All Over You (1994) – Live

I remember when Live‘s outstanding record Throwing Copper came out in 1994. It was the bee’s knees and played everywhere. I didn’t hear any other music by them except from this album. Today’s song transports me to where I lived at the time Mornington, Southeast Melbourne and the golden – age rock scene. It seems to me ‘The Nineties‘ was a good decade in many respects and the music during that era reflected it. But has their music aged well? My previous entry from them – Lightening Crashes received just 4 ‘likes’ which is low even by my meagre readership.

All Over You was released on the band’s third studio album Throwing Copper. This monumental record has other excellent songs on it like Selling the Drama, Hold Me Up, and Lightening Crashes. The cover art (see insert) is a painting by Scottish artist Peter Howson titled Sisters of Mercy. On September 23, 2005, it was sold for $186,000 by Christie’s in New York. 

Throwing Copper has generally been regarded as Live‘s best album, having sold over 8 million copies and certified 8× platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. All Over You was never released as a single in the US, but it reached #33 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. A Rolling Stone review stated that the band “strived for an epic sound” and considered the musicians to be “expert players [who] drop musical smart bombs with unerring precision“.

Our love is like water
Pinned down and abused for being strange
Our love is no other
Than me alone, for me all day

Our love is like water
Pinned down and abused, ayy

All over you, all over me
The sun, the fields, the sky
I’ve often tried to hold the sea
The sun, the fields, the tide

Pay me now, lay me down
Oh, yeah

References:
1. All Over You (Live song) – Wikipedia
2. Throwing Copper – Wikipedia

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