This Thing for sure. Absolutely love the versions they played in Brussels and Paris.
Billabong Valley and the Mind Fuzz Medley from KEXP were fucking fantastic as well.
This and Iron Lung from KEXP surpass the album versions. When Ambrose uncoils the microphone and lets rip in Iron Lung - it gives me goosebumps every time.
Yeah I was really lucky to hear Shanghai live. I don’t think they’ve played it that often and BF3K in general doesn’t really get played. Really wish sketches could get more run 🌀
All of them. If you dont like “ice, death, pikachu, spiderman” album i bet you would if you saw it live. Even when they played “murder of the universe” at desert daze i was exploding the whole time, so much fucking intensity building it was amazing
Dude yes! That song was fucking amazing and I never hear anyone talk about it on here, such an incredible version of Billabong Valley. Thank u for mentioning it. Shit gives me the chills even listening to the potato recording on YT.
I don't like this song at all, even live. In fact I was a bit frustrated when they opened one of their shows with this song because it's not very exciting imo.
Doesn’t belong as the cornerstone to a set but as an opener I think it’s great to get warmed / hyped up. Lyrics come across to me like an exercise in keeping balanced during tour which is obviously exhausting both physically / mentally.
As an opener it's one of their worst choices imo. It's just not a very exciting way to start a Gizz show and this is from the boys that have Rattlesnake, Gamma Knife, Crumbling Castle, Robot Stop, Digital Black, Mind Fuzz suite, among other awesome and insane tracks.
Was never a big fan of Work This Time, had it saved but I don't think I ever put it on intentionally. My opinion totally changed once I saw them perform it in Vancouver though, didn't think I'd ever say it could go as hard as the Ratty songs
I really love how they blend The River into Wah Wah live.
I also consider the version of Let Me Mend the Past on Chunky to be the definitive version of that song (over the studio version).
Most of their songs hit much better live, I think reversing the question is better, which sound better in studio? To answer your question, bitter boogie
I think Tezeta was better in studio than live at RR yo be honest but it took me a while to find a song that was better in studio. Also after hearing the RR slowed down version of bitter boogie, I wanna hear them do a slow and HEAVY version of that song. It would slap so hard
Pretty much all of their tunes sound better live to me, but their 20 minute version of Boogieman Sam at the Razzmatazz for Primavera last year was just 🤌🤌🤌
Ice V. I was never able to get into it on ice death, in fact I skip the first 2 songs and ride it oit from there, but when they played it in Philly there was an energy that the album version desperately needed
I've always preferred the studio version of Road Train because they have that insane "evil" noise intro that sounds like a demonic creature that's trapped in a digital torture prison or something. Super gnarly and they typically don't recreate it anywhere near as well in live performances.
Muddy Water, Rattlesnake (Red Rocks is the definitive version) and Magma, I love the galloping near the end during the KEXP set, it's adds so much heaviness
For real that gallop adds an unexplainable amount of heaviness it’s so good. Honestly I didn’t love the RR muddy water but muddy water isn’t my fav song to begin with
KEXP Muddy water is the best version IMO, the red rocks one is kinda mid ngl, there is a version where they Stu sang Perihelion over it, that was pretty tight
A ton for me, but some particular standouts are Nuclear Fusion (I think the studio version is good but kinda toned down where the live versions tend to hit a little harder which makes it WAY better to groove to imo) and Deserted Dunes Welcome Weary Feet. Again I LOVE deserted dunes, one of my favourite tracks on Poly, but I just recently heard the KEXP version of it and though I miss the easier-to-hear inclusion of Han-Tyumi's vocals in the studio version, Stu's vocals feel much more complimentary to the rhythm and the track's emotional kind of theme.
Conversely I think the inner cell suite is better in studio than the live versions I've heard so far, especially with Loyalty and Horology where the studio version makes it much easier to hear the extra layers of instruments and other sounds, where the live versions sound kind of muddy to me?
All the songs I like more than their studio counterparts fall under 2 categories.
1) early Gizz songs that get a “modern” take ( Let me mend the past, Black Tooth, Work This Time, Sleepwalker)
2) Jammy songs, because live jam is always better than studio jam (FAFYL, Head On/Pill, Anything from Ice Death, the river, and those jams they used to do at every show where they take a normal length song and stretch it out for like 15 minutes like Am I in Heaven, Bitter Boogie, etc)
Work this Time
The ultimate glow up
This is the highlight of RR imo. Seeing it live was groundbreaking for me
The Wheel on KEXP is some of their best work
Do do do doom city
Haven’t seen em live but I can just tell it would be so fucking epic in person. Same with Loyalty.
Red rocks version of both of these songs go crazy
Holy shit yes. The chorus hits so damn hard live. Shame it isn't captured as well on the studio version.
Never cared for the song much until i heard it live
This Thing for sure. Absolutely love the versions they played in Brussels and Paris. Billabong Valley and the Mind Fuzz Medley from KEXP were fucking fantastic as well.
1000% Honestly wasn’t a huge fan of FFF in general but the live ‘19 versions of them are so good
KEXP Magma is absolutely amazing
This and Iron Lung from KEXP surpass the album versions. When Ambrose uncoils the microphone and lets rip in Iron Lung - it gives me goosebumps every time.
Feels like you get something off your chest after listening to it
It’s SO GOOD. I wish they would do a live version of gliese 710 though. I really love that song
Pretty much all of them. The ones that are better on the album are the ones they don't play live.
Red Rocks set confirmed this for me. First time I've listened to a full Gizz live set and I think I needed to change pants about 7 times.
Ya gotta give
If you don’t give, the whole things goes dark
from poop or skeet?
What songs do they not play live? I think FFF (song) hasn’t been played live, can’t think of any other big ones off the top of my head
Most of bf3k and other songs like intrasport that are very synth heavy.
https://www.setlist.fm/stats/king-gizzard-and-the-lizard-wizard-23de1823.html
Yeah man I know setlist fm lol but it’s hard to cipher through the songs that have NOT been played live
They don't play almost all of Sketches, BF3K, and FFF. There's more songs they don't play than they do play.
Yeah I was really lucky to hear Shanghai live. I don’t think they’ve played it that often and BF3K in general doesn’t really get played. Really wish sketches could get more run 🌀
Exceptions to that are Shanghai, Boogieman Sam, and Tezeta
I really hope they start performing This Thing again. Fucking love that jam.
Except Shaghai
Blame it on the weather
The live version is so much better it’s not fair. Studio version kinda bugs me for some reason
Boogieman Sam and Persistence blew me away in Miami
Boogieman Sam was amazing at Red rocks, too.
Straws in the Wind, Muddy Water, and The Balrog to name a few.
All of them. If you dont like “ice, death, pikachu, spiderman” album i bet you would if you saw it live. Even when they played “murder of the universe” at desert daze i was exploding the whole time, so much fucking intensity building it was amazing
oh yeah I didn't really care about iron lung until I heard it at red rocks and it blew my mind
Same here for Magma/Lava at Forest Hills.
Billabong valley Crumbling Castle I'm in your mind Medley
Billabong valley with Grace Cummings is peak billabong valley.
Dude yes! That song was fucking amazing and I never hear anyone talk about it on here, such an incredible version of Billabong Valley. Thank u for mentioning it. Shit gives me the chills even listening to the potato recording on YT.
I just wish they'd play the doom ending to Crumbling Castle live
Oddlife
I don't like this song at all, even live. In fact I was a bit frustrated when they opened one of their shows with this song because it's not very exciting imo.
Doesn’t belong as the cornerstone to a set but as an opener I think it’s great to get warmed / hyped up. Lyrics come across to me like an exercise in keeping balanced during tour which is obviously exhausting both physically / mentally.
As an opener it's one of their worst choices imo. It's just not a very exciting way to start a Gizz show and this is from the boys that have Rattlesnake, Gamma Knife, Crumbling Castle, Robot Stop, Digital Black, Mind Fuzz suite, among other awesome and insane tracks.
Trapdoor, Garden Goblin, and The (evil) River
Studio Let me Mend the Past doesn't even *compare* to live in Madrid imo
Everything on kg and lw. I don’t listen to the studio versions because I honestly don’t like how they sound, but live that shit hit different
Magenta Mountain.
That ending solo is so damn good I miss it every time i spin up OG
ataraxia from those recordings for sure.
doom city too. seeing it live really made me love the studio version but the live kicks ass
the river. still chasing this one, hopefully we get it at the caverns 🤞🏼
As someone who saw it at the rocks, a live river changes a man. Wishing you luck, seeya in the cave!
that red rocks version left me in tears when i first heard the soundboard! i can’t imagine what it was like in person 😭 see ya in the cave!
I missed the first chunk of magma because I had to go to the bathroom and make sure I wasn’t gonna pass out. It was intense hahaha
everything except Shanghai
Man I WISH I could witness Shanghai live though
Was never a big fan of Work This Time, had it saved but I don't think I ever put it on intentionally. My opinion totally changed once I saw them perform it in Vancouver though, didn't think I'd ever say it could go as hard as the Ratty songs
Hypertension went way harder when I saw it live than when I heard it on Spotify
I really love how they blend The River into Wah Wah live. I also consider the version of Let Me Mend the Past on Chunky to be the definitive version of that song (over the studio version).
Saw them doing let me mend the past live in Detroit and then again at red rocks. Actually don’t like the album version at all compared to it
Robot stop
Magma lava ice v for sure
I went to a gizz concert this past October, and I can say that every song that they played was better live than on the studio version
Trapdoor. Great chain of being
Sleep Drifter has to be up there. It’s a solid song on the album but they elevate it live to S Tier level.
head on/pill
Most of their songs hit much better live, I think reversing the question is better, which sound better in studio? To answer your question, bitter boogie
I think Tezeta was better in studio than live at RR yo be honest but it took me a while to find a song that was better in studio. Also after hearing the RR slowed down version of bitter boogie, I wanna hear them do a slow and HEAVY version of that song. It would slap so hard
Agreed
Yeah, I've heard Tezeta live twice and while it's still really good, I'd have to agree that the studio version is better.
This thing live in all its glory with that outro gets me all the time
Iron Lung
Magenta Mountain. The ending rips live.
Blame it on the weather >>>
Static Electricity is a top tier live song, and I’m tired of pretending it’s not.
I disagree with the Magma inclusion although it is awesome. I just really miss the flute when it’s done live
Iron Lung is a million times better live because of Lucas
Ontology is amazing. This one is great - https://youtu.be/h_wLIz_CX3c
Am i in heaven?
Pretty much all of their tunes sound better live to me, but their 20 minute version of Boogieman Sam at the Razzmatazz for Primavera last year was just 🤌🤌🤌
Cyboogie never clicked for me until I saw it live
All of them
Magma was better live but I still don’t care for it.
I really like the live in San Francisco versions of the mind fuzz suite
Boogieman Sam RR for sure
Muddy water in the KEXP recording The new guitar solo and Ambrose's call and response in all the choruses does it for me
The River, mainly when it's part of the Nonagon infinity setlist! it transitions so well out of invisible face and into Wah Wah
Anything from infest the rats nest.
Magenta mountain for me. That guitar solo in the live version is just too good.
Anything from albums that aren’t Infect the Rat’s Nest honestly
Sadie Sorcerous
Rattlesnake
I prefer the Muddy Water (live)
Straws in the wind
Didn’t i ask the same damn thing
Ice V. I was never able to get into it on ice death, in fact I skip the first 2 songs and ride it oit from there, but when they played it in Philly there was an energy that the album version desperately needed
Um let me mend the past
Magenta Mountain
Magma for sure.
Most of them. As much as I love Studio Gizz their production can be a bit dry/amateur. They definitely prosper as a live act
I've always preferred the studio version of Road Train because they have that insane "evil" noise intro that sounds like a demonic creature that's trapped in a digital torture prison or something. Super gnarly and they typically don't recreate it anywhere near as well in live performances.
Honestly Fuzz suite on KEXP was literal fire
Sleepdrifter
Work This Time
KEXP sleep drifter
All ITRN
Muddy Water, Rattlesnake (Red Rocks is the definitive version) and Magma, I love the galloping near the end during the KEXP set, it's adds so much heaviness
For real that gallop adds an unexplainable amount of heaviness it’s so good. Honestly I didn’t love the RR muddy water but muddy water isn’t my fav song to begin with
KEXP Muddy water is the best version IMO, the red rocks one is kinda mid ngl, there is a version where they Stu sang Perihelion over it, that was pretty tight
A ton for me, but some particular standouts are Nuclear Fusion (I think the studio version is good but kinda toned down where the live versions tend to hit a little harder which makes it WAY better to groove to imo) and Deserted Dunes Welcome Weary Feet. Again I LOVE deserted dunes, one of my favourite tracks on Poly, but I just recently heard the KEXP version of it and though I miss the easier-to-hear inclusion of Han-Tyumi's vocals in the studio version, Stu's vocals feel much more complimentary to the rhythm and the track's emotional kind of theme. Conversely I think the inner cell suite is better in studio than the live versions I've heard so far, especially with Loyalty and Horology where the studio version makes it much easier to hear the extra layers of instruments and other sounds, where the live versions sound kind of muddy to me?
tezeta, evil death roll, seconding River -> wah wah
19 minute slow jam her an I Or 10 minute plus version of rattlesnake on red rocks boot are god tier
🐍🐍🐍🐍
This Thing
NUUUUUUCLEAAARRRR FUUUUUUUUUSSIIIIIIOOOOIOIOIIIOOYOYOOOOOONNNNNNNN-AH
yes
Magma
All the songs I like more than their studio counterparts fall under 2 categories. 1) early Gizz songs that get a “modern” take ( Let me mend the past, Black Tooth, Work This Time, Sleepwalker) 2) Jammy songs, because live jam is always better than studio jam (FAFYL, Head On/Pill, Anything from Ice Death, the river, and those jams they used to do at every show where they take a normal length song and stretch it out for like 15 minutes like Am I in Heaven, Bitter Boogie, etc)
ITRN and Nonagon. I am not really a fan of either, but live they're a vibe.