Although I will probably continue to complain about the inevitable demise of the CD industry, there is something I love about iTunes: it has artists releasing music they probably wouldn't otherwise release at all.
Case in point: U2 just released Live From Paris, a 1987 live show, on iTunes. Despite being a legendary live act for over 25 years, they have never been able to come up with a solid live release. For 12 dollars, you get 80 minutes of U2 at their best; it has over half of Joshua Tree, their 80s hits, and a few surprises such as "Electric Co." and "40". It also has plenty of self-righteous Bono dialogue and some great in song tributes: he works Bob Marley's "Exodus" into "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" and Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart" into "With Or Without You".
Better yet, get the free Tom Waits concert off of the All Songs Considered Concert Podcast. Here's a guy who really needs to release a live record. He covers an astounding amount of ground in two and a half hours. A few highlights:
- "Way Down In The Hole" with his apocalyptic Evangelist personna
- "All The World Is Green" and "Hold On" are even more affectionate and beautiful live
- "9th and Hennipen" has some amazing yet terrifying method acting from Tom
- the dialogue before "Chocolate Jesus" where Tom talks about how gas prices prevent us from going to church
Two and a half hours of free live Tom Waits: it's like Christmas came early for me.
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