"I have this pocket watch, and I spin the hands around and around just to pretend I have control..."

[osaraba]

So here are some more rips of high quality acoustic lives. You have probably heard/seen them on youtube, because that's where I ripped them from, but I wanted to be able to listen to them on my iPhone and with all the extra silence and/or unrelated talking trimmed out.

X103.9 HQ acoustics (2011)

• I Write Sins
  
• Lying
  
• New Perspective
  
• The Ballad of Mona Lisa

2008 acoustics

• I Write Sins (FM102.1)
  
• That Green Gentleman (FM102.1)
  
• Northern Downpour (X96)
  
• That Green Gentleman (106.1) -- this one isn't as great quality but you get the bonus of hearing Brendon sing everybody gets there / everybody gets... off on Ryan Ross ^_~

And then there's the song that somehow tipped me over into this fandom, where Ryan SINGS LEAD VOCAL, and Brendon sounds RIDICULOUSLY HAPPY singing the chorus, and most importantly where WEREWOLF!SPENCER DANCES AND FALLS OVER <3 ---> It's Almost Halloween (not acoustic).

I find myself coming back to the acoustics/lives because well, not only is it sort of more interesting to hear the inflections of unpolished voices and whatever improvised flourishes that get played.... but also, honestly, I just love hearing Ryan's voice -- especially when he and Brendon alternate lines because the contrast is really emphasized. And other than on one or two songs (I'm thinking It's Almost Halloween and one or two on Pretty. Odd., most of which I don't really listen to), that doesn't actually happen. I do have audio rips of the two lives (Denver and Chicago) and those are great, but somehow not enough.

(Hmm, I realize that might have been misleading... unfortunately these acoustic rips don't actually have much of Ryan singing voice on them...)

I do absolutely die over the one (is it in Chicago?) where Ryan talks to the crowd and tells them to alternate snapping during the verses and jazz hands during the chorus. RYAN ROSS, I LOVE YOUR SILLY VOICE SO FUCKING MUCH. This is what I really regret about not having seen them live before the split. DAMN YOU RYAN ROSS. laskjflasjflasjdf;lasjf;lasjfl

Somehow this became my RYRO ILU post, so I will just put this here:

Comments

[tellcincinnati.livejournal.com]

EVERYBODY SCREAM, IT'S ALMOST HALLOWEEN.

Ugh, I love Ryan's voice so much. And I love when you listen through Panic's stuff, and you can hear how much he improves live. I love that it's not perfect or traditional or whatever. it's just so plaintive and kind of cool and I want to hear it SO MUCH MORE.

And, man, yeah, my Panic show was SO AMAZING AND PERFECT AND EVERYTHING WONDERFUL. I had the best time, but it was always a bit sad wishing I could have seen them before. I had some ~feelings during Camisado. Just, idk, I felt like Ryan should be there. SAD.

[osaraba]

YES, he really improves SO MUCH over the years, and I love that his sort of nasal voice is the same but he can, you know, hold a note better and for longer and isn't as flat! I didn't realize how much I liked his voice until that part in the Chicago or Denver live where he asks everyone about jazz hands. AND HE HAS SUCH A WEIRD ACCENT. I don't even know, RYAN ROSS WHY ARE YOU SO MYSTERIOUS AND ATTRACTIVE TO ME?

You know what would be my favorite thing ever? If there were any videos, or detailed recountings, of the times when Ryan tried to explain/show Bden how to sing the songs from Fever. I just, would really like to know the kinds of things he said, about the feelings behind the lyrics, whether he said things like, no, this should sound sexier/more painful/etc or just more SPECIFICS. I JUST WANT TO KNOW, RYRO. SHHH, JUST TELL ME.