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how come the guys seem to never play "modern times" live any more?? that song kicks ass. anybody got a decent vid of a recent live version?

Yeah Your Touch is always on the set list. Sometimes they played You're the One during A&R tour. I don't think they've played anything else since.

Magic Potion is as two piece as it gets... mostly single note riffs and drums, lots of empty space, it's their simplest album. They were going for a bigger band feel with Brothers, that's my theory for why they don't play much MP anymore.

Me too. My fav video of all time was them at Amoeba Records! But that was back when they were pushing the album. I meant recently.

haha yes, Magic Potion is probably the easiest of all TBK's albums for an aspiring guitarist to learn from. No finger-style to complicate things, all just blues riffs and power chords for the most part.

Strange Desire was delicious live too. It was always Strange Desire/The Flame, just like Stack/Busted.

thats why i still say a live chronicle dvd+cd spanning 2002 to now would be awesome. they shot so much footage for example at every lolla theyve been at, wonder if they still have some of it. those shows were great. I'm Glad!? hell yes. they definitely need their version of The Kids Are Alright.

that is also the first keys album i got. i'm from the "good ole days" (sarcasm) when music was good i.e. the seattle grunge wave, alternative broke out,bands proved that you didn't have to have the #1 video on MTV to sell albums anymore. and then, to paraphrase Hunter S Thompson, the wave broke and went rolling back out to sea. we were back to new kids on the block. and iu had read articles about the keys in Spin and places like that, just hadn't gotten around to checkin 'em out. then lo and behold, the gods smiled on me. i was waiting on my wife to get ready to go out (as i usually am) and was just idling on the internet. amazon.com threw magic potion into my "we recommend" pile. i clicked on "modern times" at random, and promptly had my face peeled back. i felt like a neutered dog that just got his boys back. and i been snatching up every keys disc i can get my hands on ever since. each disc has its own personality and aura...but they're like my children. you love them all equally, but you just love each of them's traits and quirks differently. idk. best band ever. thanks Pat and Dan. i can see the wave building into a tsunami with you guys.

MP was not nearly my first Black Keys album but it can easily throw hands with the rest of them. I think I started with Thickfreakness and then went and grabbed TBCU. Then Rubber Factory came out, and so on. I was lucky enough to find out about them while they were touring Thickfreakness.