A Little ‘Live At Massey Hall’ Trivia
August 28, 2008, Matthew Good When it comes to live records, or at least those made back in the day when entering a studio afterwards and cleaning it up wasn’t an option, there are always intrigues and little tidbits of information that diehard fans find out and revel in.
Live At Massey Hall is no exception.
As I wrote in a previous entry, the recording is untouched - it is completely live. There was no re-tracking in a studio afterwards. But there is one interesting little turn that will be of interest to fans.
During the choruses of Everything Is Automatic I typically step away from the microphone and let the crowd sing them. On that night, the crowd mics crapped out, producing nothing more than a giant audio blur. Thankfully we were smart enough to record the show the night before in Peterborough, during which I did sing the choruses. Thus, the only alteration on the forthcoming album is that when you hear me sing the choruses of Everything Is Automatic (and just the choruses), the vocal was taken from the show recorded the night before.
There are obviously video clips of the song taken that night that clearly show me stepping away from the microphone, so someone would have figured it out sooner or later. Thus, to claim that the recording is completely taken from the Massey Hall show, and then to have such video clips discovered, would have raised some eyebrows. That would be why I’m writing about it, to inform those that will be purchasing the recording that that bit is still live, just that it was taken from the performance the night before – which is, I must admit, unfortunate, because it would have been cool to have captured the audience singing the choruses.
So there you have it. It’s still purely live, it’s just that the choruses of Everything Is Automatic come from the recording of the show the previous night.
Interesting Album Trivia
I have not heard the recording, nor do I plan on listening to it. I am, as those that know me well will tell you, a perfectionist. And while am I sure it is replete with the sorts of quirks and flaws that always end up being the best parts of live recordings, I just can’t bring myself to listen to it because I would, no doubt, tear it apart.
Seriously, Who Are They Trying to Kid?
You can vote on advertising content on Facebook now. You can label an advert misleading or uninteresting and so forth. That said, and as I mentioned last night, there is no way that the girls in those pictures are single – and if they are, they’re certainly not on the dating website that the pictures are promoting. How do I know this? That’s right, I fucking looked! Busted!
On a related note, I ended up watching You Don’t Mess With The Zoltan last night and if the girls on the beaches of Israel are that hot (and like to unabashedly disco) - I’m moving there.
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Those girls get paid quite well for their appearance in advertisements like that. I remember i was at a gentlemens club one night and this girl on stage looked so familiar, did i go to school with her? no thats not it, was she a friend of a friend? no, not it either … then it hit me. She was a girl on one of those late night 1-976 type commercials!!!!! I asked her about it after. She was rather embarrassed but admitted that they paid her $500 bucks for the night and all the free drinks she wanted at this fake party to show how much of a good time it would be to call the phone number.
Can’t wait for the live album!!! and new album!!!
You’re hilarious! I can’t blame you for looking, hell, even I am tempted by these vixens…. Yes, it is the quirks that make the live recordings, like Elvis screwing up his lyrics and laughing, the rough sounds that make you feel privileged to be hearing something that is not “perfect”. A tie-in to the girls…people are always tempted by the idea of “perfection” but can’t wait to find faults, and I think, find perfection a bit intimidating and threatening. Although I admit being envious of the “perfect” babes, the men who attract me are not the body-building “perfect” specimens…it is the guy with the chipped tooth and the funny laugh who has a killer sense of humour that gets me. So, screw perfect, let’s revel in our flaws and imperfections!!!
By the way, I’m a perfectionist too…so, I know how hard it is to stop being self-critical. I can recommend some great books on the subject!
Susie
I cannot begin to explain how excited I am for the live album as I was their and it was easliy one of the best concerts I’ve been to! Do you think it will be out soon? Like before Vancouver?
Oh, way before. I would imagine sometime next month or in earlier October.
Israeli girls may be hot, but no way are they hotter than Bangladeshi girls. Though we do tend to go the demure librarian route.
Hahahaha.
oh man :)! Can’t wait! It’s coming out on itunes first right? Then cd? Either way i’m buying both. Goodluck in Buffalo and your acoustic show! I was supposed to go with my girlfriend to see Sunday but she’s moving into college early and we had to sell the tickets :( hope you come back acoustic or band to Toronto area soon!
Tel Aviv = 100% late night beach party! The best discos are along the beach and they know how to party probably harder than any group I’ve seen. It all comes to life after the sun goes down!!
Go check it out man, you won’t be sorry!
PS. HURRAY for live album, BOO for pretend advertising…as if these skanky girls get dressed up (and I use the term “dressed” very loosely, or tightly if you will) to stay in & chat on the phone HAHHAHAHA
Now I know why I don’t go on Facebook…… What do the “gentlemen” look like?
looking forward to the new album….love it live and raw.
maybe you can report the Facebook adverts to the BBB for false advertising.
[quote comment="63198"]Oh, way before. I would imagine sometime next month or in earlier October.[/quote]
wow, that soon?
thats great, i’m tres excited
as for the false advertising, it sucks unfortunately but its par for the course for those dating sites
My favourite late-night commercial these days is for one of those dating chat lines, and the whole thing is just video of some really happening club with all the beautiful people dancing away to the BOOM-BOOM-BOOM music, and the voice over says, “If you can’t be here, then you need to call the (Whatever Its Name Is) Line!” So, they’re not even pretending that you’re going to talk to any of the hot girls in the ad. They’re pretty much just coming out and saying, “If you’re a loser who’s stuck at home while everyone else is out partying, call us… what other options do you have?”
I’m sure all the hot Israeli beach girls are on the dating websites alongside racky Little Miss Trouble in the picture. No doubt.
And if all the millionaires in Gotham City are superhot superheroes with fancy toys and a hint of danger, I’m moving THERE.
Is it going to be available in european stores as well?? Or will I have to import it once again for the diabolic amount of euros 50 somethin (as it was the case for the last two albums)?
Can’t wait for the LIVE Cd…imperfections and all. Send it to me. Send it to me now. You’re not sending it to me fast enough.
How far AWAY can I get from the hot girls on the beaches of Israel? Send me in the opposite direction because the hot ones mess you up right some good.
Prince says something along those lines.
Now, those demure Bangladeshi librarian types? Those cocooned butterflies? Tell me more about them.
Give me the ones that are unbearably hot while wearing smelly paint-covered overalls and reading National Geographic. Now we’re talkin’.
Did you have the crowd mics on in Peterborough? Maybe you could dub the Peterborough crowd onto the Massey recording instead of your vocals? Not that I don’t like hearing you sing the chorus, but it would be cool to hear the crowd. And the videos would match the song.
[quote comment="63198"]Oh, way before. I would imagine sometime next month or in earlier October.[/quote]
You don’t know just how excited I am right now to hear that it will be out in the next month or two!!
Pearl Jam makes some of their shows available after the fact and we downloaded the one from the Vancouver show that we’d attended.
It’s really funny to be able to hear yourself making an ass of yourself. I was sitting behind the stage and everything Eddie said came out as a garbled bunch of nothing to me. Kind of like Charlie Brown’s teacher. So when he instructed the crowd to whistle during one part, I missed it. Anyhow, the song ended (or at least I thought so…apparently it was just the crowd’s cue to whistle at that point) so I started to cheer like an idiot, wondering why no one else was showing any love for the song at its conclusion. I even muttered “lame” to myself at the dumbass fans who weren’t applauding the great performance, as I was. Tools. They were whistling…how ineffective. Thing was, it wasn’t over…I was supposed to be whistling at that point too (not going “WOOOOOOOOO, YEAAAAHHH!!!!!!!”). It was to be a beautiful moment but, because I was situated front row behind the stage (and extremely close to where they were making the recording), I came through like a cross between a braying donkey and a rooster trying to fly. D’oh.
Too bad on the inability to add the crowd’s contribution…I always love stuff like that. But, then again, you risk some idiot getting it all wrong.
Cannot wait! Massey Hall carries a lot of good memories..met some real cool people at the meet and greet!
Dude you’re scaring me…get a date ASAP! :P
[quote comment="63208"]Is it going to be available in european stores as well?? Or will I have to import it once again for the diabolic amount of euros 50 somethin (as it was the case for the last two albums)?[/quote]
It will probably not be available over there :( but i would gladly send you a copy for the Canadian retail price and not a penny more..i will be sending a few to my other deutsche friends as soon as it comes out!! :P
Please tell me it will be available on UK iTunes?
Can’t wait for the live album!! Hope you are feeling better, illness has certainly been going around. See you tomorrow in Buffalo!
CAN’T
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WAIT!
Oohh… so excited for the live CD! It was such a great show! Best concert I’ve ever been to!
I have some bad quality videos of it that i took from the second balcony with my digital camera (at least it has 10x zoom!). I probably have Everything Is Automatic recorded aswell. Too bad the sound isn’t that great! haha. But definitly no editing would have been needed with the CD anyways. It sounded WAY too good live and changing it just wouldn’t be right. I can’t wait to hear it again!
Thanks for the update on the live record :)
Any chance at all that we could see some sort of deluxe package featuring the acoustic recording from back in October as well?? It still exists doesn’t it?…
Hi Matt…I thought the title of that movie with adam sandler was Dont mess with the ZOHAN, not Zoltan…just wondering…also, i thought you were too busy making an album, where do you find the time looking at those websites?…lol….
[quote comment="63228"]Hi Matt…I thought the title of that movie with adam sandler was Dont mess with the ZOHAN, not Zoltan…just wondering…also, i thought you were too busy making an album, where do you find the time looking at those websites?…lol….[/quote]
um, answer to your question: HES A DUDE. DUDES MAKE TIME FOR THAT KIND OF STUFF
hee hee
I’m actually really happy to hear this! My sister and I missed out on tickets to Massey Hall so we drove the 1.5 hours to Peterborough and caught the show there (what a lame crowd that was. It seemed we were the only ones around us who were rockin’ out and singing along, but maybe it was due to the fact everyone’s attention was diverted to the 2 skanky girls practically screwing eachother in the seats in front of us… but I digress). So there will be a little snippet of that show too… cool!
Haha I actually have that exact same “Little Miss Trouble” t-shirt as the chick in that advert…. although on her that Little Miss face seems to be more distorted and stretched out than it is on me :(
so is it ZOHAN or ZOLTAN PEOPLE????
Those girls don’t really exist. You must know this by now. I think you would have better luck with women as opposed to girls. You need to write us a good piece of literature.
This DVD is going to be great. I was so freaked out you wouldn’t actually release it– living in Ohio, it’s the easiest way to see you. That and there are no drunk people bashing into me, but whatever. (That being said I will SEE your facebook-advertising-clicking self in Buffalo. WOO!!)
[quote comment="63233"]Those girls don’t really exist. You must know this by now. I think you would have better luck with women as opposed to girls. You need to write us a good piece of literature.[/quote]
Yes…when does a ‘girl’ become a ‘woman’ through a real man’s eyes? ;0)
Can’t wait to buy and hear it! Looked for your book today again at HMV….no luck.
Ended up walking out with City and Colour’s latest and thought of you while listening to Sleeping Sickness…interesting.
As for the false advertising: it’s all around us…buyer beware!
[quote comment="63236"][quote comment="63233"]Those girls don’t really exist. You must know this by now. I think you would have better luck with women as opposed to girls. You need to write us a good piece of literature.[/quote]
Yes…when does a ‘girl’ become a ‘woman’ through a real man’s eyes? ;0)[/quote]
I’m sticking around for the answer to this one!!!
That’s debatable. It comes down to that old contention; a beautiful mind or a beuatiful body. You can’t have it both ways if you want to be married for life……
[quote comment="63238"][quote comment="63236"][quote comment="63233"]Those girls don’t really exist. You must know this by now. I think you would have better luck with women as opposed to girls. You need to write us a good piece of literature.[/quote]
Yes…when does a ‘girl’ become a ‘woman’ through a real man’s eyes? ;0)[/quote]
I’m sticking around for the answer to this one!!![/quote]
Yeah, me too. Hopefully the answer isn’t “when she can distort the face on a Little Miss t-shirt beyond all recognition.”
[quote comment="63237"]Can’t wait to buy and hear it! Looked for your book today again at HMV….no luck.
Ended up walking out with City and Colour’s latest and thought of you while listening to Sleeping Sickness…interesting.
As for the false advertising: it’s all around us…buyer beware![/quote]
I have been through 6 copies of At Last There Is Nothing Left To Say since its release, and have been haunting chapters and indigo for the last few months waiting for them to bring more in….i cannot find it ANYWHERE!
[quote comment="63199"]Israeli girls may be hot, but no way are they hotter than Bangladeshi girls. Though we do tend to go the demure librarian route.[/quote]
your salwar kameez brings all the boys to the yard?
You’re making me laugh right now, Jenny from Toronto. I see I’ve sparked a liitle lively interest in this age old debate.
Don’t mess with the Zohan….
wow….
Don’t you mean, Don’t Mess With the Zoltan???
Awesome! I’m so glad that particular show was recorded! Was probably my favorite concert of yours in the last few years (for some reason, the Cayuga Speedway hick-fest debacle when you were touring AOB still remains a fond memory despite the 5-foot man repeatedly punching me in the back while moshing during Strange Days that evening)… anyway, here’s another comment looking forward to the live album!
Will you at least listen to it once you’ve released it, or ever at all?
Awww Matt, it would’ve been insane if that record was out before the show in Bala- to have you sign a live album from a performance I’d only heard a few months prior would’ve been insane!
That’s great that you will be releasing a live full band concert cd. Any thoughts on having a couple of hidden tracks from your solo acoustic tour? I can remember one of your blog entries about your acoustic performance at the Massey Theatre in which you wrote:
” Something happened last night though that was extra special. Obviously, playing a sold out show at one of the most celebrated concert halls in the nation and receiving such a response is more than reward enough, especially after some thirteen odd years of making records and touring. But something else happen in the middle of last night’s show that was rather incredible. In the middle of a song last night, I looked out over the audience and a sensation shot up and down my spine that I’ve never felt before. It was a sensation that, when my brain finally processed it, left me with the feeling that I somehow knew I had twenty more years of making music in me. It was an enormous epiphany to have in such a setting.”
I had the pleasure of seeing a couple of shows on that tour and was amazed on the rearrangements you created of your previous work as well as the stripped down rawness of Hospital Music that only an acoustic guitar can bring out. Since your intial tour of Hospital Music was so intimate and personal due to the nature of the record, it would be extra special to have even a small sample of that tour included.
Anybody else with me on this?
[quote comment="63240"]That’s debatable. It comes down to that old contention; a beautiful mind or a beuatiful body. You can’t have it both ways if you want to be married for life……[/quote]
Eeek! I hope you can have it both ways… or at least sort of both ways… at least enough of both ways to mean I am not either a hag or an idiot. :P
Then again, Seinfeld said 95% of the population is undateable (”UNDATEABLE!”), sooooo…
OK. I don’t normally break my rule about “no live albums” but in this case I will have to make an exception. I only have 2 in my entire collection (Allman Brothers Live at Filmore East and Neil Young at Massey Hall) - I think this will round things out nicely.
p.s. thanks for the picture - those blue boobs can’t be real though- they look like they were built by NASA.
I would give the nod to Iranian girls over Israeli. There are no more beautiful women on the planet than Persian women.
To be completely honest I was I had a recording of the WLRRR shows at the Commodore
[quote comment="63240"]That’s debatable. It comes down to that old contention; a beautiful mind or a beuatiful body. You can’t have it both ways if you want to be married for life……[/quote]
…and that’s why after 15 years, my better half and I are still living in sin…but then beauty is in the eye of the beholder right? LOL
I second the sentiments on being too excited for words in regards to the live album from Massey. I was at that show and my mind was blown from the first song on! Champions of Nothing was nothing short of jaw dropping in my opinion.
Awesome, man! Just awesome!
Don’t Mess With The Zartan
…and knowing is half the battle.
The Oct 26th show? I hope so.
[quote comment="63243"][quote comment="63199"]Israeli girls may be hot, but no way are they hotter than Bangladeshi girls. Though we do tend to go the demure librarian route.[/quote]
your salwar kameez brings all the boys to the yard?[/quote]
LOL! I actually have a song on Myspace (”The Dress I Wore”) about one such occasion. Matt said rather nice things about it when I sent him a demo, complete with Garageband metronome.
yey peterborough!
Great news. Highly looking forward to the live album. Can you say if the album has been edited at all in terms of time (for example, if the length of the live concert was longer than 80 minutes)?
Can’t wait. :)
So when is this live album out? hopefully asap.
yaaaaaaaaaaay
I have been waiting for this disk for so long.
Live. Finally.
Yaaaaaaaaaay indeed.
I’m pretty sure Zoltan is a documentary, so it must be true. Besides, would Sandler lie?
[quote comment="63282"]yey peterborough![/quote]
I second that! :)Yay Peterborough!! I can’t believe it is coming so soon! I can’t wait!
Yay! Live Album!
[quote comment="63212"]It was to be a beautiful moment but, because I was situated front row behind the stage (and extremely close to where they were making the recording), I came through like a cross between a braying donkey and a rooster trying to fly. D’oh.
But, then again, you risk some idiot getting it all wrong.[/quote]
Oh Deb that’s priceless (!) and oddly much like my life ,oP
i cant believe its comming so soon! that show was absolute perfection Matt, i cant wait to be able hear it all over again!
[quote comment="63216"][quote comment="63208"]Is it going to be available in european stores as well?? Or will I have to import it once again for the diabolic amount of euros 50 somethin (as it was the case for the last two albums)?[/quote]
It will probably not be available over there :( but i would gladly send you a copy for the Canadian retail price and not a penny more..i will be sending a few to my other deutsche friends as soon as it comes out!! :P[/quote]
Yay! But how about the payment thing? That’s always the most difficult part of the story. If I ordered it at some canada-based internet shop I am always required credit card payment and do not own one. Throughout Europe it’s so much more easy, you just have to transfer the money to th sellers bank account - and done.
I hope the entire conversation about the Canadian tire guy is still untouched. That was pure gold.
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