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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: azaghal1981 on December 07, 2011, 11:42:44 pm

Title: Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!
Post by: azaghal1981 on December 07, 2011, 11:42:44 pm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/click-track/post/archive-carl-bernstein-on-donovan-and-the-first-washington-post-articles-on-the-rest-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fames-class-of-2012/2011/12/06/gIQAhVfjaO_blog.html

Some things never change.
Title: Re: Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!
Post by: Brian_Wallace on December 08, 2011, 12:25:07 pm

Genius isn't appreciated in its time.  I'm surprised they couldn't unearth a live Guns review.  They probably opened for some head bangers at the Cap Center in the mid-80s, didn't they?

Brian
Title: Re: Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!
Post by: TheREALHunter on December 08, 2011, 12:47:21 pm
GNR headlined the Bayou then came back a year later as openers for Aerosmith at Merriweather.
Title: Re: Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!
Post by: i am gay and i like cats on December 08, 2011, 12:49:58 pm
are there any bands today that are trying to bring back the era of hair bands . . . but without looking all queer and all while doing it?
Title: Re: Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!
Post by: TheREALHunter on December 08, 2011, 12:56:59 pm
It's gone from teased hair, makeup and Lip Service to short hair, makeup and Affliction.
Title: Re: Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!
Post by: slappy on December 08, 2011, 01:20:55 pm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/click-track/post/archive-carl-bernstein-on-donovan-and-the-first-washington-post-articles-on-the-rest-of-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fames-class-of-2012/2011/12/06/gIQAhVfjaO_blog.html

Some things never change.


Well, the Feld's have changed to running the Circus and FOUR FOOT MUDPITS!, SUNDAY!, SUNDAY!, Sunday!....
Probably for the better of DC music audiences.
http://www.feldentertainment.com/Productions/ (http://www.feldentertainment.com/Productions/)
Title: Re: Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on December 08, 2011, 01:30:50 pm
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Concert review: Red Hot Chili Peppers at the Ontario Theatre (opening for General Public)

By Joe Sasfy, Dec. 10, 1984

Opening were Hollywood's Red Hot Chili Peppers, who pumped out an abrasive and nutty brand of funk and rap that eventually turned much of the audience against them. Their choppy funk was enriched by zany dancing, obscenity, squabbles with the audience and Hendrix-style guitar work.

sounds about right
Title: Re: Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!
Post by: HoyaSaxa03 on December 08, 2011, 01:33:15 pm
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The four Beasties have been enjoying their 20 minutes in the spotlight and, according to Adam Yauch, some of Madonna's fans have, too. "The reaction has been mostly good," Yauch says. "Usually they love it or they hate it. There's always been a reaction, I'll say that."

"It's not like bland Muzak," adds Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz, son of playwright Israel Horovitz. "It's real obnoxious, and it rubs you, either the right way or the wrong way."

again, sounds about right.
Title: Re: Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!
Post by: Brian_Wallace on December 08, 2011, 01:45:28 pm
GNR headlined the Bayou then came back a year later as openers for Aerosmith at Merriweather.

I think they played Hammerjacks too, early on.

Brian
Title: Re: Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!
Post by: sweetcell on December 08, 2011, 03:50:22 pm
from the article:

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Donovan, who appeared to be a bit confused by the police and the necessity for starting the concert late, also had to contend with an atrocious sound system and lighting more appropriate to a police interrogation room than a concert hall.

any venue will sound bad if the PA sucks.

DAR haters gonna hafta hate harder.
Title: Re: Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!
Post by: Justin Tonation on December 08, 2011, 05:03:36 pm
from the article:

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Donovan, who appeared to be a bit confused by the police and the necessity for starting the concert late, also had to contend with an atrocious sound system and lighting more appropriate to a police interrogation room than a concert hall.

any venue will sound bad if the PA sucks.

DAR haters gonna hafta hate harder.

1. The hall is part of the sound system.
2. Perhaps the PA was good but the room sucked.
Title: Re: Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!
Post by: sweetcell on December 08, 2011, 05:49:13 pm
the hall isn't part of the sound system.  the power amps, the speaker cabinets, the mixing board, the wiring, etc - those are part of the sound system. 

my reading of that quote is that the PA wasn't tuned/eq'ed properly, or it distorted, or crackled, etc.

i'm pretty sure if the writer wanted to say the hall sounded bad, he would have said "the hall sounded bad".
Title: Re: Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!
Post by: Justin Tonation on December 08, 2011, 06:31:51 pm
the hall isn't part of the sound system.

Acousticians would probably disagree.
Title: Re: Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!
Post by: azaghal1981 on December 08, 2011, 06:58:38 pm
The acoustics of a hall most certainly are part of the sound system. Although I would imagine someone like Donovan being a good fit for Constitution Hall.

Title: Re: Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!
Post by: notme on December 09, 2011, 06:14:40 pm
alot of shows i have seen at dar had the same size speaker array/system as 930
Title: Re: Carl Bernstein on DAR sucking back in 1967!
Post by: chaz on December 09, 2011, 06:31:34 pm
the hall isn't part of the sound system.

Acousticians would probably disagree.
The ONE thing that affects they way a system sounds the MOST is the room it is in.