Live From Planet X [Explicit Lyrics] [Live]

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This recording is a rare glimpse into the insane world of this masked super villain. The 50 minute live set finds MF DOOM flawlessly running through the classic tunes from his extensive catalog. MF DOOM shows are very rare so to capture a complete performance from beginning to end is virtually unheard of. This live recording comes directly from the "sound board" to ensure the best possible quality. A must have for any DOOM fan.

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Live From Planet X [Explicit Lyrics] [Live]

Live From Planet X [Explicit Lyrics] [Live]

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Impressive & RARE live act

Take me to Planet X.

Live in Bayshore Queens, New York! N.Y City Y,all!

One Track feature doesn't bother me.

My favorite live hip hop album

Live from Planet X
MF Doom
Manufacturer: Nature Sounds
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ASIN: B0007LXOKA
Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

Change the Beat
Name Dropping
Greenbacks
Go with the Drawls
Gas Flows
Operation Doomsday
Hey!
Accordion
Great Day
Rhymes like dimes
I Hear Voices
My favorite ladies
One Beer
Fine Print

Album Description

This recording is a rare glimpse into the insane world of this masked super villain. The 50 minute live set finds MF DOOM flawlessly running through the classic tunes from his extensive catalog. MF DOOM shows are very rare so to capture a complete performance from beginning to end is virtually unheard of. This live recording comes directly from the "sound board" to ensure the best possible quality. A must have for any DOOM fan.

Customer Reviews:

Impressive & RARE live act.......2007-04-05

For those of us living on the east coast that do not have the privilege of seeing MF Doom live, this is as good as it gets. With that being said, I would not recommend this to anyone who is first diving into the music of the man in the mask. This album is more for those who has previously listened to and liked Doom's music. For those who are just getting into this genre of music, I would recommend Madvillainy or Danger Doom.

The album is a rare demonstration of Doom's lyrical genius and flawless delivery. It certainly has a grassroots feeling to it. The performance is more of a free form, as he switches between songs and beats depending on his mood. If he is not feeling a particular fast beat, he changes pace. The beginning and end of the album is where the impressive stuff is at. I would rate the middle of the album as 4/5 stars.

I do not like how there is no cd insert, nor do I like how the entire album is one 40 minute track. This makes it difficult to navigate to various songs. This still does not take away from his performance. He sounds just as good live as he does in the studio. The DJ did a great job of playing different and unheard of beats, beats that become stuck in your head as you get out of your car :)

- Rusty Rothwell
Louisville, KY

Take me to Planet X........2006-07-03

I bought this album because I slept on Doomsday. Not really slept on but I was short on cash at the time. I'm building up my DOOM collection and got this because of the hits I needed. Although it's one track it is extremely hot. It takes you back to the live hip hop element. If you ever seen doom live this cd will put you back in the crowd. DOOM is the MAN. Whats more I was able to greet him and give him my dungMeistergeneral OVP CD.

Live in Bayshore Queens, New York! N.Y City Y,all!.......2006-06-07

Great Show, Great Selections (tracks) and good audio for being Live at a NY lounge. Only thing is that the album has a messed up track listing and like the other reviewer noted it is one track, well worth the loot cakes tho ($).The correct song listing goes as follows Intro.

*Song Live Debut

Change the Beat, People-Places-Things, Dead Bent, Gas Drawls firt Verse (over Go w/ The Flow), Gas Drawls, Doomsday, Hey!, Accordian*, Curls*, Great Day*, Ryhmes Like Dimes, I hear Voices (pt.1), My Favorite Ladies, One Beer*, The Fine Print

And if you guys are huge fands of MF DOOM and dont know yet that hes Zev Love X, Then go cop yourself a KMD album (Black B_st_rds). For first timers go get Madvillian Madvilliany Ft Madlib on the Beats or Opperation Doomsday (if you can afford it!)

One Track feature doesn't bother me........2006-01-27

I've gotten this over the holidays, and thought it was great.

You actually feel like your at a concert, excluding the screaming and drama. Best of all , his voice is clear. Doom would be the last person I'd think voice would be clear live. But he seemed to be on point. You may find a lot of material from Operation Doomsday here, and One Beer. Personally, I love this CD.

Sometimes you hear the people shout his name

"MF, the SUPERVILLAIN!"

Yeah, it's great stuff. That great.

If you want something to add to your collection of "liveness" then this'll be great.

Definitely recommended.

My favorite live hip hop album.......2005-11-06

Maybe it's because I'm a diehard DOOM fan, but this is definitley the best live hip hop record I've ever heard. Even my friends who scoff when I mention how great DOOM is had a change of heart when I played this record for them. The only thing I dislike about this is that all the songs are on 1 track making it a chore to skip to a certain song you want to hear. But for sitting around smoking el's in the crib, it's really chill to just zone out and listen to from beginning to end. New to DOOM??? I would definitley recommend you start somewhere else, like Madvillainy, MM Food, or even King Geedorah, if you can find a copy of Operation Doomsday, that would be your best bet, but you'll probably end up shelling out some serious dough on Ebay for that one.

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The thunder from down under strikes again...
THEY JAM!
Live , intense fusion rock roller coaster ride!
Jaw-dropping, unearthly, uber-advanced musicianship
One of the best albums I own

Live From Oz
Planet X
Manufacturer: Inside Out U.S.
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ASIN: B000063Y0I
Release Date: 2002-05-21

Tracks:

Ignotus Per Ignotium
Inside Black
Dog Boots
Atlantis: Apocalypse 1470 BC
Atlantis: Sea Of Antiquity
Atlantis: Lost Island
Derek Sherinian Solo
Warfinger
Virgil Donati Solo
Warfinger Reprise
Tony Macalpine Solo
Her Animal
Europa
Pods Of Trance
Bonus Track

Album Description

The first live album from the progressive metal fusion supergroup. All performed during the 2001 Australian tour in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, & Adelaide. 14 tracks, 'Ignotus Per Ignotium', 'Inside Black', 'Dog Boots', 'Atlantis Apocalypse', 'Atlantis Sea of Antiquity', 'Atlantis Lost Island', 'Derek Sherinian Solo', 'Warfinger', 'Virgil Donati Solo', 'Warfinger Reprise', 'Tony MacAlpine Solo', 'Her Animal', 'Europa' & 'Pods of Trance'. 2002.

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The thunder from down under strikes again..........2007-04-09

This is, bar none, the most impressive live album I have ever heard to date. In fact, while Planet X's studio albums are fine and all, this destroys them mercilessly. Actually, this walks all over any progressive metal/fusion album that I can think of off the top of my head - studio or live. A bold declaration? Yeah, maybe.

The guys are no strangers in the music world. Derek Sherinian is probably best known for his brief time with Dream Theater, Tony MacAlpine is the whitest black guitar player in existence who has played everything from fusion-jazz with Cab to neoclassical metal with Vitalij Kuprij, Virgil Donati has artists from all around the world willing to pay him obscene amounts of money just to play session drums for them, and temporary live bassist Dave LaRue has been employed by the likes of John Petrucci and Steve Morse. Naturally, this might mean ego, and ego might mean a supergroup doomed to fail. However, Planet X do not fail. If I didn't know better, I'd say that there was an invisible bio-cable on stage connecting all four of them and transferring brain matter back and forth in order to create a giant synergy dome, bringing out the absolute best in all four players and channeling it into a central pool of instrumental perfection from which the players may pull at will. Hmm.

Meanwhile, back in reality...

Live From Oz features seven tracks from Universe, one track from Moonbabies, three solo spots, and the Atlantis trilogy from Derek Sherinian's Planet X album (which I have not heard, so I'm not sure what these three tracks sound like in the studio). I can't speak for Atlantis, but otherwise each song is performed more or less faithfully to the original - that is, all the metal-fusion shredding, alien drumming, and "damn I wish I was a guitar player!"-keyboarding is nailed to perfection and comes through crystal clear, and the transitions inbetween are smooth and natural. Tony manages to take Steve Vai's squealing, Yngwie Malmsteen's neoclassical wankery, and Allan Holdsworth's legato mastery and twist them all into something oddly compelling. It isn't all shred, though... there are plenty of slow, soaring, and beautiful solos and leads that feel like they would be more at home on a Weather Report record. Derek actually does a lot of atmospheric support work throughout the set as opposed to simply trying to stroke his ego by competing with Tony all the time, which is good, because I've always been of the mind that Derek is better when he focuses on ambience than when he's pretending to be a second lead guitar. Not to worry, though, Tony and Derek still have enough crazy unisons and duels to keep the die-hard proghead drooling. Virgil is pure insanity, as usual... I don't think there's a single straightforward groove to be found anywhere in the 70+ minutes of this show that lasts for more than a few seconds. He sits back there, doing absurd stuff like rolls that use both ends of his sticks (the heads doing the snare, and the butts doing the toms, or vice-versa), playing with each of his four limbs in different meters, employing syncopation techniques from hell, performing one-footed double-bass runs that are faster than or as fast as most players can do with two feet, doing one-handed treks across his obscene kit at lightning speeds while keeping a steady hi-hat rhythm with his other hand, and other things that would make us mere mortals gape in awe.

Song-wise, the Atlantis trilogy is what really took my breath away here. "Apocalypse 1470 BC" starts off in typical Planet X fashion - Tony wailing away, Derek providing futuristic soundscapes, and Virgil working on a brain aneurism. However, that ends abruptly about one minute in as Virgil apparently grows another pair of arms and, while maintaining a straightforward hi-hat/snare backbeat, embarks on a speedy cross-kit hike (with Tony and Derek along for the ride) that can only be described as sounding like somebody had just hit the fast-forward button right in the middle of a dense instrumental jam. Jaw, meet floor. This general idea of multiple rhythms being played simultaneously at multiple speeds is repeated in several variations until the song comes to an end. A smooth bass solo from Dave LaRue marks the start of "Sea of Antiquity", backed by Derek's piano. Tony takes over about a minute in with a solo of his own that runs the gamut from soaring, emotional vibrato work to wild shredding and sweeping... and he takes the song to its end. "Lost Island" indulges in some upbeat, dreamy melodies from the getgo that really do make you feel like you're peacefully relaxing on some lost island in the middle of nowhere. A third of the way in, the guys briefly lapse into the craziness that we heard on "Apocalypse 1470 BC", with Virgil keeping a slow beat on the hi-hat while going into fast-forward mode on the remainder of his kit to meet up with Tony and Derek. From there, ideas clash from all directions until everything climaxes into a sprawling, expansive, epic-sounding closing sequence that isn't unlike the end of Dream Theater's "Hell's Kitchen". Very beautiful.

The solo spots are mostly typical. Especially Virgil's and Tony's... except for the thing where Virgil's is sandwhiched right in the middle of "Warfinger", which I suppose works out well. Derek's solo, or at least the second half of it, sort of reminds me of the background music to Master of Orion 2, only drenched in a futuristic synth sound (probably not the best point of reference, as the game isn't exactly popular, but oh well). That's a good thing, in case you were wondering.

I can't really think of anything negative to say, so I'll just say that this is absolutely mandatory for any fan of progressive metal and/or metal-fusion. Even those people who are allergic to bands like Dream Theater, Andromeda, and Dreamscape should check this out, because it's on a completely different level.

THEY JAM!.......2007-03-28

one reviewer wondered why this band isn't more popular, well, maybe because the record labels that have these bands do very little if anything to promote them. Maybe they figure the average joe on the street won't 'get' this type of music, which is quite possible. I see very little if any promotion for fusion type bands which is damn shame considering a lot of them have some incredible musicians in them, like this band. These are cream-of-the-crop musicians here and the playing on this disc is fantastic.
I guess the suits at the labels figure that the built-in fans for this type of music will buy the CDs and maybe that's enough for them, who knows. Too many mediocre bands out there who can barely tune their instruments get overhyped while bands like this get overlooked except for the hardcore fans.
If you like progressive fusionesque music by some great musicians then get this disc. The fact that you're on this page is a good start, so I'll do what the record labels won't or aren't doing, and that's telling you to GET THIS CD!!!

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Live , intense fusion rock roller coaster ride!.......2007-02-03

"Awesome", "explosive", "amazing' are superlatives that come to mind when first hearing this intense, live hard rock instrumental music. Why Planet X's as a group is not more popular is bewildering. Anyone who likes rock instrumentals from the likes of Vai, Satriani or G3 extravaganzas should pick this up immediately.

In many ways this album is of a supergroup - everyone of these musicians are at the top of their craft, seasoned and admired and (employed!) by other musicians who know how brilliant they are! Clearly Vai knew who he needed to back his DVD 'Live at the Astoria' as both Tony MacAlpine and Virgil Donati were his number 1 support musicians.

John Petrucci, Steve Morse, Mike Portnoy and now Derek Sherinian all knew who would best fill the bass role for their respective solo efforts, so although not part of the Planet X band as such, Dave Larue is the special guest bassist for this tour and his note for note runs that follow Tony and Derek are more complicated than your average rock lead guitarist can play!

Okay - so the word "complicated" is used. Yes, this music is complicated and intense. You won't be humming it as you go for an Sunday afternoon stroll. But that's what's so compelling about listening to this album - it's an andrenalin rush of power rock fusion. Admittedly the compositions sound quite dark and live in the world of minor keys but the powerful interplay and angular time signatures that chop and change keep you riveted.

Another reviewer said that the poor drummer had to count throughout this album and couldn't just groove in a straight 4/4 . From what I've heard Virgil thrives on odd time signatures - it seems to come naturally and his bass double pedal seems to be in sprint mode rather than marathon groove. From an interview I've read, the mighty Simon Phillips, who mixed this album and who is still one of the world's greatest drummers, said he was blown away by Virgil's playing and sometimes couldn't even contemplate playing what Virgil did effortlessly. Sometimes I listen to this album and think that Virgil is what stops this from being an overblown, bombastic shredfest. The drumming is marvelous and gives the ordinary compositions edge.

I've listened to Tony since his first solo album and his "Maximum Security" album is still listed by many as a guitar landmark album. "Live in Oz" shows all Tony's chops but especially his Holdworthian whammy bar nudges and legato playing. This is what gives this album a more fusion feel than straight-out rock instrumental. I far prefer Tony's guitaring here to what I've heard on the CAB album; here some of the solos are quite organic and have space and in places beautiful rather than speedy. Don't worry there is sufficient shred as well on this to make most other so called great guitarists hop for cover!

Derek is remarkably supportive on this live outing - yes, he has the chance to exchange blistering lead lines with Tony on "Pods of Chance" that sound more like duelling guitars than keyboards - but overall I was relieved to note that the main solo instrument was Tony's guitar. Yes, Derek plays all the time but filling the canvas with waves of sound over which Tony wails rather than trying to outdo the guitar with keyboard antics.

Perhaps the one word that captures this album is "exciting". It's no musical masterpiece but rather a showcase of skills that make one laugh at their audacity! The rest of us mere mortals on planet earth can merely applaud!

Jaw-dropping, unearthly, uber-advanced musicianship.......2006-03-08

If you like progressive rock, or fusion, or even if you dont...

In a nutshell, if you like talented musicians, this is the cd you've been looking for. Never, and I mean NEVER before have I ever heard a more technically/musically advanced musicians IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. Tony MacAlpine is hands down the most technically advanced guitarist on this planet. Nobody can match up to him, and nobody ever will. Ever. No one. John Petrucci? Forget it. Allan Holdsworth? Nice try.

Nobody.

I mean Virgil Donati is also very advanced. But Tony MacAlpine....he actually scares me now. This album brings out the best of Tony and Virgil AND Sherinian. Its one of the best live albums I own, although it can get a little overwhelming at times.
If you choose to buy this CD, please understand first that Planet X is not intended for humans to listen to. It is so musically advanced that it may seem like music that you would hear in a club on Mars.

Once you get past that, however, you will never be more amazed (or should i say Frightened) by Tony MacAlpine. He literally scares me now.

One of the best albums I own.......2004-01-04

as a guitar player I have always[since I was 13]liked joe satriani and other instrumental artists. after reading some reviews I purchased this album I was amazed at what I heard. I stayed up until about 12:00 at night trying to figure out "inside
black" on guitar. I recomend this album to anyone who has a taste for fusion and instrumental types of music. Live at the Oz is the best live album I own. if there was no cheering in the backround you would think this was a studio album

do yourself a favor and buy this cd every track is flawless and stands out from one another.

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Live From Oz
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Live From Oz
Planet X
Manufacturer: Jvc Victor
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ASIN: B000065EFM
Release Date: 2002-05-22

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Live From Oz
Planet X
Manufacturer: Inside Out
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