it - and the live album is amazing!

      • DJDarren@beehaw.orgM
        1·
        1 year ago

        I must confess, I didn’t really get into them until after they’d split up, though I knew Plea From A Cat Named Virtute from one of the Punk-O-Rama collections. There’s a part of me that’s sad that I never got the chance to see them live, but I don’t know as to how often they came to the UK anyway - if at all.

        But yes, I don’t think John’s lyrics would have meant much to me when I was younger. At my age now though, I firmly believe that he’s one of the greatest poets of his generation.