*Live - Lightning Crashes Reaction!!

[@guyincognito566]

Throwing Copper is probably, in my opinion, one of the top five albums from the 90s.

[@grantmourning189]

4 songs off that album they play religiously on rock stations for 30 straight years. True statement you said

[@EgbertWilliams]

"An old mother dies. The confusion that was hers belongs now to the baby down the hall." One of the smartest, most powerful lines I've ever heard in a rock song.

[@martymar1964]

this song breaks me every time i hear it

[@katpocalypsemeow4554]

The singer said this in an interview about the video: "While the clip is shot in a home environment, I envisioned it taking place in a hospital, where all these simultaneous deaths and births are going on, one family mourning the loss of a woman while a screaming baby emerges from a young mother in another room. Nobody's dying in the act of childbirth, as some viewers think. What you're seeing is actually a happy ending based on a kind of transference of life." I always read as being out how our loved ones never truly leave us when the die. They live on in our hearts and memory and if like me you believe in an afterlife or reincarnation they live on in a more literal sense to watch over us and meet again in the next life.

[@jacknewman9256]

That's a comforting analysis. I've never read the lyrics but just from listening I always thought it was about a woman dying in childbirth. Now it won't be so heartbreaking to listen to.

[@CBACards]

One of my mom’s favs. Always said it reminded her of me. Rest easy, Mom.

[@handsomestik]

RIP to yours , I just lost my Mom this month. Got the ashes today in fact.

[@CBACards]

eric brown Damn, sorry for your loss. Truly.

[@nikhiltelgote]

A few other classics by these guys. Look'em up. - Selling The Drama - I Alone - When The Dolphins Cry

[@The_Pony]

Favesssss

[@chrisbotha8085]

Or the entire throwing copper album

[@One_Proud_Papa]

I love the riff from Lakini's Juice. Sad they basically disappeared after that.

[@RolandDeschain1]

Their best song is 'Sweet Release', which they only put out as a single in Australia.

[@jlm10181978]

Throwing Copper was an epic album!!

[@sarahdaw6648]

The WHOLE album is beautiful!

[@sarahdaw6648]

When the album came out it was my lifesaver ring. I was in a dark place, living with a roommate who was suffering with AIDS. It was the height of AIDS crisis in LA. I worked in the music/movie business and it seemed like everyone was dying. This album gave me a space to air my fears, my tears, my hope, my anger at losing a friend. Please react to more songs off this album.

[@blankpage111]

It truly is a best album of LIVE. Very underrated band just like 16 Horsepower, Crash Test Dummies

[@monicajean37]

I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEE this song The band dedicated this to Barbara Lewis, one of their high school friends who was killed by a drunk driver around the time this song was written. Her brother in-law Cory told us the story: The song's lyrics are mostly an analogy. Barb donated several organs, including her heart. She was close with Ed and the guys and died in a car collision with a fleeing armed robber. These lyrics are constantly misunderstood! Yes, Ed is speaking to the circle of life, but specifically to how Barb's life gave new life to many. The angel, the baby down the hall, the pale blue eyes (of Barb), the pain ("confusion")... the lyrics are wholly Ed's interpretation of his experience and perception of Barb's impact. Our family has become close with the most genuine and caring man who is still alive today (over 10 years later), who has Barb's heart beating in his chest! "Lightning Crashes" literally lives on.

[@slothcunt8353]

That's heavy!!

[@DareBrad]

Thank you for giving the full meaning behind this song

[@mikeblanchard7579]

So it was an drunk armed robber fleeing?

[@EdwardJoelKowalczyk]

Nice reply (↑) (↑)

[@motorhead7004]

10 years? this song is atleast 26 years old.

[@frankjones4357]

one of the most beautiful and powerful songs ever written

[@crystalford5964]

I have always loved this song, always felt alot of emotions when listened to it. But now it has so much more meaning to me. November 5, 2005 I had a daughter but she was stillborn. So now this song hits me really hard.

[@chrisdbiggs]

this was high school for me and EVERYONE loved this song.

[@mindriot731]

this song was one of my dads favorites, it's a highly emotional song, but since my dad passed away a couple years ago this song always just makes me cry every time i hear it.

[@KimberlyAnnScheper]

Pillars of Davidson is their best song. Absolutely perfect.

[@MrMattf727]

I saw Live at a festival many many years ago. It was an outdoor festival. At the beginning of the song it started sprinkling and somehow at the climax of the song, a huge bolt of lightning streaked across the sky with a huge clap of thunder. It was unbelievable and I'll never forget that show. Memphis in May 2003 or 04 was the festival.

[@ralphdougherty1844]

Crazy thing is…In Cleveland Ohio in 2000 it was a gorgeous night and right as they started this song a thunder storm came over and at the end of the song it stopped…At the end Ed said “Ok…THAT was NOT planned!”

[@jrayez4995]

Throwing Copper is an amazing album from top to bottom. Sori would enjoy more from it.

[@Compressioncamper]

Beautiful song. Through and through. Music like this isnt made any more. Thanks for taking the time, guys

[@thecoogs]

Wow, it got to her! Love the smiles at the end, definitely an underappreciated band. Emotionally charged music for everyone

[@flip97gt]

Live was one of the absolute best bands to come from that era.

[@Real_masontroyadams]

Sori, your face at the end of the song got me a lil teared up, bc u brought me back to the first time I ever heard this song. Z100 in NY debuted this song THE DAY of the Oklahoma City bombing, with clips of on the scene reporters reporting EMOTIONALLY in between each line in the verses. It was SUPER emotional. Jesus Christ, I totally forgot about that...

[@javiercortes1057]

One of my favorite songs of all time. Great reaction guys. I find it hauntingly beautiful and melancholic, never fails to get me.

[@WashuHakubi4]

This is one of those songs that makes me tear up every time I hear it, even after all these years. Classic song about the circle of life.

[@billyboy9034]

I'm glad Sori liked it! Vin is right, about "The Cycle", metaphor. You could really see the exact moment, when the depth of the song, hit Sori. Loved it, you two.

[@gabeackerman4964]

I Alone is the song that got me into them. The fall after I graduated High School.

[@guitar_noodle]

I was in high school when this came out. I was a full blown guitar shredding arpeggios from hell metalhead and couldn't stand alternative and grundge. However, this song and I alone by them I really liked. Hearing this again I stand firm that this is a good one.

[@Blackfoxloki]

So happy you guys got to this one this was a song my Mom sang to me as a lullaby when I was little so it really pulls my heartstrings. Also you guys give off some serious loving paternal energy I envy your kids there's just so much love here.

[@KitKat-wt6ed]

Loved Soris reaction to this, she totally got into it, especially at the end. I love the way they gradually increase the intensity of the song. Live has some much heavier songs but I always like this one the most. Great job guys.

[@edcummings2379]

"Lakini's juice" is that bands best song IMO

[@dpaulus311]

That song is sooo hard live. The highlight on my opinion.

[@DR.DisInfect]

I always loved that and Waitress

[@sartori69]

“Lakoni’s Juice” is amazing, and I have a soft spot in my heart for “You Are the World” off of Mental Jewelry

[@Septembergirl70]

I always thought of this song representing the Circle of Life. My favorite line is "this moment she's been waiting for".

[@ariancollin2217]

One of the best bands in the 90s. Ed's voice, lyrics, topic. Just powerful.

[@jbear7590]

This song is powerful. Good choice

[@jacobcardiff8757]

What a super chill song for a beautiful day like today, cant get enough of you guys!!

[@xeres14]

Here's one that's a little different. Black Crowes - Remedy. Nice southern rock song.

[@ErikStone1]

Another good song to review in this genre..."The Freshmen" by The Verve Pipe.

[@adriansalcido7637]

"I Alone" & "Selling the drama" by them

[@hollyroxy25]

This band has one of the most amazing debut albums of all time. You can play it from start to finish & not hear a bad song. I highly recommend you check it out.

[@Damiana_Dimock]

I do love it when Vin opens the video with a, "I dunno what the hell we're doing" expression. Yes, I'd say this song is "essential" for the band Live, also "Lakini's Juice," off the Secret Samadhi album. Though Live can be pretty give-or-take, (a la Collective Soul or Candlebox,) I think these songs of theirs are more essential to the '90s' sound--The Throwing Copper ('94) & Secret Samadhi ('97) albums are strong contenders for an Essentials list for the decade. The music video is pretty typical of the mid-'90s, (see REM "losing my religion," Soul Asylum "runaway train," Candlebox "you," Oasis "morning glory" (same director;) other videos by the same director, Jake Scott, Soundgarden "Fell On Black Days," Tori Amos "Past The Mission," Tracy Bonham "mother mother," Bush "Comedown," Spacehog "In The Meantime," Soundgarden "burden in my hand," REM "Everybody Hurts," The Verve "On Your Own," & Natalie Merchant "wonder.")

[@Lightningrod75]

I love Secret Samadhi so much.

[@Damiana_Dimock]

@JD Raider 24 --Videos for "Touch, Peel, & Stand" & "Shelf In The Room," for sure, but when I think Days Of The New I definitely conflate them with the blue-collar side of that NuMetal boom post-1999, and that must have something to do with radio play and when they were touring a lot. I was surprised to see the years that first album of theirs was recorded and released, "Downtown" has a much earlier sound and fits right in with that era I was trying to describe.

[@touchstoneaf]

Welcome to the LIVE rabbit hole. Everyone thinks the only have one album, but they have seven Ssudio albums and one demo they wrote as 17yos, and EddieK the lyricist has three solo albums, every single lyric he writes is incredibly spiritual, I think you'll like them.

[@gino88]

Between the lyrics and the video imagery I had always took it as the first verse a mother dies during child birth. The child down the hall is the result of it now burdened with the confusion life will bring having a mother die for her to live. Then POSSIBLY the deceased mother is reborn as a new born in the coming versus (as seen in the video).

[@kevinjwalsh5538]

You guys are awesome in your conflict of emotions over the theme of the song. I think the song achieved its goals. Thank you.

[@sledgenwedge]

My happiness is my responsibility, but I will always be happy with your efforts to please your fans. Your honesty is why I watch, the music is why I watch again.

[@lawrence1389u]

What you may not be able to appreciate at this point in time is just how much this album absolutely took over when it dropped. Radio was still where all our music was introduced. When this album hit it completely took over the airwaves.

[@coltonw8686]

Use to hear this song constantly on radio when I was little. Blast from the 90s lol Always loved this song. Thanks for bringing it back up.

[@edhuskins171]

The more I watch you guys, the more respect I have. Very intelligent conversation, thank you!

[@omarceniceros4589]

Look at Sori digging the song!, great reaction guys.

[@charliet.sanford2495]

I’d love to hear you guys’ take on Round Here by Counting Crows.

[@emdet2234]

Looove this song

[@GodTodd69]

Perfect Blue Buildings too.

[@cerisewilson4088]

YES!

[@justinjohnson3073]

or Long December

[@sledgenwedge]

Actually absofuckinglutly

[@leth9320]

This song is just so powerful. The build is awe-inspiring!

[@tombates9122]

I remember when this album came out, the band seemingly came from nowhere and were absolutely massive. Every single they released from the album was amazing, then they just seemed to disappear. This song in particular was constantly on the radio. I know I played the tape to death as a kid. I'd suggest a few songs from the album: 'The Dam at Otter Creek', 'I Alone', 'Selling the Drama'.

[@TheChazaqingdude]

Another essential song that's not hard rock or metal. Lol. I would say the essential Live song is "I Alone". Excellent song, though.

[@navoditsudhir]

Selling the Drama too! Live is really underappreciated..

[@patrickhein6986]

Lakinis Juice. My favourite Song from Live

[@KyleS.1987]

@@patrickhein6986 I second that. "Lakini's Juice" is like "Kashmir" re-imagined for the 90's. Also it'd be hilarious to see Vin and Sori try and make sense of the lyrics.

[@patrickhein6986]

@@KyleS.1987 Yes, that would be fun to see :-)

[@The_Pony]

🥰

[@johndorsey1423]

The whole album is excellent

[@The_Kiosk]

Dark AF, evocative, beautiful. I love Live.

[@SuzanneDeniseB]

Its about the circle of life. Good bad and ugly..But ALWAYS repeats 😢❤ Gives me chills either way.You listened to the entire song first..Love that.

[@Frankincensedjb123]

I see the actor in this song being an intuit, one who feels the spirits coming and going, and as he sits there in his pain, shock, horror the spirits come to comfort him and the baby. Life is tough, but there is always those in the here and now and the hereafter to comfort and lift. God bless.

[@abncolb1027]

Live is my favorite 90s band. Thank u for doing this one!

[@_alifeallmine_]

The singer, Ed Kowalczyk, has very strong Christian faith. It’s always been present in the music of ‘Live’ but as it became more and more so in later albums it caused friction in the band, and they broke up. Eventually they got back together a few years ago, and are making music again. I met a fellow fan of ‘Live’ and another singer, ‘Anneke Van Giersbergen’ through Facebook, and have become close friends, and I’ve stayed at her place in Paris several times since, and we’ve met up here in Australia to see Ed do a live show. The power of music! :)

[@dpaulus311]

Saw them a fe months back. Totally underrated. Awesome show.

[@karene5406]

Thanks for doing this one. Haven’t heard it for a long time. Love it.

[@jcthomps1]

The power of music...a few years ago my dad who has been in bad health for a long time took a bad turn and he was rushed to Palms West Hospital and put on life support. While my brother and I were in the waiting room thinking our dad could very well be dying (thankfully he didn’t) I saw a young couple coming in all smiles and the mother was very pregnant in a wheelchair and she was coming in to give birth to their baby and I IMMEDIATELY thought of this song and will forever think of that moment when I hear it from that day on.

[@metallicamadmen172]

This whole Live album, Throwing Copper, is great.. Check out "White Discussion" at the end of the album.. great lyrics and bass line

[@paultomaszewski1964]

Not to mention what the drummer is doing, amazing!

[@FutileGrief]

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of art humanity has EVER created. The music, the video, the lyrics. PERFECTION.

[@leiabanks43]

Excellent song choice guys!

[@MsL3nny]

I have been a follower of you for quite a while now.... And I love your honest even unpopular views bout all the songs you have react to...... And Live is my most favorite band of all.... Pls react more from them

[@troybenoit1238]

One of the greatest songs I have ever heard. Very underrated as well.

[@Real_masontroyadams]

Some songs are just perfect. Like lighting in a bottle. This is one.

[@rebekahcunningham2159]

Love this band! Saw them before they were big... total fan from that point!

[@durbanpoison1485]

Thank you. a great song! A very underrated band.

[@danielcarter305]

This was one of my favorite songs in my 20's now when I hear it I just want to start sobbing.

[@gnovincejr2]

Seeing Sori's reactions were priceless! Great stuff!!!

[@Tuesdays_Gone]

Love, love Live and this song. Watching now.

[@dave93x]

I think the "confusion" is the woman coming to terms with herself dying soon and then dying and the confusion of how it feels, then the confusion the baby simultaneously feels as it's ripped out of its mother's body, into a new world. It's such a sad song. One of those that makes you really realise how temporary life and time are.

[@laureah21]

Seen live live. One of the best concerts ive been to. Everyone knew all the words

[@JCDruid]

Nothing More - "God Went North" and "Fade In / Fade Out"... Two songs that MASTERFULLY portray the importance of cherishing EVERY SINGLE MOMENT POSSIBLE with your loved ones... #SORISGONNACRY!!

[@fjolagu]

OMG this song reminds me so much of my year living in Seattle ´94- ´95. Saw them live at The Gorge, WA. Great memories ❤☺

[@JennRighter]

That a fully male band could make such a beautiful song about childbirth is amazing.

[@RedceLL1978]

I rather think it's more crazy that people are oblivious that men have real and beating hearts. Emotions are not a thing that are exclusive to women.

[@neverenoughcowbell809]

Lightning Crashes is great to listen while you are high and playing monopoly

[@stephaniebedworth2470]

I played almost nothing but this band's debut album, Mental Jewelry, when it first came out.

[@danieljantz913]

I can think of only a handful of perfect songs. And this is one.

[@richletram539]

Love this band, Love this song. Hard to believe you never heard this song. In it's day it got soooo much air play that I actually got sick of hearing It. You never heard anything else on the radio from this band. It's like it was the only song the ever wrote. Great review as usual. Keep up the good work you two. 😁

[@sophiecat14]

I could tell Sori was watching the video because of the smile on her face at the end~ it’s such a beautiful scene, the mommy holding her newborn.❤️ The lead singer of Live wrote this for a for a female friend who had died, IIRC, in a car accident. Throwing Copper is an AMAZING album! Every song on it is fantastic & well written. I remember when Sori was pregnant Lightning Crashes was suggested and someone commented something along the lines of, “Not while Sori’s pregnant, though! She’ll get too emotional!” 😂 I wish I could remember who it was. I’d love to see a reaction to Pillar Of Davidson, from the same album . Live’s first album, Mental Jewelry, has a lot of great songs, too. The Beauty Of Gray & Pain Lies on the Riverside are two I love.❤️ And their unplugged special is phenomenal! Live & Bush are touring together this year for the anniversary of their albums Throwing Copper & Sixteen Stone. Both turn 25 this year. I feel old! 😂🤦🏻‍♀️

[@sophiecat14]

John Trooper Hey John! 😊How are you doing? Hope you’re having a great week! 🤞🏻❤️ I gotta say, I’m kinda (REALLY) jealous you saw them both back in the day! Did you enjoy both concerts? Are they touring near you this time & are you going? I *wish* they were coming here!! Live came here *once* & I couldn’t go... I was heartbroken. Then my BFF called me from the venue they were playing, she’d gone for a drink after work... she told me to listen & all I could hear was Live. Doing their SOUNDCHECK! 😭💔 Devastated. 😔 Ps~ I hv your email in my contacts.☺️

[@MrZeze87]

Always remember Live as "That Rock band with the balding singer that was on the Radio and TV a lot when I was a kid". Hadn't heard them in a very long time, cool song, thumbs up for the nostalgia. Not gonna bother discussing the "name of the week" anymore.

[@michaelvondrake7489]

That sounds like the band "Midnight Oil"... not the same band.

[@MrZeze87]

@@michaelvondrake7489 Nah, it was Live, the song "Dolphin's Cry" is the one I remember hearing the most. It was only a couple of years before crap like Nickelback's "How you remind me" or Puddle of Mudd's "Blurry".

[@thivuDoysbroveahasu]

The WHOLE album is beautiful! Throwing Copper is an amazing album from top to bottom. Sori would enjoy more from it. Throwing Copper is an amazing album from top to bottom. Sori would enjoy more from it.

[@roberttater898]

This song was all over the radio when I was growing up in the 90s. So good! I love this song!

[@corngrohlio]

Been listening to this song for 25 years and just came up with a new meaning... Mother dies during childbirth while grandmother looks on, and the grandmother can "feel it coming back again" as she realises that she'll need to become a mother once-more.

[@KimberlyAnnScheper]

My favorite song from the 90's. Live's music is so original. They have never put out a bad album.

[@KimberlyAnnScheper]

@Dexy Chan Not Penny's Boat! 😊

[@KimberlyAnnScheper]

@Dexy Chan I just started rewatchin Jimmy's reactions to LOST lol

[@brodemonz]

One of my favorite songs.

[@babarm]

Dolphins Cry is another great great song by these guys. Makes me sad every time. But a great song.

[@Hellucinogen79]

This was one of the most popular songs off 'Throwing Copper' which was a pretty huge album for this band thanks to heavy radio and MTV airplay in the mid 90's. But it was well deserved because it is a good solid Alternative rock record. Probably one of my personal favorites and most listened to records in this genre in the mid 90's. I definitely recommend giving the whole album a listen sometime.

[@sledgenwedge]

Lightning Crashes is an essential song to here simply because of its subject content and a touchy one at that ,that touches a lot of people who are forced into a club that they would rather not be in but have no choice but to become a member and the triumph of Lost love for the Breath of Life enjoyed. Not many songs have gone to this area to achieve the fame that they never wanted. And to be honest they said it in a song called stars like that

[@curtiswilson3569]

So glad you guys are hitting up some 90s grunge stuff again. Saw these guys with Bush and Our Lady Peace this month. Definitely all amazing bands

[@ihatespy]

That album Throwing Copper is such a great album!

[@YBNegative]

This plopped into my feed and I admit, I was prepared to bail at the slightest twinge of disappointment on your faces, since I love this song so much. You held me for 23:57 though, and I appreciate the thought you put into your takes on the song.

[@KenDoLL666]

Throwing Copper Album by Live is one of my top 10 albums of all time!!

[@zacharydunn5244]

I love Vin's face at 5:43 when the overdrive guitar first kicks in

[@LarryStAmant-jc2xj]

The cycle of life and death, sad and beautiful.

[@janed.2779]

One of the most underrated bands! One of my top 5 bands.

[@pinzgauerbelgium]

Wow...this bring back a lot of memories...

[@cerisewilson4088]

My nephew was born on 9-11, I always had thoughts about all the poor souls that were dying while his brand new Soul was coming into this world.

[@amandaschlumpfbernardino5532]

Cerise Wilson I gave birth to my first child on 9/11/01. I often think about the souls passing in and out of life that day.

[@rosslumbus]

I am a bass-baritone. I have a decent voice in a VERY restricted singing range, I love the singing range of the truly gifted. Thank you.

[@MacAnAirchinnighJM]

The lyric Placenta used to creep me out as a teenager. But now at 38, this song is pretty close to lyrically perfect. Great example of a music video heightening the experience of listening to a great song.

[@aryansigrid]

You two NEED to see the official video that goes with this Song. Absolutely beautiful and appropriate to the whole song. This song reminds me of when I was studying in 1997 N.Z. Palmerston North, Polytechnic, we played this song/album/band all throughout our day. P.S. All I could hear @ the beginning of this Reaction was Vin clicking away, what the????

[@soyboy29]

underatted band and song!!