Meant to Live [CD-single] [Import]

Product Description
Taken from the band's 2003 album The Beautiful Letdown. The title track is backed with two non-album tracks 'On Fire' (live) and 'The Beautiful Letdown' (live). Epic. 2004.

Meant to Live,Switchfoot,Sony/Epic,5"CD Singles,Adult Alternative Pop/Rock,Alternative CCM,Alternative Pop/Rock,Post-Grunge,Rock

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Live and in Demand Mannish Boys Manufacturer: Delta Groove Prod ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Blues | Styles | Music Similar Items: That Represent Man One Eye Open: Live at Rosa's Lounge, Chicago All Your Love I Miss Loving: Live at The Wise Fools Pub Chicago [Live] Big Plans Road to Rio ASIN: B000BDH5UE Release Date: 2005-11-15

Tracks:

1. Kid's Jump
2. I'm Ready (Tribute to Lester Butler)
3. She Wants To Sell My Monkey
4. Mannish Boy
5. You're Sweet
6. Howling Wolf
7. Goin' Crazy Over T.U.
8. Mystery Train
9. It's Too Bad
10. Strangest Blues
11. As The Years Go Passing By
12. Walkin' And Walkin'

Album Description

The Mannish Boys are one of the most universally praised new blues bands, both live and on record, since the heyday of the blues genre a half century ago, receiving virtually unanimous rave reviews from both the blues specialty press and general entertainment reviewers. The current edition of The Mannish Boys features a veritable one-band blues festival of talent; most of the members either lead or are integral members of other successful touring and recording bands. They've honed their blues to a brilliant edge through appearances before sold-out crowds and on festival stages in the U.S., Canada, and in Europe. Their new live recording, "Live & In Demand", captures The Mannish Boys at the top of their game at the 2005 Winthrop Blues Festival, rolling out their dynamic, non-stop, old-style 'blues revue' featuring acclaimed veteran bluesmen Finis Tasby, Johnny Dyer, Kid Ramos, Franck Goldwasser, Leon Blue, Randy Chortkoff, Richard Innes and Tom Leavey.

Average customer rating: Disappointing For the complete Switchfoot Fan Another good one! Very awesome String-Quartet Tribute

The String Quartet Tribute to Switchfoot Manufacturer: Vitamin Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Christian Rock | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Alternative | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Tributes | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: String Quartet Tribute to Relient K Painted Red: Strung out on Underoath The String Quartet Tribute to P.O.D. String Quartet Tribute to Casting Crowns Nothing Is Sound ASIN: B0007PAM3S Release Date: 2005-03-08

Tracks:

1. Meant To Live
2. 24
3. Love Is The Movement
4. Let That Be Enough
5. Sooner Or Later
6. The Economy Of Mercy
7. Dare You To Move
8. This Is Your Life
9. Learning To Breathe
10. Chem 6A
11. Erosion
12. The Sharing Of Tries

Product Description

1. Meant To Live
2. Twenty Four
3. Love Is The Movement
4. Let That Be Enough
5. Sooner Or Later
6. The Economy Of Mercy
7. Dare You To Move
8. This Is Your Life
9. Learning To Breathe
10. Chem 6A
11. Erosion
12. The Sharing Of Tries (Original Composition)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Disappointing.......2006-03-09

First of all, I'm a big Switchfoot fan. I also occasionally enjoy classical music. I've even enjoyed previous string tributes to other bands. Strung Out on OK Computer comes to mind, as well as a Pink Floyd tribute.

But this just doesn't work for me. I liked maybe two of the songs on here, the rest sounded cheesy and pretentious. I ended up giving my copy away to my little brother for Christmas. :o)

And I don't even know what "The Sharing of Tries" is.

For the complete Switchfoot Fan.......2005-10-11

Most people will enjoy this album if they are fans of Switchfoot's older music. Although the album has a few hits from "The Beautiful Letdown", most of the CD features hits from earlier albums. My only complaint about the album, is that it is an entirely digital recording from what I hear. The songs are not performed by a real string quartet. If you are a fan of classical music then this might bother you, otherwise it is a pretty good album.

Another good one!.......2005-06-05

I'm not a big fan of Switchfoot...but this Quartet versions of these songs are amazing. I think this album takes Switchfoot's songs to a whole new level and improves upon their composition. Switchfoot should do more work with strings, especially if the outcome is as great as this!

Very awesome String-Quartet Tribute.......2005-04-03

This is my favorite String-Quartet Tribute so far. If you're a fan of Switchfoot (and definately orchestra type instrumentals) you're probably going to like this. Songs like Meant To Live, Dare You To Move, Learning To Breathe, Chem 6A, and some of your other favorites are all here. This was the second type of these String Tributes I heard, and I was very impressed. This isn't the switchfoot your used to with singing and guitar, but replaced with violins and cello's and that sort. Even though an odd replacement, it's just as good as the original Switchfoot and gives you a different hear on the music. 2 thumbs up.

Average customer rating: Arena rock anthems galore

Greatest Hits Live 707 Manufacturer: Mvd Visual ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B000A2GYY4 Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

1. Live With the Girl
2. Feel This Way
3. Rockin' Is Easy
4. City Life
5. Millionaire
6. I Could Be Good For You
7. Pressure Rise
8. Tonite's Your Nite
9. You Who Needs To Know

Customer Reviews:

Arena rock anthems galore .......2006-04-27

707 may have been a blip on the AOR radar screen twenty years ago, but this recently uncovered live performance from back in the day shows that the group clearly had what it takes to stand side-by-side with their rock peers. 707 delivers arena rock anthems galore with this un-dubbed, unedited, in-the-raw live performance. The quality sounds a little dated, but comparable to the bootleg tapes you used to make at their shows.

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This Is Yours: the Official Bootleg Manufacturer: Enchanted ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CA45CW Release Date: 2003-12-16

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Sauce Piquante Live...Vieux Temps Passé Sauce Piquante Manufacturer: Sauce Piquante ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Folk | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAF3DW Release Date: 2004-02-17

Tracks:

1. Bayou Pon Pon
2. J'Ai Etau Bal
3. Valse des Vachers
4. Jongle à Moi
5. Blues de Voyage
6. Lovebridge Waltz
7. Back Door
8. Eunice Two-Step
9. Madame Sosthene
10. Lacassine Special
11. Quo'faire
12. Mardi Gras Song

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Couches Are Not Meant to Live In Troublelovesus Manufacturer: Isclear Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: 9078148020 Release Date: 2006-05-08

Tracks:

1. We Drive With The Lights Off
2. Mom Says Hello
3. Drinking Cheap Beer On The Shotgun Side
4. The Sweet Trade
5. Couches Are Not Meant To Live In
6. Hey Robot
7. Barking Dogs & Chicken Wings
8. Throw That Bottle, Picaroon

Album Description

Troublelovesus is a 4 headed collective with their roots in the hardcore scene. With musical preferences varying from indie to metal to whatever - this pirate-monster creates a fresh and original sound. A melting pot of raw and unpolished rock, a boat full of dissonant riffing and unexpected breaks that is carried by an over-the-edge driven bass and rusty voice. `Couches Are Not Meant To Live In' was recorded by Mischa van Rodijnen (transmission0, dead rivers) and mastered at the famous Audioworkx studios. Isclear Records. 2006.

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Troublelovesus is a Four-headed Collective with their Roots in the Hardcore Scene. With Musical Preferences Varying from Indie to Metal to Whatever this Pirate-monster Creates a Fresh and Original Sound. A Melting Pot of Raw and Unpolished Rock, a Boat Full of Dissonant Riffling and Unexpected Breaks that is Carried by an Over-the-edge Driven Bass and Rusty Voice.

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Meant to Live Switchfoot Manufacturer: Sbme Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Christian Alternative | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Pop Rock | CD Singles | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0002OOTMY Release Date: 2004-08-17

Tracks:

1. Meant to Live [Album Version]
2. On Fire [Live]
3. Beautiful Letdown [Live]
4. Meant to Live [Multimedia Track]

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Death of a Hippie The JBJ Band Manufacturer: The JBJ Band ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAJKV8 Release Date: 2005-06-28

Tracks:

1. Born to Ride
2. Brand New Day
3. Death of a Hippie
4. Whoobie's Jamm
5. Monday Nites (I Always Stay Up Late On)
6. Howard's Jelly Latin Boogie
7. Canarios

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Whiskey Drinkin' Man Roy Carrier & The Night Rockers Manufacturer: Right on Rhythm ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Zydeco | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005AC41 Release Date: 2001-02-02

Tracks:

1. Whiskey Drinkin' Man
2. Gotta Right to Love that Woman
3. Allons Dancer
4. Bad Luck
5. I Found My Woman
6. Ti Garcon
7. Co-Fet?
8. Time to Start
9. My Toot Toot
10. Take Me Back
11. Take Me Home
12. Don't You Leave Me
13. On My Way Back Home
14. Rock-it Like Roy
15. Bugga Bear
16. Boogie All Night

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If You are looking for traditional blues-based Zydeco, Whiskey Drinkin' Man gets a blue ribbon. If you remain still whhile listening to this - You better call your doctor!!

Average customer rating: The transitional Ed Hale album out on a limb and all on his own still holds up strong INCREDIBLE Ed Hale shines through on this solo work!

Acoustic in New York Ed Hale Manufacturer: Dalin ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005V97C Release Date: 1996-10-05

Tracks:

1. Bored
2. Promised Land
3. Paris
4. Jesus
5. In the Movies
6. The Greatest Gift
7. Cool Rider
8. Stay
9. Jelly Roll
10. Rooms of My Mind

Album Description

Acoustic in New York is a collection of 10 previously unreleased songs Ed Hale recorded as demos while in New York City in late 1995. The songs were recorded live to a two-track as record company demos only and were never meant for public release. Although the sound quality of the recordings themselves is less than perfect - evidenced by the honking of car horns and the ringing telephones in the background - the power and the passion that comes through as Ed sings and plays each song has a tremendous impact and tells a lot about the artist in the peak of his craft as a guitar player and as a singer/songwriter. There is an ambition and a hunger and a passion that pours out of his voice and guitar on these tracks that is breathtaking. And so it was that this collection was put together as a compendium of some of Ed Hale's most complex and intricate compositions during this particular time period — the anthemic I'm so fucking bored is almost 10 minutes long. More than anything else this collection showcases the versatility of Ed Hale as the songwriter and illustrates the ease with which he can spin a great song. It highlights the start of the open tuning phase of his guitar playing and song writing style, where the songs take on an almost orchestral tone, with long and lush instrumental introductions before the vocals are even introduced. It provides an intimate environment in which to soak up some of “the paradise spilling all over us” when Ed Hale sings some of his best songs ever. His voice is the strongest it has ever been on record. And there is an optimism that comes through in most of the songs that is entirely different than his previous work with Broken Spectacles. Many of the songs are uplifting and spiritual in nature, such as The Greatest Gift and Promised Land. The longest song on the album, the Dylanesque Rooms of My Mind, is another standout track, and like the album as a whole, it is raw soul-music, pure expressive poetry set to music on a six-string. Acoustic in New York is a deep and heartfelt exploration of the soul of the artist as a young man in one brief moment in a tiny studio in New York City.

Customer Reviews:

The transitional Ed Hale album out on a limb and all on his own still holds up strong.......2006-12-23

Acoustic in New York is hard to fully fathom now because it seems so far away from the Ed Hale we know today from TRANSCENDENCE. Recorded in 1996 when Hale was just getting his wings back after departing from longtime bandmates in Broken Spectacles, Ed had just begun to fly solo again. After almost ten years, it is surprising how well this soft, almost-whisper of a collection of acoustic songs holds up. Especially since its initial release, Hale's new band TRANSCENDENCE has covered a few of the songs on this disc and turned them inside out. As always strong melodies are a plenty. Vocals still a bit 'worbly' compared to how he sings now; but one hardly notices. Instead what you find is that you are almost immediately sucked into the ethereal spiritual and orchestral pathos and beauty of the album. It is a very passionate work. A transitional work. Ed was flying between bands, out on his own, still hunting down the songs as the eternal songwriter that he is at his core. It is also important to note that not only was it his last album of the nineties, he didn't release another album for almost six years until the TRANSCENDENCE debut RISE AND SHINE. For this, it is a treasure. When all is said and done, and Hale has finally burned out his infinite curiosity for genre-skipping, varietal-dabbling, and musical experimentaion, ACOUSTIC IN NEW YORK will still be there to remind us why he is such an important artist and why we love him so much. Good songs. Great passion. And an innocence and spiritual essence underneath it all that speaks leagues more than loud guitars and crashing drums ever could.

INCREDIBLE.......2005-09-10

The rare moments when I hear music like this are when my actively suppressed desire to be a musician completely overpowers me. I don't think I ever heard an artist manifest so much raw passion. The primordial vibrations pouring out of his voice and the beautifully soothing strum of the guitar involuntarily make you instantly connect to either him or what he's saying.

Acoustic in New York is like a storybook, an uninhibited, poignant narrative of one of his (or whomever's) evolutionary stages in life. Bored, the first track, expresses a restlessness and deep yearning for something meaningful in life. For purpose. For the unordinary. The next song unveils an otherworldly, altruistic dedication to better humanity. As if carrying the weight of the entire planet on his shoulders is the solution to alleviating his boredom or restlessness. Interspersed amidst this altruism (...Take my hand / Every woman every man / I'll lead you to the Promised Land) are snippets of his experiences with love, narrated in such a way that you wonder how a 25-year-old could possibly have acquired so much wisdom about life, love, and happiness. (I especially like the quite reflective Paris.) There's also a playful, sultry side, Cool Rider, in case you start to wonder if he's always so intense.

Although the album emits an overall message of optimism, if you listen closely, you can detect a subtle haunting strain hovering in the background. It becomes more evident toward the latter half (Stay) and quite obvious at the end (Rooms of My Mind) in which he tears away the final layer protecting his vulnerability, grappling with how to come to terms with a mind-boggling swirl of confusing identities. It's as if he realizes that if he decides to take it upon himself to be everyone's savior, then there's no one to save him: Jesus if you please don't let me fall to pieces anymore / I'm somewhere in my head / I might as well be dead.

There is no solution to this realization. His plea, "...can't you see that / I'm no ordinary guy?", brings him right back to where he started on Bored: I just can't believe that I'm stuck in this hell [once more].

This is my favorite of his CDs; it's hard to not repeat the album description.... His lyrics are the creation of an incredible genius (e.g., "spilling paradise all over each other" - Promised Land) and the way he plays the guitar is completely mesmerizing, captivating. It's difficult for me to describe his music, but the instant he starts to play, you know that you're listening to a master. I don't know how he does it. He reminds me of Bob Dylan--but the sound is different. More alive. More real. An ever present beat, like subconsciously being aware of your own heart beating.

I really don't think you can go wrong buying Acoustic in New York.

Ed Hale shines through on this solo work!.......2003-12-20

I first heard Ed Hale on Rise and Shine and immediately fell in love with his voice and music, hence, got the album Acoustic in NY. This is a solo album with Ed Hale & his guitar, singing from his heart & soul. He carries the album so beautifully on his own that I sometimes cannot believe he is doing it solo. Ed Hale's guitar playing is magnificent, ... I love the eastern style guitar strumming he does at the beginning of Bored(#1) and end of Paris(#4). There is such depth in the lyrics ... inspirational as in Promised Land & The Greatest Gift, romantic in Paris & Jelly Role and plain magnificent in Rooms of my mind and Bored. Adjectives that come to my mind describing this album are: honest, real, vulnerable, and reachable. This is an unpolished and raw work of a truely creative artist, an awesome demonstration of Ed Hale's talent as a true musician, his voice, his lyrics, his music and guitar playing.

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