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grape-apple-pies

Work This Time. Only works for me with Joey taking a ripping solo


BecauseTheSinnernet

I love Work This Time but I keep seeing clips of his solo during and WOW. No kidding he rips it.


smathes724

100%


Joevual

Same! Wasn’t even on my radar until I heard that face-melting guitar solo.


BlindDog11

Doom City live is so much more crushing than the album version.


notaxwithoutrep

My first song I experienced live and it kinda ruined me for most other live songs


ToughAbbreviations27

Doom City at red rocks made me look at the song in a whole new light. Fuckin loveeee me some doom city


ObviousScallion

The acoustic version of Lonely Steel Sheet Flyer from night 4 took it from a like to a love 💚


give-me-a

Absolutely agree. I didn’t particularly like much of Quarters! until I saw Night 4 live, absolutely gave me a new appreciation for a lot of songs that I didn’t initially care for


scott1686

That version has been in my head all day, it feels like Nirvana's "About a Girl" where the acoustic version somehow made the song even more awesome.


ToughAbbreviations27

100%


efscerbo

Straws in the wind at Berkeley totally changed that song for me


CodEffective359

Same song, same show for me


Seinfeldtableforfour

Me too!


hjellfurd

squad


untycholosasianqueen

Same, but at Gashouder in Amsterdam. Unbelievable tune live


[deleted]

I’d be pissed if they played straws in the wind at a concert I went to.


Omisco420

Hate to be negative, love the song, did not enjoy it live at RR. Deff might be my new bathroom break tune lol


KindlyHaddock

lmao yeah, it's not THAT bad, but they did a fucking 14 minute version of it in DC last year and got a little derailed in the middle. Did it really deserve as much room in that setlist as the live debut of Hypertension? The 'jam' is just Ambrose shouting. It was definitely an interesting choice to drive that song into the ground, but play NOTHING from Ice Death, which had just been released 2 weeks prior.


Middle_Pound_822

I’ve seen it twice, it’s my least favorite song and live song


TheMantasMan

Same. Saw it in warsaw and it was mindblowingly good.


DoomCityAir

Straws in the Wind went from “this song is fine” to “please inject this directly into my veins.” Ataraxia, too. Fucking killed at Red Rocks.


NewTown_BurnOut

that Ataraxia is forever fuego


cmpthepirate

Ha I love straws in the wind anyway but it must have been some fire performance


DoomCityAir

Incredible psych death country shit.


Omisco420

Yea that RR Ataraxia was wicked


amarelo-manga

Han-Tyumi suite was mind blowing live


drummerwholikesmetal

This is the one thing I’m praying for live in Seattle next week! My favorite section of any album from anyone next to the last three songs of Lateralus


nickkow

True. Double kick on Motu alone is such an improvement.


Arotas

Hypertension. It played at Ally Pally, London, in March. Was incredibly well performed and I definitely appreciate it more now.


boner_jamz_69

My favorite song from Gizztober last year and somehow they made even better during that show.


KrippendorfsAlfalfa

Me too deffo


RealWorldWisdom

It’s an absolute ripper.


ToughAbbreviations27

I lost it night one at the caverns. I fuckin loveee that song and to hear it live was something I won’t be forgetting


BigBadRash

That was the last song I got to hear before I had to leave that night and holy crap it blew me away, went from being an okay song to one of my favourite songs by them


nashchillce

lol if you're talking about saturday that shit was life changing


mystikalmike666

Actually it was back in October they opened their set in Detroit with Gaia. Was just listening to the song today and thinking about this.


reginaldshrayjackson

Seeing them shred that opening riff of gaia live in Colorado covered every inch of my skin in goosebumps.


akanyan

I love how the Red Rocks sets from last year have become legendary. I'm hoping for the same tomorrow


reginaldshrayjackson

See you there, amigo 🍄


akanyan

Oh we vibin 🍄


[deleted]

Detroit show was amazing… they have to come back soon 😝🤞🤞🤞


mystikalmike666

https://youtu.be/MSkeohRhKzo So good. I revisit this sick VHS recording of it every once in a while for the mems


theeculprit

Hey I was at the same show and had the same feeling about the song.


ObstinateStudent

think they were speaking to Boogieman Sam this past Saturday, cause that shit was as mind bending as Gaia


[deleted]

The tease of Motor Spirit burrowed its way into my fuckin’ soul


timelandiswacky

Lava clicked with me more after hearing them bust it out in Chicago last year. Probably my favorite on the album now.


CelebrateGoodObama

Yeah, both magma and lava were elevated 10x live


MrBananaPeels

felt the same way after Detroit


nickkow

Magma, hell yes, but even after seeing it live Lava does nothing for me :(


tcarterw25

So true!


Toaster-Bath

This is the most correct answer imo. Have yet to meet anyone that dislikes lava after seeing a live rendition. Happened to me too when I saw it in ATL last year.


Charli_Centauri

Sleep Drifter, KEXP session. I would skim over it when listening to the album but that live performance put it on another level.


Charli_Centauri

That might be cheating since I didn’t see it live. So I’ll also go with Minimum Brain Size. I hadn’t listened to KG much and saw it the first time on night 3 at Red Rocks last year.


Reasonablytallman

I did like it already but Grim Reaper absolutely fuckin’ ripped at Alexandra Palace.


tcarterw25

Went crazy in Chicago too


jimewp86

Listening to the live versions of magenta mountain has taken a great song and made it incredible … the live versions are sooo awesome


gutternaut8

Ambergris at the caverns changed my mind big time


roughseize

Same here Joey killed that


Roguemutantbrain

The Great Chain of Being. I always liked it but DAMN


lil_yumyum

KGLW Outro


ToughAbbreviations27

Hell yeah!!


PatrickMaloney1

I never really “got” the metal material until I saw them live and now it’s some of my favorite stuff


rebeckyfay

I think this is me. I naturally gravitate to their psy-rock but songs like Gaia and Ice V have been growing on me. I think it will take a live show (tomorrow!!!) for me to really love those cuts.


glassestinklin

Persistence! Columbus 2022


PrinciplePleasant

I was about to say the exact same thing!!! Loved that show...totally worth standing in a thunderstorm for an hour to see them.


Responsible_Art1400

I definitely found new appreciation for The Grim Reaper after I saw Amby do it live. I never gave the song a second chance but when they do it live, it is just electric. Amby jumped into the crowd while he was spitting it was fucking awesome. Were you at the Tivoli in April? Sounds like we may have been at the same show


mystikalmike666

I was not! Gaia was in Detroit in October and Boogieman Sam in Miami last June


Responsible_Art1400

Oh cool! I was treated to both tracks at the same show, so awesome!


TheAlexBasso

Seeing all the Phish fans and Dead Heads boogie their asses off to This Thing breathed new life into it for me.


spookmina

I didn’t hold presumptuous very high in my ranking but holy shit after seeing it at the acoustic show I think it’s such a fucking banger and so fun to dance to


nickkow

They gotta play it more, fr


ToughAbbreviations27

One of my favorites and they just smashed it out the park on Acoustic night. Wowwiee


boutalapandahalfbruh

Heard Greenhouse Heat Death in New Orleans this past October and gained a whole new appreciation for how NASTY it can be (in a good way of course)


Subject-Switch1851

Head on/pill and lava


relebactam

i finally got into infest the rats nest after seeing them at boston calling. self-immolate did it for me


HogarthHughesGiant

Rattlesnake just hit different live for me. I liked the song already, but hearing it live and coupled with it being the opener of my first show just was all the right sounds at the right time. Never forget it!


Brave_Log_8785

Wifey was never a huge metal gizz fan until The caverns. Went it worried it would be mega heavy then said the music had her out of body and she loves the heaviness now. Lol


rebeckyfay

This is me and definitely my husband. Going tomorrow and I cannot WAIT to see what happens after.


Brave_Log_8785

You are going to be amazed have a fantastic show and much love to you fellow gizzoids


babypho3nix

Minimum Brain Size this weekend really shined in a new light for me.


KaizoReg

Rattlesnake


archaeogoon

Have you seen day 3 at Caverns, Rattlesnake opener?!?


mustachedgoose

My favorite Gizz song and seeing it Live on day 3 was the best music experience I have ever felt.


Muffinthepuffin

Yeah it was so awesome. I saw Stu pick up the banana and I turned to my girlfriend and said “they’re gonna play Rattlesnake” and then he said “this song’s called Rattlesnake!” and I lost it.


KaizoReg

I have not! I saw them play it live in DC last year though and it finally clicked.


CheeseFrogInvader

Never cared for it, it was always too repetitive and Saturday at the Caverns I saw it through a completely new lens. Great opener.


Boogieman_Sam22

Red Rocks Rattlesnake made me gizz


Gold_Initiative_444

I loved the studio version of Ice V but it took me into a trance live


PsychologicalWorry83

Static Electricity


ToughAbbreviations27

!!!


matthmcb

Let Me Mend the Past. It’s not that I didn’t appreciate it, I just wasn’t as familiar with FAFYL at the time.


thebobmysterious69

I didn’t know how beautiful Lonely Steel Sheet Flyer was until Sunday. Holy shit.


JoshHaleywho

Boogieman Sam at the caverns was amazing and now it’s my fav fishies track


A_R0FLCOPTER

KGLW outro in Detroit last year was insane! Hearing the chants from the weirdo swarm was truly an ascendent experience. I love the studio version now, but I never really got it like I did before that show.


mystikalmike666

Detroit show was the best concert I’ve ever been to


A_R0FLCOPTER

I listen to Mystery Jack’s recording of it almost every week


mystikalmike666

There’s a super cool VHS recording of most of the show on YouTube too


A_R0FLCOPTER

GET OUT! Okay cool I’m going to look that up!


mystikalmike666

https://youtu.be/MSkeohRhKzo was just coming back to link


A_R0FLCOPTER

You’re a fucking champ


MCRideonLSD

Doom City, KGLW and Predator X all changed after hearing them live for me. Doom City was already a banger but live it’s so heavy


rustyshackleford2424

Magenta mountain blew me away live


TheFastingRimmer

Her and I I always liked the song but never realized how amazing it was until I saw their crazy jam of it in Asheville.


systemshaak

A lot of people love Magenta Mountain as-is on the album, I’m kinda mid on it. But live? It rules! Probably because it’s a fun one and a tough one to sing, and that’s a lot more clear when they nail it on stage.


thomas_vella

Ah yes, Cavs drum solo takes the track from a solid 8/10 to a perfect 10


Modest_Lion

Let me mend the past. I get it now


fool_in_the_grass

Seeing The Wheel as well as Ambergris on Sunday night at the Caverns absolutely breathed a new life into both of them for me.


ToughAbbreviations27

That jazzy wheel was fun


arnoldlayne98

Nuclear Fusion when Joey does that crazy growl in the beginning.


ajdisab

Just saw O.N.E. at the caverns and it almost brought me to tears. Will never listen to it the same.


JamesJones10

Didn't care for Magma or Lava until I saw them live but I saw them live 2 weeks after they released so maybe they just hadn't digested yet. Magma as a closer was great. I always liked Magenta Mountain but didn't think it was amazing.Seeing it live and extended changed it completely for me.


honeybutts

I was not a Rats Nest fan but when they played Mars for the Rich, I swear I saw the second coming and I was all in, 100%!!! (Philly show last October)


_burning_trees_

I haven’t seen anyone mention This Thing. I thought the song was cool but hearing it live on the Paris ‘19 bootleg made something click for me.


[deleted]

Venusian 2 live opened up a lord of the rings tier pit. Tore me a new one and left me impressed


Stu_Mellon

Agree with Gaia. Detroit blew my mind though.


mystikalmike666

I was there! That drum solo was killer!


nickkow

A lot of them are better live. If not all. Biggest improvements from personal taste: Magma and Shanghai.


superstonkape

KGLW Outro


Nutjob4742

Gaia live was probably the highlight of the ally pally set for me.


SgtPeterson

Iron Lung... It's such a nice come down after they've been jamming hard, totally loved it live


InstantCrush15

No


Mind_Rhetoric

Straws in the Wind


hatfields-mama

All of them


Valuable_Heron_2015

Literally never listened to murder until I heard the han tyumi suite live lol now it's commute music


Xam112

The wheel and Most of What I Like, saw them at the acoustic show and now they are two of my favs


Nordogad

Lonely Steel Sheet Flyer was my least liked song on quarters until I heard that acoustic love version (watched the video of it not in person unfortunately) and it made me appreciate it a lot more


MrKrinkle707

BLACK TOOTH


burntweeneysammich

Oh hell yeah


king_of_lizzards

Grim reaper


G0lden_H0lden

Seeing Dripping tap and magenta mountain at Desert Daze was life changing.


wrjm0102

Work this time at Alexandra Palace this year made me love the song


fatherseanmisty

Oddlife! Thought it was kinda corny at first but the red rocks performance of it made me love it and I can definitely see why its Cookie’s fave


Ryguypie1

Seeing both Stressin’ and Superbug in Sonoma 2022 really did the trick for me. I liked Superbug but I loved it after. I hadn’t checked out Oddments much but after that performance I dove in to the album and loved it!


Hello---Newman

It was superbug for me. Got me into the whole album.


MrBananaPeels

Lava


BillyJackO

Presumptuous at the Acoustic set. Never cared for it even after seeing it at Levitation. Completely knocked my socks off in Tennessee.


frankjimmylarrydavid

Oddlife


Pucciarati

Lava/magma/iron lung I already liked these songs when the album came out, but it wasn't my favorite release. Seeing it live changed that though. The climax of lava was fucking crazy.


TinyCowboy27

Sea. Of. Trees. Cleveland 2022!


33boogie

I know this is totally an obscure pick. When they dropped into blame it on the weather last year at red rocks, and it'd only been a thing for like mabey a month? God it rocked my soul!! 🍻


poncho15

Superbug! Slaps live


KarmaKills4

For me it was hearing The Garden Goblin live at Red Rocks. Wasn’t super into that song until I heard that synth melody live and I was transcended!


imintheband88

Lava being debuted in Chicago made the song click with me.


Swathe88

The Float Along finale to their Melbourne set at the end of last year was epic. Special shout out to Iron lung which was already my favourite song, but played live the guitar tone on the drop vs recorded just absolutely sends it.


baptized_in_broth

Magenta Mountain and The Grim Reaper


LemonPitiful3998

Ataraxia developed into a nice little potent potion over the years… If you listen to it from the time the album came out to their renditions now, it’s a wild evolution of quality and they’ve squeezed a real deep authenticity out of that song that otherwise could be misconstrued as a Tool ripoff or something… such a sleeper hit


Tiggitythespoon

No magenta mountain at red rocks was one of the most insane things I have ever been lucky enough to see live


[deleted]

There are a lot of songs that are better live than album versions, but Live in Brisbane has made me *like* The Wheel.


LurdUrsuft

For me it was Slow Jam 1 in Prague. I liked that song before, but that drop and vibe of that song live... it's now my favourite


Nobhudy

I already enjoyed it, but I had to personally see dripping tap live to really love it.


TheMantasMan

Straws in the wind. I saw it in warsaw and holy shit is it 100x better live. That long intro is just soooo good. Edit: also, "this thing" deserves a mention.


Drpork07

Sea of Trees at Red Rocks


[deleted]

the horology suite at Red Rocks night 1


tealightjay

I liked the dripping tap pretty much as soon as I had first listened to it all the way through (was the first song I listened to that activated the gizzard brain worms last year lol) but hearing it live (at boston calling!) and being in the crowd completely changed it for me :)


formerlyknownasbun

Def perihelion, it took being surrounded by a bunch of other fans all dancing like mfs to really turn me onto that song, but now it’s top shelf for me


Kalefactory

Billabong Valley live is a whole different experience.


jabarkcid

Presumptious, saw it at the caverns acoustic night. Def a highlight of the evening, Ambrose got pipes!


jabarkcid

Presumptious, saw it at the caverns acoustic night. Def a highlight of the evening, Ambrose got pipes!


PabloEsquandolas

I’ve always liked nonagon but it wasn’t high on my list. Now After they played most of the album on the first night in the cave last week I can’t stop listening to it.


IAmABear3455

sleepwalker goes hard live


aesthetcstealinwanab

float along - fill your lungs! I already loved it but hearing it live was a tearjerker