Imitation of Life

rskiss

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Has there been an explanation of why they are only playing the beginning of Imitation of Life? If they're playing the whole album this doesn't make sense. They did the same thing on the original Among tour.
 
rskiss said:
Has there been an explanation of why they are only playing the beginning of Imitation of Life? If they're playing the whole album this doesn't make sense. They did the same thing on the original Among tour.

Becuase Milano and Lilker would scream about the fact that it was an SOD song, that became an Anthrax song, that became an SOD song.

Hell I don't know. Too bad, because that's one of the best ones on the record.
 
rskiss said:
Has there been an explanation of why they are only playing the beginning of Imitation of Life? If they're playing the whole album this doesn't make sense. They did the same thing on the original Among tour.

I think it's because by that point they have played two songs (one of them long, the other really long) that the majority of people don't know. Sure, we diehards do, but not everyone there is a diehard. So although it's awesome, the crowd just wasn't connecting with the band the way they do for songs like "Indians" or, and I hate to say this, "Got the Time." I know, it sucks. But I do believe that's the honest reason.
 
jdelpi said:
I think it's because by that point they have played two songs (one of them long, the other really long) that the majority of people don't know. Sure, we diehards do, but not everyone there is a diehard. So although it's awesome, the crowd just wasn't connecting with the band the way they do for songs like "Indians" or, and I hate to say this, "Got the Time." I know, it sucks. But I do believe that's the honest reason.
If that's the case, they shouldn't be advertising the shows as "we're playing the full Among the Living album." That's like Metallica saying they're going to play the full Puppets album and than not playing Orion because it's an instrumental... or Slayer saying they're going to play Reign in Blood and not play Altar of Sacrifice.

If it's a sense of song sequencing, they should break the songs up and litter them throughout the set. The whole reason I've been so jazzed on seeing the LA show is because Imitation of Life is one of my favorite Anthrax songs... and now to hear I'm only going to hear the intro, which I already saw at a handful of S.O.D. shows, really really bums me out.
 
DeathsHead said:
He learned it once
That was 20 years ago though, I know I don't remember everything I did 20 years ago! I don't remember what I did 20 minutes ago!:goggly: