In Reply to: What's given you the most musical pleasure: live or recorded? posted by tinear on February 4, 2021 at 11:16:09:
Most live concerts I've been too sounded horrible and the performances were rote. You could tell the act didn't know if they were in Pittsburgh or Jablib, Wisconsin. Didn't care either. They were touring because it was in the contract with the record company.
One of the biggest disappointments was ELO at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena in 1977. They brought along batteries of reel-to-reel tape decks which provided most of what we were hearing. They didn't even play the fucking music.
The only live show I ever truly loved was Marty Stuart at the Allegheny County Fairgrounds late summer of 1992. Maybe 50 people in the audience. Marty and his band played their asses off, and he came out to talk to us after the show.
Other than that, I'd rather listen to the studio LP on my own system.
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Follow Ups
- Recorded. - ghost of olddude55 11:56:59 02/04/21 (4)
- RE: Recorded. - LtMandella 17:51:04 02/24/21 (0)
- Are you one of those who are disappointed when a live performance doesn't sound like the record? - Goober58 17:58:33 02/04/21 (2)
- I'm disappointed when the show is blah. - ghost of olddude55 04:33:18 02/05/21 (1)
- Me not so much - Goober58 16:47:20 02/05/21 (0)