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| From | bob_hutton@standardlife.com |
| Subject | Re: American Hi-Fi VS Fountains of Wayne |
| Date | Wed, 10 Sep 2003 12:03:58 +0100 |
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Gotta chime in on this one, I think I agree with Rick's point.
People go to see rock shows to HAVE FUN and ENJOY THEMSELVES. OK there are
exceptions, but bands that purvey melodic, harmonious music are all about
having a good time - feel good music if you like. Having a good time can
be made tricky when the band are clearly not enjoying playing. And are
actively telling their audience that they hate doing live shows and that
they'd rather be somewhere else. That ain't shy, that's rude. Fine if you
are in a confrontational punk band (you can easily imagine Pistols' fans
lapping up Johnny Rotten's rudeness, whether genuine or staged) but not
fine for power-pop. Remember the Beatles in Hamburg doing the "mak schau"
for their audience? I think what I am trying to say is that people expect
purveyors of certain types of music to behave in a certain way onstage, and
it jars greatly when they don't. Besides, a mate of mine saw FOW playing
in London a while ago and thought they came over as a bunch of arrogant
tossers - he won't buy their stuff anymore, so we have some corroberation
with Rick's viewpoint.
Don't all go flaming me now, I love FOW, I think their new album is the
best since the first one (and possibly better than it) but I've never seen
them play live so have never been subject to their legendary aloofness :-)
B^)
PS American HiFi - I'd not heard of them, why don't auditeers like them?
What are they like?
PPS If the chef doesn't want to come over and chat about the lasagne, fine,
just don't let him come over and tell me how much he hated making it!
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