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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Longer versions are usually due to extended guitar and/or drum solos.
I've also found many live versions to be shorter because they speed up the tempo. I most thoroughly hate it when they do that.
For the most part, I don't like live versions. Most bands suck at live performances, most notably the Rolling Stones. On the other end, AC/DC is a fantastic live band.
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If you speed up the tempo, wouldn't that make a shorter song, rather than a longer one?
I kind of like Rolling Stones' live performances. They bring a lot of humor to their performances by Mike Jagger prancing around all over the stage.
The best live (I saw the recording) performance of a singer and band was one at St. Luke's (I think that it was) in England in 2004. It was of James Brown, his band (largely horns), and two very energetic dancers. Copies of it are (were, at least) on YouTube. It was masterful, in my opinion. His live performances seemed to get better and better through the years, and his untimely passing was such a loss. His amazing dances were gone, for the most part, as you would expect of a 70-year old man. View this performance!
I can't say that I've ever seen an AC/DC performance and, if I have, it was a recording. I'll have to see what I can find on the Internet.