Live In San Francisco [Live]

Bad Brains / Soul Brains (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 30, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: 2b1 II
• ASIN: B00006DTZ5
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #600,081 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Attitude

2. Coptic Times

3. At The Movies

4. Right Brigade

5. Day Tripper/She's A Rainbow

6. Soulcraft

7. Tongue Tee Tie

8. Re-ignition

9. Sailin' On/I & I Survive

10. House Of Suffering

11. On Like Popcorn

12. Sacred Love

13. Youth Are Getting Restless

14. Pay To Cum

15. I Against I

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars disappointing, August 23, 2003

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opinion8 "crapdetector" (san francisco, ca United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live In San Francisco (Audio CD)

i was at this show
disappointing
sure, the band played well
but none of the energy
and hr appears completely lost
if it weren't for the brains
he'd probably live on the street

stick with the old stuff
don't let this new mockery tarnish the energy and the beauty they had

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More for completists and longtime fans than anything else..., September 25, 2006

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Darryl Ehm "noise student" (pdx, or, usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live In San Francisco (Audio CD)

...This is a well-mixed album (much better than The Youth Are Getting Restless, which, strangely, suffered from Ron St. Germain's pompous, hair-metal style), but a generally middle-of-the-road performance from a legendary band. Much has been made of H.R.'s completely-incomprehensible babble between songs on this album--while it's true that he's pretty far out at this point (read: insane), it doesn't negatively affect his performance. To be sure, his singing is far more sedate than it has been on prior recordings (virtually gone is his hardcore growl), but that's not entirely unexpected from a bunch of fortysomething guys still playing hardcore punk.

Performance issues aside, there are some gems here--the crazy dub freakout of "The Youth Are Getting Restless" is easily the best recording of the song to date, and "Attitude" and "Pay To Cum," while less-hardcore than versions past, still rock out. Darryl Jenifer, Dr. Know and Earl Hudson are still the baddest, fastest mofos on the block. While this live album isn't for everyone (the SST Live album is, by far, the best chronicle of the band's live energy), it's still worth picking up and taking a look at.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars strictly collectible, December 21, 2002

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same (oklahomo) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live In San Francisco (Audio CD)

well its bad brains,and its live. the mix doesent come close to the fatness of"youth are getting restless"live. and h.r. just sounds mental and drugged out, spewing incoherent babble in between jams most of the set. where is the energy? it sounds like an off night. but if you love the band,it certainly belongs in the collection. maybe if i just got really out of my head hammered,i would be right there with h.r.and it would all make sense. i highly recommend "the youth are getting restless" live in amsterdam 87. it crushes all over this one...peace