Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
Everybody creams their shorts when Billy Corgan and hired guns play a carbon copy of "Today" but when the three people who created it "play around" musically with a song like "Roxanne" it's heresy.
That's because Corgan isn't charging $200+ per ticket.
I'm all for artists stretching a little and mixing things up a bit. But when a night out costs as much as a car payment, they need to drop the ego and give the people what they want. [/b]
It's a double-edged sword. People build shit up just to tear it down. As someone who was at the Pumpkins & Police shows, I was throughly satisified with both show. However, the Pumpkins were really good. The Police were borderline phenomenonal. Thus justifying the $270 price tag. In today's concert climate, that price is about right for the seats I wanted. I'm a "seat snob", so I already what's poppin' before I even jump out there for an on-sale/pre-sale.
Originally posted by Brian Wallace:
I'm with The Director on this one. Who wants to see a Xerox of 1983? Well, I guess a LOT of people do with regards to the Police. Some of you have to take off your nostalgia/rose-tinted glasses. Andy Summers, Sting and Stewart Copeland are living in 2007. I don't know what everyone was expecting. I'm sure if you ask Sting, he's REALLY sorry that "Next To You" didn't rock hard enough for you.
Everybody creams their shorts when Billy Corgan and hired guns play a carbon copy of "Today" but when the three people who created it "play around" musically with a song like "Roxanne" it's heresy.
It totally makes sense to me now why they played Bonaroo. I'd rather see Summers, Sumner and Copeland "jam" than Phish. I guess they should have put on everyone's ticket:
"We have matured as musicians. We won't be wearing the Mad Max outifts from the "Synchronicity II" video, either."
It reminds me of the quote from Muhammad Ali:
"A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."
Brian
P.S. Good pictures, The Director. My highlights were "Wrapped Around Your Finger," "Truth Hits Everybody" and "Driven To Tears."
Those were my highlights as well. In addition to "Magic", which I never really got into like that until the show. "Bed's Too Big . . ." was killer as well. "So Lonely" of course. I would have liked to have got a taste of "Spirits In The Material World". Oh, well. I got 3 more shows to catch that one.
"Voices Inside My Head" was great as well . . .
At times your theories are somewhat outlandish, but I'm with you 150% on this one. Killer show, to say the least. I had the time of my life . . . One of 'em anyway.
