Re: sort of ncr: the true measure of a band...

From: "Lee Reed" <creedyrn@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <CREED-DISCUSS@WINDUPLIST.COM>
Date: Sun
8 Apr 2001 01:27:40 -0400

well, jim, i think of the time i saw paula cole, sara mcglachlin, and another female artist (who came to popularity around the same time as them) on a live show...and of the three, sara was the one who struck me as having a real talent...the other two couldn't sing worth a damn...i also go back a ways, to girl groups such as the bangles...their recorded music was great, but live? omg, they totally sucked! so yes, mastery in the editing has a lot to do with it...and of course, you cannot always reproduce on a stage what you can master in a studio...but i'm talking much more basic...can they truly sing? can they truly play their instruments? can they rock my socks off live? you have to keep in mind, a lot of alan parsons was electronically mastered and created...never saw them live, mind you...but i would expect their live shows to be different, yet musically good...i don't necessarily want a band to 'reproduce' their studio efforts live...i expect them to be at the very least, tho, as good...and if they are even better live, all the better!

Lee

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Subject: Re: sort of ncr: the true measure of a band...

Lee Reed wrote:

> i'm sure that most, if not all,of you will agree with me, that the
> true measure of a band is if their live performance matches or exceeds
> their studio effort...we all know that creed way exceeds it...i just
> thought about this, because i was listening to coldplay on snl...they
> are not a band i had real major expectations of...but their live
> performance of 'yellow' was excellent....the singer was great...and
> the music was good too...i especially liked the acoustic ending...i
> guess they are worth keeping an eye on...
>
> Lee
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I bought the new Coldplay album and think that Yellow is the best of the
tunes on the album. The other songs on the albm are more jazzish to me
in style.

Anyway, a band that sounds great live is a real plus. But also it
depends on the inginuity of those that compile the album in the studio.
There are very talented and creative people that can produce an album.
But may not be a good live group.
The work of Alan Parsons on Pink Floyd's "The Dark Side Of The Moon"
and "The Beatles - Abbey Road" album show credance of a great person to
compile and orchestrate the material. Of course the band has a lot to do
with it also. Since "Al Stewart" was also one of the albums that he
helped produce. I liked the album. But apparently the band did not
appeal to a lot of others.
I loved the studio albums from Alan Parson's Project from "Tales Of
Mystery And Imagination", "I Robot", "Pyramid" and the like. But it
wasn't really a band to say. It was just mastery in the studio.

Later,

Jim C.

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