(They are entirely different songs that just happen to share the same name.)Īs for the disc's production values, it's a little weird. They do follow up with their own 'Hallelujah', for those who don't know or care about Leonard Cohen's song. Hearing Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah' when I was expecting Paramore's was a pretty interesting surprise, but I wish Hayley had sung it with a little more subtlety. I'd rather hear her voice than see her hopping around like a bunny. Sometimes I do wish Hayley would kind of stand still a little more - she sounds better and hits her notes a little more often when she's not jumping around - but that's just the way she is, and the crowd always seems to like it, so maybe it's just me. That said, the music's all pretty great, with the only 'low' point maybe being 'We Are Broken', which is just a little flat and gets extended even beyond its album length. (And I guess at least a couple of them *weren't* having much fun, since they left the band after this.) These days I think they've learned to loosen up a bit and let it all hang out a little more. They all seem to be concentrating really, really hard, and except for Hayley and Jeremy, not having that much fun. this disc was that they now interact a lot more on stage - they mostly all do their own individual thing on this disc, which is a little strange to see for a band but may also be because of their youth. Maybe the biggest change when I saw them vs. (And of course, the band itself has changed even since then, in ways you may or may not be a fan of.) I saw them at Madison Square Garden a year or so ago and it was a lot different they've grown up since this disc. They still have kind of an indie rock mentality on stage they're unpolished, they all just kind of do what they want without much coordination, and they sound really raw. They all look very young, and they only had three albums worth of material to choose from for their live shows. This disc captures them at a point in time when they were just starting to hit it big. They really should release something new.

But I still want to review the disc as I would any other, since for some reason they're choosing to keep it as the only live disc you can buy. For the price I paid (under 5 bucks here on Amazon), it's impossible to really complain. This disc is pretty old now but as far as I know it's the only live disc Paramore has released, so I picked it up just recently now that it's cheap.

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