In Reply to: It's time to open our eyes and close our wallets! posted by Revelation Man on October 3, 2003 at 10:15:14:
Let's get real.Example: Once upon a time the moniker "greatest rock 'n roll band in the world" was used by the Rolling Stones. (Listen to the intro to the opening cut on "Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out"- Mick himself says so...) I'm not saying I ever agreed, but there wasn't anyone any better when they were young, relatively unburnt, AND had Mick Taylor on gits. But that was 30+ YEARS ago! You'd have to put a gun to my head to get me to pay to see and hear that tired old bunch now. Correction: I'd rather take the bullet in the coconut.
The live recordings in my collection have captured and preserved creative efforts that can ONLY be experienced as reproductions of the events themselves. The "way back machine" isn't in production yet.
Some of the musicians I've enjoyed over the years have aged well, and are still well worth hearing live. Many haven't, likely reflecting the reality that the creative spark and drive in artists is hard to sustain at a consistently high level. And the dead ones are, well, dead.
Regardless, I'll take an evening of great performances on my rig at home over a mediocre concert any time.
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