G.I.Jim wrote: I agree, and this isn't to say that I don't still love Journey, but I can guarantee that you won't hear any pre-recorded vocals or Keys at a Frontiers show. Please don't misunderstand me and think that I'm saying anything about us being better! I'm just saying that everything's live. I have always been a huge fan of their music, and just think Journey fans should be able to hear good, live Journey music. That's all I'm sayin!
I hear you. I'm just saying I think that more and more live concerts aren't really live anymore. The very first concert I ever attended was to see the Ides of March, Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show and Rare Earth. THAT was live on all counts. Dr Hook had their string section with them, Ides of March was great and Rare Earth was phenomenal. They had their technical problems, but it was all live. I'm not even sure they had much of an ability to sequence things in concert then, or even thought about it.
Today is a different story because I think crowds expect the concert performance to sound like it does on the CD. Since so many additional instruments are often used in the studio, you cannot replicate that live unless you pre-record things or sequence them. I think it's less likely to happen with "B" bands, but I could be wrong there. Not long ago, we saw the Herman's Hermits live and they sounded great. Seemed live to me and since those songs didn't have too much in the way of instrumentation, it likely was live.
You're right though...why pay a ton of money to see a band live when you're essentially hearing a ton of prerecored music? When I saw Rare Earth, the concert ticket cost $4.50!!! Gone are those days...
Care to elaborate on your meaning here?
...Journeygal