Have you ever felt about a certain COB track that it didn't sound as good on the studio record than it does on a live display? You spot some cool things they do live but left off for the album, or just something else that's either spoiling the song for you or what could be improved.
Here's a list of such songs for me:
Lil' Bloodred Ridin' Hood - This song has potential to be just as big a hit as any COB song in my opinion. (See Japan 2003.) The guitar tone of HCDR is not the best for this song. The chorus synth melody should be louder. And they'd need to cut many of Alexi's additional shouts from here and there to make the riffs of the song itself feel more big. This is the way I see it; the album record does no justice to the song composure itself because of some guitar tone, keyboard mixing and vocal issues. I recently figured LBRH could be just as "big" as for example In Your Face.
Punch Me I Bleed - Song with awesome keyboards and feeling that can't be heard on the studio record. (See Nosturi 2005.) Also vocals not good enough on the album.
Chokehold - Why can't you hear the awesome keyboard on the chorus on the studio record at all?
AYDY - I think you can hear Roope's melody on the chorus better live.
Mask Of Sanity - Simply because the album version is too trebly, in other words lacking punch and the vocals are not ballsy enough. There's a live video of this song with amazing vocal work from Alexi.
Banned From Heaven - Chorus synthesizers at the second part of the double-chorus that ends the song can be heard only live, and they end the song in a brilliant way! Too bad they were left out of the album.
Trashed, Lost & Strungout - Once again, too down-mixed synthesizers on the chorus. This is very bad because it's an awesome melody.
Kissing the Shadows - The chorus harpsichord melody reminds me of Russian gay polka or something. It's mocking an otherwise cool song!
Here's a list of such songs for me:
Lil' Bloodred Ridin' Hood - This song has potential to be just as big a hit as any COB song in my opinion. (See Japan 2003.) The guitar tone of HCDR is not the best for this song. The chorus synth melody should be louder. And they'd need to cut many of Alexi's additional shouts from here and there to make the riffs of the song itself feel more big. This is the way I see it; the album record does no justice to the song composure itself because of some guitar tone, keyboard mixing and vocal issues. I recently figured LBRH could be just as "big" as for example In Your Face.
Punch Me I Bleed - Song with awesome keyboards and feeling that can't be heard on the studio record. (See Nosturi 2005.) Also vocals not good enough on the album.
Chokehold - Why can't you hear the awesome keyboard on the chorus on the studio record at all?
AYDY - I think you can hear Roope's melody on the chorus better live.
Mask Of Sanity - Simply because the album version is too trebly, in other words lacking punch and the vocals are not ballsy enough. There's a live video of this song with amazing vocal work from Alexi.
Banned From Heaven - Chorus synthesizers at the second part of the double-chorus that ends the song can be heard only live, and they end the song in a brilliant way! Too bad they were left out of the album.
Trashed, Lost & Strungout - Once again, too down-mixed synthesizers on the chorus. This is very bad because it's an awesome melody.
Kissing the Shadows - The chorus harpsichord melody reminds me of Russian gay polka or something. It's mocking an otherwise cool song!
