Well, it's Friday, and you know what that means. Yes, my Oriental fils de woo hoo! Fah Lo Suee and I are off to...
Okay, all kidding aside, in real life what's actually going on is that a certain shady dame of my acquaintance and I are heading to beautiful Paris, France on Monday. This will be our fourth annual sojourn in the City of Lights; this year, however, we're spending a day in London first, and then taking the Chunnel to the land of the Ignoble Frog. Current plans include having our picture taken at Waterloo Station at sunset, so you might want to check back here on Wednesday for the grisly evidence of my unhealthy obsession with Ray Davies.
In any case, what with packing and last minute stuff, things will probably be a little quiet around here until next week, so here's a (hopefully) amusing little project to help us all wile away the intervening hours:
Worst Live or In Concert Album by a Rock/Pop Artist or Group!!!
No arbitrary rules of any sort, you're welcome very much, and yes, you can include bootlegs if you're so inclined.
And my totally top of my head Top Five is/are:
5. The Rolling Stones -- Love You Live
A wonderful club version of Bo Diddley's "Cracking Up" notwithstanding, this was pretty much two LPs worth of total dreck.
4. The Rolling Stones -- Still Life
A very bad live album from possibly the worst tour of the Stones' career.
3. The Rolling Stones -- Flashpoint
A live document of the Steel Wheels tour, and as professional and uninspired as the album that occasioned it.
2. The Rolling Stones -- No Security
Guys -- you're never going to top Ya-Yas. Please stop trying.
And the Numero Uno art-imitates-life-badly artifact of then all simply has to be...
1. Mummenschanz (Original Cast Recording)
A mime show. Recorded on-stage in 1978. You can check out the track listing over here.
Alrighty then -- what would YOUR choices be?
