They Were Better Live [Import] [Live]

Product Description
Second Greatest Hits Live Package from the Aussie Super Group.

They Were Better Live,Weddings Parties Anything,Mushroom,Country/Bluegrass

Average customer rating:

The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Brannigan, Owen | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004SSJR Release Date: 2002-11-05

Tracks:

1. The Mikado: Overture
2. The Mikado: A Wandering Minstrel I
3. The Mikado: Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
4. The Mikado: Young Man, Despair
5. The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner!...Taken From The County Jail
6. The Mikado: As Some Day It May Happen
7. The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
8. The Mikado: Were You Not To Ko-Ko Plighted
9. The Mikado: I Am So Proud
10. The Mikado: The Sun, Whose Rays
11. The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do!
12. The Mikado: Miya Sama (Entrance Of The Mikado)
13. The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never
14. The Mikado: The Criminal Cried
15. The Mikado: See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot
16. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
17. The Mikado: Alone, And Yet Alive!...Hearts Do Not Break!
18. The Mikado: On A Tree By A River
19. The Mikado: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
20. The Mikado: For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum
21. Trail By Jury: The Learned Jungle
22. H.M.S. Pinafore: I'm Called Litttle Buttercup
23. H.M.S. Pinafore: My Gallant Crew...I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
24. Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well
25. H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was A Lad I Served A Term

Tracks:

1. H.M.S. Pinafore: Fair Moon, To Thee I Sing
2. H.M.S. Pinafore: Things Are Seldom What They Seem
3. H.M.S. Pinafore: The Hours Creep On Apace
4. H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
5. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Better Far To Live And Die
6. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
7. The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wandering One!
8. The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
9. The Pirates Of Penzance: When The Foeman Bears His Steel
10. The Pirates Of Penzance: Ah, Leave Me Not To Pine
11. The Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
12. The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread
13. Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen...If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery
14. Patience: Am I Alone And Unobserved...If You're Anxious For To Shine
15. Patience: Sad Is That Woman's Lot...Silvered Is The Raven Hair
16. Patience: A Magnet Hung In A Hardware Shop
17. Patience: Love Is A Plaintive Song
18. Patience: So Go To Him And Say To Him
19. Patience: When I Go Out Of Door
20. Patience: After Much Debate (Finale Act 2)
21. Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar As A Very Young Man
22. The Lady Of My Love...(Finale Act 1)

Tracks:

1. When All Night Long A Chap Remains
2. When Britain Really Ruled The Waves
3. When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal Headache
4. If You Go In, You're Sure To Win
5. Ruddigore: My Boy, May Take It From Me
6. Ruddigore: The Battle's Roar Is Over
7. Ruddigore: In Sailing O'er Life's Ocean Wide
8. Ruddigore: You Understand?
9. Ruddigore: When The Night Wind Howls
10. Ruddigore: My Eyes Are Fully Open
11. Ruddigore: There Grew A Little Flower
12. The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri
13. The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore...In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
14. The Gondoliers: I Stole The Prince
15. The Gondoliers: When A Merry Maiden Marries
16. The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
17. The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
18. The Gondoliers: There Lived A King, As I've Been Told
19. The Gondoliers: I Am A Courtier Grave And Serious
20. The Yeoman Of The Guard: I Have A Song To Sing, O!
21. The Yeoman Of The Guard: How You Say Maiden, Will You Wed
22. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Where I Thy Bride
23. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Oh! A Private Buffoon Is A Light Hearted Loon
24. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Comes The Pretty Young Bride

Average customer rating: They WERE Better Live Wherever...they were always better live Made every other live gig I've seen seem like a funeral! "...They Were Better Live" They Were

...They Were Better Live: Live at the Central Club Christmas, 1998 Parties, Anything Weddings Manufacturer: Mushroom ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Folk | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Trophy Night: The Best of Weddings Parties Anything ASIN: B00001ZTBM Release Date: 1999-05-23

Tracks:

1. Barrett's Privateers
2. Away Away
3. Tickets in Tatts
4. Monday's Experts
5. Industrial Town
6. Laughing Boy
7. Sisters of Mercy
8. Hungry Years
9. Tilting at Windmills
10. Rambling Girl
11. Under the Clocks
12. Manana Manana
13. Decent Cup of Coffee
14. Father's Day
15. Rain in My Heart
16. For a Short Time

Tracks:

1. Wide Open Road
2. Knockbacks in Halifax
3. Grey Skies Over Collingwood
4. Luckiest Man
5. Step in Step Out
6. Rosy and Grey
7. Jolly Old Christmas Time
8. Scorn of the Women
9. Ladies Lounge
10. Roaring Days
11. Streets of Forbes
12. Sergeant Small
13. Woman of Ireland
14. Tale They Won't Believe
15. No No Never
16. Leave Her Johnny

Album Details

Second Greatest Hits Live Package from the Aussie Super Group.

Customer Reviews:

They WERE Better Live.......2005-08-03

I am a huge fan of this band : Weddings Parties Anyting. But until the start of this year I had never heard of them! I am very very glad I know them now.

WPA are an Australian Folk/Rock band, and one of the most passionate bands I have ever seen. 'They Were Better Live' solidifies that fact. All 32 tracks are full of energy and have fantastic vocals, some of the best lyrics I have ever heard and amazing music (especially from Jen Anderson on the violin).

Highlight tracks for me are 'Barrett's Privateers' - a sea shanty, 'Sisters of Mercy' - very different from the heard on 'Roaring Days', 'Sergeant Small' and 'Woman of Ireland'- always amusing, 'Grey Skies Over Collingwood' and 'A Tale They Won't Believe' - always will be my favourite WPA song. There are more of course but I would go on forever.

This 2-disc CD is a must have for a fan, lovers of Irish/Australian/folk music and anyone who wants some cheery music full of clear talent and I give it 5 stars.

Wherever...they were always better live.......2004-02-10

"If you could get a pie a WPA gig would be better than the footy" as one fan has aptly put it Weddings Parties Anything were rarely anything worse than very good whether playing to a couple of dozen punters or beer soaked halls in their home country. Featuring one of the great Australian singer/songwriters in Mick Thomas (Paul Kelly alone is in his class) and a changing but ever talented ensemble WPA could lift the roof off and set the floor rattling with songs like "Its A Tale They Won't Believe" or "Roaring Days" and tear the hearts out of the audience with ballads like "Step in, Step Out", "For A Short Time" and "Laughing Boy". Mick Thomas is touring solo or with his new band the Sure Thing and doing great new material but its a sure thing that these days on the WPA farewell tour won't be seen again. Full value for the price of admission with nary a soul leaving before fulltime. Chonk on!

Made every other live gig I've seen seem like a funeral!.......2001-12-09

First saw these guys as opening act to U2 and BB King at the Sydney Entertainment Centre and was blown away. As soon as U2 finished, I raced over to the Petersham Inn gig (mentioned in the liner notes) to see these guys for the 2nd time that night and I have been a devoted follower ever since. Mick Thomas' voice - particularly on "Streets of Forbes" - is pure intensity and the band are right behind him. Too many highlights on this album to list, any self-respecting Aussie must buy this, but anyone who appreciates their rock mixed with a bit of dip of the lid to folk/country/story-telling and a dash of punk will get goosebumps over this.

"...They Were Better Live".......2001-01-27

Ah. This CD was great...I can't listen to their studio albums now because this album made everything appear so plain. This is a must get for a WPA fan..Micks heavy australian voice is the guiding force in the CD...it's a joy to listen to :-)

They Were.......2000-06-24

The title says it all. Despite having recorded 7 great studio albums and a bunch of wonderful EPs, Weddings Parties Anything were so much more in front of an audience.

This double album was recorded just a week before the band played their final gig; they were in their home town, and in full swing as they belted out live favourites including "Ticket in Tatts" (you can hear the 10 cent pieces falling among the band).

Forget Talking Heads' "Stop Making Sense", Ani Difranco's "Living In Clip" and Simon & Garfunkel's "Live in Central Park", this is the best live album ever.

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