I can't say that I'd usually agree with what you say, but in this instance I do because you sound more like you are making a genuine point than just shit stirring. I think that most people here will agree with you, except the type of people you mentioned that just generally hate you.

The song doesn't seem to have any power performed live. When I heard it from the AMA's I thought that despite Jon's voice sounding weak I felt that he and the band did sound quite enthusiastic performing it, and perhaps to a lesser extent at Live8 too.

I saw the WMA's today though and thought that the song sounded worse than before, perhaps due to the mix on the show, which did sound terrible, but in addition to Jon's voice sounding weak I didn't think that any of them sounded into it very much. To be fair each time they have performed it it has been part of a very short set so they perhaps didn't care too much so didn't give it their all, so hopefully when the tour hits they will be up for it and giving more in their performance.

I have never really liked hearing It's My Life performed live because I think it lacks something that the studio recording had. It's nothing in terms of Jons vocals or any of the bands playing or their vocals, it just doesn't seem the have the same effect on me as the studio version. I also think that Everyday is a little boring live, though the studio version isn't much more than It's My Life 2 anyway

I don't think that every song since 2000 sounds bad live thoug. A couple of my favourites live are Just Older and Next 100 Years, both of which I think sound good live. Also I think that tracks like One Wild Night can be done well, and also certain performances of Undivided and especially The Distance with the solo at the end.

I think they do seem to play with perhaps less passion than they did before, some of the 95/96 shows that I've heard they sounded great and like they were really enjoying the shows, but I think something seems missing now. Some shows still have a lot of energy, but I don't think it's as often as it used to be.