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From | Mike Vancha <mvancha@sasktel.net> |
Subject | Re: FOW Live...oh yeah! |
Date | Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:32:30 -0600 |
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Hi everyone,
I'm one of the people who love FOW and don't have any criticism of them at
all.
It seems to me that if you look at the greatest musical artists of all time,
much of the time their music spoke for itself and no antics were needed on
stage (i.e. The Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder etc) and many of the
others who weren't so great needed a gimmick to hold people's attention.
If the music is great, why have anything else that's going to take away from
the artists' performance of the music or the audience's enjoyment of it?
Mike V.
2/12/08 5:41 PM, Donmand@aol.com at Donmand@aol.com wrote:
>
> I honestly can't understand all the hatred for Fountains of Wayne on this
> list!
>
> So they don't do drugs (or do they?) appear "strung out"...have tattoos
> (maybe a Red Dragon Tattoo) all over their arms...overdone make-up to look
> like
> washed up porn stars....been thru "Rehab" and brag about it....perform via
> satellite because they couldn't get a tour visa. Hey; they were nominated for
> a
> Grammy in 2004: for Best New Artist. Eight years after their debut album was
> released! All on the strength of the killer song and video: "Stacy's Mom"!
>
> I've seen FOW twice in the past year. No they're not very animated and the
> lead singer doesn't rule the stage like Jagger or Springsteen. They're sound
> is unbelievably "tight" in Concert. But they put on FUN Concerts and a "sold
> out" crowd at 1st Avenue (in Minneapolis) last Summer was dancing and
> screaming thru the entire show! Didn't see anyone sitting on their hands or
> appeared
> to be bored. I get FOW...do you?
>
> Don
>
> In a message dated 2/12/2008 8:03:31 A.M. Central Standard Time,
> audities-owner@smoe.org writes:
>
> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:41:54 +0000
> From: "Matt Whitby" <matt.whitby@gmail.com>
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: FOW Live
> Message-ID: <1dfd2de0802120141w218976m851874d4f6f0814b@mail.gmail.com>
>
> I saw them in London a couple of years back and whilst the music was
> good and it was great to see them live, i've no great recollection of
> it being a particularly engaging show.
>
>
> On 12/02/2008, Rick McCall <rickmccall@suddenlink.net> wrote:
>> Seeing the great fondness for Fountains of Wayne on this list, I recorded a
>> concert of theirs on SoundStage, which is on the Rave! Channel for
> satellite
>> users. Rave is a terrific station for concerts, btw.
>>
>> At any rate, I've always liked FoW pretty well, but not enough to play
>> repeatedly. I've got all their cds, but in all honesty, I've never had
> them
>> in heavy rotation. I like Someone To Love, Stacy's Mom (which I hear they
>> hate), etc.
>>
>> Obviously greatly talented group, just doesn't tickle me in exactly the
>> right spot.
>>
>> So I watched this concert and was very surprised. Technically, they were
>> awesome, as you would expect. The thing that really caught me off guard
> was
>> their lack of apparent passion for playing their music. They totally
> looked
>> like they were going through the motions, even though the audience looked
>> like rabid fans.
>>
>> Not trying to be hyper-critical, but if I want to hear the music, I put on
>> the cd; if I go the concert, it is because I want to see the artist. But
>> after the lifeless show I just witnessed, I'm less likely to pursue them
>> than I was before I watched.
>>
>> They actually reminded me of The Cars in concert and that is not a
>> compliment. Those guys looked like they were in pain when they played
> live.
>> FoW didn't look much more enthusiastic than Ric Ocasek.
>>
>> Is that typical or did I catch them on a bad night? Or maybe editing
> played
>> a role - there was hardly any banter in between songs and Chris Collingwood
>> sang every song with the exact same expression on his face, like he
> could've
>> been in the room by himself. And horribly bored, at that.
>>
>> Am I missing something in regard to their live show or is that typical?
>>
>> Best,
>> Rick
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