They've Actually Gotten Worse Live!

Infobox Album |
Name = They've Actually Gotten Worse Live!
Type = live
Artist = NOFX


Released = November 20, 2007
Recorded = January 30 – February 1, 2007
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 59:11
Label = Fat Wreck Chords
Producer =
Reviews = *"Crawdaddy!" (favorable) [http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=4266 link]
*Punknews.org rating|3|5 [http://www.punknews.org/review/6851 link]
Last album = "Wolves in Wolves' Clothing"
(2006)
This album = "They've Actually Gotten Worse Live!"
(2007)
Next album =

"They've Actually Gotten Worse Live!" is a live album by punk rock band NOFX. The album is their second live recording, following their 1995 album "I Heard They Suck Live!!"

On September 26, 2007, the band posted a bulletin from their MySpace profile with the following regarding the album:

On October 3, 2007 the band released the track listing for the album, which includes many rarities and alternate versions of previously released songs. On November 12, the band released previews of two songs, "Yer Wrong" and "Lori Meyers," for download on their MySpace profile.

Lyrical Changes

*In "Franco Un-American", Fat Mike replaces "Public Enemy and Reagan Youth" with "The Dead Kennedys and Wasted Youth."
*Also in "Franco Un-American", Fat Mike adds an extra verse over the bridge, directly criticizing George W. Bush. The verse is similar to the verse he sang when the band played the song on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien".
*In "What's The Matter With Parents Today?", Fat Mike changes the line "having sex publically" to "having sex anally." The line "I thought the apple fell far from the tree" is changed to "The asshole fell far from the tree," and "On the couch, with my Misfits records out" is changed to "On the lawn, with My Chemical Romance on."
*The intro to "Murder the Government" was modified to make disparaging references to Dick Cheney, and Jenna , Barbara, and George W. Bush.
*The last few lines of the The Longest Line are changed to "Do you have the time/To listen to me whine?", a line from Green Day's Basket Case.
*In Whoops I OD'd the line "Assholes like to test the limit" is changed to "Golfers like to test the limit" in reference to an incident where a friend of the band's OD'd on a golf course on the morning of the show.

Reception

The album received generally good reviews that praised the band's humorous performance. However, the album was universally criticized for fading out "The Decline" instead of playing the whole song. [ [http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/11/22/212543.php Music Review: NoFX - They've Actually Gotten Worse Live ] ] [ [http://www.punknews.org/review/6851 Punknews.org | NOFX - 'They've Actually Gotten Worse Live!' ] ]

Track listing

This is the track listing as printed on the disc, but actually on the cover "Instant Crassic" and "See Her Pee" are on changed positions (12/14).

# "Intro/Glass War" – 4:39 (from unreleased/13 Stitches single)
# "You're Wrong" – 2:53 (from Never Trust A Hippy EP)
# "Franco Un-American" – 3:19 (from War On Errorism)
# "Scavenger Type" – 2:50 (from Punk In Drublic)
# "What's the Matter With Parents Today?" – 2:27 (from Pods and Gods/Pump Up The Valuum)
# "The Longest Line" – 2:34 (from The Longest Line EP)
# "New Happy Birthday Song?" – 1:14 (from Surfer (EP))
# "Eat the Meek" – 4:01 (from So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes)
# "Murder the Government" – 1:12 (from Fuck the Kids/So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes)
# "Monosyllabic Girl" – 0:52 (from So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes)
# "I'm Telling Tim" – 1:08 (from Fuck the Kids/So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes)
# "Instant Crassic" – 0:40 (from Wolves in Wolves' Clothing)
# "Can't Get the Stink Out" – 0:50 (from Surfer (EP))
# "See Her Pee" – 0:29 (from Short Music For Short People Comp.)
# "I Wanna Be an Alcoholic" – 0:23 (from [http://www.nofxwiki.net/w/Peepshow_%28DVD%29 Peepshow Video] )
# "Fuck the Kids" – 0:20 (from Surfer (EP))
# "Juice Head" – 0:58 (from Surfer (EP))
# "What Now My Love" – 3:35 (from 7" of the Month Club)
# "Lori Meyers" – 3:30 (with Sarah Sandin on vocals) (from Punk in Drublic)
# "We March to the Beat of Indifferent Drum" – 5:40 (from Wolves in Wolves' Clothing)
# "I, Melvin" (with Matt Hensley of Flogging Molly on accordion) – 3:10 (from 7" of the Month Club, October 2005)
# "Green Corn" (from Ribbed) – 2:55
# "Whoops I OD'd" – 3:10 (from War On Errorism)
# "Stickin in My Eye/The Decline [faded out] " – 6:09 (from White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean/The Decline EP)

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