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Re: why do we play live? (mini Adrian Belew review too!)
I hear you Ted. Oh I hear you. Though, oddly enough
I've enjoyed your performances each time I've seen
you.
Here's another bit:
Why do I go see live music?
Friday I went to see Adrian Belew at Slim's in SF. As
always Adrian was great. He seems comfortable and
downright gleeful on stage running through his set.
However, I left thinking I'd never go to another show
again. Why? A few reasons.
One: TOO FUCKING LOUD. I'm sick of going to shows
that are so loud you need ear protection. Your choice
is then to hurt yourself or hear a muddy muffled
version. When shows can cost as much as $80 a ticket
(Hi Prince!) you'd think a well balanced audio set up
can be expected, but this is rarely the case in my
experience. I've been at Adrian Belew and King
Crimson shows that were so loud I needed ear
protection.
Two: Over zealous dancers. Friday night much of the
time was spent trying to get away from or ignore to
smelly idiots who seem to think that dancing wildly in
a crowded club is OK. To them: I'm sorry your father
never paid attention to you and I know you feel that
no one loves you, but regardless, we didn't come to
see you so please settle down and enjoy the show. Do
aerobics at your gym.
Three: I'm 5'7" and my girlfriend is 5'. We had a
hard time seeing a damn thing most of the night.
So, I've kind of sworn myself off live music for the
time being. Each time I go I end up disappointed.
Maybe this is why I generally avoid playing live as
well.
--- ArsOcarina@aol.com wrote:
> Well,
>
> As some one who just played Y2K3 last night and who
> is currently
> listening to the live stream of Billy "Gee-tar Man"
> Walker -- sweeping
> the floor of all other pretenders -- I have to say
> definatively . . .
>
> I dunno . . .
>
> It's a kind of "mountain" that I psych myself up to
> climb a half dozen
> times (sometimes more, sometmes less) a year. I am
> very seldom
> ever satisfied with these "climbing" experiences. I
> too often go ill
> prepared (or equipped) and wind up sliding halfway
> down a glacier
> on my sorry ass. Sometimes it happens even when I am
> perfectly
> well prepared and outfitted too.
>
> The rare "satisfying" performances seem to come
> entirely at
> random and unexpectly. There seems to be no
> "science" to it. All
> of my disciplined preperations (if and when I apply
> myself) seem
> to have little to no affect on the outcome actually.
> They seem
> to amount to little more than a more elaborate form
> of "crossing
> my fingers" and/or some sort of offeratory to the
> gods of "guilt"
> and "responsibility." And . . . I don't want t let
> anyone down.
>
> I suppose I perform live because I keep hoping for
> that next repeat
> of the rare, blissful, play-my-ass-off,
> my-fingers-can-do-no-wrong,
> where-the-hell-is-this-music-coming-from (surely not
> me?) experience.
> For only having had a taste of it a few times I am
> still certainly addicted
> nonetheless. I need it now as surely as a junky
> needs a fix.
>
> But why? God, I wish I knew. Sometimes I think I'd
> go into rehab and
> "take the cure" to be rid of it for all the grief
> it's caused me. Then,
> at other times, I'd trade my left nut to taste of
> that bliss again.
>
> Best regards,
>
> tEd ® kiLLiAn
>
> PS. Buy "Flux Aeterna" from CDBaby during the months
> of September
> and October and all of my portion of the profits
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> Gulf Coast
> hurricane relief.
>
> "Different is not always better, but better is
> always different"
>
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>
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>
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>
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> So???
>
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