When bands play their songs faster in concert

[kid_runningfox]

In picking the lesser of two evils, I guess "too fast" is better than "too slow." But the closer to the original tempo, the better, at least imo.

Unless you're OZZY-era Black Sabbath, who specialized in playing many of their songs live much slower than on the records, thereby making them sound absolutely massive in the process.

[bob_32_116]

Merely slowing the tempo is usually a bad idea, but slowing a song down can work if they also change things by putting a few extra flourishes in.

Probably the worst example I have seen of "too slow" is a clip of Willy de Ville performing "Mixed Up Shook Up Girl". It was done at about half the speed of the single, and was awful. He must have been exhausted from jetlag or something.