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Simple Plan
Live from the Hard Rock [CD & DVD]
Release Date: 2005 10 04
Label: Lava Records
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It's difficult to tell where Simple Plan stops and Sum 41 and blink-182 begin. All of them wear logo T-shirts and boxy Dickies shorts; all of them reanimate vintage Green Day with boundless hyperactivity and a torrents of unrefined dick jokes; all of them have sold millions upon millions of records. And there's nothing wrong with that. Because unlike the mid-2000s surge of musical youth living on the fringes of feeling -- weepy emo kids on one side, bloody murder hardcore and metal hybridists on the other -- bands like Simple Plan celebrate the duty of kids to bop and act goofy. "Forget tomorrow," Pierre Bouvier sings. "I just wanna jump." (Why not? It worked for Van Halen.) Originally recorded for and broadcast on MTV, Live from the Hard Rock captures Simple Plan in concert in Orlando. They run through energetic versions of all their hits, from "Shut Up!" to "Worst Day Ever" to "Addicted" to "Welcome to My Life," and the crowd screams along with every single one. SP prove more than able to hit the breezy harmonies from their records, and their rhythm section-heavy live sound is effective for their athletic, pogo-ready songs. All of the stage chatter is included, which is a little irritating, particularly the lengthy intro to "Welcome to My Life" -- you had to be there -- but even that track eventually kicks in with a resounding crunch. Throughout Live from the Hard Rock, Bouvier often stops the songs to encourage more jumping or singing along, and he's Canadian, so he heartily thanks the audience for their eager participation. No doubt about it: it doesn't get much more squeaky clean than Simple Plan. [The deluxe CD/DVD edition of Live from the Hard Rock came with video of the entire concert, acoustic versions of "Crazy," "Welcome to My Life," and "Perfect," concert photography, and commemorative Simple Plan patches and pins.] Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Shut Up!Simple Plan4:19
2JumpSimple Plan4:32
3Worst Day EverSimple Plan4:21
4AddictedSimple Plan4:15
5Me Against the WorldSimple Plan3:47
6CrazySimple Plan4:58
7God Must Hate MeSimple Plan4:02
8Thank YouSimple Plan5:40
9Welcome to My LifeSimple Plan4:52
10I'm Just a KidSimple Plan5:08
11I'd Do AnythingSimple Plan4:45
12Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)Simple Plan4:24
13PerfectSimple Plan5:46
14Crazy [Acoustic Version][*]Simple Plan3:57
15Welcome to My Life [Acoustic Version][*]Simple Plan3:35
16Perfect [Acoustic Version][*]Simple Plan4:06
17Shut Up! [DVD]Simple Plan
18Jump [DVD]Simple Plan
19Worst Day Ever [DVD]Simple Plan
20Addicted [DVD]Simple Plan
21Me Against the World [DVD]Simple Plan
22Crazy [DVD]Simple Plan
23God Must Hate Me [DVD]Simple Plan
24Thank You [DVD]Simple Plan
25Welcome to My Life [DVD]Simple Plan
26I'm Just a Kid [DVD]Simple Plan
27I'd Do Anything [DVD]Simple Plan
28Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?) [DVD]Simple Plan
29Perfect [DVD]Simple Plan







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